Social issues & processes
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Social issues & processes
Hardcover. This book shows the effects of globalization on language in social context, identifying the city as the key site for the realization of these effects. It challenges assumptions that hold sustainable linguistic diversity to be inherently non-urban while regarding the city as an unproblematic site for understanding the social function of language. Series: Language and Globalization. Num Pages: 244 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 145 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230018785
- ISBN
- 9780230018785
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.69
€ 138.69
Hardcover. If we are becoming increasingly disconnected from our local communities, are there implications for health, well being and happiness, particularly for people on low incomes? This book looks at the interplay between poor people, poor communities and poor health, with a particular focus on social networks as key linkages. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; JFFA; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230019973
- ISBN
- 9780230019973
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Substance and Substitution: Methadone Subjects in Liberal Societies
Fraser, Suzanne, Valentine, Kylie
Hardcover. Located between three powerful phenomena, public health, the law and social stigma, methadone maintenance treatment attracts loyal advocates, vociferous critics and innumerable engaged onlookers. This book aims to examine the controversial approach to addiction, providing in the process a unique approach to literature on illicit drugs Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFH1; MMZR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230019980
- ISBN
- 9780230019980
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Hardcover. Women's inner struggle over their marital names reveal how they negotiate a specific identity location in each dimension of identity. This book tackles a complex sociological project of examining three existing theories, and will prove to be important for the study of Gender and Middle Eastern Culture. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFFK; JFSJ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 22. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230100152
- ISBN
- 9780230100152
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Confronting Corruption, Building Accountability: Lessons from the Worl...
Dumas, Lloyd J., Wedel, Janine R., Callman, G...
Hardcover. The crisis that nearly brought the world's financial house down in 2008 demonstrated clearly that the global economy cannot work where there is widespread deception, corruption and lack of accountability. Corruption and lack of accountability are also key reasons why international development assistance so often fails to deliver on its promise. Num Pages: 217 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFX; JPZ; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 220 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230100206
- ISBN
- 9780230100206
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.62
€ 66.62
Hardcover. Since the normalization of Sino-Korean diplomatic relations in 1992, many South Koreans have moved to China for business, education, and other purposes. There they have encountered Korean-Chinese; ethnic Koreans who have lived in China for decades. This has lead to 'intra-ethnic conflict' which has divided Korean communities. Num Pages: 211 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPK; JFFN; JFSL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230102521
- ISBN
- 9780230102521
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Hardcover. On the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, this book examines the television coverage of September, 2005, and the manifestation of its legacy in a range of other media forms. Editor(s): Negra, Diane. Num Pages: 262 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 394. 262 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Negra, Diane. On the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, this book examines the television coverage of September, 2005, and the manifestation of its legacy in a range of other media forms. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFC. Dimension: 219 x 149 x 19. Weight: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230102668
- ISBN
- 9780230102668
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.13
€ 67.13
Hardcover. In her latest book, Gillian Howie offers a bold new way to make sense of the relationship between feminist theory and capitalism. This exciting combination of existentialism, phenomenology, and critical theory delivers a proactive feminism ready to respond to the challenges presented by our thoroughly modern times. Series: Breaking Feminist Waves. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCD; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426. A Question of Method. 280 pages, 0. In her latest book, Gillian Howie offers a bold new way to make sense of the relationship between feminist theory and capitalism. This exciting combination of existentialism, phenomenology, and critical theory delivers a proactive feminism ready to respond to the challenges presented by our thoroughly modern times. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: JFCD; JFFK; JFSJ1. Dimension: 210 x 147 x 19. Weight: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230102699
- ISBN
- 9780230102699
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.16
€ 67.16
Hardcover. This book challenges the widely-held view that the information technology (IT) revolution has empowered people in the Third World. Tracing the making of the global IT regime, it shows that governments and corporations of the wealthy countries dominated this process, systematically excluding representatives of low-income countries. Series: Information Technology and Global Governance. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFG; JFF; JP; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230103641
- ISBN
- 9780230103641
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Paperback. In this book, pre-eminent semiotician Arthur Asa Berger decodes the meanings of common objects of consumption and their perceived 'sacredness' in consumerist cultures. Using semiotic theory, consumer culture is dissected in new and fascinating ways. Series: Semiotics and Popular Culture. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230103733
- ISBN
- 9780230103733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.81
€ 65.81
Hardcover. This book presents a history of AIDS control in Uganda, from the start of the epidemic in the early 1980s up until 2005. Uganda is well known internationally as an AIDS 'success story', both for its bringing down HIV incidence and prevalence over the 1990s, and for its innovative approach to scaling up the provision of antiretroviral therapy. Num Pages: 258 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFGU; JFFH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230104280
- ISBN
- 9780230104280
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. An insider's account of the Postville case, this book gauges the raid's human, social, and economic impact, based on interaction with the main participants and interviews with local citizens and arrestees in the US and Guatemala. Num Pages: 268 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFFN; LNDA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230105850
- ISBN
- 9780230105850
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.55
€ 67.55
Hardcover. This book argues that there are some important implications of the role the voice plays in popular music when thinking about processes of identification. The central thesis is that the voice in popular music is potentially uncanny (Freud's unheimlich), and that this may invite or guard against identification by the listener. Series: Critical Studies in Gender, Sexuality, and Culture. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AV; JFCA; JFFK; JFSJ; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan London
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230105904
- ISBN
- 9780230105904
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.56
€ 66.56
Hardcover. This book will present three main themes of African women: African feminism, women and work, and women and politics, to inform readers of the current debates, to encourage new thinking on these issues, and to indicate areas for needed research. Editor(s): Turshen, Meredeth. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JFFK; JFSJ1; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230106758
- ISBN
- 9780230106758
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.74
€ 66.74
Hardcover. How did globalization come to dominate our lives? What have been, are, and most likely will be globalization's potential benefits and costs? This book explores the world's most powerful force for good and evil from the Renaissance through today and beyond. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 145 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230106918
- ISBN
- 9780230106918
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.41
€ 66.41
Hardcover. This book offers an in-depth exploration of all dimensions of geoeconomics, including the internal and international forces which explain why most countries remain mired in poverty; the conflicts between the poor on the rich countries; and the global environmental crises threatening the future of humanity. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JM; JFFS; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230107014
- ISBN
- 9780230107014
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.07
€ 139.07
Hardcover. This book uses observations of American travellers to southern Africa to ask: why is Africa so important to Americans? Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108066
- ISBN
- 9780230108066
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.57
€ 127.57
Hardcover. Tlostanova examines Central Asia and the Caucasus to trace the genealogy of feminism in those regions following the dissolution of the USSR. The forms it takes resist interpretation through the lenses of Western feminist theory and woman of color feminism, hence Eurasian borderland feminism must chart a third path. Series: Comparative Feminist Studies. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FC; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 219 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396. Series: Comparative Feminist Studies. 260 pages, Illustrations. Tlostanova examines Central Asia and the Caucasus to trace the genealogy of feminism in those regions following the dissolution of the USSR. The forms it takes resist interpretation through the lenses of Western feminist theory and woman of color feminism, hence Eurasian borderland feminism must chart a third path. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FC; JFFK; JFSJ1. Dimension: 219 x 151 x 19. Weight: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108424
- ISBN
- 9780230108424
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.52
€ 67.52
Hardcover. This book examines Japanese wartime zoo policy during World War II, analyzing the reasons why the Home Ministry destroyed more than 300 showpiece animals throughout Japan well before U.S. air strikes were anticipated, with international comparisons of the effects of the war on zoos in Europe, the United States, and the Middle East. Num Pages: 265 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBWQ; JFFZ; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406. The Silent Victims of World War II. 266 pages, Illustrations, map. This book examines Japanese wartime zoo policy during World War II, analyzing the reasons why the Home Ministry destroyed more than 300 showpiece animals throughout Japan well before U.S. air strikes were anticipated, with international comparisons of the effects of the war on zoos in Europe, the United States, and the Middle East. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBWQ; JFFZ; JP. Dimension: 217 x 156 x 19. Weight: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108943
- ISBN
- 9780230108943
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Hardcover. Critical Race, Feminism, and Education: A Social Justice Model provides a transformative next step in the evolution of critical race and Black feminist scholarship. Focusing on praxis, the relationship between the construction of race, class, and gender categories and social justice outcomes is analyzed. Series: Postcolonial Studies in Education. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFK; JFSL3; JNAM; JNFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230109575
- ISBN
- 9780230109575
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.62
€ 66.62