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Society & social sciences
Student Mobilities, Migration and the Internationalization of Higher E...
Brooks, Rachel; Waters, Johanna
Hardback. This book develops a comprehensive understanding of the motivations and experiences of students who choose to study abroad for the whole or part of a degree. It includes case studies of students from East Asia, Europe and the UK, and considers the implications of their movement for contemporary higher education. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFFS; JNKS; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230578449
- ISBN
- 9780230578449
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. Challenging notions of what constitutes 'normal' and 'pathological' bodies, this ambitious, agenda-setting study theoretically reinvigorates disability studies by reconceptualising it as 'studies of ableism' focusing on the practices and formations of able-bodiedness to uncover what it means to be 'able' rather than 'disabled'. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230579286
- ISBN
- 9780230579286
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.64
€ 116.64
Hardcover. Simon Susen examines the impact of the 'postmodern turn' on the contemporary social sciences. On the basis of an innovative five-dimensional approach, this study provides a systematic, comprehensive, and critical account of the legacy of the 'postmodern turn', notably in terms of its continuing relevance in the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 522 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK; JHBA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 241 x 33. Weight in Grams: 922.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230579293
- ISBN
- 9780230579293
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 208.06
€ 208.06
Hardback. This book provides the first in-depth analysis of the global phenomenon of snowboarding culture. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, it offers key insights into the sport, lifestyle, industry, media, gender relations, travel, and physical experience of snowboarding, in both historical and contemporary contexts. Series: Global Culture and Sport Series. Num Pages: 322 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JHBS; WSWM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 24. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230579446
- ISBN
- 9780230579446
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.01
€ 68.01
Hardback. A rich analysis of the discourses and figurations of 'crisis masculinity' around the turn of the twenty-first century, working at the intersection of performance and cultural studies and looking at film, television, drama, performance art, visual art and street theatre. Num Pages: 242 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN; JFSJ2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230579699
- ISBN
- 9780230579699
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.61
€ 127.61
The Politics of Domestic Authority in Britain since 1800
. Ed(S): Delap, Lucy; Griffin, Ben; Wills, Ab...
Hardback. This collection of essays explores the broad range of influences which have shaped the distribution of authority within British homes and families - religion, commercial advertising, governments, welfare professionals, medical experts, psychologists and the law. Editor(s): Delap, Lucy; Griffin, Ben; Wills, Abigail. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230579941
- ISBN
- 9780230579941
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.81
€ 67.81
Paperback. The contributors investigate the workings of language ideologies in relation to other social processes in a globalizing world. They explore in detail the specific ways in which language ideologies underpin language policy and the relationship between public policies and individual practices, with particular attention to Europe. Editor(s): Mar-Molinero, Clare; Stevenson, Patrick. Series: Language and Globalization. Num Pages: 280 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; JFFS; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 365.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230580084
- ISBN
- 9780230580084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.34
€ 66.34
Vandalism and Anti-Social Behaviour (Critical Criminological Perspecti...
Long, Matt, Hopkins Burke, Roger
Hardcover. Vandalism and Anti-Social Behaviour forwards a new typology of vandalism. The authors argue that in order to fully understand vandalism and anti-social behaviour, a culturally criminological perspective should be fostered, which accounts for the emotional and experiential aspects of crime. Series: Critical Criminological Perspectives. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230580855
- ISBN
- 9780230580855
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardback. Bringing together leading scholars to investigate trends in contemporary social life, this book examines the current patterning of identities based on class and community, gender and generation, 'race', faith and ethnicity, and derived from popular culture, exploring debates about social change, individualization and the re-making of social class. Editor(s): Wetherell, Margaret. Series: Identity Studies in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230580879
- ISBN
- 9780230580879
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.53
€ 67.53
Hardback. This book critically assessesthird-wave feminist strategies for advancing a feminist 'politics of the self' within the late modern, postfeminist gender order -- a context where gender equality has been mainstreamed, feminism has been dismissed, and a neoliberal culture of self-management has become firmly entrenched. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ1; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230580909
- ISBN
- 9780230580909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.82
€ 127.82
Hardback. This book explores the dimensions and characteristics of social vulnerability in Western Europe. It provides a broad empirical foundation for recent theories on the emergence of new social risks in post-industrial societies, revealing to what extent social risks are compromising the 'normal' functioning of the European population. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; GTB; JFF; JFSC; JHBC; JKS; YQG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 319
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230580916
- ISBN
- 9780230580916
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.45
€ 67.45
Paperback. Placing gender at the centre of the debate about young children and multimedia, particularly video games, this, now available in paperback, book develops a relational approach to game play using. The book explores issues of violence and parental regulation and argues that economic relations are central to the micro-relations of playing. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFSJ; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230584716
- ISBN
- 9780230584716
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.80
€ 126.80
Hardback. How do we research and represent mobile experiences? This book, the first to examine mobile methods, explores the movement of bodies through space, examining perceived limitations and considering methodological responses, technologies and strategies designed to inform our understanding of people's experience of movement through space. Editor(s): Fincham, Ben; McGuinness, Mark; Murray, Lesley. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; RGC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230594425
- ISBN
- 9780230594425
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.26
€ 116.26
Paperback. Western patients are increasingly travelling to developing countries for health care and developing countries are increasingly offering their skills and facilities to paying foreign customers. The potential and implications of this international trade in medical services is explored in this book through analysis of the market. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPS; KCB; KCM; KCP; KNS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 18. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600065
- ISBN
- 9780230600065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.16
€ 66.16
Hardcover. Using Lacanian psychoanalysis and queer theory to explore the unstable relationship between heterosexual masculine identity and cultural representation, this book examines the ways straight men are queered and abjected in literature, theory, and film. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; DSB; JFCA; JFSJ2. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600089
- ISBN
- 9780230600089
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardback. The essays speak to historians, educational researchers, policy makers and others seeking fresh perspectives on questions related to the historical development of schooling in the United States. Editor(s): Reese, William J.; Rury, John L. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600096
- ISBN
- 9780230600096
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.91€ 47.72
€ 52.91
€ 47.72
Hardback. The contributions in this volume consider the question of migrant agency, how Western societies are both transforming migrants, and being transformed by them. It is informed by debates on the new 'transnational mobility', the immigration of Muslims, the increasing importance of human rights law, and the critical attention paid to women migrants. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DD; 1KB; JFFN; JFSJ1; JFSR2; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600133
- ISBN
- 9780230600133
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.91€ 47.27
€ 52.91
€ 47.27
Hardback. This book examines village democracy and the prospects of China's democratization. It explains how three key factors - township, economy and kinship - shape village democracy and account for rural variations. It considers the extension of village to township elections, the idea of a mixed regime and its impact on political development in China. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSF; JPHF; JPHV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 521.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 289
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600164
- ISBN
- 9780230600164
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.39
€ 67.39
Hardcover. This book explores the significant relationship between western classical mythology and African American women's literature. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH; DSK; JFHF; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600225
- ISBN
- 9780230600225
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.51
€ 138.51
hardcover. In analyses of tattoo contests, advertising, and modern primitive photographs, the book shows how images of tattooed bodies communicate and disrupt notions of gender, class, and exoticism through their discursive performances. Fenske suggests working within dominant discourse to represent and subvert oppressive gender and class evaluations. Num Pages: 201 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AFY; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2007th Edition
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600270
- ISBN
- 9780230600270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.76
€ 66.76