Society & social sciences
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Society & social sciences
Hardcover. Num Pages: 151 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JM; JPS; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137012364
- ISBN
- 9781137012364
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.86
€ 147.86
Hardcover. In the first study of comparative direct-democracy, Laurent Bernhard explores the nature of direct-democratic campaigning in Switzerland. The author examines four policy areas: immigration, healthcare, welfare and economic liberalism focussing on interviews with campaign managers to provide a comprehensive analysis of direct-democratic campaigning. Series: Challenges to Democracy in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPHF; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137011336
- ISBN
- 9781137011336
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Paperback. This collection of essays by international scholars addresses the global development of performance research in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. The collection, now in paperback, functions as a critical reader on diverse approaches to studying performance that contest dominant paradigms of performance studies. Editor(s): McKenzie, Jon; Roms, Heike; Wee, C. J. W.-L. Series: Performance Interventions. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; ASZ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137011183
- ISBN
- 9781137011183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Hardcover. This is the first book to examine "migrant-soldiers' in the British army and places the phenomenon of Britain's multicultural army in relation to British culture, history and nationalism. It also explores the impact of war on UK society during the 21st Century Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 348 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFN; JFSL; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 149 x 26. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137010025
- ISBN
- 9781137010025
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.73
€ 67.73
Hardcover. This text explores how Afro-Brazilians define their Africanness through Candomble and Quilombo models, and construct paradigms of blackness with influences from US-based perspectives, through the vectors of public rituals, carnival, drama, poetry, and hip hop. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137009999
- ISBN
- 9781137009999
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Vulnerabilities, Impacts, and Responses to HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Afr...
Tadele, Getnet, Kloos, Helmut
Hardcover. This book examines HIV/AIDS vulnerabilities, impacts and responses in the socioeconomic and cultural context of Sub-Saharan Africa. With contributions from social scientists and public health experts, the volume identifies gender inequality and poverty as the main causes of the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa. Editor(s): Tadele, Getnet; Kloos, Helmut. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 black & white tables, 3 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JFFA; JFFH2; JKSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 469.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137009944
- ISBN
- 9781137009944
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.40
€ 67.40
Paperback. A fascinating exploration of the way in which animals are 'framed' - contextualized, decontextualized - in contemporary visual culture. Written in a highly engaging style, this book challenges the field, dealing with some highly controversial aspects of animal exploitation and boldly examines material that is seldom discussed within animal studies. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; HPQ; JFC; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137009838
- ISBN
- 9781137009838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.31
€ 71.31
Hardcover. This book explores the relevance of utopia in relation to contemporary criminology. The range of contributors explore the application of a utopian method for uncovering the potential within criminology and criminal justice, as well as the relevance of the utopian impulse for developing a challenge to the status quo in academia and beyond. Series: Critical Criminological Perspectives. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB; JKVP; LAR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137009791
- ISBN
- 9781137009791
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardcover. Do the news media have any role in the transformation of war and warfare? Focusing on television, this book argues that the news media alters the cognitive and strategic environment of the actors of war and politics and therefore changes the way these interact with one another. Num Pages: 232 pages, 2 black & white tables, 2 diagrames. BIC Classification: JFDT; JPS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan 2012-11-13
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137009746
- ISBN
- 9781137009746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Hardcover. The is this the book-length work addressing the development of academic freedom and the procedures designed to protect it from the 1915 founding of the AAUP and the AAC to their endorsement of the key document in the history of professorial rights and responsibilities, the 1940 Statement of Principles of Academic Freedom and Tenure. Series: Higher Education and Society. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNA; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137009531
- ISBN
- 9781137009531
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.37€ 47.16
€ 53.37
€ 47.16
Paperback. This book presents previously unexamined connections between teaching practices and specific philosophical ideas, locating the prior beliefs and practical knowledge of early childhood practitioners in urban India within the broader social and historical religio-philosophical context. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JNF; JNLA; JNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137009258
- ISBN
- 9781137009258
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.37€ 47.00
€ 53.37
€ 47.00
Paperback. This critical introduction to gay and lesbian identity within the media explores the concept of 'new storytelling'. The case studies look at film, television and online media, focusing on the narrative potential of individual storytellers who, as producers, writers and performers, challenge identity concerns and offer new expressions of liberty. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; APT; JFD; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137009241
- ISBN
- 9781137009241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.43
€ 61.43
Hardcover. Tingjin Lin explores the conflict between self-interest and the provision of equality of opportunity facing educators in China. Provincial leaders prove reluctant to equalize education when doing so means sacrificing their future promotion. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JNK; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137009159
- ISBN
- 9781137009159
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Hardcover. Citizens' participation, especially participatory budgeting, has spread out in both continents, even if the context is very different. This book offers an overview of the latest developments in democratic innovation, presenting contributions from scholars and practitioners of each continent who are highly recognised as experts in their fields. Editor(s): Sintomer, Yves; Zhang, Junhua. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; GTB; JPHV; JPRB; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137009142
- ISBN
- 9781137009142
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardcover. Mark Findlay's treatment of regulatory sociability charts the anticipated and even inevitable transition to mutual interest which is the essence of taking communities from shared risk to shared fate. In the context of today's global crises, he explains that for the sake of sustainability, human diversity can bond in different ways to achieve fate. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 358 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS; JPV; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137009104
- ISBN
- 9781137009104
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.00
€ 68.00
Hardcover. Through fifty-two interviews with New York City parents in gentrifying neighborhoods, this book examines the school choice process to determine how, through the compounding effect of these parents' many individual choices, a segregated urban school in a gentrifying neighborhood is able to transform into an integrated school. Series: Education Policy. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNF; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 224 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137008992
- ISBN
- 9781137008992
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.37€ 47.20
€ 53.37
€ 47.20
Reconsidering Canadian Curriculum Studies: Provoking Historical, Prese...
Ng-A-Fook, Nicholas, Rottmann, Jennifer
Hardcover. Comprised of chapters written by established Canadian curriculum scholars as well as junior scholars and graduate students, this collection of essays provoke readers to imagine the different ways in which educational researchers can engage the narrative inquiry within the broader field of curriculum studies. Series: Curriculum Studies Worldwide. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 24. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137008961
- ISBN
- 9781137008961
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.37€ 47.33
€ 53.37
€ 47.33
Hardcover. This book comprises of a range of case studies of military strategy, based on UN documents, observing and concluding the effectiveness of each individual case. Edstrom and Gyllensporre analyse the UN's military strategy, its consequences and its potential to fulfil political ambitions. Series: New Security Challenges. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPSD; JPSN1; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137008718
- ISBN
- 9781137008718
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.00
€ 117.00
Hardcover. Exploring the ways undergraduate theatre programs can play a significant role in accomplishing the aims and learning outcomes of a contemporary liberal education, Kindelan argues that theatre's signature pedagogy helps all undergraduates become actively engaged in developing critical and value-focused skills. Series: The Arts in Higher Education. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137008503
- ISBN
- 9781137008503
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.62
€ 66.62
Paperback. Wissam S. Yafi argues that there are four dynamics leading to inevitable change in the Arab region: geopolitical, geoeconomic, geosocial, and technological. Yafi comes to the conclusion that no system will be able to support the dynamics in place except for democracy. Num Pages: 225 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; JPF; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 168 x 12. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137008497
- ISBN
- 9781137008497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.29
€ 66.29