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Hardcover. This unique book explains the central role that research paradigms play in the design and conduct of social research. The authors argue that social research should not just describe or confirm a social problem but should seek to find an explanation for it and to do so requires research with 'eyes philosophically wide open'. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745671840
- ISBN
- 9780745671840
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.21
€ 71.21
Hardcover. At a time when significant social status, economic resources, and political opportunities seem to become ever more unequally distributed and only available to a few, this book represents the first systematic effort in recent years to develop a sociological model of elites and non-elites. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: JFSC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 169 x 22. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745671826
- ISBN
- 9780745671826
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.58
€ 71.58
Hardcover. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBT; JMH; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745671765
- ISBN
- 9780745671765
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.37
€ 65.37
hardcover. * David Vincent is a foremost social historian and has been working on the history of privacy and secrecy for a number of years * This new book will be a short history of privacy since the middle ages. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHB; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745671123
- ISBN
- 9780745671123
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.15
€ 71.15
Hardcover. We celebrate, talk about, and worry a great deal about transitions in life. Going to college, having a first child, losing a job, and retiring constitute just a few of the pivotal moments in the lives of many. Sociologists and psychologists have devoted considerable attention to life transitions. Num Pages: 267 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures, graphs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHB; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 25. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745670614
- ISBN
- 9780745670614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.74
€ 70.74
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
€ 77.81
€ 77.81
Hardcover. Immigrant Families aims to capture the richness, complexity, and diversity that characterize contemporary immigrant families in the United States. In doing so, it reaffirms that the vast majority of people do not migrate as isolated individuals, but are members of families. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745670157
- ISBN
- 9780745670157
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.37
€ 65.37
hardcover. * Brings a vibrant sociological imagination to the study of population and demography * Reveals the fascinating social insights that can be revealed by studying population trends such as population size, composition, distribution, etc. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745668376
- ISBN
- 9780745668376
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.34
€ 77.34
Hardcover. The concealment of income, wealth and profits in tax havens has brought the topic of offshoring into public debate, but as John Urry shows in this important new book offshoring is a much more pervasive feature of contemporary societies. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; KCL; RGCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745664859
- ISBN
- 9780745664859
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.97
€ 64.97
hardcover. Seeing like a city means recognizing that cities are living things made up of a tangle of networks, built up from the agency of countless actors. Cities must not be considered as expressions of larger paradigms or sites of human effort and organization alone. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; JHB; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745664255
- ISBN
- 9780745664255
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.97
€ 64.97
Hardcover. Immigration is the primary cause of population change in developed countries and a major component of population change in many developing countries. This clear and perceptive text discusses how immigration impacts population size, composition, and distribution. Series: Immigration and Society. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHBD; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745664156
- ISBN
- 9780745664156
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.95
€ 64.95
Hardcover. Michel Foucault is recognized as one of the twentieth century's most influential thinkers, however the authors in this volume contend that more use can be made of Foucault than has yet been done and that some of the uses to which Foucault has so far been put run the risk of and occasionally simply amount to misuse. Editor(s): Faubion, James. Series: Theory Now. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745663784
- ISBN
- 9780745663784
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.15
€ 71.15
Hardcover. Drawing on avast body of research carried out by historians, anthropologists, sociologists, political scientists and psychologists, this book shows a theory of suicide, that must move beyond the traditional classifications of suicide and it cannot limit itself. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 29. Weight in Grams: 786.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745662442
- ISBN
- 9780745662442
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.50
€ 83.50
Hardback. Science occupies an ambiguous space in contemporary society. Scientific research is championed in relation to tackling environmental issues and diseases such as cancer and dementia, and science has made important contributions to today s knowledge economies and knowledge societies. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745662244
- ISBN
- 9780745662244
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.81
€ 71.81
Hardcover. Love and family life in the global age: grandparents in Salonika and their grandson in London speak together every evening via Skype. A U.S. citizen and her Swiss husband fret over large telephone bills and high travel costs. A European couple can finally have a baby with the help of an Indian surrogate mother. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 167 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745661803
- ISBN
- 9780745661803
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.68
€ 72.68
Hardcover. From Pakistan to Chechnya, Sri Lanka to Canada, pioneering women are taking their places in formal and informal military structures previously reserved for, and assumed appropriate only for men. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHB; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 243 x 22. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745660011
- ISBN
- 9780745660011
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.37
€ 65.37
Hardcover. Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2015 Sex in China introduces readers to some of the dramatic shifts that have taken place in Chinese sexual behaviours and attitudes, and public discussions of sex, since the 1980s. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745656137
- ISBN
- 9780745656137
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.64
€ 67.64
Hardcover. Every day around the world there are dozens of protests both large and small. Most groups engage the local police, some get media attention, and a few are successful. Series: Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JHB; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745655161
- ISBN
- 9780745655161
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.37
€ 65.37
Hardback. On the global stage, China is often seen to be a homogenous nation when, in fact, it is a diverse multi-ethnic society, with 55 minority nationality groups recognized by the government. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSL; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745653600
- ISBN
- 9780745653600
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.97
€ 64.97
Hardback. Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2015 More than three decades of economic growth have led to significant social change in the People's Republic of China. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745653365
- ISBN
- 9780745653365
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.97
€ 64.97