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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. Marriages across ethnic borders are increasing in frequency, yet little is known of how discourses of 'normal' families, ethnicity, race, migration, globalisation affect couples and children involved in these mixed marriages. This book explores mixed marriage though intimate stories drawn from the real lives of visibly different couples. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JHBK; JKSN; JMF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137390776
- ISBN
- 9781137390776
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Challenges in Economic and Financial Policy Formulation: An Islamic Pe...
Askari, Hossein, Iqbal, Zamir, Mirakhor, Abba...
Hardcover. Challenges in Economic and Financial Policy Formulation provides an introductory, yet comprehensive, treatment of macroeconomic policies and their implementation in an Islamic-designed economic system. Series: Palgrave Studies in Islamic Banking, Finance, and Economics. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSR2; KCB; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137390455
- ISBN
- 9781137390455
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€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardcover. This book uses ethnography as theological practice, yielding a theology constructed at the intersection of church, academy and everyday life. Drawing on the author's research in her Baptist church, the resulting 'ethnographic theology' produces creative theological insights, while also proposing fresh alternatives for Christian thought and action. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM; HRCM; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
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- Hardback
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- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137390431
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- 9781137390431
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€ 160.46
€ 160.46
Hardcover. What does consumption in the global south signify, and how are its complexities communicated in media discourses? This book looks at the media representation of consumer culture in Africa, China, Brazil and India through case studies ranging from celebrity selfies, to travel websites, news reports and documentary film. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFS; JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137390127
- ISBN
- 9781137390127
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€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardcover. This book offers unique insights into challenges faced by human service workers striving to achieve social justice in the aftermath of disasters. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFC; JH; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 396.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137389602
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- 9781137389602
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€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Hardcover. This book explores the structural tensions and conflicts that arise with the abolition of border controls between the EU's member states and how this conflict ridden relationship affects and is affected by the institutional shape of the EU's external borders. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JFFN; JPSN2; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 222 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137389411
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- 9781137389411
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€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. This book analyzes how different constituencies within Pakistan are grappling with interpreting and redefining Muslim women's rights in contemporary society. Num Pages: 204 pages, 2 black & white tables, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKP; JFSJ1; JFSR2; JPFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137388995
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- 9781137388995
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€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. This collection demonstrates a constructive potential in reimagining with doctrines, which unlocks them from centuries of patriarchal constraint. It opens the way for glimpsing divine action in the economy of salvation, while human struggles for justice are placed within a wider arena when discrete theological resources are deployed in this way. Editor(s): Kim, Grace Ji-Sun; Daggers, Jenny. Num Pages: 156 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRA; HRAM; JFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137388674
- ISBN
- 9781137388674
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€ 66.29
€ 66.29
Hardcover. This resounding defence of the principles of free expression revisits the Satanic Verses uproar of 1989, as well as subsequent incidents such as the Danish cartoons controversy, to argue that the human right of free speech is by no means so secure that it can be taken for granted. Num Pages: 182 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSK; HRH; JFMD; JPVH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 221 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137388599
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- 9781137388599
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€ 66.44
€ 66.44
Hardcover. Drawing on comparative country case studies, this book explores student mobility in Europe, incorporating original theoretical perspectives to explain how mobility happens and new empirical evidence to illustrate how students become mobile within their present educational and future working lives. Num Pages: 173 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JFFN; JFFS; JNKS; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 222 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137388506
- ISBN
- 9781137388506
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€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Hardcover. In the age of media convergence, stories have morphed into new forms yet their core purpose remains the same, which is to pass on knowledge and information. This book argues that the inherent interactivity of the internet and the emotional engagement of story can lead to innovative pedagogies in media-rich environments. Num Pages: 276 pages, 1 black & white tables, 4 black & white line drawings, 3 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JFD; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137388360
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- 9781137388360
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€ 128.05
€ 128.05
The Assets Perspective: The Rise of Asset Building and its Impact on S...
Cramer, Reid, Shanks, Trina R. Williams
Hardcover. The economy's struggles to overcome the lingering effects of the Great Recession presented unique but essential questions.The book considers a full range of data which considers how this recent experience has impacted households, providing a thorough and contemporary treatment of how the assets perspective has prompted changes within social policy. Num Pages: 311 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFM; JPA; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 616.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137388278
- ISBN
- 9781137388278
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€ 67.71
€ 67.71
Migrant Mobilization and Securitization in the US and Europe: How Does...
Ariane Chebel D'Appollonia
Hardcover. Immigrants and minorities in Europe and America have responded in diverse ways to security legislation introduced since 9/11 that targets them, labeling them as threats. This book identifies how different groups have responded and explains why, synthesizing findings in the fields of securitization, migrant integration, and migrant mobilization. Series: Europe in Transition: The NYU European Studies Series. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; JFFN; JPQB; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 388.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137388049
- ISBN
- 9781137388049
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€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Paperback. How has the American Empire sustained global influence where many others have failed? An overlooked element is capabilities of new communications technologies, and their ability to convey ideological messages while neutralizing dissent through entertainment and spectacle, have allowed the US to retain cultural power on a global scale. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JFFS; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 368.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137387264
- ISBN
- 9781137387264
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€ 66.41
€ 66.41
Hardcover. The book examines Muslim-European interactions in the interwar period and provides original insights into the emergence of geopolitical and intellectual East-West networks that transcended national, cultural, and linguistic borders. Editor(s): Ryad, Umar. Series: The Modern Muslim World. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HBLW; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 221 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
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- Hardback
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- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137387035
- ISBN
- 9781137387035
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€ 66.70
€ 66.70
Hardcover. The Internet is the most terrifying and most beautifully innovative invention of the twentieth century. Using film theory and close textual analysis, Tucker offers an explanation of the Internet and a brief history of its portrayal on film in order examine how it has shaped contemporary versions of self-identity, memory, and the human body. Num Pages: 265 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137386687
- ISBN
- 9781137386687
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€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. This book is about different formations of memory, construction of multiple identifications and transformation of social categories through an exclusionary violence case against Gypsies in Turkey. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJPL; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 168 x 22. Weight in Grams: 432.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137386618
- ISBN
- 9781137386618
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€ 127.45
€ 127.45
Reimagining Black Difference and Politics in Brazil: From Racial Democ...
Alexandre Emboaba da Costa
Hardcover. This book examines Black Brazilian political struggle in a moment characterized by the intermingling of post-racial ideologies and multicultural policies in the Americas. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSL; JFSL3; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137386335
- ISBN
- 9781137386335
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€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. A social tragedy is a collective representation of injustice. Baker demonstrates how social tragedies facilitate moral action and discusses a series of contemporary case studies - the death of Princess Diana, Zinedine Zidane's 2006 World Cup scandal, KONY 2012 - to examine their social and political effects. Series: Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD; JHBA; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 221 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137386137
- ISBN
- 9781137386137
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€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. Manohar Pawar discusses the relevance and importance of social policy for water issues. By analysing several interrelated perspectives on water, he suggests core values as bases for formulating and implementing social policies so as to provide universal free access to safe drinking water for all, particularly for the most poor and disadvantaged. Num Pages: 96 pages, 5 charts. BIC Classification: JFFA; JFFC; JPP; JPRB; JPWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 292.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137385512
- ISBN
- 9781137385512
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€ 65.93
€ 65.93
Critical Perspectives on Technology and Education (Digital Education a...
Bulfin, Scott, Johnson, Nicola F., Bigum, Chr...
Hardcover. This book offers critical readings of issues in education and technology and demonstrates how researchers can use critical perspectives from sociology, digital media, cultural studies, and other fields to broaden the "ed-tech" research imagination, open up new topics, ask new questions, develop theory, and articulate an agenda for informed action. Series: Digital Education and Learning. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD; JNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 468.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137385444
- ISBN
- 9781137385444
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€ 106.74€ 88.07
€ 106.74
€ 88.07
Hardcover. Through extensive analysis of the Swedish Armed Forces this study explores the possibilities and pitfalls of implementing of a gender perspective in military organizations and operations. It established a number of important lessons for similar attempts in other countries and discusses the continued process of implementation in the Swedish military Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DNS; JFSJ; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137385048
- ISBN
- 9781137385048
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€ 66.44
€ 66.44
Hardcover. This book aims to decipher the complex web of structural, institutional and cultural contradictions which shape the inclusion-exclusion dialectic and the multifaceted grid within which the 'us' becomes the 'other' and the 'other' becomes the 'us'. It looks at how international migrants in Europe transform from legal subjects into legal abjects. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFN; JFFS; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137384959
- ISBN
- 9781137384959
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€ 66.56
€ 66.56
Hardcover. The muscle-bound male body is a perennial feature of classically-inflected action cinema. This book reassesses these films as a cinematic form, focusing on the depiction of heroic masculinity. In particular, Hercules in his many incarnations has greatly influenced popular cultural interpretations of manliness and the exaggerated male form. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137384706
- ISBN
- 9781137384706
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Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50