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Paperback. Most drug-use studies occur in urban areas with samples from treatment or prison populations. This text analyzes heroin users and the drug subculture on the Shetland Islands, which are remote, rural and wealthy. It examines the users and their communities. Num Pages: 400 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JKV; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 611.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400792173
- ISBN
- 9789400792173
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Condition: New
€ 195.13
€ 195.13
The Sciences Media Connection Public Communication and its Repercuss...
. Ed(S): Rodder, Simone; Franzen, Martina; We...
Paperback. This book presents the underlying theories of the different approaches for modeling cracking of concrete and offers a survey of the state-of-the-art in computational concrete mechanics. It covers a broad spectrum of topics related to modeling of cracks. Editor(s): Rodder, Simone; Franzen, Martina; Weingart, Peter. Series: Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook. Num Pages: 392 pages, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 599.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400792487
- ISBN
- 9789400792487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 195.10
€ 195.10
paperback. With comprehensive coverage of current policy, as well as developing practice, in regulating the medical profession, this book provides a welcome and sociologically informed discussion of both historical and contemporary issues in medical regulation. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; MBX; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 308.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400792685
- ISBN
- 9789400792685
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Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Genital Cutting: Protecting Children from Medical, Cultural, and Relig...
. Ed(S): Denniston, George C.; Hodges, Freder...
Paperback. In this volume, an international panel of experts in the fields of medicine, law, ethics, anthropology, sociology, history, religion, and politics, thoroughly examine this violation of human rights and correct widely held medical misinformation. Editor(s): Denniston, George C.; Hodges, Frederick Mansfield; Milos, Marilyn Fayre. Num Pages: 349 pages, 19 black & white tables, 9 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHB; JHM; JM; MJW; MNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 539.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 349
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400792753
- ISBN
- 9789400792753
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 194.36
€ 194.36
paperback. Thoroughly revised and updated, The Demography of Health and Health Care combines the disciplines of demography and health care to illustrate the impact on health care organizations. The general principles are presented, providing a resource for students and professionals alike. Series: The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBD; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 480.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 3rd ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400792791
- ISBN
- 9789400792791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 282.44
€ 282.44
Paperback. Editor(s): Trappl, Robert. Series: Advances in Group Decision and Negotiation. Num Pages: 471 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; JPA; UYQ; YQS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 718.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 471
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400792975
- ISBN
- 9789400792975
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Condition: New
€ 251.17
€ 251.17
Paperback. Featuring contributions from leading population researchers in fertility, family, migration, life-expectancy, and mortality, this volume presents a new demography of Europe. The text discusses key research advances, which illustrates the continent's demographic development at the turn of the 21st century. Editor(s): Neyer, Gerda; Andersson, Gunnar; Kulu, Hill; Bernardi, Laura; Buhler, Christoph. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSP31; JHB; JHBC; JHBD; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400793088
- ISBN
- 9789400793088
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Condition: New
€ 193.35
€ 193.35
Paperback. This book presents a range of views on consumer behaviour, showing how demographic perspectives enhance these perspectives. Includes tools for assessment of population characteristics as determinants of market size, composition and potential for many products. Series: The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBD; KCP; KJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400793231
- ISBN
- 9789400793231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 194.08
€ 194.08
Paperback. This book explores new connections among Chinese people forged by the rapid spread of information and communication technologies. Covers virtual, actual and local interactions, probes impact on migrant workers, challenges to traditional social order and more. Editor(s): Law, Pui-Lam. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTC; JHB; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 397.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400793286
- ISBN
- 9789400793286
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Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Paperback. This book offers a detailed overview of the application of Baysian argumentation in philosophy, linguistics and social psychology. It provides a formal measure of subjective argument strength and argument force. Includes analyses of real life court cases. Editor(s): Zenker, Frank. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CB; HPK; JHBC; JMJ; UGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400793293
- ISBN
- 9789400793293
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Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
The Measurement and Analysis of Housing Preference and Choice
. Ed(S): Jansen, Sylvia J. T.; Coolen, Henny ...
Paperback. This comprehensive text offers an overview of methods to measure housing preferences and housing choice research. It discusses and compares numerous methods, detailing the limitations of each one, all within the context of meeting residents' needs. Editor(s): Jansen, Sylvia J. T.; Coolen, Henny C. C. H.; Goetgeluk, Roland W. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; PBT; RG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 433.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400793491
- ISBN
- 9789400793491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 194.14
€ 194.14
Opportunities and Challenges for Applied Demography in the 21st Centur...
. Ed(S): Hoque, Nazrul, M.D.; Swanson, David ...
Paperback. This book presents papers from the national conference on Applied Demography held in January 2010. It reflects the rapid change in contemporary applied demography and includes papers that deal with applied demography in Australia, Canada, Estonia, and Mexico. Editor(s): Hoque, Nazrul, M.D.; Swanson, David A. Series: Applied Demography Series. Num Pages: 416 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; JHBD; KJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400793538
- ISBN
- 9789400793538
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Condition: New
€ 195.28
€ 195.28
Paperback. This book develops a debate around responsible social inquiry into new racism, addressing a variety of ways of researching new forms of racism (for example, aversive, modern, cultural, purportedly color-blind, and new racism). Num Pages: 513 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GT; HPQ; JHB; JHBC; JHM; YQS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 783.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 513
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400793620
- ISBN
- 9789400793620
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Condition: New
€ 196.28
€ 196.28
Paperback. This book provides a better understanding of life in this region. It examines a variety of examples of injustice and proposes a pathway to development. Editor(s): Lusk, Mark; Staudt, Kathleen; Moya, Eva. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 462.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400793705
- ISBN
- 9789400793705
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 205.19
€ 205.19
Paperback. Taking its cue from the increasing financial vulnerability of those approaching retirement, this volume uses multivariate modeling to predict the sectors of the population most at risk and presents unique charts mapping the pattern of an aging workforce. Editor(s): Stone, Leroy O. Num Pages: 164 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSP31; JHBD; KCP; KJSM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400793866
- ISBN
- 9789400793866
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Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Paperback. This book provides innovative perspective on occupation, based in the work of John Dewey and other pragmatists, that challenges accepted ideas. Offering diverse arguments and case studies on occupation, it covers theoretical, methodological and applied issues. Editor(s): Cutchin, Malcolm P.; Dickie, Virginia A. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; MQT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 427.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400794719
- ISBN
- 9789400794719
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 226.82
€ 226.82
Paperback. This volume offers a comprehensive account of higher education policy in Portugal from 1974 to 2009. The text illustrates how different disciplinary canons and perspectives contribute to the study of higher education and higher education policy, including Law and Science Policy perspectives. Editor(s): Neave, Guy; Amaral, Alberto. Num Pages: 448 pages, 60 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HB; JHB; JNF; JNM; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400794757
- ISBN
- 9789400794757
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Condition: New
€ 195.64
€ 195.64
Life-Course Perspective on Migration and Integration
. Ed(S): Wingens, Matthias; Windzio, Michael;...
Paperback. The ubiquitous social science paradigm of the life course approach is, unaccountably, less used in studying migrant populations and their integration patterns. This book redresses the balance, with case studies that apply the method to migrant integration. Editor(s): Wingens, Matthias; Windzio, Michael; Valk, Helga de; Aybek, Can. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 303
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400794825
- ISBN
- 9789400794825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.84
€ 127.84
Bridges Between Tradition and Innovation in Ethnomedicine
Torri, Maria Costanza; Herrmann, Thora Martin...
Paperback. Num Pages: 235 pages, 3 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: GT; JHB; JHM; MB; RGC; RNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 373.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400795105
- ISBN
- 9789400795105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.21
€ 127.21
Paperback. Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHB; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400795181
- ISBN
- 9789400795181
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Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Paperback. Could rising home ownership and equity rates ease problems of aging populations by funding the needs of older people? How much do governments rely on citizens to use their housing wealth now and in the future? This book discusses these questions and more. Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBD; KCP; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 285.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400795723
- ISBN
- 9789400795723
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.50
€ 126.50
Paperback. This book offers new theoretical insights on neighbourhood effects from a wide range of disciplines and countries. Editor(s): van Ham, Maarten; Manley, David; Bailey, Nick; Simpson, Ludi; Maclennan, Duncan. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; KCP; MBNH; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400795778
- ISBN
- 9789400795778
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 194.26
€ 194.26
Paperback. Editor(s): Hohn, Charlotte; Avramov, Dragana. Series: European Studies of Population. Num Pages: 358 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBD; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 551.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 358
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400795952
- ISBN
- 9789400795952
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 194.77
€ 194.77
Intelligent Data Mining in Law Enforcement Analytics
. Ed(S): Buscema, Paolo Massimo; Tastle, Will...
Paperback. In this thorough review of cutting-edge methods in law-enforcement data mining, the authors bring the latest research on artificial intelligence to life with chapters on key neural network developments in law enforcement that make criminality more foreseeable. Editor(s): Buscema, Paolo Massimo; Tastle, William J. Num Pages: 536 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; PBWH; UYQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 813.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400796010
- ISBN
- 9789400796010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 251.28
€ 251.28