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Hardcover. This book examines how feminist movements have contested the dominant discourses and state politics that have impeded women's autonomy over their bodies since the late 1960s. It deals with two important facets of this struggle, prostitution and the right to abortion, as they relate to the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Portugal and Sweden. Editor(s): Outshoorn, Joyce. Series: Citizenship, Gender and Diversity. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 figures, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFK; JFMA; JFMX; JFSJ1; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137351654
- ISBN
- 9781137351654
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Hardcover. This groundbreaking collection explores the key roles that Mediterranean queens played as wives, as mothers, and above all as political actors. Ranging from Byzantine empresses to regnants and consorts in the Italian peninsula, they offer a bracing new perspective queenship in the medieval and Early Modern eras. Editor(s): Woodacre, Elena. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QRM; HBG; HBLC1; HBLH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137362827
- ISBN
- 9781137362827
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.87
€ 149.87
Paperback. This volume addresses war, developing political and national identities and the changing gender regimes of Europe and the Americas between 1775 and 1830. Military and civilian experiences of war and revolution, in free and slave societies, both reflected and shaped gender concepts and practices, in relation to class, ethnicity, race and religion. Editor(s): Hagemann, Karen; Mettele, Gisela; Rendall, Jane. Series: War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850. Num Pages: 391 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 215 x 23. Weight in Grams: 492.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137363886
- ISBN
- 9781137363886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.05
€ 128.05
Hardcover. The contributors respond to the absence of critical debate surrounding the ways in which spaces of the city do not merely contain, but also constitute, urban poverty. The volume explores how the spaces of the city actively produce and reproduce urban poverty. Editor(s): Lemanski, Charlotte; Marx, Colin. Series: EADI Global Development Series. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFA; JFSG; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137367426
- ISBN
- 9781137367426
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Hardcover. The original scholarly research and first-person accounts of embodiment in this volume explore the role of bodies in the flows of people, money, commodities, and ideas across borders. Editor(s): Casanova, Erynn Masi de; Jafar, Afshan. Num Pages: 204 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFN; JFFS; JFSJ; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137372185
- ISBN
- 9781137372185
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. How has popular film, television and fiction responded to the realities of an ageing Western population? This volume analyses this field of representation to argue that, while celebrations of ageing as an inspirational journey are increasing, most depictions still focus on decline and deterioration. Editor(s): Whelehan, Imelda; Gwynne, Joel. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFSP31. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137376527
- ISBN
- 9781137376527
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. Within contemporary youth research there are two dominant streams - a 'transitions' and a 'cultures' perspective. This collection shows that it is no longer possible to understand the experience of young people through these prisms and proposes new conceptual foundations for youth studies, capable of bridging the gap between these approaches. Editor(s): Woodman, Dan; Bennett, Andy. Num Pages: 216 pages, 2. BIC Classification: JFSP2; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137377227
- ISBN
- 9781137377227
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.30
€ 127.30
Hardcover. As Food Studies has grown into a well-established field, literary scholars have not fully addressed the prevalent themes of food, eating, and consumption in Chicana/o literature. Here, contributors propose food consciousness as a paradigm to examine the literary discourses of Chicana/o authors as they shift from the nation to the postnation. Editor(s): Pascual Soler, Nieves; Abarca, Meredith E. Series: Literatures of the Americas. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; JFCV; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137378590
- ISBN
- 9781137378590
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. This collection of original scholarly work and first-person accounts takes globalization processes and the transnational links these processes create as the jumping-off point for an examination of what it means to be, have, or aspire to a beautiful body. Editor(s): Jafar, Afshan; Casanova, Erynn Masi de. Num Pages: 210 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFN; JFFS; JFSJ; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137378668
- ISBN
- 9781137378668
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Hardcover. Research about children and young people's participation and involvement in research is an emerging area of academic inquiry. Based on the themes of participation, citizenship and intergenerational relations, this edited collection draws on the latest research in this area, and includes chapters co-authored with children and young people. Editor(s): Westwood, Joanne; Larkins, Cath; Moxon, Dan; Perry, Yasmin; Thomas, Nigel. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GPS; JFSP1; JHBK; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137379696
- ISBN
- 9781137379696
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. This volume explores how children's rights has influenced research with children and how research can in turn shape policies and practices to enhance children's rights. The book examines the impact children's rights and Childhood Studies has had on how children are constructed and regulated internationally. Editor(s): Smith, Anne B. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 365 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JKSB1; JNL; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 26. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137386090
- ISBN
- 9781137386090
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.71
€ 67.71
Hardcover. Psychosocial studies challenges the traditions of psychology and sociology from a genuinely transdisciplinary perspective. The book reflects this agenda in its varied theoretical and empirical strands, producing a newly contextualised and restless body of understanding of how 'psychic' and 'social' processes intertwine. Editor(s): Frosh, Stephen. Series: Studies in the Psychosocial. Num Pages: 248 pages, 3 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JFS; JHBA; JMAF; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137388179
- ISBN
- 9781137388179
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.93
€ 99.93
Hardcover. Too often, scholars treat transnationalism as a conflict in which the local, regional, and national give way to globalized identity. As these varied studies of German cities show, though, the urban environment is actually a site of trans-localism that is not merely oppositional, but that adapts itself dialectically to the forces of globalization. Editor(s): Diefendorf, Jeffry M.; Ward, Janet. Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; JFSG; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 234 x 21. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137390165
- ISBN
- 9781137390165
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.40
€ 67.40
Hardcover. A brutal gang-rape of a young woman in India in 2012 caused a global outcry against rising brutal violence against women. In response to the young woman's death and the protests that followed, the contributors analyze the position of women in South Asia, the issue of violence, women's political activism and gender inequalities. Editor(s): Alston, Margaret. Series: Gender, Development and Social Change. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FK; JFFJ; JFSJ1; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 209 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137390561
- ISBN
- 9781137390561
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Masculinity, it seems, is in crisis, again. This edited volume critically interrogates the current situation facing contemporary young men. The contributors deconstruct and reject such crisis talk, with its chapters drawing on original research to present a more nuanced reality, whilst also developing a critical dialogue with one another. Editor(s): Roberts, Steven. Num Pages: 156 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ; JFSJ2; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 219 x 17. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137394835
- ISBN
- 9781137394835
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.29
€ 66.29
Hardcover. This edited collection addresses the relationship between diaspora, religion and the politics of identity in the modern world. It illuminates religious understandings of citizenship, association and civil society, and situates them historically within diverse cultures of memory and state traditions. Editor(s): Garnett, Jane; Hausner, Sondra L. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 280 pages, 4 figures. BIC Classification: HRAC; JFFN; JFSL1; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137400291
- ISBN
- 9781137400291
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Hardcover. This volume focuses on using visual research methods with children and young people. Featuring insights from academic experts and established professionals from visual industries, it explores a range of issues from visual ethics to children's interaction with place. Editor(s): Stirling, Eve; Yamada-Rice, Dylan. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP2; JHBC; JNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137402288
- ISBN
- 9781137402288
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Hardcover. This volume focuses on challenges to the effective and proper use of human rights and tries to identify, through a series of case studies, strategies and contexts in which human rights advocacy can work in favor of human rights, as well as situations in which such advocacy may backfire, or unintentionally cause harm. Editor(s): Andreopoulos, George J.; Arat, Zehra F. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFS; JPVH; LBBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 168 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137408334
- ISBN
- 9781137408334
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.52
€ 127.52
Hardcover. This international collection of essays forms a vibrant picture of the scope and diversity of contemporary queer performance. Ranging across cabaret, performance art, the performativity of film, drag and script-based theatre it unravels the dynamic relationship performance has with queerness as it is presented in local and transnational contexts. Editor(s): Campbell, Alyson; Farrier, Stephen. Series: Contemporary Performance Interactions. Num Pages: 320 pages, 24 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 27. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137411839
- ISBN
- 9781137411839
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.05
€ 118.05
Hardcover. This book provides an understanding of the processes in which unions engage with young people, and views and opinions young people hold relating to collective representation. It features a selection of specific national cases of high relevance to contemporary debates of precariousness, trade union revitalization strategies and austerity policies. Editor(s): Hodder, Andy; Kretsos, Lefteris. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP; KCF; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137429513
- ISBN
- 9781137429513
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.45
€ 127.45