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Hardcover. Corporate diversity programs often fail because of resistance in workplace culture. The author sets out an approach to real change by analysing the role of organisational cultures in marginalising women workers. Based on academic research, case studies and interviews, the author presents a new model for changing organisational culture Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; KJU; KJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230283701
- ISBN
- 9780230283701
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€ 67.71
€ 67.71
Bodies, Sex and Desire from the Renaissance to the Present (Genders an...
Fisher, Kate, Toulalan, Sarah
Hardcover. An examination of how bodies and sexualities have been constructed, categorised, represented, diagnosed, experienced and subverted from the fifteenth to the early twenty-first century. It draws attention to continuities in thinking about bodies and sex: concept may have changed, but hey nevertheless draw on older ideas and language. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230283688
- ISBN
- 9780230283688
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€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardcover. Examining the complexities and tensions in relations between party members and parliamentarians through an in-depth analysis of the processes that shape the development of party policy in the UK, Australia and New Zealand, this book Presents new evidence on the challenges facing parties in encouraging citizen participation in policy development. Series: Understanding Governance. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPL; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 220 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230283459
- ISBN
- 9780230283459
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€ 67.40
€ 67.40
Hardcover. Max Stirner was one of the most important and seminal thinkers of the mid-nineteenth century. He exposed the religiosity behind secular humanism and rationalism, and the domination of the individual behind liberal modes of politics. This edited collection explores Stirner's radical and contemporary importance as a political theorist. Series: Critical Explorations in Contemporary Political Thought. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPS; JPA; JPFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230283350
- ISBN
- 9780230283350
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€ 128.00
€ 128.00
Hardcover.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230283190
- ISBN
- 9780230283190
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€ 116.34
€ 116.34
Hardcover. This collection focuses on the existential predicaments and choices that underpin current debates and developments in the governance of crime and criminal justice and argues for the relevance of existentialist thought for enhancing a critical and philosophically inspired criminological imagination. Editor(s): Lippens, Ronnie. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPS; JKV; LNFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230283152
- ISBN
- 9780230283152
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Drawing on research in men's long-term, maximum-security prisons, this book examines three interconnected problems: the tendency of the prison to obscure other social problems and conceal its own failings, the pursuit of greater levels of human security through repressive and violent means and the persistence of the belief in the problem of 'evil'. Series: Critical Criminological Perspectives. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKVC; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230282933
- ISBN
- 9780230282933
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€ 127.54
€ 127.54
Hardcover. Women have engaged in healing from the beginning of history, often within the context of the home. This book studies the role, contributions and challenges faced by women healers in France, Spain, Italy and England, including medical practice among women in the Jewish and Muslim communities, from the later Middle Ages to approximately 1800. Num Pages: 322 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; JFSJ1; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230282919
- ISBN
- 9780230282919
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€ 150.40
€ 150.40
Hardcover. Divided into three sections on cosmetics, clothes and hairstyling, this book explores how early modern women regarded beauty culture and in what ways skin, clothes and hair could be used to represent racial, class and gender identities, and to convey political, religious and philosophical ideals. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; DSBD; HBLH; JFCD; JFCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 406.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230282858
- ISBN
- 9780230282858
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Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover. This book offers a new perspective on the links between intellectual property and access to medication. Using local case studies and insights from actor-network theory, it explores the ways in which TRIPs is translated in the daily practices of those who purchase, distribute and use medicines in sub-Saharan Africa. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Socio-Legal Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HF; JFFS; KCQ; LAQ; LBBM; MBN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 482.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230282841
- ISBN
- 9780230282841
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Condition: New
€ 128.00
€ 128.00
Hardcover. Much has been written about equal opportunity issues but little has been published about how organisations might provide more structure and support to ensure women's progress to the most senior business levels. This book looks at the career experiences of a group of women managers and consider what helps, and what still hinders their progress. Num Pages: 208 pages, 49 black & white tables, 30 figures. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; KJMB; KJMV2; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 241 x 18. Weight in Grams: 464.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230282803
- ISBN
- 9780230282803
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€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. This work contributes to the development of a theoretical context of the politics of truth about animals. By applying and extending Foucault's theory of power, this work uncovers dominant and subjugated discourses about animals and describes power-knowledge associated with statements about animals that are understood to convey true things. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Num Pages: 181 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ; JFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 218 x 17. Weight in Grams: 348.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230282575
- ISBN
- 9780230282575
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Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
International Development Policy: Energy and Development
Graduate Institute Of International And Devel...
Paperback. Co-published with The Graduate Institute, this book examines how energy issues have intensified with modern development, how they shape geopolitics and access to energy in Africa, and how inconsistent energy governance really is. It discusses energy policy options in developing and emerging countries and questions the role of development aid. Editor(s): Carbonnier, Gilles. Series: International Development Policy. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; GTF; JPSL; KNB; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 168 x 14. Weight in Grams: 410.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230282483
- ISBN
- 9780230282483
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Condition: New
€ 72.49
€ 72.49
Hardcover. Patricia Holland offers a fascinating study of the ways in which changes to public services, and shifts in the concept of 'the public' under Margaret Thatcher's three Conservative governments, were mediated by radio and television in the 1980s. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPN; APT; APW; JFDT; JPHL; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230282377
- ISBN
- 9780230282377
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Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hybrid Forms of Peace: From Everyday Agency to Post-Liberalism (Rethin...
Richmond, Oliver P., Mitchell, Audra
Hardcover. This book examines the role of everyday action in accepting, resisting and reshaping interventions, and the unique forms of peace that emerge from the interactions between local and international actors. Building on critiques of liberal peace-building, it redefines critical peace and conflict studies, based on new research from 16 countries. Series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 321 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JPA; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230282285
- ISBN
- 9780230282285
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Condition: New
€ 128.83
€ 128.83
Hardcover. This book utilises the growing phenomenon of British soldier narratives from Iraq and Afghanistan to explore how British soldiers make sense of their role on these complex, multi-dimensional operations. It aims to intervene in the debates within critical feminist scholarship over whether soldiers can ever be agents of peace. Series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1FCA; JFSJ; JPS; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230282261
- ISBN
- 9780230282261
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardcover. The way in which energy is governed in China is driving its rising level of carbon dioxide emissions. This book analyses the nature of energy governance in China by combining ideas relating to transition management with institutionalist theories, which helps to identify factors which assist or constrain the country's path to a low-carbon economy. Series: Energy, Climate and the Environment. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFMG; KNB; RNF; RNU; TH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230282247
- ISBN
- 9780230282247
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Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. The historical response to bank crises has always been more regulation. A pattern emerges that some may find surprising: regulation often contributes to bank instability. It suppresses competition and effective response to market changes and encourages bankers to take on additional risk. This book offers a valuable history lesson for policy makers. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; KCP; KCX; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230280663
- ISBN
- 9780230280663
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Condition: New
€ 128.75
€ 128.75
Hardcover. The book explores the intersection of emotions and migration in a number of case studies from across the USA, Europe and Southeast Asia, including the transmigration of female domestic workers, transmigrant marriages, transmigrant workers in the entertainment industry and asylum seekers and refugees who are the victims of domestic violence. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSJ; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230280564
- ISBN
- 9780230280564
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Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. This book provides an account of leisure through historical time, exploring the meaning and purpose of leisure in the past, and across different cultures. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; HPS; JFC; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230280519
- ISBN
- 9780230280519
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19