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Is gender something done to us by society, or something we do? What is the relationship between gender and other inequalities?
What is Gender? explores these complex and important questions, helping readers to critically analyse how women's and men's lives are shaped by...
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Citizens are caught in a paradox. Voting levels are falling, there are growing feelings of powerlessness, social unfairness and yet citizens are constantly told that they have more choice as well as greater freedom and liberty.
This book brilliantly explains these...
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What is meant by community? Is there a balance between equality, integration and diversity? Does the idea of identity undermine community cohesion?
Identity, Ethnic Diversity and Community Cohesion considers these questions and explores the concept of identity and how...
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'This is a superb book; beautifully written, lucid, and engaging, with illuminating critical discussions of the concept of reflexivity, psychoanalytic perspectives, and Foucaultian analysis, locating these theories in up-to-date research and discussions about class and...
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This is the first course guide that has been developed for students of policing. It identifies the core themes and additional source material, providing an essential overview for students and a reference point for use throughout their studies.
The Policing Course...
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Good entry level text that new students will really appreciate. Clearly written in a style that aids understanding and will develop their knowledge and ability to apply research techniques. - Shane Thurlow, Bishop Burton College "Essential elements associated with...
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"In his interdisciplinary review of material culture, Ian Woodward goes beyond synthesis to offer a theoretically innovative reconstruction of the field. It is filled with gems of conceptual insight and empirical discovery. A wonderful book."
- Jeffrey C. Alexander,...
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"A thorough and wide-ranging synthetic account of social scientific research on consumption which will set the standard for the second generation of textbooks on cultures of consumption."
- Alan Warde, University of Manchester
"The multi-disciplinary nature of the book...
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Ce guide largement illustré répertorie les espèces végétales comestibles cultivées ou sauvages du Vanuatu. Plantes cultivées pour leurs tubercules ou leurs racines, espèces ligneuses et lianes fournissant fruits ou...
Editeur :
Cirad
Parution :
2007-04-26
Format(s) :
PDF sans DRM, epub sans DRM
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Praise for the First Edition: `All readers will be drawn to the style of the book as well as its content. The structure will make sure that it is not just a "one-off", being read as part of a course of study, but a book which is used frequently as a source of...
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'As a guide to living and studying at university, this book goes beyond describing basic study skills and instead invites the reader to use ideas from sociology to make sense of the role of being a student, the university as an institution and the professional...
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Winner of the 2006 The Descartes Prize "for excellence in collaborative scientific research"
With the expansion of the European Union and the development of supra-national governance worldwide, the volume of cross-national data and the importance of rigorous...
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'This engaging and stimulating book is well placed to become a key text in many student social workers' redaing lists' - Journal of Interprofessional Care
`[An] excellent book, abounding with conceptual insights, bursting with research and evidence-based reasoning, and...
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"In the age of globalization we are no longer home alone. Migration brings other worlds into our own just as the global reach of the media transmits our world into the hearts and minds of others. Often incommensurate values are crammed together in the same public...
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Criminology and Social Policy systematically examines the relationship between social policy and crime.
In this lively and engaging text, Paul Knepper discusses the difference social policy makes, or can make, in any response to crime. He also considers the...
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'The book gives a comprehensive overview of what research and the research experience encompass....This book makes an interesting read for everyone who has carried out qualitative research or is planning to do so in the future. It is well-written, and very clearly...
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`This primer on the global politics of social policy … is essential reading for students as well as others seriously interested in improving the human condition. Nuanced and critical, Deacon's book offers a much needed and constructive guide to the complex...
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Doing Ethnographies is an introductory and applied guide to ethnographic methods. It focuses on those methods - participant observation, interviewing, focus groups, and video/photographic work - that allow us to understand the lived, everyday world.
Informed by the...
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Doing Practitioner Research focuses on helping practitioners conduct research in their own organisations, and attention is given to the best methods for doing this effectively and sensitively. The authors also attend to the theoretical, political and organisational...
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`Ageing in Society brings forth exciting new questions, fresh perspectives, and a necessary critical approach to key issues - this is indeed an authoritative introduction. The authors not only have made significant contributions to gerontology, but offer the reader...
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