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Paperback. Drawing on social science expertise from China, India, and the United States, the contributors to this study examine the social and economic challenges for policy across a range of domains, from family planning and old-age support to human capital investment, poverty alleviation, and broader issues of governance. Editor(s): Eggleston, Karen. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; JHBD; JPQB; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 14. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Asia/Pacific Research Center, Div of The Institute for International Studies
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781931368407
ISBN
9781931368407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.97

Paperback. Being Faithful in Diversity considers the facts and natures of religious diversity and examines responses to them. It then explores the more difficult issue about how it is we are to be true to our religious positions and live within the context of religious diversity. Num Pages: 190 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: HRA; HRC; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 225.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
ATF Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781921511028
ISBN
9781921511028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.51

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New Internationalist Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906523466
ISBN
9781906523466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 153 pages. BIC Classification: JHBZ; MQC; VFJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Companion Press,US United States
Number of pages
153
Condition
New
SKU
V9781879651470
ISBN
9781879651470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.65

Paperback. Although Marx's writings on social transformation figured prominently in the global Left imagination for more than 150 years, by the late twentieth century the relevance of Marxism was under question by both the Left (including Marxists) and Right. Editor(s): Williams, Michelle; Satgar, Vishwas. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Wits University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868147533
ISBN
9781868147533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

Paperback. The second volume of the New South African Review (NSAR) continues a tradition of debate and critical, analytical scholarship about contemporary South Africa. Drawing on authors from academia and beyond, it aims to be informative, discursive and provocative. Editor(s): Naidoo, Prishani; Pillay, Devan; Southall, Roger; Daniel, Sir John. Series: New South Africa Review. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: JHBC; JPA; KCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 168 x 24. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Wits University Press South Africa
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868145416
ISBN
9781868145416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.60

Paperback. Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002) is the most influential sociologist of our time. His works take in education, culture, sport, literature, painting, class, philosophy, religion, law, media, intellectuals, methodology, photography, universities, colonialism, kinship, schooling and politics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFM; HBJH; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 220 x 15. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Wits University Press South Africa
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868145409
ISBN
9781868145409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

Paperback. Why does it matter that nations should care for their archives, and that they should develop a sense of shared identity? And why should these processes take place in the public domain? Editor(s): Mangcu, Xolela. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 130. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Wits University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868145324
ISBN
9781868145324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Reviving the tradition of critical, analytical scholarship developed by the 1970s and 1980s editions of the South African review, this first volume of the New South African review offers a collection of original surveys of key issues and problems confronting post-apartheid South Africa. Editor(s): Pillay, Devan; Southall, Roger; Daniel, John; Naidoo, Prishani. Num Pages: 488 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; JPA; KCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 166 x 28. Weight in Grams: 828.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Wits University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868145164
ISBN
9781868145164
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.45

Paperback. Drawing on interviews with mothers who have been diagnosed HIV-positive, this title provides a perspective of motherhood from the mother's point of view. It explores the situation in which two very powerful identities, those of motherhood and of being HIV-positive, collide in the same moment. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFFH2; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Wits University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868144945
ISBN
9781868144945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Hardcover. From a comparative perspective, human life histories are unique and raising offspring is unusually costly: humans have relatively short birth intervals compared to other apes, childhood is long, mothers care simultaneously for many dependent children (other apes raise one offspring at a time), infant mortality is high in natural fertility/mortality Editor(s): Bentley, Gillian R.; Mace, Ruth. Series: Studies of the BioSocial Society. Num Pages: 8 ills. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845451066
ISBN
9781845451066
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.06

Hardcover. Through fascinating explorations of the museums and domestic spaces of eight Israeli communities, Judy Jaffe-Schagen gives a powerful account of museums' role in state formation, proposing a new approach for societies in conflict. Series: Material Mediations: People and Things in a World of Movement. Num Pages: 252 pages, 44 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; GM; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785331343
ISBN
9781785331343
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.08

Hardback. Exploring various contemporary case studies and historic cultural renditions of boat migrations undertaken by asylum seekers and refugees, this book shows that boats not only move people and cultural capital between places, but also fuel cultural fantasies, dreams of adventure and hope, along with fears of invasion and terrorism. Editor(s): Mannik, Lynda. Series: Forced Migration. Num Pages: 284 pages, 28 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFD; JFFN; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 316 x 22. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785331015
ISBN
9781785331015
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.55

Hardcover. Num Pages: 274 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JFSJ; JHBL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785330773
ISBN
9781785330773
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.43

Paperback. With debates on the meaning of 'liberal society' more heated than ever, this is a timely re-issue of a classic text Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: JF; JHBA; JHM; JPFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 210 x 16. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784786472
ISBN
9781784786472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.73

Hardback. Editor(s): Plotkin, Sidney. Series: Anthem Companions to Sociology. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Anthem Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783082797
ISBN
9781783082797
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.83

Hardcover. Managing social relationships for childless couples in pro-natalist societies can be a difficult art to master. With ethnographic research gathered in northwestern Turkey, this book explores infertility & assisted reproductive technologies within a secular Muslim population & how social experience leads to a decision for (or against) having an IVF. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; JHBK; JHMC; MJTF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782386346
ISBN
9781782386346
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.02

Hardcover. Developing an international approach, this book reviews references to "race," "racism," and "ethnicity" in the social sciences. It identifies promising lines of research that may make it possible to supersede misleading notions of race that took hold in the USA after the Civil War. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782386032
ISBN
9781782386032
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.37

Paperback. Editor(s): Kruk, Laurie. Num Pages: 311 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Demeter Press Canada
Number of pages
311
Condition
New
SKU
V9781772580242
ISBN
9781772580242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.68

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: JFCD; JFSC; JHB; KNG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 113.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
PM Press United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781629631530
ISBN
9781629631530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.29

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