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Sociology & anthropology
Paperback. Community-based development' (CBD) or'community-driven development' (CDD) has been the predominant approach to international development in recent years. Drawing on fieldwork and first-hand experience, this book explains why CBD/CDD produces outcomes that are incompatible with its underlying assumptions and intended objectives. Series: Africa Connects. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JHB; JHM; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349448159
- ISBN
- 9781349448159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.81
€ 65.81
Hardcover. 'Community-based development' (CBD) or'community-driven development' (CDD) has been the predominant approach to international development in recent years. Drawing on fieldwork and first-hand experience, this book explains why CBD/CDD produces outcomes that are incompatible with its underlying assumptions and intended objectives. Series: Africa Connects. Num Pages: 216 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; GTF; JHB; JP; RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137281401
- ISBN
- 9781137281401
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Paperback. In this collaborative ethnography, Javier Auyero and Debora Alejandra Swistun-who was born and raised in the dreadfully polluted shantytown in Buenos Aires from which the book takes its name-vividly describe everyday life in Flammable and depict how this ongoing, slow-motion environmental disaster is experienced and understood by its residents. Num Pages: 208 pages, 37black and white half tones, 3 line illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195372939
- ISBN
- 9780195372939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.05
€ 48.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFFA; JFSJ; JHBL; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 204 x 136 x 15. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195176018
- ISBN
- 9780195176018
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.14
€ 25.99
€ 23.14
Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HR; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761807971
- ISBN
- 9780761807971
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.64
€ 140.64
Hardcover. Flexibility is an ambiguous concept. This book contributes to expounding the importance of clearer concepts in the debates on economic systems, labour markets and work organization. The authors place 'flexibility' in a new theoretical context as juxtaposed to 'stability'. Much terminological confusion and is resolved by this suggestion. Editor(s): Furaker, Bengt; Hakansson, Kristina; Karlsson, Jan. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; KCFM; KJWX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230013643
- ISBN
- 9780230013643
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.72
€ 127.72
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHB; KJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Deutscher Universitatsverlag United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783824408511
- ISBN
- 9783824408511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.48
€ 72.48
Hardback. Introducing anthropological exchange theory to a wider readership, this volume explores sociality in work environments marked by the kind of structural changes that have come to define contemporary "flexible" capitalism. It makes a novel contribution to a trans-disciplinary scholarship on contemporary economic practice.. Editor(s): Kjaerulff, Jens. Series: EASA Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: JHBL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782386155
- ISBN
- 9781782386155
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.09
€ 163.09
Paperback. By tracing the footprint of a unremarkable object across the globe, this book provides new ways of thinking about globalisation. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JFCD; JFFS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745334110
- ISBN
- 9780745334110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 29.03
€ 35.99
€ 29.03
Hardback. By tracing the footprint of a unremarkable object across the globe, this book provides new ways of thinking about globalisation. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCD; JFFS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780745334127
- ISBN
- 9780745334127
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.11€ 84.39
€ 100.11
€ 84.39
Paperback. An ethnography of Ayurvedic medicine which argues the ills it cures are largely effects of postcolonial identity. Series: Body, Commodity, Text. Num Pages: 328 pages, 16 illus., 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JHMP; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822329480
- ISBN
- 9780822329480
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.79
€ 36.99
€ 28.79
Paperback. Examining the relationship between societal practice, historical processes, and culture in a Nepali society, this book tells the story of the Thakali's search for identity and their efforts to clarify and represent their culture and history. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FKN; JFSL9; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231110877
- ISBN
- 9780231110877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. Reflecting the many changes that have occurred in the study of focus groups in recent years, this book begins with an introduction offering a discussion of current social science approaches to focus groups. Series: Qualitative Research Methods. Num Pages: 88 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 5. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761903437
- ISBN
- 9780761903437
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.07
€ 47.07
Paperback. This title provides a conceptual and practical introduction to focus groups. In the book, focus groups are systematically explored; not as an extension or elaboration of interview work alone, but as its own specific research method with its own particular affordances. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: GPS; JHBC; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 8. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415692274
- ISBN
- 9780415692274
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.29
€ 50.29
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781452270982
- ISBN
- 9781452270982
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.25
€ 75.25
Hardcover. Editor(s): Yoon, Chengji. Num Pages: 180 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 3JMC; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 269 x 185 x 16. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781600219429
- ISBN
- 9781600219429
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 276.75€ 190.29
€ 276.75
€ 190.29
Paperback. By analysing the folk stories and personal narratives of a cross-section of Palestinians, Sirhan offers a detailed study of how content and sociolinguistic variables affect a narrator's language use and linguistic behaviour. This book will be of interest to anyone engaged with narrative discourse, gender discourse, Arabic studies and linguistics. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFGR; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349459513
- ISBN
- 9781349459513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.26
€ 66.26
Paperback. Informal folk narrative genres such as gossip, advice, rumor, and urban legends provide a unique window into popular formations of AIDS and gender conflict in Africa. The first book on the subject to draw primarily on such narratives, this book shows how they provide rich insights into the struggles of people living in an era of social upheaval. Series: Gender and Cultural Studies in Africa and the Diaspora. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ; JHB; JHBK; JHM; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349458370
- ISBN
- 9781349458370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.48
€ 72.48
Hardback. Tells the story of China's political elites from their own perspectives. Based on over five hundred interviews, this title offers a rare glimpse into how the attitudes and ideas of those at the top have evolved over the decades. Num Pages: 312 pages, 13 line illustrations, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JHMC; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 227 x 24. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520281219
- ISBN
- 9780520281219
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.52
€ 35.99
€ 26.52
Paperback. Food and social transformation in eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union Editor(s): Caldwell, Melissa L. Num Pages: 248 pages, 15 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DV; 1DVUA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253221391
- ISBN
- 9780253221391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.17
€ 26.99
€ 25.17
Paperback. The importance of food is undeniable. Yet, because it is so close and obvious, we often fail to pay attention to it. In Food and Society: A Sociological Approach, author William C. Whitt attempts to develop a multi-level, multidisciplinary approach to the relationship between food and the larger world. Series: Food and Society. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- General Hall Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781882289363
- ISBN
- 9781882289363
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.80
€ 65.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349487967
- ISBN
- 9781349487967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.81
€ 65.81
Hardback. Tracing dramatic changes in how Americans ate during the 1800s, Food and the Novel in Nineteenth-Century America argues that novelists, along with writers of cookbooks and domestic guides, helped negotiate the meaning of these changes in ways that still shape how Americans eat today. Series: Rowman & Littlefield Studies in Food and Gastronomy. Num Pages: 220 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; JFCV; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759120945
- ISBN
- 9780759120945
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.53
€ 154.53
Hardback. It is critical for the food industry to maintain a current understanding of the factors affecting food choice, acceptance and consumption since these influence all aspects of its activities. This book is an essential reference for those concerned with the economic, social, and psychological aspects of the subject. Editor(s): MacFie, H. J. H.; Meiselman, H. L. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JH; KNDF; WB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1670.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751401929
- ISBN
- 9780751401929
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 202.13
€ 202.13