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Hardback. Sex is cheap. This new wide ease of sexual access has been made possible by technology far more than by political or religious shifts. Drawing on survey and interview data, the book scrutinizes the American mating market, highlighting how men's interests dominate it, even while their marriageability recedes. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HR; JFMP; JFSJ2; JHB; JHBK5; JMU; VFV; VFVC; VFVG. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190673611
- ISBN
- 9780190673611
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 41.52
€ 42.99
€ 41.52
Hardback. Draws on years of archival and journalistic research and builds on social history and economics literature to show the powerful impact of recession-era discourse on the death penalty, the war on drugs, incarceration practices, prison health care, and other aspects of the American correctional landscape. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 Graphs, 4 Tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHB; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 22. Weight in Grams: 496.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780520277304
- ISBN
- 9780520277304
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Condition: New
€ 94.22€ 73.24
€ 94.22
€ 73.24
Hardback. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJ; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 218 x 24. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137560995
- ISBN
- 9781137560995
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Condition: New
€ 106.49
€ 106.49
Hardback. How does an ethnographer write about violence? How can he remain a scholarly observer when the country of his birth is engulfed by terror? How does an anthropologist write an ethnography without transforming it into a pornography of violence? This book discusses such questions. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History. Num Pages: 272 pages, 3 maps 2 line illus. BIC Classification: 1FKS; JFC; JFFE; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691027739
- ISBN
- 9780691027739
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Condition: New
€ 53.00€ 42.58
€ 53.00
€ 42.58
Paperback. An ethnographic study of faith-based poverty relief programs in 30 congregations in the rural south. Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRC; JFFA; JHMP; JKSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814799024
- ISBN
- 9780814799024
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. The Charitable Choice provision of the 1996 Welfare Reform Act - buttressed by President Bush's Faith-Based Initiative of 2000 - encouraged religious organizations, including congregations, to bid on government contracts to provide social services. This title looks at the evidence for and against faith-based initiatives. Series: Public Management and Change Series. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HRLM; JHBL; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 295.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589011328
- ISBN
- 9781589011328
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Condition: New
€ 73.75
€ 73.75
Hardback. The Charitable Choice provision of the 1996 Welfare Reform Act - buttressed by President Bush's Faith-Based Initiative of 2000 - encouraged religious organizations, including congregations, to bid on government contracts to provide social services. This title looks at the evidence for and against faith-based initiatives. Series: Public Management and Change Series. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HRLM; JHBL; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589011311
- ISBN
- 9781589011311
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Condition: New
€ 213.97
€ 213.97
Hardback. Much of the writing on charisma focuses on specific traits associated with exceptional leaders, a practice that has broadened the concept of charisma to such an extent that it loses its distinctiveness - and therefore its utility. More particularly, the concept's relevance to the study of social movements has not moved beyond generalizations. Editor(s): Stutje, Jan Willem. Series: International Studies in Social History. Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; JPHL; JPW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857453297
- ISBN
- 9780857453297
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Condition: New
€ 116.59€ 74.33
€ 116.59
€ 74.33
Paperback. Editor(s): Hunt, Stephen J.; Walter, Tony; Hamilton, Malcolm. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRC; JFSR; JHB; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349260263
- ISBN
- 9781349260263
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Condition: New
€ 126.88
€ 126.88
Hardback. The charismatic movement has a high profile in contemporary Christianity. With Britain as its focus, this text traces the movement's international connections, historical development and variety. Editor(s): Hunt, Stephen; Hamilton, Malcolm B.; Walter, Tony. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333665985
- ISBN
- 9780333665985
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Condition: New
€ 127.84
€ 127.84
Hardcover. Are the origins of charisma the same in politics, the media and religion? This interpretation of charisma argues that the basis of charisma in all its forms must be found in the often-obscure symbolic intersection between the inner world of the charismatic and external social and political reality. Num Pages: 135 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JH; JMA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 146 x 13. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333647943
- ISBN
- 9780333647943
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Condition: New
€ 126.88
€ 126.88
paperback. Using a variety of cases from history and today's life, the book examines character attackers targeting the private lives, behavior, values, and identity of their victims. Numerous historical examples show that character assassination has always been a very effective weapon to win political battles or settle personal scores. Editor(s): Icks, Martijn; Shiraev, Eric. Num Pages: 294 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB; JMH; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349485123
- ISBN
- 9781349485123
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Condition: New
€ 138.57
€ 138.57
Paperback. This work presents analysis of the evolution and development of the social sciences. It reconsiders how knowledge actually changes and advances. Challenging the accepted belief that social sciences are in a perpetual state of progress, this work contends that there is a core set of principles. Num Pages: 276 pages, 16 line drawings, 4 tables. BIC Classification: HBT; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226001012
- ISBN
- 9780226001012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.91
€ 36.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. Series: Contradictions of modernity series. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JHM; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816631520
- ISBN
- 9780816631520
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.67
€ 29.99
€ 27.67
Hardcover. Editor(s): Garofalo, Girolamo; Troelsgard, Christian. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSTC; AVGD; HRCC8; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 190. .
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763542661
- ISBN
- 9788763542661
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.49€ 69.72
€ 89.49
€ 69.72
Changing Work and Community Identities in European Regions: Perspectiv...
Kirk, John, Contrepois, Sylvie, Jefferys, Ste...
Hardcover. This book juxtaposes the experiences of regions that have lived or are living through industrial transition in coal-mining and manufacturing centres throughout Europe, opening the way to a deeper understanding of the intensity of change and of how work helps shape new identities. Series: Identity Studies in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HBTK; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230249547
- ISBN
- 9780230249547
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.49
€ 67.49
Paperback. Editor(s): Tabarrok, Alexander. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Independent Institute,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780945999874
- ISBN
- 9780945999874
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Condition: New
€ 27.80
€ 27.80
Hardcover. The Nordic welfare states have found themselves in the firing line of post-industrial developments, resulting in fundamental changes and new social needs to attend to. This book explores responses to changing social risks across areas such as structural unemployment, entrepreneurship, immigration, single parenthood, education and health. Editor(s): Harslof, Ivan; Ulmestig, Rickard. Num Pages: 320 pages, 17 black & white tables, 23 figures. BIC Classification: GPQD; JHBL; JKSB; JPB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137267184
- ISBN
- 9781137267184
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Changing Social Risks and Social Policy Responses in the Nordic Welfar...
. Ed(S): Harslof, Ivan; Ulmestig, Rickard
Paperback. The Nordic welfare states have found themselves in the firing line of post-industrial developments, resulting in fundamental changes and new social needs to attend to. This book explores responses to changing social risks across areas such as structural unemployment, entrepreneurship, immigration, single parenthood, education and health. Editor(s): Harslof, Ivan; Ulmestig, Rickard. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JKS; JPB; JPQB; KJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 295
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349443338
- ISBN
- 9781349443338
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Latinos are the fastest growing population in the United States. As a result, this book seeks to answer questions on the definition of racial and ethnic identity and examines the Latino identity as both fluid and situation-dependent. Series: Critical America. Num Pages: 283 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL4; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814775479
- ISBN
- 9780814775479
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 315 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHM; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 315
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349509461
- ISBN
- 9781349509461
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Condition: New
€ 127.52
€ 127.52
Hardback. Editor(s): Ormrod, James S. Num Pages: 332 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 565.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137569905
- ISBN
- 9781137569905
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Condition: New
€ 67.43
€ 67.43
Paperback. This study in the sociology of science explores the way scientists conduct, and draw conclusions from, their experiments. The book is organized around three case studies: replication of the TEA-laser, detecting gravitational rotation, and some experiments in the paranormal. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226113760
- ISBN
- 9780226113760
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.96
€ 35.99
€ 28.96
paperback. Social marginalisation due to changing labour markets in a global, knowledge-intensive economy poses a major challenge to international welfare states. Addressing the problem from a citizenship perspective, this book contributes significantly to the understanding of policy problems and the development of appropriate strategies. Editor(s): Andersen, Jorgen Goul; Jensen, Per H. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6fig.15tabs. BIC Classification: JFF; JHBL; JPQB; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 551.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861342720
- ISBN
- 9781861342720
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 40.17
€ 41.99
€ 40.17