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Social issues & processes
Globalization and Borders: Death at the Global Frontier (Transnational...
Weber, Leanne, Pickering, Sharon
Hardcover. This book analyzes the political and material conditions driving contemporary border control policies and discusses the processes that mediate popular and official understandings of border-related fatalities. Series: Transnational Crime, Crime Control and Security. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFFS; JKVC; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230247345
- ISBN
- 9780230247345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.47
€ 67.47
Paperback. This is the first comprehensive text on social psychological approaches to communication, providing an excellent introduction to theoretical perspectives, special topics, and applied areas and practice in communication. Bringing together scholars of international reputation, this book provides a unique contribution to the field. Editor(s): Hook, Derek; Franks, Bradley; Bauer, Martin W. Num Pages: 386 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFP; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 386
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230247369
- ISBN
- 9780230247369
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.62
€ 50.62
Memory and the Future: Transnational Politics, Ethics and Society (Pal...
Gutman, Yifat, Brown, Adam D., Sodaro, Amy
Hardcover. For those who study memory, there is a nagging concern that memory studies are inherently backward-looking, and that memory itself hinders efforts to move forward. Unhinging memory from the past, this book brings together an interdisciplinary group of prominent scholars who bring the future into the study of memory. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBA; HBTB; JFC; JFFS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392. Transnational Politics, Ethics and Society. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. 232 pages, 8 black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Gutman, Yifat; Brown, Adam D.; Sodaro, Amy. For those who study memory, there is a nagging concern that memory studies are inherently backward-looking, and that memory itself hinders efforts to move forward. Unhinging memory from the past, this book brings together an interdisciplinary group of prominent scholars who bring the future into the study of memory. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: HBA; HBTB; JFC; JFFS. Dimension: 222 x 136 x 18. Weight: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230247406
- ISBN
- 9780230247406
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.74
€ 66.74
Hardcover. This book analyses the current debates around national identity and multiculturalism by addressing three key questions; why do so many people treat as common sense the idea that they live in and belong to nations? And, why, and for whom, might this idea be significant, notably in an era of increasing global uncertainty? Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; JFFN; JFSL; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230247611
- ISBN
- 9780230247611
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This comprehensive study of rape and representation, now available in paperback with a new Preface, considers a wide range of texts drawn from prose fiction, poetry and drama by male and female writers, both canonical and non-canonical, demonstrating how the representation of gender relations has exploited the subject of rape. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 305 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBD; JFFE2; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230247734
- ISBN
- 9780230247734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.56
€ 66.56
Paperback. This book explores the history, meaning, and sociological implications of awareness campaigns, seeing them as personal displays of compassion in a culture where empathy is a by-word for authenticity. It also highlights how charities use awareness campaigns to reach their audience, and the transformation of charity into a commercial enterprise. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFF; JFSV; JKSN1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268. Charity, Compassion and Public Awareness. 208 pages. This book explores the history, meaning, and sociological implications of awareness campaigns, seeing them as personal displays of compassion in a culture where empathy is a by-word for authenticity. It also highlights how charities use awareness campaigns to reach their audience, and the transformation of charity into a commercial enterprise. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: JFCA; JFF; JFSV; JKSN1. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 13. Weight: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230247895
- ISBN
- 9780230247895
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.02
€ 66.02
Hardcover. Katie Wright explores how human wellbeing is constructed and how it 'travels' across spatial boundaries. She draws on empirical research, undertaken with Peruvian migrants based in London and Madrid and their Peru-based relatives and close friends to explore how human wellbeing is constructed and how it 'travels' transnationally. Series: Rethinking International Development Series. Num Pages: 167 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFM; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 221 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230248281
- ISBN
- 9780230248281
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.24
€ 66.24
Hardcover. International experts evaluate new policy directions in economic development and poverty reduction, building on the ideas of a pioneer in the new discipline of Development Studies, Frances Stewart. Combing ideas and evidence on technological change, human development and conflict prevention to address the issue of the persistence of inequality Editor(s): Thorp, Rosemary. Num Pages: 322 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFG; JFFA; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230249707
- ISBN
- 9780230249707
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.49
€ 67.49
Hardcover. Provides an accessible introduction to psychoanalytic explanations of consumer desire. Topics are drawn widely to reflect the scope of Freud's vision and include dreams, sexuality and hysteria. Discussion is widened to selectively include authors such as Melanie Klein and Jacques Lacan, and to include evaluation of current research. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFT; JMAF; KJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230252196
- ISBN
- 9780230252196
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.55
€ 67.55
Hardcover. This book traces the historic relationships between cotton production, the international cotton trade and poverty south of the Sahara, and assesses various approaches to corporate social responsibility and nongovernmental policy advocacy in this area. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HF; GTF; JFFA; KCP; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230252783
- ISBN
- 9780230252783
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Hardcover. Exploring the illegal drug issue in international context, this book looks at why harmonization has not already taken place at the European level. It considers the desirability and viability of harmonization, examines the conflict between repressive and liberal drug policies and applies a multi-level governance lens to the issue. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JKVG; JPB; JPSN2; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230271869
- ISBN
- 9780230271869
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.44
€ 66.44
Living Alone: Globalization, Identity and Belonging (Palgrave MacMilla...
Jamieson, Lynn, Simpson, Roona
Hardcover. Exploring the growing global trend of solo living, this highly original study addresses core debates about contemporary social change in the context of globalization, including individualization and connection, the future of family formation, consumption and identities, belonging and 'community', living arrangements and sustainability. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFS; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230271920
- ISBN
- 9780230271920
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.55
€ 139.55
Paperback. Global Civil Society 2011 combines activist and academic accounts of contemporary struggles to promote, negotiate and deliver justice in a global frame without a central authority. In their engagement with cultural diversity and their networked communication the contributors rethink and remake justice beyond the confines of the nation state. Series: Global Civil Society Yearbook. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GBCY; GTF; JFFS; JPB; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 246 x 189 x 17. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230272019
- ISBN
- 9780230272019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.24
€ 68.24
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230272507
- ISBN
- 9780230272507
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardcover. This book explores the place of the 'stranger' within contemporary society against a background of societal strangeness which occurs when global consciousness outstrips global connectivity. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFP; JFFS; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 226 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230272569
- ISBN
- 9780230272569
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. This book reinterprets the EU using classical and early modern republican political theory. Bypassing the nation-state, it presents a new theory of the creation, change and demise of organizations in world politics. It also argues that the state is a problematic solution to 'state-failure' and explores alternative republican commonwealths. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPA; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230273559
- ISBN
- 9780230273559
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Hardcover. Building on the impressive first edition, this revised and updated book examines a wide range of highly topical issues. Dr Panic questions whether economic prosperity, social wellbeing and peace are sustainable given existing national attitudes, institutions and policies, and explores the changes needed to prevent another global economic collapse. Num Pages: 328 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCL; KCR; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230273610
- ISBN
- 9780230273610
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.52
€ 67.52
Hardcover. An exploration of the representations of the women's movement, its members, and their goals between 1968 and 2008 in the British and American press. Examining over 1100 news articles, the book analyses the nuanced ways feminism has historically been supported, marginalized and debated in the mainstream press. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230274457
- ISBN
- 9780230274457
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. This book explores the ethnic and racial options exercised by young mixed race people in Britain. It reveals the diverse ways in which young people identify and experience their mixed status, the complex nature of such identities, and the rise of other identity strands which are now challenging race and ethnicity as dominant and salient identities. Series: Identity Studies in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFJ; JFSL; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230275041
- ISBN
- 9780230275041
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.31
€ 68.31
Hardcover. Film and Female Consciousness explores the representation of female consciousness on-screen and demonstrates the ways in which the thought of Luce Irigaray can be used to address the traditional problems of the objectification of women in cinema as outlined by feminist theory since the 1970s. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230275690
- ISBN
- 9780230275690
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.55
€ 67.55