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Hardcover. Transformative learning is a process in which we question all the assumptions about the world and ourselves that make up our worldview, visualize alternative assumptions, and then test them in practice. The author describes the process, offering a critique of contemporary assumptions, and suggests alternatives to illustrate the process. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFCX; JHBA; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230553507
- ISBN
- 9780230553507
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.76
€ 66.76
Hardcover. Each chapter of this book presents a different marginalized community and explores how it appropriates theatre for its own needs, which are often at odds with those of the powerful sponsoring organisations. This fresh approach to the topic provides the reader with an innovative, critical way of studying community theatre. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230555198
- ISBN
- 9780230555198
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. 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: 248 pages, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JHB; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230573338
- ISBN
- 9780230573338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.80
€ 126.80
Hardcover. Exploring how men in service and caring occupations (cabin crew, primary school teachers, nurses and librarians) both 'do' and 'undo' gender as they manage the potential mismatch between gender and occupational identity, this book engages with the key theoretical concepts of identity, visibility and emotions to examine men's experiences. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JHBL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 479.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230574069
- ISBN
- 9780230574069
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.12
€ 67.12
Hardcover. This book argues that theorists are located within the social world; exercises in theorizing are both bounded and creative; imagination and creativity build upon the resources of tradition; and such awareness is the basis for dialogue with the denizens of other traditions, cultures and ways of making sense of the world. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBA; JPA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 383.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230576001
- ISBN
- 9780230576001
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.46
€ 66.46
Hardcover. Drawing on fieldwork in the Herat area, Afghanistan, this book addresses migration patterns in war. It launches a framework for understanding the role of social networks for people's responses to war and disaster as well as mobilizing or maintaining material resources for security and gathering information. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFFD; JFFN; JHBC; JHBD; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230576551
- ISBN
- 9780230576551
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.61
€ 127.61
Hardcover. Providing a unique insight into how gender is performed in contemporary high-tech work and introducing a creative and novel way of analyzing the fluidity and rigidity of gender at work through discourse analytic methods the author highlights how changes in the world of work interact with changes in gender relations. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBL; KJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230577817
- ISBN
- 9780230577817
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardcover. This book explores the experiences of pregnant teenagers, their partners, and midwives, from pregnancy realisation through the early years of motherhood. It examines changing attitudes to female sexuality and moral discourses on adolescent subjectivity especially as these pertain to teenage motherhood. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP2; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230579200
- ISBN
- 9780230579200
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.88
€ 66.88
Hardcover. Drawing on qualitative interviews with forty middle-class mothers living in Northern Ireland and the US, this book explores the strategies women adopt, as they take on and creatively re-make motherhood in ways which allow them to cope. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230579309
- ISBN
- 9780230579309
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.37
€ 66.37
Hardcover. This book innovatively re-envisions the possibilities of sexuality education. Utilising student critiques of programmes it reconfigures key debates in sexuality education including: Should pleasure be part of the curriculum? Who makes the best educators? Do students prefer single or mixed gender classes? Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFMA; JFSP2; JHBK5; JNF; MBNH4; VFVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230579439
- ISBN
- 9780230579439
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Hardcover. This book explores the nature of intimacy by revealing how the influence of individual, interpersonal and wider social factors create variations in self-disclosure, intimacy games and relationship habits. It describes how the dynamics of power and control in relationships give rise either to mutual satisfaction or to the unraveling of intimacy. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBK; JMH; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230579569
- ISBN
- 9780230579569
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.61
€ 66.61
Hardcover. An account of the nature and value of the family within a liberal society. It defines 'family', and assesses the right to have a family, whether the family promotes injustice, and what future there is for the family in the face of significant changes. Num Pages: 152 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JFFR; JHBK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230580596
- ISBN
- 9780230580596
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
Work and Identity: Historical and Cultural Contexts (Identity Studies ...
Wall, Christine, Kirk, John
Hardcover. A fascinating account of theoretical debates around identity and work, recent trends and methodological arguments concerning the role of oral testimony and its interpretation. Series: Identity Studies in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460. Historical and Cultural Contexts. Series: Identity Studies in the Social Sciences. 264 pages, 11 figures, 6 black & white tables, 10 charts. A fascinating account of theoretical debates around identity and work, recent trends and methodological arguments concerning the role of oral testimony and its interpretation. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBL. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 20. Weight: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230580824
- ISBN
- 9780230580824
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.48
€ 67.48
Hardcover. Globalization and changes to statehood challenge our understanding of space and territory. This book argues that we must understand that both the modern state and globalisation are based on a cartographic reality of space. In consequence, claims that globalization represents a spatial challenge to state territory are deeply problematic. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTP; JFFS; JHBA; JPA; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 221 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230580831
- ISBN
- 9780230580831
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.46
€ 66.46
Hardcover. Sociologists have debated suicide since the early days of the discipline. This book assesses that body of work and breaks new ground through a qualitatively-driven, mixed method 'sociological autopsy' ofone hundredsuicides that explores what can be known about suicidal lives. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230580923
- ISBN
- 9780230580923
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. This book explores what it means to be a twin and to what extent twins can shape or 'escape' their identities as twins. It investigates how social expectations about twins shape twins' lives and how twins utilize their bodies, space and talk to actively display and perform their own identities. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 230 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230580930
- ISBN
- 9780230580930
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. This book offers a critique of the dominant conceptualization of heritage found in policy, which tends to privilege the white, middle and upper classes. Using Britain as an illustration, Waterton explores how and why recent policies continue to lean towards the predictable melding of cultural diversity with tendencies of assimilation. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFCX; JHBA; JPB; JPQB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230581883
- ISBN
- 9780230581883
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Hardcover. Based on qualitative work in car plants in Argentina, this book offers new insights for an understanding of workers' collective struggles in a radical perspective. Criticizing the use of injustice as the basis of mobilization, it argues that workers' collective resistance should be seen as a function of the development of solidarity. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; KCF; KJMV2; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230584648
- ISBN
- 9780230584648
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.37
€ 66.37
Hardcover. This book explores the many varied ways in which family and intimate lives are realized through mobility: from leaving home, courtship, relationship breakdown, moving house, commuting, family holidays through to children's mobilities, documenting how mobility creates, sustains and dissolves family and intimate relations. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 182 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFM; JHBK; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230594432
- ISBN
- 9780230594432
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.97
€ 66.97
Hardcover. This study is based upon original research carried out with lesbian, gay and queer parents and explores how genealogy, kinship, family, everyday life, gender, race, state welfare and intimacy are theorized and lived out, drawing upon interactionist, feminist, discursive and queer sociologies. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSK; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230594456
- ISBN
- 9780230594456
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.45
€ 67.45