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Paperback. Editor(s): Johnson, R. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349472444
ISBN
9781349472444
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.03

Paperback. Resulting from an interdisciplinary dialogue between philosophy, political science and International Relations about Europe as a political community this volume rethinks the European political project beyond the rigid opposition between universalism and particularism approaching Europe as a space of the exposure of differences to each other. Editor(s): Ojakangas, M. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPHV; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349472420
ISBN
9781349472420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.41

Paperback. Can religions help us tackle the ecological crisis we are now facing? Can we redefine our relationship with the Earth, giving spiritual depth to ecological issues? This book attempts to answer these questions by exploring the relationship between ecology and theology. Editor(s): Reijnen, Anne Marie. Num Pages: 312 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRA; JHM; JHMC; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349472406
ISBN
9781349472406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.67

Paperback. This volume is the product of scholars of various backgrounds, specialties and agendas bringing forth their most treasured findings regarding the Chinese Catholic Church. The chapters in this book covering the church from 1900 to the present trace the development of the Church in China from many historical and disciplinary vantage points. Editor(s): Chu, C. Num Pages: 282 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HRAM; HRAX; HRCC7; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349472383
ISBN
9781349472383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.54

Paperback. A comprehensive discussion of how countries embrace branding as a crucial element in their pursuit of soft power and why certain nation-branding efforts succeed while others fail through the example of the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy. Num Pages: 223 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFSR; JHB; JPA; JPB; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349472369
ISBN
9781349472369
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 42.96

Paperback. This volume brings together a breadth of new research on how service-learning - combining community-based experiential learning with classroom instruction - can best be employed at community colleges. It discusses outcomes and best practices for all involved, covers both theory and practice, and draws on both qualitative and quantitative methods. Editor(s): Traver, A.; Katz, Zivah Perel. Series: Community Engagement in Higher Education. Num Pages: 351 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNA; JNF; JNK; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Number of pages
351
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349472345
ISBN
9781349472345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 44.63

Paperback. Social Media and the Politics of Reportage explores the journalistic challenges, issues and opportunities that have risen as a result of social media increasingly being used as a form of crisis reporting within the field of global journalism, with a focus on the protests during the 'Arab Spring'. Editor(s): Bebawi, Saba; Bossio, Diana. Num Pages: 153 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JPA; KJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 207.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
153
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349472307
ISBN
9781349472307
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.37

Paperback. Through a wide spectrum of horror sub-genres, this book examines how the current state of horror reflects the anxieties in Western culture. Horror films bring them to a mass audience and offer new figures for the nameless faceless 'antagonist' that plagues us and provides material with which to build a different understanding of ourselves. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; HBTB; JFC; JFD; JFSR; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349472208
ISBN
9781349472208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.54

Paperback. This volume demonstrates that Critical Friendship Theory can help distinguish education doctorate (EdD) programs from research doctorates (education PhDs). Drawing on multiple, detailed case studies of CFT implementation at universities, it covers curriculum and implementation, online and in-person education, challenges, and strategies for success. Num Pages: 243 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JNA; JNK; JNKC; JNM; JNRV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349472147
ISBN
9781349472147
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 43.07

Paperback. Taking military charter schools as her subject, and drawing on years of research at one school in particular, Brooke Johnson explores the underpinings of a culture based on militarization and neoliberal educational reforms and probes its effects on individual identity and social interactions at the school. Series: New Frontiers in Education, Culture and Politics. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JNA; JNF; JNK; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349472123
ISBN
9781349472123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 42.79

Paperback. Highlighting the processes and missteps involved in creating and carrying out school desegregation policies in Chicago, Dionne Danns discusses the challenges of using the 1964 Civil Rights Act to implement school desegregation and the resultant limitations and effectiveness of government legislative power in bringing about social change. Series: Historical Studies in Education. Num Pages: 257 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBL; JNB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
257
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349472109
ISBN
9781349472109
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 43.19

Paperback. In film, Men are good and Monsters are bad. In this book, Combe and Boyle consider the monstrous body as a metaphor for the cultural body and regard gendered behavior as a matter of performativity. Taken together, these two identity positions, manliness and monsterliness, offer a window into the workings of current American society. Series: Global Masculinities. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; APF; APFN; JFD; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
267
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349472048
ISBN
9781349472048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.54

paperback. This book seeks to address the question of how we should understand the impact of Mitt Romney's faith in the 2012 election. As the first Mormon to earn a presidential nomination from a major party, the book provides a comprehensive study of Romney's historic candidacy. Series: Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; HRAM; JPA; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2014
SKU
V9781349472017
ISBN
9781349472017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 118.34

Paperback. This edited collection presents a compilation of personal essays on the role of public higher education in the lives of fourteen social scientists who are graduates of the Graduate Center, the doctoral granting institution at the City University of New York, the nation's largest public urban university. Editor(s): Kim, R.; Gambs, Deborah S. Series: Critical Studies in Gender, Sexuality, and Culture. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ; JHB; JHBC; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349471980
ISBN
9781349471980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.54

Paperback. Scenic spectacles collapse the borders of graphic and visual arts, multimedia technology, spectatorship and architecture. Drawing upon various systems of commercial, institutional and public spectacle that intersect with scenic stages of the national landscape, Tenneriello examines how spectacle is entrenched in the formation of national identity. Num Pages: 328 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 421.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349471959
ISBN
9781349471959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 43.69

Paperback. After World War II, the AFL-CIO pursued an ambitious agenda of containing global communism and helping to throw off the shackles of colonialism. This sweeping collection brings together contributions from leading historians to explore its successes, challenges, and inevitable compromises as it pursued these initiatives during the Cold War. Editor(s): Waters, Robert Anthony,, Jr.; Goethem, Geert van. Num Pages: 313 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBL; HBTB; JHBL; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
313
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349471850
ISBN
9781349471850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 129.47

Paperback. Despite its modest size, the republic of Suriname is today the site of many distinctive processes of globalization. This intersectional study teases out the complex relationships among class, gender, and ethnic identity over the course of Suriname's modern history, from the capital city of Paramaribo to the country's resource-rich rainforest. Num Pages: 307 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBL; HBTB; HBTQ; JFF; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 41. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349471836
ISBN
9781349471836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 129.19

Paperback. Series: Politics and Development of Contemporary China. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JPS; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349471706
ISBN
9781349471706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.72

Paperback. This book defines the Korean development as the moral economy of growth derived from a synergy between strong state and strong society and argues that Confucian cultural orientation has played a critical role in the process. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349471683
ISBN
9781349471683
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 43.19

Paperback. Drawing on traditional archival research, reception theory, cultural histories of slumming, and recent work in critical theory on literary representations of poverty, Westgate argues that the productions of slum plays served as enactments of the emergent definitions of the slum and the corresponding ethical obligations involved therein. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AN; AS; HBTB; JFC; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349471669
ISBN
9781349471669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.84

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