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Social issues & processes

Paperback. Transnational corporations are one of the most important actors in the global economy, occupying a powerful position.This book finds that these corporations are damaging the lives of millions of poor people in developing countries. Looking at various sectors where transnational corporations are involved, it shows how the poor are affected. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFG; JFFA; KCL; KJVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848130333
ISBN
9781848130333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.48

Paperback. Explains how internal displacement and efforts to engineer resettlement are conceived and practiced by policy makers and practitioners. This book considers the origins and parameters of internal displacement and resettlement policy and practice and proposes an explanation for why it often fails. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1FKS; GTF; HBTB; JFFD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781848130463
ISBN
9781848130463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 38.68

Paperback. This book challenges many of the assumptions and assertions that have been made about Muslims in the West. Editor(s): Phillips, Richard. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSR2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848133013
ISBN
9781848133013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 38.64

Paperback. Identifies the existence of a practice that lies at the core of the western security regime - the projection of the worst-case scenario. This title demonstrates that, unlike the openly 'totalitarian' states of the past, bureaucratic rule is favoured over charismatic leadership. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFC; JPV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781848135307
ISBN
9781848135307
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.55

Hardback. Provides rich insight into the effects of a range of social protection instruments on transforming gender relations. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFG; JFFA; JFSJ1; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780320427
ISBN
9781780320427
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.46

Hardcover. The issue of private property and the rights it confers remains almost undiscussed in critiques of globalization and free market economics. Yet property lies at the heart of an economic system geared to profit maximization. This text describes the specific and self-consciously explicit manner in which it emerged. Translator(s): Griffiths, Elaine. Num Pages: 256 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPC; JFFS; JPVH3; KCA; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781842774786
ISBN
9781842774786
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.46

Hardcover. Examines the role that global policies have played in creating the crisis of rural poverty. This book explains the mechanisms of the markets and supply chains, charting their impact on agricultural trade in the world's poorest countries. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFA; KCM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 138. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Edition
illustrated edition
SKU
V9781842779415
ISBN
9781842779415
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.56

Hardback. Explains how internal displacement and efforts to engineer resettlement are conceived and practiced by policy makers and practitioners. This book considers the origins and parameters of internal displacement and resettlement policy and practice and proposes an explanation for why it often fails. Num Pages: 336 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FKS; HBJF; HBLW; JFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 138. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781848130456
ISBN
9781848130456
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 30. Weight in Grams: 645.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252065606
ISBN
9780252065606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.99

Paperback. Sowell presents a devastating critique of the mind-set behind the failed social policies of the past thirty years. Sowell sees what has happened during that time not as a series of isolated mistakes b Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JKS; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465089956
ISBN
9780465089956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.04

Paperback. This fully updated edition provides a complete overview of the key facts and core issues surrounding substance misuse. All commonly-used street drugs are covered, with quick reference guides, helpful diagrams and clear information on each drug's effects, methods of use, legal status, availability, treatment options and associated slang. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JKVG; VFJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 173 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843103516
ISBN
9781843103516
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.90

Paperback. On Thursday, July 13, 1995, Chicagoans awoke to a blistering day on which the temperature would eventually climb to 106 degrees. This book reveals how in coming decades the effects of climate change will intensify the social and environmental pressures in urban areas around the world. Num Pages: 328 pages, 35 halftones, 3 maps, 7 figures, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJPR; JFFC; RNPG; RNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226276182
ISBN
9780226276182
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.38

Paperback. * provides an introduction to a wide range of social problems and their relation to the global era, such as AIDS, poverty and racism. * includes chapters written by acknowledged experts in the field of social policy specifically for students. Editor(s): George, Professor Vic; Page, Robert M. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745629520
ISBN
9780745629520
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.98

paperback. * Stiegler is one of the most original and important philosophers and cultural theorists in France today. * His work is at the interface of philosophy and technology, so would appeal not only to those studying Philosophy, but media and cultural studies, and literary studies. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFFT; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745648101
ISBN
9780745648101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.77

Hardback. Series: The United States in the World. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTQ; JFFJ; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801453977
ISBN
9780801453977
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 41.62

Hardback. This book explores how the politics of memory and history affected representations of the internment of 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II and the passage of redress legislation in 1988. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 608 pages, 2 figures, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBWQ; JFFJ; JFSL; JWXR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 992. Weight in Grams: 948.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804745345
ISBN
9780804745345
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.02

Hardcover. The Queen Alexander Hosptial Home Num Pages: 144 pages, 61 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBTB; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 180 x 15. Weight in Grams: 572. Good copy in dustwrapper 4to Illustrated. The History of Nursing and Hospital Histories.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Phillimore
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0304569
ISBN
9781860770555
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 25.00

Paperback. Lifelong learning is a key government strategy - both in the UK and internationally - to promote economic growth and combat social exclusion. This book presents a highly innovative study of participation in lifelong learning and the problems which need to be overcome if lifelong learning policies are to be successful. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2figs.25tabs. BIC Classification: JFF; JNP; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861342867
ISBN
9781861342867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 33.75

Paperback. In the struggle for women's equality, there is one subject still shrouded in silence - women's compulsive pursuit of beauty. The myth of female beauty challenges every woman, every day of her life. This book exposes the tyranny of the beauty myth through the ages and its oppressive function in the home and at work, in literature and more. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 202 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 252. Good copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0011436
ISBN
9780099595748
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. This book sets out the progress in establishing a feminist presence in the four central areas of social work: the definition of social problems for intervention, therapy and counselling, statutory social work and community action. Series: Critical texts in social work & the welfare state. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 283.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333352205
ISBN
9780333352205
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 45.78

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