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Paperback. This collection addresses the ways that Nordic countries have approached the issue of bringing ethnic minorities into the societal mainstream. With multicultural incorporation as an option, the authors explore the potential impact of the politics of identity in societies with social democratic welfare states committed to redistributive politics. Editor(s): Kivisto, P.; Wahlbeck, Osten. Series: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series. Num Pages: 373 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHB; JKS; JPB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 373
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349347698
- ISBN
- 9781349347698
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€ 66.70
€ 66.70
The Modern Child and the Flexible Labour Market. Early Childhood Educa...
. Ed(S): Kjorholt, Anne Trine; Qvortrup, Jens
Paperback. This book sheds light on new research related to welfare state, child care policies, and small children's everyday lives in instuitutions in a variety of countries. In uniting recent social childhood research, welfare perspectives and historical and comparative approaches, the book explores institutionalization as a feature of modern child life. Editor(s): Kjorholt, Anne Trine; Qvortrup, Jens. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 305 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP; JHB; JHBK; JKSN; JN; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 305
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349367962
- ISBN
- 9781349367962
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€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardback. This cutting-edge volume is the first to address the burgeoning interest in drugs and Africa among scholars, policymakers, and the general public. It brings together an interdisciplinary group of leading academics and practitioners to explore the use, trade, production, and control of mind-altering substances on the continent Editor(s): Klantschnig, Gernot; Carrier, Neil C. M.; Ambler, Charles. Num Pages: 217 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JFFH1; JHB; JHMC; JKVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 488.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137321893
- ISBN
- 9781137321893
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€ 67.56
€ 67.56
Paperback. With studies of China, India, West Africa, South America and Europe, this book provides a global perspective on food consumption in the modern world. Combing ethnographic, historical and comparative analyses, the volume celebrates the contributions of Jack Goody to the anthropology of food. Editor(s): Klein, Jakob A.; Murcott, Anne. Series: Consumption and Public Life. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JHBL; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349459742
- ISBN
- 9781349459742
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Condition: New
€ 65.88
€ 65.88
hardcover. Is it possible to instil a professional ethic for prison personnel that, in partnership with regulatory constraints, will mediate relations, or are the failures of imprisonment so deeply etched into its structure that no professional ethic is possible? Editor(s): Kleinig, John; Smith, Margaret Leland. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHB; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 467.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742501836
- ISBN
- 9780742501836
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Condition: New
€ 184.47
€ 184.47
Paperback. Editor(s): Knights, David; Morgan, Glenn. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; KCL; KFF; KJMV2; KNST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 335.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349140022
- ISBN
- 9781349140022
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Condition: New
€ 126.97
€ 126.97
Paperback. Editor(s): Knights, David; Tinker, Tony. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; KCB; KFFK; KNST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 301.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349259557
- ISBN
- 9781349259557
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Condition: New
€ 65.93
€ 65.93
Paperback. Part of a series of books based on papers delivered at the annual UMIST-Aston conference, combined with specially commissioned contributions, this text examines the labour process, focusing on the white-collar/non-manual sector of the work force. Editor(s): Knights, David; Willmott, Hugh; Smith, Chris R. Series: Studies in the Labour Process. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 365.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349094783
- ISBN
- 9781349094783
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Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Paperback. By revisiting globalization using an analysis of metaphors, such as 'global village' and 'network society', this volume sheds new light on overlooked dimensions of global politics, redresses outdated conceptualizations, and provides a critical analysis of existing approaches to the study of globalization. Editor(s): Kornprobst, Markus; Pouliot, Vincent; Shah, N. (Division of Biosphere Sciences, Kings College, London); Zaiotti, Ruben. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; JFFS; JHB; JPA; RG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349356997
- ISBN
- 9781349356997
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Condition: New
€ 128.39
€ 128.39
Focusing on the legal ramifications of Sharia law in the context of rapidly changing Western liberal democracies, Debating Sharia approaches the issue from a variety of methodological perspectives. Editor(s): Korteweg, Anna; Selby, Jennifer. Num Pages: 384 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JHBK; LAFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 30. .
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442642621
- ISBN
- 9781442642621
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Condition: New
€ 79.61
€ 79.61
Paperback. This volume explores the variety of forms, strategies and practices of Islamic organizations in Europe and the United States. It focuses on the reactions of organized Muslims at local, national, and transnational levels to the on-going debates on their integration into society and the structures of state-church relations. Editor(s): Kortmann, Matthias; Rosenow-Williams, Kerstin. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM; JFFN; JFSL; JHB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349454860
- ISBN
- 9781349454860
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€ 66.08
€ 66.08
Paperback. Adopting a people-centred perspective to globalization, the authors explore complex, counterintuitive and even unintended forms and consequences of bottom-up politics, going beyond simplistic understandings of ordinary people as either victims or beneficiaries of globalization. Editor(s): Kostovicova, Denisa; Glasius, Marlies. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFS; JHB; JPA; JPS; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349327539
- ISBN
- 9781349327539
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Condition: New
€ 67.51
€ 67.51
Globalizing Social Rights: The International Labour Organization and B...
. Ed(S): Kott, Sandrine; Droux, Joelle
paperback. Based on the case of the ILO, both as an actor and driver of international social policy, this collection explores the internationalization process of social rights, in a number of national and international contexts. This collection brings together a variety of new scholarship by a group of highly qualified and internationally renowned scholars. Editor(s): Kott, Sandrine; Droux, Joelle. Series: International Labour Organization (ILO) Century Series. Num Pages: 361 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBL; HBTB; JHBL; JPSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 361
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349344758
- ISBN
- 9781349344758
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Condition: New
€ 138.87
€ 138.87
Hardback. The contributors in this volume, which is inspired and dedicated to Charles Tilly, deal with the manner in which particular Mediterranean spaces (at regional, state, and neighbourhood levels) are being reconfigured in the light of struggles over rights, resources and identities. Editor(s): Kousis, Maria; Selwyn, Tom; Clark, David. Num Pages: 338 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 175 x 23. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 338
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857451323
- ISBN
- 9780857451323
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Condition: New
€ 164.82
€ 164.82
Paperback. Editor(s): Krieger, David J.; Belliger, Andrea. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837628111
- ISBN
- 9783837628111
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 32.57
€ 44.99
€ 32.57
Paperback. "An exploration of the ways that multiple inequalities are being addressed in Europe. Using country-based and region-specific case studies it provides an innovative comparative analysis of the multidimensional equality regimes that are emerging in Europe, and reveals the potential that these have for institutionalizing intersectionality"-- Editor(s): Krizsan, Andrea; Skjeie, Hege; Squires, Judith. Series: Gender and Politics. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349332649
- ISBN
- 9781349332649
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Kruger, Heinz-Hermann; Kuhnel, Martin; Thomas, Sven. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHB; JKS; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 268.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783810013644
- ISBN
- 9783810013644
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Condition: New
€ 71.61
€ 71.61
Hardback. A focused analytical and investigative study of the game The Lord of the Rings Online from a range of cultural and design perspectives written by well-known experts in their fields. The essays collected here make an important contribution to the development of contemporary Game Studies, as well as to Media Studies and Adaptation Studies. Editor(s): Krzywinska, Tanya; MacCallum-Stewart, Esther; Parsler, Justin. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: JFD; JHBS; WDHW. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 21. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719082924
- ISBN
- 9780719082924
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€ 168.99
€ 168.99
Paperback. This book explores how memories are used to re-establish a sense of belonging, analyzing the relationships between migrants' adjustment, assimilation and re-membering home. It considers memories as social expressions as well as the tensions and conflicts in representing and renegotiating memories in literature and cinema. Editor(s): Kuah-Pearce, Khun Eng; Davidson, Andrew P. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFN; JFSL; JHB; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349353309
- ISBN
- 9781349353309
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Condition: New
€ 66.74
€ 66.74
Approaches the theories, organization, and practices of criminal justice from a sociological perspective so that students can simultaneously develop expertise in criminal justice and understand how issues related to the police, courts, and corrections are informed by broader sociological principles and concepts. Editor(s): Kubrin, Charis E.; Stucky, Thomas D. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 30. Weight in Grams: 916.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804762595
- ISBN
- 9780804762595
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Condition: New
€ 171.35
€ 171.35
Paperback. Editor(s): Kuhn, Michael; Weidemann, Doris. Series: Science Studies. Num Pages: 418 pages. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 137 x 29. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 418
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837613070
- ISBN
- 9783837613070
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Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 39.06
€ 53.99
€ 39.06
Armed Forces, Soldiers and Civil-Military Relations: Essays in Honor o...
. Ed(S): Kummel, Gerhard; Caforio, Giuseppe; ...
paperback. Editor(s): Kummel, Gerhard; Caforio, Giuseppe; Dandeker, Christopher. Series: Schriftenreihe des Sozialwissenschaftlichen Instituts der Bundeswehr. Num Pages: 286 pages, 14 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften Germany
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531163246
- ISBN
- 9783531163246
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Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Paperback. Editor(s): Kwaak, Anke van der; Ormel, Hermen; Richter, Annemiek. Num Pages: 144 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: GTF; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 11. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- KIT Publishers Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789460220531
- ISBN
- 9789460220531
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 25.45
€ 36.99
€ 25.45
Hardback. Features the annual report of The World Geopolitics of Drugs. Editor(s): Labrousse, Alain; Laniel, Laurent; Block, Alan A. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1310.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402001406
- ISBN
- 9781402001406
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.42
€ 133.42