Northern Europe, Scandinavia
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Northern Europe, Scandinavia
Paperback. Gender equality is often seen as a hallmark of the Nordic countries. This book explores this notion by examining the meanings of gender that underpin policies in the Scandinavian welfare states. It focuses on three Scandinavian countries - Denmark, Norway and Sweden - and explores the policy reforms that have occurred relating to family and care. Editor(s): Melby, Kari; Ravn, Anna-Birte; Wetterberg, Christina Carlsson. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DN; JFS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 174 x 13. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847424655
- ISBN
- 9781847424655
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 37.14
€ 37.99
€ 37.14
Paperback. Policy makers across the world confront issues relating to lone parents and employment, with many governments seeking to increase the participation of lone parents in the labour market. This book offers an analysis of policies and provisions in several countries, identifying policy lessons. Chapters are written by experts on lone parenthood. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDN; 1DNN; 1KBB; 1MBF; JFS; JHBK; JKSB; JPQB; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861343208
- ISBN
- 9781861343208
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.85
€ 34.99
€ 33.85
paperback. Nordic countries are generally regarded as global welfare role models. Consequently, the influence of Nordic welfare systems in academic and policy debates has been immense. By focusing on the vital issue of violence by men to female partners and/or their children, this book seeks to reconsider this over-simplistic image. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1DN; JFFE3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861346025
- ISBN
- 9781861346025
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 37.26
€ 37.99
€ 37.26
Paperback. Talks about the politicising of parenthood in the Scandinavian welfare states. This book focuses on the relationship between parents and the state, and the renegotiations between the public and the private. It explores policy discourses, scrutinises outcomes, and presents the similarities and differences between Nordic countries. Editor(s): Ellingsaeter, Anne Lise; Leira, Arnlaug. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DN; JFSJ; JKSB1; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861346452
- ISBN
- 9781861346452
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 37.26
€ 37.99
€ 37.26
paperback. This is a qualitative study that documents the daily lives of vulnerable lone mothers and their children in Denmark. Loss of rights, gender and ethnic inequality, and family violence all emerge as key themes with international implications. Policy and practice recommendations are made with wide-ranging applications for an international audience. Num Pages: 204 pages, 5tabs. BIC Classification: 1DND; JFF; JFSP1; JHBK; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861342775
- ISBN
- 9781861342775
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Condition: New
€ 28.07
€ 28.07
paperback. Important reforms are taking place in children's services in the UK, with a move towards greater integration. In England, Scotland and Sweden, early childhood education and care, childcare for older children, and schools are now the responsibility of education departments. This book is the first to examine this major shift in policy. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKS; 1DNS; JKSB1; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9781861345288
- ISBN
- 9781861345288
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.38
€ 32.99
€ 31.38
paperback. Editor(s): Kendall, Calvin B.; Wells, Peter S. Series: Mediaeval Studies at Minnesota S. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DN; HBJD1; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816620241
- ISBN
- 9780816620241
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.56
€ 31.99
€ 28.56
Paperback. Editor(s): Soila, Tytti. Series: 24 Frames. Num Pages: Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DN; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 191 x 21. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Wallflower Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904764229
- ISBN
- 9781904764229
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.47
€ 35.99
€ 26.47
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Ruggeri, Raffaele. Series: Elite. Num Pages: 48 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DNF; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 185 x 6. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841769691
- ISBN
- 9781841769691
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.90
€ 18.99
€ 17.90
paperback. In the summer of 1936, W H Auden and Louis MacNeice visited Iceland on commission to write a travel book, but found themselves capturing concerns on a scale that were far more international. This is a collaboration in poetry and prose, reportage and correspondence, published in 1937 with the Spanish Civil War newly in progress. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DNC; BJ; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571283521
- ISBN
- 9780571283521
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.29
€ 19.99
€ 13.29
Hardcover. Climate change adaptation is increasingly recognized as complementary part to climate change mitigation. Climate change affects sea level, the extent of flood prone areas and precipitation patterns among many others. Editor(s): Schmidt-Thome, Philipp; Klein, Johannes. Num Pages: 338 pages, colour illustrations, colour tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1DN; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 187 x 21. Weight in Grams: 914.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 338
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470977002
- ISBN
- 9780470977002
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Condition: New
€ 153.94
€ 153.94
Paperback. Using Sweden as a case study this book examines the conceptualisation of neutrality from the Peloponnesian War to the present day, uncovering how neutrality has been a neglected and misunderstood subject in IR theory and politics. By rethinking neutrality through constructivism, this book argues that neutrality is intrinsically linked to identity. Series Editor(s): Lawler, Peter; Guittet, Emmanuel-Pierre. Series: New Approaches to Conflict Analysis. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DNS; JPB; JPHC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719071539
- ISBN
- 9780719071539
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Condition: New
€ 35.40
€ 35.40
Hardcover. Pakistani migrant families in Denmark find themselves in a specific ethno-national, post-9/11 environment where Muslim immigrants are subjected to processes of non-recognition, exclusion and securitization. This ethnographic study explores how, why, and at what costs notions of relatedness, identity, and belonging are being renegotiated.. Series: EASA Series. Num Pages: 260 pages, 5 figs. BIC Classification: 1DND; 1FKP; JFFN; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857459398
- ISBN
- 9780857459398
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.96
€ 155.96
Paperback. Although Swedish design has exercised an extraordinary influence on modern architecture and interior furnishings internationally since the early twentieth century, the intellectual background from which it emerged is far less wellknown. This book presents a collection of three of these seminal essays. Editor(s): Creagh, Lucy; Kaberg, Helena. Num Pages: 352 pages, 260 illustrations, 14 in colour. BIC Classification: 1DNS; AMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 269 x 188 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1098.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Museum of Modern Art
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870707223
- ISBN
- 9780870707223
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.11
€ 36.99
€ 35.11
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 94
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873514781
- ISBN
- 9780873514781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.01
€ 18.99
€ 17.01
Hardcover. A photographic study of Sweden inspired and informed by Stieg Larsson's Millennium novels. Num Pages: 160 pages, 300 Colour. BIC Classification: 1DNS; AJC; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 274 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1250. The Millennium Sweden. 160 pages, 300 Colour. A photographic study of Sweden inspired and informed by Stieg Larsson's Millennium novels. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DNS; AJC; WTM. Dimension: 228 x 274 x 25. Weight: 1250.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Glitterati Incorporated
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780985169619
- ISBN
- 9780985169619
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 39.60
€ 42.99
€ 39.60
A new gendered approach to the rise of the modern state in Sweden over the long eighteenth century. Series: Gender in History. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1DNS; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ; JPFN; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781526100641
- ISBN
- 9781526100641
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.64
€ 149.64
Hardcover. Editor(s): Sturluson, Snorri. Num Pages: 60 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1DNC; AFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 263 x 12. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- powerHouse Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781576878323
- ISBN
- 9781576878323
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.80
€ 26.99
€ 22.80
Hardcover. Here are 58 spectacular cakes from master confectioner and baker, whose truly artistic touch with desserts is a pleasure to behold. This book takes you into the author's kitchen and shows you the secrets behind his spectacular creations: the different types of batter and frosting, and the techniques for constructing layer cakes. Num Pages: 240 pages, 200 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DNS; WBN; WBVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 227 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1204.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620870990
- ISBN
- 9781620870990
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Condition: New
€ 27.31
€ 27.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DN; JNF; KCR; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Baraka Books Canada
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781771860642
- ISBN
- 9781771860642
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.44
€ 20.99
€ 19.44
Hardcover. World War II-and particularly the specter of Nazism-changed Swedish society profoundly. This definitive study follows Swedish culture from its affinity for Germany to a framing of Nazism as a discredited, distinctively German phenomenon rooted in militarism and Romanticism. Num Pages: 364 pages. BIC Classification: 1DNS; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785331428
- ISBN
- 9781785331428
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.09
€ 168.09
Paperback. This first-ever English-language book on the subject provides an engaging, comprehensive survey of Ekman's career, combining explorations of historical context with insightful analyses of styles and themes. Num Pages: 204 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DNS; APFA; APFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 91.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785332869
- ISBN
- 9781785332869
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 30.99
€ 32.99
€ 30.99
Paperback. Wielding their swords in the name of their faith, the crusaders set out to reclaim Jerusalem and its surrounding territory in the Middle East. As with the majority of crusades, the prospective acquisition of land was the one of the key driving forces behind these bloody military expeditions. This book reveals the history of these Crusades. Illustrator(s): McBride, Angus. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 48 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DN; 1DVW; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBW; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 185 x 4. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841769882
- ISBN
- 9781841769882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.45
€ 20.99
€ 17.45
Hardcover. In neo-liberal political and economic climate, it is suggested that a state stands in opposition to an autonomous civil society. This book offers insights into the dynamics of state and civil society relations, against trends of undermining the importance of the welfare state, and presents autonomous civic participation as the only way forward. Editor(s): Tragardh, Lars. Series: European Civil Society. Num Pages: Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DNS; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845451875
- ISBN
- 9781845451875
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.33
€ 156.33