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Sociology
Paperback. This is a deliberately polemical intervention into the structure/agency debate in the social sciences. It argues that central concepts in this debate - such as 'society' and the 'individual' - have been widely misconceived, and that progress in the social sciences will only occur if the real nature of the social world is respected. Editor(s): Martin, Peter J.; Dennis, Alex. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719081729
- ISBN
- 9780719081729
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.68
€ 31.68
Paperback. Produces an original empirical analysis of the discourse of safer sex, condom use and consent Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK5; MBNH4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 211 x 159 x 10. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719089336
- ISBN
- 9780719089336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.82
€ 28.82
Paperback. Research about people always makes assumptions about the nature of humans as subjects. This collaboration by a group of feminist researchers looks at subjectivity in relation to researchers, the researched, and audiences, as well as the connections between subjectivity and knowledge. Num Pages: 312 pages, bibliography, references, index. BIC Classification: JFFK; JHBC; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742515628
- ISBN
- 9780742515628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 84.98
€ 84.98
The traditional image of the family as a life--long unit is fading fast. There are fewer marriages, more divorces, and ever more children born to unmarried or single parents. The forms of our private life are changing rapidly, and people are embarking on new lifestyles based on cohabitation, separation and same--sex partnerships. Translator(s): Camiller, Patrick. Num Pages: 184 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745622132
- ISBN
- 9780745622132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.71
€ 73.71
* Ulrich Beck, one of the most important and influential contemporary social thinkers, reveals and expands his work in a series of conversations with journalist Johannes Willms. Translator(s): Pollack, Michael. Series: Polity Conversations Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 23. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745628233
- ISBN
- 9780745628233
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.76
€ 73.76
In this major new study Christian Baudelot and Roger Establet provide a timely and wide-ranging account of the changing nature of suicide in the world today. The suicide rate is soaring in the former Communist bloc, in India and in China, which now has the highest female suicide rate in the world. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745640563
- ISBN
- 9780745640563
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.47
€ 71.47
Society' is one of the most frequently used words in public life; it is also a foundational term in the social sciences. In our own time, however, the idea has never been so much in dispute and so little understood. For some critics, society is simply too consensual for a world of intensive discord. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745648415
- ISBN
- 9780745648415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.64
€ 68.64
Paperback. As a historical account of the way in which war and death intersect, this book describes the complex attitude societies have towards death. Translator(s): Veasey, Richard. Num Pages: 224 pages, 24 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBZ; JWX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748622986
- ISBN
- 9780748622986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.61
€ 50.61
Paperback. Applies a gender lens to the multiple systems of oppression that have shaped the lives of African American women and men. This book is suitable for students and instructors of African American Studies, Gender Studies, Sociology, Anthropology, Marriage and Family, and Social Work. Series: Gender Lens Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759101524
- ISBN
- 9780759101524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.01
€ 60.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 568 color photos. BIC Classification: JFCK; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 932. 176 pages, 568 colour photographs. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFCK; JHBT. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 14. Weight: 934.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Schiffer Pub Ltd
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764300172
- ISBN
- 9780764300172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.82
€ 36.99
€ 28.82
Therapy of the Difficult Divorce: Managing Crises, Reorienting Warring...
Isaacs, Marla Beth, Montalvo, Braulio, Abelso...
Hardcover. By integrating family therapy principles and individual dynamics, the authors have devised a unique method of face-to-face problem solving, sometimes with the entire family, often in sessions with individual members, to help restore parental responsibility and to realign relationships with the divorcing family. Num Pages: 302 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK; JKSB1; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780765702128
- ISBN
- 9780765702128
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.46
€ 151.46
Strikingly argued, richly researched, and methodologically sound, this wide-ranging look at how choices about sex triumphed over established class systems and artificial racial boundaries supplies a refreshing contribution to the history of early Louisiana. Series: Early America: History, Context, Culture. Num Pages: 352 pages, 7, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL; JHBK5. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801886805
- ISBN
- 9780801886805
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.96
€ 66.96
Focusing on paternity as a category of family history, Contested Paternity emphasizes the importance of fatherhood, the family, and the law within the greater context of changing attitudes toward parental responsibility. Num Pages: 368 pages, 14, 14 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801888328
- ISBN
- 9780801888328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.26
€ 73.26
Paperback. New Choices, New Families provides thoughtful insights into questions about sexual identity, social and cultural expectations, and what and who constitute a family. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK1; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801890000
- ISBN
- 9780801890000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.50
€ 36.50
Kennedy's systematic and thoughtful study distinguishes southern approaches to childbirth and motherhood from northern ones, showing how slavery and rural living contributed to a particularly southern experience. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBJK; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801894176
- ISBN
- 9780801894176
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.72
€ 80.72
Paperback. Theoretically grounded and based on the newest research, Gender and Higher Education provides an excellent overview for students of higher education, gender studies, and sociology, as well as for anyone interested in the current state of scholarship and practice. Editor(s): Bank, Barbara J. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHB; JNM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 256 x 176 x 29. Weight in Grams: 806.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801897825
- ISBN
- 9780801897825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.97
€ 58.97
Hardcover. A comprehensive analysis of the significant questions facing this crucial profession, The American Academic Profession will be welcomed by students and scholars as well as by administrators and policy makers concerned with the future of the academy. Editor(s): Hermanowicz, Joseph C. Num Pages: 392 pages, 3, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JHB; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 151 x 31. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801899775
- ISBN
- 9780801899775
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.26
€ 64.26
Paperback. Translator(s): Collier, Peter. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: JFS; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 30. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804717984
- ISBN
- 9780804717984
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 34.59
€ 34.99
€ 34.59
Hardcover. Combining theory and evidence on small scale industries, farming, and more, this title argues that despite the promise of independence and liberalization, India remains caged in a backward state. Comparing the developed West, it underscores the point that affluence can be achieved only after living conditions improve across all social classes. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JHB; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 33. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804771894
- ISBN
- 9780804771894
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.03
€ 40.99
€ 34.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Beacon Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807077870
- ISBN
- 9780807077870
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.38
€ 18.99
€ 17.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFFN; JFSL4; JHBK; JPH; JPQB; JPWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Beacon Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807079836
- ISBN
- 9780807079836
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.35
€ 18.99
€ 17.35
Paperback. Neighborhood and Life Chances brings together researchers from a range of disciplines to demonstrate that place matters in education, physical health, crime, violence, housing, family income, mental health, and discrimination-issues that determine the quality of life among low-income residents of urban areas. Editor(s): Newburger, Harriet B.; Birch, Eugenie Ladner; Wachter, Susan M. Series: The City in the Twenty-First Century. Num Pages: 392 pages, 34 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JFSG; JHB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222654
- ISBN
- 9780812222654
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.91
€ 49.91
Paperback. This work presents a treatment of the issue of death, comparing the Western approach of "optimising" with the Eastern approach of "adapting". It analyses the nature of happiness, and explains how adaption may be implemented. Num Pages: 160 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPD; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S.
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812693225
- ISBN
- 9780812693225
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.49
€ 20.99
€ 19.49
Hardcover. As timely now as when it was first published, Thomas D. Clark's classic history of agrarianism prepares readers for a new era that promises to bring rapid change to the land and the people of Kentucky. Series: Kentucky Bicentennial Bookshelf. Num Pages: 152 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813102375
- ISBN
- 9780813102375
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.93
€ 40.93