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Hardcover. Social Media and the Politics of Reportage explores the journalistic challenges, issues and opportunities that have risen as a result of social media increasingly being used as a form of crisis reporting within the field of global journalism, with a focus on the protests during the 'Arab Spring'. Editor(s): Bebawi, Saba; Bossio, Diana. Num Pages: 165 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JMG; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137361394
- ISBN
- 9781137361394
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Condition: New
€ 108.24
€ 108.24
Hardcover. This edited collection presents a compilation of personal essays on the role of public higher education in the lives of fourteen social scientists who are graduates of the Graduate Center, the doctoral granting institution at the City University of New York, the nation's largest public urban university. Editor(s): Gambs, Deborah S.; Kim, Rose M. Series: Critical Studies in Gender, Sexuality, and Culture. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137360687
- ISBN
- 9781137360687
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Condition: New
€ 62.62
€ 62.62
Paperback. 'The only true history of a country', wrote Thomas Macaulay, 'is to be found in its newspapers'. Media and the British Empire explores how the media shaped and defined the economic, social, political and cultural dynamics of the British Empire by viewing it from the perspective of the colonized as well as the colonizers. Editor(s): Kaul, Chandrika. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBAH; HBTQ; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137358318
- ISBN
- 9781137358318
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Condition: New
€ 118.69
€ 118.69
Hardcover. European Cinema and Television offers comparative studies of the production, content, distribution and reception of film and television drama in Europe, focusing on how new developments are shaped by national and European policies and practices, and on the role of film and television in our everyday lives. Editor(s): Bondebjerg, Ib; Redvall, Eva Novrup; Higson, Andrew. Series: Palgrave European Film and Media Studies. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; APF; APT; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137356871
- ISBN
- 9781137356871
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Condition: New
€ 119.26
€ 119.26
Hardcover. This book combines overviews of the nature and causes of inter-group violence in North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa with a collection of country case studies. Both the overview chapter and the case studies trace how economic policy initiatives, and consequent changes in the roles and statuses of various groups, shape conflict or cooperation. Editor(s): Ascher, William; Mirovitskaya, Natalia. Series: Politics, Economics, and Inclusive Development. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFFE; JP; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 570.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137356789
- ISBN
- 9781137356789
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Condition: New
€ 63.15
€ 63.15
Hardcover. For the first time, European professional deregulation is the focus of reflection by social scientists. This book explores how professional associations act as pressure groups and highlights the democratic regime that is prevailing and the potential convergence problems that Europe may face. Editor(s): Rego, Raquel. Num Pages: 108 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFM; JHBL; JPH; LNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 14. Weight in Grams: 284.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Number of pages
- 110
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137352743
- ISBN
- 9781137352743
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Condition: New
€ 61.59
€ 61.59
Hardcover. This book examines how feminist movements have contested the dominant discourses and state politics that have impeded women's autonomy over their bodies since the late 1960s. It deals with two important facets of this struggle, prostitution and the right to abortion, as they relate to the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Portugal and Sweden. Editor(s): Outshoorn, Joyce. Series: Citizenship, Gender and Diversity. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 figures, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFK; JFMA; JFMX; JFSJ1; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137351654
- ISBN
- 9781137351654
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Condition: New
€ 62.26
€ 62.26
Hardcover. This book explores continuity and change in British multiculturalism. It offers an original perspective on British multiculturalism and also presents an exploration of the politics of ethnic diversity in all the national contexts of the British Isles as well as the United Kingdom. Editor(s): Garbaye, Romain; Schnapper, Pauline. Series: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; JFSL; JPQB; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137351531
- ISBN
- 9781137351531
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Condition: New
€ 62.46
€ 62.46
Paperback. Rethinking the history of women's writing and literary history itself, this book - now available in paperback - examines the diversity of early women's writing (from verse and songs to household records and recipes), offering a new paradigm for understanding women's roles in the literary, religious, and political movements of the sixteenth century. Editor(s): Bicks, Caroline; Summit, Jennifer. Series: History of British Women's Writing. Num Pages: 376 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137350411
- ISBN
- 9781137350411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 129.71
€ 129.71
Paperback. This volume, now in paperback, charts significant changes for a literary history of women in an era that saw the beginnings of a discourse of 'enlightened feminism', revealing 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: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137350404
- ISBN
- 9781137350404
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Condition: New
€ 119.10
€ 119.10
Hardcover. Popular Media Cultures explores the relationship between audiences and media texts, their paratexts and interconnected ephemera. Authors focus on the cultural work done by media audiences, how they engage with social media and how convergence culture impacts on the strategies and activities of popular media fans. Editor(s): Geraghty, Lincoln. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137350367
- ISBN
- 9781137350367
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.92
€ 108.92
Hardcover. The rise in popularity of South Korean entertainment and culture began and is promoted as an official policy of the Korean government to revive the country's economy. This study examines cultural production and consumption, glocalization, the West versus. Asia, global race consciousness, and changing views of masculinity and femininity. Editor(s): Kuwahara, Yasue. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; JFCA; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 220 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137350275
- ISBN
- 9781137350275
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.62
€ 139.62
Hardcover. This unique collection explores the continuing invisibility of much crime and victimization, and the lack of adequate responses to them. Shaping the lens through which criminology and victimology is approached in the twenty-first century, the volume examines major issues including (in)justice, risks, rights, regulation and enforcement. Editor(s): Davies, Pamela; Francis, Peter W.; Wyatt, Tanya. Series: Critical Criminological Perspectives. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JKV; LAR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 474.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137347817
- ISBN
- 9781137347817
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.38
€ 119.38
Hardcover. What has been the impact on social cohesion of contemporary cities in Europe, of the rise of new social risks and of the recent economic crisis? Focussing on 20 European urban contexts, this book provides an empirical analysis of the socio-economic transformations driving the emergence of new social risks and of the capacity of welfare policies. Editor(s): Ranci, Costanzo; Brandsen, Taco; Sabatinelli, Stefania. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 325 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFSG; JKSB; KCU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137346919
- ISBN
- 9781137346919
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.23
€ 63.23
Hardcover. This book explores mobile representations in government policy, literature, visual arts, music, and research and examines the methodological potential of these representations and the ways in which representations co-produce mobilities. Editor(s): Murray, Lesley; Upstone, Sara. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFM; JHB; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137346650
- ISBN
- 9781137346650
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Condition: New
€ 62.46
€ 62.46
Hardcover. The Economics of Urban Diversity explores ethnic and religious minorities in urban economies. Editor(s): Salzbrunn, Monika; Reuschke, Darja; Schonharl, Korinna. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1FB; JFSL; KCF; KCU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137346506
- ISBN
- 9781137346506
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Condition: New
€ 62.46
€ 62.46
Hardcover. This book applies insights from the spheres of academic scholarship and clinical experience to demonstrate the usefulness of psychoanalysis for developing nuanced and innovative approaches to media and cultural analysis. Editor(s): Bainbridge, Caroline; Yates, Candida. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD; JMAF; JMQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137345530
- ISBN
- 9781137345530
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Condition: New
€ 62.18
€ 62.18
Hardcover. This volume addresses new tendencies related to migration from a Middle Eastern and Mediterranean perspective and with an emphasis on security and citizenship. Contributors aim not only to intervene in scholarly debates surrounding citizenship and migration but also to contribute to policy-oriented discussions related to migration. Editor(s): Seeberg, Peter; Eyadat, Zaid. Series: The Modern Muslim World. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFFN; JPS; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137345400
- ISBN
- 9781137345400
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Condition: New
€ 62.18
€ 62.18
Hardcover. This book is the first to deal with the world composition of television ratings. It focuses on the peoplemeter, a 25 year old technology which succeeds in homogenizing very different populations and television practices. It provides a fascinating account of the production of figures on which the whole world of popular culture depends. Editor(s): Bourdon, Jerome; Meadel, Cecile. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APT; JFCA; JFD; JFDT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137345097
- ISBN
- 9781137345097
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.02
€ 63.02
Hardcover. This collection of essays by array of international scholars addresses some aspects of the issues of religious stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination and offers solutions through discussions of method, terminology and definitions regarding interreligious relations, the political implications in the Middle East, and various case-studies. Editor(s): Svartvik, Jesper; Wiren, Jakob. Num Pages: 314 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRAF; HRAM1; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137344601
- ISBN
- 9781137344601
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.30
€ 63.30