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Paperback. This collection addresses the ways that Nordic countries have approached the issue of bringing ethnic minorities into the societal mainstream. With multicultural incorporation as an option, the authors explore the potential impact of the politics of identity in societies with social democratic welfare states committed to redistributive politics. Editor(s): Kivisto, P.; Wahlbeck, Osten. Series: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series. Num Pages: 373 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHB; JKS; JPB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 373
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349347698
- ISBN
- 9781349347698
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Condition: New
€ 66.70
€ 66.70
Paperback. This book brings together critical perspectives on some of the recent claims associated with the obesity crisis.It develops both theoretical and conceptual arguments around the obesity debate, as well as taking a more practical focus in terms of implications for the health professions to outline an agenda for a 'critical weight studies'." Editor(s): Rich, E.; Aphramor, Lucy. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; JN; JPQB; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349308248
- ISBN
- 9781349308248
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Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Focusing on the legal ramifications of Sharia law in the context of rapidly changing Western liberal democracies, Debating Sharia approaches the issue from a variety of methodological perspectives. Editor(s): Korteweg, Anna; Selby, Jennifer. Num Pages: 384 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JHBK; LAFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 30. .
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442642621
- ISBN
- 9781442642621
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Condition: New
€ 79.61
€ 79.61
Hardcover. It is an institution that seems almost hopelessly out of date, a social relic of bygone times. The very word "debutante" evokes images of prim, poised beauty, expensive gowns, and sumptuous balls, all of which seem anachronistic in these post-women's liberation times. This work reveals, debdom in America is alive and well and ever evolving. Series: CultureAmerica. Num Pages: 224 pages, 61 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700613175
- ISBN
- 9780700613175
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Condition: New
€ 45.48
€ 45.48
Hardback. Social theory and research has long faced the limitations of its conventional Eurocentric focus. The essays in this volume offer new thoughts and empirical studies for transcending those limitations. Editor(s): Go, Julian. Series: Political Power and Social Theory. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- New ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781907269
- ISBN
- 9781781907269
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.00
€ 148.00
Paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Population Studies. Num Pages: 46 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHBD; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 2. Weight in Grams: 97.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400760783
- ISBN
- 9789400760783
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Condition: New
€ 61.39
€ 61.39
Hardback. * A robust examination of the role of citizenship * Provides a critique of Blairite and Thatcherite approaches to public, market and private domains * Argues that the public domain is essential to a civilised society . Num Pages: 176 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHBA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745629094
- ISBN
- 9780745629094
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.28
€ 54.28
Paperback. Editor(s): Jacobsen, Michael Hviid. Num Pages: 336 pages, 5 colour photos. BIC Classification: JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 174 x 27. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Publisher
- University Press of Southern Denmark
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788776745950
- ISBN
- 9788776745950
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.64
€ 43.99
€ 31.64
Paperback. Looks into why people travel, examining travel and tourism as a cultural phenomenon through social, cultural, psychological, and economic forces. This book explores the role of travel in contemporary lives, from university travel-abroad programs to package tours and family vacations. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: JHBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 11. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759107243
- ISBN
- 9780759107243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.67
€ 56.67
Paperback. Young people are regularly posited as a threat to social order and Deconstructing Youth explores why. Applying Derridean deconstruction to case studies on youth sexuality, violence and developmental neuroscience, Gabriel offers a fresh perspective on how we might attend to 'youth problems' by recasting the foundations of the concept of 'youth'. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFF; JFSP; JHB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 197
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349348879
- ISBN
- 9781349348879
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Condition: New
€ 65.72
€ 65.72
Paperback. Illustrates the power of rites to help us navigate life's troublesome transitions. This book covers the significant life events of birth, initiation, marriage, and death. It explores innovative rites for important events such as beginning school, same-sex commitment ceremonies, abortion, serious illness, divorce, and retirement. Series: Life Passages S. Num Pages: 393 pages, 6 figures, 7 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: HRLF; JFC; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 520. Re-Inventing Rites of Passage. Series: Life Passages S. 393 pages, 7 b&w photographs, 6 line illustrations. Illustrates the power of rites to help us navigate life's troublesome transitions. This book covers the significant life events of birth, initiation, marriage, and death. It explores innovative rites for important events such as beginning school, same-sex commitment ceremonies, abortion, serious illness, divorce, and retirement. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HRLF; JFC; JHBT; JHMC. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 26. Weight: 552.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 393
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520236752
- ISBN
- 9780520236752
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.66
€ 40.99
€ 35.66
hardcover. Alienated and violent children and adolescents, desperate and exhausted parents: the destructive effects of unchecked defiant behaviour are obvious. This book examines defiance as an expression of the child's worry for a malfunctioning family and trace a symbolic experiential approach. Num Pages: 236 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK; JMC; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583910047
- ISBN
- 9781583910047
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Condition: New
€ 162.43
€ 162.43
Num Pages: 320 pages, 11. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBK; JPW; LAQG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801446900
- ISBN
- 9780801446900
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.12
€ 45.12
Paperback. Covers the history of the USA's role in the International Labor Organization (ILO) and the challenge by the President of the American Political Science Association in 2000, who urged scholars to discover how "well-structured institutions could enable the world to have a new birth of freedom". Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; JPRB; LBBM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268025519
- ISBN
- 9780268025519
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Who are the real parents of a child? What are the relationships and responsibilities between a child, the woman who carried it to term, and the egg donor? This book charts the response of the law to modern reproductive technology as it transforms our image of the family and is itself transformed by the tide of social forces. Num Pages: 287 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBK; LNDA; LNM; LNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814719176
- ISBN
- 9780814719176
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.67
€ 33.99
€ 30.67
Paperback. A candid exploration of sadomasochistic practices driving contemporary culture, covering the demoralizing socioeconomic and political conditions that give rise to agonizing rituals of cruelty demonstrated at systemic, transnational, religious, familial, and even sexual spheres of human relations. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HR; JFF; JHB; JHBA; JHM; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349483754
- ISBN
- 9781349483754
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.16
€ 67.16
Hardcover. A candid exploration of sadomasochistic practices driving contemporary culture, covering the demoralizing socioeconomic and political conditions that give rise to agonizing rituals of cruelty demonstrated at systemic, transnational, religious, familial, and even sexual spheres of human relations. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFFP; JHBK5; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137393982
- ISBN
- 9781137393982
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.85
€ 67.85
Paperback. Moving interviews with 100 students at the two institutions highlight how American higher education reinforces the same inequities it has been aiming to transcend. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JHB; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421405742
- ISBN
- 9781421405742
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.19
€ 38.99
€ 33.19
Hardback. Editor(s): Hofacker, Dirk; Hess, Moritz; Konig, Stefanie. Num Pages: 385 pages, 46 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSP31; JHBL; JPQB; KCA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 385
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137566966
- ISBN
- 9781137566966
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.88
€ 160.88
Hardback. This book contains accessible, thought-provoking essays on the practical and ethical implications of Deleuze's philosophy for various contemporary social issues. Contributions provide practical suggestions for using Deleuze's thought in social research, and offer new insights into the potential of Deleuze's philosophy for social thought and action. Editor(s): Hickey-Moody, Anna; Malins, Peta. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230506923
- ISBN
- 9780230506923
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Condition: New
€ 128.00
€ 128.00
Paperback. Editor(s): Rothe, J. Peter; Carroll, Linda J.; Ozegovic, Dejan. Num Pages: 321 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 177 x 17. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781629489131
- ISBN
- 9781629489131
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 167.22€ 115.93
€ 167.22
€ 115.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFK; JHBK5; JPFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Publisher
- Counterpoint United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781619020689
- ISBN
- 9781619020689
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 9.93
€ 23.99
€ 9.93
Paperback. Using an interdisciplinary approach, this work shows how aspects of job quality are related, and how changes in the quality of work life stem from technological change and transformations in the politico-economic environment. This book concludes by discussing what individuals, firms, unions, and governments can do to counter declining job quality. Num Pages: 240 pages, 20 line illus. 36 tables. BIC Classification: JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 236 x 15. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691134413
- ISBN
- 9780691134413
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.77€ 51.34
€ 64.77
€ 51.34
Hardcover. Tells about the logical standards and forms that should guide ethical and experimental anthropology in the twenty-first century. This title draws on experiences from a set of anthropological experiments that investigated how and whether the human and biological sciences could be brought into a mutually enriching relationship. Num Pages: 136 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: GPS; JHBC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226036885
- ISBN
- 9780226036885
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.22€ 78.69
€ 94.22
€ 78.69