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Sociology & anthropology
The Search for Fundamentals. The Process of Modernisation and the Ques...
. Ed(S): Tijssen, Lieteke Van Vucht,; Berting...
Hardback. Uses comparative examples to analyze the sources and consequences of several cultural movements. This book also offers theoretical reflections on the difficulties individuals experience and on the message they carry for students of modernity. It is useful for a readership of scholars and advanced students in the social sciences and humanities. Editor(s): Tijssen, Lieteke van Vucht,; Berting, Jan; Lechner, Frank. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HR; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 17. Weight in Grams: 597.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792335429
- ISBN
- 9780792335429
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.49
€ 133.49
hardcover. Based on the theme that change agents, such as teachers and curriculum writers, have a key role in the translation of gender equity policy into gender equitable practices in science and mathematics education, this book is designed for use in university courses and by policy makers concerned with the gender/science/mathematics relationship. Editor(s): Parker, Lesley H. Series: Science & Technology Education Library. Num Pages: 230 pages, 18 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; JN; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1996th Edition
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792335351
- ISBN
- 9780792335351
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 198.88
€ 198.88
Hardback. Includes seven articles reflecting a selection of research issues in the Low Countries. This volume also includes the national reports submitted to the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (Cairo). Editor(s): Deven, F.; Brekel, Hans van den. Series: European Studies of Population. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 1DDN; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1360.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 299
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792333968
- ISBN
- 9780792333968
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.09
€ 200.09
Paperback. Through the medium of portraits of teaching personalities and styles, as well as descriptions of various educational settings in the New York City of the 30s and 40s, the author comments on aspects of immigrant life, the tensions between religious and secular worlds, and more. This book is of interest for those concerned with Jewish life. Series: Philosophy and Education. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBC; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792332367
- ISBN
- 9780792332367
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 129.37
€ 129.37
Hardback. Deals with improving quality of life in a variety of disabled populations. This book includes chapters on people with chronic mental or physical conditions and those without disabilities at all. It outlines some of the challenges and controversies in the quality-of-life domain and attempts to draw generalizable conclusions. Editor(s): Romney, David M.; Brown, Roy I.; Fry, Prem S. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JH; MBPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 571.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Reprinted from SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH, 33:1-3
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792332343
- ISBN
- 9780792332343
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.10
€ 133.10
Hardback. This text consists mainly of portraits of the author's early teachers, most of whom belonged to a transitional generation of immigrant Hebrew scholars. It offers comments on such themes as aspects of immigrant life and the tensions between religious and secular worlds. Series: Philosophy and Education. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBC; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792332329
- ISBN
- 9780792332329
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.90
€ 131.90
Hardback. Contains contributions to an international symposium that the Vienna Circle Institute held in October 1993 on ethics and social philosophy. This book contains papers which deal among others with questions of justice, equality, human rights, the connections between rationality and morality and the methodological problems of applied ethics. Editor(s): Pauer-Studer, Herlinde. Series: Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook. Num Pages: 360 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792330714
- ISBN
- 9780792330714
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.08
€ 201.08
Hardback. Presents essays in honor of Robert S Cohen, on the occasion of his 70th birthday. This work discusses issues of contemporary social and political thought, and its bearing on science. It explains the relations of Marxism to science, and specifically, to the philosophies of science of Carnap and Popper, as well as Soviet Marxism. Editor(s): Gavroglu, Kostas; Stachel, J. J.; Wartofsky, Marx W. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 416 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 785.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792329893
- ISBN
- 9780792329893
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 202.52
€ 202.52
Critical Rationalism, the Social Sciences and the Humanities
. Ed(S): Jarvie, I. C.; Laor, Nathaniel
Hardback. This volume considers such questions as: Agassi's philosophy of education, in practice as well as in theory; the impact of psychology on philosophy; the origins of critical rationalism in the Bible; and the debates in economics stimulated by the work of Popper and Agassi. Editor(s): Jarvie, I. C.; Laor, Nathaniel. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 306 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 615.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792329619
- ISBN
- 9780792329619
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.09
€ 200.09
The Changing University. How Increased Demand for Scientists and Techn...
Zinberg, D.. Ed(S): Zinberg, D.
Hardback. Based on the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on the Changing University and the Education and Employment of Scientists and Engineers, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A., March 8-10, 1990 Editor(s): Zinberg, D. Series: NATO Science Series D:. Num Pages: 182 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792312819
- ISBN
- 9780792312819
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.84
€ 127.84
Hardback. Editor(s): Wagner, Peter; Wittrock, Bjorn; Whitley, Richard. Series: Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook. Num Pages: 401 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 401
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792310013
- ISBN
- 9780792310013
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Condition: New
€ 251.45
€ 251.45
Hardback. Editor(s): Rubinstein, Robert L. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792307433
- ISBN
- 9780792307433
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Condition: New
€ 131.90
€ 131.90
Hardback. Series: Theory and Decision Library A:. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 12. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792306207
- ISBN
- 9780792306207
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.63
€ 131.63
Paperback. Editor(s): Frankel, Stephen; Lewis, Gilbert. Series: Culture, Illness & Healing. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 640.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1989
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792300786
- ISBN
- 9780792300786
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 250.59
€ 250.59
Hardback. Series: Culture, Illness & Healing. Num Pages: 314 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHMP; M; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792300052
- ISBN
- 9780792300052
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 255.69
€ 255.69
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
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Condition: New
€ 202.13
€ 202.13
Hardback. Examines the emergence and role of the new Malay middle class, with special regard to democratization and evolution of civil society. As well as exploring variations within the class across Malaysia, the author also draws comparisons with the working class elsewhere in East Asia. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMM; GTB; GTF; JFSC; JHMC; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333968819
- ISBN
- 9780333968819
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Paperback. Sport and Modern Social Theorists is an innovative and exciting new collection. The chapters are written by leading social analysts of sport from across the world, and examine the contributions of major social theorists towards our critical understanding of modern sport. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBA; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333800799
- ISBN
- 9780333800799
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 138.08
€ 138.08
Hardback. Stressing the variety of ways in which consumption is structured and organized through cultures and showing how these cultural technologies construct the person, the senses and the self, this text stands at the interface of the sociologies of culture and consumption. Editor(s): Hearn, Prof. Jeff; Roseneil, Sasha. Series: Explorations in Sociology. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333747162
- ISBN
- 9780333747162
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.49
€ 67.49
hardcover. A growing interest in political Islam has assumed significant ideological and intellectual dimensions especially in recent years. Rather than viewing it as Islam versus the rest, or tradition against modernity, this volume, without overlooking the tensions, also acknowledges the mutualities. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 380 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2; JHM; JPFK; JPFN; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1999th Edition
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333718346
- ISBN
- 9780333718346
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.95
€ 128.95
Hardback. After the collapse of communism, many states are faced with the challenges of democratization; they need to establish their legitimacy in an uncertain economic climate and within a geopolitical order. This book brings Max Weber's sociology to bear on this transformation of the political landscape. Editor(s): Schroeder, Ralph. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JH; JPA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333712535
- ISBN
- 9780333712535
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.60
€ 127.60
Hardback. This detailed study of Williams unlocks his late sociology of culture. It covers previously overlooked aspects, such as his critique of Birmingham cultural studies, his use of an Adorno-like approach to 'cultural production', his 'social formalist' alternative to structuralism and post-structuralism and his approach to 'the media'. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; JFC; JFD; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333666623
- ISBN
- 9780333666623
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Paperback. This text examines theories of pluralism and locality, and argues that they are the mystified expression of the current political and economic impasse. The critique sets out the case for developing a new humanism to extend rationality. Series: St Antony's. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JH; JPA; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333659014
- ISBN
- 9780333659014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.78
€ 65.78
Hardcover. Are the origins of charisma the same in politics, the media and religion? This interpretation of charisma argues that the basis of charisma in all its forms must be found in the often-obscure symbolic intersection between the inner world of the charismatic and external social and political reality. Num Pages: 135 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JH; JMA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 146 x 13. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333647943
- ISBN
- 9780333647943
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.88
€ 126.88