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Culture and the Politics of Welfare: Exploring Societal Values and Soc...
Hudson, John, Jo, Nam Kyoung, Keung, Antonia
Hardcover. This text offers an in-depth examination of the influence of culture on welfare states. It suggests new ways in which cross-national differences in culture might be measured and, using a range of approaches, utilizes these measures to explore the role culture plays in shaping differences in social policy frameworks across high income countries. Num Pages: 138 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JHB; JHBC; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137457486
- ISBN
- 9781137457486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.20
€ 63.20
hardcover. Expectations about the contribution that volunteering can make are at a new high. This book aims to meet this interest by bringing together in one volume what is known about the phenomenon of volunteering; the principles and practice of involving volunteers, and the enduring challenges for volunteering in today's world. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFP; JFSV; JHBL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230210585
- ISBN
- 9780230210585
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.26
€ 64.26
Paperback. A study concentrating on the sociology of industrial conflict and focusing on the causes of industrial disputes and their meanings for those involved. The author has aimed to present the views and theories of others, dealing mainly with Britain but including some international comparisons. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; KNXB1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 4th edition
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333473610
- ISBN
- 9780333473610
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.27
€ 69.27
paperback. A diverse and comprehensive dialogue between sex workers, advocates, and researchers that looks at sex work in a new way. Editor(s): van der Meulen, Emily; Durisin, Elya M.; Love, Victoria. Series: Sexuality Studies. Num Pages: 364 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK5; JKV; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774824491
- ISBN
- 9780774824491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.91
€ 40.99
€ 35.91
Hardback. Series: Routledge Studies in Hazards, Disaster Risk and Climate Change. Num Pages: 215 pages, 10 black & white halftones, 10 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFFC; JHB; RNR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2021
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781138805620
- ISBN
- 9781138805620
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.01€ 141.40
€ 160.01
€ 141.40
Paperback. This study demonstrates how the recent reforms in Jamaican legislation have failed to close the discrepancies between social laws reflecting a nuclear family structure and the needs of a culture where serial mating, out-of-wedlock births and absentee paternity is common. Num Pages: 250 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KJWJ; JHBK; LNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 144 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Austin & Winfield,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781880921913
- ISBN
- 9781880921913
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.94
€ 77.94
Paperback. A Lily Among the Thorns gives Christians a new way of thinking about sexuality. Author Miguel De La Torre, a well-respected ethicist and professor known for his innovative readings of Christian doctrine, rejects both the liberal and conservative prejudices about sex. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCX6; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 165 x 11. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118602409
- ISBN
- 9781118602409
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.16
€ 25.99
€ 21.16
Hardback. This text proposes a model for the parallel treatment of severely disturbed children and their mothers. This method mandates adjacent therapy by separate practitioners with a common supervisor who is poised at the intersection of complex transference and relational dynamics. Num Pages: 216 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JHBK; JMB; JMC; MMH; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 167 x 18. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780765701268
- ISBN
- 9780765701268
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.95
€ 123.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHF; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- University of Tennessee Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870495359
- ISBN
- 9780870495359
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.96
€ 40.96
Hardcover. This book proposes a developmental theory of interpersonal competence that cites the family as the setting within which functional and psychopathological personality patterns are formed and nutured. Series: Wiley Series in Couples & Family Dynamics & Treatment. Num Pages: 404 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK; JMK; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 34. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 404
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780471122470
- ISBN
- 9780471122470
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.44
€ 196.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 337.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349405688
- ISBN
- 9781349405688
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 120.80
€ 120.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; VFVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Avalon Publishing Group United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580051521
- ISBN
- 9781580051521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.82
€ 18.99
€ 18.82
Paperback. A frank exploration of how parents view their teen's sexuality Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSP2; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814722596
- ISBN
- 9780814722596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.48
€ 30.99
€ 27.48
Hardcover. This handbook presents a rich collection of chapters that focus on the method and experience of in-depth, ethnographic research in prisons. It provides an authoritative and diverse array of international perspectives that collectively demonstrate the social and political dimensions of the use and experience of imprisonment worldwide. Editor(s): Drake, Deborah H.; Earle, Rod; Sloan, Jennifer. Series: Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology. Num Pages: 536 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; JHMC; JKVP1; JKVQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 925.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137403872
- ISBN
- 9781137403872
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 272.55
€ 272.55
Paperback. This book makes a major contribution to the current debate on globalization, and more precisely to the question of how the "traffic in culture" is practiced, rationalized and experienced by visual artists. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; JFC; JHB; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2006
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349534401
- ISBN
- 9781349534401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.35
€ 63.35
Paperback. Editor(s): Gottlieb, Benjamin H. Series: Springer Series on Stress and Coping. Num Pages: 370 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JHBC; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1997
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781475798647
- ISBN
- 9781475798647
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 123.28
€ 123.28
Transformation of the Employment Structure in the EU and USA, 1995-200...
. Ed(S): Fernandez-Macias, Enrique; Hurley, J...
Paperback. This collection describes the changing structure of employment during the period of robust employment expansion that preceded the credit crunch and features contributions from a team of leading labour market researchers from Europe and the United States. Editor(s): Fernandez-Macias, Enrique; Hurley, J.; Storrie, Donald. Num Pages: 317 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; JPQB; KCF; KCZ; KJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 317
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349334162
- ISBN
- 9781349334162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.51
€ 64.51
Hardback. Despite the growth of digital media, traditional FM radio airplay still remains the essential way for musicians to achieve commercial success. This book examines how songs rise, or fail to rise, up the radio airplay charts. It shows that hits spread rapidly across radio because they clearly conform to an identifiable style or genre. Num Pages: 200 pages, 2 halftones. 26 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: AVGP; JFD; JHB; KNTF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 233 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691148731
- ISBN
- 9780691148731
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
€ 46.99
€ 33.37
Paperback. This book offers both a critical discourse and regional perspectives on the major challenges for promoting human security in a post 9/11 world. Editor(s): Pasha, Mustapha Kamal. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JKV; JPA; JPS; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349282289
- ISBN
- 9781349282289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.42
€ 63.42
Paperback. A comprehensive discussion of how countries embrace branding as a crucial element in their pursuit of soft power and why certain nation-branding efforts succeed while others fail through the example of the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy. Num Pages: 223 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFSR; JHB; JPA; JPB; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349472369
- ISBN
- 9781349472369
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.82€ 44.14
€ 50.82
€ 44.14
Hardcover. Asymmetric Demography and the Global Economy contributes to our understanding of why the demographic transition matters to domestic macroeconomics and global capital movements. Editor(s): Fanelli, Jose Maria. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBD; KCB; KCG; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137486455
- ISBN
- 9781137486455
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.71
€ 122.71
Hardcover. Increasing numbers of people from Western nations are leaving home to work within the developing economies of Asia. Here, Angela Lehmann explores a second-tier city in China and uses sociological theory to understand the impact of global mobility on identity, community and belonging. Num Pages: 179 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFN; JFFS; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230348394
- ISBN
- 9780230348394
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.61
€ 63.61
Paperback. Men and women's distinctive roles in productive activity affect their economic independence. This study uses basic economic principles to analyze the differences between men and women who are in employment, are unemployed or are non-participant in labour markets. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFSJ; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 271.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333657799
- ISBN
- 9780333657799
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.46
€ 69.46
hardcover. Introducing students to the research process in a range of educational contexts, this updated Second Edition contains everything they need if they are studying on a research methods course or doing a research project for themselves. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: JHBC; JN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 188 x 28. Weight in Grams: 946.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781446260739
- ISBN
- 9781446260739
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.92
€ 156.92