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Health & Personal Development
paperback. This unique book examines the relationship between wounding and sexuality, bringing together issues around sexuality, gender, power, violence and representations. Drawing on a range of disciplines including cultural and media studies, sociology and psychology, it explores social practices such as S&M, cosmetic surgery and 'extreme' sports. Editor(s): Hearn, J.; Burr, Vivien. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHB; JMS; JMU; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- SKU
- V9781349361823
- ISBN
- 9781349361823
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Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
Paperback. Despite the growing multi-faith and multi-ethnic nature of Britain, there is insufficient knowledge about diversity in family practices across ethno-religious groups. This book fills that gap, exploring family practices values, roles, relationships, support systems and daily routines among South Asian Muslim families in Britain." Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFSL; JHBK; JKSN; JPQB; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349361724
- ISBN
- 9781349361724
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€ 66.01
€ 66.01
Paperback. "Leading family sociologist David Morgan revisits his highly influential 'family practices' approach in this new book. Exploring its impact, and how it has been critiqued, Morgan shows the continued relevance of the approach with reference to time and space, the body, emotions, ethics and work/life balance"-- Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK; JKSN; JPQB; PDZ; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 240 x 16. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 197
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349358021
- ISBN
- 9781349358021
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Condition: New
€ 71.26
€ 71.26
Paperback. Many disasters are approached by researchers, managers and policymakers as if they have a clear beginning, middle and end. But often the experience of being in a disaster is not like this. This book offers non-linear, non-prescriptive ways of thinking about disasters and allows the people affected by disaster the chance to speak. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPP; RNR; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349353286
- ISBN
- 9781349353286
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Condition: New
€ 66.97
€ 66.97
Paperback. This collection explores sexualities, families, caring practices, and the ways in which people practice intimacy in an ever-changing social and political landscape. Authors map desires, struggles and reconfigurations, thereby broadening current understandings of what contemporary intimate life looks like. Editor(s): Sanger, Tam; Taylor, Yvette. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ; JHBK; JPQB; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349347315
- ISBN
- 9781349347315
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Condition: New
€ 66.28
€ 66.28
Paperback. Based on interviews with pregnant women, this book provides a multi-disciplinary empirical account of pregnant embodiment and how it relates to wider sociological and feminist discourses about gender, bodies, 'fitness', 'fat', celebrity and motherhood. Series: Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ; JFSR; JHB; JHBK; VFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349347131
- ISBN
- 9781349347131
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Condition: New
€ 66.16
€ 66.16
Paperback. Recent theorizing tends to position ordinary relationships as something we have lost, yet the nature of these relationships is not seriously engaged with. Drawing on rich empirical data, this book questions epochal claims about contemporary emotional lives, setting out to be explicit about the nature of ordinary relationships. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JHBK; JMQ; JMS; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349344819
- ISBN
- 9781349344819
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Condition: New
€ 66.25
€ 66.25
Paperback. This book analyzes the interaction between migrant activists and leaders and the state of the Republic of Ireland - a late player in Europe's immigration regime - against the background of an increasingly restrictive immigration regime. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHB; JPA; JPQB; VFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349336388
- ISBN
- 9781349336388
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Literacy and the Bilingual Learner explores the literacy development of bilingual learners in London (UK) schools and colleges through a series of vignettes and case studies of learners and their educational experiences. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFC; CJ; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349331819
- ISBN
- 9781349331819
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Condition: New
€ 66.01
€ 66.01
Paperback. This collection examines recent theoretical and methodological debates, shifts in law and policy, and social and cultural changes around sexuality. It sets out new ways of conceptualizing and researching sexuality and explores persistently marginalised and re-traditionalised sexual practices, subjectivities and identities. Series: Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 327 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ; JHB; JMU; VFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 327
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349331260
- ISBN
- 9781349331260
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Condition: New
€ 66.70
€ 66.70
Paperback. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP; JHBK; JKSN; JPQB; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 355.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349325092
- ISBN
- 9781349325092
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Read addresses the contributions of significant individuals to our understanding of financial decisions and markets.Great financial theorists created the basis for what we now know as personal finance and this volume describes four great minds in finance that forever established the role of the rate of return and life cycle decision-making." Series: Great Minds in Finance. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; KCB; KCZ; KFF; KFFH; VSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349324293
- ISBN
- 9781349324293
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Condition: New
€ 127.73
€ 127.73
Paperback. This book conceptualises the lived experience of intimacy in a world in which the terms and conditions of love and friendship are increasingly unclear. It shows that the analysis of the 'small world' of dyads can give important clues about society and its gendered makeup. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHB; JHBK; JMS; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349323302
- ISBN
- 9781349323302
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Condition: New
€ 72.46
€ 72.46
Citizenship, Belonging and Intergenerational Relations in African Migr...
. Ed(S): Attias-Donfut, C; Cook; Hoffman, J; ...
Paperback. This book explores migration experiences of African families across two generations in Britain, France and South Africa. Global processes of African migration are investigated, and the lived experiences of African migrants are explored in areas such as citizenship, belonging, intergenerational transmission, work and social mobility. Editor(s): Attias-Donfut, C; Cook; Hoffman, J; Waite, L. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFN; JFSL; JHB; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349322404
- ISBN
- 9781349322404
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This collection focuses on the real life experiences of conducting emprical research about families and relationships, with an emphasis on the actualities of doing research and the experiences of being a researcher. Editor(s): Simpson, R.; Jamieson, L. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBA; JHBC; JHBK; JPQB; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349322091
- ISBN
- 9781349322091
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Condition: New
€ 65.92
€ 65.92
Paperback. This book explore assumptions underpinning contemporary health policy discourses that emphasize personal responsibility for health, consider how they attach to changing information technologies, and discuss their influence on emerging forms of health 'work'. Editor(s): Harris, Roma; Wathen, Nadine; Wyatt, Sally. Series: Health Technology and Society. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPQB; MBS; VFD; VSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349321582
- ISBN
- 9781349321582
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Condition: New
€ 66.37
€ 66.37
Paperback. This book critically explorescivic republicanism in light of contemporary republican political theory and the influence of republican models of citizenship in recent developments in civic education across a number of Western nations." Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JNMT; JPA; JPVH; KCP; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349321544
- ISBN
- 9781349321544
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Condition: New
€ 65.68
€ 65.68
Paperback. For those who study memory, there is a nagging concern that memory studies are inherently backward-looking, and that memory itself hinders efforts to move forward. Unhinging memory from the past, this book brings together an interdisciplinary group of prominent scholars who bring the future into the study of memory. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSR; JPVH; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349319893
- ISBN
- 9781349319893
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This edited collection uses the concept of 'displaying families' as a new way to understand contemporary family and personal life, addressinghow, ina world of fluid relationships, family life must not only be 'done' but also be 'seen to be done'." Editor(s): Dermott, Esther; Seymour, J. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK; JKSN; JPQB; VFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349319312
- ISBN
- 9781349319312
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Condition: New
€ 66.37
€ 66.37
Paperback. Series: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSL; JHB; JPS; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 305.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349317257
- ISBN
- 9781349317257
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Interrogates the idea of capacity building theoretically and explores the variety of meanings, constructions and practices of capacity building. This book examines capacity building in both developing and developed countries and takes the position that fragile communities are present in all societies. Editor(s): Kenny, Sue; Clarke, Matthew. Series: Rethinking International Development Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JHB; JPA; JPS; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349313303
- ISBN
- 9781349313303
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Condition: New
€ 66.37
€ 66.37
Paperback. An authoritative, state-of-the-art reference collection, bringing together international experts to examine the key issues and core debates related to gender and healthcare. A vital resource for a wide range of academics, researchers, practitioners and policymakers. Editor(s): Kuhlmann, Ellen; Annandale, Ellen. Num Pages: 503 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JPQB; MBS; VFD; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 737.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 503
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349311354
- ISBN
- 9781349311354
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Condition: New
€ 196.00
€ 196.00
Paperback. In 1995 rugby union finally became a professional sport following more than a century as an amateur game. Thisbook offers a critical analysis of the sport in the professional era and assesses the relationship between the local and the global in contemporary rugby union." Series: Global Culture and Sport Series. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSR; JHB; JHBS; VFX; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349310722
- ISBN
- 9781349310722
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This bookexplores ethnographic studies of diagnostic work in diverse settings. Switching attention from product ('diagnosis') to process ('diagnosing'), it reveals the importance of collaborative, socio-material, technologically augmented practices, exploring the potential of the multi-disciplinary studies presented to inform innovation." Editor(s): Buscher, M.; Goodwin, D.; Mesman, Jessica. Num Pages: 279 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JHBL; KJU; KJWB; MJ; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349308477
- ISBN
- 9781349308477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.73
€ 127.73