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Hardcover. Drawing on the ambiguous meaning of the notion of vulnerability, the book offers an innovative approach to the topic of the female body in relation to women's rights; going beyond the age-old dichotomy of casting women as either passive victims or conscious agents. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137030719
- ISBN
- 9781137030719
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. Freedom of speech is a tradition distinctive to American political culture, and this book focuses on major debates and discourses that shaped this tradition. It sheds fresh light on key Congressional debates in the early American Republic, developing and applying an approach to fallacy theory suitable to the study of political discourse. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFB; JPVH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137030597
- ISBN
- 9781137030597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. Examining the interplay between distrust, trust and corruption, this book maps out the social mechanisms that make actors and organizations in the public sphere perform their activities in a civilized manner. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFF; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137030412
- ISBN
- 9781137030412
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Paperback. Throughout the world, governments and intergovernmental organizations, such as the International Organization for Migration are developing new approaches aimed at renewing migration policy-making. This book critically analyses the actors, discourses and practices of migration management. Editor(s): Geiger, Martin; Pecoud, Antoine. Series: Migration, Minorities & Citizenship. Num Pages: 315 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JPA; JPS; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 315
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137030238
- ISBN
- 9781137030238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.70
€ 66.70
Paperback. This work, now in paperback, explores contemporary debates on migration and integration, focussing on Euro-Muslims. It critically engages with republicanist and multiculaturalist policies of integration and claims that integration means more than cultural and linguistic assimilation of migrant communities. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFD; JFFN; JFSR2; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137030221
- ISBN
- 9781137030221
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. From interpretations of the Holocaust to fascist thought and anti-fascists' responses, this book tackles topics which are rarely studied in conjunction. This is a unique collection of essays on a wide variety of subjects, which contributes to understanding the roots and consequences of mid-twentieth-century Europe's great catastrophe. Editor(s): Stone, Dan. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBLW3; HBTZ1; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137029522
- ISBN
- 9781137029522
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Paperback. This book charts the evolution, from the World War II period to the present day, of racial relationships and their repercussions in Hollywood films and examines a neglected sub-genre. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137029348
- ISBN
- 9781137029348
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.88
€ 65.88
Hardcover. A timely and original examination into the ways in which religion is conceptualized in two areas of law relating to children - child welfare cases and education law and policy. The book focuses on the relationship between race, religion and culture, bringing critical race and religion perspectives from other disciplines to bear on law. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Socio-Legal Studies. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP1; LAQ; LNTD; LNTH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137029270
- ISBN
- 9781137029270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.99
€ 66.99
Hardcover. Although highly influential, Brentano's doctrines from Psychology from an Empirical Standpoint were taken up and changed by his students and subsequent thinkers. Tassone's study of this important text offers readers a better understanding of PES and outlines its ongoing relevance for contemporary philosophy of mind. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 tables, 1 figures. BIC Classification: HPM; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137029218
- ISBN
- 9781137029218
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.71
€ 67.71
Successful Reading Assessments and Interventions for Struggling Reader...
Jensen, Deborah Ann, Tuten, Jennifer A.
Hardcover. Offering an overview of the Master's in Literacy program at Hunter College, the authors share its special features including parental and familial involvement, and presents six profiles of struggling readers and successful intervention strategies. The program allows one-to-one tutoring time as well as a community time for small group instruction. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137028631
- ISBN
- 9781137028631
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.37€ 46.95
€ 53.37
€ 46.95
Hardcover. An innovative re-evaluation of the concept of anarchy in theorizing diplomacy between states which draws on a historically sensitive re-evaluation of the ideological uses of politeness in the anarchist thought of William Godwin. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan History of International Thought. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137028112
- ISBN
- 9781137028112
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.31
€ 67.31
Hardcover. This book examines the persistence of social violence and public insecurity in Honduras. Using a spatial perspective, the author looks at the Honduran state's security polices - known as Mano Dura - and the challenges authorities face. She points to the state's historical difficulty producing and ordering political territory and space. Num Pages: 178 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137027948
- ISBN
- 9781137027948
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.52
€ 67.52
Hardcover. Drawing on data from ethnographic fieldwork among civic activists and identifying a range of domestic and international socio-political contexts, Refractions of Civil Society in Turkey explores different perceptions of civil society in Turkey and pursues the general question of why civil society holds such power to move those who evoke it. Num Pages: 225 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVT; JF; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137027917
- ISBN
- 9781137027917
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.68
€ 66.68
Hardcover. Derfler explores the patterns in the lives of three twentieth-century heads of state who fell from power, then rose again: Charles de Gaulle, Juan Peron, and Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BGH; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137027856
- ISBN
- 9781137027856
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.23
€ 67.23
Paperback. Biocapitalism, an economic model built on making new commodities from existing forms of life, has fundamentally changed how we understand the boundaries between nature/culture and human/nonhuman. This is the first book to examine its implications for education and how human capital understandings of education are co-evolving with biocapitalism. Series: New Frontiers in Education, Culture and Politics. Num Pages: 211 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137027825
- ISBN
- 9781137027825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.37€ 46.25
€ 53.37
€ 46.25
Hardcover. Biocapitalism, an economic model built on making new commodities from existing forms of life, has fundamentally changed how we understand the boundaries between nature/culture and human/nonhuman. This is the first book to examine its implications for education and how human capital understandings of education are co-evolving with biocapitalism. Series: New Frontiers in Education, Culture and Politics. Num Pages: 211 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137027818
- ISBN
- 9781137027818
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.37€ 47.60
€ 53.37
€ 47.60
Hardcover. How is The Simpsons a satirical artwork engaged with important social, political, and cultural issues? Henry offers the first comprehensive understanding of the show as a satire and explores the ways in which The Simpsons participates in the so-called "culture war" debates taking place in American society. Num Pages: 307 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APT; JFDT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137027788
- ISBN
- 9781137027788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.91
€ 67.91
Hardcover. The book provides a comprehensive sociological and cultural explanation of Israel's politics toward the Palestinians, covering the period of the Oslo Accords and the Second Intifada and focusing on the concept of a 'new war' that is an outgrowth of internal relations within Israel itself and the diversionary politics of its leadership. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; JHB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137027566
- ISBN
- 9781137027566
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.25
€ 68.25
Hardcover. This historical ethnography from Central Sudan explores the century-old intertwining of zar, spirit possession, with past lives of ex-slaves and shows that, despite very different social and cultural contexts, zar has continued to be shaped by the experience of slavery. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 314 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBS; HRQM2; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137027498
- ISBN
- 9781137027498
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.43
€ 67.43
Hardcover. The contributors attempt to look into how China and Europe differently interpret political concepts such as: sovereignty, soft power, human rights, democracy, stability, strategic partnership, multilateralism/multipolarization, and global governance, to examine what implications of their conceptual gaps may have on China-EU relations. Editor(s): Pan, Zhongqi. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1QFE; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 222 x 21. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137027436
- ISBN
- 9781137027436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04