Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. This volume applies two fashionable theoretical paradigms--"The Other" and "intercultural dialogue"--to Russian film and television. Editor(s): Hutchings, Stephen C. Series: Studies in Central and Eastern Europe. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; JFD; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349355099
- ISBN
- 9781349355099
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€ 66.17
€ 66.17
Paperback. The book explores the relationship between embodiment and the production of the key structures which frame agency to map out potential for social change. It uses modalities of ageing embodiment in the context of sport participation in later life, specifically Master athletics, including barriers, opportunities and physiological dimensions. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFSP; JFSP31; JHB; JHBK; JHBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349355198
- ISBN
- 9781349355198
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€ 65.64
€ 65.64
Paperback. Yiddish and Power surveys the social, linguistic and intellectual history of the Yiddish language within the traditional civilisation of Jewish Ashkenaz in central, and then in eastern Europe, and its interaction with the surrounding non-Jewish culture. It explores the various ways in which Yiddish has empowered masses and served political agendas. Series: Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFB; CFGR; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349355211
- ISBN
- 9781349355211
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€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Paperback. In the first book-length study of this topic, D.W. McKiernan examines the way mainstream commercial cinema represents society's complex relationship with the idea and practice of community in the context of rapidly changing social conditions. Films examined include Ae Fond Kiss, The Idiots and Monsoon Wedding . Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; JFC; JFD; JHB; KN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349355235
- ISBN
- 9781349355235
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€ 66.02
€ 66.02
Paperback. Sharing a commitment to the theory of communication to Habermas' Theory of Communicative Action, Grant here issues a range of challenges to it. He critiques theories of dialogism and intersubjectivity, proposes a rethinking of the communicating subject in society and explores the new contingencies of culture and media in today's world. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFA; DSB; HP; JFD; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349355259
- ISBN
- 9781349355259
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€ 65.81
€ 65.81
paperback. This book explores the sense in which the uncanny may be a distinctively modern experience, the way these unnerving feelings and unsettling encounters disturb the rational presumptions of the modern world view and the security of modern self-identity, just as the latter may themselves be implicated in the production of these experiences as uncanny. Editor(s): Jervis, John. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349355396
- ISBN
- 9781349355396
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€ 66.05
€ 66.05
Paperback. International competition and skills shortages caused by technological advancement have raised entirely new issues for workers, not least how responsibility is increasingly being transferred to them. This book looks at how workers are expected to survive unstable job market conditions in three locations: the UK, Singapore, and South Korea. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHB; JHBL; JPS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349355594
- ISBN
- 9781349355594
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. The author argues that in the post-9/11 era, North America is evolving from a primarily economic space to a strategic 'securitized' one and that NAFTA has been used by the US as a regulatory framework for dealing with the pressures of globalization that have emerged in the post-Cold War era. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; JPS; KCL; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349355617
- ISBN
- 9781349355617
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This book examines the range of public debates on the Nazi legacy in Germany since Gerhard Schroder's Red-Green coalition came to power in 1998." Series: New Perspectives in German Political Studies. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTB; JFC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349355730
- ISBN
- 9781349355730
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€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Paperback. This volume reviews Africa's past experiences of social policy, with an eye on the future. Contributions examine a range of social policy issues around healthcare, education, the labour market and social welfare, and highlight important conceptual and policy issues for rebuilding Africa. Editor(s): Adesina, Jimi. Series: Social Policy in a Development Context. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JHBA; JPQB; KCL; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349355884
- ISBN
- 9781349355884
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€ 127.12
€ 127.12
Paperback. This book examines only-child experience in global perspective and offers an insight into the dilemmas and challengesonly-children face as adults.Explored from both a social and psychological perspective, it reveals the complexity and multidimensional nature of the private and public worlds of the only-child." Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP; JHBC; JHBK; JHM; JMS; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349355983
- ISBN
- 9781349355983
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€ 65.93
€ 65.93
Paperback. Alively collection of essays on the cultures of nineteenth and twentieth-century Britain. Topics range from prostitution and slavery to the effect of war on fashion magazine reporting to inter-racial marriage in the postwar years. Particular areas of focus include the Second World War, its legacies and the reactions to postwar decolonization." Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 295
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349356126
- ISBN
- 9781349356126
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€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Paperback. An interdisciplinary study of retail crime as a cultural phenomenon, drawing on economics, criminology and management to present a comprehensive explanation for the growth in retail thefts. This topical study explores crime prevention as a management issue, using criminomics, a concept based on commercial realities rather than maximising arrests. Series: Crime Prevention and Security Management. Num Pages: 334 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JKV; JKVQ2; KCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349356478
- ISBN
- 9781349356478
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This collection examines the transformation of the modern Western state in an age of accelerated globalization. Editor(s): Martens, K.; Mayer, P. Series: Transformations of the State. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHB; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349356492
- ISBN
- 9781349356492
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€ 65.93
€ 65.93
Paperback. This book looks into the issue of inequality and distributive justice in an ethnically divided state. It focuses on problems of governance and resource allocation. Series: Ethnicity, Inequality and Public Sector Governance. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHB; JPA; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349356607
- ISBN
- 9781349356607
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€ 126.58
€ 126.58
Paperback. In France the idea that a person can be both a French citizen and have an ethnic or religious identity is unacceptable, while in Britain community cohesion promote the combining of race or faith with the idea of being British. This volume examines the problems posed by these assumptions and the realities that are forcing them to be revisited. Editor(s): Raymond, G. Num Pages: 177 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFF; JFSL; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 177
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349356898
- ISBN
- 9781349356898
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€ 65.52
€ 65.52
Paperback. This book examines commodity consumption both as an ongoing problem for capital and a complex mediator of the post-Cold War political economy. Comor assesses consumption as a core but contradictory nodal point in contemporary world (dis)order developments arguing that capitalist consumption facilitates efforts to rule through consent. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JFSR; JPA; JPS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349356959
- ISBN
- 9781349356959
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Uprootedness, exile and forced displacement, be they due to conflict, persecution or so-called 'development', are conditions which characterise the lives of millions across the globe.This book analyses a range of displacement situations, including development 'oustees', refugees and internally displaced persons." Editor(s): Grabska, Katarzyna; Mehta, Lyla. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFF; JFFN; JFSL; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349356973
- ISBN
- 9781349356973
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. A study of homoerotic life on board ships in the Royal Navy in the age of fighting sail. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBL; HBW; JFSJ; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 339.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349357031
- ISBN
- 9781349357031
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€ 138.81
€ 138.81
Paperback. This book takes us on a spectator's journey engaging with art forms that cross boundaries of categorization. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AN; APF; JFD; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349357086
- ISBN
- 9781349357086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20