Sociology & anthropology
Results 20021 - 20040 of 20115
Sociology & anthropology
Paperback. Examines the profound impact of therapeutic discourse on our lives and on our contemporary notions of identity. This book examines a range of sources to show how self-help culture has transformed contemporary emotional life and how therapy complicates individuals' lives even as it claims to dissect their emotional experiences and heal trauma. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 434. Therapy, Emotions, and the Culture of Self-Help. 304 pages. Examines the profound impact of therapeutic discourse on our lives and on our contemporary notions of identity. This book examines a range of sources to show how self-help culture has transformed contemporary emotional life and how therapy complicates individuals' lives even as it claims to dissect their emotional experiences and heal trauma. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JHMC; JM. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 18. Weight: 406.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520253735
- ISBN
- 9780520253735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.66
€ 40.99
€ 28.66
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Napier Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780954007928
- ISBN
- 9780954007928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.33
€ 43.33
Hardback. * Focuses on the effects of current changes on workers and work, rather than on organizations as a whole. * Covers topical issues such as work--family concerns, teleworking, outsourcing and flexible work hours. * Complements and supplements Burke and Coopera s "The Organization in Crisis" (Blackwell Publishers, 2000). Editor(s): Cooper, Cary L. Series: Manchester Business & Management S. Num Pages: 360 pages, 8. BIC Classification: JHBL; KJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 173 x 31. Weight in Grams: 756. "Includes bibliographical references and index. Commissioning organisation: edited by Cary Cooper and Ronald Burke. 320 p. 25 cm. Associated Names: Cooper, Cary L. Associated Names: Burke, Ronald J. Paperback. Good clean copy in tight binding with clean and crisp pages, very small tear to edge on top spine band." Keywords: "Subjects - Business, Finance & Law - Management - Human Resources - Human Resources Management,Subjects - Business, Finance & Law - Management - General,Subjects - Society, Politics & Philosophy - Soc"
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- SKU
- KEX0161798
- ISBN
- 9780631222781
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 65.42
€ 65.42
Paperback. The Accursed Share provides an excellent introduction to Bataille the philosopher. Translator(s): Hurley, Robert. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Zone Books United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780942299113
- ISBN
- 9780942299113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 21.83
€ 30.99
€ 21.83
Paperback. This topical text provides students with a clear understanding of policy and theory in relation to community. By examining areas of government policy this book explores the difficulties that communities face, discusses new concepts and investigates what 'community' might mean in today's diverse British society. Series: Understanding Welfare: Social Issues, Policy and Practice Series. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JKS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 172. .
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447316084
- ISBN
- 9781447316084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 34.48
€ 35.99
€ 34.48
Paperback. Max Weber famously argued that the rise of capitalism in earlymodern Europe was premised on the emergence of a distinctive set ofattitudes - including the pursuit of profit for its own sake -which he called the spirit of capitalism . Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 12. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 140
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745648149
- ISBN
- 9780745648149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.71
€ 21.71
Paperback. Social semiotics reveals language's social meaning its structures, processes, conditions and effects in all social contexts, across all media and modes of discourse. This important new book uses social semiotics as a one-stop shop to analyse language and social meaning, enhancing linguistics with a sociological imagination. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; GTE; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745696218
- ISBN
- 9780745696218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.26
€ 24.26
Paperback. In Plastic Bodies Emilia Sanabria examines how women's use of sex hormones in Bahia, Brazil for menstrual suppression shapes social relations, having become central to contemporary understandings of the body, class, gender, sex, personhood, modernity, and Brazilian national identity. Series: Experimental Futures. Num Pages: 264 pages, 12 photographs. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHMC; VFDW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361619
- ISBN
- 9780822361619
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.14
€ 30.99
€ 29.14
Paperback. An Introducing Graphic Guide to the father of modern anthropology. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF7; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 147 x 14. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848316935
- ISBN
- 9781848316935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 8.98
€ 10.99
€ 8.98
Paperback. Series: Alternative Criminology. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; JKV; UBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479869718
- ISBN
- 9781479869718
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.44
€ 33.99
€ 33.44
Hardback. Part intellectual biography, part cultural history, and part history of the human sciences, this book is a reminder that the Second World War and the Cold War were a clash of cultures, not just ideologies. It examines how far intellectuals should involve themselves in politics. It also looks at US' relationship with Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLW; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 166 x 36. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300187854
- ISBN
- 9780300187854
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 30.79
€ 43.99
€ 30.79
Paperback. Understanding Cultural Globalization is a comprehensive and highly accessible introduction to the critical debates surrounding cultural globalization. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745635583
- ISBN
- 9780745635583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.47
€ 24.47
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472458612
- ISBN
- 9781472458612
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.31
€ 63.31
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Guilford Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781462506781
- ISBN
- 9781462506781
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.94
€ 64.94
Paperback. Uncertainty is interwoven into human existence. It is a powerful incentive in the search for knowledge and an inherent component of scientific research. We have developed many ways of coping with uncertainty. We make promises, manage risks and make predictions to try to clear the mists and predict ahead. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JH; JN; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745687629
- ISBN
- 9780745687629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.34
€ 23.99
€ 17.34
Paperback. This book explores the politics of modernisation and transformation of probation in the criminal justice system. It draws upon innovative social theories and moral perspectives to analyse changes in the probation service and makes a timely contribution to criminal justice and probation theory. Num Pages: 260 pages, 17 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JHBA; JKVQ; JKVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447327660
- ISBN
- 9781447327660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 37.95
€ 40.99
€ 37.95
Hardback. This volume contributes to our understanding of the complexities which shape attitudes and behaviour at work. Series: Cambridge Papers in Sociology. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Weight in Grams: 383. "Bibliography: p. 171-173. Commissioning organisation: by Dorothy Wedderburn and Rosemary Crompton. 176 p. 23 cm. Associated Names: Crompton, Rosemary,. Paperback. Good clean copy with tight binding, suggestion of dust dulling to edges of cover, clean and crisp pages." Keywords: "Subjects - Society, Politics & Philosophy - Social Sciences - Sociology - General,Education Resources - Books - Social Sciences - Sociology - General"
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KEX0137389
- ISBN
- 9780521074322
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. A well-rounded, well-informed critique of the Pacific island nation of Japan, its society, economy, demography, and politics Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 black-&-white illustration. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 265 x 167 x 30. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300186079
- ISBN
- 9780300186079
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.94
€ 40.99
€ 28.94
Paperback. Combines into a single volume, two of Adorno's most important postwar works - "Interventions: Nine Critical Models" (1963) and "Catchwords: Critical Models II" (1969). This book reflects the intellectually provocative Adorno as he addresses such issues as the dangers of ideological conformity, and the fragility of democracy, educational reform. Translator(s): Pickford, Henry W. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231135054
- ISBN
- 9780231135054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.21
€ 37.99
€ 27.21
Paperback. Provides an introduction to key research methods and approaches for the study of media and mass communications processes. This book outlines the main methods and approaches for the study of, for example, media organizations and the practices of media professionals. Num Pages: 360 pages, index. BIC Classification: JFD; JHBC; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456. Clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1998th Edition
- SKU
- KEX0248372
- ISBN
- 9780333617106
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99