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Hardback. The contributors highlight alternative imaginaries and social forces harnessing new organizational and political forms to counter and displace dominant strategies of rule. They suggest that to address intensifying economic, ecological and ethical crises far more effective, legitimate and far-sighted forms of global governance are required. Editor(s): Gill, Stephen. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137441393
- ISBN
- 9781137441393
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. Through an empirical inquiry into three categories of offending women, Offending Women in Contemporary China: Gender and Pathways into Crime explores the socioeconomic conditions that facilitate womens' pathways into crime, and examines the interplay between gender, class, rapid social changes and female law-breaking in neoliberal China. Series: Palgrave Advances in Criminology and Criminal Justice in Asia. Num Pages: 142 pages, 7 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFSC; JFSJ1; JFSL3; JKVC; JKVQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 144 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137441430
- ISBN
- 9781137441430
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.14
€ 66.14
Hardcover. Certain 19th Century presidencies contrast common perceptions of the office's authority and strength. These presidents were a strong group and were anything but insignificant. They fought substantial battles with Congress, and often won. This book seeks to provide more substantive analysis of maligned presidencies, and the legacies left behind. Series: The Evolving American Presidency. Num Pages: 154 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 181 x 20. Weight in Grams: 342.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137441492
- ISBN
- 9781137441492
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.26
€ 66.26
Hardcover. The world of political communication is morphing almost constantly into new areas and realities. Online-only news, Web 2.0 user-created content, hyperlocal news, and the rise of the Twittersphere have all contributed to an ever-changing media environment. Communicating Politics Online captures the constant change of new online media. Num Pages: 132 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTC; JFD; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137441508
- ISBN
- 9781137441508
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.90
€ 65.90
Hardcover. Drawing on court records from London and the South West, Sexual Forensics in Victorian and Edwardian England explores medical roles in trials for sexual offences. Its focus on sexual maturity, a more flexible concept than the legal age of consent, enables histories of sexual crime to be seen in a new light. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD1; JFFE2; JKVF1; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 220 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137441706
- ISBN
- 9781137441706
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.66
€ 138.66
hardcover. Drawing on the role of the individual adult, education and training institutions and countries' social policy actions, and borrowing insights from psychology, sociology and economics, this book presents an interdisciplinary theory exploring why adults do or do not participate in lifelong learning activities. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137441829
- ISBN
- 9781137441829
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSJ2; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 437.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137441850
- ISBN
- 9781137441850
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.55
€ 116.55
Hardcover. Using each chapter to juxtapose works by one female and one male Spanish writer, Gender and Modernity in Spanish Literature: 1789-1920 explores the concept of Spanish modernity. Issues explored include the changing roles of women, the male hysteric, and the mother and Don Juan figure. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137442031
- ISBN
- 9781137442031
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Paperback. In recent years children have become an increasingly important consumer market, and there is growing concern about the 'commercialisation' of childhood. This book, now in paperback, offers new empirical data and challenging critical perspectives on children's engagement with consumer culture from a wide range of international settings. Editor(s): Buckingham, David; Tingstad, Vebjorg. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 black & white tables, 2 figures. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFT; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137442222
- ISBN
- 9781137442222
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
hardcover. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DS; HBJD1; JFSJ; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137442321
- ISBN
- 9781137442321
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.78
€ 161.78
Hardcover. In 1940, the USSR occupied and annexed Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, leading to calls by many that the Soviets had violated international law. This book examines British, US, and Soviet policies toward the Baltic states, placing the true significance of the Baltic question in its proper geopolitical context. Series: The World of the Roosevelt's. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBLW; HBTW; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137442369
- ISBN
- 9781137442369
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Hardcover. The book analyzes the struggle of African Americans to gain access and equity in higher education in the United States. It chronicles some of the history prior to court ordered segregation and traces the mandate to desegregate by following the Adams v. Richardson (1973) case, which ordered the dismantling of dual systems of higher education. Num Pages: 159 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNA; JNFR; JNKP; JNKS; JNMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 219 x 19. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137442574
- ISBN
- 9781137442574
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.29
€ 66.29
Hardcover. Rosenfeld deconstructs how the information revolution has reshaped identity, rights, and responsibilities, and how schools respond and should respond to these changes. Series: New Frontiers in Education, Culture and Politics. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNF; JNKC; JNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137442598
- ISBN
- 9781137442598
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.37€ 46.83
€ 53.37
€ 46.83
Hardcover. Bringing together sociology of the body with powerful examinations of educational theory and social class, Henry examines how children's experiences of school and pedagogy are shaped by their bodies and the ideas of social class and class identity that their bodies carry. Series: The Cultural and Social Foundations of Education. Num Pages: 138 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSC; JNH; JNKS; JNLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 329.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137442628
- ISBN
- 9781137442628
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.37€ 46.32
€ 53.37
€ 46.32
The School Choice Journey: School Vouchers and the Empowerment of Urba...
Stewart, Thomas, Wolf, Patrick J.
Hardcover. This in-depth chronicle of 110 families in Washington, DC's Opportunity Scholarship Program provides a realistic look at how urban families experience the process of using school choice vouchers and transform from government clients to consumers of education and active citizens. Series: Education Policy. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBFC; JNF; JNKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137442659
- ISBN
- 9781137442659
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Disaster, Death and the Emotions in the Shadow of the Apocalypse, 1400...
. Ed(S): Spinks, Jennifer; Zika, Charles
Hardback. Editor(s): Spinks, Jennifer; Zika, Charles. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Emotions. Num Pages: 386 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, 37 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3J; HBJD; HBTB; JFFC; JMQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 26. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 386
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137442703
- ISBN
- 9781137442703
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.87
€ 162.87
Hardcover. The small unpopulated islands in the East China Sea that the Chinese call the Diaoyu and the Japanese call the Senkaku, have long been a source of contention. This volume will undertake an examination of the controversy as it plays out in legacy and new social media in China, Japan, and the West. Editor(s): Hollihan, Thomas A. Series: The Palgrave MacMillan Series in International Political Communication. Num Pages: 324 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 1QSP; JFFS; JPR; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137443359
- ISBN
- 9781137443359
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardback. Wayne Hope highlights the incessant conflicts between real-time and clock time, presentism and temporality, coevalness and allochronism within global capitalism. He argues that these pervade global media, finance, political economies, workplaces and everyday life, and were central to the 2008 financial crisis. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JMC; GTC; JPA; KCP; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137443458
- ISBN
- 9781137443458
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Hardcover. Reflecting on the relationship between memory, power, and national identity, this book examines the complex reactions of the people of the Caribbean to the 500th anniversary of Columbus's discovery of the New World. Viala analyzes the ways in which Columbus became a reservoir of metaphors to confront anxieties of the present with myths of the past. Series: New Caribbean Studies. Num Pages: 292 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137443748
- ISBN
- 9781137443748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. This book analyzes how strategic intelligence can support decision-makers in national policing organizations to anticipate transnational organized crime (TOC). The authors examine case studies from Australia, Canada and the UK, and argue for the development of empirically-grounded intelligence theory to aid the policy process and law enforcement. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; JKV; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 218 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137443878
- ISBN
- 9781137443878
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.48
€ 66.48