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Hardback. The popular imagination of marriage migration has been influenced by stories of marriage of convenience, of forced marriage, trafficking and of so-called mail-order brides. This book presents a uniquely global view of an expanding field that challenges these and other stereotypes of cross-border marriage. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHBK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230218079
- ISBN
- 9780230218079
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. The news media has become a key arena for staging environmental conflicts. Through a range of illuminating examples ranging from climate change to oil spills, Media, Environment and the Network Society provides a timely and far-reaching analysis of the media politics of contemporary environmental debates. Series: Palgrave Studies in Media and Environmental Communication. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFC; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230217614
- ISBN
- 9780230217614
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Condition: New
€ 66.34
€ 66.34
Hardback. Eva Gross analyzes changing national preferences towards the EU CFSP and ESDP by providing detailed accounts of British, French and German crisis decision-making in FYROM, Afghanistan, Lebanon and DR Congo. While transatlantic relations remain important, crisis management under the EU label is increasingly accepted in national capitals. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; GTB; JPQB; JPSN2; JWK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230217164
- ISBN
- 9780230217164
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.61
€ 66.61
Paperback. As part of a common cultural heritage minority languages in Europe need protection. The contributions to this book reflect urgent, stimulating and productive debates among researchers in sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, politics and sociology, and among language activists and policy makers. Editor(s): Hogan-Brun, Gabrielle; Wolff, Stefan. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; CBX; CFB; JFS; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230217034
- ISBN
- 9780230217034
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Condition: New
€ 66.46
€ 66.46
Hardback. This unique collection provides a psychosocial approach to emotion, exploring the emotional undercurrents of everyday phenomena as diverse as war reporting, advertising, education, criminality, public policy and motherhood, and including contributors from sociology, psychology, cultural and media studies, and psychoanalytical studies. Editor(s): Jones, D.; Day-Sclater, Shelley; Price, Heather; Yates, Candida. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JMQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230216853
- ISBN
- 9780230216853
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Condition: New
€ 67.27
€ 67.27
Hardback. Providing a detailed account of contemporary outdoor advertising and its relationship with urban space, this book examines what the outdoor advertising industry tells us about the commercial production of urban space, what industry practices reveal about contemporary capitalism, and how ads and billboard structures interface with spaces of the city Series: Consumption and Public Life. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JFFT; KJSA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230216808
- ISBN
- 9780230216808
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Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardback. Exploring how Tony Blair and New Labour changed British politics, policy, governance and foreign affairs, this volume stands as a key actor on the world and domestic stage, delving into Blair's foreign policy legacy, with empahsis on the Iraq War and Anglo-American relations. Editor(s): Casey, Terrence. Num Pages: 361 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 701.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 361
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230216617
- ISBN
- 9780230216617
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Condition: New
€ 129.37
€ 129.37
Hardback. This exciting book is an innovative and creative critique of the theories and practices of feminism, arguing that it still matters in the 21st century. Written by a mother and daughter authorial team, the book presents a dialogue across generations and reinstates a politics of difference and the importance of the category of 'woman'. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFFK; JFSJ1; YQN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230216198
- ISBN
- 9780230216198
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Condition: New
€ 66.64
€ 66.64
Hardback. While diplomacy is a well-established topic for study, global governance is a relatively new arrival to the conceptual landscape of international relations. At first glance the two exist in separate worlds. This book examines the relationship between these two concepts for the first time in a comprehensive manner. Editor(s): Cooper, Professor Andrew F.; Hocking, Brian. Series: Studies in Diplomacy and International Relations. Num Pages: 344 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPQB; JPSD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 679.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230210592
- ISBN
- 9780230210592
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Condition: New
€ 68.44
€ 68.44
hardcover. Expectations about the contribution that volunteering can make are at a new high. This book aims to meet this interest by bringing together in one volume what is known about the phenomenon of volunteering; the principles and practice of involving volunteers, and the enduring challenges for volunteering in today's world. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFP; JFSV; JHBL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230210585
- ISBN
- 9780230210585
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Condition: New
€ 67.21
€ 67.21
Hardback. This innovative and adventurous work, now in paperback, uses broadly feminist and postmodernist modes of analysis to explore what motivates damaging attitudes and practices towards disability. The book argues for the significance of the psycho-social imaginary and suggests a way forward in disability's queering of normative paradigms. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFG; JFSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 8. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230210561
- ISBN
- 9780230210561
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.03
€ 128.03
The European Public Sphere and the Media. Europe in Crisis.
. Ed(S): Triandafyllidou, Anna; Wodak, Ruth; ...
Hardback. This book contributes to the theoretical and policy debate on the existence of a European public sphere. It presents a critical discussion of the links between media, history and politics in Europe today, examining the re-organization of ideological and political dimensions and debates the existence of a European editorial culture. Editor(s): Triandafyllidou, Anna; Wodak, Ruth; Krzyzanowski, Michal. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJP; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 505.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230210424
- ISBN
- 9780230210424
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Condition: New
€ 67.27
€ 67.27
Hardback. This book explores everyday lived experiences of multiculturalism in the contemporary world. Drawing on place-based case studies, contributions focus on encounters and interactions across cultural difference in super-diverse cities to explore what it means to inhabit multiculturalism in our everyday lives. Editor(s): Wise, Amanda; Velayutham, Selvaraj. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230210370
- ISBN
- 9780230210370
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.26
€ 139.26
Hardback. Rangsimaporn argues that Russia aspires to become a great power and tries to achieve this through utilizing its position as a Eurasian country, with vast territories in East Asia, its economic assets, primarily arms and energy, and careful management of its role in a multipolar East Asia with a complex balance of power. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 274 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FP; 3JJPR; 3JMC; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230210110
- ISBN
- 9780230210110
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.53
€ 67.53
Hardback. Music has extraordinary power to move us, but how and why does it affect us? What is going on, emotionally, physically and cognitively when listeners have strong emotional responses to music? This is a highly readable, original and philosophically important book for anyone who has ever been moved by music. Num Pages: 183 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AVA; HPM; HPN; JMR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 183
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230209893
- ISBN
- 9780230209893
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.46
€ 72.46
Hardback. Eminent scholars investigate the sharp contrast between the acute and multi-dimensional scale of the challenges to global health governance and the contradictory and ineffective responses to them. They draw on a wide range of disciplines to uncover the critical political economy dynamics in the contemporary governance of global health. Editor(s): Kay, Adrian; Williams, Owain. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 283 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS; KCP; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230205918
- ISBN
- 9780230205918
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.97
€ 127.97
Hardback. This studyargues that female networks of conversation, correspondenceand patronage formed the foundation for women's work in the 'higher' realms of Shakespeare criticism and poetry. Eger traces the transition between Enlightenment and Romantic culture, arguing for the relevance of rational argument in the history of women's writing. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 288 pages, 30 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSBF; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230205338
- ISBN
- 9780230205338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.07
€ 128.07
Paperback. This is a unique book-length accounts of the domestic impact of EU membership. Drawing on expert contributions, this volume provides a state of the art account of how membership has affected the institutions of central, devolved and local governance, the activities of organized interests, and major areas of public policy. Editor(s): Bache, Ian; Jordan, Andrew. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Num Pages: 330 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230204898
- ISBN
- 9780230204898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.52
€ 127.52
hardcover. A collection of writings by Thomas Paine previously unseen since their first appearance, including political pieces, private letters and verse. Covers his Common Sense years in the revolutionary American colonies; his time in Europe, when he published Rights of Man and The Age of Reason; and his last years in the firmly united states of America. Editor(s): Burgess, Hazel. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230204836
- ISBN
- 9780230204836
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.60
€ 67.60
Hardcover. These essays trace the femme fatale across literature, visual culture and cinema, exploring the ways in which fatal femininity has been imagined in different cultural contexts and historical epochs, and moving from mythical women such as Eve, Medusa and the Sirens via historical figures such as Mata Hari to fatal women in contemporary cinema. Editor(s): Hanson, Helen; O'Rawe, Catherine. Num Pages: 252 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; APFA; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230203617
- ISBN
- 9780230203617
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07