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Hardback. a high quality, authoritative introduction to international development by a leading scholar in the field. clear, accessible and concise, this is the ideal primer for students unfamiliar with the central themes and theoretical perspectives in the study of development. Series: Polity Short Introductions. Num Pages: 250 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745638478
- ISBN
- 9780745638478
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.01
€ 73.01
Hardback. There is a real security gap in the world today. Millions of people in regions like the Middle East or East and Central Africa or Central Asia where new wars are taking place live in daily fear of violence. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: GTF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745638539
- ISBN
- 9780745638539
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.45
€ 72.45
Hardback. What is global inequality? How can it be measured? What are the major trends and patterns? What are the implications of global inequality for the world economy and multilateral governance? What role does and should inequality play in national and international policy-making? In this comprehensive overview, the authors address these key questions. Editor(s): Held, David; Kaya, Ayse. Num Pages: 300 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTF; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 17. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745638867
- ISBN
- 9780745638867
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.17
€ 79.17
Paperback. The arrival of Europeans in the Americas brought with it a demographic catastrophe of vast proportions for the native populations. In this book Livi Bacci argues that the catastrophe was not the inevitable outcome of contact with Europeans but was a function of both the methods of the conquest and the characteristics of the subjugated societies. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745640013
- ISBN
- 9780745640013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.35
€ 33.99
€ 29.35
Hardback. If you thought the point of war was to win, this book will make you think again. David Keen questions the model of war as a contest between two sides aiming at political and military victory, and he also rejects the contrasting view that war represents a collapse into anarchy, mindless violence and ethnic hatred. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745640198
- ISBN
- 9780745640198
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.75
€ 78.75
Hardback. The first study to explore the full spectrum of peace and peacemaking from our evolutionary origins to contemporary times. Examples include diplomatic, pacifist, non-violent, disarmament and anti-war movements, from across the globe. The diversity of peace and peacemaking presented challenges the notions that peace is solely the absence of war. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTJ; HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 237 x 31. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745641256
- ISBN
- 9780745641256
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.84
€ 72.84
Hardback. In this book, David Sobek argues that there is no single explanation for war: factors leading to war in one case may well lead to peace in another. Understanding the onset of war, he contends, requires a movement away from single theories towards one that embraces the multi-faceted causes of war. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTJ; JPS; JW. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745641980
- ISBN
- 9780745641980
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.77
€ 72.77
Paperback. The term peace process is now widely used to describe attempts to manage and resolve conflict. As the nature of conflict has changed, so the range of available tools for producing peace has grown. Alongside a plethora of political actions, there is now a greater international awareness of how peace can be brokered and policed. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: GTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 172 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745642901
- ISBN
- 9780745642901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.76
€ 25.76
Paperback. One of the defining features of the post-9/11 world is the extentto which terrorism has become a key organising principle fordomestic and international politics. Series: Dictionaries Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, figures. BIC Classification: GBC; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745643021
- ISBN
- 9780745643021
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.39
€ 23.39
Hardback. * Part of Polity s new Global Media and Communication series. * Provides a cutting edge approach to the traditional topic of media representations by putting it under a global lens. * Considers how the media represents global others through issues such as conflict, disaster, migration and national identity. Series: Polity Global Media and Communication Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: GTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745643793
- ISBN
- 9780745643793
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.77
€ 72.77
Paperback. * Part of Polity s new Global Media and Communication series. * Provides a cutting edge approach to the traditional topic of media representations by putting it under a global lens. * Considers how the media represents global others through issues such as conflict, disaster, migration and national identity. Series: PGMC - Polity Global Media and Communication Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745643809
- ISBN
- 9780745643809
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.93
€ 25.93
Hardback. With books such as Discourse Networks and Gramophone, Film, Typewriter and the collection Literature, Media, Information Systems, Friedrich Kittler has established himself as one of the world's most influential media theorists. He is also one of the most controversial and misunderstood. Series: Theory and Media. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745644059
- ISBN
- 9780745644059
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.12
€ 60.12
Hardback. A critical overview of one of the most pervasive digital technologies in the contemporary world. Written by two leading researchers in the field, with international renown and both industrial and academic experience. Series: Digital Media and Society. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745644134
- ISBN
- 9780745644134
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Paperback. A critical overview of one of the most pervasive digital technologies in the contemporary world. Written by two leading researchers in the field, with international renown and both industrial and academic experience. Series: Digital Media and Society. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745644141
- ISBN
- 9780745644141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.68
€ 24.68
Hardback. * An innovative study that examines the personalised nature of political communication. * A comprehensive account of the shifting boundaries between the public and private. * International in scope, the book draws on a wide range of primary and secondary sources. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD; JPA; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745644769
- ISBN
- 9780745644769
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.01
€ 73.01
Paperback. * An innovative study that examines the personalised nature of political communication. * A comprehensive account of the shifting boundaries between the public and private. * International in scope, the book draws on a wide range of primary and secondary sources. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD; JPA; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 211 x 18. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745644776
- ISBN
- 9780745644776
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.68
€ 24.68
Hardback. Niklas Luhmann ranks as one of the most important sociologists and social theorists of the twentieth century. Through his many books he developed a highly original form of systems theory that has been hugely influential in a wide variety of disciplines. Translator(s): Gilgen, Peter. Num Pages: 306 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GPFC; JHBA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745645711
- ISBN
- 9780745645711
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.49
€ 78.49
Paperback. Media practices and the everyday cultures of transnational migrants are deeply interconnected. Mediating Migration narrates aspects of the migrant experience as shaped by the technologies of communication and the social, political and cultural configurations of neoliberal globalization. Series: PGMC - Polity Global Media and Communication Series. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745646336
- ISBN
- 9780745646336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.66
€ 24.66
Hardback. In recent decades cognitive science has revolutionised our understanding of the workings of the human mind. Philosophy has made a major contribution to cognitive science and has itself been hugely influenced by its development. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: GTR; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 180 x 23. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745646565
- ISBN
- 9780745646565
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.01
€ 73.01
Hardback. Family Conflict takes a life course approach as it provides an accessible discussion of family conflict issues, processes, and outcomes. Chapters draw on recent theory and research regarding sub-systems and stages in family life to give readers resource-rich overviews of conflict in contemporary families. Series: Polity Key Themes in Family Communication Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GTC; JHBK; JMF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745646602
- ISBN
- 9780745646602
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.45
€ 66.45
Paperback. Family Conflict takes a life course approach as it provides an accessible discussion of family conflict issues, processes, and outcomes. Chapters draw on recent theory and research regarding sub-systems and stages in family life to give readers resource-rich overviews of conflict in contemporary families. Series: Polity Key Themes in Family Communication Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: GTC; JHBK; JMF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 210 x 17. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745646619
- ISBN
- 9780745646619
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.66
€ 24.66
Hardback. * Only book to date focusing on communication occurring in health organizations. * Flexibility for use in different health communication courses and class formats. * Breadth of research reviewed applies to exploring communication in multiple health-related disciplines. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTC; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745647548
- ISBN
- 9780745647548
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.77
€ 72.77
Paperback. * Only book to date focusing on communication occurring in health organizations. * Flexibility for use in different health communication courses and class formats. * Breadth of research reviewed applies to exploring communication in multiple health-related disciplines. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: GTC; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745647555
- ISBN
- 9780745647555
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.21
€ 27.21
Hardback. Peace processes are mostly very fragile. This engagingly written book takes a bold new approach to the topic by beginning from the premise that sociology can identify those factors that help to stabilize them. The book draws a distinction between the political and social dimensions of peace processes, arguing that each is dependent on the other. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: GTJ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745647760
- ISBN
- 9780745647760
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.77
€ 72.77