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Hardback. The study of consumption has never seriously examined the role of leisure. This ambitious, agenda-setting study, provides the most in-depth examination of the relationship between the two to date, drawing on the serious leisure perspective and outlining a new conceptual framework for analyzing consumption for leisure. Num Pages: 189 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFT; JHBS; YNP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 189
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230220225
- ISBN
- 9780230220225
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Condition: New
€ 62.03
€ 62.03
Hardback. This major new contribution to the study of consumption examines how dominant groups express and display their sense of superiority through material and aesthetic attributes, demonstrating that differences from one society to another, and across historical periods, challenge current understandings of elite distinction. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFT; JHB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230220270
- ISBN
- 9780230220270
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Condition: New
€ 62.36
€ 62.36
Hardback. A new contribution to the debate on the evolution of European employment and social models. These models need to adjust to meet new challenges, including globalization, ageing societies, and new governance approaches at national, EU and international level. This book explores these issues through the experiences of nine EU countries. Editor(s): Rubery, Jill; Bosch, Gerhard; Lehndorff, Steffen. Num Pages: 299 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1QFE; JHBL; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 299
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230223554
- ISBN
- 9780230223554
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.46
€ 119.46
Hardback. This book proposes a new theoretical framework for the study of immigration. It examines four major issues informing current sociological studies of immigration: mechanisms and effects of international migration, processes of immigrants' assimilation and transnational engagements, and the adaptation patterns of the second generation. Num Pages: 302 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSL; JHBD; JPVR; YQN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230223950
- ISBN
- 9780230223950
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.13
€ 120.13
Hardback. Approaching family through the lens of food, this book provides a new perspective on the diversity of contemporary family life, challenging received ideas about the decline of the family meal, the individualization of food choice and the relationship between professional advice on healthy eating and the everyday practices of 'doing family'. Editor(s): Jackson, Professor Peter. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 307 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFCV; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 307
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230223981
- ISBN
- 9780230223981
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.98
€ 62.98
Hardback. This collection opens up spaces where lives end, bodies are disposed of and memories generated: hospitals, hospices, care homes, coroners' courts, funeral premises, cemeteries, roadsides, the spirit world. Using material culture studies it illuminates the ways human beings make meaningful the challenges of death, dying and bereavement. Editor(s): Hockey, Jenny; Komaromy, Carol; Woodthorpe, Kate. Num Pages: 285 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBZ; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230224162
- ISBN
- 9780230224162
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.35
€ 119.35
Hardback. Based on the views of teenagers across Europe and in the Far East, this book argues that we need to reconsider how we judge schools and what they are for. It shows that the treatment of pupils in schools makes more difference to teenagers' views on society, and on what it means to be fair, than it does to differences in attainment. Num Pages: 210 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBC; JNKS; JNL; YNGL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230230255
- ISBN
- 9780230230255
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.67
€ 62.67
Hardback. Modernism and Eugenics comprehensively explores modern Europe's fixation with eugenic programmes of racial and national purification. It convincingly demonstrates that between 1870 and 1940 eugenicists were not only preoccupied with rescuing the individual from the anomie of modernity but equally championed a glorious racial destiny for the nation. Series: Modernism and.. Num Pages: 189 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLW; JHBD; JPFQ; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 189
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230230828
- ISBN
- 9780230230828
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.15
€ 62.15
hardcover. This study sees 'mediation' as a way of understanding the relationship between internal and external conversation, which underpins how individuals are connected to society. The relationship between these aspects of conversation is crucial in allowing selves to achieve subjectively-defined 'balance' between inner and outer worlds. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTC; JHBA; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230231337
- ISBN
- 9780230231337
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Hardback. Social thinkers in all fields are faced with one unavoidable question: What does it mean to be human in the 21st century? This ambitious and groundbreaking book provides the first synthesis of historical, philosophical and sociological insights needed to address this question in a thoughtful and creative manner. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM3; JFMG; JHB; PDA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230233423
- ISBN
- 9780230233423
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.10
€ 63.10
Hardback. This book argues for the centrality of Georg Simmel's social theory to the relational and processual emphases that are often considered as much more recent developments in social theory. Situating Simmel's work in particular with respect to New Vitalism and Bruno Latour's work, the book shows that Simmel has still an enormous amount to contribute. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230236172
- ISBN
- 9780230236172
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.85
€ 118.85
Hardback. Providing a new perspective on migration and sex work in Europe, this book is based on interviews with migrant women in the sex sector. It brings together issues of migration, labour and political subjectivity in order to refocus scholarly and policy agenda away from sex slavery and organized crime, towards agency and citizenship. Series: Migration, Minorities & Citizenship. Num Pages: 182 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFN; JFMX; JFSJ1; JHBL; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230237407
- ISBN
- 9780230237407
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.31
€ 62.31
Hardback. This collection explores the contested meanings and diverse practices of social research in the context of contemporary theoretical debates in cultural and social theory, addressing fundamental questions facing those working in the social and human sciences today. Editor(s): Roseneil, Sasha; Frosh, Stephen. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230241589
- ISBN
- 9780230241589
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.59
€ 62.59
Hardback. Kaj Ilmonen was a pioneer in the third wave of the sociology of consumption. This book provides a balanced overview of the sociology of consumption, arguing that the enthusiasm of 'the third wave' exaggerated the role of the symbolic and imaginary at the expense of the materiality of human societies. Editor(s): Ilmonen, Kaj. Translator(s): Kivinen, David. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCD; JFFT; JHBA; JPA; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230244108
- ISBN
- 9780230244108
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.06
€ 119.06
Hardcover. This book conceptualises the lived experience of intimacy in a world in which the terms and conditions of love and friendship are increasingly unclear. It shows that the analysis of the 'small world' of dyads can give important clues about society and its gendered makeup. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFP; JFSJ; JHBK; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230272521
- ISBN
- 9780230272521
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.46
€ 62.46
Hardback. A significant contribution to memory studies and part of an emergent strand of work on global memory. This book offers important insights on topics relating to memory, globalization, international politics, international relations, Holocaust studies and media and communication studies. Editor(s): Assmann, Aleida; Conrad, Sebastian. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFS; JHBA; JMRM; YQN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230272910
- ISBN
- 9780230272910
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.92
€ 108.92
Hardcover. EPUB Series: Global Culture and Sport Series. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHBS; KNSP; WSJA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230274440
- ISBN
- 9780230274440
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.70
€ 62.70
Hardcover. In an age of rapid advances in behavioural genetics, this book applies a unique genetic-social framework to the study of crime and criminal behaviour. Drawing upon evidence from evolutionary psychology and behavioural genetics, it offers an up-to-date and balanced account of the mutuality between genes and environment. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBA; JKV; JMM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230278509
- ISBN
- 9780230278509
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.26
€ 62.26
Hardback. We are living in the age of imagination and communication. This book, about the new ways time is experienced and organised in post-industrial workplaces, argues that the key feature of working time within knowledge, and other workplaces, is unpredictability, creating a culture that seeks to insert acceptance of unpredictability as a new 'standard'. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; KNTX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 191
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230282971
- ISBN
- 9780230282971
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.33
€ 108.33
Hardback. This book analyzes in what way activation policies impact on given patterns of social citizenship that predominate in national contexts. It argues that the 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, Sigrid; Bothfeld, Silke. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; JKSB; JPB; JPSN2; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 24. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230289543
- ISBN
- 9780230289543
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.46
€ 63.46
Hardcover. Based on extensive analysis of surveys from recent decades, this book provides a detailed study of the attitudes of religious groups in Britain. It looks at continuity and change in relation to party support, ideology, abortion, homosexuality and gay rights, foreign policy, and public opinion towards religion in public life. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HRA; JHBC; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230293892
- ISBN
- 9780230293892
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.79
€ 62.79
Hardcover. Through a rich ethnography of street and working children in Calcutta, India, this book offers the first sustained enquiry into postcolonial childhoods, arguing that the lingering effects of colonialism are central to comprehending why these children struggle to inhabit the transition from labour to schooling. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSP1; JHBL; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230296428
- ISBN
- 9780230296428
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.67
€ 62.67
The EU and the Domestic Politics of Welfare State Reforms. Europa, Eur...
Graziano, Paolo R.. Ed(S): Jacquot, Sophie; P...
Hardback. This book focuses on the relationship between European integration, its outputs and national institutional and political settings. It explores the political mechanisms through which the EU plays a role in domestic social policy changes. Editor(s): Jacquot, Sophie; Palier, Bruno. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 369 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFA; JHBL; JKSB; JPB; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 369
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230296435
- ISBN
- 9780230296435
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.77
€ 63.77
Hardcover. This book offers historical and contemporary international analysis of fraud and corruption in sport, including a diverse range of cases from the sporting world including football, cricket, horse racing and boxing. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBS; JKVK; KNSP; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230299788
- ISBN
- 9780230299788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.61
€ 108.61