Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. This book examines neighbourhoods and networks between the diverse people of contemporary Europe who live in a globalized and globalizing world, across different types of borders: physical and mental, geopolitical and symbolic. Editor(s): Armbruster, Heidi; Meinhof, Ulrike Hanna. Series: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JFFN; JFSL1; JPSL; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230280526
- ISBN
- 9780230280526
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.67
€ 62.67
Paperback. Tracing sexual violence in Europe's twentieth century from the Armenian genocide to Auschwitz and Algeria to Bosnia, this pathbreaking volume expands military history to include the realm of sexuality. Examining both stories of consensual romance and of intimate brutality, it also contributes significant new insights to the history of sexuality. Editor(s): Herzog, Dagmar. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFFE1; JHBK5; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230285637
- ISBN
- 9780230285637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 129.03
€ 129.03
Hardcover. Following the 2010 earthquake catastrophe, this book examines the economic and political challenges facing Haiti. It presents an overview of the country's economic history, and seeks new prospects for economic growth and development in the future. Editor(s): Lundahl, Mats. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJH; 3JMC; JFFC; KCM; KCP; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 196 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 480. Essays on Underdevelopment and Post Disaster Prospects. 304 pages, 2. Editor(s): Lundahl, Mats. Following the 2010 earthquake catastrophe, this book examines the economic and political challenges facing Haiti. It presents an overview of the country's economic history, and seeks new prospects for economic growth and development in the future. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1KJH; 3JMC; JFFC; KCM; KCP; KCZ. Dimension: 196 x 145 x 24. Weight: 480.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230289413
- ISBN
- 9780230289413
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.35
€ 63.35
Hardcover. Examining the debate on quality of jobs in Europe, this book focuses on the work-life balance-a central element of the EU agenda. It addresses tensions between work and private life, examining job quality, job security, working conditions and time-use patterns of individuals and households as well as institutional contexts. Editor(s): Drobnic, Sonja; Guillen, Ana M.; Guillen Rodriguez, Ana. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFF; JHBL; JPB; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 215 x 24. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230289499
- ISBN
- 9780230289499
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.43
€ 63.43
Hardcover. Offering a comparative perspective, this book examines working poverty - those in work who are still classified as 'poor'. It argues that the growth in numbers of working poor in Europe is due to the transition from a Keynesian Welfare State to a 'post-fordist' model of production. Editor(s): Fraser, Neil; Gutierrez, Rodolfo; Pena-Casas, Ramon. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 362 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFA; JHBL; JKS; JPB; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 28. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230290105
- ISBN
- 9780230290105
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.87
€ 63.87
Hardcover. This book provides insights into the theoretical framework of 'tensions' related to care for children and the elderly. It analyzes if, and under what conditions, welfare state reforms have contributed to strengthening existing tensions, creating new tensions, or relaxing such tensions. Editor(s): Pfau-Effinger, Birgit; Rostgaard, Tine. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP31; JKSB1; JKSG; JPB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230291294
- ISBN
- 9780230291294
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.64
€ 62.64
Hardcover. Confronting the digital revolution in academia, this book examines the application of new computational techniques and visualisation technologies in the Arts & Humanities. Uniting differing perspectives, leading and emerging scholars discuss the theoretical and practical challenges that computation raises for these disciplines. Editor(s): Berry, David M. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; UBJ; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230292642
- ISBN
- 9780230292642
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.28
€ 120.28
Hardcover. At a time of significant change in the precarious world of female individualization, this collection explores such phenomena by critically incorporating the parameters of popular media culture into the overarching paradigm of gender relations, economics and politics of everyday life. Editor(s): Kim, Youna. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; JFC; JFDT; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230292727
- ISBN
- 9780230292727
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.67
€ 62.67
Hardcover. International in scope, this handbook provides an overview of the historical developments and current status of the terrestrial radio industry in some of the largest and most populated countries throughout the world, with insightful and global perspectives by prominent international media scholars and examinations of over 20 countries. Editor(s): Hendricks, John Allen. Num Pages: 624 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APW; JFD; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1068.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230293076
- ISBN
- 9780230293076
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.83
€ 184.83
Hardcover. An inter-disciplinary, international collection that examines the mutual influences between law and culture through a series of sophisticated case studies showing how cultural phenomena are brought under legal regulation, how laws are resisted through cultural practices, and how those practices shape the way in which law is understood and applied. Editor(s): Gisler, Priska; Steinert Borella, Sara; Wiedmer, Caroline. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Socio-Legal Studies. Num Pages: 232 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFC; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230293830
- ISBN
- 9780230293830
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.90
€ 62.90
Hardcover. Gender is not a 'security issue', but it tells us a lot about how, why and when certain subjects are written as security concerns. Thirteen case studies on violent subjects, reason, and emotion demonstrate different ways in which we understand political violence, security, resistance, power, and agency, and how we make sense of gender. Editor(s): Hall, Linda A.; Shepherd, Laura J. Series: Rethinking Political Violence. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFSJ; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230293908
- ISBN
- 9780230293908
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.70
€ 62.70
Hardcover. An exploration of European integration as seen through a gender lens. This book looks at integration theories, institutional relationships, enlargement, the development of gender law and the role of formal actors, scholars and expert networks in the EU policy-making process. With a focus on gender mainstreaming as a new approach to gender policy. Editor(s): Abels, Gabriele; Mushaben, Joyce Marie. Series: Gender and Politics. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JPB; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 136 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230296459
- ISBN
- 9780230296459
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.31
€ 63.31
Hardcover. Exploring the most topical issues around migration and integration in relation to Britain, this book, now in paperback, examines people smuggling and the elite labour migration that is becoming a feature of Britain. It also examines the concepts of social capital, social cohesion and Britishness that are being used to critique multiculturalism. Editor(s): Modood, Tariq; Salt, John. Series: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFN; JFSL1; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 215 x 23. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230296879
- ISBN
- 9780230296879
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.82
€ 119.82
Hardcover. This volume brings together international scholars reflecting on the theory and practice of international security, human security, natural resources and environmental change. It contributes by 'centring the margins' and privileging alternative conceptions and understandings of environmental (in)security. Editor(s): Schnurr, Matthew A.; Swatuk, Larry A. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; GTJ; JFFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230297838
- ISBN
- 9780230297838
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.56
€ 62.56
Hardcover. Assembling a high profile group of scholars and practitioners, this book investigates the interplay of forecasting; warnings about, and responses to, known and unknown transnational risks. It challenges conventional accounts of 'failures' of warning and preventive policy in both the academic literature and public debate. Editor(s): De Franco, Chiara; Meyer, Christoph O. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFC; JFFS; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230297845
- ISBN
- 9780230297845
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.31
€ 63.31
Hardcover. This is the most complete and compelling account of idols and celebrity in Japanese media culture to date. Engaging with the study of media, gender and celebrity, and sensitive to history and the contemporary scene, these interdisciplinary essays cover male and female idols, production and consumption, industrial structures and fan movements. Editor(s): Galbraith, Patrick W.; Karlin, Jason G. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; APT; JFCA; JFCK; JFDT; JFDV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230298309
- ISBN
- 9780230298309
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.39
€ 129.39
Paperback. This topical collection, now in paperback, explores the relationship between violence and performance. The authors offer fresh theoretical perspectives and examine media as diverse as street theatre, performance art, photography and cinema in locations as diverse as Korea and South Africa to India and Israel. Editor(s): Anderson, Patrick; Menon, Jisha. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 405 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 215 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230298392
- ISBN
- 9780230298392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.07
€ 68.07
Hardcover. This collection is the first to examine the life experiences of young adult immigrants in Europe, as transmitted by the young adults themselves, and together with the analytical framework, seeks to uncover mechanisms at work in these individuals' lives. Editor(s): Fangen, Katrine; Johansson, Thomas; Hammaren, Nils. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFN; JFSL1; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230298873
- ISBN
- 9780230298873
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.70
€ 62.70
Hardcover. This collection addresses the complexity of care arrangements in contemporary Europe, developing new insights into debates about the care crisis, gender equality, the division of work and the reconciliation of care and work. Editor(s): Dahl, Hanne Marlene; Keranen, Marja; Kovalainen, Anne. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFSJ; JHBL; JKS; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230299696
- ISBN
- 9780230299696
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.28
€ 62.28
Hardcover. This volume studies the relation between globalization and inequalities in emerging societies by linking Area and Global Studies, aiming at a new theory of inequality beyond the nation state and beyond Eurocentrism. Editor(s): Rehbein, Boike. Series: Frontiers of Globalization. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFA; JFFS; JPS; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 219 x 24. Weight in Grams: 486. Series: Frontiers of Globalization. 296 pages, 15 black & white tables, 3 graphs, 2 figures. Editor(s): Rehbein, Boike. This volume studies the relation between globalization and inequalities in emerging societies by linking Area and Global Studies, aiming at a new theory of inequality beyond the nation state and beyond Eurocentrism. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFA; JFFS; JPS; KCP. Dimension: 144 x 219 x 24. Weight: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230299733
- ISBN
- 9780230299733
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.28
€ 63.28