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Paperback. Was Salman Rushdie right to have written The Satanic Verses? Were the protestors right to have done so? What about the Danish cartoons? This book examines the moral questions raised by cultural controversies, and how intercultural dialogue might be generated within multicultural societies. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM2; HRH; JFMD; JPVH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137471673
- ISBN
- 9781137471673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Paperback. How is The Simpsons a satirical artwork engaged with important social, political, and cultural issues? Henry offers the first comprehensive understanding of the show as a satire and explores the ways in which The Simpsons participates in the so-called "culture war" debates taking place in American society. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: APT; JFDT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 484.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 307
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137471789
- ISBN
- 9781137471789
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Condition: New
€ 72.66
€ 72.66
The Revised European Neighbourhood Policy. Continuity and Change in EU...
. Ed(S): Bouris, Dimitris; Schumacher, Tobias
Hardback. Editor(s): Bouris, Dimitris; Schumacher, Tobias. Num Pages: 306 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JPSN2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 218 x 25. Weight in Grams: 560.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137471819
- ISBN
- 9781137471819
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Condition: New
€ 194.48
€ 194.48
Hardcover. The author aims to develop conceptual refining and theoretical reframing of the productivist welfare capitalism thesis in order to address a set of questions concerning whether and how productivist welfarism has experienced both continuity and change in East Asia. Num Pages: 183 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FP; JKSB; JPRB; KCM; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137471840
- ISBN
- 9781137471840
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Condition: New
€ 66.38
€ 66.38
Faith, Secularism, and Humanitarian Engagement: Finding the Place of R...
Ager, Alastair, Ager, Joey
Hardcover. Strengthening local humanitarian engagement demands not only rethinking dominant understandings of religion, but also revisiting the principles and practices of humanitarianism. This book articulates key aspects of the 'transborder discourse' necessary for humanitarian dialogue in the 21st century. Series: Religion and Global Migrations. Num Pages: 131 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 15. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137472137
- ISBN
- 9781137472137
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.80
€ 115.80
Hardcover. The book presents interpretations of culture, health, politics, and religion in Sweden today, Sweden transforms from the well-functioning but existentially bland economic wonder to a more fragmented and gloomy society. Contributors include scholars from film studies, literary studies, political science, religious studies and theology Editor(s): Demker, Marie; Leffler, Yvonne; Sigurdson, Ola; Wolff, Janet. Num Pages: 205 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DNS; HRA; JFC; MBP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137472229
- ISBN
- 9781137472229
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.32
€ 66.32
Hardcover. Class-based self-perception is a rising issue worldwide. Through observation in kindergartens in Fiji, Brison examines how schools instil these ideas in Suva children. Teachers have different goals depending on the social background of the families while students create friendships through shared experience of toys, gender roles, and mass media. Series: Culture, Mind and Society. Num Pages: 213 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1MKLF; JFSC; JHMC; JNLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137472267
- ISBN
- 9781137472267
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Hardcover. Offering a dialogue between anthropology and literature, culture, and media, this book presents fine-grained ethnographic vignettes of monsters dwelling in the contemporary world. These monsters hail from Aboriginal Australia, the Pacific, Asia, and Europe, and their presence is inextricably intertwined with the lives of those they haunt. Editor(s): Musharbash, Yasmine; Presterudstuen, Geir Henning. Num Pages: 237 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1M; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137472793
- ISBN
- 9781137472793
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.52
€ 127.52
Hardback. Num Pages: 87 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JNFR; JNKD; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 11. Weight in Grams: 247.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 87
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137472861
- ISBN
- 9781137472861
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. Editor(s): Harrington, Stephen. Series: Palgrave Entertainment Industries. Num Pages: 252 pages, 14 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; KNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137472892
- ISBN
- 9781137472892
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.40
€ 150.40
Hardback. Editor(s): Mattei, Paola. Num Pages: 237 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137472984
- ISBN
- 9781137472984
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.57
€ 127.57
Professional Learning, Induction and Critical Reflection
Henderson, Robyn; Noble, Karen; Warner, Malco...
Hardback. How should a teacher be taught? This book suggests that it is necessary to move away from the highly technicist and one-size-fits-all approaches to teaching in order to instil confidence throughout a teacher's training. Instead a pedagogy of induction should engage the student in their profession from the outset of their studies. Num Pages: 135 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JMRL; JNMT; JNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 135
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137473011
- ISBN
- 9781137473011
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Condition: New
€ 66.08
€ 66.08
Hardcover. This study offers an analysis of the UK's current economic policy options and a plan for improving life for ordinary citizens via a sensible and realistic understanding of governments' limited ability to manage economic performance. It provides a manifesto which political parties could immediately adopt to make life better for all. Num Pages: 119 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPQB; KCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137473042
- ISBN
- 9781137473042
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.96
€ 65.96
Hardcover. The Bologna Process has significantly shaped recent higher education policies across Europe but the impact of the social dimension has been neglected. This book provides an overview of the major Bologna reforms and through a cross-country comparative study discusses whether this social aspect can ever successfully be incorporated into policy. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JNF; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137473134
- ISBN
- 9781137473134
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardcover. Given the reality of China's economic development and urbanization, this book studies the development of the private sector and the process of regional urbanization in the Yangtze River Delta region to provide a path for new urbanization throughout China. Num Pages: 260 pages, 14 black & white tables, 27 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSG; KCG; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137473264
- ISBN
- 9781137473264
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.90
€ 127.90
Hardback. This book uses the case studies of Adolf Hitler, Mao Zedong, Fidel Castro, and Hugo Chavez in order to introduce the concept of revolutionary totalitarian personality, and to show that this type of personality is decisive in choosing a totalitarian regime-building project and in shaping the ensuing totalitarian process. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JMS; JPA; JPF; JPHX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 405.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 203
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137473479
- ISBN
- 9781137473479
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.34
€ 116.34
Environmental Justice and Urban Resilience in the Global South
. Ed(S): Allen, Adriana; Griffin, Liza; Johns...
Hardback. Editor(s): Allen, Adriana; Griffin, Liza; Johnson, Cassidy. Num Pages: 264 pages, 29 black & white illustrations, 31 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137473530
- ISBN
- 9781137473530
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 206.63
€ 206.63
Hardback. Filip Vostal examines the changing nature of academic time, and analyzes the 'will to accelerate' that has emerged as a significant cultural and structural force in knowledge production. Series: Palgrave Studies in Science, Knowledge and Policy. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNKH; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137473592
- ISBN
- 9781137473592
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 205.07
€ 205.07
Hardback. This study seeks to explain the impact of historical narratives on the inclusiveness and pluralism of citizenship models. Drawing on comparative historical analysis of two post-imperial core countries, Turkey and Austria, it explores how narrative forms operate to support or constrain citizenship models. Num Pages: 179 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1DVT; HBJD; HBTQ; JPB; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 179
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137473653
- ISBN
- 9781137473653
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.29
€ 66.29
Hardcover. Radical Environmentalism: Nature, Identity and More-than-human Agency provides a unique account of environmentalism - one that highlights the voices of activists and the nature they defend. It will be of interest to both students and academics in green criminology, environmental sociology and nature-human studies more broadly. Series: Palgrave Studies in Green Criminology. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JKV; RNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137473776
- ISBN
- 9781137473776
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.41
€ 66.41