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Paperback. The critical role of food in contemporary policy, in the UK, Europe and internationally, is explored in a comprehensive and readable account of current issues, including food rights, patenting, safety, aid, choice and poverty. * This landmark collection explores the critical role of food in contemporary national and international policy. Editor(s): Dowler, Elizabeth; Finer, Catherine Jones. Series: Broadening Perspectives in Social Policy. Num Pages: 176 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFF; JHBA; KNDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 248.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405112451
- ISBN
- 9781405112451
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Condition: New
€ 34.55
€ 34.55
Paperback. John R. Searlea s 1995 publication The Construction of Social Reality is the foundation of this collection of scholarly papers examining Searlea s philosophical theories. The book works to reconstruct the ontology of the social sciences through an analysis of linguistic practices in the context of John Searlea s celebrated work on intentionality. Editor(s): Koepsell, David R.; Moss, Laurence S. Series: Economics and Sociology Thematic Issue. Num Pages: 313 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 313
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405112581
- ISBN
- 9781405112581
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Condition: New
€ 63.36
€ 63.36
Paperback. In the second edition of this classic study, revised with a new and substantial opening chapter, Krishan Kumar introduces and assesses the rival claims of three theories crucial to an understanding on contemporary social theory: the information society, post--Fordism, and post--modernism. . Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 432.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405114295
- ISBN
- 9781405114295
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Condition: New
€ 54.57
€ 54.57
Hardcover. * Combines classic theoretical texts with cutting edge anthropological works. * Focuses on the institutions, spaces, ideas, practices, and representations that constitute the "state". * Promotes cultural and transnational approaches to the subject. Editor(s): Sharma, Aradhana; Gupta, Akhil. Series: Wiley Blackwell Readers in Anthropology. Num Pages: 424 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHM; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 188 x 27. Weight in Grams: 944.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405114677
- ISBN
- 9781405114677
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Condition: New
€ 144.07
€ 144.07
Hardcover. * A student-friendly and supportive guide to designing, implementing, analyzing and reporting on undergraduate degree projects. * A key new volume for the vast study skills market, written by the author of the bestselling Real World Research, Second Edition (Blackwell, 2002). Num Pages: 176 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 242 x 16. Weight in Grams: 426.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405114899
- ISBN
- 9781405114899
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Condition: New
€ 100.89
€ 100.89
Paperback. This engaging book tells the story of human evolution, asking if man is indeed the "chosen species" or merely an evolutionary accident. Num Pages: 296 pages, 63 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMP; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 430.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405115339
- ISBN
- 9781405115339
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Condition: New
€ 50.09
€ 50.09
Paperback. Over the past decade we have witnessed the extraordinary rise of new global movements that throw into question the way we think about culture, power and action in a globalizing world. Examines three of the most significant global social movements of the last decade: anti-globalization, new Islamic movements, and the Falun Gong in China. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHBA; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 394.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405116138
- ISBN
- 9781405116138
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Condition: New
€ 51.35
€ 51.35
Hardcover. Gendered Talk at Work examines how women and men negotiate their gender identities as well as their professional roles in everyday workplace communication. Series: Language and Social Change. Num Pages: 264 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; JFSJ; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405117586
- ISBN
- 9781405117586
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Condition: New
€ 119.94
€ 119.94
Paperback. Gendered Talk at Work examines how women and men negotiate their gender identities as well as their professional roles in everyday workplace communication. Series: Language and Social Change. Num Pages: 264 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; JFSJ; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 232 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405117593
- ISBN
- 9781405117593
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Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 50.81
€ 50.99
€ 50.81
Paperback. This Monograph demonstrates that disruptions to young people's developing conceptions of personal or cultural persistence begin to explain the suicide rates among Aboriginal Canadian and non-Aboriginal Canadian youth. Editor(s): Chandler, Michael; Lalonde, Christopher; Sokol, Bryan W.; Hallett, Darcy. Series: Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development. Num Pages: 152 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSL9; JFSP2; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 161 x 8. Weight in Grams: 224.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405118798
- ISBN
- 9781405118798
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Condition: New
€ 55.83
€ 55.83
Paperback. Explores both the processes and implications of interethnic contact in educational settings from elementary schools through universities, and suggest courses of action for educational institutions in the 21st century. This book outlines strategies that schools and colleges can use to foster interethnic relationships on campus. Editor(s): Zirkel, Sabrina; Lopez, Gretchen E.; Brown, Lisa M. Series: Journal of Social Issues (JOSI). Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 332.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Volume 60, Number 1, 2004
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405120074
- ISBN
- 9781405120074
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Condition: New
€ 43.74
€ 43.74
Hardcover. This book explores the development of tombs as a cultural phenomenon in ancient Egypt and examines what tombs reveal about ancient Egyptian culture and Egyptians belief in the afterlife. Series: Blackwell Ancient Religions. Num Pages: 306 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HBLA; HBTB; JHBT; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 618.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405120890
- ISBN
- 9781405120890
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.37
€ 38.37
Paperback. Brings together thirty-eight original essays covering the wide inter-disciplinary field of political sociology. This title covers traditional questions and various topics including debates on gender, citizenship, and political identity. It includes editorial introduction, abstracts, further reading lists, and a consolidated bibliography. Editor(s): Nash, Dr. Kate; Scott, Alan. Series: Blackwell Companions to Sociology. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 171 x 28. Weight in Grams: 808.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405122658
- ISBN
- 9781405122658
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.31
€ 61.31
Paperback. * A provocative defence of the idea that parents should be allowed to enhance their children's genetic characteristics. * Gets away from fears of a Huxleyan 'Brave New World' or a return to the fascist eugenics of the past. * Written from a philosophically and scientifically informed point of view. Num Pages: 216 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 316.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405123907
- ISBN
- 9781405123907
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Condition: New
€ 39.93
€ 39.93
Hardcover. Authenticity is taken-for-granted as an absolute value in contemporary life. In Culture and Authenticity , Charles Lindholm calls upon anthropological case studies from different cultures, historical material, and comparative philosophy, to explore how notions of authenticity develop, what forms it takes, and how it changes over time. Num Pages: 188 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 16. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405124423
- ISBN
- 9781405124423
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.77
€ 99.77
Paperback. Authenticity is taken-for-granted as an absolute value in contemporary life. In Culture and Authenticity , Charles Lindholm calls upon anthropological case studies from different cultures, historical material, and comparative philosophy, to explore how notions of authenticity develop, what forms it takes, and how it changes over time. Num Pages: 186 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405124430
- ISBN
- 9781405124430
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Condition: New
€ 43.74
€ 43.74
Paperback. Provides a comprehensive multidisciplinary and multinational view of attachment theory as it applies to family systems, and family systems theory as it extends attachment theory. Addresses potential clinical implications and applications of the theories and raises cultural challenges to integrative theoretical development. Editor(s): Wood, Beatrice. Num Pages: 276 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 172 x 6. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405127172
- ISBN
- 9781405127172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.06
€ 52.06
Hardback. Claims have been made on the emergence of a new labour internationalism in response to the growing insecurity created by globalization. However, when persons face conditions of insecurity they often turn inwards. The book contains a warning and a sign of hope. Some workers become fatalistic, even xenophobic. Series: Antipode Book S. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405129152
- ISBN
- 9781405129152
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.37
€ 79.37
Paperback. Turf Wars: Discourse, Diversity, and the Politics of Place is the fascinating story of an urban neighborhood undergoing rapid gentrification. * Explores how members of a multi-ethnic, multi-class Washington, DC, community deploy language to legitimize themselves as community members while discrediting others. Series: New Directions in Ethnography. Num Pages: 376 pages, 18. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405129558
- ISBN
- 9781405129558
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 45.78
€ 45.99
€ 45.78
Hardback. Turf Wars: Discourse, Diversity, and the Politics of Place is the fascinating story of an urban neighborhood undergoing rapid gentrification. * Explores how members of a multi-ethnic, multi-class Washington, DC, community deploy language to legitimize themselves as community members while discrediting others. Series: New Directions in Ethnography. Num Pages: 376 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405129565
- ISBN
- 9781405129565
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.02
€ 125.02