Social issues & processes
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Social issues & processes
Hardback. Through the narratives and movements of survivors of the war in Lanka these interconnected essays develop the concept of 'survival media' as embodied and expressive forms of mobilitiy across borders. Series: Mobility and Politics. Num Pages: 133 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DC; JFC; JFD; JFFN; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 133
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137444639
- ISBN
- 9781137444639
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. The small unpopulated islands in the East China Sea that the Chinese call the Diaoyu and the Japanese call the Senkaku, have long been a source of contention. This volume will undertake an examination of the controversy as it plays out in legacy and new social media in China, Japan, and the West. Editor(s): Hollihan, Thomas A. Series: The Palgrave MacMillan Series in International Political Communication. Num Pages: 324 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 1QSP; JFFS; JPR; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 516.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137443359
- ISBN
- 9781137443359
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Disaster, Death and the Emotions in the Shadow of the Apocalypse, 1400...
. Ed(S): Spinks, Jennifer; Zika, Charles
Hardback. Editor(s): Spinks, Jennifer; Zika, Charles. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Emotions. Num Pages: 386 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, 37 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3J; HBJD; HBTB; JFFC; JMQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 26. Weight in Grams: 632.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 386
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137442703
- ISBN
- 9781137442703
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Condition: New
€ 162.87
€ 162.87
Paperback. In recent years children have become an increasingly important consumer market, and there is growing concern about the 'commercialisation' of childhood. This book, now in paperback, offers 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: 288 pages, 5 black & white tables, 2 figures. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFT; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137442222
- ISBN
- 9781137442222
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Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Hardcover. Drawing on court records from London and the South West, Sexual Forensics in Victorian and Edwardian England explores medical roles in trials for sexual offences. Its focus on sexual maturity, a more flexible concept than the legal age of consent, enables histories of sexual crime to be seen in a new light. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD1; JFFE2; JKVF1; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 220 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137441706
- ISBN
- 9781137441706
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.66
€ 138.66
Hardback. The contributors highlight alternative imaginaries and social forces harnessing new organizational and political forms to counter and displace dominant strategies of rule. They suggest that to address intensifying economic, ecological and ethical crises far more effective, legitimate and far-sighted forms of global governance are required. Editor(s): Gill, Stephen. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 465.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137441393
- ISBN
- 9781137441393
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. This book looks at a sample of female drug addicts seeking recovery in Narcotics Anonymous (NA). Through working the Twelve Steps and by attending women-only groups, these women are able to confront the double standard that makes recovery from addiction especially difficult. Num Pages: 134 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JFSJ1; JKSN; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 160 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137440693
- ISBN
- 9781137440693
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.08
€ 66.08
Household Recycling and Consumption Work: Social and Moral Economies (...
Wheeler, Kathryn, Glucksmann, Miriam
Hardcover. Consumers are not usually incorporated into the sociological concept of 'division of labour', but using the case of household recycling, this book shows why this foundational concept needs to be revised. Series: Consumption and Public Life. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFT; RNA; RNH; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137440433
- ISBN
- 9781137440433
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Paperback. Confronting the issue of the unacceptable as a social category, this collection of international essays provides distinctive perspectives on the theme of what is deemed socially acceptable. The book reveals the ways in which the category of the unacceptable reflects sexual, racial and political fault-lines of a society. Editor(s): Potts, John; Scannell, John. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFP; JFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 298.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137440198
- ISBN
- 9781137440198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.88
€ 65.88
Paperback. Responding to the targeted destruction of women, Fields argues for establishing Gender as a protected class under the Genocide Convention. Cases are explored, historically, anthropologically, psychologically and sociologically, from the author's field research, as well as focuses on morbidity, mortality and demographic documentation data. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137439178
- ISBN
- 9781137439178
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Condition: New
€ 65.78
€ 65.78
Hardback. This volume investigates the appropriate position of Islam and opposing perceptions of Muslims in Southeast Asia. The contributors examine how Southeast Asian Muslims respond to globalization in their particular regional, national and local settings, and suggest global solutions for key local issues. Editor(s): Miichi, Ken; Farouk, Omar. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JFSR2; JPFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137436801
- ISBN
- 9781137436801
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Condition: New
€ 128.00
€ 128.00
Higher Education in Vietnam: Flexibility, Mobility and Practicality in...
Tran, Ly, Marginson, Simon, Do, Hoang, Do, Qu...
Hardcover. Higher and tertiary education are crucial to modern nations. Vietnam has great potential, but its universities and colleges are poor-performing, under-funded and slow to change compared to those in neighbouring East Asian nations. This book analyses the problem and provides constructive solutions for the reform of higher education. Series: Palgrave Studies in Global Higher Education. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMV; JFFS; JNAM; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137436474
- ISBN
- 9781137436474
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Condition: New
€ 128.05
€ 128.05
Hardcover. This book provides new insights into how new biology, and the emergence of "translational" policies to drive the health bioeconomy, is reshaping the innovation ecosystem for new therapies. A key argument is that a broader definition of value (beyond the economic aspects) is needed to understand health innovation in the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFH; JFMG; MMG; PDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137436283
- ISBN
- 9781137436283
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Hardcover. Imagining Time and Space in Universities presents critical theorizations of time and space to analyze discourses and practices of globalization and internationalization. As both dimensions have been understood in separate and hierarchical modes limited attention is given to cultural meanings embedded in these institutional policies and practices. Series: Curriculum Studies Worldwide. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JNKC; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137436269
- ISBN
- 9781137436269
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Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. In a readable and highly accessible ethnographic account that is shaped by the stories of families and the voices of parents, De Wolfe examines how parents of children with autism navigate the educational and medical systems, understand their own and their children's bodies, and support and educate one another. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFG; JHMC; JNSG2; MJNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137436221
- ISBN
- 9781137436221
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.04€ 79.96
€ 97.04
€ 79.96
Hardcover. This book introduces the concept of global modernity as a paradigm for the analysis of the contemporary era. Building on Parson's distinction between social, cultural, personal and organismic systems, it presents a four-dimensional scheme that aims to identify modernity's key structural components. Num Pages: 120 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHBA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 218 x 13. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137435804
- ISBN
- 9781137435804
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.90
€ 65.90
Hardcover. Based on an extensive interview study with lesbian, transgender and queer BDSM practitioners, this book sheds new light on sexuality and current theoretical debates in gender and queer studies. It critically discusses practices of establishing consent, pushing boundaries, playing with gender and creating new kinds of intimacies and embodiments. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ; JFSK; JHBK5; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137435019
- ISBN
- 9781137435019
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.50
€ 194.50
Hardcover. Fabos and Isotalo address the issue of forced migration and mobility in the Muslim world. Their work explores the tensions between Muslim religious conceptions of space and place and new policies of 'migration management' and secure borders. Editor(s): Fabos, Anita Hausermann; Isotalo, Riina. Series: Religion and Global Migrations. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM; HRH; JFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137434869
- ISBN
- 9781137434869
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Condition: New
€ 66.44
€ 66.44
Hardback. Presenting a critical overview of what 'emerging multipolarity' means for the world's foremost global trading bloc and economic power, the European Union, this book offers new insights into how the rise of the emerging economies has impacted the EU and its role within the World Trade Organization. Series: Global Reordering. Num Pages: 143 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JFFS; JPSN2; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 143
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137434197
- ISBN
- 9781137434197
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.14
€ 66.14
Hardcover. A distinctive contribution to the politics of citizenship and immigration in an expanding European Union, this book explains how and why differences arise in responses to immigration by examining local, national and transnational dimensions of public debates on Romanian migrants and the Roma minority in Italy and Spain. Series: Palgrave Studies in Citizenship Transitions. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JFFN; JHMC; JPS; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137433916
- ISBN
- 9781137433916
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77