Social issues & processes
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Social issues & processes
Hardcover. What does consumption in the global south signify, and how are its complexities communicated in media discourses? This book looks at the media representation of consumer culture in Africa, China, Brazil and India through case studies ranging from celebrity selfies, to travel websites, news reports and documentary film. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFS; JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137390127
- ISBN
- 9781137390127
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Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardcover. This book offers unique insights into challenges faced by human service workers striving to achieve social justice in the aftermath of disasters. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFC; JH; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 396.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137389602
- ISBN
- 9781137389602
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€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Hardcover. This book explores the structural tensions and conflicts that arise with the abolition of border controls between the EU's member states and how this conflict ridden relationship affects and is affected by the institutional shape of the EU's external borders. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JFFN; JPSN2; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 222 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137389411
- ISBN
- 9781137389411
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Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. Drawing on comparative country case studies, this book explores student mobility in Europe, incorporating original theoretical perspectives to explain how mobility happens and new empirical evidence to illustrate how students become mobile within their present educational and future working lives. Num Pages: 173 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JFFN; JFFS; JNKS; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 222 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137388506
- ISBN
- 9781137388506
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Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
The Assets Perspective: The Rise of Asset Building and its Impact on S...
Cramer, Reid, Shanks, Trina R. Williams
Hardcover. The economy's struggles to overcome the lingering effects of the Great Recession presented unique but essential questions.The book considers a full range of data which considers how this recent experience has impacted households, providing a thorough and contemporary treatment of how the assets perspective has prompted changes within social policy. Num Pages: 311 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFM; JPA; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 616.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137388278
- ISBN
- 9781137388278
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€ 67.71
€ 67.71
Migrant Mobilization and Securitization in the US and Europe: How Does...
Ariane Chebel D'Appollonia
Hardcover. Immigrants and minorities in Europe and America have responded in diverse ways to security legislation introduced since 9/11 that targets them, labeling them as threats. This book identifies how different groups have responded and explains why, synthesizing findings in the fields of securitization, migrant integration, and migrant mobilization. Series: Europe in Transition: The NYU European Studies Series. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; JFFN; JPQB; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 388.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137388049
- ISBN
- 9781137388049
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Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Paperback. How has the American Empire sustained global influence where many others have failed? An overlooked element is capabilities of new communications technologies, and their ability to convey ideological messages while neutralizing dissent through entertainment and spectacle, have allowed the US to retain cultural power on a global scale. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JFFS; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 368.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137387264
- ISBN
- 9781137387264
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Condition: New
€ 66.41
€ 66.41
Hardcover. This book is about different formations of memory, construction of multiple identifications and transformation of social categories through an exclusionary violence case against Gypsies in Turkey. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJPL; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 168 x 22. Weight in Grams: 432.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137386618
- ISBN
- 9781137386618
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Condition: New
€ 127.45
€ 127.45
Hardcover. Manohar Pawar discusses the relevance and importance of social policy for water issues. By analysing several interrelated perspectives on water, he suggests core values as bases for formulating and implementing social policies so as to provide universal free access to safe drinking water for all, particularly for the most poor and disadvantaged. Num Pages: 96 pages, 5 charts. BIC Classification: JFFA; JFFC; JPP; JPRB; JPWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 292.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137385512
- ISBN
- 9781137385512
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.93
€ 65.93
Hardcover. This book aims to decipher the complex web of structural, institutional and cultural contradictions which shape the inclusion-exclusion dialectic and the multifaceted grid within which the 'us' becomes the 'other' and the 'other' becomes the 'us'. It looks at how international migrants in Europe transform from legal subjects into legal abjects. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFN; JFFS; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137384959
- ISBN
- 9781137384959
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.56
€ 66.56
Hardcover. Exotic animals were coveted commodities in nineteenth-century Britain. Spectators flocked to zoos and menageries to see female lion tamers and hungry hippos. Helen Cowie examines zoos and travelling menageries in the period 1800-1880, using animal exhibitions to examine issues of class, gender, imperial culture and animal welfare. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, 1 graphs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; ASZX; HBTB; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 222 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137384430
- ISBN
- 9781137384430
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Condition: New
€ 150.02
€ 150.02
Hardcover. The book discusses the changing relationship between American Catholic Bishops and civil authorities in the United States, as civil authority has eclipsed traditional Catholic ecclesiastical privilege and clerical exemption resulting from the hierarchical mismanagement and cover-up of clerical sexual abuse in the United States. Series: Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAM2; HRCC7; JFFE1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137384027
- ISBN
- 9781137384027
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardcover. Labor has acquired a re-emergent public relevance and shown that feminist theory must reconsider the relationship between labor and gender. This book builds a theoretically-informed politics about changes in the gendered structure of labor by analyzing representations of how the symbolic power of gender is in the service of neoliberal practices. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 220 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137381194
- ISBN
- 9781137381194
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Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Hardcover. This volume fills the gap in books dedicated to the ideas of ground-breaking theorist Juliet Mitchell. Essays from internationally renowned scholars address themes that cross-cut her oeuvre: equality, violence, collective movements, subjectivity, sexuality and power. Mitchell herself contributes a chapter and an afterward. Editor(s): Duschinsky, Robbie; Walker, Susan. Series: Critical Studies in Gender, Sexuality, and Culture. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JMAF; JMF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 29. Weight in Grams: 480.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137381170
- ISBN
- 9781137381170
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.03
€ 128.03
Hardcover. This volume presents an extended reflection on human dependency and the need to 'care' and be 'cared for'. Philosophers, theologians, social theorists, economists, and professional caregivers to discuss the challenges of professional caregiving, analyzing how societies can promote relationships in which individuals can give and receive 'care'. Editor(s): Gonzalez, Ana Martha; Iffland, Craig. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHB; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137381163
- ISBN
- 9781137381163
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Sustainable Human Development: A New Territorial and People-Centred Pe...
Biggeri, Mario, Ferrannini, Andrea
Hardcover. Integrating Amartya Sen's approach with the literature on place-based territorial development processes, this book recognises the interplay between the evolution of local development systems and the expansion of individual and collective capabilities. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFA; JPS; JPWH; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137380289
- ISBN
- 9781137380289
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Hardcover. This book explores how masculinities and fatherhood are transmitted across family generations of white British, Irish and Polish fathers. Providing unique insights into men's lives, migration, employment, father-son relationships and intergenerational transmission, it offers a rich methodological story of how intergenerational research is done. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 224 pages, 7. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; 1DVP; HBTB; JFFN; JFSJ2; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 242 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137379665
- ISBN
- 9781137379665
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Hardcover. This book analyses the reform movement in Iran and the Egyptian opposition movement since the early 1990s in their historical contexts. It argues that the contemporary movements seen on the streets of the regions today represent the culmination of over twenty years of mobilisation by social movements. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1HBE; 3JJPR; 3JM; JFFJ; JPHV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137378996
- ISBN
- 9781137378996
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.15
€ 68.15
Hardcover. Placing struggles for communication rights within the broader context of human rights struggles in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, this broad-based collection offers a rich range of illustrations of national, regional and global struggles to define communication rights as essential to human needs and happiness. Editor(s): Padovani, Claudia; Calabrese, Andrew. Series: Global Transformations in Media and Communication Research - A Palgrave and IAMCR Series. Num Pages: 377 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX; JFFJ; JPV; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 25. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137378293
- ISBN
- 9781137378293
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.31
€ 68.31
Hardcover. This book is about Black women's search for relationships and encounters that support healing from intimate and cultural violence. Narratives provide an ethnographic snapshot of this violence, while raising concerns over whether or not existing paradigms for pastoral care and counseling are congruent with how many Black women approach healing. Series: Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRCX6; JFFE2; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137378132
- ISBN
- 9781137378132
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.32
€ 160.32