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Hardcover. This book focuses on the everyday life of ministers and senior public servants in different countries, describing the world through their eyes. It explores how their beliefs, practices and traditions create meaning in politics and public policy making. It provides unique data on life of politicians and practical advice on how to conduct fieldwork. Editor(s): Rhodes, R. A. W.; Hart, Paul 't; Noordegraaf, Mirko. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; JHM; JPP; KNV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 147 x 226 x 24. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230008403
- ISBN
- 9780230008403
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.51
€ 62.51
Hardcover. Flexibility is an ambiguous concept. This book contributes to expounding the importance of clearer concepts in the debates on economic systems, labour markets and work organization. The authors place 'flexibility' in a new theoretical context as juxtaposed to 'stability'. Much terminological confusion and is resolved by this suggestion. Editor(s): Furaker, Bengt; Hakansson, Kristina; Karlsson, Jan. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; KCFM; KJWX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230013643
- ISBN
- 9780230013643
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.10
€ 119.10
Hardcover. This volume offers an unusual, interdisciplinary collaboration of scholars working on the major regions of the global South. The authors probe important episodes of resistance in the colony and postcolony for the light they shed on the vexed notion of counterhegemony, enriching our notion of resistance and pointing to new directions for research. Editor(s): Chalcraft, John; Noorani, Yaseen. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBG; HBLL; HBLW; JHBA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 484.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230019188
- ISBN
- 9780230019188
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.87
€ 62.87
Hardcover. This book is about the ways that traditional cultural practices either change or persist in the face of social and economic development, whether the latter proceeds primarily from internal or external forces. Editor(s): Ascher, William; Heffron, John M. Num Pages: 277 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 220 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230109148
- ISBN
- 9780230109148
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.84
€ 62.84
Hardcover. The 'generation' has been largely forgotten in the fields of sociology and political science, especially regarding global politics. This volume re-engages the concept of a 'generation,' utilizing it to explore how it can help us understand a variety of processes and patterns in International Relations and Comparative Politics. Editor(s): Steele, Brent J.; Acuff, Jonathan M. Num Pages: 264 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230113244
- ISBN
- 9780230113244
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.62
€ 62.62
Hardcover. Addresses the representation of the economic, political, and cultural interrelations between agents involved in the process of intellectual activity. Analyzes the transformation in intellectual production and the changing role of academics themselves. Editor(s): Nagy-Zekmi, Silvia; Hollis, Karyn L. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHB; JNA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230118201
- ISBN
- 9780230118201
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 43.91
€ 54.99
€ 43.91
Hardcover. Bringing together contributions from international scholars, this book explores the changing nature of young people's transitions and challenges assumptions about pathways from education into employment in contemporary society. Editor(s): Brooks, Rachel. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP2; JHBL; JNRV; KJWX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230201637
- ISBN
- 9780230201637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.74
€ 62.74
Hardcover. This international collection explores aspects of lifestyle and identity, societal influences on ways of living, the relevance of social networks and geographic communities for lifestyle choices, and the significance of organisational policies and practices for lifestyle outcomes. Editor(s): Blyton, Paul; Blunsdon, Betsy; Reed, Ken; Dastmalchian, Ali. Num Pages: 337 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- New Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230202283
- ISBN
- 9780230202283
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.15
€ 63.15
Hardcover. This book is about the new politics of leisure and pleasure - the values, practices, struggles and contradictions that now characterize the social worlds of rambling, drinking, tourism, sex, watching TV, gambling, using the internet, reading, comedy, sport, popular music and censorship. Editor(s): Bramham, Peter; Wagg, Stephen. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230216839
- ISBN
- 9780230216839
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.79
€ 62.79
Hardcover. Expert interviews are today a standard method of qualitative approach in the social sciences. It is surprising that methodological reflections about the expert interview are still lacking. This book gives a comprehensive overview of their theory and practice. The contributors are experienced theorists and practitioners of expert interviews. Editor(s): Bogner, Alexander; Littig, Beate; Menz, Wolfgang. Series: ECPR Research Methods. Num Pages: 293 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; JPA; JPB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230220195
- ISBN
- 9780230220195
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.57
€ 119.57
Hardcover. This unique and original collection by internationally renowned scholars uses critical engagements with Zygmunt Bauman's sociology to understand the challenges that face globalized human societies at the start of the 21st century. Includes a concluding chapter by Bauman. Editor(s): Davis, Mark; Tester, Professor Keith. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230221345
- ISBN
- 9780230221345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.28
€ 62.28
Hardcover. Sociology and our sociological imaginations are having to confront new digital landscapes spanning mediated social relationships, practices and social structures. This volume assesses the substantive challenges faced by the discipline as it critically reassesses its position in the digital age. Editor(s): Orton-Johnson, Kate; Prior, Nick. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230222823
- ISBN
- 9780230222823
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.85
€ 118.85
Paperback. Sociology and our sociological imaginations are having to confront new digital landscapes spanning mediated social relationships, practices and social structures. This volume assesses the substantive challenges faced by the discipline as it critically reassesses its position in the digital age. Editor(s): Orton-Johnson, Kate; Prior, Nick. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 black & white tables, 2 figures. BIC Classification: JFD; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 220 x 13. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2013 ed.
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230222830
- ISBN
- 9780230222830
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 107.95
€ 107.95
Hardcover. Home/Front examines the gendered exploitation of labor in the household from a postmodern Marxian perspective. The authors of this volume use the anti-foundationalist Marxian economic theories first formulated by Stephen Resnick and Richard Wolff to explore power, domination, and exploitation in the modern household. Editor(s): Cassano, Graham. Num Pages: 332 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBA; JHBK; JHBL; JPFC; KCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230229266
- ISBN
- 9780230229266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.72
€ 119.72
Hardcover. Intense globalization, rapidly changing workplaces and family patterns have renewed the international interest in quality of life. This book examines different institutional arrangements, work-place conditions and gendered work and care that affect the conditions for achieving quality of work and life in European countries. Editor(s): Back-Wiklund, Margareta; Van der Lippe, Tanja; Den Dulk, Laura; Doornie-Huskies, Anneke. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFC; JHBK; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230235113
- ISBN
- 9780230235113
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.70
€ 62.70
Hardcover. With an international line-up of contributors, this book examines challenges to racism in and through sport. It addresses the different agents of change in the context of wider socio-political shifts and explores issues of policy formation, practices in sport and anti-racism in sport, and the challenge to sport today. Editor(s): Long, Jonathan; Spracklen, Karl. Series: Global Culture and Sport Series. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JHBS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 488. Series: Global Culture and Sport Series. 300 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Long, Jonathan; Spracklen, Karl. With an international line-up of contributors, this book examines challenges to racism in and through sport. It addresses the different agents of change in the context of wider socio-political shifts and explores issues of policy formation, practices in sport and anti-racism in sport, and the challenge to sport today. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: JFSL1; JHBS. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 22. Weight: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230236158
- ISBN
- 9780230236158
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.84
€ 62.84
Hardcover. This book provides a novel approach to unemployment as a contested political field in Europe and examines the impact of welfare state regimes, conceived as political opportunity structures specific to this field, public debates and collective mobilizations in unemployment politics. Editor(s): Giugni, Marco G. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFA; JHBL; JPW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490. Welfare States and Political Opportunities. 304 pages, 37 black & white tables, 1 figures. Editor(s): Giugni, Marco G. This book provides a novel approach to unemployment as a contested political field in Europe and examines the impact of welfare state regimes, conceived as political opportunity structures specific to this field, public debates and collective mobilizations in unemployment politics. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFA; JHBL; JPW. Dimension: 216 x 145 x 23. Weight: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230236165
- ISBN
- 9780230236165
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.84
€ 62.84
Hardcover. The transnationalism of ordinary lives threatens the stability of national identity and unsettles the framework of national histories and biography. This book takes mobility, not nation, as its frame, and captures a rich array of lives, from the elite to the subaltern, that have crossed national, racial and cartographic boundaries. Editor(s): Deacon, Desley; Russell, Penny; Woollacott, Angela. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Num Pages: 327 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBTB; JHBD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230238701
- ISBN
- 9780230238701
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.46
€ 130.46
Hardcover. This comprehensive, interdisciplinary collection, examines disability from a theoretical perspective, challenging views of disability that dominate mainstream thinking. Throughout, social theories of disability intersect with ideas associated with sex/gender, race/ethnicity, class and nation. Editor(s): Goodley, Dan; Hughes, Bill; Davis, Lennard J. Num Pages: 360 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFG; JFFJ; JHBA; LNTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 221 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230243255
- ISBN
- 9780230243255
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.94
€ 119.94
Hardcover. This edited collection uses the concept of 'displaying families' as a new way to understand contemporary family and personal life, addressing how, in a world of fluid relationships, family life must not only be 'done' but also be 'seen to be done'. Editor(s): Dermott, Esther; Seymour, Julie. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 246 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230246133
- ISBN
- 9780230246133
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.46
€ 119.46
Hardcover. This book brings together a distinguished group of historians to explore the previously neglected relationship between nationalism and urban history. It reveals the contrasting experiences of nationalism in different societies and milieus. It will help historians to reassess the role of nationalism both inside and outside the nation state. Editor(s): Whyte, William; Zimmer, Oliver. Num Pages: 335 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JHBD; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230246287
- ISBN
- 9780230246287
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.15
€ 63.15
Hardcover. A comprehensive, state-of-the-art reference collection, bringing together an authoritative and international line-up of scholars to examine key social and political issues related to the Olympics. An essential, 'one-stop' volume for a wide range of academics, students and researchers. Editor(s): Lenskyj, Helen Jefferson; Wagg, Stephen. Num Pages: 608 pages, 9 black & white tables, 1 figures. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JHBS; WSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1048.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230246539
- ISBN
- 9780230246539
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.39
€ 184.39
Hardcover. During the last decade, many European countries introduced extensive reforms to the way that income protection and activation programmes for the unemployed are implemented and delivered. This book analyzes and compares these reforms in nine European countries, focusing on the reforms programmes themselves, as well as on their effects. Editor(s): Berkel, Rik van; Sirovatka, Tomas; Graaf, Willibrord de. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; JKSB; JPB; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230252004
- ISBN
- 9780230252004
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.84
€ 62.84
Hardcover. This book seeks to explore the development and policy implications of South-South migration, specifically with regard to the role and challenges for social policy. It examines the linkages and impact of migration on gender and care regimes, human resource flows, remittances, poverty, and political organizations by or for migrants. Editor(s): Hujo, Katja; Piper, Nicola. Series: Social Policy in a Development Context Series. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHBD; KC; RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230271586
- ISBN
- 9780230271586
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.10
€ 119.10