Society & social sciences
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Society & social sciences
Hardcover. This book is an ethnographic look at Christian and Muslim women living together in Lebanon and facing modernity. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBL; HRAF; JFSJ1; JFSL1; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137281982
- ISBN
- 9781137281982
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Religious Education in a Multicultural Europe: Children, Parents and S...
Smyth, Emer, Lyons, Maureen, Darmody, Merike
Hardcover. Drawing on a major EU-funded research project, this book examines how religious/secular beliefs are formed at school and in the family across different European countries, offering insights into key policy issues concerning the place of religion in the school system and illuminating current debates around religion and multiculturalism. Editor(s): Smyth, Emer; Lyons, Maureen; Darmody, Merike. Series: Education, Economy and Society. Num Pages: 232 pages, 18 black & white tables, 7 figures. BIC Classification: 1D; HRLM3; JNU; YQR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 221 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137281494
- ISBN
- 9781137281494
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€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardcover. 'Community-based development' (CBD) or'community-driven development' (CDD) has been the predominant approach to international development in recent years. Drawing on fieldwork and first-hand experience, this book explains why CBD/CDD produces outcomes that are incompatible with its underlying assumptions and intended objectives. Series: Africa Connects. Num Pages: 216 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; GTF; JHB; JP; RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137281401
- ISBN
- 9781137281401
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Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover. What if Clinton/Gore lost in 1992? Or won in 1992 and lost in 1996? This book is a look back at the importance of all the right moves made by Bill Clinton from the New Hampshire primary to the selection of Al Gore as his running mate to his handling of the Republican takeover of the House of Representatives in 1994-95. Series: The Evolving American Presidency. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHF; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137281364
- ISBN
- 9781137281364
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Condition: New
€ 66.48
€ 66.48
European Defence Cooperation in EU Law and IR Theory (New Security Cha...
Dyson, Tom, Konstadinides, Theodore
Hardcover. This book offers a novel contribution to the study of post-Cold War European defence. Interdisciplinary in approach, it uses European law to assess the utility of existing theoretical accounts. By exploring the balance of threat theory, it provides new insights into the forces driving and hindering European defence cooperation. Series: New Security Challenges. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JPS; JPSN2; LNDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 135 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137281296
- ISBN
- 9781137281296
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€ 67.40
€ 67.40
Spatial Literacy: Contemporary Asante Women's Place-making (Gender and...
Epifania Akosua Amoo-Adare
Hardcover. This book makes the case for an urgent praxis of critical spatial literacy for African women. It provides a critical analysis of how Asante women negotiate and understand the politics of contemporary space in Accra and beyond and the effect it has on their lives, demonstrating how they critically 'read that world.' Series: Gender and Cultural Studies in Africa and the Diaspora. Num Pages: 173 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137281067
- ISBN
- 9781137281067
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Condition: New
€ 60.67
€ 60.67
Paperback. Will highlight education systems around the globe that sustain violence, will bring together human security and preventive diplomacy research to predict future trends, will explore foreign policy implications that could lead to non-violent interventions abroad, and will provide teachers and policymakers with relevant reflections on reform. Editor(s): Nelles, Wayne C. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNF; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 166 x 14. Weight in Grams: 414.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137280909
- ISBN
- 9781137280909
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Condition: New
€ 53.37€ 46.52
€ 53.37
€ 46.52
Hardcover. This book offers a bold, ground-breaking epistemological critique of the dominant discourses on African conflicts. Based on a painstaking study of the ways in which the Sierra Leone civil war has been interpreted, it considers how Africa is constructed as a site of knowledge and the implications that this has for the continent and its people. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JPA; JPWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137280794
- ISBN
- 9781137280794
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Condition: New
€ 67.16
€ 67.16
Hardcover. This book analyzes the unfolding of a new institutional phenomenon: the cosmonational parliament of the cross-border nation and the expanded state, focusing on three European national parliaments, namely the French Senate, the Italian Chamber of Representatives and Senate, and the Croatian unicameral parliament. Series: Europe in Transition: The NYU European Studies Series. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFN; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 395.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137280596
- ISBN
- 9781137280596
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Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Hardcover. In the UN, indigenous peoples have achieved more rights than any other group of people. This book traces this to the ability of indigenous peoples to create consensus among themselves; the establishment of an indigenous caucus; and the construction of a global indigenousness. Num Pages: 298 pages, 5 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137280534
- ISBN
- 9781137280534
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Condition: New
€ 67.28
€ 67.28
Hardcover. In an innovative approach, this interdisciplinary book considers the impact of genocide on the contemporary international order rather than appealing to the idea of humanity. Series: New Security Challenges. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTZ; JKV; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 226 x 17. Weight in Grams: 402.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137280251
- ISBN
- 9781137280251
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. The Hope of American School Reform tells the story of the origins of the reform in science and math education. The book is drawn, in part, on new research from previously untapped archival sources. The aim of this work is to contribute to our understanding of a major effort to reform school curricula. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNF; JNKC; JNKR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137278111
- ISBN
- 9781137278111
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Condition: New
€ 53.37€ 46.52
€ 53.37
€ 46.52
Hardcover. How is performer-object interaction enacted and perceived in the theatre? How thereby are varieties of 'meaning' also enacted and perceived? Using cognitive theory and ecological ontology, Paavolainen investigates how the interplay of actors and objects affords a degree of enjoyment and understanding, whether or not the viewer speaks the language. Series: Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance. Num Pages: 298 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN; JFC; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137277916
- ISBN
- 9781137277916
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Condition: New
€ 128.08
€ 128.08
Hardcover. Transcendental History defends the claim that historicality is the very condition for human knowledge. By explaining this thesis, and by tracing its development from Kant and Hegel to Derrida and Agamben, this book enriches our understanding of the history of philosophy and contributes to epistemology and the philosophy of history. Translator(s): Possen, David Dov. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137277770
- ISBN
- 9781137277770
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardcover. By 2010, 260 million citizens were living outside of their permanent hukou location, a major challenge to the constrictive Mao-era system of migration and settlement planning. Jason Young shows how these new forces have been received by the state and documents the process of change and the importance of China's hukou system. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFM; JHBD; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137277305
- ISBN
- 9781137277305
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Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardcover. Niebisch retraces how the early Avant-Garde movements started out as parasites inhabiting and irritating the emerging mass media circuits of the press, cinema, and wired and wireless communication and how they aimed at creating a media ecology based on and inspired by technologies such as the radio and the photo cell. Series: Avant-Gardes in Performance. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJP; AP; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 416.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137276858
- ISBN
- 9781137276858
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.37€ 47.09
€ 53.37
€ 47.09
Paperback. This topical book uses the recent Dano Sonnex and Baby Peter cases to analyze the problems facing both probation and child protection under conditions of economic recession and public spending cuts. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JKSB1; JKSN; JKVQ; JKVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137276827
- ISBN
- 9781137276827
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Condition: New
€ 66.08
€ 66.08
The Greek Crisis and European Modernity (Identities and Modernities in...
Triandafyllidou, Anna, Kouki, Hara
Hardcover. This collection explores the current economic and political crisis in Greece and more widely in Europe. Greece is used to illustrate and exemplify the contradictions of the dominant paradigm of European modernity, the ruptures that are inherent to it, and the alternative modernity discourses that develop within Europe. Editor(s): Triandafyllidou, Anna; Gropas, Ruby. Series: Identities and Modernities in Europe. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1DVG; 3JMC; 3JMG; JHBA; JP; KCP; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137276247
- ISBN
- 9781137276247
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. This book shows that a dialectical conceptual model underpins Georg Simmel's writings. The book provides key examples of social forms - including fashion, the secret and money - as exemplifications of this method. The volume concludes with a reassessment of Simmel's relevance today. Num Pages: 338 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137276018
- ISBN
- 9781137276018
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Hardcover. This volume identifies, problematizes, and discusses issues specific to the design of educational programs for teacher candidates from working class, ethnic- and language-minority, and immigrant backgrounds, taking as its starting point the distinctive, complex perspectives that these candidates bring to the university classroom. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNFR; JNMT; JNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137275899
- ISBN
- 9781137275899
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.75€ 87.71
€ 106.75
€ 87.71