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Sociology
Hardback. A study to guide public health interventions. It explores social factors such as culture, mass media, political systems, and migration that influence public health. It emphasizes the potential of population strategies to influence traditional risk factors associated with health and disease. Editor(s): Galea, Sandro. Num Pages: 502 pages, 12 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHBD; MBNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 896.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 502
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387708119
- ISBN
- 9780387708119
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 190.28
€ 190.28
Hardback. Brings together social scientists and engineers who present predictive theory of social organization, as a conglomerate of mating flows that morph in time to flow more easily. This book offers a way to look at social phenomena as part of natural phenomena, and examines a domain of application of engineering such as thermodynamic optimization. Editor(s): Bejan, Adrian; Merkx, Gil. Num Pages: 367 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFR; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 367
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387476803
- ISBN
- 9780387476803
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 233.97
€ 233.97
Hardcover. This volume details basic principles and new developments in Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). New material in this edition includes coverage of recent developments that have greatly extended the power and scope of DEA. Num Pages: 530 pages, 126 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; PBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 35. Weight in Grams: 954.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 532
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387452814
- ISBN
- 9780387452814
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.63
€ 159.63
Hardback. Introduces affect control theory to lay readers of sociology, and additionally guides sociology specialists into the theory's deep structure. It describes how sociology's best developed cybernetic model can be used to interpret actions and emotions that arise in everyday life. Num Pages: 164 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 160 x 9. Weight in Grams: 386.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387381770
- ISBN
- 9780387381770
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.58
€ 65.58
Paperback. This is the most comprehensive reference collection on population in the last 40 years. It represents the first effort to assess the entire field. The chapter authors are among the leading contributors to demographic scholarship over the past four decades. Editor(s): Poston, Dudley L., Jr.; Micklin, Michael. Series: Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research. Num Pages: 918 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 46. Weight in Grams: 3510.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 918
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387257020
- ISBN
- 9780387257020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 142.06
€ 142.06
Hardback. Based on the results of a research project that focused on the lives and experiences of a sample of 100 Bosnian families in an upstate New York community, this book tells the story of the psychological, socio-cultural and economic adaptations of the Bosnian refugees to this community. Much of it is told in the words of the Bosnians themselves. Series: Clinical Sociology: Research and Practice. Num Pages: 206 pages, 9 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 1040.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387251554
- ISBN
- 9780387251554
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.73
€ 122.73
Hardback. Provides an introduction to demographic problems. This title presents a unified statistical outlook on both classical methods of demography and recent developments. It includes exercises to facilitate its classroom use. Series: Springer Series in Statistics. Num Pages: 440 pages, 34 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHBD; PBT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 818.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387235301
- ISBN
- 9780387235301
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.13
€ 183.13
Paperback. Covers areas that include classical mathematical demography, event history methods, multi-state methods, stochastic population forecasting, sampling and census coverage, and decision theory. This book illustrates methods with empirical applications from Europe and the US. Series: Springer Series in Statistics. Num Pages: 440 pages, 34 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHBD; PBT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 613.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387225388
- ISBN
- 9780387225388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 145.30
€ 145.30
Hardback. Marginal models are often the best way of answering research questions involving dependent observations. This comprehensive overview of the basic principles of marginal modeling offers a wide range of possible applications through many real world examples. Series: Statistics for Social and Behavioral Sciences. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GPFC; GPS; JHBC; PBT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 570.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387096094
- ISBN
- 9780387096094
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.16
€ 124.16
Hardcover. Kieran Flanagan explores the link between visual culture and religion in terms of tales, memory and character. He draws out the sociological implications of handling the virtual and virtue in ways of seeing. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRLB; JFC; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 219 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333998540
- ISBN
- 9780333998540
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.56
€ 62.56
Hardcover. The authors of this title describe how, from the perspective of his "sociological enlightenment", Niklas Luhmann continually calls to account the certainties, the ambitions and rational foundations of The Enlightenment and the idealized versions of law and politics which they have produced. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333993101
- ISBN
- 9780333993101
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.41
€ 119.41
Hardback. The contributors to this volume consider the changing social meanings that time has in work, leisure and everyday routines. Together they provide a combination of theoretical and empirically based approaches that reveal the social significance of time in all aspects of everyday lives. Editor(s): Crow, Graham; Heath, Sue. Series: Explorations in Sociology. British Sociological Association Conference Volume Series. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBA; PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333984994
- ISBN
- 9780333984994
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.35
€ 119.35
Social Relations and the Life Course: Age Generation and Social Change
. Ed(S): Allan, Professor Graham; Jones, Gill
hardcover. This collection of essays represents research into changing patterns of family, household and community life. The book explores how these informal social relationships change over time and the life course. It should be useful reading on courses concerned with the family and youth sociology. Editor(s): Allan, Professor Graham; Jones, Gill. Series: Explorations in Sociology. British Sociological Association Conference Volume Series. Num Pages: 245 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFF; JFSP; JHBK; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2003rd Edition
- SKU
- V9780333984970
- ISBN
- 9780333984970
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.46
€ 62.46
Hardback. This work is a study of the social and economic opportunities open to and seized upon by Muslim Hausa women, primarily in the city of Katsina, Nigeria, since the 1970s. Series: Institute of Social Studies, the Hague. Num Pages: 489 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 3JJP; JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 489
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333984567
- ISBN
- 9780333984567
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.08
€ 121.08
Paperback. Deborah Chambers draws on the metaphor of friendship as a strategy for exploring contemporary changes in informal social ties. She traces the shift from fixed and permanent ties of family, neighbourhood and community to fluid and transient ties typified by computer mediated communication. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBA; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333984086
- ISBN
- 9780333984086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.51
€ 61.51
Hardback. Deborah Chambers draws on the metaphor of friendship as a strategy for exploring contemporary changes in informal social ties. She traces the shift from fixed and permanent ties of family, neighbourhood and community to fluid and transient ties typified by computer mediated communication. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBA; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333984079
- ISBN
- 9780333984079
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.39
€ 62.39
Paperback. Covering the full corpus of Jameson's work, this is a series of lively readings from internationally recognized scholars. The contributors challenge accepted views of Jameson's work and locate his project in the historical, political and institutional context that shaped it. Editor(s): Kellner, Douglas; Homer, Sean. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; HPS; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333982099
- ISBN
- 9780333982099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.84
€ 61.84
Hardcover. Using practical examples from new case studies and discussion of current theories of organizational change, this book explains how true organizational change can be effected in both private businesses and public organizations. Num Pages: 176 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; KJC; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333968376
- ISBN
- 9780333968376
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.92
€ 61.92
Hardback. This text examines possibly the greatest challenge facing Japanese multinationals as they continue to expand their foreign direct investment: how to integrate local managers into the management process of overseas subsidiaries as well as in that of the parent companies themselves. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JHBL; KJMV2; KJVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333965061
- ISBN
- 9780333965061
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.35
€ 119.35
Hardback. This collection contributes to theoretical debates about women workers in Asia. It provides information and insight into labour systems associated with labour intensive export manufactures and state labour relations in a comparative context. Editor(s): Kaur, Amarjit. Series: Studies in the Economies of East and South-East Asia. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; JFSJ1; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333962930
- ISBN
- 9780333962930
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.35
€ 119.35
Paperback. The essays in this volume address state-backed violence against citizens and subjects, and violence by citizens against the state and between citizens for control of the state, examining why the political process of managing power within states sometimes becomes physically violent. Series: Main Trends of the Modern World S. Num Pages: 335 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE; JHBA; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 429.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 335
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333947760
- ISBN
- 9780333947760
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.83
€ 77.83
Hardcover. This title discusses evangelical women, power and religion. It looks at women's attitudes to ministry, work and childcare, marriage, money, and issues such as sex, abortion, divorce, and cohabitation. Amongst other things, chapters examine feminism from a Christian perspective. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; HRCM; HRCV; JFSJ1; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333947616
- ISBN
- 9780333947616
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.28
€ 63.28
Hardcover. This work explores the significance which contemporary club cultures can have for women living through a time of radical-sexual political change. It focuses upon "raving" and clubbing women to reveal the limitations of reading today's club cultures as indicators of a sexual political regression. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFK; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333946060
- ISBN
- 9780333946060
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.79
€ 118.79
Hardback. This study explores thematic parallels between Max Weber's theory of the rationalization and disenchantment of the modern work and the critiques of contemporary culture developed by Lyotard, Foucault and Baudrillard. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DSA; HPS; JFC; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 203
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333930588
- ISBN
- 9780333930588
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.85
€ 118.85