Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
paperback. Although a critical approach can be glimpsed in journal articles and student texts, this collection of essays draws together both feminist and critical material. It is written by feminists and deals with equity and trusts as a whole. Editor(s): Scott-Hunt, Susan; Lim, Hilary. Series: Feminist Perspectives. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; JFFK; LNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 589.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781859416068
- ISBN
- 9781859416068
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Condition: New
€ 81.77
€ 81.77
Hardback. Editor(s): Scott-Smith, Giles; Lerg, Charlotte. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBG; HBJ; HBJK; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137598660
- ISBN
- 9781137598660
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€ 150.74
€ 150.74
Paperback. Philosophically grounded, methodologically sound, and theoretically rigorous, this paradigm-challenging collection ponders the most dynamic areas of feminist inquiry into bioethical thought and practice and sketches future directions for this rapidly growing field. Editor(s): Scully, Jackie Leach; Baldwin-Ragaven, Laurel; Fitzpatrick, Petya. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; PSAD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801894251
- ISBN
- 9780801894251
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Condition: New
€ 45.32
€ 45.32
Paperback. Editor(s): Sebek, B; Deng, S. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 287 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSBH5; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 389.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349372591
- ISBN
- 9781349372591
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
paperback. An anthology that provides a prismatic look at the cross-fertilization between Chinese film and global popular culture. It explores how issues of immigration, class, race and economic displacement are viewed on a global level, providing an understanding of the impact of Chinese filmmaking at home and abroad. Editor(s): See-Kam, Tan; Feng, Peter X.; Marchetti, Gina. Num Pages: 311 pages, 25 halftones, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APF; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 311
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592132683
- ISBN
- 9781592132683
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.50
€ 40.99
€ 36.50
Paperback. This volume addresses new tendencies related to migration from a Middle Eastern and Mediterranean perspective and with an emphasis on security and citizenship. Contributors aim not only to intervene in scholarly debates surrounding citizenship and migration but also to contribute to policy-oriented discussions related to migration. Editor(s): Seeberg, Peter; Eyadat, Zaid. Series: The Modern Muslim World. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFFN; JHB; JPA; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 285.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349466498
- ISBN
- 9781349466498
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€ 65.66
€ 65.66
Hardback. Documents the types of work in which women engage, and gender equity issues they face. The papers in this title show both the importance of considering the uniqueness of cultural contexts for understanding and resolving problems and how global interdependence affects local gender realities. Editor(s): Segal, Marcia Texler; Demos, Vasilikie P. Series: Advances in Gender Research. Num Pages: 324 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 631.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762312146
- ISBN
- 9780762312146
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Condition: New
€ 180.85
€ 180.85
Paperback. Editor(s): Segal, Naomi; Taylor, L.; Cook, R. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSR; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349663934
- ISBN
- 9781349663934
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. Editor(s): Sellers, Jefferey M.; Kubler, Daniel; Razin, Eran. Series: Comparative Territorial Politics. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFJ; JPP; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 519.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137573773
- ISBN
- 9781137573773
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Condition: New
€ 128.12
€ 128.12
The Refugee Convention at Fifty. A View from Forced Migration Studies....
. Ed(S): Selm, Joanne Van; Kamanga, Khoti; Mo...
Paperback. A collection of essays by scholars from a range of disciplines. Prompted by the 50th anniversary of the 1951 Convention on the status of refugees, the essays examine the impact of this document on forced migrants, the states they migrate from and to, and the societies they join and leave behind. Editor(s): Selm, Joanne van; Kamanga, Khoti; Morrison, John; Nadig, Aninia; Spoljar-Vryina, Sanja; Willigen, Loes van. Series: Program in Migration and Refugee Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFFD; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 145 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739105665
- ISBN
- 9780739105665
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Condition: New
€ 65.54
€ 65.54
Paperback. This book analyzes the music that young portenas/os (the inhabitants of Buenos Aires, Argentina) actually listen to nowadays, which, contrary to well-entrenched stereotypes, is not tango but rock nacional, cumbiaand romantic music. Chapters examine the music and what the Argentinean youth use it to say about themselves." Editor(s): Seman, Pablo; Vila, Pablo. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AV; JFC; JFSL; JFSR; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349289233
- ISBN
- 9781349289233
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. With studies on the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Syria, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia, this collection presents a theoretical framework on the study of women's empowerment amid the transformations that have shaped the social and political fabrics of Arab societies. Editor(s): Shalaby, Marwa; Moghadam, Senior Research Fellow Valentine M (UNU/WIDER, Helsinki United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER) UNU/WIDER, Helsinki United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER) UNU/WIDER, Helsinki UNU/WIDER, Helsinki). Series: Comparative Feminist Studies. Num Pages: 226 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ1; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 447.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137567925
- ISBN
- 9781137567925
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Condition: New
€ 138.57
€ 138.57
paperback. This collection challenges our ideas about male emotion. Through readings of works by Thoreau, Lowell and W.E.B. Du Bois, and of 20th century authors such as Hemingway and Kerouac, this book questions the persistence of the emotionally alienated male in narratives of white middle-class masculinity. Editor(s): Shamir, Milette; Travis, Jennifer. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFC; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231120357
- ISBN
- 9780231120357
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Condition: New
€ 45.06
€ 45.06
paperback. Offering a multifaceted approach to the Mexican-born director Guillermo del Toro, this volume examines his wide-ranging oeuvre and traces the connections between his Spanish language and English language commercial and art film projects. Editor(s): Shaw, D.; Tierney, Dolores. Num Pages: 223 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AB; APF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349488261
- ISBN
- 9781349488261
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Condition: New
€ 159.69
€ 159.69
Paperback. This collection uses the concept of 'story' to connect literary materials and methods of analysis to wider issues of social and political importance. Drawing on a range of texts, themes include post-colonial literatures, history in literature, old stories in contemporary contexts, and the relationship between creativity and criticism. Editor(s): Shaw, J.; Kelly, P.; Semler, Dr. L. E. Num Pages: 361 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBV; DSA; DSB; DSBB; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 361
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349468201
- ISBN
- 9781349468201
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Condition: New
€ 67.01
€ 67.01
Hardback. Editor(s): Shaw, Professor Timothy M.; Soderbaum, Dr Fredrik. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCL; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403901972
- ISBN
- 9781403901972
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Condition: New
€ 161.18
€ 161.18
Africa and International Relations in the 21st Century
. Ed(S): Shaw, T.; Cornelissen, Scarlett; Che...
Paperback. Editor(s): Shaw, T.; Cornelissen, Scarlett; Cheru, Fantu. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJH; JFFS; JPA; JPS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349313846
- ISBN
- 9781349313846
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Medieval Irish texts reveal distinctive and unexpected constructions of gender. Constructing Gender in Medieval Ireland illuminates these ideas through its fresh and provocative re-readings of a wide range of texts, including saga, romance, legal texts, Fenian narrative, hagiography, and ecclesiastical verse. Editor(s): Sheehan, Sarah; Dooley, Ann. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 236 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBJD; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 305.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349296613
- ISBN
- 9781349296613
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Condition: New
€ 65.78
€ 65.78
Paperback. Intends to challenge the established view that the civilian sector in Israel has been predominant over its security sector since the state's independence in 1948. This title reexamines the relationship between these sectors and provides a different view of their interactions. Editor(s): Sheffer, Gabriel; Barak, Oren. Series: An Israel Studies Book. Num Pages: 396 pages, 7 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFC; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253221742
- ISBN
- 9780253221742
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Based on a decade of research by the Chronic Poverty Research Centre, this volume includes material on inter-generational transmission, the importance of assets and vulnerability, and conflict, and new thinking about the close relationship between social exclusion and adverse incorporation. Editor(s): Shepherd, A.; Brunt, Julia. Series: Rethinking International Development Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFF; JPSN; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349368006
- ISBN
- 9781349368006
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Condition: New
€ 66.68
€ 66.68
Multiculturalism and Conflict Reconciliation in the Asia-Pacific
. Ed(S): Shimizu, Kosuke; Bradley, William
Paperback. This book is open access under a CC BY license. This edited collection focuses on theories, language and migration in relation to multiculturalism in Japan and the Asia-Pacific.It investigates current conflicts that have arisen due to immigration and policies related to education, politics, language, work, citizenship and identity. Editor(s): Shimizu, Kosuke; Bradley, William. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CJ; JFSL; JNFR; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 215 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137464620
- ISBN
- 9781137464620
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Condition: New
€ 30.54
€ 30.54
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
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Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardback. Offers a domestic and international view of processes of delinquency and gang formation and identity. This collection is an introduction to the study of gangs: how we define them, what we know and don't know about gangs. It is suitable for criminal justice, sociology and social work. Editor(s): Short, James F., Jr.; Hughes, Lorine A. Series: Violence Prevention and Policy. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP2; JKVQ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759109384
- ISBN
- 9780759109384
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.91
€ 159.91
paperback. If educational reform is to succeed, it must attend to the perspectives of students - those most directly affected by schooling but least often consulted about its efficacy. This is the premise of this book which features student perspectives on school and foregrounds student voices. Editor(s): Shultz, Jeffrey; Cook-Sather, Alison. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP2; JNK; JNLB; JNLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 11. Weight in Grams: 275.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847695669
- ISBN
- 9780847695669
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.82
€ 62.82