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Hardcover. Steve Leach identifies the key challenges facing chief executives in British local government in operating in an environment where party politics is a dominant force. It discusses the basis on which chief executives apply for posts and manage the interview process, and the importance of the 'honeymoon period' - the first 6-9 months. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JPHL; JPP; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230245624
- ISBN
- 9780230245624
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.70
€ 66.70
Migration and Social Cohesion in the UK (Identity Studies in the Socia...
Hickman, Mary J., Mai, Nicola, Crowley, Helen
Hardcover. Based on a flagship research project for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation's Immigration and Inclusion programme, this book argues that social cohesion is achieved through people (new arrivals as well as the long-term settled) being able to resolve the conflicts and tensions within their day-to-day lives in ways that they find positive and viable. Series: Identity Studies in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; JFFN; JFSC; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 219 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230243552
- ISBN
- 9780230243552
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Hardcover. This book develops an innovative Irish-Scottish postcolonial approach by galvanizing Emmanuel Levinas' ethics with the socio-cultural category of the 'subaltern'. It sheds new light on contemporary Scottish and Irish fiction, exploring how these writings interact with the recent restructuring of the three state-formations in Ireland and Scotland. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 1DBKS; 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230241701
- ISBN
- 9780230241701
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Feminist Media History: Suffrage, Periodicals and the Public Sphere
Dicenzo, Maria, Delap, Lucy, Ryan, Leila
Hardcover. Highlighting the contributions of feminist media history to media studies and related disciplines, this book focuses on feminist periodicals emerging from or reacting to the Edwardian suffrage campaign and situates them in the context of current debates about the public sphere, social movements, and media history. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBTB; JFD; JFFK; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230241268
- ISBN
- 9780230241268
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.85
€ 66.85
Hardcover. How does culture produce stories about class and class difference? What do these stories tell us about contemporary models of success, failure, struggle and aspiration? Drawing on contemporary examples, Biressi and Nunn demonstrate why social class still matters in Britain and considers the costs and investments at stake for all involved. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFCA; JFDT; JFFJ; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230240568
- ISBN
- 9780230240568
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Reconstructing Security after Conflict: Security Sector Reform in Sier...
Jackson, Paul, Albrecht, Peter
Hardcover. A long-term evaluation and analysis of the UK's involvement in Sierra Leone before and after the conflict which ended in 2002. This book looks at how UK intervention moved from initial involvement through to war fighting and then post-conflict reconstruction, specifically of the security infrastructure. Series: New Security Challenges. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1HFDE; 3JJPR; 3JMC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 207 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230239005
- ISBN
- 9780230239005
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.88
€ 66.88
Hardcover. Do participatory processes open a political space to marginalized groups and individuals? Or do they co-opt and coerce groups to reinforce existing inequitable relations? In an innovative comparative study which breaks with tradition this book explores these questions by looking at Malawi and Ireland. Series: Rethinking International Development Series. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1HFMM; GTF; JFFS; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230238947
- ISBN
- 9780230238947
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.51
€ 67.51
Hardcover. This book contributes to understanding of the contemporary relationship between Muslims and the Western societies in which they live, focusing particularly on the UK. Chapters reflect on the nature of multiculturalism, as well as a wide range of specific aspects of daily life, including religious dialogue, gender, freedom of speech and politics. Editor(s): Farrar, Max; Robinson, Simon; Valli, Yasmin; Wetherly, Paul. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFSL1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 136 x 22. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230238749
- ISBN
- 9780230238749
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.29
€ 67.29
Hardcover. A unique look at the meaning of the taste for wine in Britain, from the establishment of a Commonwealth in 1649 to the Commercial Treaty between Britain and France in 1860 - this book provides an extraordinary window into the politics and culture of England and Scotland just as they were becoming the powerful British state. Num Pages: 371 pages, 66 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTB; JFCV; WBXD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230238657
- ISBN
- 9780230238657
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.56
€ 129.56
Paperback. A challenge to dominant arguments for the medical and legal construction of male homosexual identities in late nineteenth and early twentieth-century Britain. Examines masculinity as a social status, and its influence in shaping attitudes towards sex and sexuality between men and in fostering resistance to the recognition of these phenomena. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTB; JFSK2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230238565
- ISBN
- 9780230238565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 138.78
€ 138.78
Paperback. Going to War overturns conventional views of the role of public opinion, the armed forces, parliamentarians, NGOs and writers in the formation of British debates about impending wars. It shows the pressures and the reasons which have led to Britain's involvement in so many conflicts. Num Pages: 236 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBLX; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304. British Debates from Wilberforce to Blair. 240 pages, 1 tables. Going to War overturns conventional views of the role of public opinion, the armed forces, parliamentarians, NGOs and writers in the formation of British debates about impending wars. It shows the pressures and the reasons which have led to Britain's involvement in so many conflicts. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBLX; JWK. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 14. Weight: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230237933
- ISBN
- 9780230237933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Hardcover. Ireland's history of contested language systems has always been linked to its political realities; Language, Identity and Liberation attends to a movement of contemporary Irish writing that considers the significance of the region's tumultuous cultural, social and political history in portrayals of contemporary Ireland's everyday life and speech. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 2AFR; CFB; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan Basingstoke, UK
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230237506
- ISBN
- 9780230237506
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
Hardcover. After the Great War some texts by British Army veterans portrayed the Anglican chaplains who had served with them in an extremely negative light. This book examines the realities of Anglican chaplains' wartime experiences and presents a compelling picture of what it meant to be a clergyman-in-uniform in the most devastating war in modern history. Num Pages: 307 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBWN; HRCC91; HRCX4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230237452
- ISBN
- 9780230237452
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.39
€ 67.39
Hardcover. Since the first edition there have been fundamental changes in the Irish growth model. The sudden collapse of the Irish economy in 2008 raises questions such as: why the sudden and deep decline in economic growth? What are the prospects for a return to growth? Answering these questions and more, this book is the definitive work on the Celtic Tiger. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JPQB; KCP; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230237438
- ISBN
- 9780230237438
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardcover. An examination of how female same-sex desires were represented in a wide range of Italian and British medical writings, 1870-1920. It shows how the psychiatric category of sexual inversion was positioned alongside other medical ideas of same-sex desires, such as the virago, tribade-prostitute, fiamma and gynaecological explanations. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DST; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSK1; MBX; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230234987
- ISBN
- 9780230234987
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.24
€ 128.24
Hardcover. The first substantial interdisciplinary, cross-genre critique of Margaret Thatcher and her cultural 'afterlife', exploring Thatcher's legacy across a range of areas including public policy, broadcast media, film, poetry, architectural design, political cartoons and literature. Editor(s): Ho, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBJD1; HBLW3; JFCA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230233317
- ISBN
- 9780230233317
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.45
€ 67.45
Policing in England and Wales, 1918-39: The Fed, Flying Squads and For...
Laybourn, Keith, Taylor, David
Hardcover. An examination of the modernization of the English and Welsh police during the interwar years, focusing upon the increasing professionalization of the police, the Federation, forensic work and the growth of traffic policing. The authors challenge the established viewpoint by arguing that this period saw significant changes in policing. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JKSW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230232457
- ISBN
- 9780230232457
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.51
€ 67.51
Hardcover. The gendered nature of the relationship between the press and emergence of cultural citizenship from the 1860s to the 1930s is explored through original data and insightful comparisons between India, Britain and France in this integrated approach to women's representation in newspapers, their role as news sources and their professional activity. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 1FKA; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBTB; JFD; JFSJ1; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230232440
- ISBN
- 9780230232440
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.24
€ 67.24
Hardcover. Romantic Cosmopolitanism shows how cosmopolitanism in the early nineteenth century offers a non-unified formulation of the nation that stands in contrast to more unified models such as Edmund Burke's which found nationality in, among other things, language, history, blood and geography. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JPA. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230232044
- ISBN
- 9780230232044
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Spanning a broad trajectory, from the New Gaelic Man of post-independence Ireland to the slick urban gangsters of contemporary productions, this study traces a significant shift from idealistic images of Irish manhood to a much more diverse and gender-politically ambiguous range of male identities on the Irish screen. Series: Global Masculinities. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; APFA; JFD; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230232006
- ISBN
- 9780230232006
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.39
€ 67.39