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Sociology
Paperback. This study of gender and sexuality in contemporary Japan investigates elements of Japanese popular culture including erotic comic books, stories of mother-son incest, lunchboxes - or obentos - that mothers ritualistically prepare for schoolchildren, and children's cartoons. Num Pages: 251 pages, 27 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSJ; JHBK; JHMC; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 406. Mothers, Comics and Censorship in Japan. 251 pages, 27 illustrations. This study of gender and sexuality in contemporary Japan investigates elements of Japanese popular culture including erotic comic books, stories of mother-son incest, lunchboxes - or obentos - that mothers ritualistically prepare for schoolchildren, and children's cartoons. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSJ; JHBK; JHMC; JMU. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 15. Weight: 360.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 251
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520219908
- ISBN
- 9780520219908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.00
€ 33.99
€ 25.00
Paperback. In researching this book, the author took on the role of a hostess in one of Tokyo's many "hostess clubs". The resulting text critically examines how such establishments create bonds among white-collar men and forge a masculine identity that suits the needs of their corporations. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSJ1; JHBK5; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226014876
- ISBN
- 9780226014876
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.67
€ 33.67
Paperback. Anne Bishop confronts the question of oppression head on by drawing on her own experience both as an oppressed person as an oppressor. She tells us the we learn to be oppressors from our own oppression. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Publisher
- Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 3rd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552667231
- ISBN
- 9781552667231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.96
€ 33.99
€ 28.96
Paperback. Covers the issues surrounding ethical practitioner research considering the many tensions inherent in relationships between practitioners and academics in terms of the setting of the research agenda. This book contains both theoretical analyses of ethical matters and offers practical and illustrative case studies. Editor(s): Campbell, Anne; Groundwater-Smith, Susan. Num Pages: 208 pages, 3 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415430883
- ISBN
- 9780415430883
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.13
€ 59.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 624 pages, Charts: 4,. BIC Classification: JHBC; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 810.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- second edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231161398
- ISBN
- 9780231161398
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.99€ 57.43
€ 73.99
€ 57.43
Hardback. Editor(s): Fortune, Anne E.; McCallion, Philip; Briar-Lawson, Katharine. Num Pages: 336 pages, 4 illus., 5 tables. BIC Classification: JHB; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 778.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231142144
- ISBN
- 9780231142144
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.16€ 62.68
€ 81.16
€ 62.68
Hardback. It is a window into an important period of industrial development and its consequences on communities and environments in the world-famous steel country of southwestern Pennsylvania. Num Pages: 272 pages, 36, 19 black & white halftones, 17 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTB; JHBL; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801873812
- ISBN
- 9780801873812
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.49
€ 70.49
Paperback. Selected from the book Making Babies by Anne Enright VINTAGE MINIS: GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS. Also in the Vintage Minis series: Love by Jeanette Winterson Fatherhood by Karl Ove Knausgaard Motherhood by Helen Simpson Home by Salman Rushdie Series: Vintage Minis. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: JHBF; JHBK; VFXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 178 x 110. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781784872588
- ISBN
- 9781784872588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 5.47
€ 8.99
€ 5.47
Hardback. Num Pages: 624 pages, Charts: 4,. BIC Classification: JHBC; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- second edition
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231161381
- ISBN
- 9780231161381
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.18€ 112.51
€ 149.18
€ 112.51
Hardback. Num Pages: 417 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 417
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231047005
- ISBN
- 9780231047005
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.02€ 80.13
€ 105.02
€ 80.13
Hardback. Sets forth a scientific framework for practicing and examining applications of research concepts and techniques for social workers. Num Pages: 417 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JHBC; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 417
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- second edition
- SKU
- V9780231064200
- ISBN
- 9780231064200
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.02€ 80.13
€ 105.02
€ 80.13
Hardback. Changes in longevity, marriage, and the workplace have undermined Social Security, making the experience of old age increasingly unequal. Anne Alstott's pragmatic, progressive revision would permit all Americans to retire between 62 and 76 but would provide generous early retirement benefits for workers with low wages or physically demanding jobs. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA; JPA; KFFD1; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674088757
- ISBN
- 9780674088757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.36
€ 47.99
€ 40.36
Paperback.
The second edition of this major textbook clearly shows how sociology can inform professional social work practice in the twenty-first century. It provides an easy-to-follow, jargon-free introduction to sociology for social work students, with crucial links to practice across a comprehensive range of topics. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 173 x 26. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745660332
- ISBN
- 9780745660332
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 39.81
€ 40.99
€ 39.81
Hardcover. The second edition of this major textbook clearly shows how sociology can inform professional social work practice in the twenty-first century. It provides an easy-to-follow, jargon-free introduction to sociology for social work students, with crucial links to practice across a comprehensive range of topics. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 184 x 24. Weight in Grams: 740.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745660325
- ISBN
- 9780745660325
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.25
€ 85.25
Paperback. Provides clear, step-by-step guidance on how to develop a monitoring and evaluation framework in a participatory, logical, systematic, and integrated way Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: GPS; JHBC; KJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 235 x 16. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781483358338
- ISBN
- 9781483358338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.03
€ 76.03
Paperback. Multiculturalism has been blamed for encouraging oppression of women. Many critics opportunistically deploy gender equality to justify the retreat from multiculturalism, hijacking the equality agenda to perpetuate cultural stereotypes. The author offers a way of addressing dilemmas of justice and equality in multiethnic, multicultural societies. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ1; JFSL1; JHBA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141152
- ISBN
- 9780691141152
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.67
€ 37.99
€ 27.67
Hardback. The idea that respect for cultural diversity conflicts with gender equality is now a staple of both public and academic debate. Yet discussion of these tensions is marred by exaggerated talk of cultural difference, leading to ethnic reductionism, cultural stereotyping, and a hierarchy of traditional and modern. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ1; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745647999
- ISBN
- 9780745647999
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.18
€ 73.18
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847429728
- ISBN
- 9781847429728
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 179.19
€ 179.19
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847429704
- ISBN
- 9781847429704
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.93
€ 40.99
€ 38.93
Paperback. We live in a world where the concept of marriage is an unfashionable one. This work gives us an unfettered view of an institution which continues to play an important role in our lives. It offers a defence of married life from the perspective of a wife and mother. It is a tribute not only to what marriage asks of us, but also to what it gives us. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK; VFVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 244. "Originally published: New York: Basic Books, 2002; London: Bloomsbury, 2003. Commissioning organisation: Anne Roiphe. 288 p. 20 cm. Paperback. Fine clean copy, as new." Keywords: "Health, Family & Lifestyle - Relationships - General,Subjects - Health, Family & Lifestyle - General,Subjects - Health, Family & Lifestyle - Relationships - General,Sub"
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Dublin, Ireland
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0161369
- ISBN
- 9780747568513
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 6.49
€ 6.49