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Hardcover. Informed by in-depth case studies focusing on a wide spectrum of micro and macro post-socialist realities, this book demonstrates the multi-faceted nature of informality and suggests that it is a widely diffused phenomenon, used at all levels of a society and by both winners and losers of post-socialist transition. Editor(s): Morris, Jeremy; Polese, Abel; Trotter, David. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; JHMC; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 491 x 189 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137483065
- ISBN
- 9781137483065
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.35
€ 67.35
Hardcover. As death rates continue to rise, this collection brings together scholars engaged in policy associated with death to analyse the challenges these trends present. Examining a range of issues including inheritance, palliative care, euthanasia, funeral costs and marginalised deaths, this unique volumes portrays how death factors in social policy. Editor(s): Foster, Liam; Woodthorpe, Kate. Num Pages: 216 pages, 2 figures, 4 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFFH; JFME; JHBZ; JKSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137484895
- ISBN
- 9781137484895
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.62
€ 66.62
Hardcover. This collection analyzes shifting relationships between gender and labour in post-Fordist times. Contingency creates a sexual contract in which attachments to work, mothering, entrepreneurship and investor subjectivity are the new regulatory ideals for women over a range of working arrangements, and across classed and raced dimensions. Editor(s): Adkins, Lisa; Dever, Maryanne. Num Pages: 232 pages, 3 black & white tables, 1 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137495532
- ISBN
- 9781137495532
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.59
€ 149.59
Hardcover. What is a human being? Philosophical anthropology has approached this question with unusual sophistication, experimentalism, and subtlety. This volume explores the philosophical anthropologies of Scheler, Gehlen, Plessner, and Blumenberg in terms of their relevance to contemporary theories of nature, naturalism, organic life, and human affairs. Editor(s): Honenberger, Phillip. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; JHMP; PDA; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137500878
- ISBN
- 9781137500878
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.01
€ 67.01
Hardcover. This volume addresses issues of precariousness in a broad, interdisciplinary perspective, looking at socio-economic transformations as well as the identity formation and political organizing of precarious people. The collection bridges empirical research with social theory to problematize and analyse the precariat. Editor(s): Della Porta, Donatella; Hanninen, Sakari; Silvasti, Tiina. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFA; JFSC; JHBA; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 23. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137509338
- ISBN
- 9781137509338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.37
€ 161.37
Hardcover. Knowing Governance sets out to understand governance through the design and making of its models and instruments. What kinds of knowledge do they require and reproduce? How are new understandings of governance produced in practice, by scientists and policy makers and by the publics with whom they engage? Editor(s): Voss, Jan-Peter. Series: Palgrave Studies in Science, Knowledge and Policy. Num Pages: 312 pages, 3 black & white tables, 4 figures. BIC Classification: HPK; JHBA; JPA; JPP. 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
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137514493
- ISBN
- 9781137514493
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.15
€ 128.15
Hardcover. Mobile Childhoods in Filipino Transnational Families focuses on the lived experiences of '1.5-generation' migrants with similar 'roots' (the Philippines), traversing different 'routes' (receiving countries). By shedding light on the diversified paths of their migratory lives, it revisits the relationships between mobility, sociality and identity. Editor(s): Nagasaka, Itaru; Fresnoza-Flot, Asuncion. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 tables, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1FMP; JFFN; JFSL1; JFSP1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137515131
- ISBN
- 9781137515131
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.05
€ 139.05
Hardcover. Editor(s): Nixon, Kari; Servitje, Lorenzo. Num Pages: 317 pages, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JHB; MBS; PSAD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137521408
- ISBN
- 9781137521408
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 205.55
€ 205.55
Hardcover. Based on historic and ethnographic approaches, this volume examines how the ideological images of Asian women are produced, circulated, appropriated, and pluralized. Contributors analyze the interactions between the politicized formation of ideological representations and the everyday practices of women who resist and re-contextualize these images. Editor(s): Ijichi, Noriko; Kato, Atsufumi; Sakurada, Ryoko. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; JFSJ1; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137531513
- ISBN
- 9781137531513
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Paperback. Social Trends is a flagship publication from the Office for National Statistics. It draws together statistics, analysis and research to provide an up-to-date and comprehensive description of our society today, and how it has been changing. Editor(s): Office for National Statistics. Num Pages: 408 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; GBCY; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 297 x 17. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 41st Edition
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230240698
- ISBN
- 9780230240698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 144.47
€ 144.47
Hardcover. Series: Ethnic & Intercommunity Conflict. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 146 x 26. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2001st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312234102
- ISBN
- 9780312234102
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.93
€ 127.93
Paperback. Family Spending provides analysis of household expenditure broken down by age and income, household composition, socio-economic characteristics and geography. This report will be of interest to academics, policy makers, government and the general public. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GBCY; JHBC; KCHS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 298 x 210 x 13. Weight in Grams: 850.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KTG0018889
- ISBN
- 9780230575509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Editor(s): Nugent, Paul. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; HB; JFC; JFSL; JHM; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 223 x 25. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2000th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312224059
- ISBN
- 9780312224059
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.88
€ 127.88
Hardback. BIC Classification: JHBC. Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 407.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan US
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312224363
- ISBN
- 9780312224363
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAC; JFSJ; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 24. Weight in Grams: 521.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312228125
- ISBN
- 9780312228125
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.93€ 89.18
€ 106.93
€ 89.18
Hardback. Num Pages: 350 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFSL; JHB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312230531
- ISBN
- 9780312230531
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.68
€ 128.68
Paperback. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFC; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 375.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312235048
- ISBN
- 9780312235048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.18
€ 53.18
Hardback. BIC Classification: JHB. Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1900
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan US
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312233891
- ISBN
- 9780312233891
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.46€ 47.07
€ 53.46
€ 47.07
Paperback. Detroit is home to one of the largest and most diverse Arab communities outside the Middle East. This collection of memoirs, poetry, interviews and essays brings together the work of 25 contributors to paint a colourful portrait of Detroit's Arab community. Editor(s): Abraham, Nabeel; Shryock, Andrew. Series: Great Lake Books Series. Num Pages: 544 pages, 72 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; DQ; HBTB; JFSG; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814328125
- ISBN
- 9780814328125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.58
€ 41.58
Hardback. Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics. Num Pages: 304 pages, 15 halftones. 1 map. BIC Classification: HBTB; HBTG; JFSR2; JHM; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691164441
- ISBN
- 9780691164441
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.48€ 46.96
€ 59.48
€ 46.96