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Hardcover. With studies of China, India, West Africa, South America and Europe, this book provides a global perspective on food consumption in the modern world. Combing ethnographic, historical and comparative analyses, the volume celebrates the contributions of Jack Goody to the anthropology of food. Editor(s): Klein, Jakob A.; Murcott, Anne. Series: Consumption and Public Life. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCV; JFFT; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137326409
- ISBN
- 9781137326409
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Condition: New
€ 67.39
€ 67.39
Hardcover. This book draws on social theories to understand lifestyle migration as a social phenomenon. The chapters engage theoretically with themes and debates relevant to contemporary social science such as place and space, social stratification and power relations, production and consumption, individualism, dwelling and imagination. Editor(s): Benson, Michaela; Osbaldiston, Nick. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 maps, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFFS; JFSL; JHBD; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137328663
- ISBN
- 9781137328663
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Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardcover. Mulholland offers a scholarly, yet wholly accessible, critical engagement with young people's negotiation with the pornification of culture. This work foregrounds the affective dynamics in young people's institutional and everyday sexual peer cultures. Series: Critical Studies in Gender, Sexuality, and Culture. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JFSJ; JFSP2; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137332936
- ISBN
- 9781137332936
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€ 66.34
€ 66.34
Hardcover. Drawing on insights from psychology, sociology, anthropology, religion, history, and literature, this book examines early and contemporary writings of male authors from across the Arab world to explore the traditional and evolving nature of father-son relationships in Arab families. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFSJ2; JFSL; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137335197
- ISBN
- 9781137335197
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€ 66.64
€ 66.64
Hardcover. Representing a detailed analysis of footballers' wives and their role in contemporary British culture, this books explores how the generic and stereotypical 'Wag' has been created by newspaper and magazine coverage, auto/biographies and influential television programmes. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFCA; JFCD; JFDT; JHBS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137335685
- ISBN
- 9781137335685
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Condition: New
€ 66.97
€ 66.97
Hardcover. This book examines the experiences of those dedicated drinkers at the forefront of the new night-time leisure industries that revolutionized the way we think about our city centres. Smith uses the night-time leisure economy as a lens through which to view the relationship between global consumer capital and the erosion of 'traditional' adulthood. Series: Leisure Studies in a Global Era. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSG; JHBS; KNSP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 209 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137344519
- ISBN
- 9781137344519
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Condition: New
€ 66.34
€ 66.34
Hardcover. This interdisciplinary collection places corporate security in a theoretical and international context. Arguing that corporate security is becoming the primary form of security in the twenty-first century, it explores a range of issues including regulation, accountability, militarization, strategies of securitization and practitioner techniques. Editor(s): Lippert, Randy. Series: Crime Prevention and Security Management. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JKVK; LAR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137346063
- ISBN
- 9781137346063
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Condition: New
€ 194.34
€ 194.34
Hardcover. This book is an original, ethnographic study of the emergence of a new type of thinking about children and their rights in urban China. It brings together evidence from a variety of Chinese government, academic, pedagogic and media publications, and from interviews and participant observations conducted in schools and homes in Shanghai, China. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 183 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JFSP1; JHM; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 218 x 16. Weight in Grams: 344.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137346582
- ISBN
- 9781137346582
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Condition: New
€ 66.34
€ 66.34
Hardcover. Focusing on a number of contemporary research themes and placing them within the context of palpable changes that have occurred within football in recent years, this timely collection brings together essays about football, crime and fan behaviour from leading experts in the fields of criminology, law, sociology, psychology and cultural studies. Editor(s): Hopkins, Matthew; Treadwell, James. Num Pages: 328 pages, 17 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFFE; JHBS; JKV; WSJA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 221 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137347961
- ISBN
- 9781137347961
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Condition: New
€ 128.43
€ 128.43
Hardcover. It is sometimes assumed that fantasizing stands in contrast to activism. This book, however, argues that fantasy plays a central role in social movements. Drawing on psychoanalysis and psychosocial theories, Fantasy and Social Movements examines the relationships between fantasy, reality, action, the unconscious and the collective. Series: Studies in the Psychosocial. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JMAF; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137348166
- ISBN
- 9781137348166
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Condition: New
€ 67.72
€ 67.72
Hardcover. Migrant Capital covers a broad range of case studies and, by bringing together leading and emerging researchers, presents state-of-the-art empirical, theoretical and methodological perspectives on migration, networks, social and cultural capital, exploring the ways in which these bodies of literature can inform and strengthen each other. Editor(s): Ryan, Louise; D'Angelo, Alessio; Erel, Umut. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 296 pages, 29. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFFS; JFSL1; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 485.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137348791
- ISBN
- 9781137348791
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Condition: New
€ 139.02
€ 139.02
Hardcover. Toward a Future Beyond Employment proposes that as poor nations move to the emerging stage and as emerging economies become advanced, advanced economies are transitioning to a stage of their own, to a type of post-employment economy where society works less, consumes less, but instead has more time. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 186 x 219 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137349620
- ISBN
- 9781137349620
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Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
Hardcover. Exploring major questions such as what people want from their work and why, Just Work discusses both new and enduring themes, examining to what extent this is accounted for by a changing environment of work since the 1970s. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137350152
- ISBN
- 9781137350152
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Condition: New
€ 66.52
€ 66.52
Hardcover. Based on an extensive national survey of workers and four separate industry-specific surveys, Generations and Work will examine and provide answers to the most common issues and problems of multi generational work by assessing differences and commonalities between and among generations. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP; JHBL; KJMV2; KJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 452.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137350572
- ISBN
- 9781137350572
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.58
€ 127.58
Ethical Research with Children: Untold Narratives and Taboos
Richards, Sarah, Clark, Jessica, Boggis, Alli...
Hardcover. An increasing interest in children's lives has tested the ethical and practical limits of research. Rather than making tricky ethical decisions, transparent researchers tend to gloss over stories that do not fit with sanitized narratives. This book aims to fill this gap by making explicit the lived experiences of research with children. Num Pages: 185 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFP; JFSP1; JHBA; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 222 x 16. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137351302
- ISBN
- 9781137351302
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.40
€ 66.40
The Public on the Public: The British Public as Trust, Reflexivity and...
Westall, Claire, Gardiner, Michael
Hardcover. In Britain, the resistance to popular determination allowed by the financial construct of the public has been so successful that this term, public, must be re-read as politically paralyzing. The problem, our problem, is the public - which we are so often told will bring us together and provide for us - and it is this we must move beyond. Num Pages: 160 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX; JFF; JHB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137351333
- ISBN
- 9781137351333
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Condition: New
€ 66.25
€ 66.25
Hardback. Series: Policy and Practice in the Classroom. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JN; JNM; JNR; JNZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137352910
- ISBN
- 9781137352910
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Condition: New
€ 116.10
€ 116.10
Hardcover. The 2010 South African World Cup launched African football onto the global stage. This volume brings together top scholars on African football to explore a range of issues such as gender, identity, nationalism, history, cyber-fandom, the media and fan radicalization. Editor(s): Onwumechili, Chuka; Akindes, Gerard. Series: Global Culture and Sport Series. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJH; JFD; JHBS; WSBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137355805
- ISBN
- 9781137355805
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Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardcover. Drawing on a wide range of case studies, Cultures of Financialization argues that, in our age of crisis, the global economy is more invested than ever in culture and the imagination. We must take the idea of 'fictitious capital' seriously as a way to understand the power of finance, and what might be done to stop it. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; KC; KF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137355966
- ISBN
- 9781137355966
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Condition: New
€ 105.17
€ 105.17
Hardback. This book examines the experiences of veiled Muslim women as victims of Islamophobia, and the impact of this victimisation upon women, their families and wider Muslim communities. It proposes a more effective approach to engaging with these victims; one which recognises their multiple vulnerabilities and their distinct cultural and religious needs. Series: Palgrave Hate Studies. Num Pages: 117 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JFSR; JFSR2; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 175 x 15. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 117
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137356147
- ISBN
- 9781137356147
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Condition: New
€ 65.98
€ 65.98
Hardback. This book gives a thorough introduction to the theoretical and practical aspects of planning, conducting and analysing data from Respondent Driven Sampling surveys, drawing on the experiences of experts in the field as well as pioneers that have applied Respondent Driven Sampling methodology to migrant populations. Num Pages: 144 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHBC; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 337.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137363602
- ISBN
- 9781137363602
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Condition: New
€ 66.18
€ 66.18
Hardcover. There is a modest but growing body of scholarly literature on experiences of retail work, with only a handful of studies existing on retail organizing. Before Revolutionizing Retail, no scholar had captured or analysed the breadth of political action being pursued in this crucial economic sector. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; KCF; KCP; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 189 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137364678
- ISBN
- 9781137364678
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Condition: New
€ 66.34
€ 66.34
Hardcover. Eddy M. Souffrant calls for a reassessment of the starting points of moral, social, and political philosophy that takes into account the actual living circumstances of persons living the 21st century. Series: Future of Minority Studies. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM; JFSL; JHB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137365828
- ISBN
- 9781137365828
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Condition: New
€ 66.34
€ 66.34
Hardcover. This book is a timely revival of the social and political importance of meaningful work, which explores a philosophy of work based upon the value of meaningfulness and argues for the institution of a new politics of meaningfulness. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBL; KJWX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137370570
- ISBN
- 9781137370570
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.97
€ 66.97