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Hardback. Deals with the topic of health inequalities and health disparities. This volume includes an introductory look at the issue of health care inequalities and disparities, racial and ethnic inequalities and disparities, issues related to substance abuse, and mental health and related concerns. It also looks at issues of vulnerable women. Editor(s): Rothman, Barbara Katz; Armstrong, Elizabeth M.; Tiger, Rebecca. Series: Advances in Medical Sociology. Num Pages: 364 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFM; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 188 x 31. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780762314386
- ISBN
- 9780762314386
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.45
€ 119.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFM; MBDC; MJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 172 x 15. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Mac Keith Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909962637
- ISBN
- 9781909962637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.24
€ 52.24
Hardcover. The way in which energy is governed in China is driving its rising level of carbon dioxide emissions. This book analyses the nature of energy governance in China by combining ideas relating to transition management with institutionalist theories, which helps to identify factors which assist or constrain the country's path to a low-carbon economy. Series: Energy, Climate and the Environment. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFMG; KNB; RNF; RNU; TH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230282247
- ISBN
- 9780230282247
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46
Hardcover. Providing a unique critical perspective to debates on slavery, this book brings the literature on transatlantic slavery into dialogue with research on informal sector labour, child labour, migration, debt, prisoners, and sex work in the contemporary world in order to challenge popular and policy discourse on modern slavery. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTS; JFFE; JFM; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137297273
- ISBN
- 9781137297273
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.59
€ 122.59
Paperback. What does it mean to re-conceptualize pornography as a material practice rather than as speech? Sidestepping the legal debates over their civil ordinance, and drawing on phenomenology of the lived body, Mason-Grant returns to the innovative core of the Dworkin- MacKinnon critique of mainstream pornography. Series: Feminist Constructions. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742512238
- ISBN
- 9780742512238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.74
€ 64.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; HBJK; JFMX; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816665242
- ISBN
- 9780816665242
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.80
€ 29.99
€ 26.80
Hardback. Social thinkers in all fields are faced with one unavoidable question: What does it mean to be human in the 21st century? This ambitious and groundbreaking book provides the first synthesis of historical, philosophical and sociological insights needed to address this question in a thoughtful and creative manner. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM3; JFMG; JHB; PDA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230233423
- ISBN
- 9780230233423
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.90
€ 64.90
Paperback. From birth certificates and marriage licenses to food safety regulations and speed limits, law shapes nearly every moment of our lives. Ubiquitous and ambivalent, the law is charged with both maintaining social order and protecting individual freedom. This title explores this ambivalence. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFM; LAF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878408603
- ISBN
- 9780878408603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.46
€ 75.46
Paperback. A riveting account of how Christian fundamentalists, Orthodox Jews, and conservative Catholics have joined forces in a battle against their progressive counterparts for control of American secular culture. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFM; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 194 x 28. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780465015344
- ISBN
- 9780465015344
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.41
€ 34.41
Hardback. Was Salman Rushdie right to have written The Satanic Verses? Were the protestors right to have done so? What about the Danish cartoons? This book examines the moral questions raised by cultural controversies, and how intercultural dialogue might be generated within multicultural societies. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRH; JFMD; JPVH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137466075
- ISBN
- 9781137466075
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552664155
- ISBN
- 9781552664155
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.13
€ 26.99
€ 23.13
Hardback. Rev. ed. of: Tangled relationships. c2001. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JFM; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231157001
- ISBN
- 9780231157001
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.92€ 87.44
€ 115.92
€ 87.44
Hardcover. Regenerative medicine, encompassing stem cells and tissue engineering, has attracted huge interest within commercial, clinical and government circles, and promises to change medicine itself. This book provides the first detailed examination and critical assessment of the field to be made by social science. Editor(s): Webster, Andrew. Series: Health Technology and Society. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFMG; MBGR; MBS; TCBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137026545
- ISBN
- 9781137026545
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.76
€ 122.76
Paperback. This text argues that each branch of government has the right to interpret the Constitution and that no branch has the final authority - a theory known as "departmental review". Through study of the war powers and abortion debates, Burgess puts the case for the practice of departmental review. Num Pages: 178 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFMA; JPA; JPHC; JW; LND. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700606290
- ISBN
- 9780700606290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.33
€ 34.33
Paperback. Mark Jordan has written a provocative and stimulating introduction to the issues surrounding sexual ethics and sexuality and theology, filling a much--needed void in this field. Jordan summarizes key topics and themes in the teaching and discussion of religious ethics as well as pushing forward the debate in interesting and original directions. Series: New Dimensions to Religious Ethics. Num Pages: 208 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAB; JFM; JFSJ; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631218180
- ISBN
- 9780631218180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.52
€ 53.52
Paperback. This book offers novel arguments and explores new territory on abortion. It brings together analytical philosophers, public policy persons and scientists to provide a comprehensive and rigorous analysis of contemporary pro-choice arguments. Editor(s): Napier, Stephen. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400736597
- ISBN
- 9789400736597
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.44
€ 122.44
Hardcover. Evil is not confined to war or to circumstances in which people are acting under extreme duress. Today it more frequently reveals itself in the everyday insensitivity to the suffering of others, in the inability or refusal to understand them and in the casual turning away of one s ethical gaze. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745662749
- ISBN
- 9780745662749
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46
Paperback. This work investigates the meaning of bystanding behaviour in ordinary life as well as in counselling psychology and psychotherapeutic practice, its supervision and organization. An exploration of the costs of bystanding, and guidelines on dealing with the issues of bystanding are also included. Series: Exc Business and Economy. Num Pages: 202 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFM; JMAL; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 12. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781897635896
- ISBN
- 9781897635896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.40
€ 68.40
Paperback. This collection of new and classic writings about the sex industry asks us to think about the differences between our society's treatment of prostitution and pornography, while investigating how liberalism deals with the sex industry in general. Editor(s): Spector, Jessica. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: JFMP; JFMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804749381
- ISBN
- 9780804749381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.81
€ 44.99
€ 39.81
paperback. Offers an analysis of the ways modern reproductive politics are shaped by long-standing debates on abortion and adoption, surrogacy arrangements, reproductive technologies, medical surveillance, and the mapping of the human genome. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFMA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252075971
- ISBN
- 9780252075971
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.95
€ 31.99
€ 28.95
Hardcover. This book innovatively re-envisions the possibilities of sexuality education. Utilising student critiques of programmes it reconfigures key debates in sexuality education including: Should pleasure be part of the curriculum? Who makes the best educators? Do students prefer single or mixed gender classes? Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFMA; JFSP2; JHBK5; JNF; MBNH4; VFVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230579439
- ISBN
- 9780230579439
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.98
€ 63.98
Paperback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW3; JFMA; MJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 469.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403968142
- ISBN
- 9781403968142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.91
€ 37.91
Hardback. Defacement asks what happens when something precious is despoiled. In specifying the human face as the ideal type for thinking through such violation, this book raises the issue of secrecy as the depth that seems to surface with the tearing of surface. Num Pages: 328 pages, 4 half-tones. BIC Classification: JFMD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804731997
- ISBN
- 9780804731997
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.98
€ 164.98
Paperback. Life is 'An Unsolicited Gift', given by parents to their children. Num Pages: 173 pages. BIC Classification: JFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Arcadia Books
- Number of pages
- 173
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906413606
- ISBN
- 9781906413606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.34
€ 15.99
€ 12.34