Social issues & processes
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Social issues & processes
Hardcover. Social interaction is the engine which drives an individual's psychological development and it can create changes on all levels of society. Social Relations in Human and Societal Development includes essays by internationally renowned academics from a range of disciplines including social psychology, international relations and child development. Editor(s): Psaltis, Charis; Gillespie, Alex; Perret-Clermont, Anne-Nelly. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFP; JMC; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137400987
- ISBN
- 9781137400987
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€ 66.99
€ 66.99
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137400291
- ISBN
- 9781137400291
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€ 67.04
€ 67.04
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137390561
- ISBN
- 9781137390561
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. This volume introduces and compares different concepts of culture in social movement research. It assesses their advantages and shortcomings, drawing links to anthropology, discourse analysis, sociology of emotions, narration, spatial theory, and others. Each contribution's approach is illustrated with recent cases of mobilization. Editor(s): Baumgarten, Britta; Daphi, Priska; Ullrich, Peter. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology. Num Pages: 330 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 24. Weight in Grams: 528.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137385789
- ISBN
- 9781137385789
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Condition: New
€ 67.55
€ 67.55
Hardcover. A unique, comparative survey of community-based research within a higher education context, featuring some of the top scholars in the field, this book brings together a global range of experiences with community-based research and engages the leaders in the field worldwide to set out visions for future directions, practices, and developments. Editor(s): Munck, Professor Ronaldo; McIlrath, Lorraine; Hall, Budd; Tandon, Rajesh. Num Pages: 261 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JNKP; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137385277
- ISBN
- 9781137385277
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€ 106.75€ 87.53
€ 106.75
€ 87.53
Hardcover. This book provides critically examines how recent international developments in victims theory and policy are experienced within specific local contexts. The chapters approach key criminological issues including the experience of criminal justice agencies, policy formulation, the construction of victim identities and the 'discovery' of new victims. Editor(s): Wilson, Dean; Ross, Stuart. Series: Palgrave Studies in Victims and Victimology. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JKV; LAR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 505.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137383921
- ISBN
- 9781137383921
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Condition: New
€ 183.29
€ 183.29
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137378682
- ISBN
- 9781137378682
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Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137378668
- ISBN
- 9781137378668
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Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Hardcover. A collection of eight essays by scholars who have published extensively within the disability studies literature, and who have helped build the field to its current state. Includes contributions from Robert Bogdan, Doug Biklen, Susan Schweik, and more. Editor(s): Wappett, Matthew; Arndt, Katrina. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 221 x 17. Weight in Grams: 358.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137373526
- ISBN
- 9781137373526
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Condition: New
€ 127.90
€ 127.90
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137372185
- ISBN
- 9781137372185
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Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137367426
- ISBN
- 9781137367426
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Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Hardcover. This edited collection presents a compilation of personal essays on the role of public higher education in the lives of fourteen social scientists who are graduates of the Graduate Center, the doctoral granting institution at the City University of New York, the nation's largest public urban university. Editor(s): Gambs, Deborah S.; Kim, Rose M. Series: Critical Studies in Gender, Sexuality, and Culture. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137360687
- ISBN
- 9781137360687
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Condition: New
€ 66.99
€ 66.99
Hardcover. This book combines overviews of the nature and causes of inter-group violence in North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa with a collection of country case studies. Both the overview chapter and the case studies trace how economic policy initiatives, and consequent changes in the roles and statuses of various groups, shape conflict or cooperation. Editor(s): Ascher, William; Mirovitskaya, Natalia. Series: Politics, Economics, and Inclusive Development. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFFE; JP; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 570.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137356789
- ISBN
- 9781137356789
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.55
€ 67.55
Hardcover. For the first time, European professional deregulation is the focus of reflection by social scientists. This book explores how professional associations act as pressure groups and highlights the democratic regime that is prevailing and the potential convergence problems that Europe may face. Editor(s): Rego, Raquel. Num Pages: 108 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFM; JHBL; JPH; LNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 14. Weight in Grams: 284.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Number of pages
- 110
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137352743
- ISBN
- 9781137352743
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Condition: New
€ 65.88
€ 65.88
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137351654
- ISBN
- 9781137351654
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Hardcover. The rise in popularity of South Korean entertainment and culture began and is promoted as an official policy of the Korean government to revive the country's economy. This study examines cultural production and consumption, glocalization, the West versus. Asia, global race consciousness, and changing views of masculinity and femininity. Editor(s): Kuwahara, Yasue. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; JFCA; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 220 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137350275
- ISBN
- 9781137350275
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Condition: New
€ 149.63
€ 149.63
Hardcover. This unique collection explores the continuing invisibility of much crime and victimization, and the lack of adequate responses to them. Shaping the lens through which criminology and victimology is approached in the twenty-first century, the volume examines major issues including (in)justice, risks, rights, regulation and enforcement. Editor(s): Davies, Pamela; Francis, Peter W.; Wyatt, Tanya. Series: Critical Criminological Perspectives. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JKV; LAR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 474.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137347817
- ISBN
- 9781137347817
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Condition: New
€ 127.90
€ 127.90
Hardcover. This book explores mobile representations in government policy, literature, visual arts, music, and research and examines the methodological potential of these representations and the ways in which representations co-produce mobilities. Editor(s): Murray, Lesley; Upstone, Sara. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFM; JHB; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137346650
- ISBN
- 9781137346650
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Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardcover. This volume addresses new tendencies related to migration from a Middle Eastern and Mediterranean perspective and with an emphasis on security and citizenship. Contributors aim not only to intervene in scholarly debates surrounding citizenship and migration but also to contribute to policy-oriented discussions related to migration. Editor(s): Seeberg, Peter; Eyadat, Zaid. Series: The Modern Muslim World. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFFN; JPS; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137345400
- ISBN
- 9781137345400
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Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Paperback. An introduction to the range of potential disaster scenarios, covering the issues and organizational relationships of importance to the student of consequence management. These include the roles, responsibilities, and coordination requirements of first responders, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Defense, and the military. Editor(s): Larsen, Jeffrey A. Series: Initiatives in Strategic Studies: Issues and Policies. Num Pages: 292 pages, 2 maps, 13 charts. BIC Classification: JFFC; JPS; JWKW; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137336415
- ISBN
- 9781137336415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65