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Hardback. Citizens in our deeply, angrily divided world desperately need peaceful and productive ways of relating to each other. Rooted in four decades of intense experience in deep-seated human conflicts, Saunders presents a peaceful way of transforming destructive relationships and designing change. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; HBLW; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 167 x 23. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230339804
- ISBN
- 9780230339804
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€ 117.67
€ 117.67
Hardback. Thousands of women are murdered every year by close relatives for allegedly violating an unwritten social code or rebelling against the patriarchal order. The book examines the roots and evolution of honor-based violence, as well as the ongoing struggle to eradicate it worldwide. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE3; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230339781
- ISBN
- 9780230339781
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€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Hardback. This wide-ranging collection offers fresh insights into a critical factor in development and politics on the African continent. It critically examines and illustrates the centrality of policing in transition societies in Africa, and outlines and assesses the emergence and impact of the diversity of state and non-state policing agencies. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JKSW1; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 219 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230339477
- ISBN
- 9780230339477
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Condition: New
€ 66.73
€ 66.73
Hardback. In light of the events of 2011, Real-Time Diplomacy examines how diplomacy has evolved as media have gradually reduced the time available to policy makers. It analyzes the workings of real-time diplomacy and the opportunities for media-centered diplomacy programs that bypass governments and directly engage foreign citizens. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPSD; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230339422
- ISBN
- 9780230339422
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. This book is a collection of grounded accounts by feminist popular educators reflecting critically on processes of collective learning andself- and social transformation in various geopolitical settings.The contributorsadd to the debateon the forging of feminist praxis today. Editor(s): Walters, Shirley; Manicom, Linzi. Series: Comparative Feminist Studies. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHMC; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230339132
- ISBN
- 9780230339132
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Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardback. How do nations address the above health policy goals and respond to current challenges? As these four cases (United States, Germany, Canada, and South Africa) demonstrate, the answer lies in the underlying politics of health policy at work. Series: Perspectives in Comparative Politics. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1HFMS; 1KBB; JPB; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 500.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338876
- ISBN
- 9780230338876
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Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardback. Using Helene Cixous' notion of 'l'ecriture feminine' as an analogy for transformational learning and an investigative tool, Hoult explores why some adult learners are able to survive and thrive in the education system, despite facing significantly more challenges than the average student. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNA; JNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338838
- ISBN
- 9780230338838
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Condition: New
€ 52.70€ 47.05
€ 52.70
€ 47.05
Hardcover. Analyzing the poets Melvin B. Tolson, Langston Hughes, and Amiri Baraka, this study charts the Afro-Modernist epic. Within the context of Classical epic traditions, early 20th-century American modernist long poems, and the griot traditions of West Africa, Schultz reveals diasporic consciousness in the representation of African American identities. Series: Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 219 x 21. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338739
- ISBN
- 9780230338739
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Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
Hardback. Drawing on the interdisciplinary research projects of scholars from various social science and humanities disciplines, this book explores how African migration to Western countries after the neo-liberal economic reforms of the 1980s transformed West African states and their new transnational populations in Western countries. Editor(s): Okome, Mojubaolu Olufunke; Vaughan, Olufemi. Num Pages: 294 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFD; JFFN; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338678
- ISBN
- 9780230338678
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Condition: New
€ 67.24
€ 67.24
Hardback. Among the first critical works on Alice Munro's writing, this study of her short fiction is informed by the disciplines of narratology and literary linguistics. Through examining Munro's narrative art, Isla Duncan demonstrates a rich understanding of the complex, densely layered, often unsettling stories. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338579
- ISBN
- 9780230338579
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.42
€ 66.42
Hardback. Cyprus is a postcolonial island known for natural gas reserves and ethnic divisions. This volume presents a fresh perspective on the Cyprus problem by examining the societal transformations taking place within the island: socioeconomic development, population transitions and migration, and rapidly changing social and political institutions. Num Pages: 307 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVC; HBTR; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 307
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338548
- ISBN
- 9780230338548
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Condition: New
€ 67.39
€ 67.39
Hardcover. Utilizing an ethnographic study of a public university and its users, Cicalo analyzes the practical and symbolic potential that affirmative action has to redress historically-produced and territorialized inequalities in the urban space. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFC; JFSL3; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338524
- ISBN
- 9780230338524
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardback. This book examines the struggle over public education in mid-twentieth century America through the lens of a joint biography of these two extraordinary women, Heffernan, the California Commissioner of Rural and Elementary Education between 1926 and 1965, and Seeds, the Director of the University Elementary school at UCLA between 1925 and 1957. Series: Historical Studies in Education. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JNF; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338241
- ISBN
- 9780230338241
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.70€ 48.08
€ 52.70
€ 48.08
Constructing Twenty-First Century Socialism in Latin America
Cole, Mike (Mike Cole, Bishop Grosseteste Uni...
Hardcover. Mike Cole and Sara Motta explore the role of radical education in constructing twenty-first century socialism in Latin America, focusing on Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil, and Mexico. Series: Marxism and Education. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; JNA; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 220 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338234
- ISBN
- 9780230338234
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.70€ 47.17
€ 52.70
€ 47.17
Hardback. This book examines women and leadership in West Africa, with a special focus on Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone--the Mano River Union countries. These countries have traditions of indigenous female leadership in executive positions in varying degrees, and all three have a tradition of organizations that form important power bases for women. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HF; JFSJ1; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338128
- ISBN
- 9780230338128
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.95
€ 127.95
Hardcover. This book presents a moderately revisionist history of the great books idea anchored in the following movements and struggles: fighting anti-intellectualism, advocating for the liberal arts, distributing cultural capital, and promoting a public philosophy, anchored in mid-century liberalism, that fostered a shared civic culture. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 333 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JNA; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230337466
- ISBN
- 9780230337466
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.03
€ 128.03
hardcover. An epistemological inquiry into the dynamics of interpersonal trust-relations, combining philosophy, science, and critical theory in the analysis of performing bodies - on stage and in life. Rokotnitz argues for the exploration of drama as a conduit to emotional learning that can change the somatic identity of performers and audiences alike. Series: Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; JMR; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 224 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Number of pages
- 197
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230337374
- ISBN
- 9780230337374
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.70€ 46.67
€ 52.70
€ 46.67
Hardback. Provides a full account of the politics and intelligence of American relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran from the Carter presidency to the Obama administration. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1KBB; JPRB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230337299
- ISBN
- 9780230337299
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.73
€ 66.73
Public Sector Employment Regimes: Transformations of the State as an E...
Gottschall, Karin, Hils, Sylvia, Kittel, Bern...
Hardcover. This book explores the extent to which a transformation of public employment regimes has taken place in four Western countries, and the factors influencing the pathways of reform. It demonstrates how public employment regimes have unravelled in different domains of public service, contesting the idea that the state remains a 'model' employer. Series: Transformations of the State. Num Pages: 374 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; JPB; JPP; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 27. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230337152
- ISBN
- 9780230337152
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.72
€ 128.72
Hardcover. This study departs from traditional interpretations of cohabitation in French politics, which suggest French institutions are capable of coping when the President and Prime Minister originate from different political parties. Instead, it offers the opposite view that cohabitation leads to partisan conflict and inertia in the policy-making process. Series: French Politics, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPHF; JPHV; JPL; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230337107
- ISBN
- 9780230337107
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49