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Social issues & processes
Hardback. 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: 236 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745646329
- ISBN
- 9780745646329
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.44
€ 69.44
Hardback. Immigration has long shaped US society in fundamental ways. With Latinos recently surpassing African Americans as the largest minority group in the US, attention has been focused on the important implications of immigration for the character and role of race in US life, including patterns of racial inequality and racial identity. Series: Immigration and Society. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSL1; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745647913
- ISBN
- 9780745647913
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.42
€ 63.42
Hardback. Winner of the 2015 FWSA Book Prize The body is a site of impassioned, fraught and complex debate in the West today. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745648873
- ISBN
- 9780745648873
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.42
€ 63.42
Hardback. Globalization and Work challenges conceptions of globalization as a project orchestrated by governments, multinational companies and international agencies. Num Pages: 300 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHBL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 178 x 29. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745652115
- ISBN
- 9780745652115
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.95
€ 75.95
Hardback. Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2015 In recent years, immigration researchers have increasingly drawn on the concept of social capital and the role of social networks to understand the dynamics of immigrant experiences. Series: Immigration and Society. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: JFFN; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745662367
- ISBN
- 9780745662367
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.42
€ 63.42
Hardcover. This incisive book provides a critical history and analysis of community organizing, the tradition of bringing groups together to build power and forge grassroots leadership for social, economic, racial, and environmental justice. Begun by Saul Alinsky in the 1930s, there are today nearly 200 institution-based groups active in 40 U.S. Series: Social Movements. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745663197
- ISBN
- 9780745663197
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.42
€ 63.42
Hardcover. Immigration is the primary cause of population change in developed countries and a major component of population change in many developing countries. This clear and perceptive text discusses how immigration impacts population size, composition, and distribution. Series: Immigration and Society. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHBD; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745664156
- ISBN
- 9780745664156
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.42
€ 63.42
Hardcover. Consumption practices in China have been transformed at an unprecedented pace. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFT; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745669700
- ISBN
- 9780745669700
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.42
€ 63.42
Hardcover. Immigrant Families aims to capture the richness, complexity, and diversity that characterize contemporary immigrant families in the United States. In doing so, it reaffirms that the vast majority of people do not migrate as isolated individuals, but are members of families. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745670157
- ISBN
- 9780745670157
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.42
€ 63.42
Hardcover. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of Chinese advertising as an industry, a discourse and profession in China s search for modernity and cultural globalization. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFDV; JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745671161
- ISBN
- 9780745671161
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.82
€ 63.82
Hardcover. 'Ukraine is not a brothel!' This was the first cry of rage uttered by Femen during Euro 2012. Bare-breasted and crowned with flowers, perched on their high heels, Femen transform their bodies into instruments of political expression through slogans and drawings flaunted on their skin. Translator(s): Brown, Andrew. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; JFFK; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745683218
- ISBN
- 9780745683218
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.39
€ 57.39
Hardcover. Conflict is inherent to all human and inter-state relations, but it is not inevitable. Since the end of the Cold-War, the prevention of conflict escalation into violence through management and resolution has become a fundamental objective of the international system. Series: WCMW - War and Conflict in the Modern World. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFFE; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745686912
- ISBN
- 9780745686912
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.35€ 54.11
€ 57.35
€ 54.11
Paperback. Conflict is inherent to all human and inter-state relations, but it is not inevitable. Since the end of the Cold-War, the prevention of conflict escalation into violence through management and resolution has become a fundamental objective of the international system. Series: WCMW - War and Conflict in the Modern World. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFFE; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 150 x 29. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745686929
- ISBN
- 9780745686929
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.59
€ 21.59
hardcover. Gender roles, relations, and ideologies are major aspects of migration. This timely book argues that understanding gender relations is vital to a full and more nuanced explanation of both the causes and the consequences of migration, in the past and at present. Series: Immigration and Society. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745687889
- ISBN
- 9780745687889
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.42
€ 63.42
Hardcover. The majority of immigrants settle in cities when they arrive, and few can deny the dynamic influence migration has on cities. However, a one-size-fits-all approach cannot describe the activities and settlement patterns of immigrants in contemporary cities. Series: Immigration and Society. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSG; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745690018
- ISBN
- 9780745690018
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.42
€ 63.42
Hardback. One of the major characteristics of our contemporary culture is a positive, almost banal, view of the transgression and disruption of cultural boundaries. Strangers, migrants and nomads are celebrated in our postmodern world of hybrids and cyborgs. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHBK; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745690698
- ISBN
- 9780745690698
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.35€ 53.53
€ 57.35
€ 53.53
Hardback. Networks of Outrage and Hope is an exploration of the new forms of social movements and protests that are erupting in the world today, from the Arab uprisings to the indignadas movement in Spain, from the Occupy Wall Street movement to the social protests in Turkey, Brazil and elsewhere. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JM; JFF; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745695754
- ISBN
- 9780745695754
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.47
€ 75.47
Hardback. This volume is devoted to post-communist Central Europe and is divided into three parts. The first part covers some general issues of social theory and politics, ranging from the chances for social-liberalism under post-communism to the birth of neo-socialism in the region. Series Editor(s): Mercuro, Nicholas. Series: International Review of Comparative Public Policy. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1DF; JFF; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 505.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780762301539
- ISBN
- 9780762301539
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.52
€ 115.52
Hardback. Intended to be a corrective to the literature on marginality. In addition to theoretical and methodological concerns a major theme for this volume is the combination of both theory and method towards an investigation of issues and problems that emanate from the social structure, and are closely linked to power and domination. Series: Research in Race & Ethnic Relations. Num Pages: 234 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSL1; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 225 x 31. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780762302772
- ISBN
- 9780762302772
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.87
€ 123.87
Hardback. This volume focuses on Pacific Rim cities and analyzes successful policies and programmes in urban development, explaining why they have worked. It identify themes of change that are taking place in the context of globalization, economic restructuring, and social change. Editor(s): Williams, J. F.; Stimson, Robert J. Series: International Review of Comparative Public Policy. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1MK; GTF; JFFS; JHMC; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 159 x 38. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762306954
- ISBN
- 9780762306954
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 177.28
€ 177.28