Social issues & processes
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Social issues & processes
Hardcover. This volume analyzes changing patterns of authority in the global political economy with an in-depth look at the new roles played by state and non-state actors, and addresses key themes including the provision of global public goods, new modes of regulation and the potential of new institutions for global governance. Editor(s): Rittberger, Volker; Nettesheim, Martin; Huckel, Carmen. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 357 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS; KCP; LB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 699.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230573895
- ISBN
- 9780230573895
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Condition: New
€ 65.76
€ 65.76
Hardcover. An interdisciplinary political economy perspective on globalization, discussing its characteristics, its problems for developing countries, and the relationship between globalization and European integration. A book not to be missed by anyone with an interest in globalization. Editor(s): Della Posta, Pompeo; Uvalic, Milica; Verdun, Amy. Num Pages: 363 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 588.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230554016
- ISBN
- 9780230554016
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.58
€ 65.58
Hardcover. The result of major research on development, security and culture, this collection, and second volume Sustainable Development in a Globalized World, outlines the emerging field of global studies and the theoretical approach of global social theory. It considers social relations and the need for intercultural dialogue to respect 'the other'. Editor(s): Hettne, Bjorn. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; GTN; JFFS; JPSN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230551282
- ISBN
- 9780230551282
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.38
€ 64.38
Hardcover. The outcome of a major research project on development, security and culture, this collection along with a second volume Human Values and Global Governance, outlines the emerging field of global studies and the theoretical approach of global social theory. It focuses on the problem of development in the context of the globalized condition. Editor(s): Hettne, Bjorn. Num Pages: 334 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 1FK; 1KL; GTF; JFFS; RNU. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230551275
- ISBN
- 9780230551275
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.00
€ 123.00
Hardcover. This unique book examines the relationship between wounding and sexuality, bringing together issues around sexuality, gender, power, violence and representations. Drawing on a range of disciplines including cultural and media studies, sociology and psychology, it explores social practices such as S&M, cosmetic surgery and 'extreme' sports. Editor(s): Burr, Vivien; Hearn, Prof. Jeff. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFE; JHBK5. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 551.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230549340
- ISBN
- 9780230549340
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.81
€ 64.81
Hardcover. Bringing together a group of intellectuals from a number of disciplines, this collection breaks new ground within the field of postcolonial diaspora studies, moving beyond the Anglophone bias of much existing scholarship by investigating comparative links between a range of Anglophone, Francophone, Hispanic and Neerlandophone cultural contexts. Editor(s): Keown, Michelle; Murphy, David; Procter, James. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH5; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 227 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230547087
- ISBN
- 9780230547087
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Condition: New
€ 64.73
€ 64.73
Hardcover. With the aim of providing a comprehensive analysis of institutions, and of the global economy more generally, this volume explores systems of institutions and the effect of corruption, developments in behavioural economics, the impact of immigration, and the links between democratic progress and economic growth. Editor(s): Kornai, Janos; Matyas, Laszlo; Roland, Gerard. Series: International Economic Association. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFX; KCB; KCL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 219 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230546998
- ISBN
- 9780230546998
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Condition: New
€ 122.65
€ 122.65
Hardcover. Economic development is a necessary but not sufficient condition for welfare development. This book examines complex relations between democracy and social policy and the conditions under which democratic regimes can deliver adequate social protection to citizens as well as how social policy aids democratic consolidation. Editor(s): Bangura, Yusuf. Series: Social Policy in a Development Context Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFA; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230546950
- ISBN
- 9780230546950
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Condition: New
€ 122.80
€ 122.80
Hardcover. Tracing sexual violence in Europe's twentieth century from the Armenian genocide to Auschwitz and Algeria to Bosnia, this pathbreaking volume expands military history to include the realm of sexuality. Examining both stories of consensual romance and of intimate brutality, it also contributes significant new insights to the history of sexuality. Editor(s): Herzog, Dagmar. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFFE2; JHBK5. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230542532
- ISBN
- 9780230542532
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.91
€ 122.91
Hardcover. There are numerous labour and employment issues facing South Asia in this era of growth. With critical examination of ongoing labour reforms, and using extensive field surveys, this book will be of interest to all seeking an analysis of labour economics, labour laws, economic growth and globalization in South Asia. Editor(s): Sato, Hiroshi; Murayama, Mayumi. Series: IDE-JETRO series. Num Pages: 333 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FK; JFFS; KCFM; KCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 605.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230538030
- ISBN
- 9780230538030
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.34
€ 123.34
Hardcover. This volume casts a critical eye on representations and practices of consumption in the Western world. It offers a unique contemporary perspective on the themes of counter-consumerism, ecological crisis and sustainability that are rising fast on the political and cultural agenda. Editor(s): Soper, Kate; Ryle, Martin; Thomas, Lyn. Series: Consumption and Public Life. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFT; KCB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230537286
- ISBN
- 9780230537286
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.36
€ 154.36
Hardcover. Exploring the relationships between qualitative research and social change, this book asks how social change is informed and influenced by research. Examples discussed are from research practice and experiences in the fields of sociology, social work, professional practice, education, criminal justice and anthropology. Editor(s): Cox, Pat; Geisen, Thomas; Green, Roger. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1DBK; JFF; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230537279
- ISBN
- 9780230537279
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.03
€ 64.03
Hardcover. This topical collection explores the relationship between violence and performance. The authors offer fresh theoretical perspectives and examine media as diverse as street theatre, performance art, photography and cinema in locations as diverse as Korea and South Africa to India and Israel. Editor(s): Anderson, Patrick; Menon, Jisha. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 405 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; JFFE. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230537262
- ISBN
- 9780230537262
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.56
€ 65.56
Hardcover. An exploration of links between opinion and governance in Early Modern England, studying moral panics about crime, sex and belief. Hypothesizing that media-driven panics proliferated in the 1700s, with the development of newspapers and government sensibility to opinion, it also considers earlier panics about cross-dressing and witchcraft. Editor(s): Lemmings, David; Walker, Claire. Num Pages: 290 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; JFFP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230527324
- ISBN
- 9780230527324
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46
Hardcover. Children and Sexuality probes the hidden relations between children and sexuality in case studies from the Greeks to the Great War. The lives reconstructed here extend from Greek Alcibiades to Lewis Carroll and Baden-Powell, each recounted with scrupulous vigilance to detail and nuance. Editor(s): Rousseau, Professor George S. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood. Num Pages: 389 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230525269
- ISBN
- 9780230525269
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.60
€ 123.60
Hardcover. By revisiting globalization using an analysis of metaphors, such as 'global village' and 'network society', this volume sheds new light on overlooked dimensions of global politics, redresses outdated conceptualizations, and provides a critical analysis of existing approaches to the study of globalization. Editor(s): Kormprobst, Markus; Pouliot, Vincent; Shah, Nisha; Zaiotti, Ruben. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; JFFS; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230522268
- ISBN
- 9780230522268
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.73
€ 122.73
Hardcover. In France the idea that a person can be both a French citizen and have an ethnic or religious identity is unacceptable, while in Britain community cohesion promote the combining of race or faith with the idea of being British. This volume examines the problems posed by these assumptions and the realities that are forcing them to be revisited. Editor(s): Raymond, Gino G.; Modood, Tariq. Num Pages: 177 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; JFFD; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 144 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230522183
- ISBN
- 9780230522183
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.63
€ 63.63
Hardcover. This book explores the reconfiguration of economic spaces in the 'new Europe' with a focus on the post-socialist economies of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. It brings together new perspectives on the economic transformations in post-socialist countries as they struggle with the development of market mechanisms. Editor(s): Pickles, John. Series: Studies in Central and Eastern Europe. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JFFS; JPSN2; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230522138
- ISBN
- 9780230522138
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.70
€ 64.70
Hardcover. Using work produced from the critical and postmodern arena in social sciences, this book examines three key areas - representation, identities and practice - to explore and interrogate how body and weight management, subjectivities, experiences and practices are constituted within and by the normative discourses of contemporary western culture. Editor(s): Riley, Sarah. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFH; JMH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230517738
- ISBN
- 9780230517738
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.93
€ 63.93
Hardcover. This collection of original ethnographically based research from five continents, provides insights into the dynamics of stability and change in our globalizing world. The chapters comprising Live Experiences of Public Consumption give a vivid account of how cultural and economic value intertwine at face-to-face encounters in marketplaces. Editor(s): Cook, Daniel Thomas. Series: Consumption and Public Life. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFT; KJSU; RGC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230517042
- ISBN
- 9780230517042
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.30
€ 64.30