Sociology & anthropology
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Sociology & anthropology
Paperback. Chronicles the lives of a group of fishermen from Ghana who took the long and dangerous journey to Southern Italy in search of work in a cutthroat underground economy. Illuminating the nature of high-risk migration around the world, this title reveals the challenges and experiences of these international migrants. Num Pages: 306 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1HFDH; JFFN; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520270732
- ISBN
- 9780520270732
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.98
€ 33.99
€ 24.98
Paperback. In 1988, the renowned sociologist Pierre Bourdieu and the leading historian Roger Chartier met for a series of lively discussions that were broadcast on French public radio. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745679594
- ISBN
- 9780745679594
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Condition: New
€ 18.42
€ 18.42
Paperback. With coverage of both original ideas and the authors' own practical experiences, this book helps readers to unlock the importance of reflexivity and understand its benefits Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 170. .
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781446295175
- ISBN
- 9781446295175
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Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 48.92
€ 51.99
€ 48.92
Paperback. This work throws new light on the nature and origins of ideas of racial difference. It reconstructs the evolution of the modern discourse of race and investigates its meaning in contemporary society. It presents a critique of postmodern theories of cultural "difference". Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX; JFF; JFSL1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 515.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 1996th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333628584
- ISBN
- 9780333628584
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Condition: New
€ 60.87
€ 60.87
Paperback. This text provides readers with a broad overview of the range and complexity of fieldwork in anthropology. The updated selections offer insight into the ethnographer's experience of gathering and analyzing data, and a richer understanding of the conflicts, hazards and ethical challenges of pursuing fieldwork around the globe. Editor(s): Robben, Antonius C. G. M.; Sluka, Jeffrey A. Series: Wiley Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Num Pages: 672 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 174 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1012.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 672
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470657157
- ISBN
- 9780470657157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.56
€ 61.56
Hardcover. Studies of the military that deal with the actual experience of troops in the field are still rare in the social sciences. In fact, this ethnographic study of an elite unit in the Israeli Defense Force is the only one of its kind. As an officer of this unit and a professional anthropologist, the author was ideally positioned for his role. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 8 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFSR1; JHM; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571811455
- ISBN
- 9781571811455
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.36
€ 151.36
paperback. In this innovative approach to the practice of social science, Charles Ragin explores the use of fuzzy sets to bridge the divide between quantitive and qualitative methods. He argues that fuzzy sets allow a far richer dialogue between ideas and evidence in social research than previously possible. Num Pages: 312 pages, 20 line drawings, 47 tables. BIC Classification: JHBC; PBWX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226702773
- ISBN
- 9780226702773
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.66
€ 40.99
€ 31.66
Paperback. New A-Level Sociology: AQA Year 1 & 2 Complete Revision & Practice Editor(s): CGP Books. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 4KLR; JHB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 212 x 298 x 12. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Publisher
- Coordination Group Publications Ltd (CGP)
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782943563
- ISBN
- 9781782943563
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.48
€ 30.99
€ 27.48
Paperback. A comprehensive analysis of the rise of private security providers across Africa, and its implications for African states and societies Editor(s): Higate, Paul; Utas, Mats. Series: Africa Now. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; GTF; JHB; JPWS; JWXN; KNSS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Zed Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786990259
- ISBN
- 9781786990259
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.58
€ 37.99
€ 31.58
Hardback. Max Weber is widely considered a founder of sociology and the modern social sciences. This book provides details about Weber's visit to the United States in 1904 with his wife Marianne - what he did, what he saw, whom he met and why, and how these experiences profoundly influenced Weber's thought on immigration, capitalism, science, and culture. Num Pages: 328 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: BGH; JFCX; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691147796
- ISBN
- 9780691147796
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Condition: New
€ 56.58€ 44.75
€ 56.58
€ 44.75
Paperback.
The concealment of income, wealth and profits in tax havens has brought the topic of offshoring into public debate, but as John Urry shows in this important new book offshoring is a much more pervasive feature of contemporary societies. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; KCL; RGCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745664866
- ISBN
- 9780745664866
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Condition: New
€ 21.98
€ 21.98
Paperback. Offering a portrait of the real lives of kitchen workers, this book presents their experiences, challenges, and satisfactions to colorful life. Num Pages: 328 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBL; KNSH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 147 x 226 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520257924
- ISBN
- 9780520257924
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.82
€ 33.99
€ 24.82
Paperback. aeo A major new book by one of the most original thinkers today. aeo Develops a distinctive argument about the a liquida nature of modernity. aeo Re--examines key concepts which look at the heart of orthodox accounts of the human condition, including the concepts of emancipation, individuality, work and community. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745624105
- ISBN
- 9780745624105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.55
€ 22.55
Paperback. This book explores the ways in which Western-derived music connects with globalization, hybridity, consumerism and the flow of cultures. Both as local terrain and as global crossroads, cities remain fascinating spaces of cultural contestation and meaning-making via the composing, playing, recording and consumption of popular music. Editor(s): Lashua, Brett; Spracklen, Karl; Wagg, Stephen. Series: Leisure Studies in a Global Era. Num Pages: 323 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AV; JFC; JFSR; JHB; JHBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 26. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349448906
- ISBN
- 9781349448906
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.68
€ 45.68
Paperback. aeo Concerns debates now at the core of social and political theory -- particularly the debate about the nature of modernity. aeo Provides an accessible introduction to the basic ideas of the theory of reflexive modernization. aeo Each of the three contributors is very well--known at an international level. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745612782
- ISBN
- 9780745612782
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.98
€ 24.99
€ 24.98
Paperback. Explores the intertwined character of the three religions and the dense imbrication of religion in all aspects of Yoruba history up to the present. This title offers an insight into important contemporary themes such as religious conversion, new religious movements, relations between world religions, the conditions of religious violence, and more. Series: The Anthropology of Christianity. Num Pages: 312 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1H; HRAC; HRC; HRH; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285859
- ISBN
- 9780520285859
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.62
€ 45.99
€ 32.62
Paperback. Management has been one of the driving forces of the last century, indeed an idea and a language that colonized most other institutions, areas of human activity and walks of life, even those that had until recently been regarded as completely unmanageable, such as art, academia and creativity. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JH; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509502226
- ISBN
- 9781509502226
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Condition: New
€ 22.03
€ 22.03
Paperback. Through a study of 40 incest victims and interviews with professionals in mental health, child protection and law enforcement, the author develops a picture of the incestuous family. She also offers an overview of the knowledge that has developed about incest and other forms of sexual abuse. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JFFE2; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674002708
- ISBN
- 9780674002708
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.63
€ 34.99
€ 29.63
Paperback. * Combats stereotypes that have dominated theories on female moral development by challenging the notion that girls are inherently supportive of each other. * Examines the stances that girls on a playground in a multicultural school setting assume and shows how they position themselves in their peer groups. Series: Blackwell Studies in Discourse and Culture. Num Pages: 344 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 172 x 23. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631234258
- ISBN
- 9780631234258
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.53
€ 44.53
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857027429
- ISBN
- 9780857027429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.06
€ 51.06
Hardback. James Hogg's Jacobite Relics - originally commissioned by the Highland Society of London in 1817 - is an important addition to The Collected Works of James Hogg. Editor(s): Pittock, Professor Murray. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 592 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; AVGC; DNF; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 169 x 43. Weight in Grams: 896.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748615919
- ISBN
- 9780748615919
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.25€ 147.36
€ 153.25
€ 147.36
Paperback. This radical and thought-provoking book argues that violence does not result from a breakdown of morality, but is morally motivated. Num Pages: 384 pages, 10 b/w illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: JFFE3; JHB; JKV; JMH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107458918
- ISBN
- 9781107458918
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.40
€ 28.40
Hardback. The chapters situate the cross-cutting power of the life-course in specific global historical contexts, so as to examine how reproductive cultures are influenced by demographic change, new technologies, migration and diaspora. Studies shed light on of the diverse ways in which nature, biology, kinship and gender have been understood. Editor(s): Pooley, Sian; Qureshi, Kaveri. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 276 pages, 11 figures. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785331503
- ISBN
- 9781785331503
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.67
€ 152.67
Paperback. More than 98 percent of human genes are shared with two species of chimpanzee. The 'third' chimpanzee is man. This work surveys life-cycle, culture, sexuality and destructive urges both towards ourselves and the planet to explore the ways in which we are uniquely human yet still influenced by our animal origins. Num Pages: 368 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMP; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099913801
- ISBN
- 9780099913801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.33
€ 17.99
€ 13.33