Sociology & anthropology
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Sociology & anthropology
Hardcover. This book explores understandings and experiences of 'dirty work' - tasks or occupations that are seen as disgusting and degrading. It complicates the 'clean/dirty' divide in the context of organizations and work and illustrates some of the complex ways in which dirty work identities are managed. Editor(s): Simpson, Ruth; Slutskaya, Natasha; Lewis, Patricia; Hopfl, Heather. Series: Identity Studies in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 220 x 13. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230277137
- ISBN
- 9780230277137
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.76
€ 62.76
Hardcover. Although we associate the Third Reich above all with suffering, pain and fear, pleasure played a central role in its social and cultural dynamics. This book explores the relationship between the rationing of pleasures as a means of political stabilization and the pressure on the Nazi regime to cater to popular cultural expectations. Editor(s): Swett, Pamela E. (McMaster University, Ontario); Ross, Corey; DAlmeida, Fabrice. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBTB; HBWQ; JHBS; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 217 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition/First Printing
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230271685
- ISBN
- 9780230271685
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.08
€ 120.08
Hardcover. This book seeks to explore the development and policy implications of South-South migration, specifically with regard to the role and challenges for social policy. It examines the linkages and impact of migration on gender and care regimes, human resource flows, remittances, poverty, and political organizations by or for migrants. Editor(s): Hujo, Katja; Piper, Nicola. Series: Social Policy in a Development Context Series. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHBD; KC; RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230271586
- ISBN
- 9780230271586
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.10
€ 119.10
Hardcover. During the last decade, many European countries introduced extensive reforms to the way that income protection and activation programmes for the unemployed are implemented and delivered. This book analyzes and compares these reforms in nine European countries, focusing on the reforms programmes themselves, as well as on their effects. Editor(s): Berkel, Rik van; Sirovatka, Tomas; Graaf, Willibrord de. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; JKSB; JPB; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230252004
- ISBN
- 9780230252004
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.84
€ 62.84
Hardcover. A comprehensive, state-of-the-art reference collection, bringing together an authoritative and international line-up of scholars to examine key social and political issues related to the Olympics. An essential, 'one-stop' volume for a wide range of academics, students and researchers. Editor(s): Lenskyj, Helen Jefferson; Wagg, Stephen. Num Pages: 608 pages, 9 black & white tables, 1 figures. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JHBS; WSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1048.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230246539
- ISBN
- 9780230246539
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.39
€ 184.39
Hardcover. This book brings together a distinguished group of historians to explore the previously neglected relationship between nationalism and urban history. It reveals the contrasting experiences of nationalism in different societies and milieus. It will help historians to reassess the role of nationalism both inside and outside the nation state. Editor(s): Whyte, William; Zimmer, Oliver. Num Pages: 335 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JHBD; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230246287
- ISBN
- 9780230246287
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.15
€ 63.15
Hardcover. This edited collection uses the concept of 'displaying families' as a new way to understand contemporary family and personal life, addressing how, in a world of fluid relationships, family life must not only be 'done' but also be 'seen to be done'. Editor(s): Dermott, Esther; Seymour, Julie. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 246 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230246133
- ISBN
- 9780230246133
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.46
€ 119.46
Hardcover. This comprehensive, interdisciplinary collection, examines disability from a theoretical perspective, challenging views of disability that dominate mainstream thinking. Throughout, social theories of disability intersect with ideas associated with sex/gender, race/ethnicity, class and nation. Editor(s): Goodley, Dan; Hughes, Bill; Davis, Lennard J. Num Pages: 360 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFG; JFFJ; JHBA; LNTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 221 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230243255
- ISBN
- 9780230243255
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.94
€ 119.94
Hardcover. The transnationalism of ordinary lives threatens the stability of national identity and unsettles the framework of national histories and biography. This book takes mobility, not nation, as its frame, and captures a rich array of lives, from the elite to the subaltern, that have crossed national, racial and cartographic boundaries. Editor(s): Deacon, Desley; Russell, Penny; Woollacott, Angela. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Num Pages: 327 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBTB; JHBD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230238701
- ISBN
- 9780230238701
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.46
€ 130.46
Hardcover. This book provides a novel approach to unemployment as a contested political field in Europe and examines the impact of welfare state regimes, conceived as political opportunity structures specific to this field, public debates and collective mobilizations in unemployment politics. Editor(s): Giugni, Marco G. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFA; JHBL; JPW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490. Welfare States and Political Opportunities. 304 pages, 37 black & white tables, 1 figures. Editor(s): Giugni, Marco G. This book provides a novel approach to unemployment as a contested political field in Europe and examines the impact of welfare state regimes, conceived as political opportunity structures specific to this field, public debates and collective mobilizations in unemployment politics. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFA; JHBL; JPW. Dimension: 216 x 145 x 23. Weight: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230236165
- ISBN
- 9780230236165
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.84
€ 62.84
Hardcover. With an international line-up of contributors, this book examines challenges to racism in and through sport. It addresses the different agents of change in the context of wider socio-political shifts and explores issues of policy formation, practices in sport and anti-racism in sport, and the challenge to sport today. Editor(s): Long, Jonathan; Spracklen, Karl. Series: Global Culture and Sport Series. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JHBS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 488. Series: Global Culture and Sport Series. 300 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Long, Jonathan; Spracklen, Karl. With an international line-up of contributors, this book examines challenges to racism in and through sport. It addresses the different agents of change in the context of wider socio-political shifts and explores issues of policy formation, practices in sport and anti-racism in sport, and the challenge to sport today. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: JFSL1; JHBS. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 22. Weight: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230236158
- ISBN
- 9780230236158
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.84
€ 62.84
Hardcover. Intense globalization, rapidly changing workplaces and family patterns have renewed the international interest in quality of life. This book examines different institutional arrangements, work-place conditions and gendered work and care that affect the conditions for achieving quality of work and life in European countries. Editor(s): Back-Wiklund, Margareta; Van der Lippe, Tanja; Den Dulk, Laura; Doornie-Huskies, Anneke. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFC; JHBK; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230235113
- ISBN
- 9780230235113
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.70
€ 62.70
Hardcover. This collection examines ways in which modern literature responds to the body-at-war, examining the effects of violent conflict on the body in its literal and representative forms. Spanning literature from World War I to the present day, it includes essays on pacifist theatre, torture, fascist fantasies, and uniforms and masculinity. Editor(s): Rau, Petra. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230231528
- ISBN
- 9780230231528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.23
€ 62.23
Hardcover. Home/Front examines the gendered exploitation of labor in the household from a postmodern Marxian perspective. The authors of this volume use the anti-foundationalist Marxian economic theories first formulated by Stephen Resnick and Richard Wolff to explore power, domination, and exploitation in the modern household. Editor(s): Cassano, Graham. Num Pages: 332 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBA; JHBK; JHBL; JPFC; KCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230229266
- ISBN
- 9780230229266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.72
€ 119.72
Hardcover. What does it mean to say you're English, Scottish, British? Does it matter much to people? Has devolution and constitutional change made a difference to national identity? Does the future of the UK depend on whether or not people think they are British? Social and political scientists answer these questions vital to the future of the British state. Editor(s): Bechhofer, Frank; McCrone, David. Num Pages: 222 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHMC; JMH; JPFN; JPHC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230224117
- ISBN
- 9780230224117
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.64
€ 62.64
Hardcover. This book explores ethnographic studies of diagnostic work in diverse settings. Switching attention from product ('diagnosis') to process ('diagnosing'), it reveals the importance of collaborative, socio-material, technologically augmented practices, exploring the potential of the multi-disciplinary studies presented to inform innovation. Editor(s): Buscher, Monika; Goodwin, Dawn; Mesman, Jessica. Num Pages: 279 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHMP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230223288
- ISBN
- 9780230223288
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.33
€ 119.33
Paperback. Sociology and our sociological imaginations are having to confront new digital landscapes spanning mediated social relationships, practices and social structures. This volume assesses the substantive challenges faced by the discipline as it critically reassesses its position in the digital age. Editor(s): Orton-Johnson, Kate; Prior, Nick. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 black & white tables, 2 figures. BIC Classification: JFD; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 220 x 13. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2013 ed.
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230222830
- ISBN
- 9780230222830
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 107.95
€ 107.95
Hardcover. Sociology and our sociological imaginations are having to confront new digital landscapes spanning mediated social relationships, practices and social structures. This volume assesses the substantive challenges faced by the discipline as it critically reassesses its position in the digital age. Editor(s): Orton-Johnson, Kate; Prior, Nick. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230222823
- ISBN
- 9780230222823
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.85
€ 118.85
Hardcover. An examination of population movements, both forced and voluntary, within the broader context of Europe in the aftermath of the Second World War, in both Western and Eastern Europe. The authors bring to life problems of war and post-war chaos, and assess lasting social, political and demographic consequences. Editor(s): Reinisch, Jessica; White, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 379 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JHBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 27. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230222045
- ISBN
- 9780230222045
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.05
€ 120.05
Hardcover. This unique and original collection by internationally renowned scholars uses critical engagements with Zygmunt Bauman's sociology to understand the challenges that face globalized human societies at the start of the 21st century. Includes a concluding chapter by Bauman. Editor(s): Davis, Mark; Tester, Professor Keith. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230221345
- ISBN
- 9780230221345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.28
€ 62.28