Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. Thomas Birtchnell examines recent ideas of Indian innovation, or 'Indovation', from an historical and critical perspective, at both the bottom and the top of India's social pyramid. Series: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTF; JFFS; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137027405
- ISBN
- 9781137027405
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.60
€ 127.60
Hardcover. How is The Simpsons a satirical artwork engaged with important social, political, and cultural issues? Henry offers the first comprehensive understanding of the show as a satire and explores the ways in which The Simpsons participates in the so-called "culture war" debates taking place in American society. Num Pages: 307 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APT; JFDT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137027788
- ISBN
- 9781137027788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.91
€ 67.91
Hardcover. Drawing on data from ethnographic fieldwork among civic activists and identifying a range of domestic and international socio-political contexts, Refractions of Civil Society in Turkey explores different perceptions of civil society in Turkey and pursues the general question of why civil society holds such power to move those who evoke it. Num Pages: 225 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVT; JF; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137027917
- ISBN
- 9781137027917
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.68
€ 66.68
Hardcover. A timely and original examination into the ways in which religion is conceptualized in two areas of law relating to children - child welfare cases and education law and policy. The book focuses on the relationship between race, religion and culture, bringing critical race and religion perspectives from other disciplines to bear on law. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Socio-Legal Studies. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP1; LAQ; LNTD; LNTH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137029270
- ISBN
- 9781137029270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.99
€ 66.99
Paperback. This book charts the evolution, from the World War II period to the present day, of racial relationships and their repercussions in Hollywood films and examines a neglected sub-genre. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137029348
- ISBN
- 9781137029348
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.88
€ 65.88
Paperback. This work, now in paperback, explores contemporary debates on migration and integration, focussing on Euro-Muslims. It critically engages with republicanist and multiculaturalist policies of integration and claims that integration means more than cultural and linguistic assimilation of migrant communities. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFD; JFFN; JFSR2; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137030221
- ISBN
- 9781137030221
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Throughout the world, governments and intergovernmental organizations, such as the International Organization for Migration are developing new approaches aimed at renewing migration policy-making. This book critically analyses the actors, discourses and practices of migration management. Editor(s): Geiger, Martin; Pecoud, Antoine. Series: Migration, Minorities & Citizenship. Num Pages: 315 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JPA; JPS; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 315
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137030238
- ISBN
- 9781137030238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.70
€ 66.70
Hardcover. Examining the interplay between distrust, trust and corruption, this book maps out the social mechanisms that make actors and organizations in the public sphere perform their activities in a civilized manner. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFF; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137030412
- ISBN
- 9781137030412
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Hardcover. Drawing on the ambiguous meaning of the notion of vulnerability, the book offers an innovative approach to the topic of the female body in relation to women's rights; going beyond the age-old dichotomy of casting women as either passive victims or conscious agents. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137030719
- ISBN
- 9781137030719
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Representing History, Class, and Gender in Spain and Latin America: Ch...
Rocha, Carolina, Seminet, Georgia
Hardcover. This anthology explores the role of children and teenagers in Latin American and Spanish Film as protagonists, victims and witnesses of societies polarized by and still grappling with the consequences of political divisions. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KL; APFA; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137030863
- ISBN
- 9781137030863
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.37€ 47.16
€ 53.37
€ 47.16
Hardcover. Alfred Weber was an important participant in the dialogue over the political and cultural crises of the late Empire and Weimar Republic. This study connects Weber's career to the social, political, intellectual, cultural, and institutional contexts of the period. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137031143
- ISBN
- 9781137031143
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.99
€ 66.99
Hardcover. Through a case study in a Chicago public school, Means demonstrates that, despite the fragmentation of human security in low-income and racially segregated public schools, there exist positive social relations, knowledge, and desire for change that can be built upon to promote more secure and equitable democratic futures for young people. Series: New Frontiers in Education, Culture and Politics. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; JHB; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137032034
- ISBN
- 9781137032034
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.37€ 46.85
€ 53.37
€ 46.85
Paperback. Through a case study in a Chicago public school, Means demonstrates that, despite the fragmentation of human security in low-income and racially segregated public schools, there exist positive social relations, knowledge, and desire for change that can be built upon to promote more secure and equitable democratic futures for young people. Series: New Frontiers in Education, Culture and Politics. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; JHB; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 10. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137032041
- ISBN
- 9781137032041
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.37€ 45.96
€ 53.37
€ 45.96
Hardcover. Highlights concerns about the impact of a falling standard of living in America as 40 million 'tradable jobs' are digitized and outsourced off shore. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFF; KCJ; KJC; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137032294
- ISBN
- 9781137032294
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.56
€ 66.56
Hardcover. Mitra analyzes how race and class of immigrant Punjabi taxi drivers influence their settlement patterns in the United States. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1KBB; JFFN; JFSC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 166 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137032843
- ISBN
- 9781137032843
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.23
€ 67.23
Arab Women in Management and Leadership: Stories from Israel
Arar, Khalid, Shapira, Tamar, Azaiza, Faisal,...
Hardcover. An exploration of the life-stories of 22 pioneer Arab women who have forged their path to management and leadership in education and welfare, overcoming challenges imposed by a patriarchal society that sees female leadership as a threat. Num Pages: 164 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFSJ1; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137032935
- ISBN
- 9781137032935
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.44
€ 66.44
Hardcover. (Post)apartheid Conditions: Psychoanalysis and Social Formation advances a series of psychoanalytic perspectives on contemporary South Africa, exploring key psychosocial topics such as space-identity, social fantasy, the body, whiteness, memory and nostalgia. Series: Studies in the Psychosocial. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFFE; JFFJ; JMAF; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137032997
- ISBN
- 9781137032997
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137033468
- ISBN
- 9781137033468
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Paperback. The bombing of the Twin Towers in New York on September 11, 2001, marked a major turning point in modern American culture. Authors Bruce Tucker and Priscilla L. Walton examine critical moments in the aftermath of 9/11 arguing that commentators abandoned complexity, seeking to reduce events to their simplest signification. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 138 x 11. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137033499
- ISBN
- 9781137033499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.69
€ 65.69
Hardcover. China is growing in importance to the economies and governments of the world, and it has been run by men with very different ideas. How China copes with the pressures for good governance with the Asian economic model, treats its ethnic minorities under scrutiny, and gathers resources to fuel its dynamic economy, impacts us all. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; HRAM2; JFSL; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137033833
- ISBN
- 9781137033833
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25