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Paperback. Reconfiguring Families in Contemporary Vietnam chronicles and analyzes the most significant change for families in Vietnam's recent past - the transition to a market economy, referred to as Doi Moi. Editor(s): Belanger, Daniele; Barbieri, Magali. Series: Contemporary Issues in Asia and the Pacific. Num Pages: 464 pages, 41 tables, 46 figures, 2 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FMV; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804760584
- ISBN
- 9780804760584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.59
€ 40.99
€ 36.59
Hardcover. This book reconceptualises the concept of moral economy in its relevance for, and application to, the criminal justice system in England and Wales. It advances the argument that criminal justice cannot be reduced to an instrumentally driven operation to achieve fiscal efficiencies or provide investment opportunities to the commercial sector. Num Pages: 124 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; HPQ; JHBA; JKVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 225 x 14. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137468451
- ISBN
- 9781137468451
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.00
€ 66.00
Hardback. Lewin explores the intersections of kinship, community, morality, and love bound up in same-sex marriage through the experiences of lesbian and gay couples who have sanctified their relationships in commitment ceremonies. Through detailed profiles, Lewin provides the first comprehensive account of lesbian and gay weddings in America. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSK; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231103923
- ISBN
- 9780231103923
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.43€ 80.25
€ 103.43
€ 80.25
Paperback. Presents the case for an exciting new research program in the social sciences based on the theory of recognition developed by Axel Honneth and others in recent years. The theory provides a frame for revealing new insights about conflicts and the potential of recognition theory to guide just resolutions of these conflicts is also explored. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB; JPA; JPB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349333745
- ISBN
- 9781349333745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. Everyone cares about recognition: no one wants to be treated with disrespect, insulted, humiliated, or simply ignored. In this compelling new book, McBride examines how a basic need for recognition is the motivation behind struggles for inclusion and equality in contemporary society. Series: Polity Key Concepts in the Social Sciences Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745648477
- ISBN
- 9780745648477
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.49
€ 60.49
Paperback. Everyone cares about recognition: no one wants to be treated with disrespect, insulted, humiliated, or simply ignored. In this compelling new book, McBride examines how a basic need for recognition is the motivation behind struggles for inclusion and equality in contemporary society. Series: Polity Key Concepts in the Social Sciences Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745648484
- ISBN
- 9780745648484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.26
€ 22.26
Paperback. aeo A major new work by one of the leading social and political thinkers of our time. aeo Offers a fundamental reassessment of the future of work, at a time when the role of work in our lives is being transformed by profound economic and technological changes. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBL; JPA; KCA; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 227 x 11. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745621289
- ISBN
- 9780745621289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.76
€ 22.76
Paperback. A collection of original essays by leading figures on the state of the scholarship in classical theory. Combines revisionist and presentist approaches to reclaiming sociologys rich intellectual past. Editor(s): Camic, Charles. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781577180319
- ISBN
- 9781577180319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.26
€ 64.26
Hardcover. A collection of original essays by sociologists and intellectual historians who have been leading figures in scholarship on the classical sociological theorists. Editor(s): Camic, Charles. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781577180302
- ISBN
- 9781577180302
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.90
€ 150.90
Hardcover. This volume brings together a range of different specialists in the arts and cultural industries, as well as international academics and public intellectuals, to explore how media and communication practices for social change are currently being reconfigured in both conceptual and rhetorical terms. Editor(s): Askanius, Tina; Ostergaard, Liv Stubbe. Series: Palgrave Studies in Communication for Social Change. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137398741
- ISBN
- 9781137398741
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This volume brings together a range of different specialists in the arts and cultural industries, as well as international academics and public intellectuals, to explore how media and communication practices for social change are currently being reconfigured in both conceptual and rhetorical terms. Editor(s): Askanius, Tina; Ostergaard, Liv Stubbe. Series: Palgrave Studies in Communication for Social Change. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JHB; JHBA; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349485567
- ISBN
- 9781349485567
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.02
€ 66.02
Paperback. Based on a reconstruction of earlier liberal conceptions of liberty (the political theories of John Locke & J.S. Mill), this book stresses the empowering nature of liberal freedom and explains why such a concept of liberty better addresses two key contemporary challenges in liberal theory and praxis: wealth redistribution and multiculturalism. Num Pages: 146 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB; JPA; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 146
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349330508
- ISBN
- 9781349330508
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; JHBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349524051
- ISBN
- 9781349524051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardback. Reclaiming individualism reviews the scope of individualist approaches, and considers how they apply to issues of policy. It argues for a concept of individualism based on rights, human dignity, shared interests and social protection. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447309086
- ISBN
- 9781447309086
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.87
€ 105.87
Paperback / so. Series: Stadtforschung Aktuell. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783810038470
- ISBN
- 9783810038470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 83.78
€ 83.78
Hardcover. Rebellious Conservatives analyzes three movements, the anti-abortion/pro-life movement, the anti-illegal immigration movement, and the Tea Party, to show how perceptions of threats to their privileges drives conservative protest and how these movements seek to reshape America. Num Pages: 196 pages, 9 figures. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHB; JPL; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137436207
- ISBN
- 9781137436207
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Paperback. According to author our world is out of balance, and the consequences are proving fateful: the degradation of our environment, the demise of our democracies, and the denigration of ourselves, with greed having been raised to some sort of high calling. But we can set things right. He argues that a healthy society is built on three balanced pillars. Num Pages: 168 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 10. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Berrett-Koehler
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626563179
- ISBN
- 9781626563179
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.13
€ 17.99
€ 16.13
Paperback. Latour is a world famous and widely published French sociologist known for his acclaimed writings on the relationship between people, science, and technology. His views have crystallized as 'Actor-Network-Theory' (ANT). This book is the first concise account Latour has written about ANT, with which he has come to be so closely associated with. Series: Clarendon Lectures in Management Studies. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199256051
- ISBN
- 9780199256051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.18
€ 43.18
Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 9 b&w illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: HBJD; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801430985
- ISBN
- 9780801430985
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.45
€ 112.45
Hardback. This title brings together authors writing on diverse themes of Eastern European exile. It defines the experiential and linguistic peculiarities of exiled people who share similar cultural, geographical and mythological backgrounds and who have suffered under totalitarian rule. Editor(s): Radulescu, Domnica. Num Pages: 220 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DV; JHBD; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publisher
- Lexington Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739103333
- ISBN
- 9780739103333
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.99
€ 130.99
Paperback. Unravelling the logic that lies at the heart of the liberal project, this book sheds light on one of the key ideas that have shaped the civilization of the West. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745646213
- ISBN
- 9780745646213
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.53
€ 23.53
Hardback. Unravelling the logic that lies at the heart of the liberal project, this book sheds light on one of the key ideas that have shaped the civilization of the West. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745646206
- ISBN
- 9780745646206
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Paperback. Realistic Evaluation shows how programme evaluation needs to be, and can be, bettered. It presents a profound yet highly readable critique of current evaluation practice, and introduces a 'manifesto' and 'handbook' for a fresh approach. Num Pages: 256 pages, tables, figures, indexes, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761950097
- ISBN
- 9780761950097
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.59
€ 68.59
Paperback. This 1995 book is an important work of social theory and a challenge to Anthony Giddens' structuration theory. Num Pages: 368 pages, 21 figures. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 568. The Morphogenetic Approach. 368 pages, 21 figures. This 1995 book is an important work of social theory and a challenge to Anthony Giddens' structuration theory. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JHBA. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 22. Weight: 578.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521484428
- ISBN
- 9780521484428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.48
€ 60.48