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Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813571287
ISBN
9780813571287
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.95

Paperback. This book argues that regional food culture is intrinsic to how Chinese connect to the past, live in the present, and imagine their future. It focuses on Shanghai-a food lover's paradise-and identifies the importance of regional food culture at pivotal moments in the city's history, and in Chinese history more generally. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, maps, fig. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804786911
ISBN
9780804786911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Intervention research lies at the heart of social work research. It serves as a principal basis for drawing inferences about the effectiveness of practice and is used to assess the design of public policies that fund social and health programs. This book, the latest volume in the Pocket Guides to Social Work Research Methods, clearly describes the process of conducting intervention research. Series: Pocket Guides to Social Work Research Methods. Num Pages: 224 pages, 12 black and white line illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 144 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195325492
ISBN
9780195325492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 89.15

Hardcover. This book provides a guide to qualitative research methods in the multidisciplinary field of physical culture. Developing an approach based on the '7 Ps' of research, this text navigates a pathway through the research process that will be invaluable as a teaching tool and to experienced and inexperienced researchers alike. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230230231
ISBN
9780230230231
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.49

Paperback. The author examines Brazil's emerging role as an important actor in various sectors of global governance. By exploring how Brazil's exercise of power developed over the last decade in the sectors of health, food security and bioenergy, this book sheds light on the power strategies of an emerging country from the global south. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHB; JPS; KCM; KCP; RND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
237
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349504428
ISBN
9781349504428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.93

Paperback. Do NGOs strengthen Turkey's efforts at Europeanization and democratization or do they use EU funding to serve other interests?This book offers a critical investigation of the relationship between Turkish NGOs and the European Union (EU) and a nuanced assessment of the opportunities and limitations to fashioning social change by funding NGOs. Series: New Perspectives on South-East Europe. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349441860
ISBN
9781349441860
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.69

Paperback. Policing and security governance in areas of limited statehood have become central issues in contemporary academic and political debates. This book offers an in-depth study on public security provision, the resulting state-society relations, and policing in Mexico City. Series: Governance and Limited Statehood. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JKV; JPA; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
281
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349333486
ISBN
9781349333486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.57

paperback. This volume lays out the basic parameters of diversity-based politics as a still emerging form of democratic theory. The author offers concrete lessons from many movements to see what they tell us about a new sort of democratic politics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Temple University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592136544
ISBN
9781592136544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.13

Hardback. Presents a framework for understanding the ways in which the salient identities of gender, class position, race, sexuality, and other demographic characteristics function simultaneously to produce the outcomes we observe in the lives of individuals as integral forces in the maintenance of family. Editor(s): Kohlman, Marla H.; Krieg, Dana B.; Dickerson, Bette J. Series Editor(s): Demos, Vasilikie P.; Segal, Marcia Texler. Series: Advances in Gender Research. Num Pages: 350 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781905357
ISBN
9781781905357
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.00

Paperback. Against the backdrop of the environmental impact of household electricity consumption and the history of cooling practices, Marlyne Sahakian considers how people keep cool, from Metro Manila to other mega-cities in Southeast Asia. Series: Energy, Climate and the Environment. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; JHBL; KCN; RNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349456185
ISBN
9781349456185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.97

Paperback. Series: Explorations in Sociology. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 301.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
217
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349218967
ISBN
9781349218967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.93

Paperback. This book examines how young people understand and live politics, using innovative research methods. It treats age, class, gender and ethnicity as political 'lived experiences'. It concludes that young people are alienated, rather than apathetic, and that their interests and concerns are rarely addressed within mainstream political institutions. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349279753
ISBN
9781349279753
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 4. Weight in Grams: 76.
Publisher
Puddle Dancer Press
Number of pages
46
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781892005076
ISBN
9781892005076
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 10 black and white line illustrations, 18 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: JHB; JPW; KJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199757855
ISBN
9780199757855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.45

Hardback. In this pithy two-part essay, the author reinvigorates the debates on what constitutes kinship, building on some of the best scholarship in the field to produce an original outlook on the deepest bond humans can have. He also shows that mutuality of being is a symbolic notion of belonging, not a biological connection by 'blood'. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
128
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226925127
ISBN
9780226925127
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.17
€ 79.61

Paperback. Offers, on its surface, a simple theoretical argument, laid out in the titles of its mere two chapters: kinship is culture, not biology. But along the way to proving his point, the author engages an array of thinkers, from Aristotle to Emile Durkheim to Marilyn Strathern, as well as an array of ethnographic examples from around the globe. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 217 x 8. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226214290
ISBN
9780226214290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.27

Hardcover. Series: Sociology Transformed. Num Pages: 111 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, 7 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJP; HBTB; HPS; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 219 x 13. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137581860
ISBN
9781137581860
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Editor(s): Windzio, Michael. Series: Transformations of the State. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JNF; JNM; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Number of pages
285
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349486489
ISBN
9781349486489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.21

Paperback. Focusing on the language and symbols of reform, Fineman argues that by advocating measures based on equality of treatment rather than of outcome, liberal feminists disregarded the socioeconomic factors that simultaneously place women at a disadvantage in the market and favor their taking on primary domestic responsibilities. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JHBK; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 14. Weight in Grams: 339.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226249575
ISBN
9780226249575
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.91

Paperback. A textbook on gaining access to field settings for qualitative researchers in the social sciences. Prescriptive advice and a series of vignettes from actual research projects. Num Pages: 192 pages, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: JHBC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 149 x 12. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759102163
ISBN
9780759102163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.06

Paperback. No one will deny that we live in a world where evil exists. But how are we to come to grips with human atrocity and its diabolical intensity? This work considers evil to be even more radically evil than previously thought and to have become all too familiar in everyday life. Series: Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Religion. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253219688
ISBN
9780253219688
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Hardcover. The author focuses on the research-policy nexus in development studies, highlighting reciprocal orientations and interactions between the domains of social research and of policy and politics. He looks at instances where these domains are complementary and geared towards common objectives, but also with others marked by opposing rationales. Series: EADI Global Development Series. Num Pages: 230 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JHBC; JPA; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137548511
ISBN
9781137548511
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.80

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 6 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JHB; JMH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138280946
ISBN
9781138280946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.34

Paperback. An in-depth look at urban youth in the Republic of Georgia offering new perspectives on how time and marginality are interlinked" Series: Global Youth. Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUG; JFSJ2; JFSP2; JHBL; KCFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S.
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439909195
ISBN
9781439909195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.83

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