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Sociology & anthropology
Hardcover. This book offers a detailed overview of the application of Baysian argumentation in philosophy, linguistics and social psychology. It provides a formal measure of subjective argument strength and argument force. Includes analyses of real life court cases. Editor(s): Zenker, Frank. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CB; HPK; JHBC; JMJ; UGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400753563
- ISBN
- 9789400753563
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.21
€ 122.21
Hardback. This is the first book to examine the study of sexuality from a demographic perspective. The focus is on analyzing sexuality as its own demographic topic, rather than as a variable in studies of sexually transmitted infection or other health-related topics. Editor(s): Baumle, Amanda K. Series: International Handbooks of Population. Num Pages: 435 pages, 46 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHBD; JHBK5; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1008.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 435
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400755116
- ISBN
- 9789400755116
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 409.23
€ 409.23
Hardcover. Presenting the voices of women from every continent, and analyzing data on women who face vastly different climate events and challenges, this book heralds a new way of understanding climate change that incorporates gender justice and human rights for all. Editor(s): Alston, Margaret; Whittenbury, Kerri. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 black & white tables, 2 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSJ; JHB; JKSN; RGC; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 242 x 16. Weight in Grams: 564.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400755178
- ISBN
- 9789400755178
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.68
€ 123.68
Hardback. Engaging the question of whether waged work gives Chinese women power in their families, this book analyzes the finding that women use jobs and urban status as a tool in negotiating their family status, to strengthen their contribution as wives and mothers. Num Pages: 172 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHB; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400755239
- ISBN
- 9789400755239
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.60
€ 121.60
Paperback. This book argues for the restoration of theoretical and practical reason to economics, presenting the ideas of Nancy Cartwright and Amartya Sen, and showing they can foster a useful understanding of practical reason for solving problems in science and society. Series: SpringerBriefs in Philosophy. Num Pages: 118 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; HPQ; JHBC; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 6. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 118
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400755635
- ISBN
- 9789400755635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.05
€ 68.05
Hardback. This book examines features of rural aging across economic, racial, ethnic, migration and other structures and patterns, with a focus on debunking myths and an emphasis on opportunities and challenges experienced by older populations in rural places. Editor(s): Glasgow, Nina; Berry, E. Helen. Series: Understanding Population Trends and Processes. Num Pages: 384 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSP31; JHB; JHBD; MJX; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 239 x 27. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400755666
- ISBN
- 9789400755666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.56
€ 123.56
The Web of Violence: Exploring Connections Among Different Forms of In...
Hamby, Sherry, Grych, John
Paperback. Written by members of the National Partnership to End Interpersonal Violence (NPEIV), this book aims to foster appreciation of the interconnections among all forms of violence. Also describes emerging initiatives designed to address these interconnections. Series: SpringerBriefs in Sociology. Num Pages: 117 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JHBC; JHBK; JMC; MBN; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 6. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400755956
- ISBN
- 9789400755956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 83.94
€ 83.94
The Background of Social Reality. Selected Contributions from the Inau...
. Ed(S): Schmid, Hans Bernhard; Kobow, Beatri...
Hardback. This volume examines social ontology. It expands the reach and depth of the philosophy of sociality by relating it to philosophical ideas from the late 19th and early 20th centuries and to key thinkers such as Husserl, Heidegger, and Bourdieu. Editor(s): Schmid, Hans Bernhard; Kobow, Beatrice; Schmitz, Michael. Series: Studies in the Philosophy of Sociality. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; JHB; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400755994
- ISBN
- 9789400755994
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.08
€ 123.08
hardcover. This syncretic anthology facilitates renewed dialogue on law and morality between seemingly discrete philosophical traditions, elaborating their common roots in 'natural law' and revisiting key points in its developing epistemology, from Aristotle to Dworkin. Editor(s): Contreras, Francisco Jose. Series: Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHM; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 551.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400756557
- ISBN
- 9789400756557
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Condition: New
€ 122.40
€ 122.40
Hardcover. This book explores the main methods, models and approaches of food consumer science applied to six countries of the Western Balkans, illustrating each with case studies. Includes research conducted 2008 to 2011 for the Focus-BALKANS project. Editor(s): Barjolle, Dominique; Gorton, Matthew; Milosevic Dordevic, Jasna; Stojanovic, Zaklina. Num Pages: 160 pages, 26 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; JMS; KJS; KJSM; MBN; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400759459
- ISBN
- 9789400759459
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.56
€ 121.56
Hardcover. This book reviews the tremendous progress of the past 15 years in the causal analysis of non-experimental data, also known as observational data, and shows how to use state-of-the-art methods for causal analysis in basic and applied empirical scholarship. Editor(s): Morgan, Stephen L. Series: Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research. Num Pages: 424 pages, 63 black & white illustrations, 100 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 262 x 180 x 35. Weight in Grams: 962.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400760936
- ISBN
- 9789400760936
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 188.52
€ 188.52
Hardcover. This book explores the generative mechanism behind today's rapid social change, and how this differs from late Modernity. Discusses whether an intensification of morphogenesis and a corresponding reduction in morphostasis best captures the process involved. Editor(s): Archer, Margaret S. Num Pages: 231 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400761278
- ISBN
- 9789400761278
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.00
€ 154.00
Paperback. Editor(s): Komp, Kathrin; Aartsen, Marja. Series: SpringerBriefs in Aging. Num Pages: 152 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JHBD; MJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 162 x 9. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400761339
- ISBN
- 9789400761339
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.65
€ 57.65
Hardcover. This book shows how applied demographic methods can help address public health issues, with examples from measuring the impact of aging on health care and health costs to cause-specific mortality and maternal health and more. Offers many resources and tools. Editor(s): Hoque, Nazrul; McGehee, Mary A.; Bradshaw, Benjamin S. Series: Applied Demography Series. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBD; KCP; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400761391
- ISBN
- 9789400761391
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.82
€ 123.82
Hardcover. This book examines the use of sociological theory in medical or health sociology. It discusses major theoretical approaches and identifies new directions in theory that provide explanatory models of the social processes affecting health and disease today. Editor(s): Cockerham, William C. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400761926
- ISBN
- 9789400761926
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.97
€ 185.97
Paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Population Studies. Num Pages: 95 pages, 28 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHBD; KCF; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 5. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400762435
- ISBN
- 9789400762435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.97
€ 66.97
Hardcover. In this volume, an international panel of experts in the fields of medicine, law, ethics, anthropology, sociology, history, religion, and politics, thoroughly examine this violation of human rights and correct widely held medical misinformation. Editor(s): Milos, Marilyn Fayre; Denniston, George C. (University of Washington); Hodges, Frederick Mansfield. Num Pages: 337 pages, 19 black & white tables, 9 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFM; JHBT; JHMC; JPVH; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400764064
- ISBN
- 9789400764064
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.54
€ 187.54
Hardback. This book describes communities that have launched their own community indicators programs. It covers the planning process, the indicators selected, data collection, the reporting of the results, and the use of the indicators to guide policy and development. Editor(s): Sirgy, Joseph; Phillips, Rhonda; Rahtz, Don. Series: Community Quality-of Life Indicators. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400765009
- ISBN
- 9789400765009
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.40
€ 123.40
Methods for Multilevel Analysis and Visualisation of Geographical Netw...
. Ed(S): Rozenblat, Celine; Melacon, Guy
Hardback. This book covers the latest techniques for analysing and representing the complex, multi-layered data now available to geographers studying urban zones and their populations, from network analysis tools to multi-level analysis of flows in air- and seaports. Editor(s): Rozenblat, Celine; Melacon, Guy. Series: Methodos Series. Num Pages: 233 pages, 105 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; RGC; UYQV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 240 x 17. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400766761
- ISBN
- 9789400766761
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.88
€ 122.88
Hardback. This book uses a wide range of GIScience methods, supplemented by field work, to analyze emerging socio-economic and demographic differentials in the city of Accra where stark contrasts between rich and poor are highlighted by their geographical proximity. Editor(s): Weeks, John R.; Hill, Allan G.; Stoler, Justin. Series: Geojournal Library. Num Pages: 219 pages, 39 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHBD; MBN; PSAF; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400767317
- ISBN
- 9789400767317
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.11
€ 122.11
Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; JMH; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400767539
- ISBN
- 9789400767539
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.23
€ 123.23
Advanced Techniques for Modelling Maternal and Child Health in Africa
. Ed(S): Ngianga-Bakwin, Kandala; Ghilagaber,...
Hardback. Advanced Techniques for Modelling Maternal and Child Health in Africa Editor(s): Ngianga-Bakwin, Kandala; Ghilagaber, Gebrenegus. Series: The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis. Num Pages: 330 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, 21 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; GPS; JHBD; MBNH; MJTF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 661.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400767775
- ISBN
- 9789400767775
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.23
€ 186.23
Hardcover. Methods of Demographic Analysis Num Pages: 340 pages, 54 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400767836
- ISBN
- 9789400767836
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 176.45
€ 176.45
Hardback. This book provides an overview of the health of developing nations in the early twenty-first century. It offers broad coverage, ranging from health transition in developing countries, to the health of women, to an analysis of morbidity. Series: Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFG; JHBD; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400767928
- ISBN
- 9789400767928
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.71
€ 121.71