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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. Drawing upon the philosophical insights of Friedrich Schlegel, Walter Benjamin, Theodor W. Adorno, and Blixa Bargeld, this book explores the persistence of a critical-deconstructive approach to musical production, consumption, and reception in the German cultural sphere of the last two centuries. Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; AV; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137453365
- ISBN
- 9781137453365
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.65
€ 118.65
Regimes of Social Cohesion: Societies and the Crisis of Globalization ...
Green, Andy, Janmaat, Jan Germen
Paperback. In this volume, now in paperback, Green and Janmaat employ an original and highly interdisciplinary mixed method approach to identify four major traditions of social cohesion in developed societies, analyzing how these various mechanisms are withstanding the strains of the current global financial crisis. Series: Education, Economy and Society. Num Pages: 264 pages, 10 black & white tables, 52 figures. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHB; JPA; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 215 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137453242
- ISBN
- 9781137453242
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Condition: New
€ 61.84
€ 61.84
Paperback. This book analyzes the political and material conditions driving contemporary border control policies, revealing the mounting death tolls arising at illegal borders in Europe, Australia and North America. Series: Transnational Crime, Crime Control and Security. Num Pages: 262 pages, 11 black & white tables, 5 figures, 6 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JFFD; JFFN; JFFS; JKVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137453150
- ISBN
- 9781137453150
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Condition: New
€ 61.84
€ 61.84
The Communicative Construction of Europe: Cultures of Political Discou...
Hepp, Andreas, Elsler, Monika, Lingenberg, Sw...
Hardcover. Based on a 12-year long project, this book demonstrates the contested character of the communicative construction of Europe. It does so by combining an investigation of journalistic practices with content analysis of print media, an examination of citizens' online interactions and audience studies with European citizens. Series: Transformations of the State. Num Pages: 320 pages, 25 black & white tables, 46 figures. BIC Classification: 1D; JFD; JPB; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 222 x 22. Weight in Grams: 504.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137453129
- ISBN
- 9781137453129
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.87
€ 62.87
Hardcover. Drawing together interview material, medical publications, and first-hand accounts, this book shows that what is being remade in the burgeoning medical field of face transplantation is not only the lives of patients, but also the very ways that state institutions, surgeons, and families make sense of rights, claims for inclusion, and life itself. Num Pages: 82 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFMG; MBDC; MBS; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 11. Weight in Grams: 238.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137452719
- ISBN
- 9781137452719
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.33
€ 61.33
Hardback. Seekings and Nattrass explain why poverty persisted in South Africa after the transition to democracy in 1994. The book examines how public policies both mitigated and reproduced poverty, and explains how and why these policies were adopted. The analysis offers lessons for the study of poverty elsewhere in the world. Series: Developmental Pathways to Poverty Reduction. Num Pages: 325 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFFA; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 540.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137452689
- ISBN
- 9781137452689
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Condition: New
€ 140.13
€ 140.13
Hardback. Raffalovich's 1896 magnum opus of sexology, Uranism and Unisexuality (never before translated into English until now), provides an ethical justification for same-sex desire. Drawing on cross-cultural and transhistorical narratives, the gentleman scholar argues for the rights of the homosexual in society and its responsibility to him. Editor(s): Erber, Nancy; Peniston, William A.; Healy, Philip; Roden, Frederick S., AOJN. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 324 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; 3JJ; JFSJ; JFSK; JHBK5; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 648.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137451385
- ISBN
- 9781137451385
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.19
€ 151.19
Migration and Worker Fatalities Abroad (Mobility and Politics)
Ullah, Akm Ahsan, Hossain, Mallik, Islam, Kaz...
Hardcover. This book investigates the alarming of fatalities among migrant workers. The authors argue that migrant workers are often powerless and unprotected by national laws, unearthing new truths on migrant workers as significant economic players. Num Pages: 167 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1FM; JFFN; KCM; RGCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 354.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137451170
- ISBN
- 9781137451170
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Condition: New
€ 61.98
€ 61.98
Hardcover. The authors investigate the phenomenon of high-skilled Chinese returnees and their impact on the development of the Chinese economy and society. Series: Politics and Development of Contemporary China. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11 black & white tables, 78 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFN; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 222 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137450593
- ISBN
- 9781137450593
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.39
€ 62.39
Hardcover. Case studies of micro-enterprise, girls' education, and population programs suggest that our discourse limits our potential to conceive of development, communication, and gender outside of neoliberal ideologies. Advocacy for global social justice demands a different accountability through critical research. Series: Palgrave Studies in Communication for Social Change. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137450470
- ISBN
- 9781137450470
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Condition: New
€ 118.82
€ 118.82
Hardcover. This book sheds light on North Korean migrants' Christian encounters and conversions throughout the process of migration and settlement. Focusing on churches as primary contact zones, it highlights the ways in which the migrants and their evangelical counterparts both draw on and contest each others' envisioning of a reunified Christianized Korea. Series: Global Diversities. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; HRC; JFFD; JFFN; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 402.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137450388
- ISBN
- 9781137450388
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.48
€ 108.48
Hardcover. This book analyzes the everyday lives of labour migrants in a rapidly developing city-state. Using the emirate of Dubai as a case study, Migrant Dubai shows that even within highly restrictive mobility regimes, marginalized migrants find ways to cope with structural inequalities and quotidian modes of discrimination. Series: Global Diversities. Num Pages: 264 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FBXU; JFFN; JFSL1; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137450173
- ISBN
- 9781137450173
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.79
€ 108.79
Hardback. Hamed El-Said investigates Counter-de-Rad programmes in Muslim majority and Muslim minority states. This multifaceted book provides a new approach to evaluate Counter-de-Rad Programmes and develops a holistic framework which will allow policy-makers and practitioners to design and effectively implement and assess such programmes in the future. Series: New Security Challenges. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JFSR2; JPS; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137449962
- ISBN
- 9781137449962
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.46
€ 119.46
Paperback. Drawing from her years of activism and anthropological scholarship, influential thinker Marta Lama offers invaluable insight into the theoretical and political tensions that have shaped Mexican feminism and the world at large. This important book covers topics such as the political development of the feminist movement and affirmative action. Translator(s): Pluecker, John. Series: Theory in the World. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3J; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 149 x 11. Weight in Grams: 234.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137449863
- ISBN
- 9781137449863
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.28
€ 61.28
Hardback. Series: Thinking Gender in Transnational Times. Num Pages: 365 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 3JJ; 3JM; HBTB; HBTR; JFSJ1; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 621.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 365
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137449504
- ISBN
- 9781137449504
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.31
€ 130.31
Hardcover. 'Euro-commuters' have emerged as a new group of migrants since the onset of the economic crisis in the EU. These people work in one country but live in another. This book analyses the characteristics of these migrants, their motivations and how commuting influences their personal, family and social lives. Num Pages: 148 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHBK; JHBL; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 332.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137449450
- ISBN
- 9781137449450
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.84
€ 61.84
Hardcover. What Morality Means examines the scientific theory of morality, drawing on zoological and physiological literatures in addition to contemporary sociological research on status and exchange. The theory roots morality in the capacity for perceptual overlap, and describes how perceptual overlap has been constrained and enabled in human history. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM; JHBA; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137449283
- ISBN
- 9781137449283
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.15
€ 62.15
Hardcover. Disability and Inequality explores the lived experiences of persons with disabilities (PWDs) in Jamaica. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJWJ; JFFG; JFFJ; JFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137449252
- ISBN
- 9781137449252
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.67
€ 62.67
Hardcover. From the 14th-century king consorts of Navarre to the modern European prince consorts of the 20th century, the male consort has been a peculiar yet recurrent historical figure. In this impressively broad collection, leading historians of monarchy analyze how male partners of female rulers have negotiated their unique roles throughout history. Editor(s): Beem, Charles; Taylor, Miles. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137448347
- ISBN
- 9781137448347
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.39
€ 62.39
Hardcover. This book examines the competing regimes of law and religion an offers a multidisciplinary approach to demonstrate the global scope of their influence. It argues that the tension between these two institutions results from their disagreements about the kinds of rule that should govern human life and society, and from where they should be derived. Editor(s): Ilesanmi, Simeon Olusegun; Lee, Win-Chiat; Parker, J.Wilson. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRLP5; JFSR; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 217 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137447753
- ISBN
- 9781137447753
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.67
€ 62.67