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Paperback. Presented here is a full spectrum of views on how humans ought best to treat non-human animals. The defences of animal rights set out in this book are based not only on classical ethical principles, but also on firmly grounded scientific notions of evolutionary continuity among species. Series: Contemporary Issues in Biomedicine, Ethics and Society. Num Pages: 400 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFZ; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Humana Press Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1983
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896030534
- ISBN
- 9780896030534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.97
€ 127.97
Paperback. Readers of this book will encounter little-known transnational agrarian movements of the early twentieth century as well as more recent, high-profile global alliances, such as Via Campesina. Editor(s): Borras, Saturnino M., Jr.; Edelman, Marc; Kay, Cristobal. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 3JMC; JFFS; JPW; KNAC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 171 x 19. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405190411
- ISBN
- 9781405190411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.83
€ 28.83
Hardback. Education is a crucially important social institution, closely correlated with wealth, occupational prestige, psychological well-being, and health outcomes. Moreover, for children of immigrants who account for almost one in four school-aged children in the U.S. Series: Immigration and Society. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JNFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745648316
- ISBN
- 9780745648316
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.22
€ 71.22
Paperback. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBTB; JFF; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 319.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349387625
- ISBN
- 9781349387625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46
Paperback. Editor(s): Heinlein, Michael; Kropp, Cordula; Neumer, Judith; Poferl, Angelika; Romhild, Regina. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3 b/w & 3 colour illus. BIC Classification: HB; JFFR; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837620764
- ISBN
- 9783837620764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 31.96
€ 44.99
€ 31.96
Intersections of Religion and Migration: Issues at the Global Crossroa...
Jennifer B. Saunders (Ed.)
Hardback. Editor(s): Saunders, Jennifer B.; Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, Elena; Snyder, Susanna. Series: Religion and Global Migrations. Num Pages: 360 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 11 colour illustrations, 10 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 218 x 27. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137586285
- ISBN
- 9781137586285
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.07
€ 187.07
Hardcover. Editor(s): Unay, Sadik; Senel, Muzaffer. Num Pages: 365 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 262 x 185 x 29. Weight in Grams: 966.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 365
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606923757
- ISBN
- 9781606923757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.25€ 78.62
€ 114.25
€ 78.62
Paperback. This book challenges the accepted distinction between animal welfarists and animal liberationists. It provides a unique and hitherto undocumented history of the animal care and animal welfare movement. Num Pages: 162 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048179343
- ISBN
- 9789048179343
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.18
€ 64.18
Paperback. Drawing on their experience as government insiders, the authors of this book show how economic policy is shaped at the highest levels of government. They reveal the interconnections between economic, social and international policy, covering such issues as the advocacy system. Num Pages: 252 pages, 28 halftones, 4 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JFF; JKS; JPA; JPQB; JPS; KCB; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226755991
- ISBN
- 9780226755991
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.22
€ 35.99
€ 28.22
Hardback. Deals with important social-science issues of law and legal control pertaining to disasters and hazards in a variety of contexts. This title includes: legal controls pertaining to disaster prevention, response, and mitigation; regulations and policies concerning hazardous conditions; and crime and the control thereof in post-disaster situations. Editor(s): Deflem, Mathieu. Series Editor(s): Deflem, Mathieu. Series: Sociology of Crime, Law & Deviance. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JFFC; JKS; LNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780529141
- ISBN
- 9781780529141
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.30
€ 133.30
Hardcover. This text looks at global change in terms of unipolarization in international security, globalization in the world economy, and democratization in global governance, providing a Japanese angle on addressing complex interplays between the social forces underlying these themes. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFFS; JPS; KCP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 573.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333719206
- ISBN
- 9780333719206
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.81
€ 64.81
Hardcover. Crisis, what crisis? How governments and corporations profit from disaster Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 241 x 35. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Verso
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784781156
- ISBN
- 9781784781156
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.41
€ 29.99
€ 25.41
Women on Corporate Boards and in Top Management: European Trends and P...
Fagan, Colette, Gonz?Lez Men?Ndez, Maria, G?M...
Hardcover. This book examines the international trends and associated developments in gender equality policy including corporate governance such as gender quotas. International comparative analysis is combined with detailed analysis of eight European countries with different policy regimes and trajectories. Editor(s): Gonzalez Menendez, Maria; Gomez Anson, Silvia. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 307 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFJ; JFSJ1; KCF; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 221 x 23. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230293441
- ISBN
- 9780230293441
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.75
€ 64.75
paperback. Series: Schule Und Gesellschaft. Num Pages: 273 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
- Edition
- 3., akt. Aufl. 2008
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531155661
- ISBN
- 9783531155661
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 85.07
€ 85.07
Paperback. This collection of papers by prominent feminist thinkers advances the positive feminist project of remapping the moral by developing theory that acknowledges the diversity of women. Editor(s): Fiore, Robin N.; Nelson, Hilde Lindemann. Series: Feminist Constructions. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742514430
- ISBN
- 9780742514430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.79
€ 64.79
Hardcover. After examining the global system's political volatility at the dawn of the new millennium, this book looks at how some of the identifiable system-wide trends (for example, globalization, democratization and fragmentation) may find repercussions in the Asia Pacific. Editor(s): Hsiung, James C. Num Pages: 390 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FP; JFFS; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312238797
- ISBN
- 9780312238797
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.76
€ 123.76
Paperback. The social, political, and cultural significance of refugeedom. Series: Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian & East European Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, 19 b&w photos, 3 maps, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBWN; JFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780253213464
- ISBN
- 9780253213464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.12
€ 31.99
€ 29.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 540 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFA; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1293.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 540
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814737545
- ISBN
- 9780814737545
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.18
€ 36.99
€ 31.18
Paperback. Documents social activism and policy reforms Editor(s): Fabian, Katalin. Num Pages: 384 pages, 10 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFE3; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253222183
- ISBN
- 9780253222183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.99
€ 29.99
€ 26.99
The New Gilded Age. The Critical Inequality Debates of Our Time.
. Ed(S): Grusky, David B.; Kricheli-Katz, Tam...
hardcover. This book asks leading scholars to debate the causes of inequality, whether we have an obligation to help the poor, and the types of reforms that are most likely to eliminate or reduce inequality. Editor(s): Grusky, David B.; Kricheli-Katz, Tamar. Series: Studies in Social Inequality. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFA; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804759359
- ISBN
- 9780804759359
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.85
€ 135.85
Paperback. This book presents an interdisciplinary exploration of the origins of happiness in modern Western culture and argues that happiness is not universal but is rather a culturally and historically specific experience, characteristic only to the Western world. Num Pages: 172 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JMAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 273.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319353647
- ISBN
- 9783319353647
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.63
€ 121.63
Hardback. This book highlights an interdisciplinary terrain where the humanities and social sciences combine with digital methods. It argues that while disciplinary frictions still condition the potential of digital projects, the nature of the urban phenomenon pushes us toward an interdisciplinary and digital future where the primacy of cities is assured. Num Pages: 106 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFR; JFSG; JHBA; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 106
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137524546
- ISBN
- 9781137524546
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.26
€ 63.26
Paperback. A cultural history of intertribal activism centered on the Indian Ecumenical Conference, an influential movement among native people in Canada and the U.S. during the Red Power era. Num Pages: 384 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRC; JFF; JFSL; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349730988
- ISBN
- 9781349730988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.03
€ 65.03
Hardcover. This interdisciplinary collection explores what mobility meant, and still means, in the specific contexts of Soviet and East European socialist and post-socialist societies. Together the chapters consider diverse practices of mobility and their different contexts of power, resistance and inequality. Editor(s): Burrell, Kathy; Horschelmann, Kathrin. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBJD; JFFN; JPFF; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137267283
- ISBN
- 9781137267283
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.61
€ 64.61