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Hardcover. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with 15-22 year old straight and gay male athletes in both the United States and the United Kingdom, this book explores how jocks have redefined heterosexuality, and no longer fear being thought gay for behaviors that constrained men of the previous generation. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JFSJ2; JFSK2; JHBK5; JHBS; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137379634
- ISBN
- 9781137379634
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Condition: New
€ 62.67
€ 62.67
Hardback. Based on ethnographic data, this revealing study presents a humane and realistic account of Romanian economic migrants and their life in the UK, providing a more balanced picture of the way new immigrant groups are depicted and popularly perceived. Num Pages: 136 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFFN; JFS; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 327.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137380609
- ISBN
- 9781137380609
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Condition: New
€ 61.80
€ 61.80
Paperback. Examining modern Muslim identity constructions, the authors introduce a novel analytical framework to Islamic Studies, drawing on theories of successive modernities, sociology of religion, and poststructuralist approaches to modern subjectivity, as well as the results of extensive fieldwork in the Middle East, particularly Egypt and Jordan. Series: The Modern Muslim World. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; JFFS; JHBA; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 360.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137380630
- ISBN
- 9781137380630
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Condition: New
€ 61.92
€ 61.92
Politics of Modern Muslim Subjectivities: Islam, Youth, and Social Act...
Jung, Dietrich, Petersen, Marie Juul, Sparre,...
Hardcover. Examining modern Muslim identity constructions, the authors introduce a novel analytical framework to Islamic Studies, drawing on theories of successive modernities, sociology of religion, and poststructuralist approaches to modern subjectivity, as well as the results of extensive fieldwork in the Middle East, particularly Egypt and Jordan. Series: The Modern Muslim World. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRH; JHB; JHBA; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 477.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137380647
- ISBN
- 9781137380647
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€ 62.67
€ 62.67
Hardcover. This volume presents an extended reflection on human dependency and the need to 'care' and be 'cared for'. Philosophers, theologians, social theorists, economists, and professional caregivers to discuss the challenges of professional caregiving, analyzing how societies can promote relationships in which individuals can give and receive 'care'. Editor(s): Gonzalez, Ana Martha; Iffland, Craig. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHB; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137381163
- ISBN
- 9781137381163
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Condition: New
€ 62.76
€ 62.76
Hardcover. What can 'assemblage' thinking contribute to the study of international relations theory? This study seeks to investigate how the various debates on assemblages in social theory can contribute to generating critical considerations on the connections and dissociation of political agency, physical world and international dynamics. Editor(s): Acuto, Michele. Num Pages: 156 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA; JPS; RGC; RGCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 344.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137383952
- ISBN
- 9781137383952
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Condition: New
€ 77.35
€ 77.35
Hardcover. This book is a historical sociological examination of the formulation and institutionalization of Turkish nationhood during the early Republic (1920-1938). Focusing on the language, education, and citizenship policies advanced during the period, it looks at how the Republican elite situated different ethnic, linguistic, and religious groups. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVT; JHB; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 221 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137384522
- ISBN
- 9781137384522
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Condition: New
€ 61.95
€ 61.95
hardcover. This book proposes a historical-conceptual journey into the cluttered social formations that have remained outside of mainstream sociology. In particular, it reviews urban crowds, mediated publics, global masses, population, the sovereign people and the multitude and addresses the question: 'What is the building block of the social?'. Num Pages: 96 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JFSG; JHBA; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 276.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137384980
- ISBN
- 9781137384980
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Condition: New
€ 61.69
€ 61.69
Hardcover. Ryan examines outdoor recreation through the lens of ecological theory, providing a unique, alternative framework to the dilemmas of user impacts on nature, and the paradoxes inherent within this. Series: Leisure Studies in a Global Era. Num Pages: 189 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBS; RNK; RNT; WSZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 378.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137385079
- ISBN
- 9781137385079
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Condition: New
€ 62.08
€ 62.08
Hardcover. A social tragedy is a collective representation of injustice. Baker demonstrates how social tragedies facilitate moral action and discusses a series of contemporary case studies - the death of Princess Diana, Zinedine Zidane's 2006 World Cup scandal, KONY 2012 - to examine their social and political effects. Series: Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD; JHBA; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 221 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137386137
- ISBN
- 9781137386137
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Condition: New
€ 62.12
€ 62.12
Reimagining Black Difference and Politics in Brazil: From Racial Democ...
Alexandre Emboaba da Costa
Hardcover. This book examines Black Brazilian political struggle in a moment characterized by the intermingling of post-racial ideologies and multicultural policies in the Americas. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSL; JFSL3; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137386335
- ISBN
- 9781137386335
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Condition: New
€ 62.12
€ 62.12
hardcover. 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: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 440.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Number of pages
- 197
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137388292
- ISBN
- 9781137388292
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Condition: New
€ 62.67
€ 62.67
Hardcover. Marriages across ethnic borders are increasing in frequency, yet little is known of how discourses of 'normal' families, ethnicity, race, migration, globalisation affect couples and children involved in these mixed marriages. This book explores mixed marriage though intimate stories drawn from the real lives of visibly different couples. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JHBK; JKSN; JMF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137390776
- ISBN
- 9781137390776
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Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Hardcover. Well-established scholars from a variety of disciplines - including sociology, anthropology, media and cultural studies, and political sciences - use the social construction of death and dying to analyse a wide variety of meaning-making practices in societal fields such as ethics, politics, media, medicine and family. Editor(s): Van Brussel, Leen; Carpentier, Nico. Num Pages: 278 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137391902
- ISBN
- 9781137391902
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Condition: New
€ 129.83
€ 129.83
Hardcover. Early Childhood in Postcolonial Australia is a critical narration of how Australian children use cultural markers such as, skin color, diet and religious practices to build their identity categories of "self" and "other." Series: Critical Cultural Studies of Childhood. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFSP1; JHB; JNFR; JNLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 381.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137392176
- ISBN
- 9781137392176
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 43.53
€ 54.99
€ 43.53
Hardcover. This edited volume addresses key debates around African football, identity construction, fan cultures, and both African and global media narratives. Using the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa as a lens, it explores how football in Africa is intimately bound up with deeper social, cultural and political currents. Series: Global Culture and Sport Series. Num Pages: 327 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JHBS; KNSP; WSJA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 520.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137392220
- ISBN
- 9781137392220
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Condition: New
€ 63.38
€ 63.38
Hardback. Referencing key contemporary debates on issues like surveillance, identity, the global financial crisis, the digital divide and Internet politics, Andrew White provides a critical intervention in discussions on the impact of the proliferation of digital media technologies on politics, the economy and social practices. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JHB; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 422.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137393616
- ISBN
- 9781137393616
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Condition: New
€ 129.95
€ 129.95
Hardcover. A candid exploration of sadomasochistic practices driving contemporary culture, covering the demoralizing socioeconomic and political conditions that give rise to agonizing rituals of cruelty demonstrated at systemic, transnational, religious, familial, and even sexual spheres of human relations. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFFP; JHBK5; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 634.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137393982
- ISBN
- 9781137393982
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Condition: New
€ 63.38
€ 63.38
Hardcover. Based on extensive fieldwork that began in Argentina, this book asks how detained and disappeared persons inhabit the categories that international law has constructed to mark, judge, understand, and repair the horror. Series: Memory Politics and Transitional Justice. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 1KLSU; JHB; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137394149
- ISBN
- 9781137394149
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Condition: New
€ 62.26
€ 62.26
Hardback. This collection focuses on the multi-layered links between international events and identity discourses. With a unique line-up of international scholars, this book offers a diverse range of exciting case studies, including sports competitions, music festivals, exhibitions, fashion shows and royal celebrations. Series: Leisure Studies in a Global Era. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFFP; JHBS; WSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137394927
- ISBN
- 9781137394927
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Condition: New
€ 62.87
€ 62.87
Paperback. This collection, now in paperback, focuses on the real life experiences of conducting emprical research about families and relationships, with an emphasis on the actualities of doing research and the experiences of being a researcher. Editor(s): Jamieson, Lynn; Simpson, Roona; Lewis, Ruth. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GPS; JHBA; JHBC; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 288.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137396426
- ISBN
- 9781137396426
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Condition: New
€ 61.61
€ 61.61
Hardcover. This book addresses the question of how to ground research practice in area-specific, yet globally entangled contexts such as 'Global Southeast Asia'. It offers a fruitful debate between various approaches to Southeast Asia Studies, while taking into consideration the area-specific contexts of research practice cross-cutting methodological issues. Editor(s): Huotari, Mikko; Ruland, Jurgen; Schlehe, Judith. Num Pages: 368 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FM; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137397539
- ISBN
- 9781137397539
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.38
€ 63.38
Hardcover. Most sociological work on football fandom has focused on the experience of men, and it usually talks about alcohol, fighting and general hooliganism. This book shows that there are some unique facets of female experience and fascinating negotiations of identity within the male-dominated world of men's professional football. Num Pages: 146 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFSJ1; JHBS; WSJA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137398192
- ISBN
- 9781137398192
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.81
€ 61.81
Hardback. With an overview of the existing attachment theory literature and new contributions to the field, this book proposes that social groups seek protection and security as they collectively construct their ideologies and social institutions. In doing so, the book extends attachment theory to show how it can inform wider socio-cultural phenomena. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137398680
- ISBN
- 9781137398680
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.23
€ 62.23