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Hardback. The great demonstrations at Seattle and Genoa have shown that we are in a new era of protest. The neo--liberal economic policies pursued by the Group of Seven leading industrial countries and the international institutions they control are provoking widespread resistance. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPWF; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745629032
- ISBN
- 9780745629032
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.37
€ 65.37
Paperback. This work is concerned with the ethno-nationalist explosions that have occurred in many regions of the world. It focuses primarily on collective violence, in the form of civilian "riots" in South Asia, using selected instances in Sri Lanka, Pakistan and India. Series: Comparative Studies in Religion & Society. Num Pages: 417 pages, 8 b&w illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; JFFE; JFSL1; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 417
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520206427
- ISBN
- 9780520206427
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.10
€ 41.99
€ 30.10
paperback. This lively, colourful and innovative pack presents ten reports on key issues affecting life in Britain, showing key patterns and inequalities in education, housing, health, family and work as revealed by the 2001 Census, and accompanied by a summary sheet, posters and background information. Num Pages: summary sheet, 5 x A3 posters, technical report. BIC Classification: 1DB; JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9781861347732
- ISBN
- 9781861347732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.89
€ 53.89
Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; JFC; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137567239
- ISBN
- 9781137567239
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.71
€ 63.71
Cognitive-Behavioural Indicators of Substance Abuse
Pombo, Samuel; Barbosa, Filipe; Torrado, Marc...
Paperback. Num Pages: 143 pages, tables, diagrams. BIC Classification: JFFH1; MMZR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 143
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616684167
- ISBN
- 9781616684167
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.81€ 44.90
€ 62.81
€ 44.90
Hardcover. A collection of articles on the causes of and solutions for unemployment. Published with a companion volume EDUCATION AND EQUALITY. The author explains what causes unemployment and proposes remedies to reduce it. Focusing on how unemployed people are treated and how this affects unemployment. Num Pages: 555 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFA; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 40. Weight in Grams: 969.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333722329
- ISBN
- 9780333722329
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 188.50
€ 188.50
Hardback. In recent years, scholars in the fields of refugee studies and forced migration have extended their areas of research. In this book scholars address the strengths and limitations of their investigations, citing examples from their work with refugees from around the world. Editor(s): Ahearn, Frederick L., Jr. Series: Refugee & Forced Migration Studies. Num Pages: 251 pages, Tables, Figures. BIC Classification: JFFD; JFS; JHM; JMBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571812049
- ISBN
- 9781571812049
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.06
€ 152.06
Paperback. Explores an American demographic group too often ignored by both scholars and the media: the black middle class. This book remains a study of a group still under represented in the academic and public spheres. Num Pages: 336 pages, 3 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; JFFJ; JFSC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226021195
- ISBN
- 9780226021195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.94
€ 27.99
€ 22.94
Paperback. While equal opportunity for all candidates is widely recognized as a goal within academia, the implementation of specific procedures to achieve equality has resulted in vehement disputes regarding both the means and ends. This title aims to encourage a reexamination of this issue. Num Pages: 246 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reissue
- SKU
- V9781566393997
- ISBN
- 9781566393997
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 45.76
€ 51.99
€ 45.76
Paperback. The previously untold story of over 50,000 Irish men, women and children who were transported to Barbados and Virginia. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KJWWB; HBJD1; JFFN; JFSL; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 204. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Brandon
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KSS0003345
- ISBN
- 9780863222870
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 12.99€ 8.70
€ 12.99
€ 8.70
Paperback. Following the lives of a group of migrant Filipinas who worked as entertainers in South Korea and then journeyed to other parts of Asia, Europe, and the U.S., this ethnography provides a look at how work, sex, love, and ambition in migrants' lives intersect with larger issues of transnationalism, identity, and global hierarchies of inequality. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1FPKS; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812222777
- ISBN
- 9780812222777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91
Hardcover. The analysis of social distinction cannot indefinitely remain confined to logics of reasoning that are markedly ethnocentric. Rather than just applying the consecrated schemes of Veblen or Bourdieu, Daloz provides new foundations in this book for understanding 21st Century Dubai, China, Russia and settings of the past. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFT; JFSC; JHBA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230300354
- ISBN
- 9780230300354
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.14
€ 64.14
Hardback. THE GOSPEL OF KINDNESS explores the historical significance of the American animal welfare movement at home and overseas from the Second Great Awakening to the Second World War. Focused on laboring animals at its inception, the movement evolved into an expansive "gospel of kindness," transforming animal mercy into a signature American value. Num Pages: 320 pages, 34 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; JFFZ; WNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 167 x 22. Weight in Grams: 601.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199733156
- ISBN
- 9780199733156
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.69
€ 98.69
Hardback. A semiprojective, parapolitical story-telling method was used to determine how children define and evaluate political situations and to imagine how behavior would occur in certain political situations. The recorded interviews were analyzed by applying qualitative and quantitative methodological techniques. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838636558
- ISBN
- 9780838636558
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.38
€ 116.38
Hardcover. Some states have a long history of reaching out to citizens living in other countries but since 2000 it has become much more common for states to encourage loyalty from current or former citizens living abroad. Using detailed case studies, this book sets out to explain this significant development, with an innovative new theoretical framework. Editor(s): Collyer, Michael. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 363 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137277091
- ISBN
- 9781137277091
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.33
€ 65.33
Paperback. This study examines women's experiences as teachers and students at British universities between 1870 and 1939 and shows clearly how sexual divisions were deeply etched in university life in Britain before 1939. Series: Women's and Gender History. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSJ1; JNM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857284591
- ISBN
- 9781857284591
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Condition: New
€ 55.60
€ 55.60
Paperback. An ethnographic account of the logics and regimes of value propelling desires for transnational mobility-largely via human smuggling networks-throughout Fuzhou, China. Num Pages: 360 pages, 20 illustrations, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFN; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822348061
- ISBN
- 9780822348061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. Discusses developing markets for African entrepreneurs Num Pages: 268 pages, 1 graph. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; JFFS; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253005731
- ISBN
- 9780253005731
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.48
€ 30.99
€ 27.48
Hardback. Feminist Anthropology surveys the history of feminist anthropology and offers students and scholars a fascinating collection of both classic and contemporary articles, grouped to highlight key themes from the past and present. * Offers vibrant examples of feminist ethnographic work rather than synthetic overviews of the field. Editor(s): Lewin, Ellen. Series: Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Num Pages: 544 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFFK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 166 x 35. Weight in Grams: 842.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405101950
- ISBN
- 9781405101950
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.46
€ 143.46
Redefining Asia Pacific Higher Education in Contexts of Globalization
. Ed(S): Collins, Christopher S.; Neubauer, D...
Hardback. This edited volume addresses the dynamic global contexts redefining Asia Pacific higher education, including cross-border education, capacity and national birthrate profiles, pressures created within ranking/status systems, and complex shifts in the meanings of the public good that influence public education in an increasingly privatized world. Editor(s): Collins, Christopher S.; Neubauer, Deane E. Series: International and Development Education. Num Pages: 149 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JNF; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 359.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 149
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137559197
- ISBN
- 9781137559197
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.57
€ 63.57
Paperback. Editor(s): Harriss-White, Barbara. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHB; JPS; KCM; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349664269
- ISBN
- 9781349664269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.50
€ 63.50
Hardcover. This collection brings together an interdisciplinary pool of scholars to explore the relationship between children and borders with richly-documented ethnographic studies from around the world. The book provides a penetrating account of how borders affect children's lives and how children play a constitutive role in the social life of borders. Editor(s): Spyrou, Spyros; Christou, Miranda. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 311 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFFS; JHBK; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137326300
- ISBN
- 9781137326300
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.28
€ 122.28
Paperback. Editor(s): Cohn, T.; Wiseman, J. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHB; JPS; KCL; KJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349417940
- ISBN
- 9781349417940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.35
€ 121.35
Hardcover. Chronicles the integration of dog owners, a much-maligned subculture, into mainstream society by tracing the history of the legislation. This book shows how a combination of science and politics, fact and fear, altruism and self-interest led to the adoption and enforcement of legislation that became a shining success. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFFZ; LNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557534927
- ISBN
- 9781557534927
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.73
€ 31.99
€ 29.73