Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardback. This text maps perceptions of illness in medical texts from their 19th century focus on illness located in a biological body through to their "discovery" of the psycho-social patient of the late 20th century. In this way, a history of identity, both physical and psychological, is revealed. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HP; JFCX; JFFH; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333968925
- ISBN
- 9780333968925
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Condition: New
€ 127.45
€ 127.45
Hardcover. In this study, Neal Wood challenges the conception of political theory as a lofty discipline remote from the world of real politics. He critically explores the philosophical and historical approaches to the work of past theorists and evaluates the relevance of Marxism. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFCX; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 409.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333968802
- ISBN
- 9780333968802
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Condition: New
€ 66.56
€ 66.56
The European Union and Internal Security. Guardian of the People?.
Monar, Jorg; Rees, Wyn; Mitsilegas, Valsamis
Hardback. In the post-Cold War period, new security threats have arisen in Western Europe. Organized crime and illegal immigration are acknowledged to represent significant security challenges. This volume analyses the nature of these challenges and investigates how the EU has been evolving to counter them. Series: One Europe or Several?. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JFFN; JKVM; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 395.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 209
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333968611
- ISBN
- 9780333968611
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Condition: New
€ 66.56
€ 66.56
Hardcover. Working at the intersections of feminist literary criticism, new historicism, and narratology, "Chastity and Transgression in Women's Writing" revises contemporary understandings of 19th century representations of prostitution, female sexuality and the "rights of woman" debate. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 526.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333964958
- ISBN
- 9780333964958
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Condition: New
€ 128.24
€ 128.24
Hardback. Prominent experts in the field to consider how globalization affects marginalized countries and groups. This volume containing a variety of case studies provides an assessment of the issue of globalization and offers a fresh look at the relationship between the global and the local. Editor(s): Grant, Richard; Short, John Rennie. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFS; JPA; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333964316
- ISBN
- 9780333964316
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Condition: New
€ 127.69
€ 127.69
Hardback. This text brings together an integrated set of research concepts and results to present some contrasting views about the nature and effects of globalization as the multinational continues to develop in the 21st century. Editor(s): Taggart, James H.; Berry, Maureen; McDermott, Michael C. Series: Academy of International Business (UKI) Series. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; KJK; KJVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 601.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 297
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333963890
- ISBN
- 9780333963890
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Condition: New
€ 128.60
€ 128.60
Hardback. 'Luxury in the 18th Century' explores the political, economic, moral and intellectual effects of the production and consumption of luxury goods, and provides a broadly-based account from a variety of perspectives, addressing key themes of economic debate, material culture, the principles of art and taste, luxury as 'female vice' and the exotic. Editor(s): Berg, Maxine; Eger, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JF; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333963821
- ISBN
- 9780333963821
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Condition: New
€ 128.51
€ 128.51
Hardback. The idea of an Aryan race became an important feature of imperial culture in the 19th century, feeding into debates in Britain, Ireland, India, and the Pacific. This study traces the emergence and dissemination of Aryanism within the British Empire. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG; HBJD1; HBJF; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 505.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333963609
- ISBN
- 9780333963609
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Condition: New
€ 128.08
€ 128.08
Hardback. An analysis of global governance as the partial and uneven globalization of different aspects of statehood, which focuses on the institutional infrastructure and highlights the role of the G7/OECD nexus in providing strategic leadership. Series: Macmillan International Political Economy S. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JP; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 470.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333963159
- ISBN
- 9780333963159
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Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardback. This collection contributes to theoretical debates about women workers in Asia. It provides information and insight into labour systems associated with labour intensive export manufactures and state labour relations in a comparative context. Editor(s): Kaur, Amarjit. Series: Studies in the Economies of East and South-East Asia. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; JFSJ1; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333962930
- ISBN
- 9780333962930
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Condition: New
€ 128.00
€ 128.00
Hardcover. This work is about the struggles of descendants of Indian indentured migrants in Trinidad in the first half of the 20th century, each desiring to preserve aspects of the gender system brought from India between 1845 and 1917, which were important to their continued definition of ethnic identity. Series: Institute of Social Studies, the Hague. Num Pages: 340 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJWWT; 3JJ; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 643.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333962787
- ISBN
- 9780333962787
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Condition: New
€ 128.65
€ 128.65
Hardback. Avram Taylor assesses the effect of credit on working-class communities and relates this to the debate about community. Based on extensive archival research and oral history interviews, this book combines lively individual accounts with theoretical arguments. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JFF; JFSC; KFFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 407.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333962329
- ISBN
- 9780333962329
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Condition: New
€ 66.74
€ 66.74
Hardcover. This study focuses on the idea of virtue and its place in political thought in 18th century France. Virtue could be used to impart moral authority to arguments about political power. The development of this strategic idea is traced through the works of key Enlightenment thinkers. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 533.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333949597
- ISBN
- 9780333949597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.03
€ 128.03
paperback. In this collection authors from eight different countries, representing a wide variety of academic disciplines and theoretical perspectives, investigate the differing phases of capitalist development. They offer diverse and powerful analyses of the postwar boom, economic crises and globalization within this context. Num Pages: 365 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCL; KCP; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2001st Edition
- Number of pages
- 365
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333948385
- ISBN
- 9780333948385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.84
€ 127.84
Paperback. This text offers an authoritative reassessment of Marxist political economy, perhaps the most significant since Althusser. The book seeks to make accessible the thought associated with dialectics and deconstruction, drawing upon philosophy, sociology, political science and critical theory. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX; JPFC; KCA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 337.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333948378
- ISBN
- 9780333948378
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Condition: New
€ 183.03
€ 183.03
Hardcover. Examines the relationship between multinational companies, regional development and governments. It critically analyzes the role of foreign investment in economic development, and examines how governments can link inward investment to regional economic development. Num Pages: 431 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKEY; JFFS; JPQ; KCM; KJVG; KND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333948132
- ISBN
- 9780333948132
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Condition: New
€ 129.52
€ 129.52
Paperback. The essays in this volume address state-backed violence against citizens and subjects, and violence by citizens against the state and between citizens for control of the state, examining why the political process of managing power within states sometimes becomes physically violent. Series: Main Trends of the Modern World S. Num Pages: 335 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE; JHBA; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 429.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 335
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333947760
- ISBN
- 9780333947760
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Condition: New
€ 83.38
€ 83.38
Hardcover. This title discusses evangelical women, power and religion. It looks at women's attitudes to ministry, work and childcare, marriage, money, and issues such as sex, abortion, divorce, and cohabitation. Amongst other things, chapters examine feminism from a Christian perspective. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; HRCM; HRCV; JFSJ1; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333947616
- ISBN
- 9780333947616
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.76
€ 67.76
From Local Champions To Global Masters: A Strategic Perspective on Man...
Verdin, Paul, Van Heck, Nick
Hardcover. Globalization. What exactly does it mean for you? The authors focus on the obstacles faced by companies making the transition from local champions to global masters and provide a simple but structured framework to think about how it will affect your business. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; KJC; KJK; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333947302
- ISBN
- 9780333947302
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Paperback. This work provides a context for understanding what globilization means for human society. It describes the underlying processes which have led to globilization and then sets out the present stage in the evolution of these processes in three vital areas. Num Pages: 170 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBT; JFFS; JPS; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 391.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 170
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333947180
- ISBN
- 9780333947180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.45
€ 65.45