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Hardcover. Traditional histories of war have typically explored masculine narratives of military and political action, leaving private, domestic life relatively unstudied. This volume expands our understanding by looking at the relationships between mothers and children, and the varied roles both have assumed during periods of armed conflict. Editor(s): Cooper, Dana; Phelan, Claire. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBW; JFSJ1; JHBK; JPWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137437952
- ISBN
- 9781137437952
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBK; JMF; JMQ; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137438218
- ISBN
- 9781137438218
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.14
€ 100.14
Paperback. The book contains groundbreaking and immersive essays on crucial 20th Century scholars on social theory, discussed and analyzed from a radical, critical theory perspective. Aronowitz provides his unique and lauded critical eye toward the leading thinkers of our age, crafting an immersive set of essays on radical thought. Series: Political Philosophy and Public Purpose. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137438874
- ISBN
- 9781137438874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.02
€ 66.02
Hardcover. This study reassesses the criminal body from sentencing to execution and afterlife, using the nineteenth-century Red Barn murder as a case study. Positioned within the burgeoning field of medical humanities, it places culture and power at the centre of debates surrounding criminal justice and public punishment. Num Pages: 120 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; JHBZ; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 14. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137439383
- ISBN
- 9781137439383
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.00
€ 66.00
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSJ2; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 437.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137441850
- ISBN
- 9781137441850
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.55
€ 116.55
Hardcover. This book analyzes how strategic intelligence can support decision-makers in national policing organizations to anticipate transnational organized crime (TOC). The authors examine case studies from Australia, Canada and the UK, and argue for the development of empirically-grounded intelligence theory to aid the policy process and law enforcement. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; JKV; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 218 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137443878
- ISBN
- 9781137443878
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.48
€ 66.48
Hardcover. This book addresses the widespread use of digital personal media in daily life. With a sociological and historical perspective, it explores the media-enhanced individualization and rationalization of the lifeworld, discussing the dramatic mediatization of daily life and calling on theorists such as McLuhan, Habermas and Goffman. Num Pages: 147 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JFFP; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 218 x 17. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137446459
- ISBN
- 9781137446459
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.17
€ 66.17
Hardcover. University rankings have gained popularity around the world and are now a significant factor shaping reputation. This second edition updates Ellen Hazelkorn's first comprehensive study of rankings from a global perspective, drawing in new original research and extensive analysis. It is essential reading for policymakers, managers and scholars. Num Pages: 329 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; JNF; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Second Edition,New edition,2nd edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137446664
- ISBN
- 9781137446664
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.55
€ 67.55
Hardcover. There has been a widespread fascination with age-dissimilar couples in recent years. This book examines how the romantic relationships of these couples are understood. Based on qualitative research, McKenzie investigates notions of autonomy, relatedness, contradiction, and change in age-dissimilar relationships and romantic love. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP3; JHBK; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137446763
- ISBN
- 9781137446763
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.62
€ 66.62
Hardback. Hayek's Modern Family offers a classical liberal theory of the family, taking Hayekian social theory as the main analytical framework. Num Pages: 313 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBK; JPFK; KCA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 313
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137448224
- ISBN
- 9781137448224
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.22
€ 151.22
Hardcover. What Morality Means examines the scientific theory of morality, drawing on zoological and physiological literatures in addition to contemporary sociological research on status and exchange. The theory roots morality in the capacity for perceptual overlap, and describes how perceptual overlap has been constrained and enabled in human history. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM; JHBA; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137449283
- ISBN
- 9781137449283
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Hardcover. 'Euro-commuters' have emerged as a new group of migrants since the onset of the economic crisis in the EU. These people work in one country but live in another. This book analyses the characteristics of these migrants, their motivations and how commuting influences their personal, family and social lives. Num Pages: 148 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHBK; JHBL; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137449450
- ISBN
- 9781137449450
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Hardback. Tracing the evolution of French sociology from the early twentieth century to the present day, this insightful book brings to the fore the renowned origins but relatively slow institutional development of the discipline in France. Series: Sociology Transformed. Num Pages: 91 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJP; HPS; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 267.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 91
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137450531
- ISBN
- 9781137450531
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. The authors investigate the phenomenon of high-skilled Chinese returnees and their impact on the development of the Chinese economy and society. Series: Politics and Development of Contemporary China. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11 black & white tables, 78 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFN; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 222 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137450593
- ISBN
- 9781137450593
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardback. Raffalovich's 1896 magnum opus of sexology, Uranism and Unisexuality (never before translated into English until now), provides an ethical justification for same-sex desire. Drawing on cross-cultural and transhistorical narratives, the gentleman scholar argues for the rights of the homosexual in society and its responsibility to him. Editor(s): Erber, Nancy; Peniston, William A.; Healy, Philip; Roden, Frederick S., AOJN. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 324 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; 3JJ; JFSJ; JFSK; JHBK5; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137451385
- ISBN
- 9781137451385
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.21
€ 162.21
Regimes of Social Cohesion: Societies and the Crisis of Globalization ...
Green, Andy, Janmaat, Jan Germen
Paperback. In this volume, now in paperback, Green and Janmaat employ an original and highly interdisciplinary mixed method approach to 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: 264 pages, 10 black & white tables, 52 figures. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHB; JPA; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 215 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137453242
- ISBN
- 9781137453242
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Hardback. By comparing Germany, France, the UK and the USA this study explores how governments have tackled the increased pressure of financing state pensions. Specifically, it looks at the approach of each of these countries to raising the age of entitlement in order to understand the ways in which this policy was introduced in different countries. Num Pages: 162 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBD; JPB; JPQB; KFFP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 359.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137453969
- ISBN
- 9781137453969
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Hardcover. The dominant cultural script is that the Baby Boomers have 'had it all', thereby depriving younger generations of the opportunity to create a life for themselves. Bristow provides a critical account of this discourse by locating the problematisation of the Baby Boomers within a wider ambivalence about the legacy of the Sixties. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 graphs, 1 tables. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; JFFP; JFSP; JHBK; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137454720
- ISBN
- 9781137454720
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.62
€ 66.62
Hardcover. Many fathers are now providing hands-on, engaged care to babies and young children. This book draws on observations of, and interviews with, caregiving fathers, as well as analyses of fathers' memoirs and online blogs, to examine fathers' caregiving work as embodied practice and as lived experience. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 224 pages, 11. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137455888
- ISBN
- 9781137455888
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.57
€ 127.57
The African Diaspora Population in Britain. Migrant Identities and Exp...
Aspinall, Peter J.; Chinouya, Martha J.
Hardback. This book focuses on the 'Black African' diaspora population living in Britain, including history of settlement, migration patterns, and where Black Africans currently live. It provides an analysis of areas where Black Africans face disadvantage, including labour market participation, housing, and health and social care. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFN; JFSL3; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137456533
- ISBN
- 9781137456533
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.16
€ 67.16