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Society & culture: general
Quantitative Approaches to Multidimensional Poverty Measurement
. Ed(S): Kakwani, Nanak C.; Silber, Jacques
hardcover. This book is written in light of the latest developments in the field of multidimensional poverty measurement. It includes clear presentations of more than a dozen different quantitative techniques and provides empirical illustrations based on data sources from developed or developing countries. Editor(s): Kakwani, Nanak C.; Silber, Jacques. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFA; KCH; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 569.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2008th Edition
- Number of pages
- 289
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230004894
- ISBN
- 9780230004894
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.51
€ 128.51
Hardback. With representatives from different disciplines stressing the central importance of freedom in analyzing poverty and emphasizing some important policy issues, this book offers a view of poverty that will orient research in directions previously neglected, and help those in charge of implementing poverty reduction policies. Editor(s): Kakwani, Nanak C.; Silber, Jacques. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFA; KCB; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 615.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230004900
- ISBN
- 9780230004900
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.83
€ 128.83
Hardback. Exploring the globalization of reproductive labour, this book expands a traditional focus on domestic workers and presents an important analysis of the international migration of professional nurses and religious care workers. The study covers a range of countries in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHBL; JKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 505.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230005341
- ISBN
- 9780230005341
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.19
€ 150.19
Hardback. This book explores the transition of unitary to multiple forms of citizenship around the globe. The contributions to this volume probe into the proposition that the increasing tolerance towards dual citizenship is a test case for the growing liberalization of citizenship law in liberal and emerging democracies. Editor(s): Faist, Thomas; Kivisto, Peter. Series: Migration, Minorities & Citizenship. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 309
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230006546
- ISBN
- 9780230006546
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.36
€ 128.36
Hardback. This book analyzes successive governments' management of the AIDS epidemic in South Africa. The book covers the years 1982-2005, using expert thinking regarding public policy making to identify gaps in the public sector's handling of the epidemic. It highlights critical lessons for policy makers and other public health managers. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFFH2; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230006676
- ISBN
- 9780230006676
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.16
€ 67.16
New Arenas of Education Governance: The Impact of International Organi...
. Ed(S): Leibfried, Stephan; Martens, Kerstin...
hardcover. This volume provides a comprehensive and up-to-date account of new arenas of education governance, examining the impact of international organizations and marketization. It explores how education policy is made at international levels, and the consequences for national policy-making. Editor(s): Leibfried, Stephan; Martens, Kerstin; Rusconi, Alessandra; Leuze, Kathrin. Series: Transformations of the State. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JN; JPQB; JPRB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2007th Edition
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230007031
- ISBN
- 9780230007031
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardback. Using examples from the US, Europe and Asia, this collection presents empirical studies of print, recorded music, movies, radio, television and the Internet to reveal both how media structure public spheres and how people use media to participate in the public sphere. Editor(s): Butsch, Richard. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230007215
- ISBN
- 9780230007215
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.16
€ 67.16
Hardback. Examining health promotion in the context of globalization, this book explores how globalization affects health and shows how practitioners can respond to these new challenges. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; MBNH; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230007222
- ISBN
- 9780230007222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Hardback. This wide-ranging, historically informed study examines the career of the culture concept and related notions of context in comparative and international politics, tracing connections through the disciplines of anthropology and history as well as through issues in nationalism and democracy. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230007666
- ISBN
- 9780230007666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.05
€ 128.05
Hardback. This book brings together experts on national history writing from all five continents to discuss the role of history in the making of national identities in a transnational and comparative way. The institutionalization and professionalisation of history writing is analysed in the context of history's increasing nationalization. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBG; JFFS; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230008021
- ISBN
- 9780230008021
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.99
€ 66.99
Hardback. This new collection of essays explores questions of subjectification, selfhood and identity in the contemporary Asia Pacific, examining the way that migrant lives express the complex interplay of local and global processes in the post-Cold War era, and collectively questioning the novelty of the 'global age' in this region. Editor(s): Robinson, Kathryn. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QRP; JFC; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230013308
- ISBN
- 9780230013308
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardback. This volume offers a close look at four cases of indigenous language revitalization: Maori in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Saami in Scandinavia, Hnahno in Mexico and Quechua and other indigenous languages in Latin America. Essays by experts from each case are in turn discussed in international perspective by four counterpart experts. Editor(s): Hornberger, Nancy H. Series: Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFDM; JFSL9. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 405.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230013322
- ISBN
- 9780230013322
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.62
€ 66.62
Hardback. This book is a comparative analysis of children of international migrants in Britain, France and Germany, using survey data from the EFFNATIS project. By analysing data on linguistic, structural, political, religious and socio-cultural behaviour, it offers exciting new evidence on sociological models of immigrant incorporation. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; GTB; JFFD; JFFN; JFSL1; JFSP1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230018792
- ISBN
- 9780230018792
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Hardback. An interdisciplinary study providing first-hand evidence of the everyday lives of politicians; what politicians actually do on 'the backstage' in political organizations. The book offers answers to the widely discussed phenomena of disenchantment with politics and depoliticization. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230018815
- ISBN
- 9780230018815
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.03
€ 128.03
Hardback. This volume provides a thorough analysis of Turkey's accession to the EU and contributes to ongoing debates about the future relationship. It is a highly dynamic encounter and both questions and answers related to the accession seem constantly in flux. The book provides valuable information on the present and future state of affairs. Editor(s): LaGro, Esra; Jorgensen, Knud Erik. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVT; JFC; JPSN2; KCP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230019553
- ISBN
- 9780230019553
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardback. This collection offers a comprehensive account of the relation between diaspora and media cultures. It analyses the politics of transnational communication, the consumption of media by diasporic communities, and the views of non-governmental organizations on issues of the participation and representation of ethnic minorities in the media. Editor(s): Bailey, Olga G.; Georgiou, Myria; Harindranath, R. Num Pages: 305 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JFFN; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 515.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 305
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230019836
- ISBN
- 9780230019836
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.37
€ 67.37
Hardback. This book explores the possibilities and limitations re-theorizing disability using historical materialism in the interdisciplinary contexts of social theory, cultural studies, social and education policy, feminist ethics, and theories of citizenship. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230100183
- ISBN
- 9780230100183
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardback. The volume is a cutting-edge, interdisciplinary approach to analyzing an enormously significant region in ways that clarify the kind of everyday life and work that is generated in a major urban global manufacturing site amid insecurity, inequality, and a virtually absent state. Editor(s): Staudt, Kathleen; Fragoso, Julia E. Monarrez; Fuentes, Cesar M. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 1KLCM; JFSG; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 475.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230100312
- ISBN
- 9780230100312
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardback. Drawing upon the latest statistics and detailed interviews, this book examines the experiences of ethnic minorities from schooling to the job search, hiring, and promotion processes. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL; JPB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 16. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 193
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230100381
- ISBN
- 9780230100381
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.09
€ 68.09
Hardback. This book breaks new ground in understanding how modern society has shaped women's knowledge system in Africa and deconstructs long-held myths about the position of ordinary women in the construction of knowledge. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230102484
- ISBN
- 9780230102484
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80