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Sociology
Paperback. An edited collection of chapters detailing research on modern family and household living arrangements, mainly in Britain but also with reference to Germany. The book discusses changes in the care for the elderly, lone parents, and how households divide domestic labour and paid employment. Editor(s): Marsh, Catherine; Arber, Sara. Series: Explorations in Sociology. British Sociological Association Conference Volume Series. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333633533
- ISBN
- 9780333633533
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.48
€ 72.48
Paperback. This volume uses a feminist approach to examine issues around breast-feeding. It looks at the sexualization of breasts, the conditions under which the infant feeding takes place, and professional interventions into mothering. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JHBK; VFXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333623114
- ISBN
- 9780333623114
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.32
€ 66.32
Hardback. This volume uses a feminist approach to examine issues around breast-feeding. It looks at the sexualization of breasts, the conditions under which the infant feeding takes place, and professional interventions into mothering. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JHBK; VFXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 505.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333623107
- ISBN
- 9780333623107
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.28
€ 67.28
Paperback. Gendered distinctions and differences in working life are produced by often hidden practices. What are they like? How do they work? This book creates, through its multidisciplinary approach and empirical data, a wide perspective on gendered practices in working life. Editor(s): Rantalaiho, Liisa; Heiskanen, Tuula. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333618547
- ISBN
- 9780333618547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.46
€ 71.46
Paperback. Explores the interconnection between women's domestic lives and their paid employment in order to demonstrate how male definitions of work need to be reformulated. Women's continued disadvantage in the labour market is examined through contemporary, cross-national and historical studies. Editor(s): Arber, Sara; Gilbert, Nigel. Series: Explorations in Sociology. British Sociological Association Conference Volume Series. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333618141
- ISBN
- 9780333618141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.48
€ 72.48
Hardback. This text analyzes the management of human resources covering the period from 1949 to the present, particularly focusing on the period of economic reforms in the 1980s and early 1990s. The study examines these developments in the north-eastern cities, China's industrial heartland. Series: Studies on the Chinese Economy. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; JHBL; KCF; KCL; KJMV2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333605240
- ISBN
- 9780333605240
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.72
€ 127.72
Paperback. Discusses the role of the European Community, in particular the Single European Market, and shows how it is having an important impact on women's working lives. As well as documenting women's employment throughout Europe, the book addresses issues of key importance for women in Europe. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JFFK; JHBL; JPSN2; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333598351
- ISBN
- 9780333598351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardcover. Soviet and Western sociologists present results of recent sociological surveys and analyze important social issues against the background of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Editor(s): Riordan, James. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; JHBC; JKSB; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 347.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333569665
- ISBN
- 9780333569665
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.54
€ 127.54
Hardback. Discusses the role of the European Community, in particular the Single European Market, and shows how it is having an important impact on women's working lives. As well as documenting women's employment throughout Europe, the book addresses issues of key importance for women in Europe. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JFFK; JHBL; JPSN2; KCF; LNZL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333563359
- ISBN
- 9780333563359
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.66
€ 127.66
Hardback. Based on a case study of workers in a US defence plant, this book explores two major contemporary changes in corporate reorganization strategies: the impact of computerization on skills and production; and the role of quality circles in the reorganization of bureaucratic decision-making. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333551134
- ISBN
- 9780333551134
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.96
€ 194.96
Hardback. The empirical analyses here presented cover the limits set by workers to exploitation in workshop production, ethnicity as a workers' strategy, the role of workers' absenteeism and turnover, and labour strategies in a situation of recession and de-industrialization. Editor(s): Brandell, Inga. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFG; JHBL; KCM; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333545478
- ISBN
- 9780333545478
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.88
€ 127.88
Hardback. Modern social science is largely pessimistic about social life and inquiry and this text traces the reasons for this. It argues for a creative and progressive social science to tackle the real problems of society and to find a solution which would expand human competence and practical resources. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 475.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333545454
- ISBN
- 9780333545454
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.90
€ 127.90
Paperback. Brings together the major findings of 11 projects funded under the "Crime and the Criminal Justice System Initiative" by the Economic and Social Research Council in the mid-1980s. Editor(s): Downes, David. Num Pages: 311 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; JHBC; JKVP; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 311
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333540572
- ISBN
- 9780333540572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.12
€ 72.12
Hardback. The author argues that we underestimate the importance of crying as a powerful means of communication. Through case histories she shows how, why, when and where human beings cry and the barriers placed in their way. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; JMAL. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333539965
- ISBN
- 9780333539965
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.57
€ 127.57
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333535868
- ISBN
- 9780333535868
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
hardcover. A collection of essays written in recognition of Rabier's contribution to the integration of Europe and the development of social science research work, particularly the cross-national survey - the Euro-barometer. The contributors make use of this system of surveys in their work. Editor(s): Reif, Karlheinz; Inglehart, Ronald (Professor of Political Science, University of Michegan, USA). Num Pages: 411 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 35. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 411
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1991st Edition
- SKU
- V9780333527542
- ISBN
- 9780333527542
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 250.83
€ 250.83
Paperback. BIC Classification: JHBL. Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 271.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333524039
- ISBN
- 9780333524039
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.76
€ 65.76
Hardback. This book shows the impact of the current economic reform on the income development of peasant households in China. The research is based on information from book-keeping records of some households of a few regions in central China, the national statistical network, local statistics and chronicles. Series: Studies on the Chinese Economy. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSF; JHBC; JPQB; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333497432
- ISBN
- 9780333497432
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.93
€ 193.93
Hardcover. A fieldwork-based sociological study of how participants in City of London financial markets view the markets in which they work and the market mechanism in general. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JHBL; KF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333489833
- ISBN
- 9780333489833
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.48
€ 127.48
Paperback. Examining the role of home and family in the latter part of the 20th century, this book covers such subjects as the single parent, institutions and homes, the role of the mother in the family, and domestic architecture and domestic life. Editor(s): Allan, Professor Graham; Crow, Graham; University of Southampton. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333489758
- ISBN
- 9780333489758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.52
€ 126.52