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Paperback. This book casts a critical eye on scholarship in the field of criminal justice, and offers some new orientations to help develop explanations for twenty-first century criminology and criminal justice studies. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JKV; LAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349379613
- ISBN
- 9781349379613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Introduces readers to key sociological perspectives about modern Chinese society and social change. Num Pages: 328 pages, 24 colour illus. 4 maps. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 227 x 17. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107600799
- ISBN
- 9781107600799
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.93
€ 43.93
Hardback. Editor(s): Ade, Wernmei Yong; Ching, Lim Lee. Num Pages: 165 pages, 12 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMS; ABA; AC; JHB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 165
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137576286
- ISBN
- 9781137576286
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.84
€ 93.84
Paperback. 60 years after independence, African nations still find it difficult to face a number of challenges, from establishing meaningful democratic institutions to establish social structures centered on the advancement of gender equality. This volume approaches these contemporary African challenges while combating a reflexive and facile Afro-Pessimism. Editor(s): Falola, Toyin; Mbah, Emmanuel M. Series: African Histories and Modernities. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJH; HBJK; HBTB; JFC; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349494132
- ISBN
- 9781349494132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 138.18
€ 138.18
Hardcover. A new approach which problematizes the category of contemporary adulthood, this book includes chapters on demographic change; becoming thirty-something; graduates and work; mental health and happiness; new configurations of masculinity; the sexual lifecourse; political beliefs in adulthood; and adulthood and the housing market. Editor(s): Burnett, Judith. Num Pages: 183 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSP3; JHB; JHMC; JMH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 146 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230581036
- ISBN
- 9780230581036
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.49
€ 67.49
Hardcover. This book examines the experiences of those dedicated drinkers at the forefront of the new night-time leisure industries that revolutionized the way we think about our city centres. Smith uses the night-time leisure economy as a lens through which to view the relationship between global consumer capital and the erosion of 'traditional' adulthood. Series: Leisure Studies in a Global Era. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSG; JHBS; KNSP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 209 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137344519
- ISBN
- 9781137344519
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Paperback. This book examines the experiences of those dedicated drinkers at the forefront of the new night-time leisure industries that revolutionized the way we think about our city centres. Smith uses the night-time leisure economy as a lens through which to view the relationship between global consumer capital and the erosion of 'traditional' adulthood. Series: Leisure Studies in a Global Era. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; JHBS; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349466054
- ISBN
- 9781349466054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.81
€ 65.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 151 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHB; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 151
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349415717
- ISBN
- 9781349415717
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.13
€ 126.13
Paperback. How much is acceptable to consume? What is appropriate to consume and which goods fall into the disapproved category? Answers to these questions vary widely across time and space. This book examines the sources of this variation by providing an account of how everyday consumption norms develop, why they differ and why they change. Series: Consumption and Public Life. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; HPS; JFSR; JHBL; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349437894
- ISBN
- 9781349437894
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.90
€ 65.90
Hardcover. This ethnographic examination of a middle-class group that must re-position itself--schoolteachers in 1990s Russia--depicts the interplay between identity, morality and consumption. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JFSC; JHBL; JHM; JNKH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804700696
- ISBN
- 9780804700696
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.38
€ 138.38
Paperback. * A new book by one of the world s leading anthropologists and a leading figure in the study of material culture. * Brings together Miller s key writings on consumption, consumer capitalism and related topics. * The sequel to Miller s highly successful Stuff. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745661087
- ISBN
- 9780745661087
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.74
€ 23.74
This book provides a clear and concise introduction to the concept of consumption and to the wide--ranging debates about the nature and consequences of consumer society. Community and social class appear to be in irreversible decline. Series: Key Concepts. Num Pages: 176 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFT; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745625294
- ISBN
- 9780745625294
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Paperback. This book provides a clear and concise introduction to the concept of consumption and to the wide--ranging debates about the nature and consequences of consumer society. Community and social class appear to be in irreversible decline. Series: Key Concepts. Num Pages: 178 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFT; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745625300
- ISBN
- 9780745625300
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.29
€ 23.29
Consuming Habits: Global and Historical Perspectives on How Cultures D...
. Ed(S): Goodman, Jordan; Lovejoy, Paul E.; S...
paperback. Covering a wide range of substances, including opium, cocaine, coffee, tobacco, and kola, since prehistory, this edition explores the analytical category of psychoactive substances from challenging historical and anthropological perspectives. It is a companion for those interested in how different cultures have defined drugs across the ages. Editor(s): Goodman, Jordan; Lovejoy, Paul E.; Sherratt, Andrew. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFH; JHBT. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415425827
- ISBN
- 9780415425827
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.05
€ 66.05
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
€ 66.68
€ 66.68
Paperback. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSR; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349509294
- ISBN
- 9781349509294
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.49
€ 67.49
hardcover. The object and scope of this book is the development of marketed consumer credit within the United States from the mid decades of the nineteenth century up until the present day. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JHB; KCZ; KFFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230615182
- ISBN
- 9780230615182
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. Through what he terms "bibliographical sociology", Suman Gupta explores the presence of English-language publications in the contemporary Indian context - their productions, circulations and readerships - to understand current social trends. Series: New Directions in Book History. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; DSB; JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137489289
- ISBN
- 9781137489289
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Paperback. This practitioner-oriented text is the first to help social researchers define research projects, manage the social research process, engage with stakeholders and influence change. It will be invaluable for all those commissioning, managing and conducting social research. Series: Social Research Association Shorts. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447333869
- ISBN
- 9781447333869
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.84
€ 20.84
Paperback. Series: Identities and Modernities in Europe. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349345571
- ISBN
- 9781349345571
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.96
€ 65.96
Hardcover. Norway, Sweden, and Denmark are home to more than 90,000 transnational adoptees of Scandinavian parents raised in a predominantly white environment. This ethnography provides a unique perspective on how these transracial adoptees conceptualize and construct their sense of identity along the intersection of ethnicity, family, and national lines. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DN; JFSL; JHBK; JKSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137480644
- ISBN
- 9781137480644
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.37
€ 67.37
Paperback. Norway, Sweden, and Denmark are home to more than 90,000 transnational adoptees of Scandinavian parents raised in a predominantly white environment. This ethnography provides a unique perspective on how these transracial adoptees conceptualize and construct their sense of identity along the intersection of ethnicity, family, and national lines. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 437.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349502738
- ISBN
- 9781349502738
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Hardcover. This collection explores how the dominant risk agenda is being embedded across welfare policy and practice contexts in order to redefine social problems and those who experience them. Identities of 'risky' or 'safe', 'responsible' or 'irresponsible' are being increasingly applied, not only to everyday life but also to professional practice. Editor(s): Kearney, Jeremy; Donovan, Catherine. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JHBA; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 136 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137276070
- ISBN
- 9781137276070
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.20
€ 67.20
Paperback. Editor(s): Kearney, J.; Donovan, C. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JHBA; JKV; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349446513
- ISBN
- 9781349446513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.76
€ 65.76