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Paperback. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 301
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- New
- SKU
- V9781349454723
- ISBN
- 9781349454723
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€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Paperback. This volume explores the variety of forms, strategies and practices of Islamic organizations in Europe and the United States. It focuses on the reactions of organized Muslims at local, national, and transnational levels to the on-going debates on their integration into society and the structures of state-church relations. Editor(s): Kortmann, Matthias; Rosenow-Williams, Kerstin. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM; JFFN; JFSL; JHB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 290
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- New
- SKU
- V9781349454860
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- 9781349454860
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€ 66.08
€ 66.08
Paperback. An edited collection whose contributors analyze the relationship between writing, learning, and video games/videogaming, these essays consist of academic essays from writing and rhetoric teacher-scholars, who theorize, and contextualize how computer/video games enrich writing practices within and beyond the classroom and the teaching of writing. Editor(s): Colby, Richard; Johnson, Mathew. Series: Digital Education and Learning. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JHB; JHM; JNKD; JNMT; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 258
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- New
- SKU
- V9781349455621
- ISBN
- 9781349455621
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€ 53.36€ 46.37
€ 53.36
€ 46.37
Paperback. Editor(s): Odendaal, Nancy; Watson, Vanessa. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JHBC; JPQB; KCM; KCU; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349455768
- ISBN
- 9781349455768
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€ 66.41
€ 66.41
Paperback. Using narrative accounts from a sample of 69 New York City-based musicians of various genres who are self-acknowledged heroin users, the book addresses the reasons why these musicians started using heroin and the impact heroin had on these musicians' playing, creativity, and careers. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AV; JFC; JFSR; JHB; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
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- New
- SKU
- V9781349456000
- ISBN
- 9781349456000
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€ 65.93
€ 65.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSL; JHB; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 324.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349456062
- ISBN
- 9781349456062
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€ 137.75
€ 137.75
Paperback. Against the backdrop of the environmental impact of household electricity consumption and the history of cooling practices, Marlyne Sahakian considers how people keep cool, from Metro Manila to other mega-cities in Southeast Asia. Series: Energy, Climate and the Environment. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; JHBL; KCN; RNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
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- New
- SKU
- V9781349456185
- ISBN
- 9781349456185
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€ 126.97
€ 126.97
Paperback. This book combines the two most important typologies of capitalist diversity; Esping-Andersen's welfare regime typology and Hall and Soskice's 'Varieties of Capitalism' typology, into a unified typology of capitalist diversity. The author shows empircally that certain welfare states bundle together with certain production systems. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JHBL; JPB; JPQB; KFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 305.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349456604
- ISBN
- 9781349456604
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€ 65.78
€ 65.78
Paperback. This book explores reforms to young adults' schooling that mobilise capital friendly learning-and-earning (l'earning) webs. It argues that deschooling l'earning builds young adults' commitment to modern modes of capital accumulation, gives insights into how they can secure their future, and reassures them that this can serve the common good. Series: Policy and Practice in the Classroom. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JNA; JNK; JPQB; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349456628
- ISBN
- 9781349456628
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€ 65.88
€ 65.88
Paperback. While the Islamic Republic has employed various strategies to mitigate the worst excesses of inter-ethnic tension while still securing a Shi'a dominated "Persian hegemony," the systematic neglect of ethnic groups by both the Islamic Republic and its predecessor regime has resulted in the politicization of ethnic identity in Iran. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSL; JHB; JPA; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349456765
- ISBN
- 9781349456765
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€ 65.84
€ 65.84
Paperback. 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: 330 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JHBA; JHBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 487.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349457168
- ISBN
- 9781349457168
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€ 66.89
€ 66.89
Paperback. Norbert Elias has been recognized as one of the key social scientists of the 20th century at least in sociology, political science and history. This book will address Norbert Elias's approach to empirical research, the use of his work in empirical research, and compare him with other theorists. Editor(s): Landini, Tatiana Savoia; Depelteau, Francois. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JHBA; JHBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349457182
- ISBN
- 9781349457182
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€ 66.80
€ 66.80
paperback. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSP; JHBA; JHBK; JN; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
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- New
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- 1st ed. 2014
- SKU
- V9781349457229
- ISBN
- 9781349457229
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€ 66.02
€ 66.02
Paperback. This book takes Jamie Oliver's campaign for better school meals as a starting point for thinking about morally charged concerns relating to young people's nutrition, health and well-being, parenting, and public health 'crises' such as obesity. The authors show how these debates are always about the moral project of the self. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSP; JFSR; JHBK; JNK; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 305.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349457243
- ISBN
- 9781349457243
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€ 65.78
€ 65.78
Paperback. The provision of care has been widely referred to as facing a 'crisis'. International migrants are increasingly relied upon to provide care as domestic workers, nannies, care assistants and nurses. This international volume examines the global construction of migrant care labour and how it manifests itself in different contexts." Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSJ; JHB; JPQB; KJWB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349457441
- ISBN
- 9781349457441
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€ 126.68
€ 126.68
paperback. Series: Energy, Climate and the Environment. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPSN; KCN; RGB; RND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- SKU
- V9781349457823
- ISBN
- 9781349457823
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Condition: New
€ 65.57
€ 65.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 177 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; JHBA; JHBK; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 177
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349458066
- ISBN
- 9781349458066
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€ 126.32
€ 126.32
paperback. Can society operate without gender and even biological sex classifications? Queer Post-Gender Ethics argues that we could exist, formulate our relationships and be sexual in more androgynous ways. Outlining a political vision for how a post-gender sociality might be achieved, it presents queer social practices for a truly gender neutral world. Series: Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ; JHB; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 315.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- SKU
- V9781349458127
- ISBN
- 9781349458127
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€ 159.81
€ 159.81
Paperback. 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, F.von; Benda-Beckmann, Keebet von. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRA; JHB; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349458240
- ISBN
- 9781349458240
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€ 126.97
€ 126.97
Paperback. Informal folk narrative genres such as gossip, advice, rumor, and urban legends provide a unique window into popular formations of AIDS and gender conflict in Africa. The first book on the subject to draw primarily on such narratives, this book shows how they provide rich insights into the struggles of people living in an era of social upheaval. Series: Gender and Cultural Studies in Africa and the Diaspora. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ; JHB; JHBK; JHM; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349458370
- ISBN
- 9781349458370
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Condition: New
€ 72.48
€ 72.48
Paperback. Editor(s): Wells, K.; Burman, E.; Montgomery, H.; Watson, A. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFSP; JHBK; JKSB1; JKSN; JMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349458455
- ISBN
- 9781349458455
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Condition: New
€ 65.78
€ 65.78
Paperback. This book argues that Americans' belief in post-racialism, rooted in both ideology and material progress among racial minorities, is wrong because both old and new patterns of racism continue to hinder the acceptance of African Americans as true equals in American society, despite the recent mobility of the black middle class. Series: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSL; JHB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349458493
- ISBN
- 9781349458493
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Condition: New
€ 65.72
€ 65.72
Transnational Corporations from the Standpoint of Workers
Rathzel, Nora; Mulinari, Diana; Tollefsen, Ai...
Paperback. This book explores the history and global expansion of AB Volvo, one of the hundred largest corporations in the world, through the experiences of its workers in Sweden, Mexico, South Africa, and India. It investigates how neo-liberalisation has transformed the company into a promoter of lean production, at the expense of the workers' needs. Num Pages: 311 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JHBL; JPS; KCD; KCF; KJU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 413.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 311
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349458660
- ISBN
- 9781349458660
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Condition: New
€ 66.44
€ 66.44
Paperback. Papers from the conference (Un)civil Society--State Failure and the Contradictions of Self-Organisation in Nigeria, held May 14-17, 2005 in Lagos, Nigeria. Editor(s): Okome, M. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JHB; JPA; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349458981
- ISBN
- 9781349458981
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Condition: New
€ 66.26
€ 66.26