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Paperback. Drawing on interviews and fieldwork in Kuwait and throughout the Arabian Peninsula, this book explores what cultural elites in the Arab Gulf region have to say about women's political and cultural rights and how their faith is or is not related to their politics. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBX; HRH; JFFK; JFSR2; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137484772
- ISBN
- 9781137484772
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Condition: New
€ 71.51
€ 71.51
Hardback. What are the functions of optimism in modern societies? How is hope culturally transmitted? What values and attitudes does it reflect? This book explores how and why powerful institutions propagate 'cultures of optimism' in different domains, such as politics, work, the family, religion and psychotherapy. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 435.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137484802
- ISBN
- 9781137484802
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This interdisciplinary study explores the interaction between memory and transitional justice in post-dictatorship Argentina and Uruguay and develops a theoretical framework for bringing these two fields of study together through the concept of critical junctures. Series: Memory Politics and Transitional Justice. Num Pages: 335 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 1KLSU; JFF; JPA; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137485007
- ISBN
- 9781137485007
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Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Economic Development Strategies and the Evolution of Violence in Latin...
. Ed(S): Ascher, William; Mirovitskaya, Natal...
Paperback. This collection of case studies explains the pathways between development patterns, economic strategies, and violence in Latin America. Editor(s): Ascher, William; Mirovitskaya, Natalia. Series: Politics, Economics, and Inclusive Development. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFFE; JP; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137485014
- ISBN
- 9781137485014
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Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Antecedents of Censuses from Medieval to Nation States
Emigh, Rebecca Jean; Riley, Dylan; Ahmed, Pat...
Hardcover. Antecedents of Censuses From Medieval to Nation States, the first of two volumes, examines the influence of social formations on censuses from the medieval period through current times. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 figures, 3 tables. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBC; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137485021
- ISBN
- 9781137485021
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Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Changes in Censuses from Imperialist to Welfare States
Emigh, Rebecca Jean; Riley, Dylan; Ahmed, Pat...
Hardcover. Changes in Censuses from Imperialist to Welfare States, the second of two volumes, uses historical and comparative methods to analyze censuses or census-like information in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Italy, starting in England over one-thousand years ago. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 tables, 1 figures. BIC Classification: JHBC; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137485052
- ISBN
- 9781137485052
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Condition: New
€ 127.88
€ 127.88
Rethinking Readiness in Early Childhood Education: Implications for Po...
Iorio, Jeanne Marie, Parnell, Will
Hardcover. This book challenges traditional conceptions of readiness in early childhood education by sharing concrete examples of practice, policy and histories that rethink readiness. This book seeks to reimagine possible new educational worlds for young children. Editor(s): Borch, Karl. Series: Critical Cultural Studies of Childhood. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNF; JNLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137485113
- ISBN
- 9781137485113
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Condition: New
€ 155.26€ 125.07
€ 155.26
€ 125.07
Hardcover. Chinese artists, activists, and netizens are pioneering a new order of pornographic representation that is in critical dialogue with global entertainment media. Jacobs examines the role of sex-positive feminists and queer communities to investigate pornography's "afterglow" (a state of crisis and decay within digital culture). Num Pages: 216 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFC; JFMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137485175
- ISBN
- 9781137485175
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Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Paperback. Drawing from a wide spectrum of disciplines, the essays in this collection examine in different national contexts the consequences of the "Latin American multicultural turn" in Afro Latino social movements of the past two decades. Editor(s): Rahier, Jean. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFSL3; JHMC; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137485182
- ISBN
- 9781137485182
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Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Hardcover. Violent Neoliberalism explores the complex unfolding relationship between neoliberalism and violence. Employing a series of theoretical dialogues on development, discourse and dispossession Cambodia, this study sheds significant empirical light on the vicious implications of free market ideology and practice. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMC; JFFE; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137485328
- ISBN
- 9781137485328
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Condition: New
€ 66.44
€ 66.44
Hardcover. This project is an attempt to bring together the many fragments of history concerning the Yoruba religious community and their rise to prominence in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, from the mid-nineteenth to the late-twentieth centuries. Series: Afro-Latin@ Diasporas. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRKT; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137485380
- ISBN
- 9781137485380
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Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Marx and Engels's "German ideology" Manuscripts: Presentation and Anal...
Carver, Terrell, Blank, Daniel
Hardcover. This work presents a wholly original translation and philosophical analysis of the two authors' rough work in the so-called 'Feuerbach' chapter. Series: Marx, Engels, and Marxisms. Num Pages: 389 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 736.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137485434
- ISBN
- 9781137485434
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Condition: New
€ 68.45
€ 68.45
New Institutions for Participatory Democracy in Latin America: Voice a...
Cameron, Maxwell A., Hershberg, Eric, Sharpe,...
Paperback. This volume describes and analyzes the proliferation of new mechanisms for participation in Latin American democracies and considers the relationship between direct participation and the consolidation of representative institutions based on more traditional electoral conceptions of democracy. Editor(s): Hershberg, Eric. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JM; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137485465
- ISBN
- 9781137485465
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Condition: New
€ 66.32
€ 66.32
Hardcover. This book attributes American poverty to consequences 19th Century social welfare policies within an economy stretching to meet its 21st Century economic potential, arguing that American poverty persists as economic and political structures have moved into the world of fiscal planning but social welfare remains in its Depression-era structure. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137485472
- ISBN
- 9781137485472
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Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardback. This book investigates an African diaspora Christian community in Calgary, Alberta, and explores the ways in which the church's beliefs and practices impact the lives of its migrant congregation. In particular, it reveals the church's pronounced concern with the utility of the Prosperity Gospel and Holy Spirit Power. Series: Religion and Global Migrations. Num Pages: 112 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1K; H; J. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 297.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137485489
- ISBN
- 9781137485489
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Condition: New
€ 65.90
€ 65.90
Hardcover. This book introduces key issues and historical contexts in critical discursive research in psychology. It sets out methodological steps for critical readings of texts, arguments that can be made for qualitative research in academic settings, and arguments that could be made against it by critical psychologists. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFG; JMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Second Edition, New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137485595
- ISBN
- 9781137485595
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Condition: New
€ 128.17
€ 128.17
Hardcover. Inverting the traditional focus of ethnic studies on blackness as the object of scrutiny, this book explores dominant forms of white masculinity as seen by African American authors placed alongside certain white writers. Author analyzes texts by Herman Melville, Ernest Hemingway, Martha Gellhorn, Frederick Douglass, and James Baldwin. Series: Global Masculinities. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137485601
- ISBN
- 9781137485601
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Paperback. Significantly updated and expanded, this indispensable resource offers students and scholars alike real advice in navigating the ever-changing academic landscape. Offering practical guidance on graduate school, dissertation-writing, job interviews, promotions, retirement, publications, conferences, and so much more, this is the essential resource. Editor(s): Hunt, Mary E.; Ali, Kecia. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 234 x 9. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137485731
- ISBN
- 9781137485731
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Condition: New
€ 66.26
€ 66.26
Hardcover. Performing Punk is a rich exploration of subcultural contrasts and similarities among punks. By investigating how punk is made, for whom, and in opposition to what, this book takes the reader on a journey through the lesser-known aspects of the punk subculture. Series: Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AVGU; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137485915
- ISBN
- 9781137485915
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Condition: New
€ 66.70
€ 66.70
hardcover. Series: The Cultural and Social Foundations of Education. Num Pages: 136 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNM; JNQ; JNV; YQT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137485946
- ISBN
- 9781137485946
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.48
€ 72.48