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Paperback. Travelling through theories of emotion and affect, this book addresses the key ways in which media studies can be brought to bear upon everyday encounters with online cultures and practices. The book takes stock of where we are emotionally with regard to the Internet in the context of other screen media. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JHB; UBJ; UNH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349329069
ISBN
9781349329069
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.06

Paperback. Exploring how animal suffering is made meaningful within Western ramifications, the book investigates themes such as skepticism concerning non-human experience, cultural roots of compassion, and contemporary approaches to animal ethics. At its center is the pivotal question: What is the moral significance of animal suffering? Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JHB; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349329120
ISBN
9781349329120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.78

paperback. This book explores the possibilities and difficulties of living with HIV and ARVs, or antiretroviral treatment, today. It draws on HIV-positive people's stories from both the UK and the South African epidemics and offers a deep understanding of the continuing difficulties of living with HIV and the effective strategies for coping that have evolved. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JHB; JPQB; MBS; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
281
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2013
SKU
V9781349329397
ISBN
9781349329397
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.34

Paperback. This book sheds light on the processes that have transformed national citizenship of the European Union's member states and explains the legislative changes thathave takenplace since the mid-1980s in Germany, Hungary and Poland." Series: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHB; JPQB; LAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
221
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349329410
ISBN
9781349329410
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.89

Paperback. This book explores the extent to which children engage with questions of morality, arguing that they are active members of society who have both the capacity and understanding to engage with discourses of morality. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFSP; JHBK; JKV; JKVQ2; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349329434
ISBN
9781349329434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.01

Paperback. "Instead of seeing the family as a "monolithic" entity, as though separate from its surroundings, this new approach draws attention to assemblages of various types that in different constellations and through different transactions relate people to each other as families and kin"-- Editor(s): Widmer, E. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSP; JFSR; JHBK; JKSN; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349329472
ISBN
9781349329472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Moving beyond both tourism and politics literatures' current understandings of how tourism is developed, this book offers an original theory of interlocking regimes to account for the manner in which public and private bodies either facilitate or prevent development within tourism. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JHBS; JPA; KCP; KNS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
213
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349329519
ISBN
9781349329519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. A discursive-sociological approach to the Europeanization of gender and other equality policies. Using largely unpublished empirical data coveringtwenty-nineEuropean countries this book adopts a pluralistic perspective to explore the complex and often divergent gender and other equality policy outputs of Europeanization." Series: Gender and Politics. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHB; JPA; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
261
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349329533
ISBN
9781349329533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Explores the need for political science to pay more attention to complex interactions involvingpolitically relevant groups. Distinguished contributors report on data from around the world and at different levels of political decision making from 'below the radar' in local communities to global negations at the World Trade Organization." Editor(s): Halpin, D.; Jordan, G. Series: Interest Groups, Advocacy and Democracy Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349329618
ISBN
9781349329618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.34

Paperback. In this unique contribution to economic sociology, Jeffrey Hass examines the impact of culture, norms and political authority on Russia's post-socialist transition. The interactions and contradictions of moral economies and market relations are examined, exploring the often overlooked social dimension to market-building in Russia." Editor(s): Hass, Jeffrey K. Series: Euro-Asian Studies. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; KCB; KCM; KCP; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
295
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349329823
ISBN
9781349329823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.76

Paperback. An analysis of Russia's response to globalization. This book explores how Russian domestic politics shape this international engagement. Thematically, the focus is on Russia's external engagement with areas of policy relating to globalization, namely energy, climate, health, direct foreign investment, finance, and international terrorism. Editor(s): Wilhelmsen, Julie; Rowe, E. Wilson; Rowe, Elana Wilson. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA; JPP; JPS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349330058
ISBN
9781349330058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.06

Paperback. "This first book-length study of the socialisation of MPs uses questionnaire data gathered over two Parliaments (1992-97 and 1997-2001) to find out how MPs learn about, and what their attitudes are towards, their role as a Member of Parliament. It analyzes their participation in debates, the use of Parliamentary Questions and committee work"-- Series: Understanding Governance. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JMH; JMS; JPA; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
283
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349330072
ISBN
9781349330072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.37

Paperback. Series: Rethinking Political Violence. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JHBK; JPS; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 379.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349330348
ISBN
9781349330348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.01

Paperback. This is the first book to examine the processes of territorial federalization and decentralization of health systems in Europe drawing from an interdisciplinary economics, public policy and political science approach. It contains key theoretical and empirical features that allow an understanding of when health care decentralization is successful. Editor(s): Greer, S. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 379.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349330409
ISBN
9781349330409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.22

Paperback. Based on a reconstruction of earlier liberal conceptions of liberty (the political theories of John Locke & J.S. Mill), this book stresses the empowering nature of liberal freedom and explains why such a concept of liberty better addresses two key contemporary challenges in liberal theory and praxis: wealth redistribution and multiculturalism. Num Pages: 146 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB; JPA; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 212.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
146
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349330508
ISBN
9781349330508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

paperback. Examining the debate on quality of jobs in Europe, this book focuses on the work-life balance-a central element of the EU agenda. It addresses tensions between work and private life, examining job quality, job security, working conditions and time-use patterns of individuals and households as well as institutional contexts." Editor(s): Drobnic, Sonja; Guillen, A. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBL; JPB; JPP; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2011
SKU
V9781349330980
ISBN
9781349330980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.12

Paperback. This book analyzes in what way activation policies impact on given patterns of social citizenship that predominate in national contexts.It argues thatthe liberal paradigm of activation introduced into labour market policies in all Western European states challenges the specific patterns of social citizenship in each country." Editor(s): Betzelt, S.; Bothfeld, Silke. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; JKS; JPB; JPQB; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349331000
ISBN
9781349331000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.61

Paperback. Series: Global Culture and Sport Series. Num Pages: 305 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JHBS; JPQB; JPS; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
305
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349331048
ISBN
9781349331048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 149.83

Paperback. Using experiences of the white, English, working-classes in Manchester, this book explores the local frustrations with feeling 'ignored' and 'neglected' by the government through articulations of fairness. Series: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSJ; JFSL; JHB; JPA; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349331109
ISBN
9781349331109
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.16

Paperback. This collection examines recent theoretical and methodological debates, shifts in law and policy, and social and cultural changes around sexuality. It sets out new ways of conceptualizing and researching sexuality and explores persistently marginalised and re-traditionalised sexual practices, subjectivities and identities. Series: Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 327 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ; JHB; JMU; VFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
327
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349331260
ISBN
9781349331260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.70

Paperback. In an original, and highly interdisciplinary, mixed method approach, Green and Janmaat identify four major traditions of social cohesion in developed societies, analyzing how these various mechanisms are withstanding the strains of the current global financial crisis. Series: Education, Economy and Society. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHB; JN; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 335.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349331314
ISBN
9781349331314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. This bookexamines inclusive growth in a range of social and economic areas in India, including physical infrastructure, vulnerable sections of the population and underdeveloped states. It provides a comprehensive study of disparity and deepens insight into understanding processes of economic and social development. Editor(s): Hirashima, Shigemochi; Oda, Hisaya; Tsujita, Yuko. Series: IDE-JETRO series. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; KCA; KCF; KCG; KCL; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349331413
ISBN
9781349331413
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.73

Paperback. Editor(s): Howell, J. Series: Non-Governmental Public Action. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JHB; JPA; JPP; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349331499
ISBN
9781349331499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.10

Paperback. Examines key trends in emerging strategic technologies and the implications for geopolitics and human dignity. Al-Rodhan argues that future evolution into transhumans is inevitable. In preparation, the global community is urged to establish strict moral and legal guidelines balancing innovation with the guarantee of dignity for all. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 348 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB; JPA; PSAJ; RG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349331642
ISBN
9781349331642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.90

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