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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Published with the support of the Academy for Social Sciences, this volume provides an illuminating look at topics of concern to everyone at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Leading social scientists tackle complex questions such as immigration, unemployment, climate change, war, banks in trouble, and an ageing population. Editor(s): Cooper, Cary; Michie, Jonathan. Num Pages: 216 pages, 2 figures. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 150 x 9. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137269911
- ISBN
- 9781137269911
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.28
€ 38.28
Hardback. Published with the support of the Academy for Social Sciences, this volume provides an illuminating look at topics of concern to everyone at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Leading social scientists tackle complex questions such as immigration, unemployment, climate change, war, banks in trouble, and an ageing population. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137269904
- ISBN
- 9781137269904
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.54
€ 66.54
Hardcover. Technology and Touch addresses the development of a range of new touch technologies, both technologies that we reach out to touch and technologies that touch us, by exploring how we use touch to connect with and understand our world, and ourselves. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JF; JHBA; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137268303
- ISBN
- 9781137268303
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.64
€ 66.64
Hardcover. This interdisciplinary collection explores what mobility meant, and still means, in the specific contexts of Soviet and East European socialist and post-socialist societies. Together the chapters consider diverse practices of mobility and their different contexts of power, resistance and inequality. Editor(s): Burrell, Kathy; Horschelmann, Kathrin. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBJD; JFFN; JPFF; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137267283
- ISBN
- 9781137267283
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.27
€ 67.27
Hardcover. Postwar employment standards are being undermined and 'non-standard' employment is becoming more common. While scholars have pointed to negative consequences of this development, this volume also discusses the evidence for a new and socially inclusive European employment standard. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFA; JHBL; JPB; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137267153
- ISBN
- 9781137267153
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.39
€ 67.39
Hardback. Tracking the ways in which journalism and memory mutually support, undermine, repair and challenge each other, this fascinating collection brings together leading scholars in journalism and memory studies to investigate the complicated role that journalism plays in relation to the past. Editor(s): Zelizer, Barbie; Tenenboim-Weinblatt, Keren. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 297
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137263926
- ISBN
- 9781137263926
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.24
€ 67.24
Hardback. Num Pages: 244 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 19 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JFSP1; JMS; JMU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137033406
- ISBN
- 9781137033406
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.73
€ 66.73
Hardcover. Drawing on in-depth ethnographic fieldwork, Wessendorf explores life in a super-diverse urban neighbourhood. The book presents a vivid account of the daily doings and social relations among the residents and how they pragmatically negotiate difference in their everyday lives. Series: Global Diversities. Num Pages: 216 pages, 2 black & white tables, 1 figures. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFN; JFFP; JFSG; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137033307
- ISBN
- 9781137033307
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.66
€ 66.66
Hardcover. By positioning the late Edward Said's political interventions as a public intellectual on behalf of Palestinian populations living under Israeli occupation as a form of intellectual resistance, Abraham moves to consider forms of physical resistance, seeking to better understand the motivations of those who choose to turn their bodies into weapons. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; JFC; JNM; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137031945
- ISBN
- 9781137031945
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.30
€ 127.30
Hardcover. Motivation, Altruism, Personality and Social Psychology takes up the debate around altruism and the acceptance in society that self-interest is a healthy guiding principle in life, and argues that helping behaviour can lead to self-fulfilment and happiness and is beneficial to psychological health and society in general. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFF; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137031280
- ISBN
- 9781137031280
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Hardcover. Informed by ethnographic research with children, Davies offers new sociological insights into children's personal relationships, as well as closely examining methodological approaches to researching with children and researching relationships. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHBK; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137030061
- ISBN
- 9781137030061
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.70
€ 66.70
Paperback. A pioneering study of American Jewish involvement in the fight against racial injustice in South Africa. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 1KBB; JFSR1; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137029713
- ISBN
- 9781137029713
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.18
€ 66.18
Hardback. A pioneering study of American Jewish involvement in the fight against racial injustice in South Africa. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 1KBB; JFSR1; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137029706
- ISBN
- 9781137029706
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.24
€ 67.24
Paperback. Volunteering and voluntary organizations have become increasingly important in British social and political life but at a cost. Greater prominence has led to a narrow and distorted view of what voluntary action involves and how it is undertaken. This book reasserts the case for a broader view of voluntarism as a unique set of autonomous activities. Num Pages: 296 pages, 3 figures, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSV; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137029454
- ISBN
- 9781137029454
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.18
€ 66.18
Hardback. Volunteering and voluntary organizations have become increasingly important in British social and political life but at a cost. Greater prominence has led to a narrow and distorted view of what voluntary action involves and how it is undertaken. This book reasserts the case for a broader view of voluntarism as a unique set of autonomous activities. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSV; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 289
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137029447
- ISBN
- 9781137029447
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardback. Interculturalism is a new concept for managing community relations in a world defined by globalization and 'superdiversity'. This book argues that as countries become more diverse a new framework of interculturalism is needed to mediate these relationships and that this will require new systems of governance to support it. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFFS; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137027481
- ISBN
- 9781137027481
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.97
€ 66.97
Hardcover. A Feminist Perspective on Virtue Ethics provides of historical survey of feminist virtue ethics, and shows how the ethical theorizing of women in the past can be brought to bear on that of women in the present. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137026637
- ISBN
- 9781137026637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.52
€ 66.52
Hardcover. Based on repeat interviews from a range of generational perspectives, this book explores the nature of contemporary British Chinese households and childhoods, examining the extent to which parents identify themselves as being Chinese and how decisions to uphold or move away from 'traditional' Chinese values impacts on their child-rearing methods. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FPC; JFSL3; JHBK; JMF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 170 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137026606
- ISBN
- 9781137026606
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.73
€ 66.73
Hardcover. This book offers readers an understanding of the theoretical framework for the concept of Arts Talk, provides historical background and a review of current thinking about the interpretive process, and, most importantly, provides ideas and insights into building audience-centered and audience-powered conversations about the arts. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AN; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 218 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137023919
- ISBN
- 9781137023919
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.48
€ 128.48
Hardcover. Through compelling analysis of popular culture, high culture and elite designs in the years following the end of the Second World War, this book explores how Britain and its people have come to terms with the loss of prestige stemming from the decline of the British Empire. The result is a volume that offers new ideas on what it is to be 'British'. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137023827
- ISBN
- 9781137023827
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19