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Paperback. a Globalizationa is a word that is currently much in use. This book is an attempt to show that there is far more to globalization than its surface manifestations. Unpacking the social roots and social consequences of globalizing processes, this book disperses some of the mist that surrounds the term. Series: Themes for the 21st Century Series. Num Pages: 136 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 149 x 189 x 12. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745620138
- ISBN
- 9780745620138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.17
€ 20.17
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 100
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745671093
- ISBN
- 9780745671093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.31
€ 21.31
Hardcover. Today we hear much talk of crisis and comparisons are often made with the Great Depression of the 1930s, but there is a crucial difference that sets our current malaise apart from the 1930s: today we no longer trust in the capacity of the state to resolve the crisis and to chart a new way forward. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745680941
- ISBN
- 9780745680941
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.70
€ 63.70
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745636801
- ISBN
- 9780745636801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.48
€ 22.48
Paperback. Intends to liberate us from the thinking that renders us hopeless in the face of our own domineering governments and threats from unknown forces abroad. This work shows us we can give up belief in a hierarchical arrangement of states and powers. It challenges members of the 'knowledge class' to overcome their estrangement from the rest of society. Series: Institute for Human Sciences Vienna Lecture Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 207 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674033511
- ISBN
- 9780674033511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.67
€ 34.99
€ 29.67
Paperback. This book stands as a testimony to Bauman's belief in the enduring relevance of sociology. But it is also a call to us all to start questioning the world in which we live and to transform ourselves from being the victims of circumstance into the makers of our own history. For that, at the end of the day, is the use of sociology. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 217 x 11. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 180
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745671253
- ISBN
- 9780745671253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.17
€ 20.17
Hardcover. * This is an engaging new book from one of the most influential and widely read sociologists in the world today. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745655697
- ISBN
- 9780745655697
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.71
€ 62.71
Paperback. Refugees from the violence of wars and the brutality of famished lives have knocked on other people's doors since the beginning of time. For the people behind the doors, these uninvited guests were always strangers, and strangers tend to generate fear and anxiety precisely because they are unknown. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFD; JFFN; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 125 x 189 x 15. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509512171
- ISBN
- 9781509512171
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.50
€ 14.50
Paperback. The production of a human wastea -- or more precisely, wasted lives, the a superfluousa populations of migrants, refugees and other outcasts -- is an inevitable outcome of modernization. It is an unavoidable side--effect of economic progress and the quest for order which is characteristic of modernity. Num Pages: 152 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFF; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745631653
- ISBN
- 9780745631653
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.31
€ 21.31
Hardback. When Freud wrote his classic Civilization and its Discontents, he was concerned with repression. Modern civilization depends upon the constraint of impulse, the limiting of self expression. Today, in the time of modernity, Bauman argues, Freuda s analysis no longer holds good, if it ever did. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745617909
- ISBN
- 9780745617909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.75
€ 69.75
paperback. * A new book by one of the most original and brilliant social thinkers of our time. * Extends and develops some of the key themes in other Bauman titles, namely what it is like to live in a time of 'liquid modernity', identity, culture and consumerism. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745635156
- ISBN
- 9780745635156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.31
€ 21.31
Paperback. aeo A major new book by one of the most original thinkers today. aeo Develops a distinctive argument about the a liquida nature of modernity. aeo Re--examines key concepts which look at the heart of orthodox accounts of the human condition, including the concepts of emancipation, individuality, work and community. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745624105
- ISBN
- 9780745624105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.34
€ 21.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509507603
- ISBN
- 9781509507603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.31
€ 21.31
Paperback. Essential skills for high school and college students. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: JNM; JNZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472030576
- ISBN
- 9780472030576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.34
€ 25.99
€ 24.34
Paperback. Presents a comprehensive military posture of the countries in the Middle East. This work contains information and figures on defense budgets, procurement, equipment holdings, military deployments, WMD listings, and foreign aid. It offers an insightful assessment of the complex Middle East strategic environment. Editor(s): Shtauber, Zvi Dr. Num Pages: 195 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; JPS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845191085
- ISBN
- 9781845191085
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 40.32
€ 44.99
€ 40.32
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- None ed.
- SKU
- V9780813544519
- ISBN
- 9780813544519
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.92
€ 37.99
€ 34.92
Paperback. Collection of essays by prominent historians, political scientists, and professors of literature that examine the political, social, and cultural impact of Zionism and Bundism on Jewish society. Editor(s): Gitelman, Zvi. Series: Pitt Series in Russian and East European Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBLW; HRJ; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822963240
- ISBN
- 9780822963240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.27
€ 50.27
Hardback. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813576299
- ISBN
- 9780813576299
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.45
€ 148.45
Paperback. Written in honor of one of the foremost observers of nationalism and culture in Central and Eastern Europe, this volume brings together 35 eminent scholars from the United States, Canada, Ukraine, and Poland. Supplemented by a bibliography of the work of Roman Szporluk, these fresh, urgent essays mirror Szporluk's broad and comparativist approach. Editor(s): Gitelman, Zvi Y.; etc. Num Pages: 646 pages, 25ill.22tabs. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DV; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1110.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 646
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916458935
- ISBN
- 9780916458935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.74
€ 29.99
€ 25.74
Paperback. An illustrated survey of the lives and history of Jews in the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, and the post-Soviet era. Num Pages: 316 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253214188
- ISBN
- 9780253214188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.03
€ 24.99
€ 23.03