Sociology & anthropology
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Sociology & anthropology
Hardcover. Adopting a truly global, theoretical and multidisciplinary perspective, Media Pluralism and Diversity intends to advance our understanding of media pluralism across the globe. It compares metrics that have been developed in different parts of the world to assess levels of, or threats to, media pluralism. Editor(s): Sukosd, Miklos; Picard, Robert G.; Valcke, Peggy. Series: Palgrave Global Media Policy and Business. Num Pages: 384 pages, 23 black & white tables, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 27. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137304292
- ISBN
- 9781137304292
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.82
€ 140.82
Hardcover. What is it that police and policing actually do? What are the effects? How are these effects mediated and experienced by different people at different times and in different contexts? This volume draws attention to the centrality of police and policing to the project of governance and the experience of being human in the contemporary world. Editor(s): Garriott, William. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHMC; JKSW1; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137309662
- ISBN
- 9781137309662
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Condition: New
€ 150.14
€ 150.14
Hardcover. 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: 341 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 238 x 24. Weight in Grams: 636.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137312105
- ISBN
- 9781137312105
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Condition: New
€ 62.67
€ 62.67
Hardcover. The Muslim-majority nations of Malaysia and Indonesia are known for their extraordinary arts and Islamic revival movements. This collection provides an extensive view of dance, music, television series, and film in rural, urban, and mass-mediated contexts and how pious Islamic discourses are encoded and embodied in these public cultural forms. Editor(s): Daniels, Timothy P. Num Pages: 236 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRH; JFCA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137320025
- ISBN
- 9781137320025
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.39
€ 62.39
Hardcover. Although humans slumber for approximately one third of our lives, sleep itself is vastly understudied. This volume provides a comparative frame through which we can understand the myriad ways in which sleep reflects and embodies culture as contributors examine aspects of sleep in various countries and contexts. Editor(s): Glaskin, Katie; Chenhall, Richard. Series: Culture, Mind and Society. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMC; JMTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137320933
- ISBN
- 9781137320933
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Condition: New
€ 62.39
€ 62.39
Hardcover. How are time-honored tenets of faith, different ritual sensibilities, and newly emerging eschatological imaginaries articulated with other normative registers and moral susceptibilities in disputes? This book examines such questions through cases in Europe, the United States, Israel, Africa, and South and Southeast Asia. Editor(s): Benda-Beckmann, Franz von; Benda-Beckmann, Keebet von; Ramstedt, Martin; Turner, Bertram. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; HRA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137322043
- ISBN
- 9781137322043
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Condition: New
€ 119.35
€ 119.35
Hardcover. This timely and innovative book delivers a comprehensive analysis of the non-recognition of the right to a family life of migrant live-in domestic and care workers in Argentina, Canada, Germany, Italy, Lebanon, Norway, the Philippines, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, the United Arab Emirates, the United States of America, and Ukraine. Editor(s): Kontos, Maria; Bonifacio, Glenda Tibe. Series: Migration, Minorities & Citizenship. Num Pages: 352 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHBK; JHBL; JPVH; LNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 242 x 27. Weight in Grams: 684.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137323545
- ISBN
- 9781137323545
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Condition: New
€ 63.87
€ 63.87
Hardcover. Although the art of rhetoric is central to the practice of politics it also plays an important role in civic and private life. Using Aristotelian notions of ethos, pathos and logos, this collection offers engaging discussions on everything from Prime Minister's Questions and Welsh devolution to political satire and the rhetoric of cultural racism. Editor(s): Atkins, Judi; Finlayson, Alan; Martin, James R.; Turnbull, Nick. Series: Rhetoric, Politics and Society. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFGR; JHBA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 209 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137325525
- ISBN
- 9781137325525
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Condition: New
€ 129.00
€ 129.00
Hardcover. Drawing on international case studies, the contributors extrapolate a systematization of the ways in which siblingship is conceived on the basis of shared parentage, shared childhoods, and reciprocal care. They explore what makes these relations worth maintaining and how they contribute to community processes and to material and emotional survival. Editor(s): Alber, Erdmute; Coe, Cati; Thelen, Tatjana. Num Pages: 207 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHBK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137331229
- ISBN
- 9781137331229
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.84
€ 61.84
Hardcover. Development Strategies, Identities, and Conflict in Asia explores the links between Asian governments' development strategies and the nature and dynamics of inter-group violence, analyzing variations in strategies and their impacts through broad comparative analyses, as well as case studies focused on eight countries. Editor(s): Mirovitskaya, Natalia. Series: Politics, Economics, and Inclusive Development. Num Pages: 361 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE; JHB; JP; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137331755
- ISBN
- 9781137331755
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.66
€ 119.66
Hardcover. Bringing together important contributions from leading Israeli Jewish and Palestinian scholars, this comprehensive and multi-disciplinary volume addresses the most recent developments and outcomes of the labor market integration of the Palestinian minority inside Israel. Editor(s): Khattab, Nabil; Miaari, Sami. Series: Middle East Today. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; JFFJ; JFSL; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137336446
- ISBN
- 9781137336446
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Hardcover. Engaging with feminist focussed studies of development, this edited collection places the household at the centre of understandings of the gendered nature of economic development in Asia. Editor(s): Elias, Juanita; Gunawardana, Samanthi J. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; GTF; JHBK; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137338891
- ISBN
- 9781137338891
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Condition: New
€ 63.23
€ 63.23
Hardcover. Because oral history interviews are personal interactions between human beings, they rarely conform to a methodological ideal. These reflections from oral historians provide honest and rigorous analyses of actual oral history practice that address the complexities of a human-centered methodology. Editor(s): Sheftel, Anna; Zembrzycki, Stacey. Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History. Num Pages: 326 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBA; HBTD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137339638
- ISBN
- 9781137339638
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Condition: New
€ 73.66
€ 73.66
Hardcover. This book explores mobile representations in government policy, literature, visual arts, music, and research and examines the methodological potential of these representations and the ways in which representations co-produce mobilities. Editor(s): Murray, Lesley; Upstone, Sara. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFM; JHB; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137346650
- ISBN
- 9781137346650
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.39
€ 62.39
Hardcover. For the first time, European professional deregulation is the focus of reflection by social scientists. This book explores how professional associations act as pressure groups and highlights the democratic regime that is prevailing and the potential convergence problems that Europe may face. Editor(s): Rego, Raquel. Num Pages: 108 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFM; JHBL; JPH; LNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 14. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Number of pages
- 110
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137352743
- ISBN
- 9781137352743
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.53
€ 61.53
Hardcover. This wide-reaching handbook offers a new perspective on the sociology of health, illness and medicine by stressing the importance of social theory. Examining a range of classic and contemporary female and male theorists from across the globe, it explores various issues including chronic illness, counselling and the rising problems of obesity. Editor(s): Collyer, Fran. Num Pages: 744 pages, 2 black & white tables, 3 figures. BIC Classification: JHBA; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 160 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1240.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137355614
- ISBN
- 9781137355614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 267.82
€ 267.82
Paperback. This unique collection explores the importance of undertaking police research, using a range of international examples from USA, UK and Germany. Focusing on practical challenges and difficulties, the volume offers solutions and reflections to assist in overcoming the barriers which might be encountered whilst carrying out research of this nature. Editor(s): Rogers, Colin; Gravelle, James. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; JKSW1; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137357472
- ISBN
- 9781137357472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.44
€ 128.44
Hardcover. The original scholarly research and first-person accounts of embodiment in this volume explore the role of bodies in the flows of people, money, commodities, and ideas across borders. Editor(s): Casanova, Erynn Masi de; Jafar, Afshan. Num Pages: 204 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFN; JFFS; JFSJ; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137372185
- ISBN
- 9781137372185
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.12
€ 62.12
Paperback. A collection of original articles edited by Jeffrey Alexander, Dominik Bartmanski, and Bernhard Giesen that explore social aspects of the phenomenon of icon. Having experienced the benefits and realized the limitations of so called 'linguistic turn', sociology has recently acknowledged a need to further expand its horizons. Editor(s): Alexander, Jeffrey C.; Bartmanski, Dominik; Giesen, Bernhard. Series: Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 272 pages, includes 12 pgs figs. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137375964
- ISBN
- 9781137375964
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.85
€ 44.85
Hardcover. Within contemporary youth research there are two dominant streams - a 'transitions' and a 'cultures' perspective. This collection shows that it is no longer possible to understand the experience of young people through these prisms and proposes new conceptual foundations for youth studies, capable of bridging the gap between these approaches. Editor(s): Woodman, Dan; Bennett, Andy. Num Pages: 216 pages, 2. BIC Classification: JFSP2; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137377227
- ISBN
- 9781137377227
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.71
€ 118.71