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Hardcover. Why does contemporary calculation develop as calculation of the quality of everything? How should we consider calculation of quality and the relationship between calculation and enhancement of life? These and related questions are addressed through phenomenological investigation and a critical analysis of the social science debate. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JF; JHB; KCA; KJMQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230353749
ISBN
9780230353749
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.18

Hardcover. Drawing upon field work and interviews with cultural workers in the UK and Australia, this book examines the cultural work experiences of rural, regional and remotely located creative practitioners, and how this sits within local economies and communities. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AF; JFC; JFSF; JHBL; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230355422
ISBN
9780230355422
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.49

Hardcover. Based on interviews with pregnant women, this book provides a multi-disciplinary empirical account of pregnant embodiment and how it relates to wider sociological and feminist discourses about gender, bodies, 'fitness', 'fat', celebrity and motherhood. Series: Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ1; JHBF; VFDW; VFXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230355439
ISBN
9780230355439
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230356160
ISBN
9780230356160
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.39

Hardcover. An Age of Limits outlines a new social theory for understanding contemporary society. Providing an analysis of why political, economic and cultural powers face constraints across the global North and beyond, this bold book argues that forces which address current challenges must confront the limits of the interplay between dominant institutions. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JM; HPS; JFFS; JHBA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 465.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230360600
ISBN
9780230360600
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

Paperback. An Age of Limits outlines a new social theory for understanding contemporary society. Providing an analysis of why political, economic and cultural powers face constraints across the global North and beyond, this bold book argues that forces which address current challenges must confront the limits of the interplay between dominant institutions. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JM; HPS; JFFS; JHBA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230360617
ISBN
9780230360617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.22

Hardcover. Roger examines how developments in new media technologies, such as the internet, blogs, camera/video phones, have fundamentally altered the way in which governments, militaries, terrorists, NGOs, and citizens engage with images. He argues that there has been a paradigm shift from techno-war to image warfare, which emerged on 9/11. Series: New Security Challenges. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JHB; JPS; JPWL; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230363885
ISBN
9780230363885
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.49

Hardcover. This book explores how digital communication generates new intimacies and meanings of friendship in a networked society, developing a theory of mediated intimacies to explain how social media contributes to dramatic changes in our ideas about personal relationships, through themes of self, youth, families, digital dating and online social capital. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JFFP; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230364172
ISBN
9780230364172
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.58

Hardcover. Presents the outcomes of a major 14-country project aimed at empowering girls and young women. Provides a discussion of their choices in life, comparing factors such as family background, health, education, employment opportunities and the use of and access to the internet. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFG; JFSJ1; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230369351
ISBN
9780230369351
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.52

Hardcover. This book outlines the methodology and results of the Fiction and the Cultural Mediation of Ageing Project, led by a research team from Brunel University, UK. It investigates how older people resist stereotypical cultural representations of ageing and demonstrates the importance of narrative understanding to social agency. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230390935
ISBN
9780230390935
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.88

Hardcover. A detailed exploration of the influence and utility of Thomas Malthus' model of population growth and economic changes in Europe since the nineteenth century. This important contribution to current discussions on theories of economic growth includes discussion of issues ranging from mortality and fertility to natural resources and the poverty trap. Editor(s): Piga, Gustavo. Series: Central Issues in Contemporary Economic Theory and Policy. Num Pages: 189 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBD; KCF; KCG; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230392489
ISBN
9780230392489
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.09

Hardcover. This book provides a sociological perspective on fitness culture as developed in commercial gyms, investigating the cultural relevance of gyms in terms of the history of the commercialization of body discipline, the negotiation of gender identities and distinction dynamics within contemporary cultures of consumption. Series: Consumption and Public Life. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFT; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392. Gyms and the Commercialisation of Discipline and Fun. Series: Consumption and Public Life. 248 pages, 0. This book provides a sociological perspective on fitness culture as developed in commercial gyms, investigating the cultural relevance of gyms in terms of the history of the commercialization of body discipline, the negotiation of gender identities and distinction dynamics within contemporary cultures of consumption. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFT; JHBS. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 19. Weight: 392.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230507494
ISBN
9780230507494
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.78

Hardcover. This collection is the result of a five-year-long collaboration of sociologists in Sweden, Spain and the United States. In-depth, extended interviews with couples explore their daily lives and provide insights into the impact of modernity, gender roles, and expectations of the meaning of money and the complex financial reality of households. Editor(s): Diaz-Martinez, Capitolina. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DNS; 1DSE; 1KBB; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230517028
ISBN
9780230517028
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.52

Hardcover. The book explores the relationship between embodiment and the production of the key structures which frame agency to map out potential for social change. It uses modalities of ageing embodiment in the context of sport participation in later life, specifically Master athletics, including barriers, opportunities and physiological dimensions. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JHBS; JHMC; WSKC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 383.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230517592
ISBN
9780230517592
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.46

Hardcover. Exploring the implications of the internet and bio-technologies for intimate and sexual life, this book discusses the concept of citizenship in relation to the extension of public health through the internet, and reveals concerns that sexually transmitted infections and HIV are associated with such technologies. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBK5; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230525627
ISBN
9780230525627
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.52

Hardcover. The book focuses on the design of rigorous trials rather than their statistical underpinnings, with chapters on: pragmatic designs; placebo designs; preference approaches; unequal allocation; economics; analytical approaches; randomization methods. It also includes a detailed description of randomization procedures and different trial designs. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; JN; MBP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230537354
ISBN
9780230537354
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.46

Hardcover. This book examines connections between personal, relational and material matters in everyday life in the context of broader and long standing social problems. It explores the connections between mundane practices in the reproduction of our bodies and our relations with those we live with, and the technological practices that inform daily life. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JHBK; JHMC; PDR; TB; YXF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230545489
ISBN
9780230545489
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.78

Paperback. This book gathers the most recent scholarship on the historicization of masculinity by the most original and widely respected thinkers in the field. By using the analytical tools of Queer Theory these interdisciplinary scholars have reconfigured the history of sexuality in radically altering how we think about sexuality and how we write history. Editor(s): O'Donnell, Katherine; O'Rourke, Michael. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DD; 3J; HBJD; HBLH; JFSK2; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 142 x 215 x 12. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
219
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230546790
ISBN
9780230546790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.82

Hardcover. Are current patterns within women's occupations a function of external limitations on initial ambitions, or do women simply prefer distinct types of work? Including case studies of fire fighting and teaching, this book offers a qualitative exploration of girls' and women's reported journeys towards their work choices. Series: Women's Studies at York Series. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230549227
ISBN
9780230549227
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.15

Hardcover. Despite the growing multi-faith and multi-ethnic nature of Britain, there is insufficient knowledge about diversity in family practices across ethno-religious groups. This book fills that gap, exploring family practices -- values, roles, relationships, support systems and daily routines -- among South Asian Muslim families in Britain. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFSL3; JFSR2; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230549272
ISBN
9780230549272
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.78

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