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Society & social sciences
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340169
- ISBN
- 9780230340169
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Condition: New
€ 67.13
€ 67.13
Intersections of Children's Health, Education, and Welfare (Education ...
Cooper, Bruce S., Mulvey, Janet D.
Hardcover. Children need more than just good schooling: they require safe lives, good health, and sufficient resources to live and grow successfully in their community. This book makes this vital connection, as society must promote a quality education, available health services, and financial equity and opportunity for all. Series: Education Policy. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKSB1; JNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340145
- ISBN
- 9780230340145
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€ 53.36€ 46.71
€ 53.36
€ 46.71
Hardcover. Taking its cue from the renewed interest in theology among Marxist and politically radical philosophers or thinkers, this study inquires into the reasons for this interest in theology focusing on the British literary theorist Terry Eagleton and the Slovenian philosopher and psychoanalyst Slavoj Zizek, as two contemporary prominent Marxist thinkers. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; HRLB; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340114
- ISBN
- 9780230340114
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Condition: New
€ 127.72
€ 127.72
Hardcover. This book examines the iconography of the Virgin of Guadalupe as a force for social justice and feminist emancipation within Chicana cultural productions from 1975-2010. In these productions the Virgin serves as a paradigm to unlock the histories of conquest and colonization, racism, and sexual oppression in the US-Mexico borderland and beyond. Series: Comparative Feminist Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 2ADS; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340008
- ISBN
- 9780230340008
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. This interdisciplinary anthology highlights exiled/alienated women in literature, history, and cinema. Contributors investigate when and how women from diverse backgrounds have been relegated to the margins in order to shed light on the state of alienhood that stems from gendered otherness. Editor(s): Zinn, Gesa; Stanley, Maureen Tobin. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; DSBH; JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 10. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230339996
- ISBN
- 9780230339996
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.44
€ 66.44
Hardcover. In small plural societies, cultural differences can be exaggerated, exploited and intensified during political contests. The survival of these societies as democracies - or even at all - hangs in the balance. Num Pages: 234 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JPB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Ed.
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230339873
- ISBN
- 9780230339873
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Paperback. America is being held back by the quality and quantity of learning in college. Many college graduates cannot think critically, write effectively, solve problems, understand complex issues, or meet employers' expectations. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNF; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230339835
- ISBN
- 9780230339835
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.75
€ 36.99
€ 30.75
Hardcover. What is the role of civic associations in generating electoral accountability, and how do efforts by national groups to ensure free and fair elections advance democratic consolidation? Lean advances our understanding of how civic activism can strengthen election processes and provides new insight into role of elections for democratic consolidation. Series: Elections, Voting, Technology. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; JPA; JPHF; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230339798
- ISBN
- 9780230339798
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.56
€ 66.56
Hardcover. This book uses human rights as part of a constructivist methodology designed to establish a causal relationship between human rights violations and different types of social and political conflict in Europe and North America. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 222 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230339446
- ISBN
- 9780230339446
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Paperback. In light of the events of 2011, Real-Time Diplomacy examines how diplomacy has evolved as media have gradually reduced the time available to policy makers. It analyzes the workings of real-time diplomacy and the opportunities for media-centered diplomacy programs that bypass governments and directly engage foreign citizens. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPSD; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230339439
- ISBN
- 9780230339439
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. This book analyzes the political transformations in black women's socially engaged community-based political work in England in the late twentieth century. It situates these shifts alongside Britain's political economy and against the discourse and deployment of blackness as a political imaginary in which to engage in struggles for social justice. Series: Comparative Feminist Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; 3JM; JFFK; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230339170
- ISBN
- 9780230339170
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.56
€ 66.56
Hardcover. Carries readers into Chinese and American elementary and high school classrooms, and highlights the big differences between schooling in China and the United States. Nancy Pine reveals how these two countries need to extract themselves from outmoded practice and learn from each other's strengths. Num Pages: 205 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230339064
- ISBN
- 9780230339064
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.36€ 47.12
€ 53.36
€ 47.12
Hardcover. Communitas is inspired fellowship; a group's pleasure in sharing common experiences; being 'in the zone' - as in music, sport, and work; the sense felt by a group when their life together takes on full meaning. The experience of communitas, almost beyond strict definition and with almost endless variations, often appears unexpectedly. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 475.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230339057
- ISBN
- 9780230339057
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Paperback. There has been a high level of conflict in American politics in recent years. Massive disagreements over government policies seem to have pitted one group of Americans against another. In addition, politicians in different parties now seem to dislike each other personally. This book explores how and why this style of politics developed. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KB; JPH; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230339019
- ISBN
- 9780230339019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.90
€ 55.90
Paperback. Are American schools socially just institutions? Using the methods of political philosopher John Rawls, this book answers that question by arguing for four principles that express the basic purposes that Americans hold for their schools - principles of personal liberty, democracy, equal opportunity, and economic growth. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338982
- ISBN
- 9780230338982
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.36€ 46.05
€ 53.36
€ 46.05
Paperback. Education and the Cold War illustrates how Americans variously experienced the Cold War as a crisis in education and, in turn, how education helped facilitate the construction of Cold Warriors conditioned to fear and loathe communism and the Soviet Union. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 9. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338975
- ISBN
- 9780230338975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.12
€ 54.12
Hardcover. Using archival research and recorded interviews, this book charts the development of American Studies in Europe during the early Cold War. It demonstrates how negotiations took place through a network of relationships and draws lessons for public diplomacy in an age when communities are connected through multi-hub, multi-directional networks. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338968
- ISBN
- 9780230338968
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Social Economies of Fear and Desire: Emotional Regulation, Emotion Man...
Valérie de Courville Nicol
Hardcover. All behaviours, indeed all forms of agency, are viewed as emotionally-driven. This book provides an approach to emotional experience and agency which drastically nuances the commonly held view that fear has predominantly irrational, morally, or ideologically suspect effects which thwart the exercise of autonomy. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBA; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338685
- ISBN
- 9780230338685
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardcover. This book offers the first full-length study of the chess structures, motifs, and imagery in William Faulkner's Knight's Gambit. Wainwright looks at the importance of chess as a literary device and examines the structural analogy drawn between the game and linguistics by Ferdinand de Saussure. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338609
- ISBN
- 9780230338609
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.74
€ 66.74
Paperback. This book asserts that efforts to reform schools, particularly urban schools, are events that engender a host of issues and conflicts that have been interpreted through the conceptual lens of community. Series: Secondary Education in a Changing World. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNKC; JNKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 215 x 9. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338456
- ISBN
- 9780230338456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.09
€ 127.09