Social issues & processes
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Social issues & processes
Paperback. Divided into three sections on cosmetics, clothes and hairstyling, this book explores how early modern women regarded beauty culture and in what ways skin, clothes and hair could be used to represent racial, class and gender identities, and to convey political, religious and philosophical ideals. Num Pages: 240 pages, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137503688
- ISBN
- 9781137503688
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.02
€ 66.02
hardcover. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 293 pages, 24 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FMM; HBTQ; JFC; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 293
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137503435
- ISBN
- 9781137503435
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.11
€ 139.11
Hardback. Num Pages: 127 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBJD; HBJK; HBWN; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 127
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137501561
- ISBN
- 9781137501561
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.81
€ 65.81
Hardcover. Building Noah's Ark for Migrants, Refugees, and Religious Communities examines religion within the framework of refugee studies as a public good, with the spiritual and material use of religion shedding new light on the agency of refugees in reconstructing their lives and positioning themselves in hostile environments. Editor(s): Horstmann, Alexander; Bach, Daniel. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137501530
- ISBN
- 9781137501530
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Paperback. 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: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; JFD; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137501400
- ISBN
- 9781137501400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.39
€ 71.39
Hardback. Num Pages: 234 pages, 6 colour illustrations, 6 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFFT; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 447.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137501271
- ISBN
- 9781137501271
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.37
€ 161.37
hardcover. Num Pages: 337 pages, 27 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFT; JMH; KJSM; KJU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 24. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 337
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137501196
- ISBN
- 9781137501196
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.49
€ 67.49
Hardcover. The author provides a theoretical framework of the global political economy of banking regulation and analyses the policies and politics of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. He demonstrates how global governance has contributed to the onset of the Great Recession and continues to increase the likelihood of future global financial crises. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCP; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137500021
- ISBN
- 9781137500021
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardcover. Violence and Desire in Brazilian Lesbian Relationships examines the lives of Afro-Brazilian lesbian women in the city of Salvador da Bahia, Brazil. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFFE; JFSK1; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137498519
- ISBN
- 9781137498519
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.89
€ 66.89
hardcover. Num Pages: 144 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFF; JFSJ; JFSL; JHB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 337.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137498441
- ISBN
- 9781137498441
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.17
€ 66.17
Hardcover. With immigration fulfilling the role of population maintenance in many Western democracies, how should newcomers be welcomed? Pfeffer argues that states ought to promote group integration for communities that have settled through immigration, facilitating the development of group institutions that enable communication with the receiving society. Series: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137498410
- ISBN
- 9781137498410
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.56
€ 66.56
Hardcover. The book explains how social outcomes result from the influence of economic ideas which are themselves strongly impacted by the distribution of power in society. The book examines policies and programs of contending interests, emphasizing the importance of socio-economic issues stemming from quasi-economic stagnation. Num Pages: 148 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137497888
- ISBN
- 9781137497888
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Hardback. This collection explores how new directions in feminist literary study might be informed by the work of the past. It offers a snapshot view of new feminist research in the field today and traces the influence of the substantial feminist inheritance in English Studies through six distinct, individual pieces of rigorous and innovative new work. Editor(s): Jones, Clara; Hogg, Emily. Num Pages: 104 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137497499
- ISBN
- 9781137497499
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.84
€ 65.84
Hardback. Risk, Power, and Inequality in the 21st Century provides a groundbreaking new analysis of the increasingly important relationship between risk and widening inequalities. It shows how key processes associated with risk society - the social production and distribution of risks as side-effects - are intensifying inequalities in fundamental ways. Num Pages: 185 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFC; JFFJ; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 185
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137495563
- ISBN
- 9781137495563
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.05
€ 105.05
Hardcover. Contemporary bureaucracy is a set of norms, rules, procedures, and formalities which includes administration, business, and NGOs. Where Max Weber meets Michel Foucault, Beatrice Hibou analyzes the political dynamics underlying this process. Neoliberal bureaucracy is a vector of discipline and control, producing social and political indifference. Series: The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFP; JPA; JPB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137495273
- ISBN
- 9781137495273
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Border Shifts develops a more complex and multifaceted understanding of global borders, analysing internal and external EU borders from the Mediterranean region to the US-Mexico border, and exploring a range of issues including securitization, irregular migration, race, gender and human trafficking. Series: Frontiers of Globalization. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFFM; JFFN; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137493583
- ISBN
- 9781137493583
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. Drawing on a wide range of historical and contemporary studies, this book brings together the sociologies of racism and everyday life and presents the importance of thinking of racism and everyday life not just as 'act' and 'context', respectively, but as part of the making of each other. Num Pages: 74 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFFP; JFSL; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 8. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137493552
- ISBN
- 9781137493552
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.64
€ 65.64
Hardback. This collected volume examines the multifaceted contexts and experiences of Chinese students, teachers and scholars in Australia, Denmark, France, Japan, the UK and the US. It can serve both as an introduction to Chinese people's mobility and migration in Higher Education and as a thorough review for more knowledgeable readers. Editor(s): Dervin, Fred. Series: Palgrave Studies on Chinese Education in a Global Perspective. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFN; JNFR; JNM; JNSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137492906
- ISBN
- 9781137492906
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.60
€ 127.60
Regional Organizations and Social Policy in Europe and Latin America
. Ed(S): Bianculli, Andrea C.; Ribeiro Hoffma...
Hardback. The contributors assess to what extent regional organizations in Europe and Latin America provide a space for the regulation and provision of social policies in the area of social protection, higher education and health. They analyse the impact of regional organizations on social citizenship following political struggle and contestation. Editor(s): Bianculli, Andrea C.; Ribeiro Hoffmann, Andrea. Series: Development, Justice and Citizenship. Num Pages: 337 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHMC; JPRB; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 555.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 337
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137490346
- ISBN
- 9781137490346
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.49
€ 67.49
Hardback. Editor(s): Rembis, Michael A. Num Pages: 355 pages, 3 colour illustrations, 3 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ; JHB; JHBK; JHMC; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 355
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137487681
- ISBN
- 9781137487681
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.66
€ 139.66