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Paperback. This book offers readers an understanding of the theoretical framework for the concept of Arts Talk, provides historical background and a review of current thinking about the interpretive process, and, most importantly, provides ideas and insights into building audience-centered and audience-powered conversations about the arts. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AP; AS; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349438389
ISBN
9781349438389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.46

Paperback. An international team of academics and experienced practitioners here bring together scholarship on academic migrants to the United States - the world's top recipient of academic talent. They examine the multidirectional migration patterns of academic migrants, adaptation challenges, and the roles played by international students and faculty. Editor(s): Alberts, Heike C. Num Pages: 248 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JNM; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349438525
ISBN
9781349438525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.37
€ 46.10

Paperback. Based on repeat interviews from a range of generational perspectives, this book explores the nature of contemporary British Chinese households and childhoods, examining the extent to which parents identify themselves as being Chinese and how decisions to uphold or move away from 'traditional' Chinese values impacts on their child-rearing methods. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSL; JFSP; JHB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349439287
ISBN
9781349439287
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. 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: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPN; JFC; JFD; JFF; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
191
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349439324
ISBN
9781349439324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Series: Leisure Studies in a Global Era. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSL; JFSR; JHBS; JPQB; RG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349439348
ISBN
9781349439348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.90

Paperback. 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: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFFS; JHB; JPS; JW; RNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
265
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349439362
ISBN
9781349439362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. This book provides a unique insight into the way policing is performed. By embracing both organizational management issues as well as operational police business such as crime reduction and detection, firearms, disorder, organised crime and terrorism, it provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary police theory and practice. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JKV; LAB; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
227
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349439409
ISBN
9781349439409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.90

Paperback. Originally the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--University of the Witwatersrand, 2010. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; APF; HBJH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349439485
ISBN
9781349439485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.05

Paperback. Editor(s): Enns, Anthony; Trower, Shelley. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AN; DSA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 369.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349439522
ISBN
9781349439522
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 128.03

Paperback. Series: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JP; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349439577
ISBN
9781349439577
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.73

Paperback. The contributors attempt to look into how China and Europe differently interpret political concepts such as: sovereignty, soft power, human rights, democracy, stability, strategic partnership, multilateralism/multipolarization, and global governance, to examine what implications of their conceptual gaps may have on China-EU relations. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPB; JPSD; JPSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
263
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349439591
ISBN
9781349439591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.24

Paperback. Public Space, Media Space asks how media saturation are transforming public space and our experience of it. From the role of graffiti and Youtube videos of street art in the Cairo revolution, to OOH (Out of Home) advertising, the book is diverse in its approach and global in its coverage. Editor(s): Berry, C.; Harbord, Janet; Moore, R. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AP; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349439744
ISBN
9781349439744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.06

paperback. 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: JFSL; JHMC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2012
SKU
V9781349439836
ISBN
9781349439836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. This book examines the persistence of social violence and public insecurity in Honduras. Using a spatial perspective, the author looks at the Honduran state's security polices - known as Mano Dura - and the challenges authorities face. She points to the state's historical difficulty producing and ordering political territory and space. Num Pages: 178 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JKV; JPA; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 237.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349439850
ISBN
9781349439850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH5; HBJH; HBL; JFC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349439942
ISBN
9781349439942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.93

paperback. This collection, from a range of leading international scholars, looks at penal practice in a variety of different European countries. Noting particularities as well as similarities, such as the overuse of imprisonment and the use of harsher sanctions against the poor, this book questions how we justify and deliver punishment in Europe. Series: Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JKV; JKVP; JP; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 22. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2013
SKU
V9781349439966
ISBN
9781349439966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.44

Paperback. Taking as a starting point the parallel occurrence of Cook's Pacific voyages, the development of natural history, scenic tourism in Britain, and romantic travel in Europe, this book argues that the effect of these practices was the production of nature as an abstract space and that the genre of travel writing had a central role in reproducing it. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349440399
ISBN
9781349440399
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

paperback. While many worry about population overload, this book highlights the dramatic fall in fertility rates globally exploring questions such as why are parents having fewer babies? Will this lead to population decline? What will be the impact of a world with fewer children and can social policy reverse fertility decline? Editor(s): Buchanan, A.; Rotkirch, Anna. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 343 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSP; JHB; JHBK; VFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
343
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2013
SKU
V9781349440412
ISBN
9781349440412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Drawing on the ambiguous meaning of the notion of vulnerability, the book offers an innovative approach to the topic of the female body in relation to women's rights; going beyond the age-old dichotomy of casting women as either passive victims or conscious agents. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFK; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
199
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349440573
ISBN
9781349440573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.69

Paperback. This anthology explores the role of children and teenagers in Latin American and Spanish Film as protagonists, victims and witnesses of societies polarized by and still grappling with the consequences of political divisions. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFN; HBJK; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349440610
ISBN
9781349440610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.37
€ 47.16

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