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Paperback. This book uses both oral and conventional historical methods to describe and analyze the history of lung transplantation in the US. While drawing on accounts from doctors and other specialists, it primarily focuses on the experiences of patients and explores themes of uncertainty, timing, identity, coping, and quality of life. Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBL; HBTB; JHB; JHM; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 460.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349343669
- ISBN
- 9781349343669
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€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349344154
- ISBN
- 9781349344154
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Childhoods at the Intersection of the Local and the Global
. Ed(S): Twum-Danso Imoh, Afua; Ame, Robert K...
Paperback. Editor(s): Twum-Danso Imoh, Afua; Ame, Robert Kwame. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JFSP; JHBK; JPQB; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349344444
- ISBN
- 9781349344444
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This book explores the human geographies of skilled migration, specifically the practices, dispositions, relationships, and resources of professional women who participate in the global care industry. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFFN; JFSJ; JHBL; JKS. 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
- V9781349344468
- ISBN
- 9781349344468
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€ 66.16
€ 66.16
Globalizing Social Rights: The International Labour Organization and B...
. Ed(S): Kott, Sandrine; Droux, Joelle
paperback. Based on the case of the ILO, both as an actor and driver of international social policy, this collection explores the internationalization process of social rights, in a number of national and international contexts. This collection brings together a variety of new scholarship by a group of highly qualified and internationally renowned scholars. Editor(s): Kott, Sandrine; Droux, Joelle. Series: International Labour Organization (ILO) Century Series. Num Pages: 361 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBL; HBTB; JHBL; JPSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 361
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349344758
- ISBN
- 9781349344758
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Condition: New
€ 138.85
€ 138.85
Paperback. Twenty years after the post-apartheid Government took office, this timely text interrogates the extent to which the attitudes, identities and everyday lives of British people have changed in accordance with the 'new' South Africa. New ethnographic research is drawn upon to explore important questions of mobility, locality and identity. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFN; JFSL; JHB; JPA; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349344796
- ISBN
- 9781349344796
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Condition: New
€ 65.68
€ 65.68
Paperback. Recent theorizing tends to position ordinary relationships as something we have lost, yet the nature of these relationships is not seriously engaged with. Drawing on rich empirical data, this book questions epochal claims about contemporary emotional lives, setting out to be explicit about the nature of ordinary relationships. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JHBK; JMQ; JMS; VSP. 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
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349344819
- ISBN
- 9781349344819
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€ 66.25
€ 66.25
Paperback. A comprehensive exploration of theories of citizenship and inclusiveness in an age of globalization. The authors analyze democracy and the political community in a transnational context, using new critical, conceptual and normative perspectives on the borders, territories and political agents of the state. Editor(s): Beckman, L.; Erman, E. Series: Palgrave Studies in Citizenship. Num Pages: 172 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHB; JPA; JPS; JPSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349345014
- ISBN
- 9781349345014
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€ 65.58
€ 65.58
Cross Border Migrant Organizations in Comparative Perspective
. Ed(S): Pries, Ludger; Sezgin, Zeynep
Paperback. This book analyzes the aims, activities and structures of cross border migrant organizations in four European countries of arrival and seven countries of origin, exploring different patterns of cross-border resource mobilization and coordination. Editor(s): Pries, Ludger; Sezgin, Zeynep. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 337 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFN; JFSL; JHB; JPA; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 337
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349345137
- ISBN
- 9781349345137
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This pioneering book examines how policies to raise efficiency and performance in Europe's universities have profoundly altered ties between government, society and higher education, outlining how Evaluation Agencies have urged Europe's universities to meet the challenge of modernization. Series: Issues in Higher Education. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JNKC; JPA; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349345236
- ISBN
- 9781349345236
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Condition: New
€ 66.25
€ 66.25
Paperback. Editor(s): Marx, I.; Nelson, K. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 335 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFF; JHB; JKS; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 335
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349345335
- ISBN
- 9781349345335
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Series: Identities and Modernities in Europe. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349345571
- ISBN
- 9781349345571
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Condition: New
€ 65.94
€ 65.94
Paperback. Increasing numbers of people from Western nations are leaving home to work within the developing economies of Asia. Here, Angela Lehmann explores a second-tier city in China and uses sociological theory to understand the impact of global mobility on identity, community and belonging. Num Pages: 171 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JFFN; JHB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 236.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 171
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349345595
- ISBN
- 9781349345595
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Drawing on the writings of Foucault, this book explores the politics and power-dynamics of family life, examining how everyday obligations such as attending school, going to work and staying healthy are organized through the family. The book includes an essay by Foucault, Les desordres des familles, translated here in English for the first time. Editor(s): Duschinsky, Robbie; Rocha, Leon Antonio. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHB; JHBK; JMC; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 335.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349345656
- ISBN
- 9781349345656
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Children and Young People's Participation and its Transformative Poten...
Gadda, Andressa M.; Butler, Udi Mandel. Ed(S)...
Paperback. Bringing together theories, ideas, insights and experiences of practitioners and researchers from Brazil, India, South Africa and the UK, this book explores children and young people's involvement in public action. The contributors consider the potential of children and young people's participation to be transformative. Editor(s): Tisdall, Kay. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFSP; JHBK; JKSN; JN; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 330.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349345694
- ISBN
- 9781349345694
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€ 126.70
€ 126.70
Mediating Cultural Diversity in a Globalised Public Space
. Ed(S): Rigoni, Isabelle; Saitta, Eugenie
Paperback. Through enhancing reflection on the treatment of cultural diversity in contemporary Western societies, this collection aims to move the debate beyond the opposition between ethnicity and citizenship and demonstrate ways to achieve equality in multicultural and globalised societies. Editor(s): Rigoni, Isabelle; Saitta, Eugenie. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JFSL; JFSR; JHB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 251.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349345779
- ISBN
- 9781349345779
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This volume investigates what role colonial communities and diaspora have had in shaping the Portuguese empire and its heritage, exploring topics such as Portuguese migration to Africa, the Ismaili and the Swiss presence in Mozambique, the Goanese in East Africa, the Chinese in Brazil, and the history of the African presence in Portugal. Editor(s): Cahen, M. (Department of Mathematics, Free University of Brussels, Belgium). Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 363 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTQ; JFC; JFFN; JHB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 363
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349346042
- ISBN
- 9781349346042
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€ 48.23
€ 48.23
Paperback. This book explores the adoption of 'active ageing' policies by EU15 nations and the impact on older peoples' work and retirement policy options. Policies examined include unemployment benefits, active labour market policies, partial pension receipt, pension principles, early retirement and incentives for deferral. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP; JFSP31; JHB; JHBK; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349346066
- ISBN
- 9781349346066
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€ 66.10
€ 66.10
Paperback. 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. Editor(s): Doria, Luigi. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB; JHBA; KCA; KFF. 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
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349346080
- ISBN
- 9781349346080
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Condition: New
€ 65.82
€ 65.82
Paperback. Fourteen specialists of Central and Eastern European politics explore memory policies and politics by examining how and why contested memories are constantly reactivated in the former Soviet bloc. The book explores how new social and political actors can challenge the traditional narratives about the past produced by state bodies. Editor(s): Mink, Georges; Neumayer, Laure. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349346387
- ISBN
- 9781349346387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.42
€ 66.42