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Hardcover. The study of religion and politics is a strongly behavioral sub-discipline, and within the American context, scholars place tremendous emphasis on its influence on political attitudes and behaviors, resultuing in a better understanding of religion's ability to shape voting patterns, party affiliation, and views of public policy. Editor(s): Dulk, Kevin R. den; Oldmixon, Elizabeth Anne. Series: Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM2; JPA; JPFR; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137394408
- ISBN
- 9781137394408
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.03
€ 67.03
Hardcover. A critical assessment of one of Britain's foremost historians and university leaders of the second half of the 20th century. Editor(s): Taylor, Miles. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137392572
- ISBN
- 9781137392572
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Condition: New
€ 68.60
€ 68.60
Hardcover. The study of altruism, morality, and social solidarity is an emerging field of scholarship and research in sociology. This handbook will function as a foundational source for this subject matter and field, and as an impetus to its further development. Editor(s): Jeffries, Vincent. Num Pages: 452 pages, 10 black & white tables, 1 figures. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHBA; JMH; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 844.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Number of pages
- 452
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137391841
- ISBN
- 9781137391841
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.80
€ 130.80
Paperback. A multidisciplinary analysis of the role of values and virtue in public administration, this book calls for a rediscovery of virtue. It explores ways of enabling the public sector to balance the values that are presently dominant with classic values such as accountability, representation, equality, neutrality, transparency and public interest. Editor(s): Vries, Michiel S. de; Kim, Pan Suk. Series: Governance and Public Management. Num Pages: 344 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPH; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137387981
- ISBN
- 9781137387981
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Condition: New
€ 128.84
€ 128.84
Hardcover. A collection of essays calling into question the ideas of the new radicalism in contemporary political theory. Editor(s): Smulewicz-Zucker, Gregory R.; Thompson, Michael J. Series: Political Philosophy and Public Purpose. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 496.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137385154
- ISBN
- 9781137385154
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.16
€ 67.16
Hardcover. The diffusion of fascism in Europe coincided with a wave of dictatorships that supplanted democratic regimes. This volume explores this interaction and in their historical context. Editor(s): Costa-Pinto, Antonio; Kallis, Aristotle. Num Pages: 317 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JPFQ; JPHX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 638.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137384409
- ISBN
- 9781137384409
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.89
€ 152.89
Hardcover. This collection of essays on the philosophy of love, by leading contributors to the discussion, places particular emphasis on the relation between love, its character and appropriateness and the objects towards which it is directed: romantic and erotic partners, persons, ourselves, strangers, non-human animals and art. Editor(s): Maurer, Christian; Milligan, Tony; Pacovska, Kamila. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137383303
- ISBN
- 9781137383303
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.69
€ 67.69
Hardcover. From diverse international and multi-disciplinary perspectives, the contributors to this volume analyze the experiences, challenges and responses of Orthodox Churches to the foundational transformations associated with the dissolution of the USSR. Editor(s): Krawchuk, Andrii; Bremer, Thomas. Num Pages: 379 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRCC8; HRCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137382849
- ISBN
- 9781137382849
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.04
€ 130.04
Hardcover. The book brings together original, state-of-the-art historical research from several continents and examines how mainly local peasant societies responded to colonial pressures to produce a range of different commodities. It offers new directions in the study of African, Asian, Caribbean, and Latin American societies. Editor(s): Hazareesingh, Sandip; Maat, Harro. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, 10 figures, 4 tables. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137381095
- ISBN
- 9781137381095
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.39
€ 117.39
Hardcover. The discipline of social history has still not given enough attention to the ways in which the perceptions and roles of "ordinary" people changed over time. In these fascinating British and Dutch cases, we see how the study of this evolution imparts historical texture and enables us to understand early modernity with greater clarity. Editor(s): Jacob, Margaret C.; Secretan, Catherine. Num Pages: 299 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDN; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137380517
- ISBN
- 9781137380517
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.12
€ 67.12
Hardcover. Natural disasters in Asian countries have brought global attention to the work of local Buddhist communities and groups. Here, the contributors examine local Buddhist communities and international Buddhist organizations engaged in a variety of relief work in countries including India, Thailand, Sri Lanka, China, and Japan. Editor(s): Kawanami, Hiroko; Samuel, Geoffrey. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FM; 1FP; HRE; JFSR; JKSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137380227
- ISBN
- 9781137380227
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.89
€ 66.89
Hardcover. Despite the claims of Steven Pinker and others, violence has remained a historical constant since the Enlightenment, even though its forms and visibility have been radically transformed. Accordingly, the studies gathered here recast debate over violence in modern societies by undermining teleological and reassuring narratives of progress. Editor(s): Martschukat, Jurgen; Niedermeier, Silvan. Num Pages: 318 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137378682
- ISBN
- 9781137378682
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.73
€ 67.73
Hardcover. An interdisciplinary conversation about the transforming work of the Holy Spirit in the Christian life and among the Christian traditions. Editor(s): Vondey, Wolfgang. Series: Christianity and Renewal - Interdisciplinary Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 220 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137378125
- ISBN
- 9781137378125
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.23
€ 128.23
Hardcover. The ways in which human action and rationality are guided by norms are well documented in philosophy and neighboring disciplines. But how do norms shape the way we experience the world perceptually? The present volume explores this question and investigates the specific normativity inherent to perception. Editor(s): Doyon, Maxime; Breyer, Thiemo. Series: New Directions in Philosophy and Cognitive Science. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; HPM; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137377913
- ISBN
- 9781137377913
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.59
€ 117.59
Hardcover. According to Max Weber, charisma is opposed to bureaucratic order. This collection reveals the limits of that formula. The contributors show how charisma is a part of cultural frameworks while retaining its ecstatic character among American and Italian Catholics, Syrian Sufis, Taiwanese Buddhists, Hassidic Jews, and Amazonian shamans, among others. Editor(s): Lindholm, Charles. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137377623
- ISBN
- 9781137377623
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.08
€ 67.08
Hardcover. Bringing together active neuroscientists, neurophilosophers, and scholars this volume considers the prospects of a neuroscientifically-informed pragmatism and a pragmatically-informed neuroscience on issues ranging from the nature of mental life to the implications of neuroscience for education and ethics. Editor(s): Solymosi, Tibor; Shook, John R. Series: New Directions in Philosophy and Cognitive Science. Num Pages: 342 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTR; HPCF; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 170 x 27. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137376060
- ISBN
- 9781137376060
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.36
€ 68.36
Hardcover. A collection of essays discussing Herbert Hart's writings on responsibility. The essays focus upon Hart's work on causation in the law and on the justification of punishment. Specific topics discussed include senses of 'responsibility', voluntariness, Mill's harm principle, mens rea, excuses, the Hart-Wootton debate, and negligence. Editor(s): Pulman, Christopher. Series: Philosophers in Depth. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137374424
- ISBN
- 9781137374424
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.29
€ 67.29
Paperback. The first comprehensive effort to examine Strauss's astonishingly wide-ranging writings of the 1930s (some of which have only recently been made available to English-speaking readers, including several herein) with a view to their unifying theme of recovering classical political philosophy. Editor(s): Yaffe, Martin D.; Ruderman, Richard S. Series: Recovering Political Philosophy. Num Pages: 330 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJG; HPS; JPA; JPFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137374233
- ISBN
- 9781137374233
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.11
€ 62.11
Hardcover. American ideals and models feature prominently in the master narrative of post-war European consumer societies. This book demonstrates that Europeans did not appropriate a homogenous notion of America, rather post-war European consumption was a process of selective appropriation of American elements. Editor(s): Lundin, Per; Kaiserfeld, Thomas. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, 25 figures. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137374035
- ISBN
- 9781137374035
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.60
€ 67.60
Hardcover. Using vignettes of Muslim-Christian engagement within the Anglican and Lutheran communities from around the world, this book provides thoughtful Anglican and Lutheran responses to Muslim-Christian relationships from a variety of perspectives and contexts, lays the groundwork for ongoing faithful, sensitive, and sincere engagement. Editor(s): Grafton, David D.; Duggan, Joseph; Harris, Jason Craige. Num Pages: 166 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRAF; HRCM; HRHP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137372741
- ISBN
- 9781137372741
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.93
€ 66.93