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hardcover. This thoughtful ethnography of Islam in Pakistan moves from the smallest scale-a single worshiper striving to be a better Muslim who is seeking guidance at a neighborhood mosque-to the largest, examining the thought of poet and philosopher Muhammad Iqbal, considered to be the spiritual visionary of the country. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM2; HRH; JHB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press Books United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822352174
- ISBN
- 9780822352174
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.51
€ 109.51
Paperback. Exploring an array of intimacies between global migrants, this title illuminates a transient world of heterogeneous social relations - dignified, collaborative, and illicit. It reveals the intersections between capitalism, the state's treatment of immigrants, sexual citizenship, and racism in the first half of the twentieth century. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 358 pages, 15 b/w photographs and 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; JFSL; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520. Contesting Race, Sexuality and the Law in the North American West. Series: American Crossroads. 358 pages, illustrations. Exploring an array of intimacies between global migrants, this title illuminates a transient world of heterogeneous social relations - dignified, collaborative, and illicit. It reveals the intersections between capitalism, the state's treatment of immigrants, sexual citizenship, and racism in the first half of the twentieth century. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; JFSL; JHBK5. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 23. Weight: 498.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 358
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520270879
- ISBN
- 9780520270879
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.66
€ 40.99
€ 28.66
Paperback. Immigration has long shaped US society in fundamental ways. With Latinos recently surpassing African Americans as the largest minority group in the US, attention has been focused on the important implications of immigration for the character and role of race in US life, including patterns of racial inequality and racial identity. Series: Immigration and Society. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSL1; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745647920
- ISBN
- 9780745647920
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.94
€ 22.94
Hardback. Immigration has long shaped US society in fundamental ways. With Latinos recently surpassing African Americans as the largest minority group in the US, attention has been focused on the important implications of immigration for the character and role of race in US life, including patterns of racial inequality and racial identity. Series: Immigration and Society. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSL1; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745647913
- ISBN
- 9780745647913
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.37
€ 65.37
Paperback. This textbook attempts to fill a gap in the growing area of discourse analysis within the social sciences. It provides the analytical tools with which students and their teachers can understand the complex and often conflicting discourses across a range of social science disciplines. Num Pages: 160 pages, 19figs.9tabs. BIC Classification: HPCF5; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 228 x 9. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The Policy Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861344397
- ISBN
- 9781861344397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 37.95
€ 40.99
€ 37.95
Paperback. This book is the first in-depth exploration of grandparents' relationships with adult children and grandchildren in divorced families. It asks what part grandparents might play in public policy and whether measures should be taken to support their grandparenting role. Do they have a special place in family life that ought to be recognised in law? Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 233 x 13. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861344984
- ISBN
- 9781861344984
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.53
€ 36.53
Paperback. In recent years there has been an outpouring of work at the intersection of social movement thoery, organizational theory, economic, and political sociology. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 b/w line. BIC Classification: JHBA; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190241452
- ISBN
- 9780190241452
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.47
€ 54.47
Hardback. Examining sociology as a vocation and building on the work of Talcott Parsons, this book discusses author's views on the discipline of sociology and shows how his perspective of the field evolved in the postwar era. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 27. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520282070
- ISBN
- 9780520282070
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.68€ 49.96
€ 64.68
€ 49.96
Hardback. Presenting substantive social science knowledge and indicating its relevance and applicability to decision-making, problem-solving and policy-making, this title looks at the big picture of why society at large demands and needs social-science knowledge, and how the academy actually supplies relevant knowledge. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 718. 416 pages. Presenting substantive social science knowledge and indicating its relevance and applicability to decision-making, problem-solving and policy-making, this title looks at the big picture of why society at large demands and needs social-science knowledge, and how the academy actually supplies relevant knowledge. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JHB. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight: 718.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520273566
- ISBN
- 9780520273566
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.50€ 63.51
€ 83.50
€ 63.51
Paperback. Provides an overview of the ethical and legal issues raised by assisted suicide and euthanasia. This work assesses the strengths and weaknesses of contemporary ethical arguments for assisted suicide and euthanasia. It explores evidence and case histories from the Netherlands and Oregon, where the practices have been legalized. Series: New Forum Books. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 line illus. 11 tables. BIC Classification: JFME; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691140971
- ISBN
- 9780691140971
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.99
€ 36.99
€ 26.99
Paperback. An examination of the achievements and potential of applied happiness scholarship in diverse cultures and domains, arguing that progressive policies require a substantial and explicit consideration of happiness. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JHBA; JKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 170 x 18. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847429193
- ISBN
- 9781847429193
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.13
€ 40.99
€ 38.13
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447308775
- ISBN
- 9781447308775
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.95
€ 36.99
€ 35.95
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 237
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520275706
- ISBN
- 9780520275706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.41
€ 33.99
€ 24.41
Paperback. Examines a critical period in American politics and labor history, beginning with the outbreak of war in Europe in 1939 through the wave of major industrial strikes that followed the war and accompanied the reconversion to a peacetime economy. Series: Labor in Crisis. Num Pages: 344 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JHBL; JPFF; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592131976
- ISBN
- 9781592131976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.64
€ 35.99
€ 32.64
paperback. Beyond Caring Labour to Provisioning Work offers a powerful new framework for understanding women's work in a holistic sense, acknowledging both their responsibilities in supporting others as well as their employment duties. Num Pages: 208 pages, 5 figures. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBL; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442611757
- ISBN
- 9781442611757
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.94
€ 36.99
€ 35.94
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. Understanding Limerick is an edited collection featuring contributions from leading Irish scholars in the fields of Sociology, Social Policy, Criminology and Urban Geography. Editor(s): Hourigan, Niamh (University College Cork). Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFFJ; JHB; JKV. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press Cork
- Number of pages
- 316
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859184844
- ISBN
- 9781859184844
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.00€ 21.31
€ 25.00
€ 21.31
Hardback. This is the first book to provide a critical criminological perspective on sport and the connections between sport and crime. Part of the New Horizons in Criminology series, it draws on the inter-disciplinary nature of criminology and incorporates emerging perspectives like social harm, gender and sexuality, and green criminology. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: JHBS; JKV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 167 x 241 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447323150
- ISBN
- 9781447323150
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.34
€ 84.34
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.
- Format
- 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
€ 38.99€ 38.96
€ 38.99
€ 38.96
Paperback. A collection exploring practices and experiences of deportation, and the threat of deportation, in regional and national settings from the U.S.-Mexico border to Israel, and from Somalia to Switzerland. Editor(s): De Genova, Nicholas; Peutz, Nathalie Mae. Num Pages: 507 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHB; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 746. Sovereignty, Space, and the Freedom of Movement. 496 pages. Editor(s): De Genova, Nicholas; Peutz, Nathalie Mae. Examines deportation as an increasingly global mechanism of state control. This title explores practices and experiences of deportation in regional and national settings from the US-Mexico border to Israel, and from Somalia to Switzerland. It also addresses broader questions, including the ontological significance of freedom of movement. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: JFFN; JHB; JPV. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 31. Weight: 750.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 520
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822345763
- ISBN
- 9780822345763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 34.56
€ 35.99
€ 34.56
Paperback. Identifies and recovers the excitement and dynamism that characterized ceremonial culture in pre-modern Europe. This work talks about: the relation between public and private space, the development of fully-realized dramas and rituals from earlier forms, and the semiotic code that ceremonies manifested to their audiences. Editor(s): Howe, Nicholas. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 12. Weight in Grams: 259.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268030759
- ISBN
- 9780268030759
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.14
€ 26.99
€ 25.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 202 pages. BIC Classification: JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 12. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Norway
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788202315719
- ISBN
- 9788202315719
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.03
€ 27.99
€ 21.03
Paperback. Sponsored by the Royal Anthropological Institute, in conjunction with the British Academy, Early Human Kinship brings together original studies from leading figures in the biological sciences, social anthropology, archaeology, and linguistics to provide a major breakthrough in the debate over human evolution and the nature of society. Editor(s): Allen, Nicholas J.; Callan, Hilary; Dunbar, Robin; James, Wendy. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JHBK; JHM; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 172 x 18. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444338782
- ISBN
- 9781444338782
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.47
€ 41.99
€ 41.47
Hardback. The medical and social sciences offer us many ways of understanding the human body and what it can do. From biology and psychology to sociology and philosophy, a range of disciplines supply us with a rich yet challenging picture. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745651231
- ISBN
- 9780745651231
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.70
€ 63.70