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Hardcover. What role does 'vanity' play in the lives of 21st century subjects? Exploring a range of fields including public health, information technology, media studies and feminist approaches to the body and beauty, this book offers a broad analysis of how 'vanity' shapes contemporary Western societies and its understandings of selfhood. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCD; JFCK; JFD; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230272187
ISBN
9780230272187
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.39

Paperback. Global Civil Society 2011 combines activist and academic accounts of contemporary struggles to promote, negotiate and deliver justice in a global frame without a central authority. In their engagement with cultural diversity and their networked communication the contributors rethink and remake justice beyond the confines of the nation state. Series: Global Civil Society Yearbook. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GBCY; GTF; JFFS; JPB; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 246 x 189 x 17. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230272019
ISBN
9780230272019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.74

Hardcover. Exploring the growing global trend of solo living, this highly original study addresses core debates about contemporary social change in the context of globalization, including individualization and connection, the future of family formation, consumption and identities, belonging and 'community', living arrangements and sustainability. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFS; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230271920
ISBN
9780230271920
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.11

Hardcover. This book explores the relationship between children and citizenship, analyzing international perspectives on citizenship and human rights and developing new methods for facilitating the recognition of children as participating agents within society. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JKSB1; JNAM; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230271876
ISBN
9780230271876
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.69

Hardcover. Exploring the illegal drug issue in international context, this book looks at why harmonization has not already taken place at the European level. It considers the desirability and viability of harmonization, examines the conflict between repressive and liberal drug policies and applies a multi-level governance lens to the issue. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JKVG; JPB; JPSN2; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230271869
ISBN
9780230271869
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.06

Hardcover. A unique study of how syphilis, better known as the French disease in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, became so widespread and embedded in the society, culture and institutions of early modern Venice due to the pattern of sexual relations that developed from restrictive marital customs, widespread migration and male privilege. Series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; HBTB; JFSJ; MBNS; MBX; MJCJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230252929
ISBN
9780230252929
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.20

Hardcover. This book traces the historic relationships between cotton production, the international cotton trade and poverty south of the Sahara, and assesses various approaches to corporate social responsibility and nongovernmental policy advocacy in this area. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HF; GTF; JFFA; KCP; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230252783
ISBN
9780230252783
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.51

Hardcover. Through interviews with leading writers (including Ahdaf Soueif and Hanif Kureishi), this book analyzes the writing and opinions of novelists of Muslim heritage based in the UK. Discussion centres on writers' work, literary techniques, and influences, and on their views of such issues as the hijab, the war on terror and the Rushdie Affair. Num Pages: 361 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBH5; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 585.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230252332
ISBN
9780230252332
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.35

Hardcover. Provides an accessible introduction to psychoanalytic explanations of consumer desire. Topics are drawn widely to reflect the scope of Freud's vision and include dreams, sexuality and hysteria. Discussion is widened to selectively include authors such as Melanie Klein and Jacques Lacan, and to include evaluation of current research. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFT; JMAF; KJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230252196
ISBN
9780230252196
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.10

Hardcover. Providing a comprehensive picture of diversity, ethnicity, and migration in the health sector this book analyses the key themes of career and career structures, social processes, segregation, racism and sexism at international, national and local levels. Num Pages: 377 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFSL; JHBL; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 223 x 27. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230252189
ISBN
9780230252189
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.46

Hardcover. Leisure activities undertaken in nature are immensely popular. This book examines the new serious leisure concept of nature challenge activity (NCA), exploring how NCA unfolds in an aesthetically appealing natural environment with implications for consumption and environmental sustainability. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBS; WSZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230252011
ISBN
9780230252011
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.39

Hardcover. Drawing on interviews with nurses, social workers, exotic dancers and hairdressers, this book explores the processes involved in producing and reproducing gendered and classed workers and occupations. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSC; JFSJ1; JFSJ2; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 224 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230251991
ISBN
9780230251991
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.15

Hardcover. International experts evaluate new policy directions in economic development and poverty reduction, building on the ideas of a pioneer in the new discipline of Development Studies, Frances Stewart. Combing ideas and evidence on technological change, human development and conflict prevention to address the issue of the persistence of inequality Editor(s): Thorp, Rosemary. Num Pages: 322 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFG; JFFA; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230249707
ISBN
9780230249707
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.04

Hardcover. EPUB Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; JFMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230248946
ISBN
9780230248946
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.70

Hardcover. Katie Wright explores how human wellbeing is constructed and how it 'travels' across spatial boundaries. She draws on empirical research, undertaken with Peruvian migrants based in London and Madrid and their Peru-based relatives and close friends to explore how human wellbeing is constructed and how it 'travels' transnationally. Series: Rethinking International Development Series. Num Pages: 167 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFM; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 221 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230248281
ISBN
9780230248281
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.87

Paperback. This book explores the history, meaning, and sociological implications of awareness campaigns, seeing them as personal displays of compassion in a culture where empathy is a by-word for authenticity. It also highlights how charities use awareness campaigns to reach their audience, and the transformation of charity into a commercial enterprise. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFF; JFSV; JKSN1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268. Charity, Compassion and Public Awareness. 208 pages. This book explores the history, meaning, and sociological implications of awareness campaigns, seeing them as personal displays of compassion in a culture where empathy is a by-word for authenticity. It also highlights how charities use awareness campaigns to reach their audience, and the transformation of charity into a commercial enterprise. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: JFCA; JFF; JFSV; JKSN1. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 13. Weight: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230247895
ISBN
9780230247895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.67

Paperback. This comprehensive study of rape and representation, now available in paperback with a new Preface, considers a wide range of texts drawn from prose fiction, poetry and drama by male and female writers, both canonical and non-canonical, demonstrating how the representation of gender relations has exploited the subject of rape. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 305 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBD; JFFE2; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230247734
ISBN
9780230247734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.18

Hardcover. This book analyses the current debates around national identity and multiculturalism by addressing three key questions; why do so many people treat as common sense the idea that they live in and belong to nations? And, why, and for whom, might this idea be significant, notably in an era of increasing global uncertainty? Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; JFFN; JFSL; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230247611
ISBN
9780230247611
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.54

Hardcover. Beginning with a widespread definition of Decadence as when individual parts flourish at the expense of the whole, Regenia Gagnier - a leading cultural historian of late nineteenth-century Britain - shows the full range of meanings of individualism at the height of its promise. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230247437
ISBN
9780230247437
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.28

Hardcover. Crisis in the Global Mediasphere examines the evolution of contemporary global crises as an effect of mediation and cultural change. The book argues that a crisis consciousness has emerged through the interaction of crisis conditions and a more expansive human desire for pleasure. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTC; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 402. Desire, Displeasure and Cultural Transformation. 256 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white tables. Crisis in the Global Mediasphere examines the evolution of contemporary global crises as an effect of mediation and cultural change. The book argues that a crisis consciousness has emerged through the interaction of crisis conditions and a more expansive human desire for pleasure. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: GTC; JFC; JFD. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 21. Weight: 402.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230247420
ISBN
9780230247420
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.92

Hardcover. For those who study memory, there is a nagging concern that memory studies are inherently backward-looking, and that memory itself hinders efforts to move forward. Unhinging memory from the past, this book brings together an interdisciplinary group of prominent scholars who bring the future into the study of memory. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBA; HBTB; JFC; JFFS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392. Transnational Politics, Ethics and Society. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. 232 pages, 8 black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Gutman, Yifat; Brown, Adam D.; Sodaro, Amy. For those who study memory, there is a nagging concern that memory studies are inherently backward-looking, and that memory itself hinders efforts to move forward. Unhinging memory from the past, this book brings together an interdisciplinary group of prominent scholars who bring the future into the study of memory. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: HBA; HBTB; JFC; JFFS. Dimension: 222 x 136 x 18. Weight: 392.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230247406
ISBN
9780230247406
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.34

Hardcover. Based on original and previously unseen written and sound archives and interviews with former and current radio producers and presenters, Public Issue Radio addresses the controversial question of the political leanings of current affairs programmes, and asks if Analysis became an early platform for both Thatcherite and Blairite ideas. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; JFD; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230247390
ISBN
9780230247390
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.98

Paperback. Democracy is based on the belief that the media gets the attention of voters. But is this plausible in an age of multiplying media, disillusionment with the political system and time-scarcity? This book, now available in paperback, addresses this question, and charts experiences of 'public connection'. Series: Consumption and Public Life. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
Rev Upd
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230247383
ISBN
9780230247383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 118.43

Paperback. This is the first comprehensive text on social psychological approaches to communication, providing an excellent introduction to theoretical perspectives, special topics, and applied areas and practice in communication. Bringing together scholars of international reputation, this book provides a unique contribution to the field. Editor(s): Hook, Derek; Franks, Bradley; Bauer, Martin W. Num Pages: 386 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFP; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
386
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230247369
ISBN
9780230247369
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.33

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