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Sociology & anthropology
Childhoods at the Intersection of the Local and the Global
. Ed(S): Twum-Danso Imoh, Afua; Ame, Robert K...
Paperback. Editor(s): Twum-Danso Imoh, Afua; Ame, Robert Kwame. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JFSP; JHBK; JPQB; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349344444
- ISBN
- 9781349344444
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Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. Editor(s): Higgins, Nancy; Freeman, Claire. Num Pages: 344 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: 1MBN; JFSP1; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Otago University Press New Zealand
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781877578496
- ISBN
- 9781877578496
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.40
€ 30.99
€ 22.40
Paperback. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; HPC; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349473328
- ISBN
- 9781349473328
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Condition: New
€ 62.03
€ 62.03
Paperback. Editor(s): Wells, K.; Burman, E.; Montgomery, H.; Watson, A. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFSP; JHBK; JKSB1; JKSN; JMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349458455
- ISBN
- 9781349458455
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Condition: New
€ 61.44
€ 61.44
Paperback. This timely volume offers an in-depth theoretical analysis of children's experiences growing up with mobile internet technologies. Drawing on up-to-date research, it explores the relationship between childhood as a social and cultural construction and the plethora of mobile internet technologies which have become ubiquitous in everyday life. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JFSP; JFSR; JHBK; JNV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349450947
- ISBN
- 9781349450947
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Condition: New
€ 61.56
€ 61.56
Paperback. Editor(s): Brooker, E.; Alanen, Leena (University of Jyvaskyla, Finland); Mayall, Berry. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFSP; JHBA; JHBK; JN; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349481040
- ISBN
- 9781349481040
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Condition: New
€ 61.39
€ 61.39
Hardback. This collection is an engaging exploration of how Bourdieu's key concepts - field, habitus and capital - help us re-think the status of childhood. The authors are committed to improving the social status and well-being of childhood in social, economic and political worlds that too often fail to accord children respect for their human rights. Editor(s): Alanen, Leena (University of Jyvaskyla, Finland); Brooker, E.; Mayall, Berry. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHBA; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137384737
- ISBN
- 9781137384737
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Condition: New
€ 62.28
€ 62.28
Paperback. Editor(s): Oxford Department of International Development; Bourdillon, Michael; Boyden, Jo. Series: Palgrave Studies on Children and Development. Num Pages: 350 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFF; JHB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 493.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349339822
- ISBN
- 9781349339822
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Condition: New
€ 119.43
€ 119.43
Paperback. Examines the reintegration of former child soldiers in Sierra Leone. Based on 18 months of participant-observer ethnographic fieldwork and ten years of follow-up research, this book argues that there is a fundamental disconnect between the Western idea of the child soldier and the individual lived experiences of the child soldiers of Sierra Leone. Num Pages: 223 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; JFSP1; JHM; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814770252
- ISBN
- 9780814770252
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.30
€ 32.99
€ 31.30
Hardcover. Examines the reintegration of former child soldiers in Sierra Leone. Based on 18 months of participant-observer ethnographic fieldwork and ten years of follow-up research, this book argues that there is a fundamental disconnect between the Western idea of the child soldier and the individual lived experiences of the child soldiers of Sierra Leone. Num Pages: 223 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, maps, fig. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; JFSP1; JHM; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814724965
- ISBN
- 9780814724965
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Condition: New
€ 91.05
€ 91.05
Paperback. Addresses moralising within discourses of childhood and youth and asks how we might do things differently. Editor(s): Clapton, Gary. Series: Moral Panics in Theory and Practice. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP2; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 130 x 196 x 14. Weight in Grams: 98.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447321941
- ISBN
- 9781447321941
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Condition: New
€ 15.91
€ 15.91
Paperback. Aims to confront expectations of childhood with expectations of old age. This anthology focuses on preconceptions of age and on the ways in which man, at different times and in different cultures, has dealt with age. It also attempt to answer questions about age in the future, where biological lifespans will be challenged by gene technology. Editor(s): Povlsen, Jorgen; De Coninck-Smith, Ning; Mellemgaard, Signe. Num Pages: 213 pages, colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP31; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 179 x 16. Weight in Grams: 498.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788778384904
- ISBN
- 9788778384904
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.26
€ 31.99
€ 23.26
Hardcover. This collection provides a comprehensive insight into disabled children and youth in Nordic countries. It seeks to understand the experiences of children from their own perspectives and takes a multidisciplinary approach grounded in the new social studies of childhood and the Nordic relational approach to disability. Editor(s): Rannevig, Traustadottir; Ytterhus, Borgun; Egilson, Snaefridur Thora; Berg, Berit. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 tables, 3 charts. BIC Classification: 1DN; JFFG; JFSP1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137032638
- ISBN
- 9781137032638
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.82
€ 139.82
Paperback. This collection provides a comprehensive insight into disabled children and youth in Nordic countries. It seeks to understand the experiences of children from their own perspectives and takes a multidisciplinary approach grounded in the new social studies of childhood and the Nordic relational approach to disability. Editor(s): Traustadottir, Rannveig; Ytterhus, Borgun; Egilson, S.; Berg, B. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSP; JHB; JHBK; VFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349441181
- ISBN
- 9781349441181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 139.70
€ 139.70
paperback. "In recent years children have become an increasingly important consumer market, and there is growing concern about the commercialisation of childhood. This book sheds light on these debates, offering new empirical data and challenging critical perspectives on childrens engagement with consumer culture from a wide range of international settings"-- Editor(s): Buckingham, David; Tingstad, Vebjorg. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSP; JFSR; JHBK; JHBL; JKSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2010
- SKU
- V9781349309788
- ISBN
- 9781349309788
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Condition: New
€ 61.98
€ 61.98
Paperback. Will the future be a climate disaster? Will biotechnologies bring huge improvements to lifespan? Predictions vary, but children's status as human embodiments of the future puts them at the centre of attempts to shape the world and the discipline of childhood studies can therefore make a critical and creative contribution to future-making. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 181 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP; JHB; JHBK; JPQB; RNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 251.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 181
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349321889
- ISBN
- 9781349321889
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Condition: New
€ 61.13
€ 61.13
Paperback. Childbirth Across Cultures presents birth as a biocultural event, studying management models and rituals surrounding the process from variety of cultures and communities. Power relationships are revealed by examining who makes crucial delivery decisions. Editor(s): Selin, Helaine. Series: Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science. Num Pages: 332 pages, 33 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JHM; MJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400730588
- ISBN
- 9789400730588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 263.52
€ 263.52
Hardback. Childbirth Across Cultures presents birth as a biocultural event, studying management models and rituals surrounding the process from variety of cultures and communities. Power relationships are revealed by examining who makes crucial delivery decisions. Editor(s): Selin, Helaine. Series: Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science. Num Pages: 332 pages, 33 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHBT; MJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 167 x 31. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048125982
- ISBN
- 9789048125982
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 268.46
€ 268.46
Hardcover. This volume addresses the relationship between childbearing, paid work and work-life balance policies across Europe in the 21st century, illuminating the uncertainty and risk related to insecure labour force attachment, the incoherence of women's and men's access to education and employment and the unequal share of domestic responsibilities. Editor(s): Olah, Livia Sz. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFF; JFSJ1; JHBK; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230320888
- ISBN
- 9780230320888
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.82
€ 62.82
Childbearing, Women's Employment and Work-Life Balance Policies in Con...
Fratczak, Ewa. Ed(S): Olah, Livia Sz.
Paperback. This volume addresses the relationship between childbearing, paid work and work-life balance policies across Europe in the 21st century, illuminating the uncertainty and risk related to insecure labour force attachment, the incoherence of women's and men's access to education and employment and the unequal share of domestic responsibilities. Editor(s): Olah, Livia Sz. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHB; JHBL; JPA; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 315.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349340279
- ISBN
- 9781349340279
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.51
€ 61.51