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Hardcover. This fascinating collection draws together perspectives on the future of writing in publishing, journalism and online sites. Discussion ranges across the challenges and opportunities for writing and publishing in the context of new content platforms, formats and distribution networks, including e-books, online news and publishing, and social media. Editor(s): Potts, John. Num Pages: 160 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; J. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 344.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137440396
- ISBN
- 9781137440396
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Condition: New
€ 66.29
€ 66.29
Hardcover. Global Journalism Practice and New Media Performance provides an overview of new and traditional media in their political, economic and cultural contexts while exploring the role of journalism practice and media education. The authors examine media systems in 16 countries, including China, Russia and the United States. Editor(s): Kalyango Jr, Yusuf; Mould, David H. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 464.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137440556
- ISBN
- 9781137440556
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Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. Revisiting Iris Marion Young on Normalisation, Inclusion and Democracy presents an innovative collection of politically and theoretically inspiring papers by feminist, queer and postcolonial writers. All authors engage with Young's politics of cultural difference and a 'politics of positional difference' read against her critique of normalisation. Editor(s): Vieten, Ulrike M. Num Pages: 124 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFK; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137440969
- ISBN
- 9781137440969
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€ 66.00
€ 66.00
Hardcover. Contributors to this volume demonstrate how a feminist approach is strategically necessary for the community engagement movement in higher education to achieve its goals and illustrate the transformative potential of merging feminist theory with social action. Editor(s): Iverson, Susan van Deventer; James, Jennifer Hauver. Series: Community Engagement in Higher Education. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JNA; JNKP; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137441096
- ISBN
- 9781137441096
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Condition: New
€ 53.46€ 46.52
€ 53.46
€ 46.52
Hardcover. What do we mean when we talk about 'queer teachers'? The authors here grapple with what it means to be sexually or gender diverse and to work as a school teacher within four national contexts: Australia, Ireland, the UK and the USA. This new volume offers academics, educators and students a provocative exploration of this pivotal topic. Editor(s): Harris, Anne; Gray, Emily M. Series: Palgrave Studies in Gender and Education. Num Pages: 132 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ5; JFSK; JMS; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 14. Weight in Grams: 302.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137441911
- ISBN
- 9781137441911
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Condition: New
€ 66.05
€ 66.05
Hardcover. The public provision of early childhood education has developed at different rates across individual countries over the past two centuries. This book provides the historical background to explain how these national differences occurred, with particular reference to welfare and educational systems, to highlight how particular influences grew. Editor(s): Willekens, Harry; Scheiwe, Kirsten; Nawrotzki, Kristen. Num Pages: 322 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KB; JKSB1; JNB; JNF; JNLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 224 x 23. Weight in Grams: 518.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137441973
- ISBN
- 9781137441973
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Condition: New
€ 194.53
€ 194.53
Hardcover. In the face of emerging new threats, the EU's capacity to build a distinctive role in crisis management remains problematic. Analysing EU policies and actions, this collection sheds light on the EU's role in managing crises and peacekeeping, exploring avenues for a strategic EU vision for security and defense. Editor(s): Galantino, Maria Grazia; Freire, Maria Raquel. Series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 313 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JPSN2; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 504.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137442246
- ISBN
- 9781137442246
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Condition: New
€ 67.35
€ 67.35
Hardcover. In France in an Era of Global War, scholars re-examine experiences of French politics, occupation, empire and entanglements with the Anglophone world between 1914 and 1945. In doing so, they question the long-standing myths and assumptions which continue to surround this period, and offer new avenues of enquiry. Editor(s): Broch, Ludivine; Carrol, Alison. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; JPS; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137443489
- ISBN
- 9781137443489
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Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover. Through studies of beheaded Irish traitors, smugglers hung in chains on the English coast, suicides subjected to the surgeon's knife in Dresden and the burial of executed Nazi war criminals, this volume provides a fresh perspective on the history of capital punishment. This book has two open access chapters under a CC BY license. Editor(s): Ward, Richard. Series: Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife. Num Pages: 329 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JKVP; LNFX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 530.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137443991
- ISBN
- 9781137443991
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Condition: New
€ 117.48
€ 117.48
Hardcover. This book explores different topics in the field of female entrepreneurship, such as motivational factors of female entrepreneurs, career perspectives of women, social female enterprises, tourism and hospitality, and emotional and institutional support of female entrepreneurial initiatives in the perspective of different transitional countries. Editor(s): Ramadani, Veland; Gerguri-Rashiti, Shqipe; Fayolle, Alain. Num Pages: 311 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; KJH; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137444493
- ISBN
- 9781137444493
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Condition: New
€ 128.12
€ 128.12
Hardcover. The history of international thought is a flourishing field, but it has tended to focus on Anglo-American realist and liberal thinkers. This book moves beyond the Anglosphere and beyond realism and liberalism. It analyses the work of thinkers from continental Europe and Asia with radical and reactionary agendas quite different from the mainstream. Editor(s): Hall, Ian. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan History of International Thought. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; JPA; JPF; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137447258
- ISBN
- 9781137447258
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Hardcover. Travelling intensively to and for work helps - but also challenges - people to find ways of balancing work and personal life. Drawing on a large European longitudinal study, Mobile Europe explores the diversity and ambivalence of mobility situations and the implications for family and career development. Editor(s): Viry, Gil; Kaufmann, Vincent. Num Pages: 232 pages, 38 black & white illustrations, 35 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFM; JHBK; JHBL; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137447371
- ISBN
- 9781137447371
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Hardcover. The volume brings together cutting-edge political economy analyses of the Palestinian people: those living in the occupied territory of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, those living within Israel, and refugees in Arab states. It is a must-read for those who wish to understand the historical origins and contemporary realities that face Palestinians. Editor(s): Turner, Mandy; Shweiki, Omar. Series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 maps, 3 tables, 16 figures. BIC Classification: 1FBP; JPS; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137448743
- ISBN
- 9781137448743
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardcover. This book investigates the ways in which new developments in areas of language teaching practice, such policymaking, planning, methodology and the use of educational technology spread globally and are adopted, rejected or adapted locally. Editor(s): Darasawang, Pornapit; Reinders, Hayo. Series: New Language Learning and Teaching Environments. Num Pages: 183 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMT; CJA; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137449740
- ISBN
- 9781137449740
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Hardcover. Is it possible for football matches or players to help forge a collective European identity? Pyta and Haverman seek to answer this question through a detailed analysis of how football is remembered across the continent. European Football and Collective Memory is the first book to deal with collective memory of football on a continental scale. Editor(s): Pyta, Wolfram; Havemann, Nils. Series: Football Research in an Enlarged Europe. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JHBS; WSBG; WSJA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137450142
- ISBN
- 9781137450142
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.62
€ 66.62
Hardcover. The US-led war on drugs has failed: drugs remain purer, cheaper and more readily available than ever. Extreme levels of violence have also grown as drug traffickers and organized criminals compete for control of territory. This book points towards a number of crucial challenges, policy solutions and alternatives to the current drug strategies. Editor(s): Rosen, Jonathan D.; Brienen, Marten W. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFH1; JKVG; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137450982
- ISBN
- 9781137450982
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.87
€ 138.87
Hardcover. This timely book inspires researchers to deploy relevant, effective, innovative digital methods. It explores the relationship of such methods to 'mainstream' social science; interdisciplinarity; innovations in digital research tools; the opportunities (and challenges) of digital methods in researching social life; and digital research ethics. Editor(s): Snee, Helene; Hine, Christine; Roberts, Steven; Watson, Hayley. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7 black & white tables, 4 figures. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137453655
- ISBN
- 9781137453655
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 182.93
€ 182.93
Hardcover. Editor(s): Burgess, Thomas Paul; Mulvenna, Gareth. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; HRCC9; JPR; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137453938
- ISBN
- 9781137453938
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.70
€ 66.70
Hardcover. This is the first edited collection comparing the philosophies of Kant and Sartre, an area which has received considerable attention of late. Including 10 newly written comparative essays and an introduction, focusing on metaphysics, metaethics and metaphilosophy; chapters are written by an international cast of authors specialising in the topic. Editor(s): Baiasu, Sorin. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DFG; 3JJ; HPJ; HPQ; JMTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137454522
- ISBN
- 9781137454522
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Hardcover. This bracing volume collects work on Italian writers and filmmakers that engage with nonhuman animal subjectivity. These contributions address 3 major strands of philosophical thought: perceived borders between man and animals, historical and fictional crises, and human entanglement with the nonhuman and material world. Editor(s): Amberson, Deborah; Past, Elena M. Series: Italian & Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137454751
- ISBN
- 9781137454751
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.46€ 47.16
€ 53.46
€ 47.16