Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardback. In this book leading policy experts examine what has happened over the last decade across a broad range of key policy areas, what are currently the most salient challenges and what options might an incoming UK government, regardless of political persuasion, have to address them. Editor(s): Coutts, Adam; McLean, Iain. Num Pages: 348 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JPP; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230574854
- ISBN
- 9780230574854
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.91
€ 67.91
Hardback. This book introduces a constructivist approach to the study of terrorism and shows how language in the media affects our perceptions of 'terrorists' and how particular constructions of 'terrorist' automatically make certain counter-terrorism policies possible, logical and seemingly appropriate. Num Pages: 211 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JPWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230575585
- ISBN
- 9780230575585
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Paperback. Comparing the UK, US, Germany and Japan, this book draws on innovative concepts of varieties of gender regime as well as varieties of capitalism. The volume re-thinks the processes of de-gendering and re-gendering of working practices in the context of both de-regulation and re-regulation of employment. Editor(s): Walby, Sylvia; Gottfried, Heidi; Gottschall, Karin; Osawa, Mari. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBL; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230575707
- ISBN
- 9780230575707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardback. This new edition of Laura Mulvey's first collection of essays contains a new introduction in which she re-assesses her essay "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema." Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DD; JFFK; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 493.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230576469
- ISBN
- 9780230576469
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.03
€ 128.03
hardcover. While major theories of economic regionalism in the existing literature are primarily constructed to explore institutionalized regional integration, European integration in particular, the analytical framework developed in this work explains the unique process and pattern of regional integration in East Asia. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; JFFS; KCL; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Number of pages
- 209
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230576544
- ISBN
- 9780230576544
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.01
€ 67.01
Hardback. This book provides a fresh perspective on the emergence of public Muslim identities, traversing issues of Muslim-state engagement across government initiatives and church-state relations, across equalities agendas and the education system, the courts and the media. Series: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230576667
- ISBN
- 9780230576667
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.84
€ 127.84
Student Mobilities, Migration and the Internationalization of Higher E...
Brooks, Rachel; Waters, Johanna
Hardback. This book develops a comprehensive understanding of the motivations and experiences of students who choose to study abroad for the whole or part of a degree. It includes case studies of students from East Asia, Europe and the UK, and considers the implications of their movement for contemporary higher education. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFFS; JNKS; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230578449
- ISBN
- 9780230578449
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. Challenging notions of what constitutes 'normal' and 'pathological' bodies, this ambitious, agenda-setting study theoretically reinvigorates disability studies by reconceptualising it as 'studies of ableism' focusing on the practices and formations of able-bodiedness to uncover what it means to be 'able' rather than 'disabled'. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230579286
- ISBN
- 9780230579286
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.67
€ 116.67
Hardback. This book provides the first in-depth analysis of the global phenomenon of snowboarding culture. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, it offers key insights into the sport, lifestyle, industry, media, gender relations, travel, and physical experience of snowboarding, in both historical and contemporary contexts. Series: Global Culture and Sport Series. Num Pages: 322 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JHBS; WSWM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 24. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230579446
- ISBN
- 9780230579446
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.03
€ 68.03
Hardback. A rich analysis of the discourses and figurations of 'crisis masculinity' around the turn of the twenty-first century, working at the intersection of performance and cultural studies and looking at film, television, drama, performance art, visual art and street theatre. Num Pages: 242 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN; JFSJ2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230579699
- ISBN
- 9780230579699
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.64
€ 127.64
Paperback. The contributors investigate the workings of language ideologies in relation to other social processes in a globalizing world. They explore in detail the specific ways in which language ideologies underpin language policy and the relationship between public policies and individual practices, with particular attention to Europe. Editor(s): Mar-Molinero, Clare; Stevenson, Patrick. Series: Language and Globalization. Num Pages: 280 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; JFFS; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 365.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230580084
- ISBN
- 9780230580084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.89
€ 66.89
Vandalism and Anti-Social Behaviour (Critical Criminological Perspecti...
Long, Matt, Hopkins Burke, Roger
Hardcover. Vandalism and Anti-Social Behaviour forwards a new typology of vandalism. The authors argue that in order to fully understand vandalism and anti-social behaviour, a culturally criminological perspective should be fostered, which accounts for the emotional and experiential aspects of crime. Series: Critical Criminological Perspectives. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230580855
- ISBN
- 9780230580855
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Hardback. Following the spirit of Benjamin's Arcades Project, this book acts as a kaleidoscope of change in the 21st century, tracing its different reflections in the international contemporary while seeking to understand individual/collective reactions to change through a series of creative methodologies. Editor(s): Pusca, Anca M. Num Pages: 210 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JM; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230580862
- ISBN
- 9780230580862
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.36
€ 127.36
Hardback. Bringing together leading scholars to investigate trends in contemporary social life, this book examines the current patterning of identities based on class and community, gender and generation, 'race', faith and ethnicity, and derived from popular culture, exploring debates about social change, individualization and the re-making of social class. Editor(s): Wetherell, Margaret. Series: Identity Studies in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230580879
- ISBN
- 9780230580879
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.55
€ 67.55
Hardback. This book critically assessesthird-wave feminist strategies for advancing a feminist 'politics of the self' within the late modern, postfeminist gender order -- a context where gender equality has been mainstreamed, feminism has been dismissed, and a neoliberal culture of self-management has become firmly entrenched. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ1; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230580909
- ISBN
- 9780230580909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.84
€ 127.84
Hardback. This book explores the dimensions and characteristics of social vulnerability in Western Europe. It provides a broad empirical foundation for recent theories on the emergence of new social risks in post-industrial societies, revealing to what extent social risks are compromising the 'normal' functioning of the European population. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; GTB; JFF; JFSC; JHBC; JKS; YQG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 319
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230580916
- ISBN
- 9780230580916
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.47
€ 67.47
Paperback. Placing gender at the centre of the debate about young children and multimedia, particularly video games, this, now available in paperback, book develops a relational approach to game play using. The book explores issues of violence and parental regulation and argues that economic relations are central to the micro-relations of playing. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFSJ; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230584716
- ISBN
- 9780230584716
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.82
€ 126.82
Hardback. This book vigorously challenges the dominant academic view of ASBOs as erroneous tools of social control, and offers an alternative perspective on anti-social behaviour management which argues that ASBOs are capable of enabling a positive process of engagement among local authorities, housing professionals and residents. Num Pages: 189 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JKVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 189
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230594449
- ISBN
- 9780230594449
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.41
€ 66.41
Hardcover. Using Lacanian psychoanalysis and queer theory to explore the unstable relationship between heterosexual masculine identity and cultural representation, this book examines the ways straight men are queered and abjected in literature, theory, and film. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; DSB; JFCA; JFSJ2. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600089
- ISBN
- 9780230600089
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardback. The contributions in this volume consider the question of migrant agency, how Western societies are both transforming migrants, and being transformed by them. It is informed by debates on the new 'transnational mobility', the immigration of Muslims, the increasing importance of human rights law, and the critical attention paid to women migrants. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DD; 1KB; JFFN; JFSJ1; JFSR2; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600133
- ISBN
- 9780230600133
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.37€ 47.28
€ 53.37
€ 47.28