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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Since the early 1980s, the World Bank, backed by aid donor countries, has been involved in a determined effort to stimulate capitalist growth in Africa by prescribing a set of orthodox, neoliberal economic policies.Using Ghana as a case study, this book considers why this is the case." Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JPA; JPS; KJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349290000
- ISBN
- 9781349290000
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Condition: New
€ 66.32
€ 66.32
paperback. An insider's account of the Postville case, this book gauges the raid's human, social, and economic impact, based on interaction with the main participants and interviews with local citizens and arrestees in the US and Guatemala. Num Pages: 268 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFN; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 401.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349290109
- ISBN
- 9781349290109
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Condition: New
€ 66.38
€ 66.38
Paperback. Series: Critical Studies in Gender, Sexuality, and Culture. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFK; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 314.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349290185
- ISBN
- 9781349290185
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This book questions the 'role model' status of the Turkish Republic with respect to the advancement of female agency in a secular context by using the study of women with headscarves as a case in point. Turkey's commitment to modernization depends heavily on secularism which involves, among other things, the westernization of women's appearance. Num Pages: 219 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM; JFC; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349290284
- ISBN
- 9781349290284
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Using the engaging case of British security policy between the world wars, this book argues that an effective balance of power, which is the key to a stable international system, is a deliberate act of policy and that leaders play a determinative role in building an effective balance. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBWQ; JFFS; JHB; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349290369
- ISBN
- 9781349290369
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Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFFS; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349290437
- ISBN
- 9781349290437
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Condition: New
€ 66.05
€ 66.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349290451
- ISBN
- 9781349290451
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Condition: New
€ 138.66
€ 138.66
Paperback. This volume explores issues of black female identitythrough the various "imaginings" of the black female body in print and visual culture. Contributions emphasize the ways in which the black female body is framed and how black women (and their allies) have sought to write themselves back into social discourses on their terms." Editor(s): Henderson, C. Num Pages: 231 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH5; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349290536
- ISBN
- 9781349290536
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Thisbook contextualizes21st century representations of disappearance, torture, and detention within a historical framework of inter-American narratives. Examining a range of sources, Pitt finds a persistent focus on the body that links contemporary practices of political terror to concerns about corporality and sovereignty." Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSBH; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349290635
- ISBN
- 9781349290635
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Considering a wide array of sources, this book reveals the tenacity with which Alfonso II (1162-1196) and his son Peter II (1196-1213) of the Crown of Aragon forged a tighter Mediterranean regional network and augmented their regional success. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBJD; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 412.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349290659
- ISBN
- 9781349290659
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This collection, with contributions on seventeen countries from social scientists from Africa, the Americas, Asia-Pacific, and Europe, analyzes the characteristics and potential of diverse educational, political and related initiatives towards progressive changes in gender relations to show how men are reacting to contemporary social change Editor(s): Ruspini, E. Series: Global Masculinities. Num Pages: 292 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 377.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349290673
- ISBN
- 9781349290673
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. In the first major study of the twentieth-century American protest novel, Drake examines a group of authors who self-consciously exploited the revolutionary potential of the novel, transformingliterary conventions concerning art and politics, readers and characters." Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349290697
- ISBN
- 9781349290697
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Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Paperback. This book is a multidisciplinary approach to Africa's international relations in an era of globalization and the shifting of power from the West. It moves beyond colonization, marginalization, imperialism to look at the forces and dynamics that are reshaping Africa's external relations today. Editor(s): Mangala, Jack. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPA; JPS; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2010
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349290796
- ISBN
- 9781349290796
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Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Paperback. This book examines Chinese Communist activities in Hong Kong from the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War in 1937 to the handover in 1997.It reveals a peculiar part of Chinese Communist history, and traces six decades of astounding united front between the Chinese Communists and the Hong Kong tycoons and upper-class business elite." Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPA; JPS; KCP; KJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 275.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349290857
- ISBN
- 9781349290857
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This book takes the political theory of intersectionality - the most cutting-edge approach to the politics of gender, race, sexual orientation, and class - and introduces it to the general public for the first time. Series: The Politics of Intersectionality. Num Pages: 223 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFF; JHB; JPA; JPS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349290871
- ISBN
- 9781349290871
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Condition: New
€ 72.48
€ 72.48
Paperback. Aninsightful look into the origins of modern Italian media culture by examining a sensational crime and trial that took place in Rome in the late 1870s, when a bloody murder triggered a national spectacle that became the first great media circus in the new nation of Italy, crucially shaping the young state's public sphere and image of itself." Series: Italian and Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2010
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349291151
- ISBN
- 9781349291151
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Condition: New
€ 66.68
€ 66.68
Paperback. Series: Comparative Feminist Studies. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; HPK; JFSJ; JHB; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349291229
- ISBN
- 9781349291229
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Condition: New
€ 65.88
€ 65.88
Paperback. This book is about how China strives to rebuild its soft power through communication. It recounts China's efforts by examining a set of public diplomacy tactics and programs in its pursuit of a 'new' and 'improved' global image. These case studies invites the reader to a more expansive discussion on the instruments of soft power. Editor(s): Wang, J. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFS; JPS; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 290.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349291373
- ISBN
- 9781349291373
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Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
paperback. Editor(s): Jansen, S.; Pooley, Jefferson; Taub-Pervizpour, Lora. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349291397
- ISBN
- 9781349291397
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Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Paperback. Jane Flax argues that a reciprocal relationship exists between unconscious processes and race/gender domination and that unless we attend to these unconscious processes, no adequate remedy for the malignant consequences of our current race/gender practices and relations can be devised. Flax supports her arguments using a variety of sources. Series: Breaking Feminist Waves. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DS; JFC; JFFK; JFSJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349291458
- ISBN
- 9781349291458
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Condition: New
€ 65.96
€ 65.96
Paperback. For nearly a decade, writers' collectives such as Kwani Trust in Kenya and Femrite, the Ugandan women writers' association, have dramatically reshaped the East African literary scene. This text extends the purview of postcolonial literary studies by providing the long overdue critical inquiry that these writers so urgently deserve. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2H; DSBH5; HPD; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 353.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349291748
- ISBN
- 9781349291748
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This volume introduces the concept of Islamist extremist 'master narratives' and offers a method for identifying and analyzing them. Drawing on rhetorical and narrative theories, the chapters examine thirteen master narratives and explain how extremists use them to solidify their base, recruit new members, and motivate actions. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFC; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349291861
- ISBN
- 9781349291861
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Since the 1980's, Marilena Chaui's writing has had a profound impact in Brazil, contributing to the academic conversation and resonating in popular culture. Here, in English for the first time, are ten of Chaui's most important essays, with an introduction by Maite Conde which situates the scholarship in the global context." Translator(s): Conde, Maite. Series: Theory in the World. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: D; GTE; JFC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349291922
- ISBN
- 9781349291922
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.48
€ 72.48
Paperback. Weimar Culture Revisited is the first book to offer an accessible cross-section of new cultural history approaches to the Weimar Republic. This collection uses an interdisciplinary approach and focuses on the everyday workings of Weimar culture to explain the impact and meaning of culture for German's everyday lives during this fateful era. Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 339.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349292158
- ISBN
- 9781349292158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95