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Paperback. In this famous study, the author argues that the familiar correlation between educational training and job performance is a myth and that the upgrading of the supply of labor is meaningless unless we reconsider the nature of the demand. A lengthy new introduction by the author extends his critique into the 1990s. Series: Ewp Foundations of Sociology. Num Pages: 266 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JF; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Eliot Werner Publications Inc United States
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780971242753
ISBN
9780971242753
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.21

Paperback. Understanding how society shapes the economy helps us answer many important questions. For example, how does advertising get people to buy things? How do people use their social connections to get jobs? This title presents sociological answers to questions like these. Series: Sociology for a New Century Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHB; KC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
SAGE Publications, Inc
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781412994965
ISBN
9781412994965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.23

Paperback. Should governments be involved in economic affairs? Challenging prevailing wisdom about the benefits of self-regulating markets, this accessible and engaging book advances a uniquely sociological perspective on economy and state connections to emphasize that states can never be divorced from economy. Series: Polity Economy and Society Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: JHB; KC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 209 x 149 x 24. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745644554
ISBN
9780745644554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.94

Hardback. Should governments be involved in economic affairs? Challenging prevailing wisdom about the benefits of self-regulating markets, this accessible and engaging book advances a uniquely sociological perspective on economy and state connections to emphasize that states can never be divorced from economy. Series: Polity Economy and Society Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; KC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745644547
ISBN
9780745644547
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.38

Paperback. Suitable for the advanced undergraduate who gropes for her sense of society, and for the graduate student who must develop his own analytical skills, this title looks at social action, religion, law, bureaucracy, charisma, the city, and the political community. Editor(s): Roth, Guenther; Wittich, Claus. Num Pages: 1712 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 161 x 122. Weight in Grams: 2544.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
1475
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520280021
ISBN
9780520280021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 88.41
€ 69.19

Paperback. Compares the profession of economics in the United States, Britain, and France, and explains why economics, far from being a uniform science, differs in important ways among these three countries. Series: Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 384 pages, 17 halftones. 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1DDF; 1KBB; 3JJ; JHB; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691148038
ISBN
9780691148038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.89

Paperback. Examines the erotic underpinnings of transnational tourism. This title offers insights into the commingling of sex, intimacy, and market forces in Cuba and the Dominican Republic, two nations where tourism has had widespread effects. It reconceptualizes our understandings of informal economies, sex workers, and sexual tourism. Num Pages: 232 pages, 11 Halftones. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 1KJD; JHBK5; KNSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Temple University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592137503
ISBN
9781592137503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.82

Paperback. Examines how alternative social worlds and projects generate new possibilities of life in the context of ordinary and extraordinary acts of neglect and surveillance Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 table, 6 figures. BIC Classification: JHBA; JPFK; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 166 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822350842
ISBN
9780822350842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 237 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; KC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Bootstrap Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
237
Condition
New
SKU
V9780945257721
ISBN
9780945257721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.76

Paperback. Offers an analysis of the economic and policy issues associated with individual and population aging. This text provides a comprehensive international picture of the consequences of aging. It engages the reader through side boxes, relevant website addresses, and practice questions. Num Pages: 376 pages, 52. BIC Classification: JHBD; JKSG; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 256 x 19. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631226161
ISBN
9780631226161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.11

Paperback. An accessible summary of the latest debates in economics, Economics in the Twenty-First Century takes on what is missing from mainstream economics, why it matters, and how the discipline can better address the key concerns of our era. Series: UTP Insights. Num Pages: 192 pages, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1QFG; GTF; JHB; JKS; JPP; JPQB; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442626775
ISBN
9781442626775
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.58

Hardback. This volume focuses on how families and family members have been affected by economic and financial stress. Using a variety of methodological and theoretical perspectives, the scholars in this volume examine the various ways financial difficulties affect family structures, family behaviours, and family relationships. Editor(s): Blair, Sampson Lee. Series Editor(s): Blair, Sampson Lee. Series: Contemporary Perspectives in Family Research. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 233 x 31. Weight in Grams: 610.
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780529783
ISBN
9781780529783
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.20

Paperback. This text systematically reconstructs the origins and advances in economic sociology. By presenting both classical and contemporary theory and research, it identifies and describes the continuity between past and present, and the move from economics to economic sociology. Num Pages: 304 pages, 17. BIC Classification: JHBA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 174 x 16. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631225362
ISBN
9780631225362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.15

Hardback. This text systematically reconstructs the origins and advances in economic sociology. By presenting both classical and contemporary theory and research, it identifies and describes the continuity between past and present, and the move from economics to economic sociology. Num Pages: 304 pages, 17. BIC Classification: JHBA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 173 x 27. Weight in Grams: 672.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631225355
ISBN
9780631225355
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.73

Paperback. Examines economic sociology's principal assumptions, key explanatory concepts, and selected research sites. The author argues that economic activity is embedded in social and cultural relations, but also that power and the unintended consequences of rational purposive action must be factored in when seeking to explain or predict economic behavior. Num Pages: 320 pages, 17 line illus. 23 tables. BIC Classification: JHB; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691142234
ISBN
9780691142234
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.57

Paperback. .
Publisher
Societas
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845401870
ISBN
9781845401870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.79

Paperback.

Social relations are crucial for understanding diverse economic actions and a network perspective is central to that explanation. Simple exchanges involving money, labor, and commodities combine into complexly connected systems. Series: Polity Economy and Society Series. Num Pages: 180 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 210 x 19. Weight in Grams: 352.

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745649986
ISBN
9780745649986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; KCA; KCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691158105
ISBN
9780691158105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.32

Hardcover. Addresses a variety of issues related to economic crisis in the broadest sense of the term, involving diverse national and international contexts, historical epochs, and a range of problems related to economic life. This title tackles criminologically relevant questions in connection with crime/deviance and/or the control thereof. Editor(s): Deflem, Mathieu. Series Editor(s): Deflem, Mathieu. Series: Sociology of Crime, Law & Deviance. Num Pages: 224 pages, ill. BIC Classification: JHB; JKV; KCX; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857248015
ISBN
9780857248015
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.83

paperback. Describes how religious institutions shape and are shaped by their environments Editor(s): Cimino, Richard P.; Mian, Nadia A.; Huang, Weishan. Series: Polis Center Series on Religion and Urban Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, 11 b&w illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: HRA; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 224 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253006905
ISBN
9780253006905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

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