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Paperback. A collection of original articles edited by Jeffrey Alexander, Dominik Bartmanski, and Bernhard Giesen that explore social aspects of the phenomenon of icon. Having experienced the benefits and realized the limitations of so called 'linguistic turn', sociology has recently acknowledged a need to further expand its horizons. Editor(s): Alexander, Jeffrey C.; Bartmanski, Dominik; Giesen, Bernhard. Series: Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 272 pages, includes 12 pgs figs. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 424.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137375964
- ISBN
- 9781137375964
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€ 47.95
€ 47.95
Hardcover. How has popular film, television and fiction responded to the realities of an ageing Western population? This volume analyses this field of representation to argue that, while celebrations of ageing as an inspirational journey are increasing, most depictions still focus on decline and deterioration. Editor(s): Whelehan, Imelda; Gwynne, Joel. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFSP31. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 464.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137376527
- ISBN
- 9781137376527
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€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. Within contemporary youth research there are two dominant streams - a 'transitions' and a 'cultures' perspective. This collection shows that it is no longer possible to understand the experience of young people through these prisms and proposes new conceptual foundations for youth studies, capable of bridging the gap between these approaches. Editor(s): Woodman, Dan; Bennett, Andy. Num Pages: 216 pages, 2. BIC Classification: JFSP2; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137377227
- ISBN
- 9781137377227
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€ 127.30
€ 127.30
Hardcover. According to Max Weber, charisma is opposed to bureaucratic order. This collection reveals the limits of that formula. The contributors show how charisma is a part of cultural frameworks while retaining its ecstatic character among American and Italian Catholics, Syrian Sufis, Taiwanese Buddhists, Hassidic Jews, and Amazonian shamans, among others. Editor(s): Lindholm, Charles. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137377623
- ISBN
- 9781137377623
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Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. Much of the literature on the emerging role of the EU as a non-proliferation actor has only a minimal engagement with theory. This collection aims to rectify this by placing the role of the EU in the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons within an analytical framework inspired by emerging literature on the performance of international organisations. Editor(s): Blavoukos, Spyros; Bourantonis, Dimitris; Portela, Clara. Series: The European Union in International Affairs. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JPSF; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137378439
- ISBN
- 9781137378439
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Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. As Food Studies has grown into a well-established field, literary scholars have not fully addressed the prevalent themes of food, eating, and consumption in Chicana/o literature. Here, contributors propose food consciousness as a paradigm to examine the literary discourses of Chicana/o authors as they shift from the nation to the postnation. Editor(s): Pascual Soler, Nieves; Abarca, Meredith E. Series: Literatures of the Americas. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; JFCV; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137378590
- ISBN
- 9781137378590
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€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. This collection of original scholarly work and first-person accounts takes globalization processes and the transnational links these processes create as the jumping-off point for an examination of what it means to be, have, or aspire to a beautiful body. Editor(s): Jafar, Afshan; Casanova, Erynn Masi de. Num Pages: 210 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFN; JFFS; JFSJ; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137378668
- ISBN
- 9781137378668
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€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Hardcover. Despite the claims of Steven Pinker and others, violence has remained a historical constant since the Enlightenment, even though its forms and visibility have been radically transformed. Accordingly, the studies gathered here recast debate over violence in modern societies by undermining teleological and reassuring narratives of progress. Editor(s): Martschukat, Jurgen; Niedermeier, Silvan. Num Pages: 318 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 518.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137378682
- ISBN
- 9781137378682
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Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Paperback. For the last thirty years or so, penal theorists and researchers have been preoccupied with mass incarceration. This book focuses on the neglected area of offender supervision which has developed rapidly in scale, distribution and intensity in recent years, providing a unique insight into offender supervision in the European community. Editor(s): McNeill, Fergus; Beyens, Kristel. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JKVP; JKVQ1; JKVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 266.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137379184
- ISBN
- 9781137379184
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Condition: New
€ 65.76
€ 65.76
Hardcover. Discussing crises through diverse examples, including the UK's National Theatre, public art installations, Occupy LSX, repatriation ceremonies and performances of the everyday, this book asks how performance captures and resists what is considered (politically, ideologically, culturally or socially) 'inside' or 'outside' Europe. Editor(s): Zaroulia, Marilena; Hager, Philip. Num Pages: 288 pages, 17 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 1DVG; AN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 222 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137379368
- ISBN
- 9781137379368
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Condition: New
€ 67.40
€ 67.40
Hardcover. In this edited volume, scholars from Latin America and the United States will analyze how US foreign policy making circles have applied the concepts to the creation of new US security initiatives in the Latin American region during the post September 11, 2001 era. Editor(s): Prevost, Gary; Vanden, Harry E.; Campos, Carlos Oliva; Ayerbe, Luis Fernando. Num Pages: 218 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJ; 1KL; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137379511
- ISBN
- 9781137379511
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Hardcover. Research about children and young people's participation and involvement in research is an emerging area of academic inquiry. Based on the themes of participation, citizenship and intergenerational relations, this edited collection draws on the latest research in this area, and includes chapters co-authored with children and young people. Editor(s): Westwood, Joanne; Larkins, Cath; Moxon, Dan; Perry, Yasmin; Thomas, Nigel. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GPS; JFSP1; JHBK; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137379696
- ISBN
- 9781137379696
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Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. Public Policy Challenges Facing Higher Education in the American West is the first regional public policy study of American higher education. Editor(s): Goodchild, Lester F.; Jonsen, Richard W.; Limerick, Patty; Longanecker, David A. Series: Higher Education and Society. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; JNF; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 504.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137381972
- ISBN
- 9781137381972
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€ 53.37€ 47.45
€ 53.37
€ 47.45
Hardcover. This book provides critically examines how recent international developments in victims theory and policy are experienced within specific local contexts. The chapters approach key criminological issues including the experience of criminal justice agencies, policy formulation, the construction of victim identities and the 'discovery' of new victims. Editor(s): Wilson, Dean; Ross, Stuart. Series: Palgrave Studies in Victims and Victimology. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JKV; LAR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 505.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137383921
- ISBN
- 9781137383921
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.29
€ 183.29
Hardcover. The post-Yugoslav states have developed very differently since Yugoslavia dissolved in the early 1990s. This book analyzes the foreign policies of the post-Yugoslav states, thereby focusing on the main goals, actors, decision-making processes and influences on the foreign policies of these countries. Editor(s): Keil, Soeren; Stahl, Bernhard. Series: New Perspectives on South-East Europe. Num Pages: 280 pages, 8 figures, 1 maps, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 464.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137384126
- ISBN
- 9781137384126
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Hardcover. The diffusion of fascism in Europe coincided with a wave of dictatorships that supplanted democratic regimes. This volume explores this interaction and in their historical context. Editor(s): Costa-Pinto, Antonio; Kallis, Aristotle. Num Pages: 317 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JPFQ; JPHX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 638.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137384409
- ISBN
- 9781137384409
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.51
€ 151.51
Hardcover. A collection of essays calling into question the ideas of the new radicalism in contemporary political theory. Editor(s): Smulewicz-Zucker, Gregory R.; Thompson, Michael J. Series: Political Philosophy and Public Purpose. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137385154
- ISBN
- 9781137385154
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.16
€ 67.16
Hardcover. A unique, comparative survey of community-based research within a higher education context, featuring some of the top scholars in the field, this book brings together a global range of experiences with community-based research and engages the leaders in the field worldwide to set out visions for future directions, practices, and developments. Editor(s): Munck, Professor Ronaldo; McIlrath, Lorraine; Hall, Budd; Tandon, Rajesh. Num Pages: 261 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JNKP; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137385277
- ISBN
- 9781137385277
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.75€ 87.53
€ 106.75
€ 87.53
Hardcover. This volume introduces and compares different concepts of culture in social movement research. It assesses their advantages and shortcomings, drawing links to anthropology, discourse analysis, sociology of emotions, narration, spatial theory, and others. Each contribution's approach is illustrated with recent cases of mobilization. Editor(s): Baumgarten, Britta; Daphi, Priska; Ullrich, Peter. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology. Num Pages: 330 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 24. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137385789
- ISBN
- 9781137385789
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.55
€ 67.55
Hardcover. This volume explores how children's rights has influenced research with children and how research can in turn shape policies and practices to enhance children's rights. The book examines the impact children's rights and Childhood Studies has had on how children are constructed and regulated internationally. Editor(s): Smith, Anne B. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 365 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JKSB1; JNL; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 26. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137386090
- ISBN
- 9781137386090
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.71
€ 67.71