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Hardcover. Human embryos and foetuses are highly public and contested figures. Their visual images appear across a wide range of forums. They have become commercial commodities as part of the IVF industry and are the focus of intense debates regarding concepts of personhood. This book discusses these issues, drawing on social and cultural theory and research. Num Pages: 161 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JHBF; MBS; MFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 164 x 16. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137310712
- ISBN
- 9781137310712
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.92
€ 61.92
Paperback. With the advent of digital devices and software, self-tracking practices have gained new adherents and have spread into a wide array of social domains. The Quantified Self movement has emerged to promote self knowledge through numbers . Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509500604
- ISBN
- 9781509500604
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.39
€ 22.39
Paperback. An eminently readable and accessible book, By Himself sheds new light on the social meaning of being a widower. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442626348
- ISBN
- 9781442626348
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.51
€ 36.99
€ 34.51
Paperback. With a unique focus on the effects of poverty on parenting in Britain, this book explores what professionals and policy makers can do to support families living in poverty. The authors examine community-level poverty and its relationship to family and individual problems such as low income, poor mental health and child behavioural difficulties. Series: Supporting Parents. Num Pages: 320 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFA; JHBK; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843100690
- ISBN
- 9781843100690
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 43.94
€ 43.99
€ 43.94
Paperback. This text provides a critique of the subjective Bayesian view of statistical inference, and proposes the author's own error-statistical approach as an alternative framework for the epistemology of experiment. It seeks to address the needs of researchers who work with statistical analysis. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 510 pages, 12 line drawings, 6 tables. BIC Classification: JHBC; PDA; PDN; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 231 x 38. Weight in Grams: 782.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 510
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226511986
- ISBN
- 9780226511986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.97€ 44.94
€ 52.97
€ 44.94
Paperback. Deborah Chambers draws on the metaphor of friendship as a strategy for exploring contemporary changes in informal social ties. She traces the shift from fixed and permanent ties of family, neighbourhood and community to fluid and transient ties typified by computer mediated communication. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBA; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333984086
- ISBN
- 9780333984086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.51
€ 61.51
Hardback. Deborah Chambers draws on the metaphor of friendship as a strategy for exploring contemporary changes in informal social ties. She traces the shift from fixed and permanent ties of family, neighbourhood and community to fluid and transient ties typified by computer mediated communication. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBA; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333984079
- ISBN
- 9780333984079
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.39
€ 62.39
Hardcover. This book explores how digital communication generates new intimacies and meanings of friendship in a networked society, developing a theory of mediated intimacies to explain how social media contributes to dramatic changes in our ideas about personal relationships, through themes of self, youth, families, digital dating and online social capital. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JFFP; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230364172
- ISBN
- 9780230364172
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.99
€ 118.99
Hardback. Advances in reproductive medicine have created an undeniable 'market for babies', in which parents choose traits, clinics woo clients, and specialised providers earn millions of dollars a year. This book argues that it is time to acknowledge this largely secretive and controversial market as a commercial industry. Num Pages: 298 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard Business Review Press United States
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781591396208
- ISBN
- 9781591396208
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.74
€ 27.99
€ 25.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 404 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL1; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 32. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publisher
- Lexington Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781498513920
- ISBN
- 9781498513920
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.44
€ 65.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 285 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AB; APF; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349501854
- ISBN
- 9781349501854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 118.41
€ 118.41
Hardcover. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBA; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403946737
- ISBN
- 9781403946737
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.15
€ 62.15
Paperback. The authors examine the relationship between social science and philosophy and ask what sort of work social science and an accompanying philosophy should do. They reintroduce the question of ontology, through the work of Roy Bhaskar. The book argues against philosophising and is committed to a philosophical approach grounded in the social sciences. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB; JHBA; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349523849
- ISBN
- 9781349523849
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.41
€ 61.41
Paperback. The second edition of Program Evaluation in Practice offers guidance for new and would-be evaluators. It uses real-world examples, explained in writing clear enough so that learners gain a great deal of helpful information while not being overwhelmed, thanks to manageable chapter lengths. Series: Research Methods for the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118345825
- ISBN
- 9781118345825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.77
€ 72.77
Hardback. Series: Understanding Complex Systems. Num Pages: 218 pages, 116 colour illustrations, 115 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; JW; TNKS; UGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319519340
- ISBN
- 9783319519340
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.78
€ 129.78
Hardback. Risk, Power, and Inequality in the 21st Century provides a groundbreaking new analysis of the increasingly important relationship between risk and widening inequalities. It shows how key processes associated with risk society - the social production and distribution of risks as side-effects - are intensifying inequalities in fundamental ways. Num Pages: 185 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFC; JFFJ; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 185
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137495563
- ISBN
- 9781137495563
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.99
€ 97.99
Hardback. Num Pages: 113 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; JMJ; JNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 361.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 113
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319477404
- ISBN
- 9783319477404
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Hardcover. Editor(s): De Leeuw, Evelyne; Simos, Jean. Num Pages: 515 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 70 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; MBN; RGC; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 979.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493966929
- ISBN
- 9781493966929
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 214.73
€ 214.73
Paperback. This book explores the nature of charisma as it accounts for the success of leaders, deconstructing charisma and illustrating it through "case studies" of three influential leaders in Singapore. Discusses cultural issues leadership qualities in general. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMS; JFF; JHB; JMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 409.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489986528
- ISBN
- 9781489986528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 119.62
€ 119.62
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813573830
- ISBN
- 9780813573830
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.25
€ 41.99
€ 41.25
Hardback. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813573809
- ISBN
- 9780813573809
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.87
€ 169.87
Hardcover. Narrates author's experience of becoming a parent as part of a lesbian couple - from meeting her partner and the questions they ask about their readiness to become parents, to the practical considerations of choosing a sperm donor. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BT; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 4862 x 3895 x 585. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804010795
- ISBN
- 9780804010795
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.47
€ 40.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 162 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 6 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JHBC; JHM; MBNH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 14. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138024328
- ISBN
- 9781138024328
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.18
€ 53.18
paperback. In recent years, social scientists have engaged in a deep debate over the methods appropriate to their research. This title offers a collection of essays by the influential figures on every side of this debate reveals its most important stakes and can provide useful guidance to students and scholars in many disciplines. Editor(s): Teele, Dawn Langan. Series: The Institution for Social and Policy Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 b&w illustration. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300169409
- ISBN
- 9780300169409
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.45
€ 25.99
€ 19.45