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Hardcover. The Soviet Union was the first country to give women equal rights and equal pay, but this was not carried through in practice. This study applies modern econometrics to survey data collected in the USSR. Analysis of data from Russia shows how legislative equality hid actual discrimination. Num Pages: 306 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; JFFJ; JFSJ1; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 591.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333734148
ISBN
9780333734148
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.20

Hardcover. An opportunity for readers to engage with works and issues in late 20th-century women's poetry from two perspectives: that of poets themselves, and that of literary criticism. The poets discuss their writing practice and strategies, while the critics contextualize, analyze and situate the work. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333734377
ISBN
9780333734377
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.33

Paperback. An opportunity for readers to engage with works and issues in late 20th-century women's poetry from two perspectives: that of poets themselves, and that of literary criticism. The poets discuss their writing practice and strategies, while the critics contextualize, analyze and situate the work. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 385.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333734384
ISBN
9780333734384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardback. In Western countries, the theories and practices of citizenship and democracy have come under intense scrutiny. The contributions in this book focus on the relationship between citizenship and difference, highlighting new tensions between the local and the global. Editor(s): Vasta, Ellie (Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Wollongong, Australia). Num Pages: 187 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFS; JPHV; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
187
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333734872
ISBN
9780333734872
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.36

Hardcover. What impact do political parties have on women's political representation and on state gender policies? This study focuses on 2 Latin American cases. The first analyzes the National Women's Ministry in Chile and the second examines the local administrations of the leftwing Brazilian Workers' Party. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 1KLSH; JFSJ; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333736142
ISBN
9780333736142
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.84

Hardcover. "The Awakening", the story of a woman who defied social and sexual conventions, elicited negative reviews, denying Chopin prominence until the mid-20th century. This study sets her in the context of 19th-century American women writers to show how standards of literary propriety affected her career. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 385.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333737880
ISBN
9780333737880
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.50

Paperback. "The Awakening", the story of a woman who defied social and sexual conventions, elicited negative reviews, denying Chopin prominence until the mid-20th century. This study sets her in the context of 19th-century American women writers to show how standards of literary propriety affected her career. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 11. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333737897
ISBN
9780333737897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.54

Hardback. In Britain today, half a million homeless people form a permanent "underclass". This study traces similarities to the vagrant of bygone days. For centuries, laws have combated alleged threats from vagrants, ignoring causal factors like economic fluctuation, bad harvests, disease and war. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; JFFA; JFFB; JFSC; JHBD; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
235
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333738467
ISBN
9780333738467
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.76

Hardback. This text examines the policy-making process in Europe, focusing on the shifts in equal opportunities legislation towards measures to help parents combine employment and family life. Editor(s): Hantrais, Linda; Campling, Jo. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFJ; JFSJ; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333739822
ISBN
9780333739822
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.78

Hardcover. This volume sets out to examine why young women in the 21st century seem to be deeply unhappy with their own bodies. Drawing on feminist social constructionist perspectives, this work seeks to examine this epidemic of body hatred. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSP2; MMZD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333740897
ISBN
9780333740897
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.48

Paperback. This volume sets out to examine why young women in the 21st century seem to be deeply unhappy with their own bodies. Drawing on feminist social constructionist perspectives, this work seeks to examine this epidemic of body hatred. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSP2; MMZD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 291.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333740903
ISBN
9780333740903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.68

Hardcover. This study traces the history of women's science fiction writing from the turn of the century to the early 1990s, analysing how women writers have utilized the genre to critique the ideology that informs what counts as scientific knowledge. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBH; DSK; FL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Publishers, Limited
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333741580
ISBN
9780333741580
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.21

Hardback. The first major study of the history of British "bad girls," this book uses a wide range of professional, popular and personal texts to explore the experiences of girls in the twentieth century juvenile justice system, examine the processes leading to their definition as delinquent, defective or neglected, and analyses possibilities for reform. Editor(s): Campling, Jo. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJ; JFSJ1; JKVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 455.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333744345
ISBN
9780333744345
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.76

Paperback. The challenge to ensure the social inclusion of women within a new gender settlement is complicated by the diversity in women's lives. This text addresses the dilemmas in late-1990's policy agendas for women and government. Editor(s): Walby, Sylvia. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333745595
ISBN
9780333745595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.77

Paperback. An analysis of the penal control of women at the end of the twentieth century based on research completed in 1997. The author uses interviews conducted with inmates and staff at women's prisons to present a case for a quantitative and qualitative reduction in the imprisonment of women. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JKVP1; L. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 257.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
193
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333746066
ISBN
9780333746066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.19

Hardback. This volume examines the policies and initiatives now underway on both sides of the Atlantic to revitalize the poorest urban areas. It explains the nature of specific community building programmes and explores critical issues such as the role of partnerships and the importance of race and gender. Editor(s): Pierson, John. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSG; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 465.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333747650
ISBN
9780333747650
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.84

Hardback. Through the strategic use of power, labour in South Africa has changed democratization by negotiated compromises, attempting to ensure that the costs of adjustment are not borne by workers alone. This examination of these strategies assesses labour's capacity to exert influence in the future. Editor(s): Adler, Glenn; Webster, Eddie. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFSL3; JHBL; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 511.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333747735
ISBN
9780333747735
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.84

Paperback. This collection of essays examines how a gendered approach to political economy can help the understanding of the inherently gendered structures that characterize our society, and provide the foundation for a truly interdisciplinary social science. Editor(s): Cook, Joanne; Roberts, Jennifer; Waylen, Georgina. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 355.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
273
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333748725
ISBN
9780333748725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.29

Hardback. This theoretical work is based on ethnographic field work among Kurdish refugees, and combines empirical evidence and contemporary sociological theories of diasporas and transnationalism. It will be of interest to those looking for a comprehensive view of refugee resettlement issues. Series: Migration, Minorities & Citizenship. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFFD; JFFN; JFSL; JHMP; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
229
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333750117
ISBN
9780333750117
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.69

hardcover. Maggie Gunsberg examines popular genre cinema in Italy during the 1950s and 1960s, focusing on melodrama, peplum, horror and the spaghetti western. These genres are explored from a gender standpoint which takes into account the historical and socio-economic context of cinematic production and consumption. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; APF; JFD; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
Edition
2005th Edition
SKU
V9780333751152
ISBN
9780333751152
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.99

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