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Society & culture: general
Hardback. The transformation of the Turkish state is examined here in the context of globalized frames of neo-liberal capitalism and contemporary schemas of Islamic politics. It shows how the historical emergence of two distinct yet intertwined imaginaries of state structuring, laiklik and Islam, continues to influence Turkish politics today. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVT; JFSR2; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 569.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230546806
- ISBN
- 9780230546806
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.53
€ 128.53
hardcover. Drawing on the work of Raymond Williams, Valentin Volosinov and Mikhail Bakhtin, the book examines key issues for working-class studies including: the idea of the 'death' of class; the importance of working-class writing; the significance of place and space for understanding working-class identity; and the centrality of work in working-class lives. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSC; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2007th Edition
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230549203
- ISBN
- 9780230549203
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.60
€ 127.60
Hardback. This volume charts the most significant changes for a literary history of women in a period that saw the beginnings of a discourse of 'enlightened feminism'. It reveals that women engaged in forms old and new, seeking to shape and transform the culture of letters rather than simply reflect or respond to the work of their male contemporaries. Editor(s): Ballaster, Ros. Series: History of British Women's Writing. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 145 x 219 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230549388
- ISBN
- 9780230549388
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardback. The first book that draws together the main current methodological approaches to the study of language and gender. Approaches include Sociolinguistics, Conversation analysis, Corpus linguistics, Critical discourse analysis, Feminist post-structuralist discourse analysis, Discursive psychology and Queer theory. Editor(s): Sauntson, Helen; Sunderland, Jane. Num Pages: 344 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; JFSJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 565.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230550681
- ISBN
- 9780230550681
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.57
€ 129.57
Paperback. The first book that draws together the main current methodological approaches to the study of language and gender. Approaches include Sociolinguistics, Conversation analysis, Corpus linguistics, Critical discourse analysis, Feminist post-structuralist discourse analysis, Discursive psychology and Queer theory. Num Pages: 344 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230550698
- ISBN
- 9780230550698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.66
€ 127.66
Hardback. This period witnessed the first full flowering of women's writing in Britain. This illuminating volume features leading scholars who draw upon the last 25 years of scholarship and textual recovery to demonstrate the literary and cultural significance of women in the period, discussing writers such as Austen, Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley. Editor(s): Labbe, Jacqueline M. Series: History of British Women's Writing. Num Pages: 392 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 221 x 138 x 28. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230550711
- ISBN
- 9780230550711
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.85
€ 67.85
Hardback. Drawing upon qualitative material from parents and professionals, including ethnography, narrative inquiry, interviews and focus groups, this book brings together feminist and critical disability studies theories. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFG; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 497.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230551459
- ISBN
- 9780230551459
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
hardcover. From the Holocaust to 9/11, modern communications systems have incessantly exposed us to reports of distant and horrifying events, experienced by strangers, and brought to us through media technologies. In this book leading scholars explore key questions concerning the truth status and broader implications of 'media witnessing'. Editor(s): Frosh, Paul; Pinchevski, Amit. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230551497
- ISBN
- 9780230551497
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.37
€ 67.37
Hardback. A study of Britain as a capitalism poised between American and European models, exploring themes of legitimation, denial and opportunism via a series of substantial case studies framed by a reinterpretation of Thatcherism's economic contexts and a critical assessment of New Labour. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPP; JPR; KCP; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230553095
- ISBN
- 9780230553095
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.48
€ 66.48
Hardback. This critical introduction to gay and lesbian identity within the media explores the concept of 'new storytelling'. The case studies look at film, television and online media, focussing on the narrative potential of individual storytellers who, as producers, writers and performers, challenge identity concerns and offer new expressions of liberty. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; APT; JFD; JFSK2; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230553439
- ISBN
- 9780230553439
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.31
€ 67.31
Hardback. This book is the first comprehensive account of the numerous attempts made since the Second World War to provide food security for all. It provides a reference source for all those involved and interested in food security issues. Num Pages: 530 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFA; KCB; KCL; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 166 x 35. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 530
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230553552
- ISBN
- 9780230553552
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 252.68
€ 252.68
Financial Risk Management for Islamic Banking and Finance
Akkizidis, Ioannis; Khandelwal, Sunil Kumar
Hardback. Financial institutions are providing Islamic financial contracts in global markets. As a result of this market growth there is a demand to understand how to assess and manage the risks arising from applying Islamic financial products and services. This book presents a common framework on how to manage the risks faced. Series: Finance and Capital Markets Series. Num Pages: 249 pages, 243 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSR2; KFFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230553811
- ISBN
- 9780230553811
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 338.36
€ 338.36
Paperback. Men and the Language of Emotions challenges the commonly held association of rationality with masculinity, involving distancing from the language of emotions. Drawing on a study of heterosexual men talking about their life and relationships, he demonstrates that men are capable of speaking of emotions, and in direct and uninhibited ways. Num Pages: 181 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFD; JFSJ2; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 181
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230554313
- ISBN
- 9780230554313
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.52
€ 65.52
Paperback. Explores themes of globalization and language as a theoretical context for individual 'London stories'. This book explores the ambivalent and multi-layered identities of individuals who have crossed geographical and psychological borders during the course of their lifetimes and settled in London, the quintessential global city. Series: Language and Globalization. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; CFDM; JFS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230554344
- ISBN
- 9780230554344
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.08
€ 66.08
Hardback. This book puts forward a distinctive theoretical approach and analytical framework for studying business as an international actor in the environmental field, and provides detailed case studies of the most important environmental challenges in recent years. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCP; KJK; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230572522
- ISBN
- 9780230572522
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardback. This book uses empirical data and theory to explore the role of faiths as public actors; their contribution to welfare services, how they help build community cohesion, and break it down, and what it means for them and for others to be involved in new modes of governance. Num Pages: 246 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSR; JKSN1; JPQB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230573307
- ISBN
- 9780230573307
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
hardcover. What should be done about trafficking in women? Aradau shows that the problematization of trafficking as a security issue limits what can be done. Exploring the complex relationship between security, politics and subjectivity, this book suggests new forms of action which transcend security practices. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JKV; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2008th Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230573314
- ISBN
- 9780230573314
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. This ground-breaking book explores the experiences of gay men and their understanding of what it meant to be gay in the 20th Century: from when homosexuality was illegal though the less repressed but no less difficult eras of gay liberation and the HIV-AIDS epidemic. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230573956
- ISBN
- 9780230573956
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.40
€ 67.40
Hardback. Located within a burgeoning therapeutic/self-help culture this book explores stories of childhood sexual abuse, 'recovered memories' and multiple personalities, and explodes the myths surrounding women who, without memories, redefine themselves as victims. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JFFE2; JKSB1; JKSN2; JMU. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230574045
- ISBN
- 9780230574045
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Hardback. Internationally-renowned scholars, including Zygmunt Bauman, Saskia Sassen, Loic Wacquant and Craig Calhoun come together in this exciting new collection to debate the role of the nation state in an age of globalization, examining key areas including finance, migration, terrorism, crime, the welfare state and the legal system. Editor(s): Schinkel, Willem. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JH; JPHC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230574052
- ISBN
- 9780230574052
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04