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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. This book explores the determinants of forced migration and its political implications from an economic perspective. It describes the distribution of burdens from forced migration across countries, and analyzes the strategic interaction of national refugee policies to control refugee flows. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFN; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 378. 224 pages, 16 figures, 32 black & white tables. This book explores the determinants of forced migration and its political implications from an economic perspective. It describes the distribution of burdens from forced migration across countries, and analyzes the strategic interaction of national refugee policies to control refugee flows. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFFN; KCP. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 18. Weight: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230576889
- ISBN
- 9780230576889
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardcover. This book is the first critical genealogy of Jacques Derrida's philosophy of technology. It traces the evolution of what Derrida calls 'originary technicity' via an appraisal of his own philosophy of technology together with that of key interlocutors including Marx, Freud, Lacan, Heidegger and Bernard Stiegler. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFC; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230576926
- ISBN
- 9780230576926
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.95
€ 149.95
Hardcover. This innovative book provides an original approach to the analysis of the representation of myth, ritual, and 'magic' in African literature. Emphasizing the ambivalent nature of the sacred, it advances work on the religious dimension of canonical African texts and attends to the persistence of pre-colonial cultures in postcolonial spaces. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; 2AB; DNF; DSB; GTB; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230577558
- ISBN
- 9780230577558
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Paperback. Shi-xu critiques ethnocentrism in discourse studies in terms of its intellectual and cultural consequences. He outlines a culturally pluralist stance that advocates the construction of theory and use of methodology from an innovative position in-between Eastern and Western cultures. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230577626
- ISBN
- 9780230577626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.85
€ 126.85
Hardcover. Providing a unique insight into how gender is performed in contemporary high-tech work and introducing a creative and novel way of analyzing the fluidity and rigidity of gender at work through discourse analytic methods the author highlights how changes in the world of work interact with changes in gender relations. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBL; KJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230577817
- ISBN
- 9780230577817
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Transgressive Imaginations: Crime, Deviance and Culture (Critical Crim...
O'Neill, Maggie, Seal, Lizzie
Hardcover. This book focuses upon the breaking of rules and taboos involved in 'doing crime', including violent crime as represented in fictive texts and ethnographic research. It includes chapters on topics of urgent contemporary interest such as asylum seekers, sex work, serial killers, school shooters, crimes of poverty and understandings of 'madness'. Series: Critical Criminological Perspectives. Num Pages: 200 pages, 13 black & white halftones, 1 figures. BIC Classification: JFFE; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230577848
- ISBN
- 9780230577848
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.28
€ 127.28
Hardcover. This book explores why it is white ethnicity has been rendered invisible, arguing that contemporary people's conceptions of themselves are conditioned by, and derive from, the unknown and forgotten legacy of a colonial past that cannot be confined to the past. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTQ; JFSC; JFSG; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230578494
- ISBN
- 9780230578494
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. This book explores the experiences of pregnant teenagers, their partners, and midwives, from pregnancy realisation through the early years of motherhood. It examines changing attitudes to female sexuality and moral discourses on adolescent subjectivity especially as these pertain to teenage motherhood. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP2; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230579200
- ISBN
- 9780230579200
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.89
€ 66.89
Hardcover. Drawing on qualitative interviews with forty middle-class mothers living in Northern Ireland and the US, this book explores the strategies women adopt, as they take on and creatively re-make motherhood in ways which allow them to cope. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230579309
- ISBN
- 9780230579309
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.38
€ 66.38
Hardcover. This book innovatively re-envisions the possibilities of sexuality education. Utilising student critiques of programmes it reconfigures key debates in sexuality education including: Should pleasure be part of the curriculum? Who makes the best educators? Do students prefer single or mixed gender classes? Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFMA; JFSP2; JHBK5; JNF; MBNH4; VFVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230579439
- ISBN
- 9780230579439
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Hardcover. Lisa Hopkins analyzes eight film adaptations which have taken either Shakespeare or Jane Austen - icons of Englishness - out of their original geographical or cultural context and transposed them to a new location, allowing for a powerful interrogation both of what these texts mean in the modern world, and of Englishness itself. Num Pages: 189 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; APFN; DSBF; DSGS; DSK; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230579552
- ISBN
- 9780230579552
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Paperback. The authors examine the continuing poor relationship between boys and the study of foreign languages. Framed by discussion of gender socialization, gendered curriculum practices and cultural narratives about boys and schooling, the core of the book is constructed by boys themselves. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBG; CFB; CJ; JFSJ; JNU; YQF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230580053
- ISBN
- 9780230580053
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.82
€ 126.82
Paperback. The children and grandchildren of South Asian migrants to the UK are living out British identities which go largely unrecognized. This book emphasizes their everyday low-key Britishness, albeit a Britishness with new inflections. It is this sensibility that marks them as Brasians. Editor(s): Wright, Sue; Kelly-Holmes, Helen. Series: Language and Globalization. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; JFFS; JFSL1; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230580077
- ISBN
- 9780230580077
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.84
€ 65.84
Hardcover. An account of the nature and value of the family within a liberal society. It defines 'family', and assesses the right to have a family, whether the family promotes injustice, and what future there is for the family in the face of significant changes. Num Pages: 152 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JFFR; JHBK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230580596
- ISBN
- 9780230580596
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. Globalization and changes to statehood challenge our understanding of space and territory. This book argues that we must understand that both the modern state and globalisation are based on a cartographic reality of space. In consequence, claims that globalization represents a spatial challenge to state territory are deeply problematic. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTP; JFFS; JHBA; JPA; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 221 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230580831
- ISBN
- 9780230580831
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.44
€ 66.44
Globalization, Police Reform and Development: Doing it the Western Way...
Ellison, Graham, Pino, Nathan
Hardcover. This volume presents a unique examination of Western-led police reform efforts by theoretically linking neoliberal globalization, police reform and development. The authors present seven country case studies based on this theoretical and conceptual approach and assess the prospects for successful police reform in a global context. Series: Transnational Crime, Crime Control and Security. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JKSW1; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230581029
- ISBN
- 9780230581029
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardcover. This book offers a critique of the dominant conceptualization of heritage found in policy, which tends to privilege the white, middle and upper classes. Using Britain as an illustration, Waterton explores how and why recent policies continue to lean towards the predictable melding of cultural diversity with tendencies of assimilation. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFCX; JHBA; JPB; JPQB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230581883
- ISBN
- 9780230581883
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. This book explores the many varied ways in which family and intimate lives are realized through mobility: from leaving home, courtship, relationship breakdown, moving house, commuting, family holidays through to children's mobilities, documenting how mobility creates, sustains and dissolves family and intimate relations. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 182 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFM; JHBK; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230594432
- ISBN
- 9780230594432
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.99
€ 66.99
Hardcover. This study is based upon original research carried out with lesbian, gay and queer parents and explores how genealogy, kinship, family, everyday life, gender, race, state welfare and intimacy are theorized and lived out, drawing upon interactionist, feminist, discursive and queer sociologies. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSK; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230594456
- ISBN
- 9780230594456
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.47
€ 67.47
Paperback. This book compares the state of knowledge on men and masculinities in 14 countries across Europe, examining the effects of social change, Europeanization, globalization and new post-socialist configurations of Europe for men. Special attention is given to home and work, social exclusion, violence, and health. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFSJ2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230594470
- ISBN
- 9780230594470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.49
€ 67.49
Paperback. Using examples from the US, Europe and Asia, this collection - now available in paperback - presents empirical studies of print, recorded music, movies, radio, television and the Internet to reveal both how media structure public spheres and how people use media to participate in the public sphere. Editor(s): Butsch, Richard. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JHMC; JPV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230594494
- ISBN
- 9780230594494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Hardcover. This thoughtful and surprising book analyzes the effect of animal extremism on the world's scientists, their institutions, and professional societies. The Animal Research War traces the evolution of the animal rights movement, profiles its leadership, and reveals the truth behind university animal research. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFZ; MBGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600140
- ISBN
- 9780230600140
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Of States, Rights, and Social Closure: Governing Migration and Citizen...
Schmidtke, Oliver, Ozcurumez, Saime
Hardcover. Do nation-states act to facilitate or limit immigration and integration, how and why? How do nation-states themselves transform in understanding and interpreting rights respond to immigration? Does the European Union make a difference in terms of how immigrants are perceived or how they act as stakeholders in liberal democracies? Num Pages: 317 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600317
- ISBN
- 9780230600317
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.47
€ 67.47
Hardcover. This book examines conflicting interpretations of the origins, evolution, and end of apartheid. Lipton asserts that it began around 1970 with relatively non-violent reform, and ended following President de Klerk's release of Nelson Mandela, and his reinstatement of the African National Congress and other organizations, in February 1990. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBJH; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600591
- ISBN
- 9780230600591
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95