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Paperback. An examination of what it means for various groups of Chinese to claim their "Chineseness." Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2G; DSA; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349532902
- ISBN
- 9781349532902
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This book addresses the gendered political authority in Sierra Leone, a relatively unknown topic, and looks at the part it plays in women's history, political history, political transformation in Africa, and global women's political leadership. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJH; JFC; JFSJ; JFSL; JHB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349286775
- ISBN
- 9781349286775
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Condition: New
€ 66.34
€ 66.34
Paperback. This is an in-depth look at the biomedical, socio-cultural, economic, legal and political, and educational vulnerabilities faced by the population that is most vulnerable to the risk of contracting HIV/AIDS: African women. Num Pages: 326 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JFF; JHB; JHM; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349539581
- ISBN
- 9781349539581
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.15
€ 67.15
Hardback. The contributors investigate the inter-relationships between migrant remittances and the family in Asia. They argue that, in the context of Asian transnational labour migration where remittances tend to become a primary currency of care, the making or breaking of the family unit is mainly contingent on how individuals handle remittance processes. Editor(s): Hoang, Lan Anh; Yeoh, Brenda (National University of Singapore). Series: Anthropology, Change and Development. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 black & white tables, 8 charts. BIC Classification: 1F; GTF; JFFN; JHBK; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137506856
- ISBN
- 9781137506856
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.41
€ 128.41
Paperback. This work contributes to the development of a theoretical context of the politics of truth about animals. By applying and extending Foucault's theory of power, this work uncovers dominant and subjugated discourses about animals and describes power-knowledge associated with statements about animals that are understood to convey true things. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Num Pages: 181 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 181
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349328420
- ISBN
- 9781349328420
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.53
€ 65.53
Hardback. Macrocomparative researchers use a variety of methodological approaches. This book features analyses of a single substantive topic, comparative employment performance in affluent countries, using three of the most common macrocomparative techniques: pooled cross-section time-series regression, qualitative comparative analysis, and small-N analysis. Editor(s): Kenworthy, Lane; Hicks, Professor Alexander. Series: ECPR Research Methods. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 673.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 342
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230202573
- ISBN
- 9780230202573
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.37
€ 68.37
Paperback. Tracing the history of Western and Arab fascination with Egypt through spurious hunts for lost civilizations and the new economic disparities brought about by the oil industry, this title describes the ways in which moments of cultural contact, driven by tourism and labour migration, become eye-opening opportunities for defining self and other. Num Pages: 296 pages, 49 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1F; 1HBE; GTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 168 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780292717022
- ISBN
- 9780292717022
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.79
€ 31.99
€ 28.79
Paperback. Contemporary life in most nation-states is not truly cultural, but rather "culture-like," especially in large-scale societies. Beginning with a distinction between special events and everyday life, Lewis examines fundamental events including play, ritual, work, and carnival and connects personal embodied habits and large-scale cultural practices. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS; JFC; JHB; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349465927
- ISBN
- 9781349465927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.53
€ 65.53
Paperback. There has been a widespread fascination with age-dissimilar couples in recent years. This book examines how the romantic relationships of these couples are understood. Based on qualitative research, McKenzie investigates notions of autonomy, relatedness, contradiction, and change in age-dissimilar relationships and romantic love. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ; JHB; JHBK; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349496099
- ISBN
- 9781349496099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.82
€ 65.82
Paperback. How can European societies more effectively promote the active engagement of immigrants and their children in the political and civic life of the countries where they live? This book examines the effect of migrants' individual attributes and resources, their social capital and the political opportunities on their political integration. Editor(s): Morales, L.; Giugni, M. Series: Migration, Minorities & Citizenship. Num Pages: 344 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSL; JHB; JHM; JPA; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349318797
- ISBN
- 9781349318797
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Hardcover. This text proposes new theoretical and practical solutions for tackling the widespread social exclusion faced by people diagnosed mentally ill. Based on research in the US and UK, and with reference to elsewhere, it analyzes evidence of discrimination and the effectiveness of different remedies. Num Pages: 288 pages, references. BIC Classification: JFFG; JHBC; MBPK; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 468. "Includes bibliographical references and index. Commissioning organisation: Liz Sayce. viii, 280 p. ill. 23 cm. Paperback. As new." Keywords: "Subjects - Health, Family & Lifestyle - Medical & Healthcare Practitioners - General Medical Issues - Health Systems & Services - Mental Health Services,Subjects - Health, Family & Lifestyle - Medical"
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan Dublin, Ireland
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 2000th Edition
- SKU
- KEX0166599
- ISBN
- 9780333698891
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 71.31
€ 71.31
Paperback. Examining the interplay between geopolitics, the strategic priorities of Europe's most powerful nations, Britain, Germany and France, and the evolution of NATO and CSDP, this book unveils the mechanics of the tension between conflict and cooperation that lies at the heart of European security politics. Series: The European Union in International Affairs. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA; JPS; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349440030
- ISBN
- 9781349440030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
Paperback. Drawing on qualitative interviews with forty middle-class mothers living in Northern Ireland and the US, this book explores the strategies women adopt, as they take on and creatively re-make motherhood in ways which allow them to cope. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSP; JHBK; JMS; JPQB; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349367924
- ISBN
- 9781349367924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This book analyzes the political and material conditions driving contemporary border control policies and discusses the processes that mediate popular and official understandings of border-related fatalities. Series: Transnational Crime, Crime Control and Security. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFFN; JHB; JKV; JKVM; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 409.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349319855
- ISBN
- 9781349319855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.97
€ 66.97
Paperback. The popular imagination of marriage migration has been influenced by stories of marriage of convenience, of forced marriage, trafficking and of so-called mail-order brides. This book presents a uniquely global view of an expanding field that challenges these and other stereotypes of cross-border marriage. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSL; JHBK; JKSN; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349304141
- ISBN
- 9781349304141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.16
€ 66.16
Paperback. Editor(s): Janssen, L.H. Series: Tilburg Studies on Development Research. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 311.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1975
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401167871
- ISBN
- 9789401167871
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.04
€ 66.04
The Far East Comes Near: Autobiographical Accounts of South-east Asian...
L.Nguyen-Hong- Nhiem (Ed.)
Paperback. Editor(s): Nhiem, L.Nguyen-Hong-; Halpern, J.M. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363. Good clean copy showing light shelf and reading wear, remains a nice copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- SKU
- KSG0011330
- ISBN
- 9780870236723
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. This book, for the first time, brings Niklas Luhmann's work into dialogue with other theoretical positions, including Lacan, Derrida, Deleuze, gender studies, bioethics, translation, ANT, eco-theories and complexity theory. Editor(s): Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos, Andreas. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFSJ; JHB; JHBA; JPA; LAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 295
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349436989
- ISBN
- 9781349436989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.30
€ 66.30
Hardcover. This book analyzes the everyday lives of labour migrants in a rapidly developing city-state. Using the emirate of Dubai as a case study, Migrant Dubai shows that even within highly restrictive mobility regimes, marginalized migrants find ways to cope with structural inequalities and quotidian modes of discrimination. Series: Global Diversities. Num Pages: 264 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FBXU; JFFN; JFSL1; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137450173
- ISBN
- 9781137450173
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.67
€ 116.67
Hardback. Compares a range of case studies from around the world in order to clarify the conditions under which and institutions through which economic, social, and cultural rights are progressively realized in practice. Editor(s): Haglund, LaDawn; Stryker, Robin. Num Pages: 392 pages, 13 Tables, 7 Maps, 15 Charts/Figures, 6 Appendix, 1 Box. BIC Classification: JFFM; JHB; JPVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 32. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520283091
- ISBN
- 9780520283091
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.77€ 58.34
€ 74.77
€ 58.34