Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. This edited volume puts forth a theoretically and empirically rigorous analysis of Japanese foreign policy. Nine case studies on Japan's security, economic, and environmental policies in this volume examine how norms do or do not guide Japanese foreign policy and how they interact with interests and power. Num Pages: 287 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPA; JPS; KCP; KCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349539970
- ISBN
- 9781349539970
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€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. Hill brings two of the most prominent theologians of our time, Martin Luther King Jr. and Desmond Tutu, into conversation to explore the meaning of the Christian ideas of reconciliation, multiculturalism, and social justice for today's world. It offers a comprehensive analysis of King and Tutu's theology with implications for contemporary issues. Series: Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBL; HRA; HRCM; JFC; JP. 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
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349540082
- ISBN
- 9781349540082
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€ 61.90
€ 61.90
Paperback. This bookexposes the ways in which ostensibly normative sexualities depend upon queerness to shore up their claims of privilege. Through readings of such classic texts as The Canterbury Tales and Eger and Grime, Tison Pugh explains how sexual normativity can often be claimed only after queerness has been rejected." Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBJD; JFSJ. 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
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349540143
- ISBN
- 9781349540143
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€ 61.61
€ 61.61
The Politics, Economics, and Culture of Mexican-US Migration. Both Sid...
. Ed(S): Ashbee, Edward; Clausen, H.; Pederse...
Paperback. Editor(s): Ashbee, Edward; Clausen, H.; Pedersen, C. Num Pages: 333 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPA; JPS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 333
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349540204
- ISBN
- 9781349540204
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€ 62.79
€ 62.79
paperback. Contributors to the volume: Erin Graff Zivin * Bruno Bosteels * Gabriela Basterra * Idelber Avelar * Esther Gabara * Sergio Chejfec * Gabriel Riera * Alberto Moreiras * Doris Sommer * Francine Masiello Editor(s): Zivin, Erin Graff. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFC. 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
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349540228
- ISBN
- 9781349540228
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€ 61.72
€ 61.72
Paperback. This book provides new insights to the debate about the end of class and shows that Western European societies remain decidedly stratified with respect to material advantages and citizenship rights. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB; JHBL; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349540457
- ISBN
- 9781349540457
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€ 191.15
€ 191.15
Paperback. This book recovers and interprets the enormous worldwide reaction to the death of British woman Edith Cavell at the hands of occupying German forces in Belgium. Num Pages: 289 pages, 36 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; HBW; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 289
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349540532
- ISBN
- 9781349540532
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€ 62.54
€ 62.54
paperback. Minns argues that the industrial transformations of Mexico, South Korea and Taiwan were based on the existence of powerful developmentalist states in each. It explores the origins of such states and their dynamics and connects the form of autonomy they enjoy within their countries to the policies they pursue. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 323 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFS; JHB; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 323
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2006
- SKU
- V9781349540570
- ISBN
- 9781349540570
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€ 119.13
€ 119.13
Paperback. This book explores the diversity and patterns of representation in the governance of public institutions--specifically, parliament, cabinet and the bureaucracy--in India. Series: Ethnicity, Inequality and Public Sector Governance. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JFF; JFSL; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 335.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349540594
- ISBN
- 9781349540594
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€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. This book examines dimensions of Islam and violence within wider debates about politics, history, faith, power and struggle both within Muslims' realms and outside. It explores the motif of violence in its myriad aspects including debates about sacrifice, private and public violence, responses and reactions, as well as suicide and martyrdom. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRH; JFC; JPS; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 325.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349540631
- ISBN
- 9781349540631
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€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. This book provides new insights into the relationship between masculinity and jealousy through the study of representations of male jealousy in contemporary Hollywood cinema. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; JFC; JFSJ; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349540679
- ISBN
- 9781349540679
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€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. This research project offers a new perspective on post-sixteen transitions. Combing secondary data with narrative accounts it describes how young people in the UK make choices at the end of their compulsory schooling and provides a dynamic model of decision-making and a thorough critique of current research in the area, beyond fashionable concepts. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP; JHB; JHBK; JNM; JNRV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349540693
- ISBN
- 9781349540693
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€ 119.13
€ 119.13
Paperback. Series: Performance Interventions. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AN; AS; JFC; JFFK; JFSJ. 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
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349540839
- ISBN
- 9781349540839
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€ 61.67
€ 61.67
paperback. This book explores the way in which the support of family groups enabled women to participate in literary production, but simultaneously closeted them within a form of writing that often encompassed genre, style, rhetoric and theme. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HBJD; HBJD1; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- SKU
- V9781349540853
- ISBN
- 9781349540853
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€ 62.54
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Paperback. This collection of essays by leading and emergent critics of twentieth-century fiction offers a wide-ranging and provocative reassessment of the British novel's achievements after modernism. Editor(s): Mackay, M.; Stonebridge, Lyndsey. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 305.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349540877
- ISBN
- 9781349540877
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€ 62.54
€ 62.54
The Europeanization of National Policies and Politics of Immigration: ...
. Ed(S): Faist, T; Ette, A
paperback. The Europeanization of National Policies and Politics of Immigration is the first cutting-edge volume presenting a comparative empirical investigation on the impact of the EU on migration policy at national level. Revealing striking differences, this collection examines traditional member states, new member states as well as non-member states. Editor(s): Faist, T; Ette, A. Series: Migration, Minorities & Citizenship. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHB; JPA. 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
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- SKU
- V9781349541164
- ISBN
- 9781349541164
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Condition: New
€ 118.65
€ 118.65
Paperback. Social changes including an increase in dual-earner families, declining fertility, and growing problems of work-life 'balance' are underway as more women, particularly mothers, enter and remain in paid employment. The authors explore this in a number of European countries (Britain, France, The Netherlands, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Portugal). Editor(s): Crompton, R.; Lewis, S.; Lyonette, Clare. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ; JHBK; JHBL; JKSN; JPQB. 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
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349541270
- ISBN
- 9781349541270
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€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. Countering popular myths of women's deficiencies in communicating in traditionally male professions, the author uses women's talkto illustrate the interactional skills required to contribute effectively to workplace meetings, and presents new insights on the organization of talk in meetings while celebrating women's clear competence." Series: Communicating in Professions and Organizations. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CB; CFB; CFGR; GTC; JFSJ; KJSP. 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
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349541331
- ISBN
- 9781349541331
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Condition: New
€ 61.47
€ 61.47
Paperback. One of the biggest challenges facing the Asia-Pacific region in the 21st century is the large scale cross-border movement of people. This book explores: sovereignty; security issues and border-management strategies of major states, in the face of intensified transnational economic and social processes; and the expanding global governance regime. Editor(s): Kaur, A.; Metcalfe, I. Num Pages: 341 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; KCA; KCF; KCL; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 341
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349541430
- ISBN
- 9781349541430
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Condition: New
€ 119.05
€ 119.05
Paperback. Despite profound disagreement on whether identities are essential or existential, primordial or constructed, singular or multiple, there is little dispute over whether identities exist or not. In this provocative study, Sinisa Malesevic interrogates the unproblematic use of concepts of identity, and in particular national or ethnic identity. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSL; JHB; JHM; JMS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349541737
- ISBN
- 9781349541737
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Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54