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Hardcover. How can transitional justice institutions provide due diligence to the lived experiences of women during war and violent political upheaval? This study provides a unique contribution to feminist scholarship on transitional justice, exploring women, peace and security with case studies from Africa and India. Num Pages: 138 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFSJ1; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137409355
- ISBN
- 9781137409355
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€ 66.12
€ 66.12
The Administrating Victimization: The Politics of Anti-Social Behaviou...
Duggan, Marian, Heap, Vicky
Hardcover. This study addresses the management of victims and victim policy under the Coalition government, in light of an increasing move towards neoliberal and punitive law and order agendas. With a focus on victims of anti-social behaviour and hate crime, Duggan and Heap explore the changing role of the victim in contemporary criminal justice discourses. Series: Palgrave Hate Studies. Num Pages: 145 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFS; JKV; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 218 x 16. Weight in Grams: 330.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137409263
- ISBN
- 9781137409263
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€ 66.17
€ 66.17
Hardcover. As American security became increasingly dependent on technology to shape the consciousness of its populace and to defend them, science fiction shows like The Twilight Zone, Star Trek, and The X-Files both promoted the regime's gendered logic and raised significant questions about that logic and its gendered roles. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137408884
- ISBN
- 9781137408884
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€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. Why do girls study art and why do girls become primary teachers? This book examines and reveals the powerful influence of the family, the school and the state in shaping female identity and constructing notions of gender appropriateness. It also discusses the status of art at school and the position of women artists in society. Series: Palgrave Studies in Gender and Education. Num Pages: 197 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137408563
- ISBN
- 9781137408563
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€ 127.28
€ 127.28
Hardcover. This book explores the controversial social media practices engaged in by girls and young women, including sexual self-representations on social network sites, sexting, and self-harm vlogs. Informed by feminist media and cultural studies, Dobson delves beyond alarmist accounts to ask what it is we really fear about these practices. Series: Critical Studies in Gender, Sexuality, and Culture. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFK; JFFP; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137408396
- ISBN
- 9781137408396
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€ 182.67
€ 182.67
Hardcover. Just as China is called the world factory for manufactured goods, it is also a world factory for manufactured animal cruelty in a new phenomenon of globalized animal cruelty. Animals in China examines animal protection in China in its legal, social and cultural contexts. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPQ; JFFZ; LAQ; LNKG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137408013
- ISBN
- 9781137408013
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€ 127.52
€ 127.52
Hardcover. In The Hyper(in)visible Fat Woman Gailey investigates the interface between fat women's perceptions of their bodies and of the social expectations and judgments placed on them. The book explores the phenomenon of 'hyper(in)visibility', the seemingly paradoxical social position of being paid exceptional attention while simultaneously being erased. Num Pages: 228 pages, 1 figures. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137407160
- ISBN
- 9781137407160
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€ 99.61
€ 99.61
Hardcover. This book examines how the news media in general, and investigative journalism in particular, interprets environmental problems and how those interpretations contribute to the shaping of a discourse of risk that can compete against the omnipresent and hegemonic discourse of modernisation in Chinese society. Series: Palgrave Studies in Media and Environmental Communication. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFF; KNTJ; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137406668
- ISBN
- 9781137406668
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€ 66.62
€ 66.62
The Literature of Waste: Material Ecopoetics and Ethical Matter
Morrison, Susan, Morrison, Susan Signe
Hardcover. Tracing the material and metaphoric waste through the western canon, Morrison disrupts traditional perceptions to understand how we theorize, manage, and are implicated in waste. A major contribution to the growing field of Waste Studies, this book urges the reader to see disposal as the creation of waste literature itself. Num Pages: 314 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 26. Weight in Grams: 536.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137405661
- ISBN
- 9781137405661
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€ 150.50
€ 150.50
Hardcover. This book examines recent changes to Indigenous policy in English-speaking settler states, and locates them within the broader shift from social to neo-liberal framings of citizen-state relations via a case study of Australian federal policy between 2000 and 2007. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTQ; JFFJ; JFSL9; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 322 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137405401
- ISBN
- 9781137405401
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Condition: New
€ 182.69
€ 182.69
Hardcover. Friends play a crucial role in international students' lives. This book explores the characteristics of the friendship networks of international doctoral students by analysing the relationships between these students and their friends, both in the country of education and across several national borders. Num Pages: 175 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JNKS; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 338.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137405241
- ISBN
- 9781137405241
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Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. A discourse on the historical emergence of African American Churches as dynamic cultural presences which occurred in the aftermath of the Civil War, and specifically in the wake of General Sherman's march from Atlanta to Savannah. Series: Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice. Num Pages: 65 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HR; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 228 x 11. Weight in Grams: 222.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137405173
- ISBN
- 9781137405173
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€ 65.52
€ 65.52
Hardcover. Beyond Diversity and Intercultural Management develops a change model designed to challenge prevailing paradigms in the literature and conversations about equal employment opportunity, diversity, and intercultural management. Num Pages: 201 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFJ; KJMV2; KJWX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 370.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137405135
- ISBN
- 9781137405135
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€ 127.30
€ 127.30
Hardcover. Modern men the world over are becoming increasingly fascinated with their image, spending more of their disposable income on beautification products and services. This book examines 'metrosexuality', highlighting the negotiation and construction of masculinities and sexualities in the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JMG; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137404732
- ISBN
- 9781137404732
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Condition: New
€ 66.44
€ 66.44
Hardcover. How does ideology in some states radicalise to such an extent as to become genocidal? Can the causes of radicalisation be seen as internal or external? Examining the ideological evolution in the Armenian genocide, the Holocaust and during the break up of Yugoslavia, Elisabeth Hope Murray seeks to answer these questions in this comparative work. Series: Rethinking Political Violence. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTZ; JFFE; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137404701
- ISBN
- 9781137404701
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Condition: New
€ 66.70
€ 66.70
Hardcover. The Limits of Liberal Multiculturalism provides a timely analysis of some of the weaknesses, as well as the successes, of the liberal multicultural project. It also takes a step forward by developing a pluralist, individual-centred approach to allocating minority rights in practice. Series: Palgrave Studies in Ethics and Public Policy. Num Pages: 236 pages, 1. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137404619
- ISBN
- 9781137404619
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Condition: New
€ 66.74
€ 66.74
Hardcover. Yar examines the autobiographies of fallen sports stars, exploring their fall from grace and the stigma it entails. Drawing upon sociological and criminological perspectives, it illuminates how fallen stars use confessional acts of story-telling to seek forgiveness, vindication and redemption. Num Pages: 116 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JHBA; JHBS; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 228 x 14. Weight in Grams: 278.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137403742
- ISBN
- 9781137403742
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Condition: New
€ 65.84
€ 65.84
Hardcover. This volume addresses the conceptualizations of the Other carried out by Western and Muslim societies historically and in contemporary times through empirical case studies. Editor(s): Eid, Mahmoud; Karim, Karim H. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137403650
- ISBN
- 9781137403650
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. This collection examines the current stage of multicultural challenges and their influence on democracy in 12 countries of Europe and East Asia. Contributors draw out the differences between European and East Asian approaches to universalizing locality and localizing global norms regarding human rights and democratic individuality. Editor(s): Kim, Nam-Kook. Num Pages: 313 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FP; JFFN; JFSL1; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137403445
- ISBN
- 9781137403445
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Frederick Luis Aldama and Christopher Gonzalez offer a thought-provoking conversation on the history of Latinos in the pro football leagues. As they weave their way through significant points where culture, politics, and history congeal, Aldama and Gonzalez thread together an alpha-to-omega, all-encompassing story of Latinos in the NFL. Series: Latino Pop Culture. Num Pages: 130 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFS; JFSL; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 319.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 142
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137403087
- ISBN
- 9781137403087
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Condition: New
€ 82.64
€ 82.64
Hardcover. Analyzing women labeled as terrorists in the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Gender and the Political examines Western cultural constructions of the female terrorist. The chapters argue that the development of the discourse on terrorism evolves in parallel with, and in response to, radical feminism in the US during this time. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ1; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137402752
- ISBN
- 9781137402752
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Condition: New
€ 66.44
€ 66.44
Hardcover. This anthology hopes to contribute, in particular, to the analysis of the mutually constitutive interaction of the use of cyberspace and Asian cultures, with particular attention to ethical, feminist, and religious perspectives especially within Catholic Christianity. Editor(s): Brazal, Agnes M.; Abraham, Kochurani. Series: Content and Context in Theological Ethics. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; HRAM1; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137401649
- ISBN
- 9781137401649
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Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. Policing Wildlife examines both the extent and enforcement of wildlife law, one of the fastest growing areas of crime globally. The book considers how enforcement regimes need to adapt to contemporary wildlife crime threats, particularly those posed by terrorism and organised crime. Series: Palgrave Studies in Green Criminology. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JKV; LNKG; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137400000
- ISBN
- 9781137400000
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Condition: New
€ 193.95
€ 193.95
Hardcover. This book examines Russia's 2013 anti-gay laws and their implications for the Sochi 2014 Olympics. Lenskyj argues that Putin's Russia and the International Olympic Committee wield power in similar ways, as evident in undemocratic governance, fraudulent voting processes, hypocrisy and absence of accountability. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSK; JHBS; KNSP; LNJS; WSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137399755
- ISBN
- 9781137399755
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.05
€ 66.05