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Sociology & anthropology
Hardback. Investigating why cremation replaced burial amongst the British families, this book examines the political, religious, economic, and social reasons behind personal choice and sets them in a European context. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333692981
- ISBN
- 9780333692981
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.23
€ 119.23
Hardback. This volume introduces students to a sociological study of sport drawing mainly from British sources for its material. It aims to describe the nature and extent of sporting issues prevalent in society, to analyze research studies in sport and offer explanations for sporting behaviour. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JHBS; JHM; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 461.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333691502
- ISBN
- 9780333691502
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.10
€ 119.10
The People and Their Planet. Searching for Balance.
. Ed(S): Baudot, Barbara Sundberg; Moomaw, Wi...
Hardback. Collects research on the relations between people and the planet's living and non-living resources. Contributors focus on areas including a search for balance between people and the other elements of the biosphere through understanding and overcoming destructive forces. Editor(s): Baudot, Barbara Sundberg; Moomaw, William R. Num Pages: 337 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBD; JP; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 337
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333688113
- ISBN
- 9780333688113
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.92
€ 119.92
Hardback. Brings together the disciplines of economics and social anthropology to provide this work's perspective on international business. The bridge-building nature of transaction cost economics is utilized to give coherence for a dialogue of ideas, concepts and methods of analysis. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHM; KCL; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333687505
- ISBN
- 9780333687505
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.72
€ 119.72
Paperback. This text looks at what constitutes "progress" in gender relations. Focusing on the UK and France. It contradicts the idea that encouraging women's increased insertion into employment is the best strategy for achieving progress in gender relations, with a new focus on changing men's work patterns. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 487.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333683071
- ISBN
- 9780333683071
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.36
€ 62.36
Hardback. This text looks at what constitutes "progress" in gender relations. Focusing on the UK and France. It contradicts the idea that encouraging women's increased insertion into employment is the best strategy for achieving progress in gender relations, with a new focus on changing men's work patterns. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 487.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333683064
- ISBN
- 9780333683064
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Hardback. By focusing on processes of social construction, stigmatization and categorization, the authors offer new insights into the development of government policies towards itinerants in general and the ethnicization of some in particular. They analyze the western images and representations of gypsies focusing on their functions for the labour market. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DD; HBTB; JFSL; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333682418
- ISBN
- 9780333682418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.10
€ 119.10
Paperback. This text makes a contribution to considering leisure as a primary aspect of cultural life. Chris Rojek treats modern culture as performative, that is, there are strong pressures on us to keep busy, even if we are busy doing nothing. Leisure is analyzed as a "status placing" activity. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333680018
- ISBN
- 9780333680018
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 118.31
€ 118.31
Hardback. This text makes a contribution to considering leisure as a primary aspect of cultural life. Chris Rojek treats modern culture as performative, that is, there are strong pressures on us to keep busy, even if we are busy doing nothing. Leisure is analyzed as a "status placing" activity. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333680001
- ISBN
- 9780333680001
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.21
€ 119.21
Hardback. Economic globalization has produced austere social jeopardy in extended parts of post-communist Europe with former Yugoslavia and its successor states as the most conspicuous example. This text is concerned with social reconstruction in the world's increasing number of complex emergencies. Editor(s): Schierup, Carl-Ulrik. Series: Migration, Minorities & Citizenship. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JH; JPS; KCL; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 227 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333679029
- ISBN
- 9780333679029
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.15
€ 119.15
Hardback. Provides accounts of the transformation of work and employment during the final quarter of the 20th century. This text analyzes both the origins and consequences of these developments and illustrates their impact on society, organizations, individuals and communities. Editor(s): Brown, Professor Richard K. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333678145
- ISBN
- 9780333678145
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 180.86
€ 180.86
Paperback. The autobiography of A.H. Halsey, a working-class boy who became an Oxford professor. Halsey reflects on the past and future of sociology, his personal, political and religious opinions, and his travels in time and space. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BGA; JH; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333677100
- ISBN
- 9780333677100
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Condition: New
€ 67.17
€ 67.17
Hardcover. "Anatomising Embodiment and Organisation Theory" explores the relationship between the human body and the development of social theory about organizations and organizing. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JH; KJU. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333674659
- ISBN
- 9780333674659
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.13
€ 119.13
Hardback. Nationalist movements in the South have been superseded by a plethora of different social movements. This work examines these new movements and considers emerging paradigms of organization and mobilization, which are related to the role movements play in economic and political development. Editor(s): Lindberg, Staffan; Sverrisson, Arni. Series: Macmillan International Political Economy S. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JH; JPHV; JPWD; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333670897
- ISBN
- 9780333670897
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.61
€ 119.61
Paperback. This work employs statistical, sociological and psychological analysis, and new developments in "brain science", to show how the creation of an open society with increased equality of opportunity risks creating an unnecessarily excessive meritocracy. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JHBC; JHBL; KCA; KCFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333669501
- ISBN
- 9780333669501
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.52
€ 56.52
Hardback. The charismatic movement has a high profile in contemporary Christianity. With Britain as its focus, this text traces the movement's international connections, historical development and variety. Editor(s): Hunt, Stephen; Hamilton, Malcolm B.; Walter, Tony. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333665985
- ISBN
- 9780333665985
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.21
€ 119.21
Paperback. Explores ethical interpretations of biotechnology and examines whether sufficient consensus exists or is emerging to enable this technology to occupy a stable role in the techno-economic, social and cultural order. The contributors address the nature and implications of biotechnologies for nature, life and social organisation. Editor(s): Campling, Jo; O'Mahony, Patrick. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GPF; HPQ; JFFR; JHBA; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333665886
- ISBN
- 9780333665886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.84
€ 66.84
Hardcover. This work sets out to explain how trade-related temporary movements of persons can be a partial substitute for longer-term migration, serving the interests of both developed and developing countries in a more efficient global economy. Num Pages: 182 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; KCF; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333665237
- ISBN
- 9780333665237
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.71
€ 118.71
Hardback. Drawing on analysis of the origins, occupations, literacy, and mobilization of emigrants recruited in the UK on behalf of colonial legislatures, this work demonstrates how a variety of factors combined to increase the opportunities for underemployed rural and domestic workers, from 1831 to 1860. Num Pages: 413 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBTQ; HBTR; JFFN; JHBL; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 413
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333660492
- ISBN
- 9780333660492
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.90
€ 63.90
Paperback. Men and women's distinctive roles in productive activity affect their economic independence. This study uses basic economic principles to analyze the differences between men and women who are in employment, are unemployed or are non-participant in labour markets. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFSJ; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 271.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333657799
- ISBN
- 9780333657799
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.68
€ 67.68