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Society & culture: general

Hardback. The globalization of trade, investment, and finance continues apace. Many have benefited from this, but deep inequalities persist. This book argues that the interconnections established by globalization make possible a critique of its inequality. For those who take seriously human dignity, equality is a basic presumption of social institutions. Series: Global Ethics. Num Pages: 195 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
195
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230224575
ISBN
9780230224575
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.64

Hardback. In the 21st century celebrities and celebrity culture thrives. This book explores the much noted but little analyzed relationship between celebrity and crime. Criminals who become celebrities and celebrities who become criminals are examined, drawing on Foucault's theory of governance. Series: Cultural Criminology. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JKV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230224681
ISBN
9780230224681
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.26

Hardback. In recent years children have become an increasingly important consumer market, and there is growing concern about the 'commercialisation' of childhood. This book sheds light on these debates, offering new empirical data and challenging critical perspectives on children's engagement with consumer culture from a wide range of international settings. Editor(s): Buckingham, David; Tingstad, Vebjorg. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFT; JFSP1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
279
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230227835
ISBN
9780230227835
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.15

Hardback. This book focuses on human trafficking in Europe for labour and sexual exploitation. It includes empirical work on trafficking throughout Europe, identifying underlying causes in globalization, migration policies and gender inequality. It questions whether European responses- from policy makers or civil society are adequate. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HBTS; JFF; JFMX; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230229099
ISBN
9780230229099
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.82

Hardback. This book re-examines political, conceptual and methodological concerns of 'intersectionality', bringing these into conversation with sexuality studies. It explores sexual identifications, politics and inequalities as these (dis)connect across time and place, and are re-constituted in relation to class, disability, ethnicity, gender and age. Editor(s): Taylor, Yvette; Hines, Sally; Casey, Mark E. Series: Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
293
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230229303
ISBN
9780230229303
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.03

Hardback. Based on the views of teenagers across Europe and in the Far East, this book argues that we need to reconsider how we judge schools and what they are for. It shows that the treatment of pupils in schools makes more difference to teenagers' views on society, and on what it means to be fair, than it does to differences in attainment. Num Pages: 210 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBC; JNKS; JNL; YNGL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230230255
ISBN
9780230230255
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.09

Hardback. This new study maps and synthesizes existing research on the ways in which journalism deals with death. Folker Hanusch provides a historical overview of death in the news, looks at the conditions of production, content and reception, and also analyzes emerging trends in the representation of death online. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
207
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230230460
ISBN
9780230230460
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.52

Hardback. EPUB Series: Global Ethics. Num Pages: 160 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBN; JFFD; JFFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230230798
ISBN
9780230230798
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.83

Hardback. The time is ripe for a new international organization, a Global Union based upon a limited sharing of sovereignty. This book examines the successes and failures of the European Union as a sovereignty-sharing organization, and suggests that this unique institution has a critical role to play in the development of a more effective world order. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPH; JPSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230230866
ISBN
9780230230866
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

Hardback. Globalization has pushed China and India to the centre of the stage but what has been the impact on workers in these countries? This book demonstrates the complexity of the processes and responses at play. There are signs that both states are shifting their role in a 'counter movement from above'. But will this be enough to quell the social unrest? Editor(s): Bowles, Paul; Harriss, John. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; JFFS; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
285
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230230880
ISBN
9780230230880
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.65

Hardcover. Modernism is fundamentally determined by its relationship to its own notions of style: oscillating between the poles of 'pure' style and 'purely' style, this traces the stylistic self-conceptualization of modernism from Schopenhauer and Flaubert in the 1850s, through Nietzsche and the symbolists in the 1880s, to the high modernists of the 1920s. Series: Modernism and.. Num Pages: 311 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTB; HPS; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230230965
ISBN
9780230230965
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.39

Hardback. Examining the successful movements to abolish capital punishment in the UK, France, and Germany, this book examines the similarities in the social structure and political strategies of abolition movements in all three countries. An in-depth comparative analysis with other countries assesses chances of success of abolition elsewhere. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; JFMC; JKVP; LAM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230231986
ISBN
9780230231986
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.21

Hardback. Social thinkers in all fields are faced with one unavoidable question: What does it mean to be human in the 21st century? This ambitious and groundbreaking book provides the first synthesis of historical, philosophical and sociological insights needed to address this question in a thoughtful and creative manner. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM3; JFMG; JHB; PDA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230233423
ISBN
9780230233423
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.53

Hardback. The book argues that a successful monetary and banking reform requires: a rollback of monetary nationalism and return to monetary internationalism; trust in the banking system with its basic functions restored; a balance between competition and solidarity in order to assure political and social acceptance of globalization. Editor(s): Hieronymi, Otto. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCLF; KCP; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230235304
ISBN
9780230235304
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.39

Paperback. Analyzing a broad range of movements, this volume, now available in paperback, reflects on the many challenges that globalization presents for transnational activisim. It explores how international government organizations might offer political opportunities and constraints for social movements, addressing both domestic and global problems. Editor(s): Della Porta, Donatella. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JH; JPV; JPWF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230235311
ISBN
9780230235311
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.06

Hardback. A bold and exciting exploration of the relationship and interactions between humans, the human landscape and the earth, looking at a diverse range of case studies from the nineteenth-century city to the Asian tsunami and Hurricane Katrina. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
217
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230235847
ISBN
9780230235847
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.61

Hardcover. This book examines how many women active in revolutionary movements develop feminist identities and how this identity simultaneously contributes to and conflicts with the struggle for women's emancipation. Num Pages: 264 pages, 6 plates. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ; JFSJ1; JPFN; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230236127
ISBN
9780230236127
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.69

Hardback. This book analyzes how the European environmental movement has influenced the problem definitions and solution strategies of European policy issues, examining biodiversity, GMOs, Trans-European Transport Networks, and climate change. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JFFS; JPA; JPSN2; JPWQ; RNA; RNK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230236141
ISBN
9780230236141
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.76

Hardback. A collection of original essays from leading scholars in the field exploring the contemporary debates, concerns and controversies ongoing in Spanish film industry, culture and scholarship. The essays reveal the far-reaching shifts that have occurred in the Spanish film scene, making essential reading for all interested in European cinema. Editor(s): Davies, Ann. Num Pages: 165 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; APFA; JFC; JFD; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 14. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
165
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230236202
ISBN
9780230236202
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.58

Hardcover. Evaluates the nature of the international governance of minority rights in the context of the enlargement of the European Union. This book examines the origin and development of the European Minority Rights Regime paying particular attention to the institutions, policies and actions of European organisations. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFSL; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230236462
ISBN
9780230236462
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.09

Paperback. As environmental issues increasingly impinge on society, sociologists have turned their attention to nature and the environment. This book concentrates on empirical studies in environmental sociology, showing what sociologists bring to current debates and demonstrating how sociologists can best pursue practical work on environmental topics. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; RNB; RNK; RNT; YQG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230237117
ISBN
9780230237117
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.58

Hardback. Providing a new perspective on migration and sex work in Europe, this book is based on interviews with migrant women in the sex sector. It brings together issues of migration, labour and political subjectivity in order to refocus scholarly and policy agenda away from sex slavery and organized crime, towards agency and citizenship. Series: Migration, Minorities & Citizenship. Num Pages: 182 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFN; JFMX; JFSJ1; JHBL; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
182
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230237407
ISBN
9780230237407
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.70

Hardcover. This book uses identity theories to explore the struggles of indigenous peoples against the domination of the settler imaginary in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States. The book argues that a new relational imaginary can revolutionize the way settler peoples think about and relate to indigenous difference. Series: Identity Studies in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTQ; JFFP; JFSL1; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230237421
ISBN
9780230237421
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.27

Hardback. The problem of memory in China, Japan and Korea involves a surfeit rather than a deficit of memory, and the consequence of this excess is negative: unforgettable traumas prevent nations from coming to terms with the problems of the present. These compelling essays enrich Western scholarship by applying to it insights derived from Asian settings. Editor(s): Kim, Mikyoung; Schwartz, Barry. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; HBLW3; JFC; JFSL; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230237476
ISBN
9780230237476
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.21

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