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Family Poverty and Homelessness in New York City: The Poor Among Us
Nunez, Ralph Da Costa, Sribnick, Ethan G.
Hardcover. In Family Poverty and Homelessness in New York City, Nunez and Sribnick explore the world of New York's poor children and families, from the era of European settlements to the present day. The book examines successes and failures of past efforts, providing historical context often lacking in contemporary policy debates. Num Pages: 331 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFFA; JFFB; JFFN; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 23. Weight in Grams: 524.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137520296
- ISBN
- 9781137520296
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Condition: New
€ 123.19
€ 123.19
Hardcover. Juvenile Offenders and Guns explores how and why twenty-five incarcerated young men of color acquired and used guns, and how guns made them feel. Guns have multiple meanings and serve many purposes for these youth as they attempt to construct a capable masculinity in their worlds, growing up in homes where money is often scarce and fathers absent. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKVQ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137520135
- ISBN
- 9781137520135
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.09
€ 154.09
Hardback. Num Pages: 176 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JB; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 360.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137519986
- ISBN
- 9781137519986
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.94
€ 63.94
Hardcover. Based on interviews with political decision-makers involved in post-Cold War case studies, this research reassesses the prevalent conclusion in the academic literature, according to which American public opinion has limited influence on military interventions, by including the level of commitment in the study of the decision-making process. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; JPVK; JPWS; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 22. Weight in Grams: 554.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137519221
- ISBN
- 9781137519221
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Condition: New
€ 123.24
€ 123.24
Hardback. The Soldier Vote tells the story of how American citizens in the armed forces gained the right to vote while away from home. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; JPHF; JPVH1; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 490.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137519191
- ISBN
- 9781137519191
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.84
€ 122.84
Hardcover. Through a discussion of diverse art and media such as apocalyptic thrillers, rap, and television, Swirski debunks the American political system, sieving out fact from a sea of bipartisan untruths. Engaging with close analysis and multiple case studies, this book forges a more accurate picture of contemporary American culture and of America itself. Num Pages: 225 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137518880
- ISBN
- 9781137518880
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.89
€ 63.89
The Politics of Agrarian Reform in Brazil: The Landless Rural Workers ...
Robles, Wilder, Veltmeyer, Henry
Hardcover. The Politics of Agrarian Reform in Brazil examines the interrelationships among peasant mobilization, agrarian reform and co-operativism in contemporary Brazil. Series: Social Movements and Transformation. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFFA; JHB; JPWF; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137517197
- ISBN
- 9781137517197
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Condition: New
€ 64.18
€ 64.18
Hardback. Brazil has risen. Its economic might and international activism are remarkable, but the limitations to its capacity and will to turn potential power into concrete international influence are equally significant. This book assesses the real impact of the rise of Brazil on other Latin American countries, and how these countries have responded. Editor(s): Gardini, Gian Luca; Almeida, Maria Herminia Tavares de. Series: Palgrave Studies in International Relations. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 450.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137516688
- ISBN
- 9781137516688
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.33
€ 154.33
Hardcover. This book is a timely study in light of the resurgence of resource nationalism that is currently occurring in several resource-rich, developing countries. It moves away from the traditional explanations for the disappointing economic performance of resource-rich, developing countries, notably those advanced by key researchers. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJ; KJK; KJVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 456.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137516084
- ISBN
- 9781137516084
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Condition: New
€ 122.73
€ 122.73
Hardcover. The traditional class analysis of politics in industrial societies described a conflict that pitted the well-off business class against the working class in a "democratic class struggle." This book holds that economic development has produced a New Class which rivals the business class in the politics of post-industrial societies. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSC; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 458.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137515407
- ISBN
- 9781137515407
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.35
€ 64.35
Hardback. Series: Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 519.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137515360
- ISBN
- 9781137515360
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.37
€ 112.37
Hardcover. This book examines the struggles that unfolded in Latin America over the memory of the pasts of political violence experienced by the countries of the continent in the second half of the twentieth century: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, the United States, Guatemala, El Salvador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay. Editor(s): Montano, Eugenia Allier; Crenzel, Emilio A. Series: Memory Politics and Transitional Justice. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFFE; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 470.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137514486
- ISBN
- 9781137514486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.46
€ 154.46
Hardcover. Although philosophers debate the morality of open borders, few social scientists have explored what would happen if immigration were no longer limited. This book looks at three examples of temporarily unrestricted migration in Miami, Marseille, and Dublin and finds that the effects were much less catastrophic than opponents of immigration claim. Num Pages: 170 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1DDF; 1KBB; JFFN; JHBD; JPSL; LNDA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 21. Weight in Grams: 360.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 170
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137513915
- ISBN
- 9781137513915
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.78
€ 63.78
Hardcover. The practices and technologies of evaluation and decision making used by professionals, police, lawyers and experts are questioned in this book for their participation in the perpetuation of historical forms of colonial violence through the enforcement of racial and eugenic policies and laws in Canada. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBC; LNDA1; LNTM1; MBPK; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137513403
- ISBN
- 9781137513403
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Condition: New
€ 64.75
€ 64.75
Rethinking Transit Migration: Precarity, Mobility, and Self-Making in ...
Basok, Tanya, Bélanger, Danièle, Rojas Wies...
Hardcover. Questioning the notion of transit migration, the book examines factors that shape Central American migrants' mobility and immobility in the transnational space, comprised on Central American countries, Mexico, and the US. Series: Mobility and Politics. Num Pages: 129 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFFN; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 302.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137509741
- ISBN
- 9781137509741
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.72
€ 68.72
Hardcover. This book compares the cultural politics of the U.S. space and Antarctic programs during the Cold War. It analyzes how culturally salient terms, especially the nationalist motif of the frontier, were used to garner public support for these strategic initiatives and, more generally, United States internationalism during this period. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 284 pages, 9. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTW; TBX; TRP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137507860
- ISBN
- 9781137507860
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46
Hardback. What explains civil society participation in policy making in Latin American democracies? Risley comparatively analyzes actors who have advocated for children's rights, the environment, and freedom of information in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay. Successful issue framing and effective alliance building are identified as 'pathways' to participation. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; JFF; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 410.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137506542
- ISBN
- 9781137506542
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Condition: New
€ 63.89
€ 63.89
Hardback. Public Choice Economics and the Salem Witchcraft Hysteria provides an economics perspective on the witchcraft episode, and adds to the growing body of work analyzing prominent historical events using the tools of economics. Num Pages: 135 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; KCK; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 324.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 135
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137506344
- ISBN
- 9781137506344
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Condition: New
€ 63.48
€ 63.48
Hardcover. This book argues that there are a number of contemporary novels that challenge the reductive 'us and them' binaries that have been prevalent not only in politics and the global media since 9/11, but also in many works within the emerging genre of '9/11 fiction' itself. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137506177
- ISBN
- 9781137506177
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Condition: New
€ 64.03
€ 64.03
Hardback. This book is open access under a CC-BY license. The contributors investigate a broad range of emerging socio-environmental challenges faced by contemporary Latin America. By using environmental governance as an overarching analytical concept, they cross territorial, sectorial, and institutional boundaries to address the nature/society nexus. Editor(s): De Castro, Fabio; Hogenboom, Barbara; Baud, Michiel. Num Pages: 338 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; JPRB; LNKJ; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 570.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 338
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137505712
- ISBN
- 9781137505712
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.53
€ 39.53
Hardback. Series: Leisure Studies in a Global Era. Num Pages: 213 pages, 11 colour illustrations, 11 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBSN; AVGL; JHBS; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137504807
- ISBN
- 9781137504807
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.26
€ 154.26
Hardcover. This timely and incisive study reads contemporary literature and visual culture from the American South through the lens of cultural memory. Rooting texts in their regional locations, the book interrupts and questions the dominant trends in Southern Studies, providing a fresh and nuanced view of twenty-first-century texts. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 384.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137502841
- ISBN
- 9781137502841
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.98
€ 63.98
Hardback. Series: Education Policy. Num Pages: 185 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPS; JNA; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 461.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 185
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137502230
- ISBN
- 9781137502230
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Hardcover. This book provides the first comprehensive study of narco cinema, a cross-border exploitation cinema that has been instrumental in shaping narco-culture in Mexico and the US borderlands. Identifying classics in its mammoth catalogue and analyzing select films at length, Rashotte outlines the genre's history and aesthetic criteria. Series: Latino Pop Culture. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; APFN; JFCA; JFFH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137501479
- ISBN
- 9781137501479
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.74
€ 63.74