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Hardcover. Geopiracy is a study of the 'Bowman expeditions'-a project through which geographers, with funding from the US Army, are mapping the 'human terrain' of foreign lands. Wainwright offers a critique of human geography today that draws on contemporary social theory to raise unsettling questions about the nature of geography's disciplinary formation. Num Pages: 122 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JPA; KCP; RGCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 309.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Number of pages
- 124
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137301734
- ISBN
- 9781137301734
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.64
€ 61.64
Paperback. Series: Elections, Voting, Technology. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHF; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137301703
- ISBN
- 9781137301703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 118.18
€ 118.18
Hardcover. Using a cultural approach to classical myths, this book examines how they affect psychoanalytic theory, historical experience, elite culture, popular culture, and everyday life. Berger explores diverse topics such as the Oedipus Myth, James Bond, Star Wars, and fairy tales. Num Pages: 143 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137301666
- ISBN
- 9781137301666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.56
€ 61.56
Hardcover. The first comparative study to examine the role of religion in the formation of Greek and Turkish nationalisms, this book argues that the shift to an increasingly religious paradigm in both countries can be explained in terms of the exigencies of consolidation and the need to appeal to grassroots elements and account for diversity. Num Pages: 164 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 1DVT; 3J; JPB; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137301192
- ISBN
- 9781137301192
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.95
€ 61.95
Paperback. This book considers psychoanalysis as an ethical enterprise, both on the level of the individual in analytic psychotherapy, and on the level of society in the global struggle for human and civil rights. Hadar examines the struggle against the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lives from a Lacanian psychoanalytical perspective. Series: Studies in the Psychosocial. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKS; JMAF; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- PALGRAVE
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137301086
- ISBN
- 9781137301086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.02
€ 37.02
Hardcover. This book seeks to re-define the role of fantasy in human life by overturning mainstream psychology's understanding of daydreams as being task-distracted mind wandering by proposing that all waking fantasies function to transform mood states into specific emotional reactions. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; JFCA; JMQ; JMR; JMTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137300768
- ISBN
- 9781137300768
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.82
€ 62.82
Hardcover. In the case City of Boerne v. Flores, the Supreme Court struck down the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993. Waltman offers the first book-length analysis of the act to show how this case contributes to an intense legal debate still ongoing today: Can and should the Supreme Court be the exclusive interpreter of the Constitution? Num Pages: 207 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; JPVH4; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137300638
- ISBN
- 9781137300638
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.57
€ 118.57
Hardcover. Using innovative empirical data, this book presents a unique approach to looking at moments, exploring the deeper meanings of why memories stand out and how they influence an individual's sense of self. Forrest challenges the privileged position of narrative coherence as the basis for healthy identity and formations of selfhood. Num Pages: 132 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBA; JMH; JMRM; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137300560
- ISBN
- 9781137300560
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.69
€ 61.69
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137300522
- ISBN
- 9781137300522
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.82
€ 62.82
Paperback. The authors trace out the development of capitalism and US imperialism in Latin America in the latest phase of this development, from the installation of the new world order of neoliberal globalization in the early 1980s to the present when US imperialism is held at bay, neoliberalism is in decline, and capitalism is in crisis. Series: Social Movements and Transformation. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFF; JPFK; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137300119
- ISBN
- 9781137300119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.00
€ 62.00
Democracy in the Age of Globalization and Mediatization (Challenges to...
Kriesi, Hanspeter, Bochsler, Daniel, Matthes,...
Paperback. This book provides comprehensive coverage of the models of contemporary democracy; its social, cultural, economic and political prerequisites; its empirically existing varieties and its two major challenges - globalization and mediatization. The book also covers the global spread of democracy and its spread into supranational democracies. Series: Challenges to Democracy in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures, graphs. BIC Classification: JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137299864
- ISBN
- 9781137299864
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 118.43
€ 118.43
Democracy in the Age of Globalization and Mediatization (Challenges to...
Kriesi, Hanspeter, Bochsler, Daniel, Matthes,...
Hardcover. This book provides comprehensive coverage of the models of contemporary democracy; its social, cultural, economic and political prerequisites; its empirically existing varieties and its two major challenges - globalization and mediatization. The book also covers the global spread of democracy and its spread into supranational democracies. Series: Challenges to Democracy in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137299857
- ISBN
- 9781137299857
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.99
€ 118.99
Hardback. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFGR; HRA; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 219 x 20. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137299727
- ISBN
- 9781137299727
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.46
€ 62.46
Hardcover. This dynamic collection of essays by international film scholars and classicists addresses the provocative representation of sexuality in the ancient world on screen. A critical reader on approaches used to examine sexuality in classical settings, contributors use case studies from films and television series spanning from the 1920s to the present. Editor(s): Cyrino, Monica S. Num Pages: 290 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 3D; APFA; APFN; JFC; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 221 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2013 ed.
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137299598
- ISBN
- 9781137299598
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.13
€ 119.13
Hardcover. Looking at a century of American theatre, McDaniel investigates how race-based notions of maternal performance become sites of resistance to cultural and political hierarchies. This book considers how the construction of mothering as universally women's work obscures additional, equally constructed subdivisions based in race and class. Series: What is Theatre?. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AN; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 220 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137299567
- ISBN
- 9781137299567
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 43.83
€ 54.99
€ 43.83
Hardcover. Through ethnographical cases, this book examines the ways in which social groups position themselves between cultures, states, moralities, and local/state authorities, creating opportunities for agency. Alternative spaces designate in-between spaces rather than oppositional structures and are both inside and outside their constituent elements. Editor(s): Dahl, Jens. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFM; JFSS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137299536
- ISBN
- 9781137299536
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. Defying the general belief that American citizenship is in decline, Sanford claims that Generation X is actually taking positions of civic leadership and authority as Baby Boomers retire. By exploring traditional instruments of social capital, civic culture and political science, she attempts to make us understand this maligned generation better. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137299277
- ISBN
- 9781137299277
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Hardcover. Beginning with the premise that democracies are often deeply implicated in their own downfall, The Theory of Democide challenges the conventional view of how and why democracies collapse by demonstrating that democratic collapse is often a direct result of the inherent logic of democracy itself. Series: The Theories, Concepts and Practices of Democracy. Num Pages: 104 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPHC; JPHV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 13. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 106
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137298683
- ISBN
- 9781137298683
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.51
€ 61.51
Paperback. Benjamin K. Sovacool applies concepts from justice and ethics theory to contemporary energy problems, and illustrates particular solutions to those problems with examples and case studies from around the world. Series: Energy, Climate and the Environment. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFM; RNA; RNFY; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 218 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137298652
- ISBN
- 9781137298652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 129.19
€ 129.19
Hardcover. How do state institutions reform themselves in the face of outside pressures? This study undertakes an in-depth analysis of the institutional and human rights reform process within the Turkish National Police, which faces pressure from the EU as part of Turkey's EU membership process, and examines the challenges and consequences of the process. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVT; JKSW1; JPS; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 224 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137298096
- ISBN
- 9781137298096
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.84
€ 61.84