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Hardcover. This is the second volume of papers in the topical area of environmental management. Arising from work done by the International Centre for the Environment at the University of Bath, the papers address inter-disciplinary environmental themes particularly from a business and management perspective. Editor(s): Winnett, Adrian. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; KJM; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 421.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333674802
- ISBN
- 9780333674802
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.42
€ 66.42
Hardcover. Russia, the former Soviet Union and the lands of the former Hapsburg Empire have a complex pattern of ethnic settlement which has extended great influence on their historical development. This volume seeks new interpretations and confronts issues such as Russian Muslim relations. Editor(s): Morison, John. Series: International Council for Central and East European Studies. Num Pages: 337 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DVUR; HBTB; JFC; JHBD; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333695500
- ISBN
- 9780333695500
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.72
€ 128.72
Hardcover. The unification of Germany set in motion the transformation of a whole society. This book examines key areas of transformation with special reference to the place and future of the family. Editor(s): Kolinsky, Eva. Series: Anglo-German Foundation. Num Pages: 237 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBLW3; JHBK; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333699874
- ISBN
- 9780333699874
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.88
€ 66.88
Hardcover. Demonstrates how social policy reform in China has been driven by economic transformation, as structural change produced knock on effects in people's lives. Marketization in social policy creates needs and raises issues that challenge accepted notions of public and private responsibilities. Editor(s): Wong, Linda; Flynn, Norman. Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFF; JHBA; JKS; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 377.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333917794
- ISBN
- 9780333917794
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.37
€ 66.37
Hardcover. Essays investigating the relationship between Marxist thought and Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. Each of the contributors emphasizes that the distinctive character of progressive social thought is derived from ideas drawn from the study of natural evolutionary processes. Editor(s): Blackledge, Paul; Kirkpatrick, Graeme. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBA; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333995624
- ISBN
- 9780333995624
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Hardcover. 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: 216 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333997437
- ISBN
- 9780333997437
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.64
€ 66.64
Num Pages: 320 pages, 11. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBK; JPW; LAQG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801446900
- ISBN
- 9780801446900
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.21
€ 45.21
Hardcover. Contemporary city and suburban dwellers are constantly on the move. Does this mean they lack a sense of belonging to their neighbourhoods, or does enhanced mobility co-exist with feelings of community and belonging? This collection examines these questions through a unique series of neighbourhood-based global case studies. Editor(s): Watt, Paul; Smets, Peer. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFFS; JFSG; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137003621
- ISBN
- 9781137003621
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.24
€ 67.24
Hardcover. This book contributes to the growing literature on men and masculinities, but does so through a methodological lens. It addresses methodological approaches and challenges for feminist and pro-feminist studies of men and masculinities. Editor(s): Pini, Barbara; Pease, Bob. Series: Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ2; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 156 x 6. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137005724
- ISBN
- 9781137005724
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.67
€ 116.67
Hardcover. This collection offers first-hand accounts, research studies and in-depth theoretical explorations of disabled children's childhoods. The accounts oppose the global imposition of problematic views of disability and childhood and instead, offer an open discussion of responsive and ethical research approaches. Editor(s): Curran, Tillie; Runswick-Cole, Katherine. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white halftones, 1 diagrames. BIC Classification: JFFG; JFFJ; JFSP1; JHBK; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 222 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137008213
- ISBN
- 9781137008213
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.52
€ 116.52
Hardcover. This is a provocative collection of timely reflections on the state of social democracy and its inextricable links to crime and justice. Authored by some of the world's leading thinkers from the UK, US, Canada and Australia, the volume provides an understanding of socially sustainable societies. Editor(s): Carrington, Kerry; Ball, Matthew; O'Brien, Erin; Tauri, Juan. Series: Critical Criminological Perspectives. Num Pages: 392 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JKV; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 151 x 32. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137008688
- ISBN
- 9781137008688
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.29
€ 68.29
Hardcover. This volume dissects how the economic crisis and recession of the late 2000s and the subsequent austerity measures of the coalition government have impacted on class inequalities in the UK. Editor(s): Atkinson, Will; Roberts, Steven; Savage, Mike. Num Pages: 208 pages, 3 black & white tables, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JMG; JFSC; JHBL; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137016379
- ISBN
- 9781137016379
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.33
€ 138.33
Hardcover. A multidisciplinary collection shedding light on the conditions and experiences of youth in Africa. Editor(s): Ensor, Marisa O. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JFSP1; JFSP2; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137024695
- ISBN
- 9781137024695
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.53
€ 67.53
Hardcover. Prompted by the 'affective turn' within the entire spectrum of the social sciences, this books brings together the twin disciplines of political psychology and the political sociology of emotions to explore the complex relationship between politics and emotion at both the mass and individual level with special focus on cases of political tension. Editor(s): Demertzis, Nicolas. Series: Palgrave Studies in Political Psychology. Num Pages: 334 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBA; JMQ; JPVH1; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 143 x 25. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137025654
- ISBN
- 9781137025654
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.69
€ 67.69
Hardcover. This volume explores the impact of sexological and early psychoanalytic conceptions of sexual perversion on the representation of the erotic in the work of a range of major European modernists (including Joyce, Kafka, Lawrence, Mann, Proust and Rilke) as well as in that of some less-well-known figures of the period such as Dujardin and Jahnn. Editor(s): Schaffner, Anna Katharina; Weller, Shane. Series: Palgrave Studies in Modern European Literature. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; DSBH; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137030290
- ISBN
- 9781137030290
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.03
€ 67.03
Hardcover. While many worry about population overload, this book highlights the dramatic fall in fertility rates globally exploring questions such as why are parents having fewer babies? Will this lead to population decline? What will be the impact of a world with fewer children and can social policy reverse fertility decline? Editor(s): Buchanan, Ann; Rotkirch, Anna. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 343 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBD; JHBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137030382
- ISBN
- 9781137030382
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.99
€ 67.99
Hardcover. This book presents a comparative historical overview of female employment patterns across the Mediterranean region, analyzing how the relationship between economic development, political change and the cultural environment shapes the evolution of gender roles in interconnected spheres of social life. Editor(s): Bugra, Ayse; Ozkan, Yalcin. Num Pages: 176 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QRM; JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137032072
- ISBN
- 9781137032072
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. This collection provides a comprehensive insight into disabled children and youth in Nordic countries. It seeks to understand the experiences of children from their own perspectives and takes a multidisciplinary approach grounded in the new social studies of childhood and the Nordic relational approach to disability. Editor(s): Rannevig, Traustadottir; Ytterhus, Borgun; Egilson, Snaefridur Thora; Berg, Berit. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 tables, 3 charts. BIC Classification: 1DN; JFFG; JFSP1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137032638
- ISBN
- 9781137032638
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.03
€ 150.03
Hardcover. This volume scrutinizes new developments in contemporary mobility and migration politics and shows that they are based on a mix of traditional coercive interventions and less repressive and indirect practices. Editor(s): Geiger, Martin; Pecoud, Antoine. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHBD; JPS; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137263063
- ISBN
- 9781137263063
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.88
€ 127.88
Hardcover. Academic literature rarely gives an account of the ethical challenges and emotional pitfalls the researcher is confronted with before, during and after being in the field. Giving personal accounts, the authors explore some of the challenges one can face when engaging in local-level research in difficult situations. Editor(s): Ansoms, An; Thomson, Susan; Murison, Jude. Num Pages: 182 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JHBC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137263742
- ISBN
- 9781137263742
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
Hardcover. The Nordic welfare states have found themselves in the firing line of post-industrial developments, resulting in fundamental changes and new social needs to attend to. This book explores responses to changing social risks across areas such as structural unemployment, entrepreneurship, immigration, single parenthood, education and health. Editor(s): Harslof, Ivan; Ulmestig, Rickard. Num Pages: 320 pages, 17 black & white tables, 23 figures. BIC Classification: GPQD; JHBL; JKSB; JPB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137267184
- ISBN
- 9781137267184
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Hardcover. Some of the most prominent sociologists working in education today have collaborated to address a wide range of empirical and theoretical issues. Adopting an international perspective, this book foregrounds cutting-edge research that highlights both the diversity and complexity of understanding education in society. Editor(s): Brooks, Rachel; Bhopal, Kalwant; McCormack, Mark. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137269874
- ISBN
- 9781137269874
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.18
€ 66.18
Paperback. Drawing on the non-individualistic perspective of social representations theory, this book presents an alternative view of social identity by articulating the inseparable dynamic relationships that exist between content, process and power relations when social identity is embedded in social knowledge. Editor(s): Moloney, Gail; Walker, Iain. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBA; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137271075
- ISBN
- 9781137271075
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.94
€ 126.94
Hardcover. This collection explores how the dominant risk agenda is being embedded across welfare policy and practice contexts in order to redefine social problems and those who experience them. Identities of 'risky' or 'safe', 'responsible' or 'irresponsible' are being increasingly applied, not only to everyday life but also to professional practice. Editor(s): Kearney, Jeremy; Donovan, Catherine. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JHBA; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 136 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137276070
- ISBN
- 9781137276070
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.64
€ 66.64