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Hardcover. This is the story of North Carolina parent choice advocates' push for the creation and expansion of choice policies. The exploration of the politics, ideology, and interests surrounding parent choice includes but also stretches beyond the most frequently discussed choice policies of charter schools, school vouchers, and tuition tax credits. Series: Education Policy. Num Pages: 177 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNA; JNF; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137312075
- ISBN
- 9781137312075
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 43.27
€ 54.99
€ 43.27
hardcover. How Can You Represent Those People? is the first-ever collection of essays offering a response to the 'Cocktail Party Question' asked of every criminal lawyer. A must-read for anyone interested in race, poverty, crime, punishment, and what makes lawyers tick. Editor(s): Smith, Abbe; Freedman, Monroe H. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JKV; LAT; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137311931
- ISBN
- 9781137311931
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Condition: New
€ 119.34
€ 119.34
Paperback. Teaching Adaptations addresses the challenges and appeal of teaching popular fiction and culture, video games and new media content, which serve to enrich the curriculum, as well as exploit the changing methods by which English students read and consume literary and screen texts. Editor(s): Cartmell, Deborah; Whelehan, Imelda. Series: Teaching the New English. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 diagrames. BIC Classification: DSB; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 169 x 11. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137311153
- ISBN
- 9781137311153
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.44
€ 61.44
hardcover. Teaching Adaptations addresses the challenges and appeal of teaching popular fiction and culture, video games and new media content, which serve to enrich the curriculum, as well as exploit the changing methods by which English students read and consume literary and screen texts. Editor(s): Cartmell, Deborah; Whelehan, Imelda. Series: Teaching the New English. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137311122
- ISBN
- 9781137311122
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Condition: New
€ 62.39
€ 62.39
Hardcover. This book serves as analysis of the aesthetics of materiality in the multifaceted work of Antonin Artaud, one of Twentieth-Century France's most provocative and influential figures, spanning literature, performance, art, cinema, media and critical theory. Series: Palgrave Studies in Modern European Literature. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; AN; DSBH; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137310576
- ISBN
- 9781137310576
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Condition: New
€ 62.26
€ 62.26
Hardcover. This collection examines Axel Honneth's theory of recognition and the crucial role played by the media in struggles for recognition. It brings together debates on controversial aspects of Honneth's work and a set of intriguing empirical studies including with slum-dwelling adolescents, leprosy patients and women exposed to child labor exploitation Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 502.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137310422
- ISBN
- 9781137310422
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Condition: New
€ 62.26
€ 62.26
Deschooling L'earning: Young Adults and the New Spirit of Capitalism (...
Singh, Michael, Harreveld, Roberta
Hardcover. This book explores reforms to young adults' schooling that mobilise capital friendly learning-and-earning (l'earning) webs. It argues that deschooling l'earning builds young adults' commitment to modern modes of capital accumulation, gives insights into how they can secure their future, and reassures them that this can serve the common good. Series: Policy and Practice in the Classroom. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNAM; JNF; JNLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137310354
- ISBN
- 9781137310354
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.20
€ 62.20
Hardback. Developing a normative framework for evaluating non-state actors in the absence of formally binding obligations, this study is the first detailed human rights analysis of Hamas conduct and governance in the Gaza Strip. Num Pages: 166 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBP; JPR; JPVH; LBBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137310187
- ISBN
- 9781137310187
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.08
€ 62.08
Paperback. By engaging in an ethnography of the social text of German, European and US monetary affairs, this book introduces a new analytical framework that will enable practitioners and academics, particularly within sociology, economics, political economy, and political science, to gain a clear understanding of the role of culture in central banking. Series: Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 128 x 217 x 12. Weight in Grams: 270.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137310163
- ISBN
- 9781137310163
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.51
€ 61.51
Hardback. Educators and researchers in variety of locations increasingly encounter linguistically and socio-culturally diverse groups of students in their classrooms and lecture halls. This book examines everyday forms of talk and writing in relation to standardised forms and schooling expectations to suggest ways forward in educational discourse. Editor(s): Prinsloo, Mastin; Stroud, Christopher. Series: Palgrave Advances in Language and Linguistics. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFC; CJ; JNFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137309839
- ISBN
- 9781137309839
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.79
€ 62.79
Hardcover. This book explores the use of mobile devices for teaching and learning language and literacies, investigating the ways in which these technologies open up new educational possibilities. Pegrum builds up a rich picture of contemporary mobile learning and outlines of likely future developments. Series: New Language Learning and Teaching Environments. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CJA; JNV. Category: (L) ELT / TEFL. Dimension: 224 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137309792
- ISBN
- 9781137309792
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.41
€ 119.41
Hardcover. This book reviews the remarkable growth, diversity and challenges of child sponsorship. It features the latest progress in child sponsorship practice and necessary tensions experienced by some organisations as they seek to maximise impact. Editor(s): Watson, Brad; Clarke, Matthew. Num Pages: 367 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKSB1; JKSR; JPWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137309594
- ISBN
- 9781137309594
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.66
€ 63.66
Hardcover. Marx's Rebellion Against Lenin, by negating the Leninist-Stalinist theory of dialectical materialism and tracing Marx's political philosophy to the Classical Humanism of Aristotle, overthrows the stultifying entrapment of Stalinist Bolshevism and contributes to the revitalization of Marx's method. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTK; HBTV; HPS; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137309259
- ISBN
- 9781137309259
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.48
€ 62.48
Hardcover. Focusing on the phenomena of the Surveillance School, Taylor examines the increased presence of surveillance technologies and practices which identify, verify, categorise and track pupils, exploring the impact that invasive and continual monitoring is having upon school children. Series: Crime Prevention and Security Management. Num Pages: 140 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFMG; JFSP1; JKSB1; JKV; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 140
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137308856
- ISBN
- 9781137308856
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.75
€ 61.75
Hardcover. Against the backdrop of the environmental impact of household electricity consumption and the history of cooling practices, Marlyne Sahakian considers how people keep cool, from Metro Manila to other mega-cities in Southeast Asia. Series: Energy, Climate and the Environment. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTF; JFF; RNFY; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137308825
- ISBN
- 9781137308825
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.54
€ 119.54
Hardcover. When it comes to crime, everyone seems to take evil seriously as an explanatory concept - except criminologists. This book asks why, and why not, through exploring a variety of interdisciplinary approaches to evil from the perspectives of theology, philosophy, literary and cultural studies, and the social sciences. Series: Critical Criminological Perspectives. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; JFM; JHBA; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137308795
- ISBN
- 9781137308795
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.13
€ 119.13
Hardback. American Politics in the Age of Ignorance looks at ten policy myths and bad ideas that governments and public officials - most often conservatives - consistently repeat and re-enact. Acting on these myths, the policies inevitably fail and thereby reinforce preconceived beliefs that government is ineffective at solving problems. Num Pages: 145 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 337.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 145
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137308719
- ISBN
- 9781137308719
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Condition: New
€ 62.06
€ 62.06
Hardcover. This project looks at the work of the faculty in Indonesia's National Islamic Institutes to address, respond, and prevent the success of radical Islamic discourse and institution of Shari'a law in the school system. Num Pages: 208 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRHP; JNA; JNF; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137308573
- ISBN
- 9781137308573
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 43.69
€ 54.99
€ 43.69
Hardcover. Using narrative accounts from a sample of 69 New York City-based musicians of various genres who are self-acknowledged heroin users, the book addresses the reasons why these musicians started using heroin and the impact heroin had on these musicians' playing, creativity, and careers. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AVA; JFFH1; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137308566
- ISBN
- 9781137308566
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.67
€ 62.67
Hardback. Neoliberalism, Media and the Political examines the condition of media and journalism in neoliberal cultures. Emphasizing neoliberalism's status as a political ideology that is simultaneously hostile to politics, the book presents a critical theoretical argument supported by empirical illustrations from New Zealand, Ireland, the UK and the US. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137308351
- ISBN
- 9781137308351
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.92
€ 62.92