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Social groups
Hardback. Series: Queer Studies and Education. Num Pages: 156 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFSK; JNA; JNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137530264
- ISBN
- 9781137530264
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.83
€ 115.83
Hardback. This book argues that Britain is gripped by an endemic and ongoing panic about the position of children in society - which frames them as, alternately, victims and threats. It argues the press is a key player in promoting this discourse, which is rooted in a wide-scale breakdown in social trust. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFD; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137529947
- ISBN
- 9781137529947
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Decision makers' attitude towards women and gender has a significant influence on development, especially after conflict. This book analyses the effects of gender-inclusive policies deployed by the Kurdistan Regional Government in the areas of politics, the economy and education on the region and its people. Series: Gender, Development and Social Change. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; JFSJ1; JPVH; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137528810
- ISBN
- 9781137528810
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.93
€ 66.93
Hardcover. This book demonstrates how certain African American writers radically re-envisioned core American ideals in order to make them serviceable for racial justice. Each writer's unprecedented reconstruction of key American values has the potential to energize American citizenship today. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL3; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 224 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137528094
- ISBN
- 9781137528094
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Hardback. Discovering the Spirit of Ubuntu Leadership introduces a new leadership model which takes into account the history, culture and economic environment of African women leaders to understand, discover, observe and share their personal leadership experiences. Series: Palgrave Studies in African Leadership. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; HRLP1; JFSJ1; KJK; KJMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137526847
- ISBN
- 9781137526847
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.39
€ 138.39
Hardcover. This book compares British, French, and American legislative debates on woman suffrage and women's rights. Beginning with an analysis of Tocqueville and J.S. Mill on the impact of suffrage, the book continues with analysis of floor debates, comparing gender style, the French on parity and the Americans on the ERA and concluding with modern debates. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 1KBB; JFSJ1; JPB; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137525864
- ISBN
- 9781137525864
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.68
€ 66.68
Hardback. Violent women in cinema pose an exciting challenge to spectators, overturning ideas of 'typical' feminine subjectivity. This book explores the representation of homicidal women in contemporary art and independent cinema. Examining narrative, style and spectatorship, Loreck investigates the power of art cinema to depict transgressive femininity. Num Pages: 179 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 179
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137525079
- ISBN
- 9781137525079
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.12
€ 116.12
hardcover. Series: Palgrave Studies in Gender and Education. Num Pages: 212 pages, 18 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 419.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137524867
- ISBN
- 9781137524867
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.53
€ 105.53
Hardback. This book highlights an interdisciplinary terrain where the humanities and social sciences combine with digital methods. It argues that while disciplinary frictions still condition the potential of digital projects, the nature of the urban phenomenon pushes us toward an interdisciplinary and digital future where the primacy of cities is assured. Num Pages: 106 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFR; JFSG; JHBA; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 106
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137524546
- ISBN
- 9781137524546
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.84
€ 65.84
Paperback. Drawing on a unique ethnographic inquiry, Ofra Goldstein-Gidoni explores the complexities of the relationship between socially and culturally constructed roles bestowed on Japanese women by a variety of state agents, including the market and the media, and the 'real' lives of these women. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFFK; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137523907
- ISBN
- 9781137523907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Hardcover. This book brings a psychological perspective to the often overlooked and understudied topic of women's experiences of migration, covering topics such as memory, place, language, race, social class, work, violence, motherhood, and intergenerational impact of migration. Num Pages: 332 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSJ1; JMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137521460
- ISBN
- 9781137521460
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.49
€ 67.49
Family Poverty and Homelessness in New York City: The Poor Among Us
Nunez, Ralph da Costa, Sribnick, Ethan G.
Hardcover. In Family Poverty and Homelessness in New York City, Nunez and Sribnick explore the world of New York's poor children and families, from the era of European settlements to the present day. The book examines successes and failures of past efforts, providing historical context often lacking in contemporary policy debates. Num Pages: 331 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFFA; JFFB; JFFN; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 23. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137520296
- ISBN
- 9781137520296
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.36
€ 128.36
Hardback. This cutting edge volume investigates how Hong Kong's economic structure and neoliberal policies have contributed to class inequality in China's global city. Specific topics include educational stratification, attitudes towards works, political attitudes, and class identifications. Series: Series in Asian Labor and Welfare Policies. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; JFFJ; JFFN; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137517555
- ISBN
- 9781137517555
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Hardback. This book is a social critique of the cultural taboo of the female virginity in the Middle East. It highlights the unobtainability of this cultural myth and its multilevel destructive influences on various aspects of social life. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFSJ; JFSR2; JHBK5; JPFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137517470
- ISBN
- 9781137517470
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.56
€ 66.56
Hardcover. Through both cultural and literary analysis, this book examines gender in relation to late Qing and modern Chinese intellectuals, including Mu Shiying, Bai Wei, and Lu Xun. Tackling important, previously neglected questions, Zhu ultimately shows the resilience and malleability of Chinese modernity through its progressive views on femininity. Series: Chinese Literature and Culture in the World. Num Pages: 198 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBH; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137516893
- ISBN
- 9781137516893
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Hardback. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFSR; JHB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 459.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137516855
- ISBN
- 9781137516855
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.58
€ 105.58
Hardcover. This book is a study of the objectives of Islamic Finance in the modern banking space and offers insight into the effects of changes and developments occurring in Islamic banking products and services. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 figures, 57 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFSR2; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137515650
- ISBN
- 9781137515650
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.42
€ 127.42
Hardcover. The traditional class analysis of politics in industrial societies described a conflict that pitted the well-off business class against the working class in a "democratic class struggle." This book holds that economic development has produced a New Class which rivals the business class in the politics of post-industrial societies. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSC; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137515407
- ISBN
- 9781137515407
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.53
€ 67.53
Hardback. Mexican figures like La Virgen de Guadalupe, la Malinche, la Llorona, and la Chingada reflect different myths of motherhood in Mexican culture. For the first time, Melero examines these instances of portrayed motherhood as a discursive space in the political, cultural, and literary context of early twentieth century Mexico. Series: Literatures of the Americas. Num Pages: 142 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFFK; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 142
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137514615
- ISBN
- 9781137514615
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.14
€ 66.14
Virtuous or Villainess? The Image of the Royal Mother from the Early M...
. Ed(S): Fleiner, Carey; Woodacre, Elena
Hardback. Editor(s): Fleiner, Carey; Woodacre, Elena. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 269 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3H; 3J; HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 219 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137513144
- ISBN
- 9781137513144
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.12
€ 194.12