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Hardcover. This book provides the first dedicated introduction to the cultural writings and analyses of the radical West Indian thinker C.L.R. James. It lays out James' account of the way in which games, books, music and film become a part of the politics and history of popular struggles. Num Pages: 181 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA; JHBS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230220218
- ISBN
- 9780230220218
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.98
€ 61.98
Hardcover. This book investigates the role and the impacts of armies and military regimes in the Middle East. It argues that one of the main causes of the slow and stagnated economic development in the region is high military expenditure perpetuated by strong grips of armies on the politics of the region. Num Pages: 183 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; JW; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230220171
- ISBN
- 9780230220171
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.13
€ 119.13
Hardcover. Why were so many late-nineteenth-century homosexuals passionate about the Italian Renaissance? This book answers that question by showing how the Victorian coupling of criminality with self-fashioning under the sign of the Renaissance provided queer intellectuals with an enduring model of ruthlessly permissive individualism. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 249 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: ACND; DSB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219977
- ISBN
- 9780230219977
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Moving Histories of Class and Community: Identity, Place and Belonging...
Rogaly, Ben, Taylor, Becky
Hardcover. 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: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFA; JFFN; JFSC; JFSG; JKS; YQH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219939
- ISBN
- 9780230219939
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Gender, Professions and Discourse: Early Twentieth-Century Women's Aut...
Christine Etherington-Wright
Hardcover. Analyzing ninety professional women's autobiographies from 1900-1920, the first part of this book concentrates on the endeavours of groups such as headmistresses, doctors, nurses, artists and writers to record their own lives, while the second part examines frontispiece photos, prefatory marginalia and the role of silences in autobiography. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219922
- ISBN
- 9780230219922
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.64
€ 62.64
Hardcover. This book presents the results of a new comparative research project on the trajectories, motivations, perceptions and attitudes of young members (aged 18-25) of 15 different European political parties in the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Norway and Hungary. The project combined a mass survey of 2919 young party members with 517 in-depth interviews. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JPA; JPB; JPHF; JPL; JPVH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219731
- ISBN
- 9780230219731
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.64
€ 62.64
Hardcover. What is the role of legislatures in the budget process? Do powerful assemblies give rise to pro-spending bias? This survey of legislative budgeting tackles these questions using cross-national data and case studies. It highlights the tension between legislative authority and prudent fiscal policy, exploring strategies for reconciliation. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DNS; 1HFMS; JPB; JPQB; KJMV1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219724
- ISBN
- 9780230219724
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.65
€ 118.65
Hardcover. A new account of voting between the First and Second Reform Bills, outlining a new interpretation of electoral behaviour, and emphasizing the links between individual electors and their social context. It also explores the consequences of these ideas for local political organization, suffragism, and the development of the party system. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JPHF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219656
- ISBN
- 9780230219656
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.34
€ 62.34
Hardcover. The Frontiers of Democracy offers a comprehensive examination of restrictions on the vote in democracies today. For the first time, the reasons for excluding people (prisoners, children, intellectually disabled, non-citizens) from the suffrage in contemporary societies is critically examined from the point of view of democratic theory. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPB; JPHF; JPHV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219632
- ISBN
- 9780230219632
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Hardcover. The Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats each allow their members to participate in the selection of the party leader. It also examines the consequences of all-member ballots in leadership elections. It looks at how parties remove leaders, showing that each of the major British parties sought to make it harder to evict incumbents. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JPHF; JPHL; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219618
- ISBN
- 9780230219618
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.67
€ 62.67
Paperback. In this 2nd edition the author has substantially revised his book throughout, updating the moral arguments and adding a chapter on animal minds. Importantly, rather than being a polemic on animal rights, this book is also a considered and imaginative evaluation of moral theory as explored through the issue of animal rights. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219458
- ISBN
- 9780230219458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.81
€ 66.81
Hardcover. In this 2nd edition the author has substantially revised his book throughout, updating the moral arguments and adding a chapter on animal minds. Importantly, rather than being a polemic on animal rights, this book is also a considered and imaginative evaluation of moral theory as explored through the issue of animal rights. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219441
- ISBN
- 9780230219441
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.56
€ 62.56
Hardcover. This book puts spirit back at the heart of spirituality. By exploring the everyday impacts of alternative spiritual beliefs and practices, the book examines contemporary spirituality and how critical social science can map and understand it. Num Pages: 240 pages, 11 figures. BIC Classification: HRLK; HRQM2; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219397
- ISBN
- 9780230219397
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.82
€ 62.82
Hardcover. This book focuses on the world's first publicly-funded body- the Criminal Cases Review Commission- to review alleged miscarriages of justice, set up following notorious cases such as the Birmingham Six in the UK. Providing a critique of its operations, the book shows that its help to innocent victims of wrongful conviction is merely incidental. Num Pages: 273 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; JKVF; LNFX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219380
- ISBN
- 9780230219380
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.82
€ 62.82
Hardcover. This book is an account of the history and continuation of plague as a potent metaphor since the disease ceased to be an epidemic threat in Western Europe, engaging with twentieth-century critiques of fascism, anti-Semitic rhetoric, the Oedipal legacy of psychoanalysis and its reception, and film spectatorship and the zombie genre. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DQ; DSA; DSB; DSG; JFCA; MJC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219342
- ISBN
- 9780230219342
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.57
€ 139.57
Hardcover. In this bold intervention into the understanding of the diasporic experience within cultural studies, McCarthy challenges a critical position emergent over the last thirty years (what he calls the 'new marginalism'). He confronts the liberal orthodoxies that prevail in this area, exposing contradictions in the thinking of its major theorists. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 167 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230218871
- ISBN
- 9780230218871
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.20
€ 62.20
Hardcover. Iosifidis considers the social, political, economic and technological changes arising from the globalization of the communications industries and assesses their impact on regulation and policy. Series: Palgrave Global Media Policy and Business. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230218796
- ISBN
- 9780230218796
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.40
€ 63.40
Paperback. In the 75th anniversary of CARA (Council for Assisting Refugee Academics), this book explores the experiences and achievements of refugee academics and their rescuers to recount Britain's past relationship with overseas victims of persecution, and as vital questions about our present-day attitudes towards immigration and asylum. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBJD1; HBLW; JFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230218789
- ISBN
- 9780230218789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.83
€ 41.83
Hardcover. This study of the Greek-Turkish Aegean dispute book shows that the dispute is resolvable and that the crux of the problem is not the incompatibility of interests but the mutual fears and suspicions, which are deeply rooted in historical memories, real or imagined. Series: New Perspectives on South-East Europe. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 1DVT; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230218567
- ISBN
- 9780230218567
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.46
€ 119.46
Hardcover. An analysis of the production and consumption of the communications of Make Poverty History, a high profile episode of social movement protest in the UK. The book follows the campaign throughout its lifetime and explores how attitudes towards government and political opportunities influenced the negotiation of communications. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFA; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230218550
- ISBN
- 9780230218550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.98
€ 62.98