Sociology & anthropology
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Sociology & anthropology
Paperback. Examines economic sociology's principal assumptions, key explanatory concepts, and selected research sites. The author argues that economic activity is embedded in social and cultural relations, but also that power and the unintended consequences of rational purposive action must be factored in when seeking to explain or predict economic behavior. Num Pages: 320 pages, 17 line illus. 23 tables. BIC Classification: JHB; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691142234
- ISBN
- 9780691142234
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.77
€ 46.99
€ 33.77
Hardback. This text systematically reconstructs the origins and advances in economic sociology. By presenting both classical and contemporary theory and research, it identifies and describes the continuity between past and present, and the move from economics to economic sociology. Num Pages: 304 pages, 17. BIC Classification: JHBA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 173 x 27. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631225355
- ISBN
- 9780631225355
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.57
€ 135.57
Hardback. This volume focuses on how families and family members have been affected by economic and financial stress. Using a variety of methodological and theoretical perspectives, the scholars in this volume examine the various ways financial difficulties affect family structures, family behaviours, and family relationships. Editor(s): Blair, Sampson Lee. Series Editor(s): Blair, Sampson Lee. Series: Contemporary Perspectives in Family Research. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 233 x 31. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780529783
- ISBN
- 9781780529783
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Condition: New
€ 128.96
€ 128.96
Paperback. Argues that economists and sociologists have paid little attention to each other during most of the twentieth century: social problems have been analyzed as if they had no economic dimension and economic problems as if they had no social dimension. This book also describes how they came to challenge the separation between economics and sociology. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691003764
- ISBN
- 9780691003764
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Condition: New
€ 77.06€ 59.60
€ 77.06
€ 59.60
Paperback. An accessible summary of the latest debates in economics, Economics in the Twenty-First Century takes on what is missing from mainstream economics, why it matters, and how the discipline can better address the key concerns of our era. Series: UTP Insights. Num Pages: 192 pages, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1QFG; GTF; JHB; JKS; JPP; JPQB; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442626775
- ISBN
- 9781442626775
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.48
€ 31.99
€ 28.48
Hardback. Explores the fresh paradigms of 'religious economics' and 'economies of religion' under the scope of transdisciplinary and international perspectives. This title examines and appraises some of the theoretical developments and methodological innovations in religious and social sciences. Editor(s): Obadia, Lionel; Wood, Donald C. Series Editor(s): Wood, Donald C. Series: Research in Economic Anthropology. Num Pages: 350 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781780522289
- ISBN
- 9781780522289
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Condition: New
€ 223.32
€ 223.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 237 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; KC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Bootstrap Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780945257721
- ISBN
- 9780945257721
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Condition: New
€ 43.81
€ 43.81
Hardcover. Editor(s): Lassiter, Mary P. Num Pages: 289 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: JH; JP; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 267 x 186 x 23. Weight in Grams: 818.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 289
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781600211829
- ISBN
- 9781600211829
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.42€ 133.57
€ 194.42
€ 133.57
Paperback. Examines how alternative social worlds and projects generate new possibilities of life in the context of ordinary and extraordinary acts of neglect and surveillance Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 table, 6 figures. BIC Classification: JHBA; JPFK; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 166 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350842
- ISBN
- 9780822350842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.60
€ 27.99
€ 26.60
Hardback. A volume on the economics of favours and how they function as socially efficacious actions in post-socialist regions including central, eastern, and south eastern Europe; the former Soviet Union; Mongolia; and post-Maoist China. Editor(s): Henig, David; Makovicky, Nicolette. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JH; JPFF; KCP; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 242 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199687411
- ISBN
- 9780199687411
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.45
€ 159.45
Paperback. Compares the profession of economics in the United States, Britain, and France, and explains why economics, far from being a uniform science, differs in important ways among these three countries. Series: Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 384 pages, 17 halftones. 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1DDF; 1KBB; 3JJ; JHB; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691148038
- ISBN
- 9780691148038
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 31.15
€ 42.99
€ 31.15
Paperback. Suitable for the advanced undergraduate who gropes for her sense of society, and for the graduate student who must develop his own analytical skills, this title looks at social action, religion, law, bureaucracy, charisma, the city, and the political community. Editor(s): Roth, Guenther; Wittich, Claus. Num Pages: 1712 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 161 x 122. Weight in Grams: 2544.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1475
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520280021
- ISBN
- 9780520280021
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 88.92€ 69.86
€ 88.92
€ 69.86
Hardback. Should governments be involved in economic affairs? Challenging prevailing wisdom about the benefits of self-regulating markets, this accessible and engaging book advances a uniquely sociological perspective on economy and state connections to emphasize that states can never be divorced from economy. Series: Polity Economy and Society Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; KC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745644547
- ISBN
- 9780745644547
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Paperback. Should governments be involved in economic affairs? Challenging prevailing wisdom about the benefits of self-regulating markets, this accessible and engaging book advances a uniquely sociological perspective on economy and state connections to emphasize that states can never be divorced from economy. Series: Polity Economy and Society Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: JHB; KC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 209 x 149 x 24. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745644554
- ISBN
- 9780745644554
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Condition: New
€ 26.01
€ 26.01
Paperback. Understanding how society shapes the economy helps us answer many important questions. For example, how does advertising get people to buy things? How do people use their social connections to get jobs? This title presents sociological answers to questions like these. Series: Sociology for a New Century Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHB; KC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications, Inc
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781412994965
- ISBN
- 9781412994965
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Condition: New
€ 68.76€ 44.11
€ 68.76
€ 44.11
Paperback. Ecstatic Encounters takes its readers to the threshold of Candomble temples in Bahia, Brazil, where - for many generations -- members of this spirit-possession cult and curious outsiders have been meeting to marvel at each other's otherness. Having allowed himself to be baffled by Candomble's mysteries and miracle productions, the author explores t Num Pages: 316 pages, Colour colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HRK; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544. Bahian Candomble and the Quest for the Really Real. 316 pages, Colour colour illustrations. Up till the 31st of December 2011 from EURO 39,95 for EURO 20. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HRK; JHM. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 19. Weight: 544.
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press
- Number of pages
- 316
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789089642981
- ISBN
- 9789089642981
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Condition: New
€ 78.14
€ 78.14
Paperback. Analyses contemporary issues in the Amazon and the interaction between Amazonian people and external forces. This book focuses on case studies from Amazonian Brazil, Colombia, and Ecuador regarding the themes of indigeneity, community making, development politics, and the transcendence of indigenous/non-indigenous divides. Editor(s): Hutchins, Frank; Wilson, Patrick C. Num Pages: 306 pages, 5 Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHMC; JHMP; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803216129
- ISBN
- 9780803216129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.41
€ 37.99
€ 34.41
paperback. This ethnography investigates the meaning of learning in the lives of ultra-orthodox Jewish women. Presenting a picture of the Gur Hassidic community in Israel, the author explores the relationship between women's literacy and their subordination. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; CFC; JFSJ1; JFSR1; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Lynne Rienner Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781555873967
- ISBN
- 9781555873967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.86
€ 34.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JFSF; JHMC; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 222 x 16. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295994093
- ISBN
- 9780295994093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.33
€ 37.99
€ 34.33
Paperback. In this famous study, the author argues that the familiar correlation between educational training and job performance is a myth and that the upgrading of the supply of labor is meaningless unless we reconsider the nature of the demand. A lengthy new introduction by the author extends his critique into the 1990s. Series: Ewp Foundations of Sociology. Num Pages: 266 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JF; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Eliot Werner Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780971242753
- ISBN
- 9780971242753
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.08
€ 52.08