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Hardcover. Focusing on the phenomena of the Surveillance School, Taylor examines the increased presence of surveillance technologies and practices which identify, verify, categorise and track pupils, exploring the impact that invasive and continual monitoring is having upon school children. Series: Crime Prevention and Security Management. Num Pages: 140 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFMG; JFSP1; JKSB1; JKV; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 140
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137308856
- ISBN
- 9781137308856
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.10
€ 66.10
Hardcover. Shaw addresses the 'ethical turn' in contemporary sociological thinking, by exploring the contribution of sociology and the social sciences to bioethical debates about morality and tissue exchange practices. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 222 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137312587
- ISBN
- 9781137312587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.85
€ 66.85
Hardcover. Eddy M. Souffrant calls for a reassessment of the starting points of moral, social, and political philosophy that takes into account the actual living circumstances of persons living the 21st century. Series: Future of Minority Studies. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM; JFSL; JHB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137365828
- ISBN
- 9781137365828
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.34
€ 66.34
Hardcover. Total pain management mandates that an ethic of adjusted care be implemented at the end-stage of life which acknowledges ethically, legally, and clinically the use of terminal sedation as efficacious treatment. Num Pages: 129 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFME; JHBZ; MBQ; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 114
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137379153
- ISBN
- 9781137379153
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.04
€ 66.04
Hardcover. This collection explores whether and how religious and secular worldviews and political ideologies held by scientists, citizens, decision-makers and politicians influence science as practiced and understood today. Contributors explore the social and scientific repercussions of 'customizing' science to fit the needs and interests of various groups. Editor(s): Fuller, Steve; Stenmark, Mikael; Zackariasson, Ulf. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM3; JFMG; JPFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 220 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137379603
- ISBN
- 9781137379603
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Hardcover. This resounding defence of the principles of free expression revisits the Satanic Verses uproar of 1989, as well as subsequent incidents such as the Danish cartoons controversy, to argue that the human right of free speech is by no means so secure that it can be taken for granted. Num Pages: 182 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSK; HRH; JFMD; JPVH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 221 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137388599
- ISBN
- 9781137388599
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.42
€ 66.42
Hardcover. This collection demonstrates a constructive potential in reimagining with doctrines, which unlocks them from centuries of patriarchal constraint. It opens the way for glimpsing divine action in the economy of salvation, while human struggles for justice are placed within a wider arena when discrete theological resources are deployed in this way. Editor(s): Kim, Grace Ji-Sun; Daggers, Jenny. Num Pages: 156 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRA; HRAM; JFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137388674
- ISBN
- 9781137388674
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.28
€ 66.28
Hardcover. This book identifies risk and protective factors influencing routes into, through and out of sexual exploitation and sex work. It explores how the sense made of key childhood and adult experiences influences the ability to manage roles and identities and choices they feel empowered or forced to make. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE2; JFMX; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137431752
- ISBN
- 9781137431752
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.52
€ 127.52
Hardcover. This book provides new insights into how new biology, and the emergence of "translational" policies to drive the health bioeconomy, is reshaping the innovation ecosystem for new therapies. A key argument is that a broader definition of value (beyond the economic aspects) is needed to understand health innovation in the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFH; JFMG; MMG; PDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137436283
- ISBN
- 9781137436283
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.88
€ 66.88
Paperback. Confronting the issue of the unacceptable as a social category, this collection of international essays provides distinctive perspectives on the theme of what is deemed socially acceptable. The book reveals the ways in which the category of the unacceptable reflects sexual, racial and political fault-lines of a society. Editor(s): Potts, John; Scannell, John. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFP; JFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137440198
- ISBN
- 9781137440198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.86
€ 65.86
Hardcover. What Morality Means examines the scientific theory of morality, drawing on zoological and physiological literatures in addition to contemporary sociological research on status and exchange. The theory roots morality in the capacity for perceptual overlap, and describes how perceptual overlap has been constrained and enabled in human history. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM; JHBA; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137449283
- ISBN
- 9781137449283
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.52
€ 66.52
Hardcover. Drawing together interview material, medical publications, and first-hand accounts, this book shows that what is being remade in the burgeoning medical field of face transplantation is not only the lives of patients, but also the very ways that state institutions, surgeons, and families make sense of rights, claims for inclusion, and life itself. Num Pages: 82 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFMG; MBDC; MBS; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 11. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137452719
- ISBN
- 9781137452719
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.65
€ 65.65
Hardback. Was Salman Rushdie right to have written The Satanic Verses? Were the protestors right to have done so? What about the Danish cartoons? This book examines the moral questions raised by cultural controversies, and how intercultural dialogue might be generated within multicultural societies. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRH; JFMD; JPVH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137466075
- ISBN
- 9781137466075
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Was Salman Rushdie right to have written The Satanic Verses? Were the protestors right to have done so? What about the Danish cartoons? This book examines the moral questions raised by cultural controversies, and how intercultural dialogue might be generated within multicultural societies. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM2; HRH; JFMD; JPVH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137471673
- ISBN
- 9781137471673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.37
€ 66.37
Hardback. This book examines the most recent and contentious issues in relation to cybercrime facing the world today, and how best to address them. The contributors show how Eastern and Western nations are responding to the challenges of cybercrime, and the latest trends and issues in cybercrime prevention and control. Editor(s): Smith, Russell G.; Chak-Chung Cheung, Ray; Yiu-Chung Lau, Laurie. Series: Palgrave Macmillan's Studies in Cybercrime and Cybersecurity. Num Pages: 312 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, 19 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFMG; JKV; PDR; UR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137474155
- ISBN
- 9781137474155
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.27
€ 67.27
Hardcover. Chinese artists, activists, and netizens are pioneering a new order of pornographic representation that is in critical dialogue with global entertainment media. Jacobs examines the role of sex-positive feminists and queer communities to investigate pornography's "afterglow" (a state of crisis and decay within digital culture). Num Pages: 216 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFC; JFMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137485175
- ISBN
- 9781137485175
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
Paperback. This book presents an atheistic case against the legalization of assisted suicide. Critical of both sides of the argument, it questions the assumptions behind the discussion. Yuill shows that our attitudes towards suicide - not euthanasia - are most important to our attitudes towards assisted suicide. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFME; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137487469
- ISBN
- 9781137487469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.44
€ 126.44
Hardcover. Through case studies set in different Asian countries, this book examines the efforts of public practitioners to develop the skills they need to act effectively and well in public life. In a time of evolving moral identity, Asian countries face laboratories of political transformation, with lessons for democratic practitioners everywhere. Series: Asia Today. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; JFM; JK; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137492043
- ISBN
- 9781137492043
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.00
€ 67.00
Hardback. Despite the existence of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child there still exists a debate on whether children can really hold rights. This book presents a clear theory of children's rights by examining controversial case studies. The author presents a pathway to translating rights into practical social and political instruments for change. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFM; JFSP1; JKSB1; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137492272
- ISBN
- 9781137492272
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.61
€ 138.61
Hardback. Clements provides a detailed study of religious beliefs in British society, using a broad range of opinion poll and social survey data. Examining public opinion on religious-secular issues, this book provides a rich analysis of the belief and attitudes of social groups over time. Num Pages: 154 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRC; HRCV; JFM; JFSR; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 154
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137506559
- ISBN
- 9781137506559
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.08
€ 80.08