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hardcover. Using concepts from political economy, feminism, and public policy, this study will be of interest across a range of disciplines. Series: Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy. Num Pages: 336 pages, 5 diagrams, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJP; JFSJ; JKS; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 33. Weight in Grams: 686.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802035233
ISBN
9780802035233
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.01

Paperback. Using concepts from political economy, feminism, and public policy, this study will be of interest across a range of disciplines. Series: Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy. Num Pages: 336 pages, 5 diagrams, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJP; JFSJ; JKS; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802084088
ISBN
9780802084088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.08

Hardcover. Addressing the issue of how gendered spatial relations impact the production of literary works, this book discusses gender implications of spatial categories: the notions of home and away, placement and displacement, dwelling and travel, location and dislocation, and the 'quest for place' in women's writing from Argentina from 1920 to the present. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 2ADS; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Ed.
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230120853
ISBN
9780230120853
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.70
€ 47.12

Paperback. Important societal critique of how gender and militarism intersect in Canadians' daily learning. Editor(s): Taber, Nancy. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSJ; JHB; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 650.
Publisher
University of Alberta Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781772120844
ISBN
9781772120844
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.43

Paperback. Series: Feminist Media Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JPHC; JPV; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252081910
ISBN
9780252081910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Hardback. Series: Feminist Media Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JPHC; JPV; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 16. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252040450
ISBN
9780252040450
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.11

Hardcover. As American security became increasingly dependent on technology to shape the consciousness of its populace and to defend them, science fiction shows like The Twilight Zone, Star Trek, and The X-Files both promoted the regime's gendered logic and raised significant questions about that logic and its gendered roles. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137408884
ISBN
9781137408884
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.64

Hardcover. Series: Comparative Feminist Studies. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ; JFSL3; JPFN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 475.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403979667
ISBN
9781403979667
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.09

Hardcover. Sarah Hicks Williams was the northern-born wife of an antebellum slaveholder. Rebecca Fraser traces her journey as she relocates to Clifton Grove, the Williams' slaveholding plantation, presenting her with complex dilemmas as she reconciled her new role as plantation mistress to the gender script she had been raised with in the North. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230300705
ISBN
9780230300705
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardback. Michele Bachelet, Chile's first female president, was elected with an explicit gender agenda in 2006 and then reelected in 2013. This volume focuses on Bachelet's efforts to introduce progressive measures and the constraints that she has faced in a context where both formal and informal political institutions can act as barriers to change. Editor(s): Waylen, Georgina. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 3JM; JFSJ; JP; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137501974
ISBN
9781137501974
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

Paperback. This examination of the relationship between families and the state uses child support policy as a lens of analysis. It presents the origins, evolution and organization of federal child support policies and shows how some policies expand government and social control over the beneficiaries. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ; JKSB1; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 11. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847683727
ISBN
9780847683727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.29

Paperback. Editor(s): Frazier, Lessie Jo; Hurtig, Janise; Solar, Rosario Montoya Del. Num Pages: 318 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFFK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 365.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2003rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403960405
ISBN
9781403960405
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.66

Paperback. An ethnography that examines the gendered nature of large corporate law firms. Although increasing numbers of women have become lawyers in the past decade, it discovers that the double standards and sexist attitudes of legal bureaucracies are a continuing problem for women lawyers and paralegals. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSJ1; JHM; LAT; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 68.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520201088
ISBN
9780520201088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.81

Hardback. Num Pages: 164 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 3 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; JFFJ; JFSJ; JNB; WSBM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
164
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137485083
ISBN
9781137485083
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.28

Hardcover. What impact do political parties have on women's political representation and on state gender policies? This study focuses on 2 Latin American cases. The first analyzes the National Women's Ministry in Chile and the second examines the local administrations of the leftwing Brazilian Workers' Party. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 1KLSH; JFSJ; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333736142
ISBN
9780333736142
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.82

Paperback. This work explores the similarities and differences in gender-related policy making and outcomes in Japan and the United States, focusing on the role of women's movements and other factors in determining policy. Policies examined are equal employment, domestic violence, and reproductive rights. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; JFSJ1; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 281.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312293567
ISBN
9780312293567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.91

Paperback. Series: American Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1MB; 3JJ; JFD; JFF; JFSJ; JFSL1; JPFN; RGR; WT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816620937
ISBN
9780816620937
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ; JPVH; LNDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300125856
ISBN
9780300125856
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.08
€ 64.47

Hardcover. This work is about the struggles of descendants of Indian indentured migrants in Trinidad in the first half of the 20th century, each desiring to preserve aspects of the gender system brought from India between 1845 and 1917, which were important to their continued definition of ethnic identity. Series: Institute of Social Studies, the Hague. Num Pages: 340 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJWWT; 3JJ; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 643.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333962787
ISBN
9780333962787
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JFFJ; JFSJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403963123
ISBN
9781403963123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.58

Paperback. Illuminates the various ways in which sex and gender are elaborated, obsessed over, and internalized, shaping subjective experiences common to entire cultural regions, and beyond. Through comparison of the life ways of Melanesia and Amazonia, this work expands the study of gender and the comparative method in anthropology. Editor(s): Gregor, Thomas; Tuzin, Donald F. Num Pages: 402 pages, 2 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSBZ; 1MKL; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
402
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520228528
ISBN
9780520228528
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.56

Hardcover. This book analyses the diffusion of norms concerning gender-based violence and gender mainstreaming of aid and trade between the EU, South America and Southern Africa. Norm diffusion is conceptualized as a truly multidirectional and polycentric process, shaped by regional governance and resulting in new geometries of transnational activism. Editor(s): Vleuten, Anna van der (Radbound University Nijmegen, The Netherlands); Van Eerdewijk, Anouka; Roggeband, Conny. Series: Gender and Politics. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFM; 1KLS; 1QFE; JFFJ; JFSJ; JPB; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137301444
ISBN
9781137301444
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

paperback. These essays represent an exciting breakthrough in women's studies, expanding the borders of the discipline while breaking down barriers between mainstream and women's history. Editor(s): Iacovetta, Franca; Valverde, Mariana. Num Pages: 303 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
303
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802067739
ISBN
9780802067739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. Controversy about women in the military continues, yet women's relations with the military go far beyond whether they serve in the ranks. This book examines the experiences of women outside of the military, such as "comfort women" near US bases, women engaged in peacework, and women workers affected by military spending in the federal budget. Editor(s): D'Amico, Francine J.; Weinstein, Laurie L. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814719077
ISBN
9780814719077
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

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