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Hardcover. Drawing on case studies from the global South, this book explores the politics of mediated citizenship in which citizens are represented to the state through third party intermediaries. The studies show that mediation is both widely practiced and multi-directional and that it has an important role to play in deepening democracy in the global South. Editor(s): Lieres, Bettina von; Piper, Laurence. Series: Frontiers of Globalization. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFM; JHBA; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137405302
- ISBN
- 9781137405302
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Condition: New
€ 68.00
€ 68.00
Hardcover. This collection examines how the EU is seen in the two regions that are at the centre of its geopolitical interest. Focusing on Eastern Europe and sub-Saharan Africa, it provides a critical assessment of how their external perceptions relate to EU policy towards them. Editor(s): Muller, Martin L.; Bachmann, Veit. Series: Europe in a Global Context. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1HF; 1QFE; JFFS; JHB; JPSL; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137405463
- ISBN
- 9781137405463
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€ 67.35
€ 67.35
Hardcover. The Gothic and the Everyday aims to regenerate interest in the Gothic within the experiential contexts of history, folklore, and tradition. By using the term 'living', this book recalls a collection of experiences that constructs the everyday in its social, cultural, and imaginary incarnations Editor(s): Piatti-Farnell, Lorna; Beville, Maria. Series: Palgrave Gothic. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137406637
- ISBN
- 9781137406637
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Condition: New
€ 118.05
€ 118.05
Hardcover. This collection explores the ways in which traumatic experience becomes a part of public memory. It explores the premise that traumatic events are realities; they happen in the world, not in the fantasy life of individuals or in the narrative frames of our televisions and cinemas. Editor(s): Goodall, Jane; Lee, Christopher. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137406798
- ISBN
- 9781137406798
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Condition: New
€ 67.57
€ 67.57
Hardcover. Since the Second World War, art crime has shifted from a relatively innocuous, often ideological crime, into a major international problem, considered by some to be the third-highest grossing criminal trade worldwide. This rich volume features essays on art crime by the most respected and knowledgeable experts in this interdisciplinary subject. Editor(s): Charney, Noah. Num Pages: 400 pages, 23. BIC Classification: ABK; JKVM; LAR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 27. Weight in Grams: 614.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137407566
- ISBN
- 9781137407566
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Condition: New
€ 196.11
€ 196.11
Hardcover. This volume focuses on challenges to the effective and proper use of human rights and tries to identify, through a series of case studies, strategies and contexts in which human rights advocacy can work in favor of human rights, as well as situations in which such advocacy may backfire, or unintentionally cause harm. Editor(s): Andreopoulos, George J.; Arat, Zehra F. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFS; JPVH; LBBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 168 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137408334
- ISBN
- 9781137408334
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Condition: New
€ 128.65
€ 128.65
Hardcover. With more than 250 million speakers globally, the Lusophone world has a rich history of filmmaking. This edited volume explores the representation of the migratory experience in contemporary cinema from Portuguese-speaking countries, exploring how Lusophone films, filmmakers, producers, studios, and governments relay narratives of migration. Editor(s): Rego, Cacilda M.; Brasileiro, Marcus. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137408914
- ISBN
- 9781137408914
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Condition: New
€ 67.17
€ 67.17
Hardcover. This volume concerns the day-to-day individual suffering of interpersonal violence. Bringing together an international range of scholars and practitioners from a range of disciplines and fields of practice, this book maps and expands research into response based approaches to the study of interpersonal violence. Editor(s): Hyden, Margareta; Gadd, David; Wade, Allan. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFFE2; JFFE3; JKVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 176 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137409539
- ISBN
- 9781137409539
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Condition: New
€ 193.95
€ 193.95
Hardcover. In order to better understand processes of European integration, this book offers a new perspective that compares past experiences of change to current transitional moments at the European level. It addresses key questions about European society, EU integration and social change to reveal the social construction of emergent polities and societies. Editor(s): Borner, Stefanie; Eigmuller, Monika. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; HBJD; JFFS; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137411242
- ISBN
- 9781137411242
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Condition: New
€ 67.81
€ 67.81
Hardcover. This international collection of essays forms a vibrant picture of the scope and diversity of contemporary queer performance. Ranging across cabaret, performance art, the performativity of film, drag and script-based theatre it unravels the dynamic relationship performance has with queerness as it is presented in local and transnational contexts. Editor(s): Campbell, Alyson; Farrier, Stephen. Series: Contemporary Performance Interactions. Num Pages: 320 pages, 24 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 27. Weight in Grams: 622.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137411839
- ISBN
- 9781137411839
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Condition: New
€ 118.45
€ 118.45
Hardcover. The aim of this collection of essays, the first academic book on the topic in English, is to offer a preliminary analysis of Gezi protests and address the following questions: 'How can we account for the protests?' and 'Who were the protesters?' Editor(s): Ozkirimli, Umut. Num Pages: 174 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVT; JPL; JPV; JPZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 221 x 19. Weight in Grams: 370.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137413772
- ISBN
- 9781137413772
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Condition: New
€ 67.00
€ 67.00
Hardcover. This volume offers both an insight into the current state of research on domestic animals in leisure and a lens through which to begin to chart the future of research in this field. All of the contributions to the collection are underpinned by ongoing debates about human-animal relationships and the rights and welfare of the latter. Editor(s): Carr, Neil. Series: Leisure Studies in a Global Era. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JHBS; WSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 510.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137415530
- ISBN
- 9781137415530
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Condition: New
€ 67.91
€ 67.91
Hardcover. Despite several efforts by the New Zealand government in the 1990s this book suggests that their national literacy strategy has failed to reduce the literacy achievement gap. The major contributing factors are examined and alternative effective strategies are suggested to achieve excellence and equity in New Zealand's literacy education. Editor(s): Tunmer, William E; Chapman, James W. Series: Palgrave Studies in Excellence and Equity in Global Education. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1MBN; JNFD; JNU; YQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137415561
- ISBN
- 9781137415561
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.51
€ 67.51
Hardcover. This book explores the dynamics of the linguistic landscape as a site of conflict, exclusion, and dissent. It focuses on socio-historical, economic, political and ideological issues, such as reflected in mass protest demonstrations, to forge links between landscape, identity, social justice and power. Editor(s): Rubdy, Rani; Ben Said, Selim. Series: Language and Globalization. Num Pages: 352 pages, 78 figures, 12 black & white tables. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 24. Weight in Grams: 536.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137426277
- ISBN
- 9781137426277
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Condition: New
€ 151.71
€ 151.71
Hardcover. Poland is one of Europe's economic out-performers. The country's history and geography encourage it to be in favour of deeper European integration. This book aims to contribute to discussions on the future shape of EMU and the next steps ahead. Editor(s): Holscher, Jens. Series: Studies in Economic Transition. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 1QFE; JPSN2; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 219 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137426406
- ISBN
- 9781137426406
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Condition: New
€ 129.13
€ 129.13
Hardcover. The contributors investigate how the large scale structures of capitalism and the local social relations of workplaces and organizations shape each other. They argue for a new integration of political economy and the sociology of work and organizations. Editor(s): O Riain, Sean; Behling, Felix; Ciccia, Rossella; Flaherty, Eoin. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; KCF; KCP; KCS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137427076
- ISBN
- 9781137427076
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Condition: New
€ 67.39
€ 67.39
Hardcover. Editor(s): Grugel, Jean; Hammett, Daniel. Num Pages: 807 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 9 colour illustrations, 20 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 241 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1360.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137427236
- ISBN
- 9781137427236
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 257.29
€ 257.29
Hardcover. This interdisciplinary volume brings together the perspectives of business, political science, law, philosophy, anthropology and behavioural science to the debate on integrity and corruption. Editor(s): Hardi, Peter; Heywood, Paul M.; Torsello, Davide. Series: Political Corruption and Governance. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPZ; KJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137427632
- ISBN
- 9781137427632
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.08
€ 67.08
Hardcover. This edited volume documents the current reflections on the 'Right to be Forgotten' and the interplay between the value of memory and citizen rights about memory. It provides a comprehensive analysis of problems associated with persistence of memory, the definition of identities (legal and social) and the issues arising for data management. Editor(s): Pereira, Angela; Ghezzi, Alessia; Vesnic-Alujevic, Lucia. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 154 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 147 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137428448
- ISBN
- 9781137428448
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Condition: New
€ 116.83
€ 116.83
Hardcover. This volume aims to map out the complex relationships leisure has with notions of place and space in contemporary life. Illustrating the transdisciplinarity of this key feature of leisure studies, it explores how leisure places and spaces affect personal, social and collective identities. Editor(s): Gammon, Sean; Elkington, Sam. Series: Leisure Studies in a Global Era. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137428523
- ISBN
- 9781137428523
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.24
€ 162.24