Sociology & anthropology
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Sociology & anthropology
Paperback. Goes behind the scenes in two urban luxury hotels to give a picture of the workers who care for and cater to wealthy guests. This work offers an analysis of what the luxury service consists of, how managers organize its production, and how workers and guests negotiate the inequality between them. Num Pages: 373 pages, 2 line illustrations, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFFT; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510. Service and Inequality in Luxury Hotels. 373 pages, 2 line illustrations, 5 tables. Goes behind the scenes in two urban luxury hotels to give a picture of the workers who care for and cater to wealthy guests. This work offers an analysis of what the luxury service consists of, how managers organize its production, and how workers and guests negotiate the inequality between them. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFFT; JHM. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 22. Weight: 510.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 373
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520247826
- ISBN
- 9780520247826
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.40
€ 40.99
€ 29.40
Hardback. Among both male and female young urban professionals in Nairobi, sexuality is a key to achieving a "modern" identity. These young men and women see themselves as the avant garde of a new Africa, while they also express the recurring worry of how to combine an "African" identity with the new lifestyles with which they are experimenting. Num Pages: 324 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; JFSC; JFSJ; JHBK5; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 324
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857454782
- ISBN
- 9780857454782
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.82
€ 164.82
Paperback. In Southern Theory Raewyn Connell presents the case for a new 'world social science' - one that is inclusive of many voices - by arguing for a more democratic global recognition of social theory from societies outside the dominant European and North American metropole. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745642499
- ISBN
- 9780745642499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.16
€ 25.16
Paperback. Focused on Venezuela but relevant to the rest of Latin America, this is a genealogical investigation of the intrinsically populist "monumental governmentality" that in response to this predicament began to take shape in that nation at the time of independence. Num Pages: 408 pages, 14 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 236 x 30. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823263660
- ISBN
- 9780823263660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.62
€ 41.99
€ 37.62
Hardback. Focused on Venezuela but relevant to the rest of Latin America, this is a genealogical investigation of the intrinsically populist "monumental governmentality" that in response to this predicament began to take shape in that nation at the time of independence. Num Pages: 408 pages, 14 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 30. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780823263653
- ISBN
- 9780823263653
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.13
€ 132.13
Hardback. Offers the first comprehensive overview of how the rational choice paradigm can inform empirical research within the social sciences. Editor(s): Wittek, Rafael; Snijders, Tom A. B.; Nee, Victor. Num Pages: 624 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1225.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804784184
- ISBN
- 9780804784184
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.18
€ 97.18
Hardcover. This volume seeks to develop processual understandings of how novelty emerges in the processes of organizing by drawing on scholarship from a diverse range of perspectives. The volume covers creativity, improvisation, invention, entrepreneurship, and innovation in organizations. Editor(s): Garud, Raghu; Simpson, Barbara; Langley, Ann; Tsoukas, Haridimos. Series: Perspectives on Process Organization Studies. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBL; KJC; KJD; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 31. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198728313
- ISBN
- 9780198728313
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.63
€ 183.63
paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 18 halftones, 14 line drawings, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFC; JFSF; JHBT; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780226707297
- ISBN
- 9780226707297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 6.23
€ 19.99
€ 6.23
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Greystone Books,Canada
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781771642095
- ISBN
- 9781771642095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.47
€ 10.47
Paperback. The two most recent EU enlargements in May 2004 and in January 2007 have greatly increased the diversity of historic experiences and contemporary conceptions of statehood, nation-building and citizenship within the Union. How did newly formed states determine who would become their citizens? How do countries relate to their large emigrant communiti Editor(s): Baubock, Rainer; Perchinig, Bernhard; Sievers, Wiebke. Series: IMISCOE Research. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
- Edition
- Expanded and updated ed
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789089641083
- ISBN
- 9789089641083
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Condition: New
€ 88.91
€ 88.91
Paperback. Offers full range of Marx's thoughts on religion and its relationship to the world of social relations. This book shows how he had a far more complex understanding of religious belief and how his ideas on religion were intimately tied to his inquiries into political economy, revolution, social change, and the philosophical questions of the self. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; JHBA; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566399401
- ISBN
- 9781566399401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.71
€ 31.99
€ 28.71
Paperback. Editor(s): Vessuri, Hebe; Kuhn, Michael. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Dimension: 155 x 212 x 17. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783838208947
- ISBN
- 9783838208947
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.90
€ 34.99
€ 25.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816626410
- ISBN
- 9780816626410
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.32
€ 37.99
€ 34.32
paperback. This work examines the relationship between the theory of wealth and the theory of power. It examines various theories of class, state and power either explicitly or implicitly avowed in the diverse social science disciplines of politics, economics and sociology. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; JPA; KCA; KCS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Routledge United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563240706
- ISBN
- 9781563240706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.37
€ 51.37
Paperback. Editor(s): Rallu, Jean-Louis; Blum, Alain. Series: Congresses and Colloquia. Num Pages: 450 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1D; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 832.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- John Libbey & Co Australia
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780861963362
- ISBN
- 9780861963362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 32.02
€ 44.99
€ 32.02
Paperback. Series: The American History Series. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118848401
- ISBN
- 9781118848401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.91
€ 34.91
Hardcover. Offers a collection of writings exploring the effects of sport on culture and the role of sport as a cultural barometer. Editor(s): Wilcox, Ralph C. Num Pages: 521 pages. BIC Classification: JHBS; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1074.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Fitness Information Technology, Inc, U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 521
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780962792649
- ISBN
- 9780962792649
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.94€ 44.26
€ 55.94
€ 44.26
Paperback. A social history of the coffee house in Muslim society. Series: Publications on the Near East. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 18. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295962313
- ISBN
- 9780295962313
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.41
€ 26.99
€ 25.41
Hardback. Rethinking Science, Technology, and Social Change challenges prevailing notions that science and technology are socially shaped or constructed. The text puts forth a case for technological determinism, based on a realist and pragmatist account of science and technology, informed by historical comparisons. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 table, 3 figures. BIC Classification: JFC; JH; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804755887
- ISBN
- 9780804755887
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.44
€ 82.44
Paperback. Traces the diverse social currents that developed alongside and interacted with political and economic forces to bring about change in Eastern Europe. This book shows how the processes leading to the collapse of communism began more than a decade earlier and how they were necessarily manifested in spheres as diverse as religion and rock music. Num Pages: 616 pages. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBJD; HBTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1012.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 616
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822315483
- ISBN
- 9780822315483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.73
€ 43.99
€ 38.73