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Hardcover. Drawing on data from ethnographic fieldwork among civic activists and identifying a range of domestic and international socio-political contexts, Refractions of Civil Society in Turkey explores different perceptions of civil society in Turkey and pursues the general question of why civil society holds such power to move those who evoke it. Num Pages: 225 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVT; JF; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137027917
- ISBN
- 9781137027917
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.70
€ 66.70
Hardcover. How is The Simpsons a satirical artwork engaged with important social, political, and cultural issues? Henry offers the first comprehensive understanding of the show as a satire and explores the ways in which The Simpsons participates in the so-called "culture war" debates taking place in American society. Num Pages: 307 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APT; JFDT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137027788
- ISBN
- 9781137027788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.89
€ 67.89
Hardcover. Thomas Birtchnell examines recent ideas of Indian innovation, or 'Indovation', from an historical and critical perspective, at both the bottom and the top of India's social pyramid. Series: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTF; JFFS; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137027405
- ISBN
- 9781137027405
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.58
€ 127.58
Hardcover. This volume provides an interdisciplinary analysis on the political role of corporations in society by using the analytical device of corporate citizenship. It questions what ideas on corporate citizenship may say about the ongoing publicization of the corporation and the implications of these developments for the public domain and welfare state. Editor(s): Morth, Ulrika. Series: Palgrave Studies in Citizenship Transitions. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS; JPVH1; KCP; KJG; KJR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137026811
- ISBN
- 9781137026811
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Disaster policies present a new challenge to the practitioners and students of global politics; this book explains how political science enriches the contribution of the social sciences to the study of disaster relief, aid and reconstruction following the major disaster events, both natural and man-made, of recent times. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFC; JKSR; JPS; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 220 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137026729
- ISBN
- 9781137026729
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.15
€ 67.15
Hardcover. Community Without Community in Digital Culture presents the view that our digital culture is determined not by greater connection, but by the separation and gap that is a necessary concomitant of our fundamental technicity. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137026668
- ISBN
- 9781137026668
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
Hardcover. Responding to the targeted destruction of women, Fields argues for establishing Gender as a protected class under the Genocide Convention. Cases are explored, historically, anthropologically, psychologically and sociologically, from the author's field research, as well as focuses on morbidity, mortality and demographic documentation data. Num Pages: 236 pages, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137025142
- ISBN
- 9781137025142
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
Hardcover. Mahtaney explores the next phase of economic growth, by arguing that globalization is a mindset. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCG; KCL; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137024985
- ISBN
- 9781137024985
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.42
€ 127.42
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137023094
- ISBN
- 9781137023094
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.28
€ 127.28
Hardcover. Exploring the interactions of the Buddhist world with the dominant cultures of Iran in pre- and post-Islamic times, Vaziri demonstrates that the traces and cross-influences of Buddhism have brought the material and spiritual culture of Iran to its present state even after the term was eradicated from the literary and popular language of the region. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HRE; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 167 x 21. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137022936
- ISBN
- 9781137022936
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.55
€ 150.55
Hardcover. Diane Stone analyses the role of experts shaping global policy via transnational knowledge networks which help create new spaces of public sector activity. Series: Non-Governmental Public Action. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTC; JFFS; JPS; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 219 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137022905
- ISBN
- 9781137022905
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Through explorations of six cases taken from various Latino ethnic groups, this book advances our understanding about meanings of Latino manhood and masculinities. The studies range from theatre and literature to men's activism and sports, showing how masculinities are embodied and performed. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ2; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137022875
- ISBN
- 9781137022875
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.66
€ 66.66
Hardcover. This book represents the first attempt to step inside the holiday experience of young British tourists in San Antonio, Ibiza. Briggs' ethnographic study reveals the ugly truth about how and why they get involved in deviance and risk-taking when they go abroad, driven by self validation and a commodified social context. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSEB; JFFP; JFSP2; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137022394
- ISBN
- 9781137022394
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.24
€ 67.24
Hardcover. Integrating theories from a wide range of disciplines, Nir Kshetri compares the patterns, characteristics and processes of cybercrime activities in major regions and economies in the Global South such as China, India, the former Second World economies, Latin America and the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa and Middle East and North Africa. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFMG; JKVM; JPZ; UD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137021939
- ISBN
- 9781137021939
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.88
€ 127.88
Hardcover. An ethnographic exploration of hip-hop in Ghana and West Africa more broadly. Num Pages: 219 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; AVGR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137021649
- ISBN
- 9781137021649
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.73
€ 66.73
Hardcover. The book explains the interaction of dream and landscape on America's urban borderlands. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSF; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137020796
- ISBN
- 9781137020796
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.15
€ 67.15
Hardcover. This book introduces a new research agenda for visual peace research, providing a political analysis of the relationship between visual representations and the politics of violence nationally and internationally. Using a range of genres, from photography to painting, it elaborates on how people can become agents of their own image. Series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AJ; JFD; JFFE; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137020390
- ISBN
- 9781137020390
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Paperback. This study, now in paperback, argues that female networks of conversation, correspondence and patronage formed the foundation for women's work in the realms of Shakespeare criticism and poetry. Eger traces the transition between Enlightenment and Romantic culture, arguing for the relevance of rational argument in the history of women's writing. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 288 pages, 30 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137018472
- ISBN
- 9781137018472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.18
€ 127.18
Hardcover. This is a book about time, but it is also about much more than time-it is about how the objects we use to think about time shape our thoughts. Because time ties together so many aspects of our lives, this book is able to explore the nexus of objects, cognition, culture, and even biology, and to do so in relationship to globalization. Series: Culture, Mind and Society. Num Pages: 221 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFCD; JHMC; JMRP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 471.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137017871
- ISBN
- 9781137017871
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.79
€ 116.79
Hardcover. Communicating Popular Science addresses the role of science popularization and explains how science writing works can do better at promoting public discussions about science-related issues. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137017574
- ISBN
- 9781137017574
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.49
€ 138.49
Paperback. An authoritative, state-of-the-art collection that brings together key experts to provide an overview of the field. This new paperback edition includes 3 new chapters on human resources and health, end-of-life care and complementary and alternative medicine as well as thorough updates to the introduction and conclusion. Editor(s): Kuhlmann, Ellen; Annandale, Ellen. Num Pages: 560 pages, 24 black & white tables, 9 figures, 11 black & white illustrations, 2 graphs. BIC Classification: JFSJ; MBP; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 856.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 558
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137015143
- ISBN
- 9781137015143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 108.24
€ 108.24
Hardcover. A new and original approach to studies on gender-based violence and violence against women, focusing on men and their role in prevention. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFSJ1; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137014733
- ISBN
- 9781137014733
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
Paperback. Colbert's America argues that, in contrast to the anti-intellectualism, the sensationalism, and the punditry that tend to govern most mass media today, Stephen Colbert's program offers his audience the opportunity to understand the context through which most news is reported and to be critical of it. Series: Education, Politics and Public Life. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137014726
- ISBN
- 9781137014726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.90€ 47.15
€ 52.90
€ 47.15
Hardcover. Contributing to current debates about the globality and mediatisation of memories, Media and Memory in New Shanghai interrogates the city's spectacular regeneration into an emergent world centre, describing how Western elites partake in the production of New Shanghai by feeling its futures and performing its futures past. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137014641
- ISBN
- 9781137014641
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95