Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. This book explores the processes of community, regeneration, relationality and affect in a small Welsh town after the closure of its iron and steel works - an industry at the heart of this community. Series: Identity Studies in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; JFSF; JFSJ; JHBL; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230247062
- ISBN
- 9780230247062
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardcover. This collection examines human-animal relations and the different ways in which they can be understood, exploring animal rights and animal welfare; whether and under what circumstances animals are regarded as social actors with agency; media representations of human-animal relations; and the relation between animals and national identity. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFZ; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230246591
- ISBN
- 9780230246591
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Condition: New
€ 66.99
€ 66.99
Majority-Minority Relations in Contemporary Women's Movements: Strateg...
Predelli, Line Nyhagen, Halsaa, Beatrice, Thu...
Hardcover. This book examines contemporary relations between ethnic majority and ethnic minority women's movements in Norway, Spain and the United Kingdom, and women's movements' participation in and influence on public policy that focuses on violence against women. Series: Citizenship, Gender and Diversity. Num Pages: 351 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFFM; JFSJ1; JFSL1; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230246584
- ISBN
- 9780230246584
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.73
€ 67.73
Hardcover. Modern Privacies addresses emergent transformations of privacy in western societies from a multidisciplinary and international perspective. It examines social and cultural trends in new media, feminism, law, work and intimacy which indicate that our perceptions, evaluations and enactments of privacy in constant flux. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFFP; JFFT; JHMC; JMH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230246119
- ISBN
- 9780230246119
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.41
€ 66.41
Hardcover. This book surveys central issues and paradigms in contemporary political sociology, urging a recommitment to certain concepts and traditions for guidance in thinking and acting in the world. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHBA; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230246102
- ISBN
- 9780230246102
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Migration and Social Protection: Claiming Social Rights Beyond Borders...
Sabates-Wheeler, Rachel, Feldman, Rayah
Hardcover. The growing scale of international migration has reshaped the debate on the social rights and social protection available to people outside their countries of origin. This book uses conceptual frameworks, policy analysis and empirical studies of migrants to explore international migrants' needs for and access to social protection across the world. Series: Rethinking International Development Series. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFN; JFFS; JKS; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230245914
- ISBN
- 9780230245914
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.63
€ 128.63
Hardcover. This book examines the life stories of a diverse sample of gay men from nine major international cities. Through their relationship stories, old established patterns of gay life are compared with new, emerging patterns of fatherhood, friendship and parenting. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSK2; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230244122
- ISBN
- 9780230244122
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. The past decade has seen the emergence of new types of trade union representatives attracting new and more diverse activists; this book explores their motivations and values, drawing upon the voices of the activists themselves and capturing the relationship between work, social identity and class consciousness. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSV; JHBL; JPW; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230244115
- ISBN
- 9780230244115
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.89
€ 66.89
Hardcover. A comprehensive review of recent scientific evidence examining the contributions of animal experimentation to human healthcare. The book also explores toxicity prediction, animal use during life and health sciences education, impacts on student attitudes toward animals, and the extent to which animals suffer in laboratories. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ; JFMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230243927
- ISBN
- 9780230243927
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.52
€ 67.52
Hardcover. Animals, Equality and Democracy examines the structure of animal protection legislation and finds that it is deeply inequitable, with a tendency to favour those animals the community is most likely to see and engage with. Siobhan O'Sullivan argues that these inequities violate fundamental principle of justice and transparency. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 134 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. 232 pages, Illustrationsstrations. Animals, Equality and Democracy examines the structure of animal protection legislation and finds that it is deeply inequitable, with a tendency to favour those animals the community is most likely to see and engage with. Siobhan O'Sullivan argues that these inequities violate fundamental principle of justice and transparency. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Dimension: 134 x 224 x 18. Weight: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230243873
- ISBN
- 9780230243873
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.95
€ 138.95
Migration and Social Cohesion in the UK (Identity Studies in the Socia...
Hickman, Mary J., Mai, Nicola, Crowley, Helen
Hardcover. Based on a flagship research project for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation's Immigration and Inclusion programme, this book argues that social cohesion is achieved through people (new arrivals as well as the long-term settled) being able to resolve the conflicts and tensions within their day-to-day lives in ways that they find positive and viable. Series: Identity Studies in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; JFFN; JFSC; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 219 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230243552
- ISBN
- 9780230243552
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
The Mnemonic Imagination: Remembering as Creative Practice (Palgrave M...
Keightley, Emily, Pickering, Michael
Hardcover. An exploration of some of the key theoretical challenges and conceptual issues facing the emergent field of memory studies, from the relationship between experience and memory to the commercial exploitation of nostalgia, using the key concept of the mnemonic imagination. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JMRM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230243361
- ISBN
- 9780230243361
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.82
€ 160.82
Hardcover. University rankings have gained popularity around the world, and are now a significant factor shaping reputation. This book is the first comprehensive study of rankings from a global perspective, making an important contribution to our understanding of the rankings phenomenon. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JHBC; JNF; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230243248
- ISBN
- 9780230243248
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardcover. 'Be the best you can be' urge self-help books and makeover TV shows, but what kind of self is imagined as needing a makeover and what kind of self is imagined as the happy result? Drawing on recent sociology and psychology, this book explores the function of slummy mummies, headless zombies and living autopsies to creating an idea of self. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230242951
- ISBN
- 9780230242951
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Paperback. In an era of heightened securitization, print, televisual and networked media have become obsessed with the 'pre-mediation' of future events. In response to the shock of 9/11, socially networked US and global media worked to pre-mediate collective affects of anticipation and connectivity, while also perpetuating low levels of apprehension or fear. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; KNTJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230242524
- ISBN
- 9780230242524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.78
€ 65.78
Hardcover. Providing a comparison the most important instances of public engagement with biotechnology in Europe in recent years, this book provides a theoretically reflected and empirically grounded study of the opportunities and obstacles for a thorough democratization of technological development through processes of public engagement. Num Pages: 264 pages, 10 black & white tables, 3 figures. BIC Classification: JFMG; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230242128
- ISBN
- 9780230242128
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.99
€ 66.99
Hardcover. This book is about relating the concepts of rape and murder in both senses of the term; that is the way rape and murder are linked and related and also how stories of rape and murder are related or told. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE2; JFSJ; JKV; JMK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362. Narratives of Sex, Death and Gender. 208 pages, 1 black & white tables. This book is about relating the concepts of rape and murder in both senses of the term; that is the way rape and murder are linked and related and also how stories of rape and murder are related or told. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: JFFE2; JFSJ; JKV; JMK. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 18. Weight: 362.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230242029
- ISBN
- 9780230242029
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.30
€ 127.30
Hardcover. This book examines the complex and under-researched relationship between recruitment experiences and reintegration outcomes for child soldiers. It looks at time spent in the group, issues of cohesion, identification, affiliation, membership and the post demobilization experience of return, and resettlement. Num Pages: 346 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JPWS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230241961
- ISBN
- 9780230241961
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.24
€ 68.24
Hardcover. Provides insights into a lively field of international human rights politics - the protection of children and their rights - by looking at the negotiations leading to the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Series: Transformations of the State. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JPS; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230241800
- ISBN
- 9780230241800
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.77
€ 128.77
Identity, Health and Women: A Critical Social Psychological Perspectiv...
Jacqueline Ann Christodoulou
Hardcover. This book provides a three-part investigation into identity construction. Theory, voice and praxis are all represented as the book follows the rationale, stories and narrative methodology of the study of a group of women. The final part of the book presents a new model of identity construction framed in women's health identity. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHMC; JMH; JMS; MBNH9. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 136 x 20. Weight in Grams: 412. A Critical Social Psychological Perspective. 240 pages, 3 figures. This book provides a three-part investigation into identity construction. Theory, voice and praxis are all represented as the book follows the rationale, stories and narrative methodology of the study of a group of women. The final part of the book presents a new model of identity construction framed in women's health identity. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHMC; JMH; JMS; MBNH9. Dimension: 225 x 136 x 20. Weight: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230241794
- ISBN
- 9780230241794
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82