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Hardcover. Institutions are man-made entities and their workings, as well as the changes they may undergo, is fundamentally imbued in language and communication. In analysing the role of socio-cultural values, this book argues that communication and language is inseparable from both the economy and a meaningful understanding of insitutions. Num Pages: 184 pages, 4 black & white tables, 13 figures. BIC Classification: JHB; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230223790
- ISBN
- 9780230223790
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.01
€ 64.01
Paperback. * Clear and concise book that explains how the functioning and shape of the economy depend upon social institutions. * Reveals the crucial role formal and informal institutions in everyday life play in how the economy works. Series: Polity Economy and Society Series. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 211 x 17. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745648309
- ISBN
- 9780745648309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.29
€ 23.29
Hardback. * Clear and concise book that explains how the functioning and shape of the economy depend upon social institutions. * Reveals the crucial role formal and informal institutions in everyday life play in how the economy works. Series: Polity Economy and Society Series. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745648293
- ISBN
- 9780745648293
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.93
€ 65.93
Hardback. New approaches to environmental economics are presented in Institutions and Sustainability. Readers will find discussions of the political economy of agriculture, in addition to new analysis methods for the governance of natural resources. Editor(s): Beckmann, Volker; Padmanabhan, Martina. Num Pages: 388 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JH; JPA; KCM; KCN; KNAC; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402096891
- ISBN
- 9781402096891
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 246.22
€ 246.22
Hardback. Contributes to the literature on the sociology of organizations and management, especially to sociological institutionalism. This title covers the empirical areas that range from technology and software development, the brewing industry, custodial facilities to the organization of birthing. Editor(s): Meyer, Renate E.; Sahlin, Kerstin; Ventresca, Marc J.; Walgenbach, Peter. Series Editor(s): Meyer, Renate E.; Sahlin, Kerstin; Ventresca, Marc J.; Walgenbach, Peter. Series: Research in the Sociology of Organizations. Num Pages: 350 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848558663
- ISBN
- 9781848558663
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.20
€ 131.20
Hardcover. The aims of volume 44 in the Research in the Sociology of Organizations series are partly expository and celebratory, but primarily aspirational and forward-looking and examine the profound contribution Philip Selznick made to organizational scholarship and the field of institutional theory. Editor(s): Kraatz, Matthew S. Series: Research in the Sociology of Organizations. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 35. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784417260
- ISBN
- 9781784417260
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.80
€ 156.80
Paperback. "An exploration of the ways that multiple inequalities are being addressed in Europe. Using country-based and region-specific case studies it provides an innovative comparative analysis of the multidimensional equality regimes that are emerging in Europe, and reveals the potential that these have for institutionalizing intersectionality"-- Editor(s): Krizsan, Andrea; Skjeie, Hege; Squires, Judith. Series: Gender and Politics. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349332649
- ISBN
- 9781349332649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.01
€ 64.01
Paperback. In 21st century Britain, a 'perfect storm' seems to have engulfed many of its institutions. This book is the first wholesale consideration of the crisis of legitimacy that has taken root in Britain's key institutions and explores the crisis across them to determine if a set of shared underlying pathologies exist to create this collective crisis. Editor(s): Smith, Martin; Hay, Colin. Series: Understanding Governance. Num Pages: 334 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA; JPHF; JPHV; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349462698
- ISBN
- 9781349462698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.81
€ 121.81
Paperback. Tells about institutional change, how to recognize it, when it occurs, and the mechanisms that cause it to happen. This book confronts several important problems in institutional analysis, and offers conceptual, methodological, and theoretical tools for resolving them. Num Pages: 264 pages, 4 line illus. 10 tables. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691089218
- ISBN
- 9780691089218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.72
€ 46.99
€ 33.72
Paperback. This book contains both extensive applications of the Social Fabric Matrix Approach (SFM-A) to contemporary issues and coverage that embeds applied research in relevant theoretical, philosophical, and methodological frameworks. Editor(s): Natarajan, Tara; Elsner, Wolfram; Fullwiler, Scott. Num Pages: 362 pages, 14 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JNF; JPA; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 557.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489984975
- ISBN
- 9781489984975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 239.71
€ 239.71
Hardback. A study of the relationship between blackness, ethnicity and speed. This ethnography and anthropological study of collegiate sprinters, is constructed upon a model of ethnic and cultural identity which sees social interaction establishing social networks through universal and cognitive rules. Num Pages: 150 pages, 4 photographs, index. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSL1; JFSL3; JHBC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819195845
- ISBN
- 9780819195845
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.09
€ 111.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816689460
- ISBN
- 9780816689460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.48
€ 30.99
€ 27.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 174 x 24. Weight in Grams: 910.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Reitzel, Hans
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788741256917
- ISBN
- 9788741256917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.61€ 53.41
€ 68.61
€ 53.41
Paperback. * peer reviewed publication of the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology * dedicated to the practical problem-solving and policy applications of anthropological knowledge and methods * most editions available for course adoption. Series: NAPA Bulletin. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 161 x 5. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- American Anthropological Association United States
- Edition
- Number 16
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780913167724
- ISBN
- 9780913167724
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 30.71
€ 30.99
€ 30.71
paperback. Series: Anthropology of Contemporary Issues. Num Pages: 208 pages, 7. BIC Classification: 1KJC; JH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801484124
- ISBN
- 9780801484124
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.17
€ 37.99
€ 34.17
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230621787
- ISBN
- 9780230621787
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.34
€ 143.34
Paperback. Latinos comprise the fastest growing ethnic group in the United States, and this interdisciplinary anthology gathers the scholarship of both early career and senior Latina/o scholars whose work explores the varied and unique latinidades, or Latino cultural identities, of this group. Editor(s): Cantu, Norma E.; Franquiz, Maria E. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFF; JFSJ; JFSL; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349383528
- ISBN
- 9781349383528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 143.08
€ 143.08
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333535868
- ISBN
- 9780333535868
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.99
€ 121.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 500 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; HBJQ; HRCR; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 34. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Regina Press
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889773585
- ISBN
- 9780889773585
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.60
€ 37.99
€ 31.60
Paperback. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; HBTR; JHB; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 28. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784537364
- ISBN
- 9781784537364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 35.79
€ 42.99
€ 35.79
Paperback. Num Pages: 257 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CBX; DSB; HPQ; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1984
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489903747
- ISBN
- 9781489903747
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.33
€ 122.33
Paperback. This volume takes the reader on a tour of 160 homes in and around New York City, from affluent townhouses on Manhattan's Upper East Side and rowhouses in blue-collar Brooklyn to the middle- and upper-class suburbs of Long Island. Num Pages: 278 pages, 66 halftones, 5 maps, 28 line drawings, 25 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMR; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 166 x 16. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition, 2nd Printing
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226313689
- ISBN
- 9780226313689
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.41
€ 40.99
€ 31.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 314 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMP; PSB; PSVT7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1975
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780412117701
- ISBN
- 9780412117701
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.49
€ 64.49
Hardback. In the Roman and Byzantine Near East, the holy fool emerged in Christianity as a way of describing individuals whose apparent madness allowed them to achieve a higher level of spirituality. Youval Rotman examines how the figure of the mad saint or mystic was used as a means of individual and collective transformation prior to the rise is Islam. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; HRAX; HRC; JHMC; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 206 x 243 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674057616
- ISBN
- 9780674057616
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.18
€ 51.99
€ 43.18