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Hardcover. Focusing primarily on film and televisual texts from the ten years before and after the millennium, the contributors ask how recent films and television programs play with, imitate, subvert, mock, critique, and queer the romantic narrative conventions so common in Western culture. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; APT; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 561.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Critical
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137272966
- ISBN
- 9781137272966
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.67
€ 67.67
Paperback. This innovative and adventurous work uses broadly feminist and postmodernist modes of analysis to explore what motivates damaging attitudes and practices towards disability. Margrit Shildrick 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: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137272805
- ISBN
- 9781137272805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 115.92
€ 115.92
Hardcover. A critical analysis of Australia's neoliberal state and role in the American imperial project in Asia. In exposing the causal mechanisms for violence and prospects for more wars it argues for emancipatory alternatives to the existing dominant and anti-democratic neoliberal governmentality. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FP; 1MBF; JPS; JPW; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137272775
- ISBN
- 9781137272775
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardcover. Journalistic activity crosses national borders in creative and sometimes unexpected ways. Drawing on many interviews and newsroom observation, this book addresses an overlooked but important aspect of international journalism by examining how journalists carry out their daily work at the transnational and regional transborder level. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; GTC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137272645
- ISBN
- 9781137272645
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardcover. This book explores the gendered dynamics of institutional innovation, continuity and change in candidate selection and recruitment. Drawing on the insights of feminist institutionalism, it extends the 'supply and demand model' of political recruitment via a micro-level case study of the candidate selection process in post-devolution Scotland. Series: Gender and Politics. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPB; JPL; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 219 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137271921
- ISBN
- 9781137271921
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardcover. Drawing on extensive interviews with gang members, this book provides a vivid portrayal of gang life. Topics include the profiles and motivations of gang members; the processes of gang evolution, organization, and recruitment; gang members' uses of violence, media, and technology and the role of gangs in the drugs trade and organized crime Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFFE; JKVJ; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137271501
- ISBN
- 9781137271501
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.56
€ 149.56
Paperback. An exploration of the ways in which children learned and were taught to read, against the background of the transition from Ottoman Empire to Turkish Republic. This study gives us a fresh perspective on the transition from empire to republic by showing us the ways that reading was central to the construction of modernity. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1QDT; 3JH; CJCR; HBTB; JNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137270931
- ISBN
- 9781137270931
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Hardcover. Examining the 'Conciliation in Equity' program in Colombia, this book provides a dramatic, cross-cultural example of community justice and a model for developing alternative methods of resolving crime and conflict. Num Pages: 213 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; JKVP; LAM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137270825
- ISBN
- 9781137270825
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Hardcover. This volume describes and analyzes the proliferation of new mechanisms for participation in Latin American democracies and considers the relationship between direct participation and the consolidation of representative institutions based on more traditional electoral conceptions of democracy. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JM; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137270573
- ISBN
- 9781137270573
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.13
€ 67.13
Hardcover. This book engages the ways African American authors have shifted, recycled, and reinvented the conjure woman in fiction. Kameelah Martin Samuel traces her presence and function in twentieth-century literature through historical records, oral histories, blues music, and collections of African American folklore. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137270474
- ISBN
- 9781137270474
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.33
€ 138.33
Paperback. The first book to explore the remarkable political alliance and often volatile friendship between Eleanor Roosevelt and Adlai Stevenson. Series: The World of the Roosevelt's. Num Pages: 243 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137270320
- ISBN
- 9781137270320
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.12
€ 66.12
The Evolution of American Women's Studies. Reflections on Triumphs, Co...
Alice E. . Ed(S): Ginsberg
Paperback. This book is comprised of reflections by diverse women's studies scholars, focusing on the many ways in which the field has evolved from its first introduction in the University setting to the present day. Editor(s): Ginsberg, Alice E. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137270306
- ISBN
- 9781137270306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.37€ 46.34
€ 53.37
€ 46.34
Hardcover. Popular Culture in Asia consists studies of film, music, architecture, television, and computer-mediated communication in China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Singapore, addressing three topics: urban modernities; modernity, celebrity, and fan culture; and memory and modernity. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; JFCA; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137270191
- ISBN
- 9781137270191
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.05
€ 66.05
Hardcover. This book explores the material and everyday intersections between popular culture and new media. Using a range of interdisciplinary resources the chapters open up various hidden dimensions, including objects and infrastructures, archives, algorithms, data play and the body that force us to rethink our understanding of culture as it is today. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137270047
- ISBN
- 9781137270047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.13
€ 67.13
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137269836
- ISBN
- 9781137269836
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardcover. Helen Hawthorne investigates how norms impact on negotiations in international organisations. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JPSN; KCLT; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137269768
- ISBN
- 9781137269768
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. In exploring the relationship between bureaucratic schooling and the individual child, Waters describes the persistence of educational inequality, child development, and the nature of bureaucracy. The conclusions point out how education bureaucracies frame both schooling and childhood as they relentlessly seek to create ever more perfect children. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137269713
- ISBN
- 9781137269713
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Hardcover. The first extensive analysis of the representation of queens in early modern fairy tales and the historical record. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137269683
- ISBN
- 9781137269683
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Hardcover. This interdisciplinary study explores the interaction between memory and transitional justice in post-dictatorship Argentina and Uruguay and develops a theoretical framework for bringing these two fields of study together through the concept of critical junctures. Series: Memory Politics and Transitional Justice. Num Pages: 335 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JPA; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137269386
- ISBN
- 9781137269386
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover. An insightful exploration of intelligence cooperation (officially known as liaison), including its international dimensions. This book offers a distinct understanding of this process, valuable to those involved in critical information flows, such as intelligence, risk, crisis and emergency managers. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 3. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137269355
- ISBN
- 9781137269355
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04