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Social groups
Paperback. Volunteering and voluntary organizations have become increasingly important in British social and political life but at a cost. Greater prominence has led to a narrow and distorted view of what voluntary action involves and how it is undertaken. This book reasserts the case for a broader view of voluntarism as a unique set of autonomous activities. Num Pages: 296 pages, 3 figures, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSV; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137029454
- ISBN
- 9781137029454
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Paperback. A pioneering study of American Jewish involvement in the fight against racial injustice in South Africa. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 1KBB; JFSR1; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137029713
- ISBN
- 9781137029713
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Hardcover. Informed by ethnographic research with children, Davies offers new sociological insights into children's personal relationships, as well as closely examining methodological approaches to researching with children and researching relationships. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHBK; JMC. 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
- V9781137030061
- ISBN
- 9781137030061
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.70
€ 66.70
Hardcover. Drawing on in-depth ethnographic fieldwork, Wessendorf explores life in a super-diverse urban neighbourhood. The book presents a vivid account of the daily doings and social relations among the residents and how they pragmatically negotiate difference in their everyday lives. Series: Global Diversities. Num Pages: 216 pages, 2 black & white tables, 1 figures. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFN; JFFP; JFSG; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137033307
- ISBN
- 9781137033307
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. Fleetwood explores how women become involved in trafficking, focusing on the lived experiences of women as drug mules. Offering theoretical insights from gender theory and transnational criminology, Fleetwood argues that women's participation in the drugs trade cannot be adequately understood through the lenses of either victimization or agency. Series: Transnational Crime, Crime Control and Security. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JFSJ1; JKVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137271891
- ISBN
- 9781137271891
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.70
€ 66.70
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137272713
- ISBN
- 9781137272713
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. Based on domestic and international research on the interaction of race and ethnicity within education, this book aims to promote and advocate a range of contemporary issues related to race, ethnicity and inclusion in relation to pedagogy, teaching and learning. Editor(s): Race, Richard; Lander, Vini. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL1; JNFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137274755
- ISBN
- 9781137274755
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.05
€ 128.05
Hardcover. Tamsin Barber addresses the experience of the British-born Vietnamese as an overlooked minority population in 'super-diverse' London, exploring the emergence of the pan-ethnic 'Oriental' category as a new form of collective consciousness and identity in Britain. Series: Identity Studies in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FMV; JFFN; JFSL1; JFSL3. 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
- V9781137275189
- ISBN
- 9781137275189
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.01
€ 67.01
Hardcover. When parents form families by reaching across social barriers to adopt children, where and how does race enter the adoption process? How do agencies, parents, and the adopted children themselves deal with issues of difference in adoption? This volume engages writers from both sides of the Atlantic to take a close look at these issues. Editor(s): Bashi Treitler, Vilna. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JKSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137275226
- ISBN
- 9781137275226
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.40
€ 67.40
Hardcover. The entrepreneurial university has been tasked with making an impact. This collection presents professional-personal reflections on research experience and interpretative accounts of navigating fieldwork and broader publics, politics and practices of (dis)engagement primarily through a feminist, queer and gender studies lens. Editor(s): Taylor, Yvette. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSK; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137275868
- ISBN
- 9781137275868
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.32
€ 128.32
Hardcover. During the era of the French revolution, patriots across Europe tried to introduce a national uniform. This book, the first comparative study of national uniform schemes, discusses case studies from Austria, Bulgaria, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Turkey the United States, and Wales. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; HBJD; HBTB; JFCK; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137277138
- ISBN
- 9781137277138
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.71
€ 67.71
Race, Gender and the Body in British Immigration Control: Subject to E...
Smith, Evan, Marmo, Marinella
Hardcover. This book analyses the practice of virginity testing endured by South Asian women who wished to enter Britain between the late 1960s and the early 1980s, and places this practice into a wider historical context. Using recently opened government documents the extent to which these women were interrogated and scrutinized at the border is uncovered. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPL; JFFN; JFSJ1; JFSL3; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 222 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137280435
- ISBN
- 9781137280435
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. This book provides an analysis of the changes the Sicilian mafia has undergone from legitimisation to denunciation. It argues that conceptualisations of the mafia in public and scientific debate, during the nineteenth and more than half of the twentieth century, created a mystique that legitimised the mafia and contributed to their success. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFSV; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137280497
- ISBN
- 9781137280497
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Hardcover. Thatcher's Grandchildren explores sociological and political issues about childhood that have that have become increasingly significant in the twenty first century within a political landscape framed by neo-liberalism. Issues addressed include child protection and abuse, the media, education and schooling, and poverty. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood. Num Pages: 344 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JMC; 3JMG; JFSP1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137281548
- ISBN
- 9781137281548
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.91
€ 67.91
Hardcover. Drawing on research from the Timescapes Study, this volume discusses the life chances and experiences of children and young people, parents and older generations. A unique qualitative longitudinal study forms the basis for the chapter contributions, delivering policy-relevant findings to address individual and family lives over time. Editor(s): Holland, Janet. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP; JHBK; JMF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137285072
- ISBN
- 9781137285072
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. This book brings together thirteen timely essays from across the globe that consider a range of 'mediated youth cultures', covering topics such as the phenomenon of dance imitations on YouTube, the circulation of zines online, the resurgence of roller derby on the social web, drinking cultures, Israeli blogs, Korean pop music, and more. Editor(s): Bennett, Andy; Robards, Brady. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFDT; JFDV; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137287014
- ISBN
- 9781137287014
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.26
€ 139.26
Hardcover. This timely volume offers an in-depth theoretical analysis of children's experiences growing up with mobile internet technologies. Drawing on up-to-date research, it explores the relationship between childhood as a social and cultural construction and the plethora of mobile internet technologies which have become ubiquitous in everyday life. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JFSP1; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137292520
- ISBN
- 9781137292520
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. This book compares understandings and experiences of love and intimacy of one distinct cultural group - Gujarati Indians - born and brought up in two different countries. In a rapidly globalizing world, this comparative ethnographic study explores how the context in which we are brought up shapes our most intimate attachments and family lives. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSL; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 218 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137294296
- ISBN
- 9781137294296
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. This is the first book to consider the moral regulation of the female body through an analysis of the crime of infanticide. An in-depth perspective from the nineteenth century to the present, Cossins provides a revealing insight into the history of a little-known but widespread social crime. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JKSB1; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 219 x 20. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137299413
- ISBN
- 9781137299413
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.31
€ 67.31
Hardcover. Through rich stories of African migrant women in Johannesburg, this book explores the experience of living between geographies. Author Caroline Kihato draws on fieldwork and analysis to examine the everyday lives of those inhabiting a fluid location between multiple worlds, suspended between their original home and an imagined future elsewhere. Series: Africa Connects. Num Pages: 196 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFFN; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137299963
- ISBN
- 9781137299963
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.95
€ 115.95