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Hardcover. Exploring how men in service and caring occupations (cabin crew, primary school teachers, nurses and librarians) both 'do' and 'undo' gender as they manage the potential mismatch between gender and occupational identity, this book engages with the key theoretical concepts of identity, visibility and emotions to examine men's experiences. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JHBL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 479.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230574069
- ISBN
- 9780230574069
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.13
€ 67.13
Hardcover. Drawing on research from a variety of disciplines, this edited collection challenges conventional understandings of gendered interpersonal violence, and identifies emerging sites and forms of resistance to it. Editor(s): Throsby, Karen; Alexander, Flora. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFFP; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230574014
- ISBN
- 9780230574014
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.89
€ 66.89
Hardcover. An in-depth study of a group of multilingual students from widening participation backgrounds on a first-year undergraduate academic writing programme. The book explores ways in which identity positions emerge in the spoken interaction, with a particular focus on gender. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFDM; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230573987
- ISBN
- 9780230573987
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.52
€ 127.52
Paperback. Many, from a wide range of disciplines, claim that narrative is fundamental to being human. This engaging book presents a coherent thesis to that effect, connecting the Joke and the Story (with all that comedy and tragedy imply) not only with our perception of the world, with the character of faith and with our faith in each other. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230573727
- ISBN
- 9780230573727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.83
€ 49.83
Paperback. The 21st century has witnessed a fundamental transformation of political institutions and society, alongside cultural, global and complexity turns in social theory. This provocative text gives an overview of key issues, argues for an 'existential turn' in political sociology and brings the study of politics and society up to date. Num Pages: 248 pages, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JHB; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230573338
- ISBN
- 9780230573338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.82
€ 126.82
Hardcover. The book provides new insight into the role of organised business interests. It supports the concept of political economy and demonstrates how it transcends the limitations of CPE or IPE, to form a coherent whole. The book maps the conflict, convergence and influence of organized business interests in the context of regional integration. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPS; KCL; KJK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230573291
- ISBN
- 9780230573291
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. This book provides a comprehensive study of the neglected story of the involvement of the women's movement with criminal justice policy in the 20th century. Taking the topic from the 'suffragette' era to the early days of 'second-wave' feminism, the book argues that criminal justice policy has been a continual concern for feminists. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JKVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 501.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230572546
- ISBN
- 9780230572546
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.05
€ 128.05
Hardcover. What kind of activity is global governance? What do all of the many sectoral forms of global governance -- of the planetary environment, of global finance and global health -- have in common? Moving beyond sector-specific studies, this book outlines the fundamentals of global governance in eight chapter-length propositions. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPH; JPSN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230572539
- ISBN
- 9780230572539
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Transit Migration: The Missing Link Between Emigration and Settlement ...
Aspasia Papadopoulou-Kourkoula
Hardcover. Challenging traditional approaches to migration, which puts migrants in narrow categories (legal and illegal, newcomer and settler), 'Transit Migration' shows that migrants and refugees live in transit for years, a stage in the migration course profoundly affecting destination countries and the migrants themselves. Series: Migration, Minorities & Citizenship. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230555334
- ISBN
- 9780230555334
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.41
€ 66.41
Hardcover. Through the prism of gender, this text explores the contrasting cultures and practice of mathematics and science and asks how they impacted on women. Claire Jones assesses nineteenth-century ideas about women's intellect, femininity and masculinity, and assesses how these attitudes shaped women's experiences as students and practitioners. Num Pages: 273 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJC; JFSJ1; PBX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230555211
- ISBN
- 9780230555211
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.16
€ 67.16
Hardcover. Each chapter of this book presents a different marginalized community and explores how it appropriates theatre for its own needs, which are often at odds with those of the powerful sponsoring organisations. This fresh approach to the topic provides the reader with an innovative, critical way of studying community theatre. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230555198
- ISBN
- 9780230555198
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. What role might civil disobedience play in the politics of representative democracies as power 'leaks' from the nation state? If traditional politics has surrendered to the interests of global corporations what are the consequences? Quill proposes a reappraisal of civil disobedience and civil obedience in order to address these and other questions. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; JPW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230555051
- ISBN
- 9780230555051
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Hardcover. Traces the Islamic healing tradition's interaction with Indian society and politics as these evolved in tandem from 1600 to 1900, and demonstrates how an in-house struggle for hegemony can be as potent as external power in defining medical, social and national modernity. A pioneering work on the social and medical history of Indian Islam. Num Pages: 397 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; JFSR2; MBX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 223 x 28. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230554382
- ISBN
- 9780230554382
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.11
€ 129.11
Paperback. This examines a significant aspect of contemporary social life: cultural identities and our linguistic means of constructing them. It combines a theoretical re-assessment of processes of identification with case studies of the discourses of three-generation families living in split-border communities along the former 'Iron Curtain'. Series: Language and Globalization. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFG; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230554375
- ISBN
- 9780230554375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.73
€ 126.73
Paperback. This book examines the transformation of the discourse and praxis of peace, from its early beginnings in the literature on war and power, to the development of intellectual and theoretical discourses of peace, contrasting this with the development of practical approaches to peace, and examining the intellectual and policy evolution regarding peace. Series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPSN1; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 154 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230554078
- ISBN
- 9780230554078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.33
€ 127.33
Hardcover. Offers an analysis of fundamental shifts in German cultural memory. This study challenges the institutional boundaries of Germany's memory culture that have guided and arguably limited German identity debates by focusing on the resurgence of family stories in fiction, autobiography and in film. Series: New Perspectives in German Political Studies. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; APFA; DNF; JFC; JWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230554054
- ISBN
- 9780230554054
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.23
€ 67.23
Hardcover. HIV/AIDS is the major political challenge of our time. Based on empirical observations from all over the world, this book examines how HIV/AIDS has become increasingly transnational, as nation states have extended their programmes across borders, and transnational networks have increased their activities. Editor(s): Foller, Maj-Lis. Num Pages: 322 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFH2; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230554023
- ISBN
- 9780230554023
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.29
€ 128.29
Hardcover. More and more policy issues involve issues that are explicitly values-based, yet public policy analysis tends to skirt around the question of values. Public Policy Values overcomes this reluctance by showing how public policies enable values-choices to be made, often without seeming to do so. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM; JPA; JPP; JPRB; KCP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230554009
- ISBN
- 9780230554009
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.89
€ 66.89
Hardcover. Transformative learning is a process in which we question all the assumptions about the world and ourselves that make up our worldview, visualize alternative assumptions, and then test them in practice. The author describes the process, offering a critique of contemporary assumptions, and suggests alternatives to illustrate the process. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFCX; JHBA; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230553507
- ISBN
- 9780230553507
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Hardcover. This timely book provides new insights into debates around the relationship between women and film by drawing on the work of philosopher Luce Irigaray. Arguing that female-directed cinema provides new ways to explore ideas of representation and spectatorship, it also examines the importance of contexts of production, direction and reception. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; JFC; JFFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230553484
- ISBN
- 9780230553484
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92