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Paperback. The provision of care has been widely referred to as facing a 'crisis'. International migrants are increasingly relied upon to provide care as domestic workers, nannies, care assistants and nurses. This international volume examines the global construction of migrant care labour and how it manifests itself in different contexts." Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSJ; JHB; JPQB; KJWB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349457441
- ISBN
- 9781349457441
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€ 126.68
€ 126.68
Paperback. This book takes Jamie Oliver's campaign for better school meals as a starting point for thinking about morally charged concerns relating to young people's nutrition, health and well-being, parenting, and public health 'crises' such as obesity. The authors show how these debates are always about the moral project of the self. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSP; JFSR; JHBK; JNK; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 305.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349457243
- ISBN
- 9781349457243
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€ 65.78
€ 65.78
paperback. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSP; JHBA; JHBK; JN; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- SKU
- V9781349457229
- ISBN
- 9781349457229
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Condition: New
€ 66.02
€ 66.02
Paperback. Norbert Elias has been recognized as one of the key social scientists of the 20th century at least in sociology, political science and history. This book will address Norbert Elias's approach to empirical research, the use of his work in empirical research, and compare him with other theorists. Editor(s): Landini, Tatiana Savoia; Depelteau, Francois. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JHBA; JHBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349457182
- ISBN
- 9781349457182
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€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Paperback. This book will compare the approach and works of Norbert Elias, well known for his analysis of the civilizing process, his work on sport and violence and, more largely, his figurational approach, with other important social theories both classical and contemporary. Editor(s): Depelteau, Francois; Landini, Tatiana Savoia. Num Pages: 330 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JHBA; JHBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 487.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349457168
- ISBN
- 9781349457168
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Condition: New
€ 66.89
€ 66.89
Paperback. While the Islamic Republic has employed various strategies to mitigate the worst excesses of inter-ethnic tension while still securing a Shi'a dominated "Persian hegemony," the systematic neglect of ethnic groups by both the Islamic Republic and its predecessor regime has resulted in the politicization of ethnic identity in Iran. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSL; JHB; JPA; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349456765
- ISBN
- 9781349456765
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€ 65.84
€ 65.84
Paperback. This book explores reforms to young adults' schooling that mobilise capital friendly learning-and-earning (l'earning) webs. It argues that deschooling l'earning builds young adults' commitment to modern modes of capital accumulation, gives insights into how they can secure their future, and reassures them that this can serve the common good. Series: Policy and Practice in the Classroom. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JNA; JNK; JPQB; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349456628
- ISBN
- 9781349456628
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€ 65.88
€ 65.88
Paperback. This book combines the two most important typologies of capitalist diversity; Esping-Andersen's welfare regime typology and Hall and Soskice's 'Varieties of Capitalism' typology, into a unified typology of capitalist diversity. The author shows empircally that certain welfare states bundle together with certain production systems. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JHBL; JPB; JPQB; KFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 305.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349456604
- ISBN
- 9781349456604
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€ 65.78
€ 65.78
Paperback. Against the backdrop of the environmental impact of household electricity consumption and the history of cooling practices, Marlyne Sahakian considers how people keep cool, from Metro Manila to other mega-cities in Southeast Asia. Series: Energy, Climate and the Environment. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; JHBL; KCN; RNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349456185
- ISBN
- 9781349456185
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Condition: New
€ 126.97
€ 126.97
Paperback. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSL; JHB; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 324.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349456062
- ISBN
- 9781349456062
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Condition: New
€ 137.75
€ 137.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRA; JFC; JHM; JNM; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 275.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349456024
- ISBN
- 9781349456024
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€ 53.46€ 45.81
€ 53.46
€ 45.81
Paperback. Using narrative accounts from a sample of 69 New York City-based musicians of various genres who are self-acknowledged heroin users, the book addresses the reasons why these musicians started using heroin and the impact heroin had on these musicians' playing, creativity, and careers. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AV; JFC; JFSR; JHB; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349456000
- ISBN
- 9781349456000
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Condition: New
€ 65.93
€ 65.93
Paperback. Editor(s): Odendaal, Nancy; Watson, Vanessa. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JHBC; JPQB; KCM; KCU; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349455768
- ISBN
- 9781349455768
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Condition: New
€ 66.41
€ 66.41
Paperback. An edited collection whose contributors analyze the relationship between writing, learning, and video games/videogaming, these essays consist of academic essays from writing and rhetoric teacher-scholars, who theorize, and contextualize how computer/video games enrich writing practices within and beyond the classroom and the teaching of writing. Editor(s): Colby, Richard; Johnson, Mathew. Series: Digital Education and Learning. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JHB; JHM; JNKD; JNMT; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349455621
- ISBN
- 9781349455621
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€ 53.46€ 46.37
€ 53.46
€ 46.37
Paperback. This volume explores the variety of forms, strategies and practices of Islamic organizations in Europe and the United States. It focuses on the reactions of organized Muslims at local, national, and transnational levels to the on-going debates on their integration into society and the structures of state-church relations. Editor(s): Kortmann, Matthias; Rosenow-Williams, Kerstin. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM; JFFN; JFSL; JHB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349454860
- ISBN
- 9781349454860
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Condition: New
€ 66.08
€ 66.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349454723
- ISBN
- 9781349454723
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Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
The Death and Resurrection of Deviance. Current Ideas and Research.
. Ed(S): Dellwing, Michael; Kotarba, Joseph A...
paperback. Are reports of the 'death of deviance' premature? This collection brings together leading international scholars to analyse uses of the 'deviance' concept to argue its vitality and show its possible utility in a variety of fields including religion, education and media narratives. Editor(s): Dellwing, Michael; Kotarba, Joseph A.; Pino, Nathan W. Series: Critical Criminological Perspectives. Num Pages: 338 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HR; JHBA; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 423.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 338
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349454327
- ISBN
- 9781349454327
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€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Paperback. Through rich stories of African migrant women in Johannesburg, this book explores the experience of living between geographies. Author Caroline Kihato draws on fieldwork and analysis to examine the everyday lives of those inhabiting a fluid location between multiple worlds, suspended between their original home and an imagined future elsewhere. Series: Africa Connects. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFN; JFSJ; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349452996
- ISBN
- 9781349452996
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Condition: New
€ 65.64
€ 65.64
Paperback. Editor(s): Dahl, J. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 343.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349452804
- ISBN
- 9781349452804
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Condition: New
€ 66.02
€ 66.02
Paperback. Series: Palgrave Studies in International Relations. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JHB; JPA; JPS; JPSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349452781
- ISBN
- 9781349452781
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Condition: New
€ 66.32
€ 66.32
Paperback. This is the first book to consider the moral regulation of the female body through an analysis of the crime of infanticide. An in-depth perspective from the nineteenth century to the present, Cossins provides a revealing insight into the history of a little-known but widespread social crime. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ; JHB; JKSB1; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 309
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349452743
- ISBN
- 9781349452743
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Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Paperback. Examining multi-agency working in response to anti-social behaviour, this book investigates the way in which the police, social work teams and the youth justice service work together on early intervention initiatives to help young people, and explores the complexities and practical struggles of these partnerships. Series: Crime Prevention and Security Management. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JKSN; JKV; JKVQ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349452729
- ISBN
- 9781349452729
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Editor(s): Tazreiter, C; Tham, S. Series: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JFFS; JHB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349452347
- ISBN
- 9781349452347
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JHBL; KCM; KJJ; RGC; RGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349451975
- ISBN
- 9781349451975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.09
€ 127.09