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Sociology

Paperback. Presents a fresh approach to the topics surrounding the processes and rituals of death and dying in the United States. This book highlights the importance of two key factors in American society which determine who dies and under what circumstances: persistent social inequality and the American consumerist ethic. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBZ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745639154
ISBN
9780745639154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.09

Hardback. Emphasizes individual experiences and personal reactions to death. This book highlights the importance of two key factors in American society which determine who dies and under what circumstances: persistent social inequality and the American consumerist ethic. It is suitable for upper-level students across the social sciences. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBZ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 249 x 175 x 24. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745639147
ISBN
9780745639147
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.81

Hardback. Can the orgasm be explained in historical terms? An almost incommunicable individual emotion yet also a cultural reality, the orgasm is part of, but also escapes, collective experience. The history of the orgasm is that of the hidden body, of forbidden desires, of flesh constrained by taboos and morality. Translator(s): Fernbach, David. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 170 x 30. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745638751
ISBN
9780745638751
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.06

Paperback. We spend more time shopping than doing anything else, after sleep and work. So why is it not taken more seriously? The answer: we take shopping for granted. Indeed, culture can only work by being taken for granted. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFT; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745638621
ISBN
9780745638621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.71

Hardback. We spend more time shopping than doing anything else, after sleep and work. So why is it not taken more seriously? The answer: we take shopping for granted. Indeed, culture can only work by being taken for granted. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFT; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745638614
ISBN
9780745638614
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.33

Hardback. The second edition of this remarkably lucid text, provides a wide-ranging historical introduction to social theory. The new edition preserves, and further enhances, the book's striking qualities - its clarity, reliability, comprehensiveness and scholarship. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 744.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745638393
ISBN
9780745638393
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.14

Paperback. New media, development and globalization are the key terms through which the future is being imagined and performed in governance, development initiatives and public and political discourse. Yet these authoritative terms have arisen within particular cultural and ideological contexts. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFG; JFD; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745638331
ISBN
9780745638331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.19

Hardback. New media, development and globalization are the key terms through which the future is being imagined and performed in governance, development initiatives and public and political discourse. Yet these authoritative terms have arisen within particular cultural and ideological contexts. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1QFG; JFD; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745638324
ISBN
9780745638324
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.15

Hardback. * Accessible, up-to-date textbook overview of a major discipline in sociology. * Addresses the apparent irrelevance of formal political institutions and practices to people s everyday social life. * Provides tools to assess and rethink the relations between politics and society. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745637556
ISBN
9780745637556
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.05

Hardback. Modernity was supposed to be the period in human history when the fears that pervaded social life in the past could be left behind and human beings could at last take control of their lives and tame the uncontrolled forces of the social and natural worlds. And yet, at the dawn of the twenty-first century, we live again in a time of fear. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 22. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745636795
ISBN
9780745636795
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.58

Hardback. How adequate are our theories of globalisation for analysing the worlds we share with others? In this provocative new book, Henrietta Moore asks us to step back and re-examine in a fresh way the interconnections normally labeled 'globalisation'. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFC; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745636450
ISBN
9780745636450
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.74

Paperback. * Introductory book devoted to the life and work of G.H. Mead *Part of the Key Contemporary Thinkers series * Comprehensive account of Mead's work, including the less well known aspects of his work * Useful on a range of advanced undergraduate and graduate courses . Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745634586
ISBN
9780745634586
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.47

Hardback. * Introductory book devoted to the life and work of G.H. Mead *Part of the Key Contemporary Thinkers series * Comprehensive account of Mead's work, including the less well known aspects of his work * Useful on a range of advanced undergraduate and graduate courses . Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745634579
ISBN
9780745634579
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.25

Hardback. Written by one of criminology's few internationally-recognised figures. Has potential to be a classic, "must-read" text, offering a sweeping overview of anxieties about crime in Europe and the US and the public and political responses to them. Clear linear development through history from the Renaissance to today. Num Pages: 324 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; JHB; JKVC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745634289
ISBN
9780745634289
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.43

Hardback. In this stimulating and highly original work, Kevin Doogan looks at contemporary social transformation through the lens of the labour market. Major themes of the day -- globalization, technological change and the new economy, the pension and demographic timebombs, flexibility and traditional employment -- are all subject to critical scrutiny. Num Pages: 250 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBL; KCF; KCS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745633244
ISBN
9780745633244
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.25

Paperback. Siblings and all the lateral relationships that follow from them are clearly important and their interaction is widely observed, particularly in creative literature. Yet in the social, psychological and political sciences, there is no theoretical paradigm through which we might understand them. Num Pages: 270 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFH; JHBA; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745632216
ISBN
9780745632216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.20

Hardback. Siblings and all the lateral relationships that follow from them are clearly important and their interaction is widely observed, particularly in creative literature. Yet in the social, psychological and political sciences, there is no theoretical paradigm through which we might understand them. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFH; JHBA; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745632209
ISBN
9780745632209
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.49

Paperback. The core of this book is a set of five lectures delivered by Habermas at Princeton in 1971 under the title a Reflections on the Linguistic Foundation of Sociologya . Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745632193
ISBN
9780745632193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.87

Paperback. Art and Social Theory provides a comprehensive introduction to sociological studies of the arts. It examines the central debates of social theorists and sociologists about the place of the arts in society and the social significance of aesthetics. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745630397
ISBN
9780745630397
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.67

Hardback. Art and Social Theory provides a comprehensive introduction to sociological studies of the arts. It examines the central debates of social theorists and sociologists about the place of the arts in society and the social significance of aesthetics. Num Pages: 248 pages, 0. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745630380
ISBN
9780745630380
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.25

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