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Paperback. Since late 2001 more than fifty percent of the babies born in California have been Latino. When these babies reach adulthood, they will, by sheer force of numbers, influence the course of the Golden State. This study suggests that the future of Latinos in California will be neither complete assimilation nor unyielding separatism. Num Pages: 280 pages, 35 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; JFSL4; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Second Edition, Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520292536
- ISBN
- 9780520292536
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 22.35
€ 35.99
€ 22.35
Paperback. Offering an introduction to and an overview of postwar social science in the United States, this title explores a critical period in the evolution of American sociology's professional identity. It contends that from the late 1940s through the early 1960s leading sociologists encouraged a professional secession from public engagement. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW3; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592137145
- ISBN
- 9781592137145
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.92
€ 35.99
€ 32.92
Paperback. The concept of a social capitala is currently the focus of an explosion of interest in the research and policy community. It refers to the social networks, informal structures and norms that facilitate individual and collective action. Num Pages: 400 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745625485
- ISBN
- 9780745625485
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.72
€ 34.72
Hardback. * Provides a comprehensive guide to the concept of social capital for students, scholars and policy makers. * This book brings together for the first time, from across a wide range of academic disciplines, the literature examining the different forms and consequences of social capital. Num Pages: 404 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 404
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745625478
- ISBN
- 9780745625478
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.05
€ 85.05
paperback. Records of prices span the entire range of history, from medieval grain prices to modern statistics. Going beyond the economic data, this text gives a history of the people of the Western world: the economic patterns they lived in, and the politics, culture and society they created as a result. Num Pages: 552 pages, tables, graphs, and maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JHBC; KCC; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 846.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780195121216
- ISBN
- 9780195121216
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 31.97
€ 45.99
€ 31.97
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781483319438
- ISBN
- 9781483319438
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 98.23
€ 98.23
Hardback. Examines the effects of education in creating global citizens who share a world culture. This title also examines the role of education in diffusing such attitudes and models, as global citizens confront national institutions. Series Editor(s): Hannum, Emily. Series: Research in the Sociology of Education. Num Pages: 379 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 32. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 379
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780527086
- ISBN
- 9781780527086
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.20
€ 127.20
Hardback. The changing nature of the family is a topic of intense public concern. It also has been the focus of research in sociology and related disciplines for many years. Family Connections is a major new introduction to the study of the family, written by one of the leading scholars in the field. Num Pages: 226 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745610788
- ISBN
- 9780745610788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.21
€ 72.21
paperback. What Works in Policing presents selections of the best evaluation studies of contemporary policy practices, with explanatory discussions of trends in police research and the strengths and weaknesses of contemporary research. Editor(s): Bayley, David H. Series: Readings in Crime & Punishment S. Num Pages: 256 pages, line figures. BIC Classification: JHBC; JKSW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 369.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195108217
- ISBN
- 9780195108217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.32
€ 128.32
Paperback. A twenty-first century introduction to sociological thinking on pop culture, the media, and society. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; JHB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393602791
- ISBN
- 9780393602791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 48.80
€ 53.99
€ 48.80
Hardback. A pioneering study of Canadian labour leaders' approach to immigration from the 1870s to the Great Depression. Num Pages: 284 pages, approx. 25 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JFFN; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774813648
- ISBN
- 9780774813648
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.81
€ 112.81
Paperback. Written in a lighthearted yet informative style, and including numerous interviews with fathers themselves, this book covers the wide range of issues fathers encounter from conception to teenage traumas. Series: Family Matters S. Num Pages: 300 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470841334
- ISBN
- 9780470841334
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.26
€ 24.26
Paperback. Why don't efficiency and succesful time-management always go hand-in-hand? The author helps readers to identify and analyse professional problems, clarify professional aims and objectives and differentiate between the "urgent and important" and the "marginal and unimportant". Series: Personal & Professional Development S. Num Pages: 118 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHBL; JMJ; KJMP; KJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 136 x 10. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 118
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854330895
- ISBN
- 9781854330895
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.04
€ 47.04
Hardback. Series: Perspectives on Children and Young People. Num Pages: 181 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSP; JHBK; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag, Singapore Singapore
- Number of pages
- 181
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789812876843
- ISBN
- 9789812876843
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.40€ 85.86
€ 88.40
€ 85.86
Paperback. Shows how the very organization of the locally controlled, administratively limited school system makes reform difficult. This title argues that the choices of educational consumers have always overwhelmed top-down efforts at school reform. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JNA; JNF; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 204 x 19. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674063860
- ISBN
- 9780674063860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.56
€ 29.99
€ 25.56
Paperback. Outlines eight issues regarding end-of-life care as seen through the lens of the Catholic medical ethics tradition. This title looks at the distinction between ordinary and extraordinary means; the difference between killing and allowing to die; criteria of patient competence; what to do in the case of incompetent patients; and, more. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRCM; JHBZ; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589011120
- ISBN
- 9781589011120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.31
€ 40.31
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473913806
- ISBN
- 9781473913806
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.14
€ 31.99
€ 30.14
Hardback. In this introduction, the author surveys the development of the study of organizations from an historical point of view. He studies organizations within the framework of the main schools of thought, looks into the various levels of analysis involved and considers the influence of the environment on the organization. Series: Routledge Library Editions: Organizations. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 120
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415823104
- ISBN
- 9780415823104
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.88€ 74.05
€ 117.88
€ 74.05
Paperback. The clearest and most authoritative student guide to deviance: David Downes, Paul Rock, and Eugene McLaughlin, all leading experts in the field of deviance, come together to lead students through the sociological theories behind crime and deviance. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; JHBA; LAQ; LAR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 173 x 248 x 22. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 7th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198747345
- ISBN
- 9780198747345
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.90
€ 64.90
Paperback. Through a series of essays by leading social public policy experts, Living in Dangerous Times analyzes the impact of fear on the development of social policy in the UK in the post 9-11 - and 7/11 - world. Editor(s): Denney, David. Series: Broadening Perspectives in Social Policy. Num Pages: 168 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JHBA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405191760
- ISBN
- 9781405191760
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.20
€ 29.20