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Society & social sciences
Hardcover. Rather than physiological health only, complementary and alternative medicines aim at the production of wellbeing. This book explores how the increasing proliferation of holistic health methods are intimately connected with changing configurations of selfhood, gender and class. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 220 x 12. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230309319
- ISBN
- 9780230309319
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Hardcover. This book is about the mundane, local, every day practices that constitutes democracy. Focusing on France and Finland, the book defines politicization as the key process in understanding democracy in different cultural contexts and shows a nuanced picture of two opposite models of European politics. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DNF; JPB; JPHV; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230309296
- ISBN
- 9780230309296
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.49
€ 67.49
Paperback. Eva Gross analyzes changing national preferences towards the EU CFSP and ESDP by providing detailed accounts of British, French and German crisis decision-making in FYROM, Afghanistan, Lebanon and DR Congo. While transatlantic relations remain important, crisis management under the EU label is increasingly accepted in national capitals. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1QFE; JPQB; JPSN2; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230309135
- ISBN
- 9780230309135
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.81
€ 65.81
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230308787
- ISBN
- 9780230308787
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.01
€ 67.01
Hardcover. While the historical development of symbolic power has benefitted humanity enormously, there is an insidious and seldom recognised price that goes beyond environmental degradation and cultural disintegration. With insights from both social and natural sciences, this book explores the changing character of subjectivity in contemporary life. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBA; JMH; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 338
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230308480
- ISBN
- 9780230308480
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.41
€ 128.41
Hardcover. The way in which elections are run is changing, as radical reforms or experiments have been introduced across the world. This book establishes why election administration might be used by political elites to win and maintain power. It identifies the role of elite interests in shaping election administration in USA, UK and Ireland. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPB; JPHF; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230308428
- ISBN
- 9780230308428
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.23
€ 67.23
Hardcover. This book explores the significance of sport in the understanding of past and current societal dynamics in the Arab world. It examines sport in relation to cultural, political and economic changes in the Arab World, including nation-state building, the formation of national identity and international relations in post-colonial context. Series: Communications & Culture. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; JHBS; JP; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230307926
- ISBN
- 9780230307926
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
A Historical Guide to NGOs in Britain: Charities, Civil Society and th...
Hilton, Matthew, Crowson, Nick, McKay, James,...
Hardcover. Aiming to furnish the reader with the historical data to engage with the debates surrounding the Cameron government's 'Big Society' and civil society, this book gives the reader a greater and more informed historical consciousness of how the NGO sector has grown and influenced. Num Pages: 427 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; 3JM; HBTB; JKSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 864.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230304444
- ISBN
- 9780230304444
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.79
€ 129.79
Hardcover. How did consumer culture become synonymous with westernised societies? Iqani argues that it is the way it is promoted by media texts. She provides a detailed analysis of publicly displayed consumer magazine covers and engages with big questions about the public, power and identity in mediated consumer culture. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230303683
- ISBN
- 9780230303683
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Crime News in Modern Britain: Press Reporting and Responsibility, 1820...
Rowbotham, Judith, Pegg, Samantha, Stevenson,...
Hardcover. Drawing together examples from broadsheet and tabloid newspapers this account of English crime reportage takes readers from the late eighteenth century to the present day. In the post-Leveson world, it is a timely and engaging contextualisation of the history of printed crime news and investigative journalism. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLX; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230303591
- ISBN
- 9780230303591
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.40
€ 67.40
Hardcover. The reason for the depth the 2008's global depression lies in the intractability of modern economic systems. This has led to an emergence of unprecedented migratory patterns, the analysis and management of which is key to economic recovery. Num Pages: 355 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFFS; KCL; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 26. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230303560
- ISBN
- 9780230303560
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Frigidity: An Intellectual History (Genders and Sexualities in History...
Cryle, Peter, Moore, Alison
Hardcover. This first major study of a curiously neglected term in the history of sexuality will intrigue students, scholars and enthusiasts alike. The authors take us through a journey across four centuries, showing how notions of sexual coldness and frigidity have been thought about by legal, medical, psychiatric, psychoanalytic and literary writers. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 323 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JHBK5; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 144 x 24. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230303454
- ISBN
- 9780230303454
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.83
€ 128.83
Hardcover. An original, expansive, materialist interpretation of Foucault's theory of biopolitics, explaining the connections between the issues of biopolitics and other key aspects of Foucault's works, and exploring the relationship between his ideas and those of Hannah Arendt, Walter Benjamin, Giorgio Agamben, Nikolas Rose and Monique Wittig. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230303294
- ISBN
- 9780230303294
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.13
€ 67.13
Hardcover. Maps the emergence of a powerful psycho-social idea out of its historical and social circumstances, as the concept of injury or trauma has moved, over the twentieth century, from the description of a physical, visible lesion to a more abstract, psychic harm - often thought of as an 'invisible wound'. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JMQ; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230303027
- ISBN
- 9780230303027
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.08
€ 128.08
Paperback. Indispensable for students of diplomacy and junior members of diplomatic services, this dictionary not only covers diplomacy's jargon but also includes entries on legal terms, political events, international organizations, e-Diplomacy, and major figures who have occupied the diplomatic scene or have written about it over the last half millennium. Num Pages: 417 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GBC; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Third Edition, Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230302990
- ISBN
- 9780230302990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 195.20
€ 195.20
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Third Edition,Revised Edition,3rd edition
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230302983
- ISBN
- 9780230302983
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.40
€ 195.40
Hardcover. Walmsley offers a succinct introduction to major philosophical issues in artificial intelligence for advanced students of philosophy of mind, cognitive science and psychology. Whilst covering essential topics, it also provides the student with the chance to engage with cutting edge debates. Series: Palgrave Philosophy Today. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; JMR; UYQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230302938
- ISBN
- 9780230302938
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Hardcover. The author examines the moral, methodological, and practical problems that arise from poverty measurement. He establishes a methodological framework for analyzing poverty conceptions and measures, and concludes with concrete recommendations regarding both the procedures for and substance of future global poverty measurement. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230302860
- ISBN
- 9780230302860
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.37
€ 67.37
Hardcover. The book presents a new history of the first enlargement of the EU. It charts the attempts by the European Commission to influence the outcome of the British and Irish bids to join the Common Market during the 1960s and 1970s. The most politically divisive EU enlargement is examined through extensive research in British, Irish, EU, and US archives. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJPK; HBJD; HBLW3; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230302808
- ISBN
- 9780230302808
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Innovation and Biomedicine: Ethics, Evidence and Expectation in HIV (H...
Michael, Mike, Rosengarten, Marsha
Hardcover. With its focus on the offshore randomized control trials of a Pre-Exposure Prophylactic pill (PrEP) for preventing HIV infection, the volume develops a sustained analysis of the complex, virtual and topological dimensions of the expectations, ethics and evidence that surround the innovation of PrEP. Series: Health Technology and Society. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFH2; JFMG; MBS; MQW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230302679
- ISBN
- 9780230302679
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36