Sociology & anthropology
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Sociology & anthropology
Paperback. The critically acclaimed account of Caitlin Doughty's first year working on the funerary frontlines Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DN; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782111054
- ISBN
- 9781782111054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.45
€ 14.99
€ 11.45
Paperback. Everywhere anarchism is on the upswing as a political philosophy - everywhere, that is, except the academy. Anarchists repeatedly appeal to anthropologists for ideas about how society might be reorganized on a more egalitarian, less alienating basis. Anthropologists, terrified of being accused of romanticism, respond with silence.. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 115 x 7. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Publisher
- Prickly Paradigm Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780972819640
- ISBN
- 9780972819640
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.31
€ 13.99
€ 13.31
Paperback. The brilliant and insightful new book from Gillian Tett, author of the bestselling FOOL'S GOLD Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: JHM; KCA; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844087594
- ISBN
- 9781844087594
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.97
€ 13.99
€ 10.97
Hardback. Balancing the requirements of our working and home lives is an increasingly complex task. This volume assesses a range of existing quality-of-life programs implemented by employers that recognize the conflicts between our professional and family commitments. Editor(s): Reilly, Nora P.; Sirgy, Joseph; Gorman, C. Allen. Series: International Handbooks of Quality-of Life. Num Pages: 515 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; JMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1106.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400740587
- ISBN
- 9789400740587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 349.94
€ 349.94
Hardcover. A unique, accessible and enlightening analysis of the massive effects of the global demographic rollercoaster and what it will mean for the world economy, ageing societies, baby-boomers and their families and jobs, investments and business, and the economic power map of the world. Num Pages: 348 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 38. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 348
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470822913
- ISBN
- 9780470822913
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.22
€ 35.99
€ 28.22
Paperback. The theme of this volume, studies in macro-micro influences on children, in their pathways to adulthood is aimed at examining the points of intersect between individual and family level reactions to the socioeconomic forces buffeting all industrialised societies. Editor(s): Mandell, Nancy; Porter, Elaine; Tesson, Geoffrey. Series: Sociological Studies of Children & Youth. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784413101
- ISBN
- 9781784413101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.24
€ 62.24
Paperback. Addresses the alienation of practitioners from positivist and quantitative research showing how research can be compatible with how practitioners collect and understand data. The book draws on research approaches that take account of subjectivity and employ participative methods. Series: Practical Social Work Series. Num Pages: 157 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JHBC; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 225.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 157
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1992nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333544341
- ISBN
- 9780333544341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.60
€ 49.60
Paperback. The analysis of social distinction cannot indefinitely remain confined to logics of reasoning that are markedly ethnocentric. Rather than just applying the consecrated schemes of Veblen or Bourdieu, Daloz provides new foundations in this book for understanding 21st Century Dubai, China, Russia and settings of the past. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSR; JHBA; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349336180
- ISBN
- 9781349336180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.67
€ 61.67
Paperback. This volume examines the transformation of politics and social movements at various levels. Starting with a transformation of identity within social movements, it goes on to discuss changes in the scale of social movement mobilization. Editor(s): Bagguley, Paul; Hearn, Prof. Jeff. Series: Explorations in Sociology. Num Pages: 317 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 409.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1999th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333746776
- ISBN
- 9780333746776
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 180.76
€ 180.76
Paperback. This chronicles the interrelation of gender, class and race which shaped British imperialism and, subsequently, its bloody dismantling. Num Pages: 464 pages, 50ill. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBTB; HBTQ; JFC; JFSJ; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 784.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415908900
- ISBN
- 9780415908900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.91
€ 61.91
Paperback.
In this important new book, the leading cultural theorist andphilosopher Bernard Stiegler re-examines the relationship betweenpolitics and aesthetics in our contemporary hyperindustrial age. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HPN; JFC; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745652658
- ISBN
- 9780745652658
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.30
€ 21.30
Hardback. Editor(s): Halder, Santoshi; Assaf, Lori Czop. Series: Inclusive Learning and Educational Equity. Num Pages: 431 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB; JN; JNF; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319552231
- ISBN
- 9783319552231
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 213.71
€ 213.71
Hardback. Series: Studies in Transgression. Num Pages: 320 pages, 18 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JFSG; JHB; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 27. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231176422
- ISBN
- 9780231176422
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 25.41
€ 42.99
€ 25.41
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781506345444
- ISBN
- 9781506345444
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 91.87
€ 91.87
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857459176
- ISBN
- 9780857459176
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.22
€ 152.22
Hardback. The contributors investigate the inter-relationships between migrant remittances and the family in Asia. They argue that, in the context of Asian transnational labour migration where remittances tend to become a primary currency of care, the making or breaking of the family unit is mainly contingent on how individuals handle remittance processes. Editor(s): Hoang, Lan Anh; Yeoh, Brenda (National University of Singapore). Series: Anthropology, Change and Development. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 black & white tables, 8 charts. BIC Classification: 1F; GTF; JFFN; JHBK; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137506856
- ISBN
- 9781137506856
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.72
€ 119.72
Paperback. Editor(s): Sanjek, Roger. Num Pages: 432 pages, 16. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801497261
- ISBN
- 9780801497261
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 35.75
€ 37.99
€ 35.75
hardcover. This book discusses important methodologies for developing statistical designs, sample surveys and evaluation designs. Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: JHBC; JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 254 x 19. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107146457
- ISBN
- 9781107146457
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.84
€ 75.84
Hardback. Engaging with contemporary debates about precarity, unfreedom and socio-legal status, this ground breaking book presents the first evidence of forced labour among displaced migrants who seek refuge in the UK. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFD; JFFN; JHBL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447306900
- ISBN
- 9781447306900
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.99
€ 95.99
Paperback. In this volume, childhood is conceived as a structural feature of society and comparable across time and cultures. Such perspectives have been relatively under-represented in the "New Sociology of Childhood," which has tended both to stress children's agency and to favour ethnographic methods of inquiry. Editor(s): Qvortrup, Jens. Series: Sociological Studies of Children & Youth. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784413224
- ISBN
- 9781784413224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.34
€ 62.34