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Hardback. Unveiling Women's Leadership provides a penetrating insight into the world of Indian woman leaders. The book unravels the unique challenges facing the Indian woman leader who has to juggle several challenges including patriarchy, the caste system, harassment, and society's expectation that she ought to fit snugly into stereotypical roles. Editor(s): Kumar, Payal. Num Pages: 199 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSJ1; KJMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137547040
- ISBN
- 9781137547040
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.40
€ 127.40
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Green Criminology. Num Pages: 137 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 334.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 137
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137546678
- ISBN
- 9781137546678
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.99
€ 77.99
Hardback. Proposing a renovation of the metaphor of the urban fabric, Interwoven Cities develops an analysis of how cities might be woven into alternative patterns, to better sustain social and ecological life. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 168 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSG; RNU; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137546159
- ISBN
- 9781137546159
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.37
€ 66.37
Hardcover. A disturbing but ultimately discredited strain in American thought, eugenics was a crucial ideological force in the early twentieth century. Luczak investigates the work of writers like Jack London and Charlotte Perkins Gilman, to consider the impact of eugenic racial discourse on American literary production from 1900-1940. Series: Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137545787
- ISBN
- 9781137545787
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Paperback. In this book, men in politics are the subjects of a gendered analysis with Elin Bjarnegard exploring how male networks are maintained and expanded, seeking to improve our understanding of the rationale underlying male dominance in politics. The role of informal institutions in unpredictable political settings are explored. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSJ2; JPHL; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 352.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137545312
- ISBN
- 9781137545312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.57
€ 71.57
The Mediatization of Foreign Policy, Political Decision-Making and Hum...
Brommesson, Douglas; Ekengren, Ann-Marie
Hardback. Series: The Palgrave MacMillan Series in International Political Communication. Num Pages: 206 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JPA; JPH; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137544605
- ISBN
- 9781137544605
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.54
€ 138.54
Hardcover. This book brings together digital humanities and intermedia studies to establish the field of transformative digital intermedia studies. It does so in a model based study of the differences between texts and maps that will be important for the further development of the spatial humanities. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137544575
- ISBN
- 9781137544575
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Hardback. The Dialectic of Taste examines the aesthetic economy in the context of economic crises. It explains how a new concern for aesthetics, seen in artisan markets, was born out of the ashes of McDonaldization to become a potent force today, capable of both regulating social identity and sparking social change. Num Pages: 113 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPN; JFCA; JFFT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 297.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 113
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137544278
- ISBN
- 9781137544278
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.89
€ 65.89
Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling in Southeast Europe and Russia...
Leman, Johan, Janssens, Stef
Hardcover. Through unprecedented access to over 100 court files and sentences, and interviews with police and security personnel in both origin and destination countries, this book provides the most comprehensive exploration to date of human trafficking and migrant smuggling in Eastern Europe and Russia. Series: Transnational Crime, Crime Control and Security. Num Pages: 184 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DS; 1DV; HBTS; JFFE2; JFFN; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 15. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137543639
- ISBN
- 9781137543639
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.34
€ 66.34
Egyptian Revolution 2.0: Political Blogging, Civic Engagement, and Cit...
El-Nawawy, Mohammed, Khamis, Sahar
Paperback. This book sheds light on the growing phenomenon of cyberactivism in the Arab world, with a special focus on the Egyptian political blogosphere and its role in paving the way to democratization and socio-political change in Egypt, which culminated in Egypt's historical popular revolution. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Series in International Political Communication. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JMG; HBJH; HBLX; JFD; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 324.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137543561
- ISBN
- 9781137543561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.42
€ 71.42
Fierce Feminine Divinities of Eurasia and Latin America: Baba Yaga, Ka...
Malgorzata Oleszkiewicz-Peralba
Hardcover. Responding to a growing interest in fierce feminine archetypes and syncretic religions, Malgorzata Oleszkiewicz-Peralba offers a study of the origin and worship of four feminine deities across cultures and continents: the Slavic Baba Yaga, the Hindu goddess Kali, the Brazilian Pombagira, and the Mexican Santa Muerte. Num Pages: 204 pages, 41 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KL; HRL; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137543547
- ISBN
- 9781137543547
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.65
€ 99.65
Hardcover. Through an investigation on how Palestinian youth appropriate low-end information and communication technologies (ICTs) and digital media forms, Sanjay Asthana and Nishan Havandjian analyze how certain developments in globalization and media convergence enable young people to create new civic spaces. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBP; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137543516
- ISBN
- 9781137543516
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.34
€ 127.34
Globalized Muslim Youth in the Asia Pacific: Popular Culture in Singap...
Kamaludeen Mohamed Mohamed Nasir
Hardcover. This book is a sociological study of Muslim youth culture in two global cities in the Asia Pacific: Singapore and Sydney. Comparing young Muslims' participation in and reflections on various elements of popular culture, this study illuminates the range of attitudes and strategies they adopt to reconcile popular youth culture with piety. Series: Pop Music, Culture and Identity. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMS; 1MBFN; HRHP; JFSP2; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137543509
- ISBN
- 9781137543509
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.85
€ 66.85
Hardback. Carter illuminates and validates the vital role of visioning in social education. The book features peace in social education with instructional recommendations, planning resources and descriptions of transdisciplinary learning. It elaborates mindful citizenship across social, environmental, ethical, geographic, economic and political realms. Num Pages: 183 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JNA; JNAM; JNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 183
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137542731
- ISBN
- 9781137542731
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.70€ 46.67
€ 52.70
€ 46.67
Hardback. Num Pages: 215 pages, 3 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHBK; JKSF; JKSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137541833
- ISBN
- 9781137541833
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.47
€ 116.47
Hardcover. Jin Young Choi rereads discipleship in the Gospel of Mark from a postcolonial feminist perspective, developing an Asian and Asian American hermeneutics of phronesis. Colonized subjects perceive Jesus' body as phantasmic. Discipleship means embodying the mystery of this body while engaging with invisible, placeless and voiceless others. Series: Postcolonialism and Religions. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRCF2; HRCG; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137541543
- ISBN
- 9781137541543
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.65
€ 160.65
Hardcover. This book offers a critical analysis on employing a universal understanding of poverty and suggests ways forward for poverty reduction for developing countries in a post-2015 era. Taking specific country-contexts into account, the author argues that national poverty lines should be the benchmark for future anti-poverty policies. Num Pages: 110 pages, 3 charts, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFFA; JKSR; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 15. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137541420
- ISBN
- 9781137541420
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.86
€ 65.86
Hardcover. Based on sources in Genesis and Plato's Symposium, the androygyne during Early Modern France was a means of expressing the full potential of humans made in the image of God. This book documents and comments on the range of references to the androgyne in the writings of poets, philosophers, courtiers, and women in positions of political power. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137541369
- ISBN
- 9781137541369
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. The Entrepreneurial Research University in Latin America examines the changes in Latin American universities in the second half of the twentieth and the beginning of the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; 1KLSH; 3JJP; 3JM; JFSL4; JNK; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137540270
- ISBN
- 9781137540270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.73
€ 127.73
Hardback. "The Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature. The registered company is Nature America Inc. New York."--Title page verso. Num Pages: 299 pages, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFF; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 519.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 299
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137540249
- ISBN
- 9781137540249
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.03
€ 128.03
Youth Participation in Democratic Life: Stories of Hope and Disillusio...
Cammaerts, Bart, Bruter, Michael, Banaji, Sha...
Hardcover. This book is concerned with the contexts, nature and quality of the participation of young people in European democratic life. The authors understand democracy broadly as both institutional politics and civic cultures, and a wide range of methods are used to analyse and assess youth participation and attitudes. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFP; JHBC; JPH; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 275 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137540201
- ISBN
- 9781137540201
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardcover. In this detailed study of modern Iran, Yadullah Shahibzadeh examines changes in people's understanding of politics and democracy. The book aims to overcome the shortcomings of traditional historiography by challenging the monopoly of intellectuals' perspectives and demonstrating the intellectual and political agency of the ordinary people. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; JFC; JFF; JPA; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 224 x 23. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137539779
- ISBN
- 9781137539779
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.70
€ 127.70
Hardback. Editor(s): Sumner, Jennifer. Num Pages: 301 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 11 colour illustrations, 13 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFCV; JN; RNFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137539038
- ISBN
- 9781137539038
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.09
€ 162.09
hardcover. Series: Thinking Gender in Transnational Times. Num Pages: 273 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPL; JFFE1; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137538819
- ISBN
- 9781137538819
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.95
€ 116.95