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Paperback. How does culture articulate, frame, organise and produce stories about social class and class difference? What do these stories tell us about contemporary models of success, failure, struggle and aspiration? Drawing on examples from the 1980s to the present day, this book investigates the changing landscape of class in Britain. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JFF; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349316533
- ISBN
- 9781349316533
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.54
€ 63.54
Paperback. This volume offers up-to-date research developments and theory in the re-emerging field of structural analysis. It provides an overview and appraisal of the history and future of structural analysis as well as focusing on culture, historical processes and macro-micro level interactions. Editor(s): Chew, Sing C.; Knottnerus, J. David. Num Pages: 368 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847698370
- ISBN
- 9780847698370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 86.25
€ 86.25
Thatcher's Grandchildren?: Politics and Childhood in the Twenty-First ...
Wagg, Stephen, Pilcher, Jane
Paperback. Thatcher's Grandchildren explores sociological and political issues about childhood that have that have become increasingly significant in the twenty first century within a political landscape framed by neo-liberalism. Issues addressed include child protection and abuse, the media, education and schooling, and poverty. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood. Num Pages: 327 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBTB; JHBK; JPA; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 23. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349448210
- ISBN
- 9781349448210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.01
€ 64.01
Hardback. Most labor and migration studies classify migrants with limited formal education or credentials as unskilled. This book uncovers these migrants' lifelong human capital and identifies mobility pathways associated with the acquisition and transfer of skills across the migratory circuit, including reskilling, job jumping, and entrepreneurship. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 146 x 26. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780520283725
- ISBN
- 9780520283725
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.67€ 69.44
€ 92.67
€ 69.44
Paperback. Editor(s): Gaspar de Alba, Alicia. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 355 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JFSL; JHBT; JHMC; VFVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 537.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403960979
- ISBN
- 9781403960979
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.33€ 49.42
€ 55.33
€ 49.42
Paperback. Editor(s): Junge, Matthias. Num Pages: 278 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531138633
- ISBN
- 9783531138633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.10
€ 69.10
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 314 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer VS United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783658018788
- ISBN
- 9783658018788
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.75
€ 74.75
Hardcover. The Handbook of Civil Society in Africa Editor(s): Obadare, Ebenezer. Series: Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies. Num Pages: 490 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 16 colour illustrations, 18 black & white tables, 5 colour. BIC Classification: 1H; JHB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 161 x 32. Weight in Grams: 884.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461482611
- ISBN
- 9781461482611
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 240.98
€ 240.98
Hardcover. 'Community-based development' (CBD) or'community-driven development' (CDD) has been the predominant approach to international development in recent years. Drawing on fieldwork and first-hand experience, this book explains why CBD/CDD produces outcomes that are incompatible with its underlying assumptions and intended objectives. Series: Africa Connects. Num Pages: 216 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; GTF; JHB; JP; RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137281401
- ISBN
- 9781137281401
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.61
€ 64.61
paperback. Editor(s): Burton, Richard M.; Obel, Borge. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; KJM; KJMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1995
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461359647
- ISBN
- 9781461359647
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 185.89
€ 185.89
Paperback / so. Series: WV Studium. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: GBC; JHB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 259.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531221625
- ISBN
- 9783531221625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.01
€ 79.01
The History of Problem Gambling. Temperance, Substance Abuse, Medicine...
Ferentzy, Peter; Turner, Nigel E.
Paperback. This book examines the religious, socio-cultural, and medical influences on the development of the concept of problem gambling as a disease, along with the ways in which such ideas were influenced by attitudes about substance abuse. Num Pages: 187 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; MBN; MBNH9; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 297.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 187
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489999498
- ISBN
- 9781489999498
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.57
€ 121.57
Paperback. Exploringthe implications of the internet and bio-technologiesfor intimate and sexual life, this book discusses the concept of citizenship in relation to the extension of public health through the internet, and reveals concerns that sexually transmitted infections and HIV are associated with such technologies." Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHB; JPQB; MBS; MQCB; UBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349357888
- ISBN
- 9781349357888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.15
€ 63.15
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Hunecke, Marcel; Tully, Claus; Baumer, Doris. Num Pages: 253 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783810036728
- ISBN
- 9783810036728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.37
€ 74.37
Paperback. This book presents a variety of experience-based perspectives on working in palliative care. Emphasising the use of self and the importance of reflective practice in professional work, the book will be of relevance to professionals in medical and social care who want to gain a deeper understanding of their work and of the motivation underlying it. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HRLK; JHBZ; VFJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 217 x 7. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843108573
- ISBN
- 9781843108573
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.67
€ 27.67
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 382 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531180724
- ISBN
- 9783531180724
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.53
€ 59.53
Hardback. BIC Classification: JHB. Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 375.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312233556
- ISBN
- 9780312233556
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.08
€ 122.08
Hardcover. American football and postmodernist theory are both objects of popular and scholarly interest that reveal remarkable sociological insights. Analysis of media-driven commercial football documents how narratives of sportsmanship/brutality, heroism/antiheroism, athleticism/self-indulgence, honor/chicanery, and chivalry/sexism compete and thrive. Num Pages: 149 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFDT; JHBS; WSJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137555885
- ISBN
- 9781137555885
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.61
€ 63.61
Paperback / so. Series: Biogeographica. Num Pages: colour illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHB; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 13. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401027052
- ISBN
- 9789401027052
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.90
€ 69.90
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Life Writing. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319509617
- ISBN
- 9783319509617
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.25
€ 112.25
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 342 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHBK; JNLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
- Edition
- 4
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531172149
- ISBN
- 9783531172149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 90.99
€ 90.99
The European Family. The Family Question in the European Community.
. Ed(S): Commaille, Jacques; Singly, F. De
hardcover. Will the European Union have its single family - a European family - as it will have a single currency? This book addresses this question. It is intended for specialists working in the social sciences, for social and government policy-makers in the fields of family and social policy, and for those interested in European integration. Editor(s): Commaille, Jacques; Singly, F. de. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1997th Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792347576
- ISBN
- 9780792347576
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.87
€ 129.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 51 black & white illustrations, 20 colour illustrations, 43 black & white tables, biograp. BIC Classification: JHBC; PBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag, Japan Japan
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9784431562290
- ISBN
- 9784431562290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.18
€ 64.18
From disturbing new research on concussions to publicly-financed stadiums that benefit wealthy team owners, Ken Reed argues that much of our sports culture is broken, driven by win-at-all-costs and profit-at-all-costs values and policies. Reed outlines the most pressing challenges in sports today and offers practical solutions for change. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: JHBS; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 277 x 23. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442242647
- ISBN
- 9781442242647
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.85
€ 56.85