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Hardback. This book first offers a general analysis of the social and educational consequences of the privatization of schools. Then, as a case study for the role of public schooling in nation building, it specifically analyzes the public education system of Israel. Num Pages: 156 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 166 x 15. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
156
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402095696
ISBN
9781402095696
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.23

Hardback. Our society's scientific paradigm prevents us from benefiting from the processes of invention and innovation. This book analyzes the topic in depth, positing that a 'complex systems' approach is better suited than our traditional approach to the phenomenon. Editor(s): Lane, David; Pumain, Denise; Leeuw, Sander Ernst van der; West, Geoffrey B. Series: Methodos Series. Num Pages: 501 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; JHB; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1940.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
501
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402096624
ISBN
9781402096624
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 342.03

Hardback. This book examines some important trends that have underpinned reductions in fertility. It demonstrates how relationships between partners have resulted in new living arrangements with changing attitudes from marriage to co-habitation as the social norm. Editor(s): Stillwell, John; Coast, Ernestina; Kneale, Dylan. Series: Understanding Population Trends and Processes. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBD; JNC; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402096815
ISBN
9781402096815
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.06

Hardback. This book captures the contradictions and dangers of equating lifelong learning with individualisation and individual responsibility in high insecurity societies. The author develops unique conceptual schema for rethinking 'structure and agency'. Series: Lifelong Learning Book Series. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JNK; JNRV; TDJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402097584
ISBN
9781402097584
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.80

Hardback. The second volume in a series titled "Knowledge and Space," this multidisciplinary book deals with spatial disparities of knowledge and the impact of environments, space, and contexts on the production and application of knowledge. Editor(s): Meusburger, Peter; Funke, Joachim; Wunder, Edgar. Series: Knowledge and Space. Num Pages: 305 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; JHB; RGC; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 609.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
305
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402098765
ISBN
9781402098765
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 223.09

Hardback. In China, social factors relating to gender and gender-inequality exacerbate the spread of HIV and other STDs. This interdisciplinary study explores those various factors in order to better understand, and combat, the spread of HIV and STDs in China. Editor(s): Poston, Dudley L., Jr.; Tucker, Joseph; Ren, Qiang; Gu, Baochang; Zheng, Xiaoying; Wang, Stephanie; Russell, Chris. Series: The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBD; JMU; MBN; MJCJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1150.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402098994
ISBN
9781402098994
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.76

Hardback. Written by leading scholars in the field, this book provides in-depth input-output analysis of waste management, hybrid LCA and LCC, IOA-based Material Flow Analysis involving many materials at a time, and microeconomic foundations of IOA. Series: Eco-Efficiency in Industry & Science. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; KCN; KJMV5; KJT; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402099014
ISBN
9781402099014
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.68

Hardback. This thought-provoking volume argues that, far from being a post-colonial world, the struggle for independence of polity and culture is alive and relevant. The book offers the first comparative study of the US and Canada from an anti-colonial perspective. Editor(s): Kempf, Arlo. Series: Critical Studies of Education. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1290.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
annotated ed
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402099434
ISBN
9781402099434
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.61

Hardback. This book examines the empirical validity of some of multiculturalism's basic propositions. It focuses on Canada as the country for which the most enthusiastic claims for multiculturalism have been made, and uses a national survey to explore its topic. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHB; JHM; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 1030.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402099571
ISBN
9781402099571
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.18

Hardback. This book discusses the theoretical and doctrinal contribution of the liberal economists, writing at the onset of the industrial revolution in France, and those of their contemporary, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon. The approach is innovative and epistemological. Num Pages: 200 pages, 12 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHBD; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402099595
ISBN
9781402099595
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.86

hardcover. The aim of many studies in population research and demography is to explain cause-effect relationships among variables or events. This book presents both theoretical contributions and empirical applications of the counterfactual approach to causal inference. Editor(s): Engelhardt, Henriette; Kohler, Hans-Peter; Furnkranz-Prskawetz, Alexia. Series: The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; JHBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
Edition
2009th Edition
SKU
V9781402099663
ISBN
9781402099663
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.06

Hardback. Editor(s): Rojek, Chris; Shaw, Susan M.; Veal, A. Num Pages: 577 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GM; JHBS; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1000.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
577
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403902788
ISBN
9781403902788
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.78

Hardback. Editor(s): Earle, Sarah; Letherby, Gayle. Num Pages: 248 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBA; MFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 145 x 220 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403902818
ISBN
9781403902818
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.89

Hardcover. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; JPFF; KCF; KNDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403904065
ISBN
9781403904065
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.39

Hardcover. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFC; JFFT; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 379.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403904317
ISBN
9781403904317
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.74

Hardcover. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403904928
ISBN
9781403904928
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.09

Hardback. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFG; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403904959
ISBN
9781403904959
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.94

Hardcover. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBA; JPVH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403905666
ISBN
9781403905666
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.19

Hardback. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFF; JHBA; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
251
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403905697
ISBN
9781403905697
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403905703
ISBN
9781403905703
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.98

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