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Paperback. How do you judge the quality of a school, a district, a teacher, a student? By the test scores, of course. Yet for all the talk, what educational tests can and can't tell you, and how scores can be misunderstood and misused, remains a mystery to most. This book demystifies educational testing - from MCAS to SAT to WAIS. Num Pages: 368 pages, 24 line illustrations, 6 tables. BIC Classification: JHBC; JNKD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 210 x 25. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
8/16/09
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674035218
ISBN
9780674035218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.59

Hardcover. Reviews the epidemiological, demographic, and biological basis of population models of human mortality. This monograph discusses biological mechanisms, which shape the age-patterns of mortality. It also investigates the effects of an individual health state, susceptibility to diseases and death, or physical frailty on changes in late age survival. Num Pages: 174 pages, tables. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 179 x 14. Weight in Grams: 564.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
174
Condition
New
SKU
V9788778385079
ISBN
9788778385079
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.59

Hardback. Editor(s): Mikulincer, Mario; Shaver, Phillip R. Series: The Herzliya Series on Personality and Social Psychology. Num Pages: 416 pages, figures. BIC Classification: JFS; JHBA; JMC; JMH; MFK; UYQN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 953.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
American Psychological Association United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9781433814150
ISBN
9781433814150
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.64
€ 101.27

Paperback. This book explores the new terrain of network capitalism through the transformations of the discourse on technology. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD; JFFT; JHB; KNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2010th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137310811
ISBN
9781137310811
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349522996
ISBN
9781349522996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

hardcover. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 149 x 225 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
Edition
2005th Edition
SKU
V9781403945426
ISBN
9781403945426
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Media Events: A Critical Contemporary Approach presents insights and ambitious attempts to expand a rigorous methodology on the study of media events. The debates generated by this volume will inspire both scholars and practitioners because they bring to light new concepts, ideas and results that could be further developed.

Editor(s): Mitu, Bianca; Poulakidakos, Stamatis. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JHBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349847334
ISBN
9781349847334
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.18

Paperback. Research consistently shows how through the years more of our time gets spent using media, how multitasking our media has become a regular feature of everyday life, and that consuming media for most people increasingly takes place alongside producing media. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745650005
ISBN
9780745650005
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.81

Hardcover. Adopting a truly global, theoretical and multidisciplinary perspective, Media Pluralism and Diversity intends to advance our understanding of media pluralism across the globe. It compares metrics that have been developed in different parts of the world to assess levels of, or threats to, media pluralism. Editor(s): Sukosd, Miklos; Picard, Robert G.; Valcke, Peggy. Series: Palgrave Global Media Policy and Business. Num Pages: 384 pages, 23 black & white tables, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 27. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137304292
ISBN
9781137304292
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.03

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JFSJ; JHBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349463190
ISBN
9781349463190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.94

Hardcover. Representing a detailed analysis of footballers' wives and their role in contemporary British culture, this books explores how the generic and stereotypical 'Wag' has been created by newspaper and magazine coverage, auto/biographies and influential television programmes. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFCA; JFCD; JFDT; JHBS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137335685
ISBN
9781137335685
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

Hardcover. Where is sociology in contemporary media studies? How do sociological questions and arguments shape media analysis? These are the questions addressed in this timely collection on media sociology. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780745670553
ISBN
9780745670553
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.61

Paperback. Where is sociology in contemporary media studies? How do sociological questions and arguments shape media analysis? These are the questions addressed in this timely collection on media sociology. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745670560
ISBN
9780745670560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.63

Hardback. Editor(s): Friesen, Norm. Num Pages: 221 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFC; JHB; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
221
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319284873
ISBN
9783319284873
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.97

Paperback. The news media has become a key arena for staging environmental conflicts. Through a range of illuminating examples ranging from climate change to oil spills, Media, Environment and the Network Society provides a timely and far-reaching analysis of the media politics of contemporary environmental debates. Series: Palgrave Studies in Media and Environmental Communication. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JFF; JHB; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 215 x 19. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Number of pages
203
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349303991
ISBN
9781349303991
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.62

Paperback. Media are fundamental to our sense of living in a social world. Since the beginning of modernity, media have transformed the scale on which we act as social beings. And now in the era of digital media, media themselves are being transformed as platforms, content, and producers multiply. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white line drawings, figures. BIC Classification: JFD; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 554.
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
242
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745639215
ISBN
9780745639215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531129419
ISBN
9783531129419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.55

Paperback. Editor(s): Piper, L. Series: Frontiers of Globalization. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JHB; JHBA; JPA; JPHV; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349487691
ISBN
9781349487691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.34

Hardcover. Drawing on case studies from the global South, this book explores the politics of mediated citizenship in which citizens are represented to the state through third party intermediaries. The studies show that mediation is both widely practiced and multi-directional and that it has an important role to play in deepening democracy in the global South. Editor(s): Lieres, Bettina von; Piper, Laurence. Series: Frontiers of Globalization. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFM; JHBA; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137405302
ISBN
9781137405302
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.43

Paperback. This book brings together thirteen timely essays from across the globe that consider a range of 'mediated youth cultures', covering topics such as the phenomenon of dance imitations on YouTube, the circulation of zines online, the resurgence of roller derby on the social web, drinking cultures, Israeli blogs, Korean pop music, and more. Editor(s): Bennett, A.; Robards, Brady. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JFSR; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 335.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349449453
ISBN
9781349449453
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 148.84

Paperback. Through enhancing reflection on the treatment of cultural diversity in contemporary Western societies, this collection aims to move the debate beyond the opposition between ethnicity and citizenship and demonstrate ways to achieve equality in multicultural and globalised societies. Editor(s): Rigoni, Isabelle; Saitta, Eugenie. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JFSL; JFSR; JHB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 251.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349345779
ISBN
9781349345779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardback. Welcome or not, most citizens in Western countries are unable to go through a day without receiving a dose of health information. This book examines the ways in which ordinary people locate and digest the amount of health information available today, focusing on the unexplored 'middle' place of human and technical mediators. Editor(s): Wathen, Nadine; Wyatt, Sally; Harris, Roma. Series: Health Technology and Society. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; MBP; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 517.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
238
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230201200
ISBN
9780230201200
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.36

paperback. Welcome or not, most citizens in Western countries are unable to go through a day without receiving a dose of health information. This bookexamines the ways in whichordinary people locate and digest the amount of health information available today, focusing on the unexplored 'middle' place of human and technical mediators." Editor(s): Wathen, N; Wyatt, S; Harris, R. Series: Health Technology and Society. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPQB; MBPC; MBS; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2008
SKU
V9781349299386
ISBN
9781349299386
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.40

Hardback. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349949120
ISBN
9781349949120
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.24

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