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Society & culture: general
Hardback. This text makes a contribution to considering leisure as a primary aspect of cultural life. Chris Rojek treats modern culture as performative, that is, there are strong pressures on us to keep busy, even if we are busy doing nothing. Leisure is analyzed as a "status placing" activity. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333680001
- ISBN
- 9780333680001
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.84
€ 127.84
Paperback. This text makes a contribution to considering leisure as a primary aspect of cultural life. Chris Rojek treats modern culture as performative, that is, there are strong pressures on us to keep busy, even if we are busy doing nothing. Leisure is analyzed as a "status placing" activity. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333680018
- ISBN
- 9780333680018
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Condition: New
€ 126.88
€ 126.88
Hardcover. This text surveys the fields of theories of postmodernism and criticizes some of the most common claims found in them about philosophy, science, and the relationship and literary techniques to metaphysics, epistemology, and political ideologies. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333681640
- ISBN
- 9780333681640
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.90
€ 127.90
Hardback. By focusing on processes of social construction, stigmatization and categorization, the authors offer new insights into the development of government policies towards itinerants in general and the ethnicization of some in particular. They analyze the western images and representations of gypsies focusing on their functions for the labour market. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DD; HBTB; JFSL; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333682418
- ISBN
- 9780333682418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.72
€ 127.72
Hardback. This text examines racial and ethnic discrimination in the labour markets and workplaces of western Europe. Contributors set out the experience and implications of this exclusion for two main groups: the established second and third generations of post war migrant descent, and the "new" migrants. Editor(s): Wrench, John; Rea, Andrea; Ouali, Nouria. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFN; JFSL; JPVH1; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333682791
- ISBN
- 9780333682791
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.17
€ 128.17
Hardcover. This text attempts to answer the question of whether the "New Middle Class" will become the carrying class for a form of democracy utilizing the communications technology, or, will democracy decline under the weight of the managerial and technocratic strata? Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSC; JPHV; PDA; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333683057
- ISBN
- 9780333683057
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.52
€ 127.52
Hardback. This text looks at what constitutes "progress" in gender relations. Focusing on the UK and France. It contradicts the idea that encouraging women's increased insertion into employment is the best strategy for achieving progress in gender relations, with a new focus on changing men's work patterns. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 487.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333683064
- ISBN
- 9780333683064
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This text looks at what constitutes "progress" in gender relations. Focusing on the UK and France. It contradicts the idea that encouraging women's increased insertion into employment is the best strategy for achieving progress in gender relations, with a new focus on changing men's work patterns. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 487.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333683071
- ISBN
- 9780333683071
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Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Hardback. Some businesses started by immigrants have been incorporated into the European and American mainstream. Others stay on the economic fringes. The starting point of this book is that a proper understanding of these businesses is served by focusing on the embeddedness of immigrant businesses. Editor(s): Rath, Jan. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; JFFN; JFSL; KJV; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 389.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333683149
- ISBN
- 9780333683149
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.66
€ 127.66
Hardback. This text combines empirical data and theoretical discussion on women's representation in scientific education and employment. Comparisons are made between the UK, and the USA and France. The case is put for the scientific disciplines to be examined separately, both empirically and theoretically. Num Pages: 201 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333683187
- ISBN
- 9780333683187
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardback. This collection of essays by leading Byronists explores the development of the myth of Byron and the Byronic from the poet's self-representation to his various appearances in 19th and 20th century literature and in drama, film and portraiture. The book looks at the phenomena of Byronism through a variety of critical perspectives. Editor(s): Wilson, Frances. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333683835
- ISBN
- 9780333683835
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.17
€ 194.17
Hardcover. Mary Arseneau re-conceives Christina Rossetti's poetic identity by exposing the androcentric bias inherent in the histories of the Rosetti family and of Pre-Raphaelitism, by turning new attention to the Rosetti women, and by reconstituting a female and religious community for Rossetti's writing. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 429.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333683958
- ISBN
- 9780333683958
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.52
€ 67.52
Hardback. A collection of essays by feminist scholars and writers who focus on the theory, practice and writing of women's auto/biographies. It explores issues relating to research methodology, and raises questions about the representation of women within feminist auto/biography. Editor(s): Polkey, Pauline. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333684108
- ISBN
- 9780333684108
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.93
€ 127.93
Paperback. This text extends previous analysis of the genre by examining the evolution of gangster movies from the 1930s to the contemporary period and by placing them in the context of cultural and cinematic issues such as masculinity, consumerism and technology. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 10. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333684665
- ISBN
- 9780333684665
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 93.36
€ 93.36
Paperback. "Haven or Hell?" brings together in a systematic manner three discrete areas of interest pertaining to refugees. Asylum is explored through the law in Europe, the harmonization of European policies and the broader factors affecting decisions on asylum. Series: Migration, Minorities & Citizenship. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 145 x 210 x 20. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333686928
- ISBN
- 9780333686928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.73
€ 126.73
Hardback. The innovative work of Pioneer Players, a London based theatre society founded in 1911 by Edith Craig, is explored here drawing on original archive research and taking an interdisciplinary approach to women's involvement in theatre during the British women's suffrage movement. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; AN; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333686966
- ISBN
- 9780333686966
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.88
€ 127.88
National Perspectives on the New Regionalism in the Third World
. Ed(S): Hettne, Bjorn; Inotai, Andres; Sunke...
Paperback. The third volume in "The New Regionalism Series", this text presents various national perspectives on the process of regionalization, in order to offer a more concrete understanding of its dynamics. Editor(s): Hettne, Bjorn; Inotai, Andres; Sunkel, Osvaldo. Series: The New Regionalism. Num Pages: 358 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 358
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333687123
- ISBN
- 9780333687123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.50
€ 72.50
The New Regionalism and the Future of Security and Development
. Ed(S): Hettne, Bjorn; Inotai, Andres; Sunke...
Hardback. This text is dedicated to the implications of the new regionalism for global security and development. The fourth volume in the five-volume "The New Regionalism Series", it features contributions from the UNU/WIDER project on new regionalism. Editor(s): Hettne, Bjorn; Inotai, Andres; Sunkel, Osvaldo. Series: The New Regionalism. Num Pages: 351 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 351
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333687130
- ISBN
- 9780333687130
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.73
€ 67.73
The New Regionalism and the Future of Security and Development
. Ed(S): Hettne, Bjorn; Sunkel, Osvaldo
Paperback. This text is dedicated to the implications of the new regionalism for global security and development. The fourth volume in the five-volume "The New Regionalism Series", it features contributions from the UNU/WIDER project on new regionalism. Editor(s): Hettne, Bjorn; Sunkel, Osvaldo. Series: The New Regionalism. Num Pages: 351 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 351
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333687147
- ISBN
- 9780333687147
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.89
€ 66.89
Paperback. This text provides theoretical insight and analysis of the power relations between women's activism, Islamist thought and the Egyptian state. Comtemporary feminist debates among women's NGOs are examined, and the different perceptions of gender roles among Islamist men and women are contrasted. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JFFK; JFSR2; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333688175
- ISBN
- 9780333688175
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.48
€ 72.48