Sociology
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Sociology
Paperback. Focused on marital immigration from China to Taiwan, the book documents the struggles of these women and men as they seek acceptance and recognition in their new home. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 b/w, 2 maps, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; HBTB; JFFN; JHBK; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 227 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520286238
- ISBN
- 9780520286238
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Paperback. Illuminates the origins, purposes, and features of portraiture, a method of inquiry that shares some of the features of other qualitative research methods such as ethnography, case study, and narrative placing it within the larger discourse on social science inquiry and mapping it onto the broader terrain of qualitative research. Num Pages: 306 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GPS; JHBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 192 x 17. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787962425
- ISBN
- 9780787962425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.88
€ 35.88
Hardcover. This book puts spirit back at the heart of spirituality. By exploring the everyday impacts of alternative spiritual beliefs and practices, the book examines contemporary spirituality and how critical social science can map and understand it. Num Pages: 240 pages, 11 figures. BIC Classification: HRLK; HRQM2; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219397
- ISBN
- 9780230219397
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
paperback. This book puts spirit back at the heart of spirituality. By exploring the everyday impacts of alternative spiritual beliefs and practices, the book examines contemporary spirituality and how critical social science can map and understand it. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM; HRLK; JFC; JHB; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 379.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349304905
- ISBN
- 9781349304905
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Sara R. Farris examines the calls for gender equality from an unlikely collection of European right-wing nationalist political parties, neoliberals, and some feminist theorists and policymakers, showing how their exploitation of feminist ideals justifies anti-Islam and anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFFN; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822369745
- ISBN
- 9780822369745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.67
€ 29.99
€ 27.67
Hardback. Sara R. Farris examines the calls for gender equality from an unlikely collection of European right-wing nationalist political parties, neoliberals, and some feminist theorists and policymakers, showing how their exploitation of feminist ideals justifies anti-Islam and anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFFN; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822369608
- ISBN
- 9780822369608
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.15
€ 110.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSP; JHB; JHMC; JNB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349333561
- ISBN
- 9781349333561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Through a rich ethnography of street and working children in Calcutta, India, this book offers the first sustained enquiry into postcolonial childhoods, arguing that the lingering effects of colonialism are central to comprehending why these children struggle to inhabit the transition from labour to schooling. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSP1; JHBL; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230296428
- ISBN
- 9780230296428
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Paperback. This collection examines anti-corruption campaigns and argues that they have often resulted in perverse and unintended consequences. The book examines how corruption has been addressed (and sometimes tolerated) in Africa, Asia, Latin America and East & Central Europe to interrogate government policy and question development discourse and practice. Editor(s): Bracking, Sarah. Series: Palgrave Studies in Development. Num Pages: 331 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JHB; JPA; KCM; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 331
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349357697
- ISBN
- 9781349357697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Paperback. This comprehensive, interdisciplinary collection examines diverse forms of anti-social behaviour in Victorian and contemporary Britain, providing a unique comparison of the methods which have been employed by governments to control it. Editor(s): Pickard, Sarah. Num Pages: 375 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHB; JKV; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 375
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349485727
- ISBN
- 9781349485727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
paperback. Offers a look at American ritual. This title focuses on the Miss America pageant in particular, considering its claim to be an accurate representation of the diversity of contemporary American women. It explores the cultural constructions and legitimations that go on during the long process of the pageant. Num Pages: 290 pages, 10 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFSJ; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520217911
- ISBN
- 9780520217911
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.68
€ 33.99
€ 24.68
Paperback. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: JHB; JHM; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520277397
- ISBN
- 9780520277397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Hardback. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 264 pages, 27. BIC Classification: JHB; JHM; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520277380
- ISBN
- 9780520277380
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.96€ 72.38
€ 93.96
€ 72.38
Paperback. Takes the reader on a tour of the melon and corn harvesting fields of California's Central Valley to understand why farmworkers suffer heatstroke and chronic illness at rates higher than workers in any other industry. The author documents in detail how a tightly interwoven web of public policies and private interests create needless suffering. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 312 pages, 13. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JHBL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520283275
- ISBN
- 9780520283275
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.01
€ 33.99
€ 25.01
hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJK; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691640921
- ISBN
- 9780691640921
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 202.73
€ 202.73
Hardback. The authors challenge psychological perspectives on happiness and subjective wellbeing. Highlighting the politics of quantitative and qualitative methodologies, case studies across continents explore wellbeing in relation to health, children and youth, migration, economics, religion, family, land mines, national surveys, and indigenous identities. Editor(s): White, Sarah C. Num Pages: 312 pages, 16 black & white tables, 2 maps, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: GTF; JHBC; JKS; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137536440
- ISBN
- 9781137536440
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.28
€ 67.28
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888644909
- ISBN
- 9780888644909
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.98
€ 40.99
€ 28.98
hardcover. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan Switzerland
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319536309
- ISBN
- 9783319536309
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.39
€ 117.39
Paperback. Based on original research with self-identified paedophiles in the community, this book challenges assumptions and destroys the sacred cows of both radical and conservative thinking on paedophilia and sexuality. Offering a humane and inspiring vision, the bookgoes beyond previous thinking to develop an inclusive new approach." Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHB; JKSN; JKV; JMU; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349322855
- ISBN
- 9781349322855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 149.27
€ 149.27
Hardcover. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 6 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFSL1; JHBL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295995663
- ISBN
- 9780295995663
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.70
€ 117.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 6 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFSL1; JHBL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295995670
- ISBN
- 9780295995670
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.43
€ 32.99
€ 29.43
Paperback. Based on research with 80 women, For the Family? debunks the myth that financial needs determine women's workforce participation, revealing that financial resources make it easier for women to remain at work, not easier to leave it. Num Pages: 248 pages, 4 b/w line. BIC Classification: JFSC; JFSJ1; JHBK; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199791491
- ISBN
- 9780199791491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.52
€ 62.52
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784992804
- ISBN
- 9781784992804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.20
€ 40.20
Paperback. This book is an analysis of the culture of compassion and a critique of the project of "showing awareness." Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFF; JHB; JKSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349361601
- ISBN
- 9781349361601
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95