Social issues & processes
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Social issues & processes
Hardback. This exciting book is an innovative and creative critique of the theories and practices of feminism, arguing that it still matters in the 21st century. Written by a mother and daughter authorial team, the book presents a dialogue across generations and reinstates a politics of difference and the importance of the category of 'woman'. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFFK; JFSJ1; YQN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230216198
- ISBN
- 9780230216198
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardback. Providing a detailed account of contemporary outdoor advertising and its relationship with urban space, this book examines what the outdoor advertising industry tells us about the commercial production of urban space, what industry practices reveal about contemporary capitalism, and how ads and billboard structures interface with spaces of the city Series: Consumption and Public Life. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JFFT; KJSA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230216808
- ISBN
- 9780230216808
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Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardcover. The news media has become a key arena for staging environmental conflicts. Through a range of illuminating examples ranging from climate change to oil spills, Media, Environment and the Network Society provides a timely and far-reaching analysis of the media politics of contemporary environmental debates. Series: Palgrave Studies in Media and Environmental Communication. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFC; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230217614
- ISBN
- 9780230217614
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Condition: New
€ 66.32
€ 66.32
Hardback. The popular imagination of marriage migration has been influenced by stories of marriage of convenience, of forced marriage, trafficking and of so-called mail-order brides. This book presents a uniquely global view of an expanding field that challenges these and other stereotypes of cross-border marriage. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHBK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230218079
- ISBN
- 9780230218079
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. Questioning the psychiatric construction of mental distress as 'illness', and challenging existing studies of media stigmatization, Stephen Harper argues that today's media images of mental distress are often sympathetic, yet tend to reproduce the sexist, classist, racist and individualist ideologies of contemporary capitalism. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFG; JFSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230218802
- ISBN
- 9780230218802
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Hardback. Written by leading scholars in a range of disciplines (from law, philosophy, politics and sociology to media studies and translation studies), this book provides key insights into the globalization of violence and the role of translation in this context, and includes detailed empirical analyses of media representations and translators' accounts. Editor(s): Bielsa, Esperanza; Hughes, Christopher W. Num Pages: 271 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFS; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230218819
- ISBN
- 9780230218819
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Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardback. This collection explores conceptions and practices of democracy of social movement organizations involved in global protest. Focusing on the global justice movement this book shows how they adopt radical new democratic approaches and thus provide a fundamental critique of conventional politics. Editor(s): Della Porta, Donatella. Num Pages: 314 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JFSV; JPWF; YQN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230218833
- ISBN
- 9780230218833
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Condition: New
€ 128.24
€ 128.24
Hardback. This book highlights strategies for poverty reduction in developing countries, with emphasis on the power of the market mechanism and vigor of the private sector, focusing ODA on a few longer term challenges and leveraging advances in technology to the fullest, and underlining the importance of human rights and security. Editor(s): Shiraishi, Takashi; Yamagata, Tatsufumi; Yusuf, Shahid. Series: IDE-JETRO series. Num Pages: 207 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFG; JFFA; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219946
- ISBN
- 9780230219946
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardback. The study of consumption has never seriously examined the role of leisure. This ambitious, agenda-setting study, provides the most in-depth examination of the relationship between the two to date, drawing on the serious leisure perspective and outlining a new conceptual framework for analyzing consumption for leisure. Num Pages: 189 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFT; JHBS; YNP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 372.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 189
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230220225
- ISBN
- 9780230220225
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Condition: New
€ 66.41
€ 66.41
Hardback. This major new contribution to the study of consumption examines how dominant groups express and display their sense of superiority through material and aesthetic attributes, demonstrating that differences from one society to another, and across historical periods, challenge current understandings of elite distinction. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFT; JHB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230220270
- ISBN
- 9780230220270
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Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Hardback. Examining the history of social movements and non-state socio-political action, this volume shows how Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) have proliferated in Britain since 1945, and how they have raised new political agendas, revived associational life, and arguably re-politicized generations disillusioned with the politics of the ballot box. Editor(s): Crowson, Nick; Hilton, Matthew; McKay, James. Num Pages: 314 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB; JFF; JPWH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 525.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230221093
- ISBN
- 9780230221093
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Condition: New
€ 128.29
€ 128.29
Hardback. A study of the international NGO advocacy for social and environmental justice, it looks at the fundamental issues of legitimacy, accountability and democracy that such activities involve and how they are manifested. It presents case studies on trade issues, labour rights, extractive industries and indigenous people in Asia and South America. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JPWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230221130
- ISBN
- 9780230221130
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.52
€ 67.52
Hardback. EPUB Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; GTJ; JFFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230221604
- ISBN
- 9780230221604
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Hardback. This book locates the rise of illicit drug use within the historical development of late industrial society and challenges the prevailing view. Highlighting key areas of continuity and the on-going value of classic criminological theory, it is argued that recent trends do not constitute the radical departure that is often supposed. Num Pages: 249 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JKSN; JKV; LNF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230222724
- ISBN
- 9780230222724
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.24
€ 133.24
Hardback. This collection of original essays looks at the way in which experiences and representations of femininity are changing, and explores the possibilities for producing 'new' femininities in the twenty-first century. The volume includes a Preface by leading feminist scholar Angela McRobbie. Editor(s): Gill, Rosalind; Scharff, Christina. Num Pages: 357 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX; JFD; JFFK; JFSJ1; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 548.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 357
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230223349
- ISBN
- 9780230223349
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.00
€ 96.00
Hardback. This book proposes a new theoretical framework for the study of immigration. It examines four major issues informing current sociological studies of immigration: mechanisms and effects of international migration, processes of immigrants' assimilation and transnational engagements, and the adaptation patterns of the second generation. Num Pages: 302 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSL; JHBD; JPVR; YQN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230223950
- ISBN
- 9780230223950
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.83
€ 128.83
Hardback. In the setting of twenty-first century globalization this volume focuses on emerging societies, rather than emerging markets or powers. Adopting a sociological perspective, each chapter focuses on development and social inequality in emerging societies, with contributions from renowned international scholars. Editor(s): Nederveen Pieterse, Jan; Rehbein, Boike. Series: Frontiers of Globalization. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFS; JPS; KCL; KCP; YQN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230224056
- ISBN
- 9780230224056
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardback. Poverty and inequality are among the most significant determinants of health. Increased inequality gaps associated with globalization have serious implications for global health. Global changes in political economy shape global health influencing who bears the burden from epidemics, unhealthy environments and lack of access to health care. Editor(s): MacLean, Sandra J.; Brown, Sherri A.; Fourie, Pieter. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS; KCP; MBN; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230224247
- ISBN
- 9780230224247
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.28
€ 67.28
Hardback. The globalization of trade, investment, and finance continues apace. Many have benefited from this, but deep inequalities persist. This book argues that the interconnections established by globalization make possible a critique of its inequality. For those who take seriously human dignity, equality is a basic presumption of social institutions. Series: Global Ethics. Num Pages: 195 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230224575
- ISBN
- 9780230224575
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.62
€ 66.62
Hardback. In recent years children have become an increasingly important consumer market, and there is growing concern about the 'commercialisation' of childhood. This book sheds light on these debates, offering new empirical data and challenging critical perspectives on children's engagement with consumer culture from a wide range of international settings. Editor(s): Buckingham, David; Tingstad, Vebjorg. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFT; JFSP1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230227835
- ISBN
- 9780230227835
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.16
€ 67.16