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Society & social sciences
Paperback. Editor(s): Gregoriou, Christiana. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; APFN; JFD; JKV; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349335404
- ISBN
- 9781349335404
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€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Paperback. This book argues that it is witnesses who are the targets of terrorism and that the question of whose witnessing counts, and which stories are the most legitimate, is of vital importance for understanding the meanings and consequences of contemporary terrorism. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JKV; JKVM; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349335367
- ISBN
- 9781349335367
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€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Paperback. This interdisciplinary collection explores the role the body plays in constituting our sense of self, signalling the interplay between material embodiment, social meaning, and material and social conditions. Editor(s): Jagger, Gill; Lennon, Kathleen. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; JFFK; JFSJ; JHB; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349335343
- ISBN
- 9781349335343
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. "This volume studies the relation between globalization and inequalities in emerging societies by linking Area and Global Studies, aiming at a new theory of inequality beyond the nation state and beyond Eurocentrism"-- Editor(s): Rehbein, Boike. Series: Frontiers of Globalization. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFS; JHB; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 295
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349335329
- ISBN
- 9781349335329
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€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Paperback. This book covers the foundations and successes of Neuroergonomics, combining neuroscience and ergonomics to enhance efficiency and safety. An overview of the essential areas within the field is given including chapters on brain networks, perception, attention, and performance. Editor(s): Johnson, A.; Proctor, R. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JMJ; JMM; JMQ; JMR; TBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349335305
- ISBN
- 9781349335305
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€ 128.15
€ 128.15
Paperback. Thiscollection addresses the complexity of care arrangements in contemporaryEurope, developingnew insights into debates about the care crisis, gender equality, the division of work and the reconciliation of care and work." Editor(s): Dahl, H; Keranen, M; Kovalainen, A. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFN; JFSJ; JHB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349335268
- ISBN
- 9781349335268
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€ 65.90
€ 65.90
Paperback. Exploring research into mobile phone use as props to subjective identity, Norman Taylor employs concepts from Michelle Foucault, Gilles Deleuze and actor network theory to discuss the affect of mechanisms of make-believe, from celebrity culture to avatar-obsessed game players, and digital culture. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; APFN; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349335183
- ISBN
- 9781349335183
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Condition: New
€ 66.17
€ 66.17
Paperback. Exploring, amongst other themes, representations of the other, strategies adopted to resist such representations, the issues of identity, nationalism, colonialism, feminism, subaltern studies and the English language within the context of Empire, this book projects a study of post-colonialism through the work of Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH5; HBTQ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349335169
- ISBN
- 9781349335169
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. By situating a range of contemporary literary texts against the backdrop of the legacies of a vast rural network of empire, this book collectively critiques not only the rural heritage industry of the 1980s in Britain but also the effect of neocolonial globalisation on postcolonial rural spaces. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349335145
- ISBN
- 9781349335145
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Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Paperback. This collection is the first to examine the life experiences of young adult immigrants in Europe, as transmitted by the young adults themselves, and together with the analytical framework, seeks to uncover mechanisms at work in these individuals' lives. Editor(s): Fangen, Katrine; Johansson, T.; Hammaren, Nils. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFN; JFSL; JFSP; JHBK; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349335084
- ISBN
- 9781349335084
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This volume deals with both a new theoretical framework and the capability of new economics to tackle a number of economic problems.It offers detailed analysis and informed comment on the type of new economics emerging in the aftermath of the financial crisis and the 'great recession'. Editor(s): Arestis, P. Series: International Papers in Political Economy. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPS; KCA; KCC; KCP; KFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 374.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349335022
- ISBN
- 9781349335022
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
paperback. "Bringing together contributions from leading researchers, this volume reflects on the political, institutional and social factors that have shaped the recent expansion of wind energy, and to consider what lessons this experience may provide for the future expansion of other renewable technologies"-- Series: Energy, Climate and the Environment. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPQB; KCN; RGB; RND; RNU; TQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 413.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- SKU
- V9781349334964
- ISBN
- 9781349334964
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Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Paperback. Analysis of why politicians are driven to create an independent judicial institution with the authority to overrule their decisions. It focuses on a country with no tradition of independent judicial review - Russia. History does not support an independent judiciary here; yet a potentially powerful constitutional court has existed for 20 years. Series: St Antony's. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JKV; JPA; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349334926
- ISBN
- 9781349334926
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Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; APFN; APFR; JFD; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349334902
- ISBN
- 9781349334902
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Condition: New
€ 65.64
€ 65.64
Paperback. Editor(s): Gibson, S.; Mollan, Simon. Series: Rethinking Political Violence. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFD; JHB; JMH; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 413.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349334865
- ISBN
- 9781349334865
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. "Acomparative analysis of the evolution of UK and German broadcasting policies, adding to the developing area of comparative research on media and communications policy. The book focuses on processes of marketization and liberalization as they have affected policy-making, national regulatory frameworks and media structures"-- Num Pages: 346 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; JFD; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 443.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349334827
- ISBN
- 9781349334827
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This book explores the way older women are represented in society. Through close readings of novels by major 20th century novelists, compared with the more dominant representations of female ageing to be found in popular culture it suggests that they offer a feminist understanding of the 'invisible' woman sometimes lacking in feminism itself. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349334766
- ISBN
- 9781349334766
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Condition: New
€ 65.81
€ 65.81
Paperback. This book analyses the political and ethnical tensions that characterize Nigeria, which derive both from colonial and contemporary conflicts. It points out three major factors why Nigeria has not yet collapsed like many other African states: ethnic power sharing amongst the political elite, the military with its national outlook, and oil wealth. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS; JPSD; JPWL; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349334711
- ISBN
- 9781349334711
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Condition: New
€ 65.57
€ 65.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 183 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AF; AS; JFC; JFD; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 183
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349334674
- ISBN
- 9781349334674
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Condition: New
€ 82.80
€ 82.80
Paperback. Novels by significant Modernist authors can be described as romans a clef, providing insight into restrictions governing the representation of female homosexuality in the early twentieth century. Nair argues that key novels of the period represented same-sex desire through the encryption of personal references directed towards coterie audiences." Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349334544
- ISBN
- 9781349334544
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Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20