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Sociology & anthropology
Hardback. Today anthropologists carry out the discipline's original purpose of understanding and advocating for cultural integrity of societies across the globe. Public anthropology, likewise, is an important genre of anthropology with the goal of actively engaging with people to make changes to improve the modern human condition. Editor(s): Beck, Sam; Maida, Carl A. Series: Studies in Public and Applied Anthropology. Num Pages: 388 pages, 44 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 32. Weight in Grams: 782.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782387305
- ISBN
- 9781782387305
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 176.19
€ 176.19
hardcover. This comprehensive but accessible book is both an interesting read and an excellent overview of public anthropology. In-depth case studies offer an opportunity to evaluate the pros and cons of engaging with public issues, while profiles of select anthropologists ensure the book is contemporary, but rooted in the history of the discipline. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20. BIC Classification: JHB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442635890
- ISBN
- 9781442635890
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.55
€ 102.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 236 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, 39 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 323.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783658035761
- ISBN
- 9783658035761
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Condition: New
€ 65.89
€ 65.89
Public Choice Essays in Honor of a Maverick Scholar: Gordon Tullock
. Ed(S): Fishback, Price V.; Libecap, Gary D....
Paperback. Editor(s): Fishback, Price V.; Libecap, Gary D.; Zajac, Edward E. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461370604
- ISBN
- 9781461370604
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Condition: New
€ 126.68
€ 126.68
Hardback. Offering original insights on the prospects for a European, or even global, public sphere, this volume offers the writings of the original thinker Bernhard Peters (1949-2005) in English for the first time. Includes an introduction by the editor that outlines the importance of Peters' work and a preface by Jurgen Habermas. Editor(s): Wessler, Hartmut. Series: Transformations of the State. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJPR; 3JMC; GTC; JHBA; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230573536
- ISBN
- 9780230573536
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.39
€ 128.39
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691608099
- ISBN
- 9780691608099
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Condition: New
€ 59.41€ 46.96
€ 59.41
€ 46.96
Hardcover. Emotions are central to our practices and understanding of public life. This book examines the political, social and personal consequences of public emotions in relation to conflict, ritual, social classification, collective life, identity, memory and power and is a multidisciplinary collaboration showing the emotional character of public life. Editor(s): Perri 6, Professor; Radstone, Susannah; Squire, Professor Corinne; Treacher, Amal. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHMC; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230007192
- ISBN
- 9780230007192
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.97
€ 127.97
Paperback. This volume examines the ways youth, parents, community members, and civic leaders join forces to improve public education. Editor(s): Rogers, John; Orr, Marion. Num Pages: 344 pages, 2 tables, 1 figure, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHB; JNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804763561
- ISBN
- 9780804763561
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
hardcover. Constitutes a status report on health conditions (including nutrition and freshwater supply) in the Pacific Island Nations. This book is based on investigations carried out by the Pacific Science Association and includes ethnic, demographic, historic, economic, political, climatological and ecological aspects. Editor(s): Miles, J. A. R. Num Pages: 174 pages, 33 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHMP; M; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 12. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 1984th Edition
- Number of pages
- 174
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789027790859
- ISBN
- 9789027790859
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Condition: New
€ 131.15
€ 131.15
Paperback. Winner of the 2016 AESA Critics' Choice Book Award Molly Makris uses an interdisciplinary approach to urban education policy to examine the formal education and physical environment of young people from low-income backgrounds and demonstrate how gentrification shapes these circumstances. Series: Palgrave Studies in Urban Education. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JNF; JNK; JNT; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349491759
- ISBN
- 9781349491759
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Condition: New
€ 52.91€ 46.13
€ 52.91
€ 46.13
Hardcover. Editor(s): Ramirez, Justin A. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 182 x 17. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617614613
- ISBN
- 9781617614613
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.82€ 95.53
€ 137.82
€ 95.53
Hardcover. K. E. Brashier examines practices of memorializing the dead in early imperial China. After surveying how learning in this period relied on memorization and recitation, he treats the parameters name, age, and kinship as ways of identifying a person in Han public memory, as well as the media responsible for preserving the deceased person's identity. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 550 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: HBJF; JHBT; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 237 x 39. Weight in Grams: 926.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674492035
- ISBN
- 9780674492035
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.05€ 64.19
€ 70.05
€ 64.19
Paperback. This survey of European public opinion on national security issues interprets numerous public opinion polls retrieved from government ministries, commercial agencies and educational institutions. It is a comparative and historical survey of the security challenges faced by Western governments. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; JKV; JPA; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 309
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349077090
- ISBN
- 9781349077090
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Condition: New
€ 72.10
€ 72.10
Paperback. An account of trends in Russian public opinion over the period 1988-94. Analyzing data from Russian polling organizations, it covers the development of a professional polling industry and looks at such areas as changing popular moods, and attitudes towards political institutions. Series: Studies in Russian and East European History and Society. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JHBC; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333644201
- ISBN
- 9780333644201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.09
€ 50.09
Paperback. Series: New Security Challenges. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHB; JPB; JPS; JPSD; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349308965
- ISBN
- 9781349308965
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Condition: New
€ 66.90
€ 66.90
paperback. Public participation and its relationship to the strategies and implementation of environmental policy are examined in this volume, from a functional perspective. Interdisciplinary cases are explored from around the globe to illustrate the principles discussed. Editor(s): Coenen, Frans H.J.M. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JH; JPA; LNKJ; RGL; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2009
- Number of pages
- 209
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048181070
- ISBN
- 9789048181070
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Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Paperback. Communities throughout the world are increasingly diverse in their racial, ethnic and religious make up. Using examples drawn from over 50 countries in a variety of fields from economics to education, this book explores how governmental, economic and social institutions are adapting their policies to create more cohesive and peaceful societies. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JHB; JPA; JPB; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349446612
- ISBN
- 9781349446612
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Condition: New
€ 66.61
€ 66.61
Paperback. Has ethnicity become institutionalized as a political category? Drawing on international studies, including New Zealand, the book shows that this process of public policymaking creates artificial divisions that can become permanent and detrimental as well as being at odds with the social fluidity of modern societies. Preface by Jonathan Friedman. Editor(s): Rata, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHB; JN; JPP; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349281053
- ISBN
- 9781349281053
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.10
€ 66.10
Hardback. Manski argues that public policy is based on untrustworthy analysis. Failing to account for uncertainty in an uncertain world, policy analysis routinely misleads policy makers with expressions of certitude. Manski critiques the status quo and offers an innovation to improve both how policy research is conducted and how it is used by policy makers. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 graph, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 242 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066892
- ISBN
- 9780674066892
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.41€ 49.84
€ 53.41
€ 49.84
Paperback. Series: Studien Zur Kommunikationswissenschaft. Num Pages: 279 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531131962
- ISBN
- 9783531131962
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.89
€ 60.89
Hardcover. This text explores the possibility of symbolic public spaces in the context of Chinese cinema. Focusing especially on women, children and the dispossessed, it looks at the way public space is constructed and occupied, both in the Chinese cultrual sphere and in the world of international audiences. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APF; GTC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847698769
- ISBN
- 9780847698769
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.50
€ 165.50
Public Sector Employment Regimes: Transformations of the State as an E...
Gottschall, Karin, Hils, Sylvia, Kittel, Bern...
Hardcover. This book explores the extent to which a transformation of public employment regimes has taken place in four Western countries, and the factors influencing the pathways of reform. It demonstrates how public employment regimes have unravelled in different domains of public service, contesting the idea that the state remains a 'model' employer. Series: Transformations of the State. Num Pages: 374 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; JPB; JPP; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 27. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230337152
- ISBN
- 9780230337152
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.72
€ 128.72
Paperback. Policing and security governance in areas of limited statehood have become central issues in contemporary academic and political debates. This book offers an in-depth study on public security provision, the resulting state-society relations, and policing in Mexico City. Series: Governance and Limited Statehood. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JKV; JPA; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349333486
- ISBN
- 9781349333486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.54
€ 126.54
paperback. Twelve essays provide a nuanced portrait of why public sexual activity is such an integral part of gay culture. Contributors explore issues such as visibility and secrecy, as well as economic status and social class, and interrogate the historical trajectories through which certain locations come to be favored sites for sexual encounters. Editor(s): Leap, William L. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 photos. BIC Classification: JFSK2; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231106917
- ISBN
- 9780231106917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.68
€ 37.99
€ 27.68