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Society & culture: general

Hardcover. Presenting an innovative take on researching early childhood, this book provides an international comparison of the cultural and familial influences that shape the growth of young children. The book presents a unique methodology, and includes chapters on musicality, security, humour and eating. Editor(s): Gillen, Julia; Cameron, Catherine Ann. Num Pages: 215 pages, 61 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230232495
ISBN
9780230232495
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.82

Hardcover. Women are now part of senior management in higher education (HE) to varying degrees in most countries and actively contribute to the vision and strategic direction of universities. This book attempts to analyse their impact and potential impact on both organisational growth and culture Editor(s): Bagilhole, Barbara; White, Kate. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JNK; JNM; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230232259
ISBN
9780230232259
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.34

Hardcover. An authoritative, state-of-the-art reference collection, bringing together international experts to examine the key issues and core debates related to gender and healthcare. A vital resource for a wide range of academics, researchers, practitioners and policymakers. Editor(s): Kuhlmann, Ellen; Annandale, Ellen. Num Pages: 503 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 808.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2nd New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230230316
ISBN
9780230230316
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 183.67

Hardcover. A timely intervention into debates on the representation of feminist and feminine identities in contemporary visual culture. The essays in this collection interrogate how and why certain formulations of feminism and femininity are currently prevalent in mainstream cinema and television, offering new insights into postfeminist media phenomena. Editor(s): Waters, Melanie. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; JFCA; JFDT; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230229655
ISBN
9780230229655
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.21

Hardcover. Bringing together the latest research on the neglected area of second-hand exchange and consumption, this book offers fresh insights into the buying and selling of used goods in western-Europe during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and seeks to re-examine and redefine the relationship between modernity and the second-hand trade. Editor(s): Stobart, Dr. Jon; Van Damme, Ilja. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; JFFT; KCZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230229464
ISBN
9780230229464
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.35

Hardcover. Home/Front examines the gendered exploitation of labor in the household from a postmodern Marxian perspective. The authors of this volume use the anti-foundationalist Marxian economic theories first formulated by Stephen Resnick and Richard Wolff to explore power, domination, and exploitation in the modern household. Editor(s): Cassano, Graham. Num Pages: 332 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBA; JHBK; JHBL; JPFC; KCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230229266
ISBN
9780230229266
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.82

Hardcover. Experts from ethicists and political philosophers to clinicians and trade unionists seek answers to a number of key ethical questions to further a deeper understanding of the ethics of health worker migration. Editor(s): Shah, Rebecca. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFN; JFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230224414
ISBN
9780230224414
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.43

Hardcover. This anthology contributes to the still emerging theoretical debates in political theory and philosophy about multiculturalism, nationalism and immigration. It focuses on multiculturalism and nationalism as factual consequences of, and normative responses to, immigration and on the normative significance (or lack thereof) of the notion of culture. Editor(s): Holtug, Nils; Lippert-Rasmussen, Kasper; Laegaard, Sune. Num Pages: 273 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFN; JFFS; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230224346
ISBN
9780230224346
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.79

Hardcover. This volume is a call to re-examine assumptions about what care is and how it be practised. Rather than another demand for radical reform, it makes the case for thinking clearly and critically. It urges people living with HIV to become full partners in designing and implementing their own care and for caregivers to accept them in this role. Editor(s): Karpf, Ted; Ferguson, Todd; Swift, Robin; Lazarus, Jeffrey V. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFH2; MBN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 169 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230223387
ISBN
9780230223387
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.46

Hardcover. This book explores ethnographic studies of diagnostic work in diverse settings. Switching attention from product ('diagnosis') to process ('diagnosing'), it reveals the importance of collaborative, socio-material, technologically augmented practices, exploring the potential of the multi-disciplinary studies presented to inform innovation. Editor(s): Buscher, Monika; Goodwin, Dawn; Mesman, Jessica. Num Pages: 279 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHMP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230223288
ISBN
9780230223288
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.43

Paperback. Sociology and our sociological imaginations are having to confront new digital landscapes spanning mediated social relationships, practices and social structures. This volume assesses the substantive challenges faced by the discipline as it critically reassesses its position in the digital age. Editor(s): Orton-Johnson, Kate; Prior, Nick. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 black & white tables, 2 figures. BIC Classification: JFD; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 220 x 13. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2013 ed.
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230222830
ISBN
9780230222830
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 108.05

Hardcover. Sociology and our sociological imaginations are having to confront new digital landscapes spanning mediated social relationships, practices and social structures. This volume assesses the substantive challenges faced by the discipline as it critically reassesses its position in the digital age. Editor(s): Orton-Johnson, Kate; Prior, Nick. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230222823
ISBN
9780230222823
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.85

Hardcover. Bringing together disability theorists and medical sociologists for the first time in this cutting-edge collection, contributors examine chronic illness and disability, disability theory, doctor-patient encounters, lifeworld issues and the new genetics. Editor(s): Scambler, Graham; Scambler, Sasha. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFG; MBS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230222700
ISBN
9780230222700
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.08

Hardcover. Clerics in the Middle Ages were subjected to differing ideals of masculinity, both from within the Church and from lay society. The historians in this volume interrogate the meaning of masculine identity for the medieval clergy, by considering a wide range of sources, time periods and geographical contexts. Editor(s): Thibodeaux, Jennifer D. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; HRAX; JFSJ2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462. Priests, Monks and Masculinity in the Middle Ages. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. 288 pages, 0. Editor(s): Thibodeaux, Jennifer D. Clerics in the Middle Ages were subjected to differing ideals of masculinity, both from within the Church and from lay society. The historians in this volume interrogate the meaning of masculine identity for the medieval clergy, by considering a wide range of sources, time periods and geographical contexts. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; HRAX; JFSJ2. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 21. Weight: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230222205
ISBN
9780230222205
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.79

Hardcover. Paying attention to the historically specific dimensions of objects such as the photograph, the illustrated magazine and the collection, the contributors to this volume offer new ways of thinking about nineteenth-century practices of reading, viewing, and collecting, revealing new readings of Wordsworth, Shelley, James and Wilde, among others. Editor(s): Cale, Luisa; Di Bello, Patrizia. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230221970
ISBN
9780230221970
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.51

Hardcover. An international line-up of scholars examines the role of the intellectual in the twenty-first century, looking at the gap between contemporary cultural theory and cultural practice, and asking whether knowledge and methodologies in the humanities can intervene in everyday politics and vice-versa. Editor(s): Firat, Begum Ozden; De Mul, Sarah; Van Wichelen, Sonja. Num Pages: 206 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 219 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230221956
ISBN
9780230221956
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.59

Paperback. This volume explores the global spread of English or global Englishes, and English as a Lingua Franca (ELF), focusing specifically on Asian Englishes. It is unique in the range of diverse perspectives across the languages and cultures by its contributors. Editor(s): Murata, Kumiko; Jenkins, Jennifer. Num Pages: 244 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; EBA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230221031
ISBN
9780230221031
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 118.43

Hardcover. This book provides a focused and critical international overview of the intersections between race, crime perpetration and victimization, and criminal justice policy and practice responses to crime perpetration and crime victimization. Editor(s): Kalunta-Crumpton, Anita. Num Pages: 370 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSL; JKV; LNF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 147 x 26. Weight in Grams: 554. International Perspectives. 368 pages, 5 graphs, 5 figures, 36 black & white tables. Editor(s): Kalunta-Crumpton, Anita. This book provides a focused and critical international overview of the intersections between race, crime perpetration and victimization, and criminal justice policy and practice responses to crime perpetration and crime victimization. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: JFF; JFSL; JKV; LNF. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 26. Weight: 554.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
370
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230220294
ISBN
9780230220294
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.43

Hardcover. Numerous claims have been made for a sexual Blake, from post-lapsarian pessimist to free-loving hippie. Queer Blake raises a flag for the weird, perverse, camp and gay directions of the artist's life and work. The contributors occupy diverse positions, illustrating what fresh interpretations result when heterosexuality is ditched as an ideal. Editor(s): Bruder, Helen P.; Connolly, Tristanne. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230218369
ISBN
9780230218369
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.76

Hardcover. This book presents research findings from across the global South that substantively improves our understanding of time-use, poverty and gender equalities, to shed light on why unpaid work is indispensable to economic analysis and effective policy making. Editor(s): Antonopoulos, Rania; Hirway, Indira. Num Pages: 366 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFG; JFSJ1; KCF; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 26. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230217300
ISBN
9780230217300
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.08

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