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hardcover. Investigating the capacity of sport to act both as a conduit for traditional development assistance activities and as an agent for change in its own right, this book argues that sport can contribute to the development process, particularly where traditional development approaches have difficulty in engaging with communities. Editor(s): Levermore, Roger. Series: Global Culture and Sport Series. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JHBS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 145 x 55. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230542563
- ISBN
- 9780230542563
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.99
€ 67.99
Hardback. This book studies the growing number of lesbian women embarking on parenthood after coming out. Theoretical debates about lesbian motherhood often consider its assimilative or transgressive dimensions. This book offers a different approach, contextualising lesbian motherhood in relation to sexual citizenship and hegemonic discourses of kinship Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSJ1; JFSK1; JHBK; JKSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 437.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230545410
- ISBN
- 9780230545410
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Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardback. This book investigates the transfer of parent country organizational practices by the retailers to their Chinese subsidiaries, providing insights into employment relations in multinational retail firms and changing labour-management systems in China, as well as their impact on consumer culture. Series: Consumption and Public Life. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFS; JFFT; JHBL; KNPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230545526
- ISBN
- 9780230545526
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.51
€ 67.51
hardcover. Drawing on the work of Raymond Williams, Valentin Volosinov and Mikhail Bakhtin, the book examines key issues for working-class studies including: the idea of the 'death' of class; the importance of working-class writing; the significance of place and space for understanding working-class identity; and the centrality of work in working-class lives. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSC; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2007th Edition
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230549203
- ISBN
- 9780230549203
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.58
€ 127.58
Hardback. This book provides a timely forum for current thinking on consumption and citizenship, exploring overlaps and tensions between them. Experts from history, theory, media studies, law, and civil society, retrieve alternative traditions of consumption and citizenship in West and East, and evaluate the civic prospects of consumption for the future. Editor(s): Soper, Kate; Trentmann, Frank. Series: Consumption and Public Life. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230553460
- ISBN
- 9780230553460
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.80
€ 149.80
Paperback. Multilingual Livingpresents speakers' own accounts of the challenges and advantages of living in several languages at individual, family and societal levels. Individuals note profound differences in their sense of themselves, their relationships and their parenting, depending on which language they use. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFDM; JHBK; JMH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230554337
- ISBN
- 9780230554337
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Condition: New
€ 126.68
€ 126.68
Hardback. The 21st century has witnessed a fundamental transformation of political institutions and society, alongside cultural, global and complexity turns in social theory. This provocative text gives an overview of key issues, argues for an 'existential turn' in political sociology and brings the study of politics and society up to date. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JM; JHBA; JPA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230573321
- ISBN
- 9780230573321
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.61
€ 127.61
Hardback. Offering original insights on the prospects for a European, or even global, public sphere, this volume offers the writings of the original thinker Bernhard Peters (1949-2005) in English for the first time. Includes an introduction by the editor that outlines the importance of Peters' work and a preface by Jurgen Habermas. Editor(s): Wessler, Hartmut. Series: Transformations of the State. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJPR; 3JMC; GTC; JHBA; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230573536
- ISBN
- 9780230573536
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.39
€ 128.39
Hardback. Internationally-renowned scholars, including Zygmunt Bauman, Saskia Sassen, Loic Wacquant and Craig Calhoun come together in this exciting new collection to debate the role of the nation state in an age of globalization, examining key areas including finance, migration, terrorism, crime, the welfare state and the legal system. Editor(s): Schinkel, Willem. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JH; JPHC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230574052
- ISBN
- 9780230574052
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.03
€ 67.03
Paperback. Comparing the UK, US, Germany and Japan, this book draws on innovative concepts of varieties of gender regime as well as varieties of capitalism. The volume re-thinks the processes of de-gendering and re-gendering of working practices in the context of both de-regulation and re-regulation of employment. Editor(s): Walby, Sylvia; Gottfried, Heidi; Gottschall, Karin; Osawa, Mari. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBL; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230575707
- ISBN
- 9780230575707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.73
€ 127.73
Hardback. This new edition of Laura Mulvey's first collection of essays contains a new introduction in which she re-assesses her essay "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema." Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DD; JFFK; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 493.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230576469
- ISBN
- 9780230576469
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.00
€ 128.00
Hardcover. Simon Susen examines the impact of the 'postmodern turn' on the contemporary social sciences. On the basis of an innovative five-dimensional approach, this study provides a systematic, comprehensive, and critical account of the legacy of the 'postmodern turn', notably in terms of its continuing relevance in the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 522 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK; JHBA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 241 x 33. Weight in Grams: 922.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230579293
- ISBN
- 9780230579293
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 208.06
€ 208.06
Hardback. This book provides the first in-depth analysis of the global phenomenon of snowboarding culture. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, it offers key insights into the sport, lifestyle, industry, media, gender relations, travel, and physical experience of snowboarding, in both historical and contemporary contexts. Series: Global Culture and Sport Series. Num Pages: 322 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JHBS; WSWM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 24. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230579446
- ISBN
- 9780230579446
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.01
€ 68.01
The Politics of Domestic Authority in Britain since 1800
. Ed(S): Delap, Lucy; Griffin, Ben; Wills, Ab...
Hardback. This collection of essays explores the broad range of influences which have shaped the distribution of authority within British homes and families - religion, commercial advertising, governments, welfare professionals, medical experts, psychologists and the law. Editor(s): Delap, Lucy; Griffin, Ben; Wills, Abigail. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230579941
- ISBN
- 9780230579941
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.81
€ 67.81
Hardback. This book critically assessesthird-wave feminist strategies for advancing a feminist 'politics of the self' within the late modern, postfeminist gender order -- a context where gender equality has been mainstreamed, feminism has been dismissed, and a neoliberal culture of self-management has become firmly entrenched. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ1; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230580909
- ISBN
- 9780230580909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.82
€ 127.82
Hardback. This book explores the dimensions and characteristics of social vulnerability in Western Europe. It provides a broad empirical foundation for recent theories on the emergence of new social risks in post-industrial societies, revealing to what extent social risks are compromising the 'normal' functioning of the European population. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; GTB; JFF; JFSC; JHBC; JKS; YQG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 319
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230580916
- ISBN
- 9780230580916
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.45
€ 67.45
Hardback. How do we research and represent mobile experiences? This book, the first to examine mobile methods, explores the movement of bodies through space, examining perceived limitations and considering methodological responses, technologies and strategies designed to inform our understanding of people's experience of movement through space. Editor(s): Fincham, Ben; McGuinness, Mark; Murray, Lesley. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; RGC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230594425
- ISBN
- 9780230594425
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.26
€ 116.26
hardcover. In analyses of tattoo contests, advertising, and modern primitive photographs, the book shows how images of tattooed bodies communicate and disrupt notions of gender, class, and exoticism through their discursive performances. Fenske suggests working within dominant discourse to represent and subvert oppressive gender and class evaluations. Num Pages: 201 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AFY; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2007th Edition
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600270
- ISBN
- 9780230600270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.76
€ 66.76
Hardback. This study examines the origins and development of racism in North America through addressing the inception and persistence of the concept of 'race' and the biology of human variance. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFFJ; JFSL; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 505.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600775
- ISBN
- 9780230600775
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.16
€ 150.16
Paperback. Based on an analysis of policies in the United States, Britain, Germany and the Netherlands this book explains how the interaction between socioeconomic trends and foreign policy considerations shapes immigration control. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHB; JPA; JPS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 297
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230602243
- ISBN
- 9780230602243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
Paperback. Black intellectuals in the US have long thought of racism as a global phenomenon.This book presents, for the first time, a full overview of the history, critical analysis and theoretical perspectives of key black scholars and activists on the transnational dynamics of modern race and racism throughout the world. Editor(s): Marable, Manning; Agard-Jones, Vanessa. Series: Critical Black Studies. Num Pages: 366 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSL; JHB; JPA; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230602687
- ISBN
- 9780230602687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.16
€ 73.16
Hardback. This study analyzes American, Vietnamese and Japanese personal values, attempting to understand how it can be ethnographers find large differences in values between cultures, yet empirical surveys find relatively small, almost trivial differences in personal values between cultures. Series: Culture, Mind and Society. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1FPJ; 1KBB; JFM; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230602991
- ISBN
- 9780230602991
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.37
€ 66.37
Paperback. Coca-Globalization explores globalization through an historical and anthropological study of soft drinks such as Coke and Pepsi, examining how they have become more than mere commodities. Num Pages: 275 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHM; KNDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230603868
- ISBN
- 9780230603868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.52
€ 66.52
paperback. Editor(s): Behar, Ruth; Suarez, Lucia M. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 258 pages, 23 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2008th Edition
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230604773
- ISBN
- 9780230604773
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95