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Hardcover. This book analyses social work through the concept of 'xenoracism' to challenge the outdated concepts of racism that still pervade social work. It illustrates how, through their discursive practices, social workers are able to counteract the dominant anti asylum seeking discourses. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFD; JFFJ; JFSL1; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137415035
- ISBN
- 9781137415035
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.12
€ 66.12
Hardcover. We are understandably reluctant to "rank" moral atrocities. What is worse, genocide or terrorism? In this book, Thomas W. Simon argues that politicians use this to manipulate our sense of injustice by exaggerating terrorism and minimizing torture. He advocates for an international criminal code that encourages humanitarian intervention. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTV; JPB; JPVH; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137415103
- ISBN
- 9781137415103
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Paperback. An important contribution to a much needed critical turn in the vast and still rapidly growing child soldier literature. Editor(s): Beier, J. Marshall. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JPA; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 297
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137415301
- ISBN
- 9781137415301
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Hardcover. This book explores the ethical and philosophical issues behind the provision of market-led alternative education. The volume examines the models of Free, Studio, Supplementary and Co-operative school provisions, asking whether a market-based approach to delivering higher standards of education actually works. Num Pages: 151 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNAM; JNF; JNL; JNLR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 338.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137415400
- ISBN
- 9781137415400
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Hardcover. This is an environmental history of humans and wildfire on the Cape Peninsula, from the practices of Khoikhoi herders to the conflagrations of January 2000. The book examines how the region's unique, famously diverse fynbos vegetation has been transformed since European colonial settlement, through urbanisation and biological modifications. Series: Palgrave Studies in World Environmental History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 11 graphs, 12 black & white halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; HBTB; HBTP; JFFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 218 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137415431
- ISBN
- 9781137415431
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.85
€ 67.85
Hardcover. In the aftermath of the Edward Snowden leaks, the Obama administration has been hard pressed to yield to greater transparency and openness to constructive change. This book provides a catalyst toward greater transparency, increased public awareness of the urgent need for constructive change, and the insight into what such change would require. Num Pages: 154 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH2; JPZ; JWKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137426215
- ISBN
- 9781137426215
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.05
€ 66.05
Interrogating the Theory and Practice of Communication for Social Chan...
Thomas, Pradip Ninan, Van de Fliert, Elske
Hardcover. A new addition to the Palgrave Studies in Communication for Social Change series, this book sets the stage for subsequent books by identifying and analysing the current gaps in the field. It critically reviews the theory, practice and strategies of Communication for Social Change in relation to occurring structures, policies and discourses. Series: Palgrave Studies in Communication for Social Change. Num Pages: 164 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTC; JFC; JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 216 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137426307
- ISBN
- 9781137426307
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.89
€ 104.89
Culture, Economy and Politics: The Case of New Labour (New Directions ...
Hesmondhalgh, David, Oakley, Kate, Lee, David...
Hardcover. This book focuses on cultural policy in the UK between 1997 and 2010 under the Labour party (or 'New Labour', as it was temporarily rebranded). It is based on interviews with major figures and examines a range of policy areas including the arts, creative industries, copyright, film policy, heritage, urban regeneration and regional policy. Series: New Directions in Cultural Policy Research. Num Pages: 248 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPR; 3JMC; JFC; JPH; JPL; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137426376
- ISBN
- 9781137426376
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardcover. This book follows the transnational lives of children growing up as British Bangladeshi individuals in multicultural London. Exploring the array of international events, communities and forces which influence them, Zeitlyn examines the socialisation practices among British Bangladeshi families and how this shapes their childhood and identities. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKB; JFFN; JFSL1; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137426437
- ISBN
- 9781137426437
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.48
€ 66.48
Hardcover. As gender training is applied increasingly as a development solution to gender inequality, this book examines gender inequality in Pakistan's public sector and questions whether a singular focus on gender training is enough to achieve progress in a patriarchal institutional context. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKP; JFFJ; JPHL; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137426468
- ISBN
- 9781137426468
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.37€ 47.04
€ 53.37
€ 47.04
Hardcover. An interdisciplinary collection of essays exploring the complex and conflicted topic of beauty in cultural, arts and medicine, looking back through the long cultural history of beauty, and asking whether it is possible to 'recover beauty'. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; DSB; HPN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137426734
- ISBN
- 9781137426734
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.12
€ 128.12
Paperback. This book is the first complete biography of Raphael Lemkin, the father of the United Nations Genocide Convention, based on his papers; and shows how his campaign for an international treaty succeeded. In addition, the book covers Lemkin's inauguration of the historical study of past genocides. Num Pages: 345 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTZ; JPVH; LBBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2008th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137427373
- ISBN
- 9781137427373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.72
€ 127.72
Hardcover. This book shows that the discourse of the Labour party 1994-2007, revolving around three key concepts of identity, narrative and metaphor, not only reflected new Labour's policy and organisational changes, but that it was also an essential part of its successful strategies of renovation and of power legitimation. Num Pages: 337 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; CFGR; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137427380
- ISBN
- 9781137427380
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.64
€ 67.64
Hardcover. Women Directors analyzes the Italian law on gender quotas in boards as a vital opportunity for the country and a key international case. It provides a broad perspective of the new Italian experience, which has the potential of influencing the way of addressing gender issues worldwide. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; JFSJ1; KJRD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137427465
- ISBN
- 9781137427465
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.60
€ 127.60
Hardcover. Since the late 1970s China has undergone a great transformation, during which time the country has witnessed an outpouring of competing schools of thought. This book analyzes the major schools of political thought redefining China's transformation and the role Chinese thinkers are playing in the post-Mao era. Series: Politics and Development of Contemporary China. Num Pages: 224 pages, 7 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPS; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137427809
- ISBN
- 9781137427809
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. This interdisciplinary project draws on a wealth of sources (visual, material, literary and theatrical) to examine Austen's depiction of female performance, display and desire through her deployment of a culturally and symbolically charged accessory: the muff. Num Pages: 94 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSG; DSK; JFCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137427922
- ISBN
- 9781137427922
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.76
€ 65.76
Policing the Inner City in France, Britain, and the US (Europe in Cris...
Body-Gendrot, Sophie, de Wenden, Catherine Wi...
Hardcover. This book analyzes and compares the police's inner city presence in France, the US, and Britain. Its authors' research points to the idea that the creation of a more inclusive environment is a sound approach for cities looking to better maintain peace, reduce discrimination, and manage the dynamic between police and citizens in inner cities. Series: Europe in Crisis. Num Pages: 160 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKVC; JPB; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 218 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137427991
- ISBN
- 9781137427991
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.29
€ 66.29
Hardcover. Louisa Hadley examines the range of responses to Margaret Thatcher's death in relation to the cultural discourses surrounding Thatcher in the 1980s and since her resignation. The responses examined include the anticipation of Thatcher's death in anti-Thatcher songs, social media responses, obituaries, picture tributes and the ceremonial funeral. Num Pages: 120 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137428240
- ISBN
- 9781137428240
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.00
€ 66.00
Hardcover. The purpose of this translated volume Tadeusz Kowalik's book is to examine Rosa Luxemburg's contribution to economic theory. The essential subject-matter is the dependence of capital accumulation on effective demand, the dependence of economic growth on specific capitalist barriers to growth. Editor(s): Toporowski, Jan; Szymborska, Hanna. Series: Palgrave Studies in History of Economic Thought Series. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPFC; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 224 x 14. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137428332
- ISBN
- 9781137428332
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.30
€ 127.30
Hardcover. When addressed in its full reactive potential, gender has a tendency to unfix the reassuring certainties of education and academia. Gender pedagogy unfolds as an account of teaching gender learning that is rooted in Derrida's concept of the 'trace', reflecting the unfixing properties of gender and even shaking up academic knowledge production. Series: Palgrave Studies in Gender and Education. Num Pages: 153 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ; JHBA; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137428486
- ISBN
- 9781137428486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.11
€ 77.11