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Moving Histories of Class and Community: Identity, Place and Belonging...
Rogaly, Ben, Taylor, Becky
Paperback. A major new study of white working class Britain since 1930, that shows how meanings of poverty have changed over time and how individuals reject categorization by the state. This book challenges accepted wisdom on the white working class, providing new understandings of community, place and class, arguing for the importance of migration. Series: Identity Studies in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 figures, 2 maps, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBTB; HBTD; JFSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230295384
- ISBN
- 9780230295384
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.32
€ 66.32
Hardcover. The Good War tackles the issue of NATO in Afghanistan, exploring NATO's evolution in the 1990s and blending NATO's transformation from a reactive defense organization into a pro-active risk manager with the ethic of liberalism. It raises questions such as why an alliance built upon the territorial defence of Europe ended up in Afghanistan. Num Pages: 189 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FCA; JPSL; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 429.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230294271
- ISBN
- 9780230294271
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardcover. A readable and advanced introductory-level text focusing on the ethical dimensions and impact of Lacan's thinking. This book argues that a rethinking of the subject necessitates a rethinking of our relation to law, tradition and morality, as well as our understanding of guilt, responsibility and desire. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JMA; JMRN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230294097
- ISBN
- 9780230294097
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Paperback. This book examines ideas of 'home' of Americans and Western Europeans under the influence of the two major revolutions of our times: the gender revolution and increased mobility due to globalization. It analyzes how 'home' has been politicized, as well as alternative home-making strategies that aim to transcend the 'logic of identities'. Num Pages: 168 pages, 7 black & white tables, 2 figures, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFFS; JFSJ; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 161
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230293991
- ISBN
- 9780230293991
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.40
€ 65.40
Hardcover. This book examines ideas of 'home' of Americans and Western Europeans under the influence of the two major revolutions of our times: the gender revolution and increased mobility due to globalization. It analyzes how 'home' has been politicized, as well as alternative home-making strategies that aim to transcend the 'logic of identities'. Num Pages: 161 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; JFSJ; JFSL1; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230293984
- ISBN
- 9780230293984
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Hardcover. In the aftermath of the financial crisis, Cooper locates the WTO-focused struggle between the US and the very small island state of Antigua on Internet gambling in the wider International Political Economy. He draws connections between gambling and offshore and/or enclave cultures and points out the stigmatization of 'Casino Capitalism'. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJWVB; JPS; KCP; KFF; KNTX1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230293458
- ISBN
- 9780230293458
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.62
€ 66.62
Women on Corporate Boards and in Top Management: European Trends and P...
Fagan, Colette, Gonz?Lez Men?Ndez, Maria, G?M...
Hardcover. This book examines the international trends and associated developments in gender equality policy including corporate governance such as gender quotas. International comparative analysis is combined with detailed analysis of eight European countries with different policy regimes and trajectories. Editor(s): Gonzalez Menendez, Maria; Gomez Anson, Silvia. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 307 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFJ; JFSJ1; KCF; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 221 x 23. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230293441
- ISBN
- 9780230293441
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.40
€ 67.40
Hardcover. Drawing on cross-national European data from the European Social Survey as well as Swedish national survey data and registers, this book investigates social capital in relation to health and health inequalities in European welfare states. Num Pages: 256 pages, 23 black & white tables, 24 figures. BIC Classification: 1D; JKSB; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230293434
- ISBN
- 9780230293434
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.01
€ 67.01
Hardcover. By conversing with the main bodies of relevant literature from Migration Studies and Memory Studies, this overview highlights how analysing memories can contribute to a better understanding of the complexities of migrant incorporation. The chapters consider international case studies from Europe, North America, Australia, Asia and the Middle East. Editor(s): Kleist, J. Olaf; Glynn, Irial. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 136 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230293380
- ISBN
- 9780230293380
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Hardcover. The end of Stalinist Russia, China's change under Deng Xiaoping and the publication of previously unexplored documents of Marx in the MEGA2 opened a new epoch in the analysis of Marx. Marx's Discourse With Hegel is both a product and contribution to this rebirth of Marxism by its reformulation of the relationship between Hegel and Marx Num Pages: 368 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230293342
- ISBN
- 9780230293342
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.34
€ 140.34
Hardcover. Over the long eighteenth century English governance was transformed by large adjustments to the legal instruments and processes of power. This book documents and analyzes these shifts and focuses upon the changing relations between legal authority and the English people. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; JPQB; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230293014
- ISBN
- 9780230293014
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.31
€ 68.31
Geography and Memory: Explorations in Identity, Place and Becoming (Pa...
Jones, Owain, Garde-Hansen, Joanne
Hardcover. This collection shifts the focus from collective memory to individual memory, by incorporating new performative approaches to identity, place and becoming. Drawing upon cultural geography, the book provides an accessible framework to approach key aspects of memory, remembering, archives, commemoration and forgetting in modern societies. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JMRM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230292994
- ISBN
- 9780230292994
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.05
€ 128.05
Hardcover. An analysis of think-tanks in Britain and Germany and their role in the re-making of the British Labour party and Germany's Social Democrats as 'Third Way' parties. The part that think-tanks played in the creation of the the 'workfare state' in the 1990s and 2000s is also explored in this book. Series: New Perspectives in German Political Studies. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKSB; JPB; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230292949
- ISBN
- 9780230292949
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardcover. Animals and Sociology challenges traditional assumptions about the nature of sociology. Sociology often centres on humans; however, other animals are everywhere in society.Kay Peggs explores the significant contribution that sociology can make to our understanding of human relations with other animals. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Num Pages: 185 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JHB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230292574
- ISBN
- 9780230292574
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.41
€ 66.41
Hardcover. This book explores the construction of identities within a lesbian group, outlining interactive tactics used in the production of mutually-negotiated norms of authenticity. Using ethnography and discourse analysis, a range of group-specific personae are revealed to be continually reworked and reproduced within the women's interaction. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; CFB; JFSK1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230292567
- ISBN
- 9780230292567
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Globalization and Human Rights in the Developing World (Global Ethics)
Nault, Derrick M., England, Shawn L.
Hardcover. Focusing on world regions where human rights abuses are the most serious, extensive and sustained; this book fills a crucial gap in our knowledge of the difficulties and promise of promoting human rights in our global age. Series: Global Ethics. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFS; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230292208
- ISBN
- 9780230292208
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Hardcover. An exploration of political traditions and their usage in explanations of British politics. This book includes an evaluation of both classical and critical approaches to the British Political Tradition. It also analyses more recent uses of political tradition by Bevir, Rhodes and Marquand. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JPA; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460. 288 pages. An exploration of political traditions and their usage in explanations of British politics. This book includes an evaluation of both classical and critical approaches to the British Political Tradition. It also analyses more recent uses of political tradition by Bevir, Rhodes and Marquand. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JPA; JPQ. Dimension: 215 x 151 x 21. Weight: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230292024
- ISBN
- 9780230292024
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.16
€ 67.16
Hardcover. A comparative analysis of an old and new EU Member State's perceptions of and contributions to EU security and defence. This book focuses on change and continuity in both countries' defence policies and where convergence and divergence has occurred. This has important implications for the EU's effectiveness as an international security actor. Series: New Perspectives in German Political Studies. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVP; 1QFE; JPSN2; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 222 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230292017
- ISBN
- 9780230292017
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Hardcover. The question of how to move beyond contentious pasts exercises societies across the globe. Focusing on Northern Ireland, this book examines how historical injustices continue to haunt contemporary lives, and how institutional and juridical approaches to 'dealing' with the past often give way to a silencing consensus or re-marginalising victims. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; JF; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230292000
- ISBN
- 9780230292000
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. This is the first in-depth analysis of the transition from the RUC to the PSNI seen through the eyes of key figures, inside and outside the organization. It provides a fresh insight into the wider social and political context in which this change occurred and is a significant contribution to the story of the Northern Ireland peace process. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JM; GTJ; JKSW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230291997
- ISBN
- 9780230291997
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11