Dear Liz,
Could you send me any or the two titles listed below for review.
Thanks.
The Paradox of Africa's Poverty by Mamo, Turfe
and
Democracy in the Developing World by Haynes, Jeff
My postal address is:
Dr. Matthews A. Ojo
Department of Religous Studies
Obafemi Awolowo University
Ile-Ife
Osun State
Nigeria
Best wishes.
> 18/10/02
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> A companion to Film Theory
> Miller
> Toby [1st Ed]
> Blackwell Publishers
> 0 631 20644 2
> £85hb
> 243
>
> A History of Irish Thought
> Duddy
> Thomas
> Taylor & Francis Limited
> 0415206936
> £12.99pb
> 293
>
> American Politics & Society Today
> Singh
> Robert
> Polity Press
> 0-7456-2527-4
> £14.99pb
> 229
>
> Approaching retirement: Social divisions, welfare & exclusion
> Mann
> Kirk
> The Policy Press
> 1 86134 282 9
> £17.99pb
> 227
>
> Bridging the Digital Divide
> Servon
> Lisa
> Blackwell Publishers
> 0-631-23242-7
> £17.99pb
> 292
>
> Contemporary Sociological Theory
> Calhoun
> Craig
> Blackwell Publishers
> 0-631-21350-3
> £17.99pb
> 284
>
> Contemporary Sociological Theory & its Classical Roots: The Basics
> Ritzer
> George
> McGraw-Hill
> 0 07 119952 7
> 244
>
> Controversies in American Politics & Society
> McKay
> David
> Blackwell Publishers
> 0631228950
> £12.99pb
> 156
>
> Creating Better Cities with Children & Youth
> Driskell
> David
> Earthscan Publications
> 1 853838535
> £19.99pb
> 222
>
> Creating Problems: Social Authorship, Copyright & the Production of
> Culture Toynbee
> Jason
> Open University Press
> 0749277998
> 130
>
> Critical Reasoning: A practical introduction
> Thomson
> Anne
> Routledge
> 0415241200
> £12.99
> 267
>
> Critical thinking: A concise Guide
> Bowell
> Tracy
> Routledge
> 0415240174
> £12.99pb
> 272
>
> Cultural Sociology in Practice
> Desfor Edles
> Laura
> Blackwell Publishers
> 0-631-21090-3
> £16.99pb
> 192
>
> Culture and Development: A critical introduction
> Schech
> Susanne
> Blackwell
> 0-631-20951-4
>
>
> Democracy in the Developing World
> Haynes
> Jeff
> Polity Press
> 0-7456-2142-2
> £14.99pb
> 158
>
> Development: A Cultural Studies Reader
> Schech
> Susanne [1st ed]
> Blackwell Publishers
> 063121917X
> £16.99pb
> 225
>
> Dynamics of Contention
> McAdam
> Doug
> Cambridge University Press
> 0 521 011876
> £14.95pb
> 123
>
> Early retirement and income in later life
> Meadows
> Pamela
> The Policy Press
> 1 86134 442 2
> £11.95
> 277
>
> Economic Sociology
> Trigilia
> Carlo
> Blackwell Publishers
> 0-631-22536-6
> £17.99pb
> 281
>
> Email and Ethics
> Rooksby
> Emma
> Taylor & Francis Limited
> 0415282810
> £55.00hb
> 278
>
> Emotion, Social Theory, & Social Structure
> Barbalet
> J. M.
> Cambridge University Press
> 0 521 00359 8
> 242
>
> Ethnicity, Equality of Opportunity and the British National Health
> Service Iganski
> Paul
> Ashgate Publishing Limited
> 0745617289
> £39.95hb
> 210
>
> Evaluating New Labour's welfare reforms
> Powell
> Martin
> The Policy Press
> 1 86134 335 3
> £17.99pb
> 228
>
> Fast Forward: Work, Gender & Protest in a Changing World
> Dickinson
> Torry D
> Rowman & Littlefield
> 0-7425-0895-1
> pb
> 157
>
> Gender & the Political Economy of Development
> Rai
> Shirin M.
> Polity Press
> 0-7456-1491-4
> £14.99pb
> 184
>
> Global History A Short overview
> Cowen
> Noel
> Polity Press
> 0-7456-2806-0
> £12.99pb
> 159
>
> God is Dead: secularization in the West
> Bruce
> Steve
> Blackwell Publishers
> 0 631 23275 3
> £15.99pb
> 273
>
> Hard Choices
> Pierson
> Christopher
> Polity Press
> 0-7456-1985-1
> £14.99
> 100
>
> How to Research
> Blaxter
> Loraine
> Open University Press
> 0-335-20903-3
> £14.99pb
> 119
>
> Human Nature After Darwin
> Radcliffe Richards
> Janet
> Routledge
> 0415212448
> £12.99pb
> 271
>
> Industrial Relations in the Privatised Coal Industry
> Wallis
> Emma
> Ashgate Publishing Limited
> 0-7546-1275-9
> ?
> 198
>
> Intimations of Postmodernity
> Bauman
> Zygmunt
> Routledge
> 0415067502
> £17.99pb
> 270
>
> Jewish Locations
> Tessman
> Lisa
> Rowman & Littlefield
> 0-8476-9655-3
> £17.95pb
> 172
>
> Jung: A Feminist Review
> Rowland
> Susan
> Polity Press
> 0-7456-2517-7
> £14.99pb
> 177
>
> Key Contemporary Social Theorists
> Elliott
> Anthony
> Blackwell Publishers
> 0-631-219722
> £14.99pb
> 282
>
> Labor and Capital in the Age of Globalization
> Berberoglu
> Berch [ed]
> Rowman & Littlefield
> 0-7425-1661-X
> £20.95pb
> 200
>
> Law and Film
> Machura
> Steffan
> Blackwell Publishers
> 0-631-22816-0
> £15.99pb
> 178
>
> Learning from Research
> Bell
> Judith
> Open University Press
> 0 335 20660 3
> £14.99pb
> 220
>
> Liberation Sociology
> Feagin
> Joe R.
> WestView Press
> 0813333237
> £19.99pb
> 132
>
> Locating Capitalism in Time & Space
> Nugent
> David [ed]
> Cambridge University Press
> 08047 42383
> £15.95pb
> 190
>
> Making Sense of Social Movements
> Crossley
> Nick
> Open University Press
> 0-335-206026
> £16.99pb
> 173
>
> Managing to Make a Difference
> Bowden
> Valmai
> Ashgate Publishing Limited
> 1-84014-859-4
> ?
> 195
>
> Marx and Modernity
> Antonio
> Robert
> Blackwell Publishers
> 0-631-22550-1
> £14.99pb
> 286
>
> Mass Hate: The Global Rise of Genocide and Terror
> Kressel
> Neil J.
> WestView Press
> 0-8133-3951-0
> £13.99pb
> 187
>
> Max Weber's Methodologies
> Eliaeson
> Sven
> Polity Press
> 0-7456-1813-8
> £15.99pb
> 230
>
> Methods Sex & Madness
> O'Connell
> Julia
> Routledge
> 0415097649
> £18.99pb
> 259
>
> Mothers, Young People & Chronic Illness
> Williams
> Clare
> Ashgate Publishing Limited
> 0754617890
> £37.50
> 218
>
> Multiculturalism in a Global Society
> Kivisto
> Peter
> Blackwell Publishers
> 0-631-22194-8
> £14.99pb
> 283
>
> Multi-Level Governance and European Integration
> Hooghe
> Liesbet
> Rowman & Littlefield
> 0-7425-1020-4
> £18.95
> 105
>
> Participatory Workshops
> Chambers
> Robert
> Earthscan
> 1 85383 863 2
> £8.95pb
> 223
>
> Peter Berger & the Study of Religion
> Woodhead
> Linda [1st Ed]
> Routledge
> 0415215323
> £16.99
> 266
>
> Place, Space & the New Labor Internationalisms
> Waterman
> Peter
> Blackwell Publishers
> 0-631-22983-3
> £15.99pb
> 153
>
> Politics & the American Press: The Rise of Objectivity
> Kaplan
> Richard L
> Cambridge University Press
> 0-521- 00602 3
> £14.95pb
> 175
>
> Postcolonial Subjectivities in Africa
> Werbner
> Richard
> Zed Books
> 1 84277 105 1
> £16.95pb
> 168
>
> Postmodernism and Social Research
> Alvesson
> Mats
> Open University Press
> 0-335-20631
> £16.99
> 280
>
> Power, Profits & Patriarchy
> Staples
> William G
> Rowman & Littlefield
> 0-7425-1640-7
> £20.95pb
> 149
>
> Progressive Politics in the Global age
> Tam
> Henry
> Polity Press
> 0-7456-2579-7
> £14.99pb
> 154
>
> Reading at University - A Guide for students
> Fairbairn
> Gavin J
> Open University Press
> 033520385X
> £12.99pb
> 120
>
> Readings in Sociology
> Kidd
> Warren [1st Ed]
> Heinemann
> 0435467069
> 238
>
> Real World Research
> Robson
> Colin
> Blackwell Publishers
> 0-631-21305-8
> 276
>
> Restoration of Class Society in Russia?
> Nikula
> Jouko
> Ashgate Publishing Limited
> 0745617300
> £37.50hb
> 209
>
> Rethinking Anti-racism
> Anthias
> Floya [1st Ed]
> Routledge
> 0415183383
> £18.99pb
> 263
>
> Senior Citizenship
> Ackers
> Louise
> The Policy Press
> 1 86134 264 0
> £18.99pb
> 221
>
> Sick From Work
> Bellaby
> Paul
> Ashgate Publishing Limited
> 0754610411
> £45.00hb
> 216
>
> Social Change
> Jordan
> Tim
> Blackwell Publishers
> 0-631-23312-1
> £11.99pb
> 290
>
> Social Differences and Divisions
> Braham
> Peter
> Blackwell Publishers
> 0-631-23310-5
> £15.99pb
> 291
>
> Social Policy and the Conservative Agenda
> Lo
> Clarence Y H (1st ed)
> Blackwell Publishers
> 1-557-18120-4
> £15.99
>
> Social Policy Review 14
> Skyes
> Robert
> The Policy Press
> 1 86134 377 9
> #18.99
> 275
>
> Social Science Methodology: A Critical Framework
> Gerring
> John
> Cambridge University Press
> 0 521 80513 9
> £14.95pb
> 241
>
> Social Things (2nd Edition)
> Lemert
> Charles
> Rowman & Littlefield
> 0-7425-1580-X
> £11.95
> 165
>
> Sociological Ambition
> Shilling
> Chris
> Sage Publications Ltd
> 0-7619-6549-1
> £17.99pb
> 142
>
> Sociological Paradigms and Human Resources: An African Context
> Kamoche
> Ken N.
> Ashgate Publishing Limited
> 1-84014-855-1
> ?
> 196
>
> Sociological theory and the Environment
> Dunlap
> Riley E. [1st ed]
> Rowman & Littlefield
> 0-7425-0186-8
> £20.95pb
> 202
>
> Sociology (4th edition)
> Giddens
> Anthony
> Polity Press
> 0-7456-2311-5
> £16.99
> 109
>
> Sociology for A2
> Moore
> Stephen
> Harper Collins
> 000 713 4657
> £15.99
> 233
>
> Sociology for AS Level
> Moore
> Stephen
> Harper Collins
> 000 711 3145
> £14.99
> 232
>
> Sociology for GCSE
> Wilson
> Pauline
> Harper Collins
> 000 322 4449
> £15.99
> 231
>
> Sociology in Perspective for OCR
> Kirby
> Mark [1st Ed]
> Heinemann
> 0 435 33162 0
> 247
>
> Sociology in Perspective for OCR Tutor's Resource File
> Hope
> Tanya
> Heinemann
> 0 435 33161 2
> 248
>
> Sociology is Perspective
> Kirby
> Mark [1st Ed]
> Heinemann
> 0435331655
> 239
>
> Sociology is Perspective Tutor's Resource File
> Hope
> Tanya [1st Ed]
> Heinemann
> 0435331752
> 240
>
> Sociology: Introductory Readings
> Giddens
> Anthony [1st ed]
> Polity Press
> 0-7456-2440-5
> £15.99pb
> 176
>
> Sociology: The Core
> Hughes
> Michael
> McGraw-Hill
> 0 07 240535x
> 245
>
> Successful Study for Degrees
> Barnes
> Rob
> Routledge
> 0415127416
> £12.99
> 262
>
> Successful Writing for Qualitative Researches
> Woods
> Peter
> Routledge
> 0415188474
> £14.99pb
> 265
>
> Talcott Parsons Today
> Trevino
> A Javier (ed)
> Rowman & Littlefield
> 0-7425-0958-3
> £22.95
> 166
>
> Technology & Human Resources in their National Context: A study of
> Strategic Contrasts
> Harding
> Rebecca
> Bookpoint Limited
> 1 85972 180 X
> £48.00
> 194
>
> The Blackwell Companion to Social Work
> Davies
> Martin [ed]
> Blackwell Publishers
> 0-631-22392-4
> £17.95pb
> 203
>
> The Blackwell Companion to Sociology
> Beau
> Judith R
> Blackwell Publishers
> 0 63121318 X
> hb
> 255
>
> The Blackwell Companion to Sociology of Religion
> Fenn
> Richard K.
> Blackwell Publishers
> 0 631 21240 x
> £80.00hb
> 274
>
> The Blackwell Dictionary of Social Policy
> Alcock
> Pete [1st ed]
> Blackwell Publishers
> 0631218475
> £14.99pb
> 224
>
> The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Work
> Davies
> Martin
> Blackwell Publishers
> 0 631 21451 8
> 254
>
> The Consumption of Mass
> Lee
> Nick
> Blackwell Publishers
> 0-631-22819-5
> £14.99pb
> 127
>
> The European Union A Political Sociology
> Rumford
> Chris
> Blackwell Publishers
> 0-631-22618-4
> £15.99pb
> 287
>
> The Hate Debate
> Iganski
> Paul [1st Ed]
> Profile Books
> 1 86197 449 3
> £9.99pb
> 236
>
> The Labour Debate
> Dinerstein
> Ana C. [1sst Ed]
> Ashgate Publishing Limited
> 0745617793
> £42.50hb
> 208
>
> The Paradox of Africa's Poverty
> Mammo
> Tirfe
> The Red Sea Press
> 1-56902-049-3
> $21.95pb
> 27
>
> The Resilient Outport
> Ommer
> Rosemary E
> Institute of Social & Economic
> 0-919666-83-3
> pb
> 164
>
> The Student's Companion to Sociology
> Gubbay
> Jon [1st Ed]
> Blackwell Publishers
> 0 631 19948 9
> 251
>
> The Uses of Sociology
> Hamilton
> Peter
> Blackwell Publishers
> 0-631-23314-8
> £15.99pb
> 288
>
> The World is a Ghetto
> Winant
> Howard
> Basic Books
> 0465043402
> £22.99
> 133
>
> Thinking from A to Z
> Warburton
> Nigel
> Routledge
> 0415222818
> £7.99
> 261
>
> Towards a Politics of the Rainbow: Self-organization in the trade union
> movement
> Humphrey
> Jill C.
> Ashgate Publishing Limited
> 0745618188
> £45.00hb
> 211
>
> Towards a Sociology for Childhood
> Mayall
> Berry
> Open University Press
> 0-335-20942 8
> £16.99pb
> 217
>
> Trade Union Activists, East and West
> Meardi
> Guglielmo
> Gower Publishing Limited
> 0-7546-1426-3
> ?
> 199
>
> Transformation
> Ahmed
> Sara [1st Ed]
> Routledge
> 041522067X
> £16.99pb
> 264
>
> Transnationalism & the Politics of Belonging
> Westwood
> Sallie
> Routledge
> 0 415189802
> £16.99pb
> 269
>
> Understanding Everyday Life
> Bennett
> Tony
> Blackwell Publishers
> 0-631-23308-3
> £15.99pb
> 289
>
> War & Power in the 21st Century
> Hirst
> Paul
> Polity Press
> 0-7456-2520-7
> £11.99
> 169
>
> Welfare States under Pressure
> Taylor-Gooby
> Peter [ed]
> Sage Publications Ltd
> 0-7619-7199-8
> £16.99pb
> 162
>
> What's Wrong with Addiction?
> Keane
> Helen
> Melbourne University Press
> 0-522-84991-1
> $29.95
> 206
>
> Working for a Doctorate
> Graves
> Norman [1st Ed]
> Routledge
> 041514731X
> £14.99
> 260
>
> Working Parents and the Welfare State: Family Change and Policy Reform
> in Scandinavia
> Leira
> Arnleug
> Cambridge University Press
> 0-521 57129 4
> £40.00hb
> 285
>
> Young People in Risk Society
> Cieslik
> Mark [1st Ed]
> Ashgate Publishing Limited
> 0 7546 1694 0
> £39.95hb
> 219
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