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Paperback. Men and the Language of Emotions challenges the commonly held association of rationality with masculinity, involving distancing from the language of emotions. Drawing on a study of heterosexual men talking about their life and relationships, he demonstrates that men are capable of speaking of emotions, and in direct and uninhibited ways. Num Pages: 181 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFD; JFSJ2; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 248.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 181
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230554313
- ISBN
- 9780230554313
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Condition: New
€ 65.52
€ 65.52
Financial Risk Management for Islamic Banking and Finance
Akkizidis, Ioannis; Khandelwal, Sunil Kumar
Hardback. Financial institutions are providing Islamic financial contracts in global markets. As a result of this market growth there is a demand to understand how to assess and manage the risks arising from applying Islamic financial products and services. This book presents a common framework on how to manage the risks faced. Series: Finance and Capital Markets Series. Num Pages: 249 pages, 243 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSR2; KFFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 518.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230553811
- ISBN
- 9780230553811
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Condition: New
€ 338.36
€ 338.36
Hardback. This book is the first comprehensive account of the numerous attempts made since the Second World War to provide food security for all. It provides a reference source for all those involved and interested in food security issues. Num Pages: 530 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFA; KCB; KCL; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 166 x 35. Weight in Grams: 930.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 530
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230553552
- ISBN
- 9780230553552
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Condition: New
€ 252.68
€ 252.68
Hardback. This critical introduction to gay and lesbian identity within the media explores the concept of 'new storytelling'. The case studies look at film, television and online media, focussing on the narrative potential of individual storytellers who, as producers, writers and performers, challenge identity concerns and offer new expressions of liberty. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; APT; JFD; JFSK2; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 508.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230553439
- ISBN
- 9780230553439
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€ 67.31
€ 67.31
Hardback. A study of Britain as a capitalism poised between American and European models, exploring themes of legitimation, denial and opportunism via a series of substantial case studies framed by a reinterpretation of Thatcherism's economic contexts and a critical assessment of New Labour. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPP; JPR; KCP; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 381.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230553095
- ISBN
- 9780230553095
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Condition: New
€ 66.48
€ 66.48
hardcover. From the Holocaust to 9/11, modern communications systems have incessantly exposed us to reports of distant and horrifying events, experienced by strangers, and brought to us through media technologies. In this book leading scholars explore key questions concerning the truth status and broader implications of 'media witnessing'. Editor(s): Frosh, Paul; Pinchevski, Amit. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 436.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230551497
- ISBN
- 9780230551497
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Condition: New
€ 67.37
€ 67.37
Hardback. Drawing upon qualitative material from parents and professionals, including ethnography, narrative inquiry, interviews and focus groups, this book brings together feminist and critical disability studies theories. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFG; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 497.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230551459
- ISBN
- 9780230551459
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Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardback. This period witnessed the first full flowering of women's writing in Britain. This illuminating volume features leading scholars who draw upon the last 25 years of scholarship and textual recovery to demonstrate the literary and cultural significance of women in the period, discussing writers such as Austen, Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley. Editor(s): Labbe, Jacqueline M. Series: History of British Women's Writing. Num Pages: 392 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 221 x 138 x 28. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230550711
- ISBN
- 9780230550711
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Condition: New
€ 67.85
€ 67.85
Paperback. The first book that draws together the main current methodological approaches to the study of language and gender. Approaches include Sociolinguistics, Conversation analysis, Corpus linguistics, Critical discourse analysis, Feminist post-structuralist discourse analysis, Discursive psychology and Queer theory. Num Pages: 344 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230550698
- ISBN
- 9780230550698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.66
€ 127.66
Hardback. The first book that draws together the main current methodological approaches to the study of language and gender. Approaches include Sociolinguistics, Conversation analysis, Corpus linguistics, Critical discourse analysis, Feminist post-structuralist discourse analysis, Discursive psychology and Queer theory. Editor(s): Sauntson, Helen; Sunderland, Jane. Num Pages: 344 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; JFSJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 565.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230550681
- ISBN
- 9780230550681
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.57
€ 129.57
Hardback. This volume charts the most significant changes for a literary history of women in a period that saw the beginnings of a discourse of 'enlightened feminism'. It reveals that women engaged in forms old and new, seeking to shape and transform the culture of letters rather than simply reflect or respond to the work of their male contemporaries. Editor(s): Ballaster, Ros. Series: History of British Women's Writing. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 145 x 219 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230549388
- ISBN
- 9780230549388
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
hardcover. Drawing on the work of Raymond Williams, Valentin Volosinov and Mikhail Bakhtin, the book examines key issues for working-class studies including: the idea of the 'death' of class; the importance of working-class writing; the significance of place and space for understanding working-class identity; and the centrality of work in working-class lives. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSC; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2007th Edition
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230549203
- ISBN
- 9780230549203
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Condition: New
€ 127.60
€ 127.60
Hardback. The transformation of the Turkish state is examined here in the context of globalized frames of neo-liberal capitalism and contemporary schemas of Islamic politics. It shows how the historical emergence of two distinct yet intertwined imaginaries of state structuring, laiklik and Islam, continues to influence Turkish politics today. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVT; JFSR2; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 569.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230546806
- ISBN
- 9780230546806
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Condition: New
€ 128.53
€ 128.53
The Everyday Resilience of the City. How Cities Respond to Terrorism a...
Coaffee, Jon; Wood, David Murakami; Rogers, P...
Hardback. This book examines the practice of urban resilience past and present, drawing on deeper global historical sources and detailed case-studies of contemporary Britain. It argues that resilience is neither new nor necessarily about protecting ordinary people, but part of a long struggle over the control of cities. Series: New Security Challenges. Num Pages: 352 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSG; JPWL; RPC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 676.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230546738
- ISBN
- 9780230546738
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Condition: New
€ 129.23
€ 129.23
Hardback. This book investigates the transfer of parent country organizational practices by the retailers to their Chinese subsidiaries, providing insights into employment relations in multinational retail firms and changing labour-management systems in China, as well as their impact on consumer culture. Series: Consumption and Public Life. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFS; JFFT; JHBL; KNPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230545526
- ISBN
- 9780230545526
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Condition: New
€ 67.52
€ 67.52
Hardback. Reality Television, Affect and Intimacy explains the appeal of reality television in terms of the affective power of the mediated image. In place of common objections that reality TV is 'not real', Misha Kavka argues that the feelings of intimacy engendered by unscripted drama are both real and socially informative. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APT; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 475.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230545502
- ISBN
- 9780230545502
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.95
€ 138.95
Hardback. Internationally renowned media and literature scholars, social scientists, game designers and artists explore the cultural potential of computer games in this rich anthology, which introduces the latest approaches in the central fields of game studies and provides an extensive survey of contemporary game culture. Editor(s): Jahn-Sudmann, Andreas; Stockmann, Ralf. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; UDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230545441
- ISBN
- 9780230545441
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.93
€ 138.93
Hardback. This book studies the growing number of lesbian women embarking on parenthood after coming out. Theoretical debates about lesbian motherhood often consider its assimilative or transgressive dimensions. This book offers a different approach, contextualising lesbian motherhood in relation to sexual citizenship and hegemonic discourses of kinship Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSJ1; JFSK1; JHBK; JKSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 437.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230545410
- ISBN
- 9780230545410
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardback. This book explores what the privatization of global rule-making means for democracy. It reconstructs three prominent rule-making processes in the field of global sustainability politics and argues that, if designed properly, private transnational rule-making can be as democratic as intergovernmental rule-making. Series: Transformations of the State. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTN; JFFS; JPHV; JPS; RN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230545274
- ISBN
- 9780230545274
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.05
€ 128.05
Hardback. Learning and Teaching Across Cultures in Higher Educationcontains theoretical rationale, resources and examples to help readers understand and deal with situations involving contact between learners or educators from different cultural backgrounds, as well as giving insights into the new global context of higher education. Editor(s): Palfreyman, David; McBride, Dawn. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JNC; JNM; JNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230542839
- ISBN
- 9780230542839
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.97
€ 67.97