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Paperback. Famous Brazilian educational and social theorist Paulo Freire presents his ideas on community solidarity in moving toward social justice in schools and society in a set of talks and interviews shortly before his death, supplemented with commentaries by other well-known scholars. Series: Qualitative Inquiry and Social Justice. Num Pages: 123 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JNA; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 9. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Left Coast Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 123
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781611329650
- ISBN
- 9781611329650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 45.61
€ 46.99
€ 45.61
Hardcover. Presents alternative trajectories for how to take steps toward achieving a theoretically informed understanding of the analytical and practical challenges of social theory (in terms of social, sociological, and critical theory), and looks beyond pluralism and fragmentation to the kind of roles social theorists may play. Editor(s): Dahms, Harry F. Series Editor(s): Dahms, Harry F. Series: Current Perspectives in Social Theory. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 230 x 26. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857248213
- ISBN
- 9780857248213
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.34
€ 127.34
Paperback. This volume is an ambitious study of efforts by twentieth-century states to reshape-either through social policy or brute force-their societies and populations according to ideologies based on various theories of human perfectibility. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBG; HBJD; HBLW; JHBD; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804746304
- ISBN
- 9780804746304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 45.53
€ 51.99
€ 45.53
Paperback. The object of this study is to clarify the meanings and uses of social innovation in contemporary societies. The author makes use of the forms of analysis provided by theories of social change and the multi-disciplinary, long-term approach that is associated with Big History, with its focus on evidence and insights from different scientific and .. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 171 x 14. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845195137
- ISBN
- 9781845195137
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.73
€ 36.99
€ 32.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 60 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 7. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 60
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628089028
- ISBN
- 9781628089028
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.54€ 55.87
€ 80.54
€ 55.87
Hardcover. * Colin Crouch has recently become one of the world's leading voices on neoliberalism and the financial takeover of social values * In this new book, Crouch continues to explore the themes of his previous successful books: Post-Democracy, The Strange Non-Death of Neoliberalism and Making Capitalism Fit For Society. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 260 x 21. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745669854
- ISBN
- 9780745669854
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.82
€ 63.82
Hardback. Neil Armstrong offers the first study to examine both the experience and representation of Christmas during the formative period of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Series Editor(s): Richards, Jeffrey. Series: Studies in Popular Culture. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; 5HC; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719077593
- ISBN
- 9780719077593
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.91
€ 150.91
Paperback. A collection of readings for students undertaking any kind of social science inquiry. Editor Darin Weinberg has selected articles first and foremost for their conceptual accessibility and provides editorial introductions for students being introduced to research methods for the first time. Editor(s): Weinberg, Darin. Series: Blackwell Readers in Sociology. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 19. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631217626
- ISBN
- 9780631217626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.32
€ 62.32
The New Gilded Age. The Critical Inequality Debates of Our Time.
. Ed(S): Grusky, David B.; Kricheli-Katz, Tam...
Paperback. 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, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, charts, graphs. BIC Classification: JFFA; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804759366
- ISBN
- 9780804759366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.28
€ 32.99
€ 32.28
Hardcover. A collection of essays that argues for the importance of paying attention to the many different cultural and historical strands that constitute love in Africa. It covers such topics as the reception of Bollywood movies in 1950s Zanzibar, and the effects of a Mexican telenovela on young people's ideas about courtship in Niger. Editor(s): Cole, Jennifer; Thomas, Lynn M. Num Pages: 256 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1H; JHBK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226113524
- ISBN
- 9780226113524
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.06€ 75.68
€ 92.06
€ 75.68
Hardcover. Incorporating analytical frameworks from scientific studies, ethnography, and political and economic theory, this book charts an itinerary for an internal anthropology of theorizing. It suggests that many of the effects that social theory uses today to produce insights are the legacy of baroque epistemological tricks. Series: Ethnography, Theory, Experiment. Num Pages: 176 pages, 6 figs & ills. BIC Classification: JHBA; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857459114
- ISBN
- 9780857459114
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.52
€ 155.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 145 pages, 1port. BIC Classification: BGA; JHBK; VFJB; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 11. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Spinifex Press
- Number of pages
- 145
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781876756321
- ISBN
- 9781876756321
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.19
€ 22.19
Hardback. Examines the political regulation of the family in Sweden since 1930. This title draws attention to the political attempts to create a 'modern family', and the aspiration to regulate the family and install gender equality. It is suitable for researchers, lecturers, undergraduate and graduate students who study gender and gender equality. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1DNS; 3JJ; JFSJ; JHBK; JPQB; KCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 249 x 178 x 14. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847424556
- ISBN
- 9781847424556
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.81
€ 93.81
Paperback. Working alongside migrant Filipina hostesses in Japan, Parrenas investigates the impact of being labeled as trafficked victims and explores what governments should do to improve the lives of global migrants. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804777124
- ISBN
- 9780804777124
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.53
€ 27.99
€ 24.53
Paperback. Siegfried Kracauer was one of the foremost representatives of the Frankfurt School of critical theory. This book brings together Kracauer's essays on photography that he wrote between 1927 and 1933 as a journalist for the Frankfurter Zeitung, as well as an essay that appeared in the Magazine of Art after the eminent emigre's exile to America. Num Pages: 160 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: AJ; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 163 x 6. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Diaphanes AG
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783037346914
- ISBN
- 9783037346914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.75
€ 19.99
€ 16.75
Paperback. Editor(s): Luven, Lynne Van; Gillespie, Bruce. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JHBK; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 142 x 189 x 17. Weight in Grams: 31.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- TouchWood Editions
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894898744
- ISBN
- 9781894898744
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 18.97
€ 27.99
€ 18.97
Paperback. This book argues that the Jewish community should take a positive attitude to the reality of intermarriage and use it as an opportunity to increase participation and reinvigorate the community. The text includes an action plan for Jewish leaders to recast Judaism as a positive choice for non-Jews. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, form. BIC Classification: HRJ; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787908812
- ISBN
- 9780787908812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.81
€ 32.99
€ 25.81
paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Books United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935623762
- ISBN
- 9781935623762
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.43
€ 29.43
Paperback. aeo promotes importance of involving family members in planning better care for children aeo based on both research and practical experience aeo supported by international studies aeo authors are widely acclaimed for their work with Family Group Conferences. Series: Working Together for Children, Young People & Their Families. Num Pages: 208 pages, 4 line illustrations, references, index. BIC Classification: JHBK; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 12. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780632049226
- ISBN
- 9780632049226
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.32
€ 62.32
Paperback. Illustrates the harmful impact of laws concerning divorce, welfare, and employment. This book details the primary justifications for stigmatizing single-parent families, marshalling an array of resources about single parents that portray a different picture of these families. Num Pages: 222 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 174 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814719169
- ISBN
- 9780814719169
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.34
€ 38.34
Paperback. Explores the sexual lives of prisoners and the sexual culture of prisons over the years, along with the impact of various issues, including race, class, and gender, sexual violence, prisoners' rights activism, and the HIV epidemic. This title argues for the importance of the prison to the history of sexuality. Editor(s): Kunzel, Regina. Num Pages: 352 pages, 15 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBK5; JKVQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226462271
- ISBN
- 9780226462271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.73
€ 33.99
€ 26.73
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- SIMON & SCHUSTER EXPORT
- Number of pages
- 327
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439197721
- ISBN
- 9781439197721
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.73
€ 17.99
€ 16.73
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Veritas Publications
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- KNW0010354
- ISBN
- 9781847301680
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 12.79
€ 12.79
Paperback. The emergence of high levels of unsustainable home ownership has many consequences for social and public policy. Using a wide range of methodological strategies, including in-depth qualitative interviews, this book paints a rich empirical picture of the causes, socio-economic distribution and social consequences of mortgage arrears and possessions. Num Pages: 212 pages, 4figs.28tabs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JHBA; JPA; KCA; KFFL; KFFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861342614
- ISBN
- 9781861342614
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 37.19
€ 38.99
€ 37.19