Social issues & processes
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Social issues & processes
Hardcover. While much has been written on environmental politics on the one hand, and animal ethics and welfare on the other, animal politics is underexamined. There are key political implications in the increase of animal protection laws, the rights of nature, and political parties dedicated to animals. Editor(s): Wissenburg, Marcel L. J.; Schlosberg, David. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFZ; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 370.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137434616
- ISBN
- 9781137434616
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€ 63.83
€ 63.83
Hardcover. Based on extensive ethnographic and historical research conducted in diverse field locations, this volume offers an acute analysis of how actors at local, national, and international levels govern disasters; it examines the political issues at stake that often go unaddressed and demonstrates that victims of disaster do not remain passive. Editor(s): Revet, Sandrine; Langumier, Julien. Series: The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFC; JKSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 456.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137435453
- ISBN
- 9781137435453
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Condition: New
€ 64.29
€ 64.29
Hardcover. An interdisciplinary collection of essays, Reworking Postcolonialism explores questions of work, precarity, migration, minority and indigenous rights in relation to contemporary globalization. It brings together political, economic and literary approaches to texts and events from across the postcolonial world. Editor(s): Malreddy, Pavan Kumar; Heidemann, Birte; Laursen, Ole Birk; Wilson, Janet. Num Pages: 266 pages, 1. BIC Classification: DSBH5; JFFN; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137435927
- ISBN
- 9781137435927
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Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Hardcover. This cross-disciplinary edited collection presents an integrated approach to critical diversity studies by gathering original scholarly research on ideational, technical and actual social dimensions of contemporary governance through diversity. Editor(s): Matejskova, Tatiana; Antonsich, Marco. Series: Global Diversities. Num Pages: 213 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSL; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137438249
- ISBN
- 9781137438249
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€ 64.03
€ 64.03
Hardcover. This volume offers a wide-reaching overview of current academic research on women's participation in combat sports within a range of different national and trans-national contexts, detailing many of the struggles and opportunities experienced by women at various levels of engagement within sports such as boxing, wrestling, and mixed martial arts. Editor(s): Channon, Alex; Matthews, Christopher R. Series: Global Culture and Sport Series. Num Pages: 338 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ; JHBS; WST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 25. Weight in Grams: 560.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137439352
- ISBN
- 9781137439352
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€ 144.36
€ 144.36
Hardcover. Revisiting Iris Marion Young on Normalisation, Inclusion and Democracy presents an innovative collection of politically and theoretically inspiring papers by feminist, queer and postcolonial writers. All authors engage with Young's politics of cultural difference and a 'politics of positional difference' read against her critique of normalisation. Editor(s): Vieten, Ulrike M. Num Pages: 124 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFK; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137440969
- ISBN
- 9781137440969
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€ 63.40
€ 63.40
Hardcover. Contributors to this volume demonstrate how a feminist approach is strategically necessary for the community engagement movement in higher education to achieve its goals and illustrate the transformative potential of merging feminist theory with social action. Editor(s): Iverson, Susan van Deventer; James, Jennifer Hauver. Series: Community Engagement in Higher Education. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JNA; JNKP; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137441096
- ISBN
- 9781137441096
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€ 50.46€ 44.74
€ 50.46
€ 44.74
Hardcover. Travelling intensively to and for work helps - but also challenges - people to find ways of balancing work and personal life. Drawing on a large European longitudinal study, Mobile Europe explores the diversity and ambivalence of mobility situations and the implications for family and career development. Editor(s): Viry, Gil; Kaufmann, Vincent. Num Pages: 232 pages, 38 black & white illustrations, 35 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFM; JHBK; JHBL; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137447371
- ISBN
- 9781137447371
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€ 64.23
€ 64.23
Hardcover. The US-led war on drugs has failed: drugs remain purer, cheaper and more readily available than ever. Extreme levels of violence have also grown as drug traffickers and organized criminals compete for control of territory. This book points towards a number of crucial challenges, policy solutions and alternatives to the current drug strategies. Editor(s): Rosen, Jonathan D.; Brienen, Marten W. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFH1; JKVG; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137450982
- ISBN
- 9781137450982
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Condition: New
€ 133.28
€ 133.28
Hardcover. The added value of mixed methods research in poverty and vulnerability is now widely established. Nevertheless, gaps and challenges remain. This volume shares experiences from research in developed and developing country contexts on how mixed methods approaches can make research more credible, usable and responsive to complexity. Editor(s): Roelen, Keetie; Camfield, Laura. Num Pages: 304 pages, 22 black & white tables, 1 maps, 7 figures. BIC Classification: JFFA; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137452504
- ISBN
- 9781137452504
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Condition: New
€ 144.04
€ 144.04
Hardcover. The UEFA European football championship was the first European mega-event to take place in post-socialist Europe. Taking this as a departure point, this volume focuses on football as a realm of constructing and negotiating identities using rich ethnographic fieldwork and in-depth media analysis. Editor(s): Alpan, Basak; Schwell, Alexandra; Sonntag, Albrecht. Series: Football Research in an Enlarged Europe. Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFS; JHBS; WSB; WSJA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 224 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137455055
- ISBN
- 9781137455055
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Condition: New
€ 63.81
€ 63.81
Hardcover. The book presents discussions of the application of Stan Cohen's theories alongside empirical contributions in the fields of critical and green criminology. Taken together, the authors critically address harms and crimes against the environment, as well as against human and nonhuman victims. Editor(s): Sollund, Ragnhild Aslaug. Series: Critical Criminological Perspectives. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JKV; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137456250
- ISBN
- 9781137456250
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Condition: New
€ 175.87
€ 175.87
Hardcover. Drawing from work in a wide range of fields, this book presents novel approaches to key debates in thinking about and defining disability. Differing from other works in Critical Disability Studies, it crucially demonstrates the consequences of radically rethinking the roles of language and perspective in constructing identities. Editor(s): Lesnik-Oberstein, Karin. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFFG; JFSL1; JHB; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137456960
- ISBN
- 9781137456960
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Condition: New
€ 63.91
€ 63.91
Hardcover. Women migrants are doubly-disadvantaged by their sex and outsider status when moving to a new country. Highly skilled women are no exception to this rule. This book explores the complex relationship between gender and high-skill migration, with a special focus on the impact of the current economic crisis on highly skilled women-migrants in Europe. Editor(s): Triandafyllidou, Anna; Isaakyan, Irina; Schiavone, Giuseppe. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 324 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSJ1; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 24. Weight in Grams: 538.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137467102
- ISBN
- 9781137467102
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Condition: New
€ 64.75
€ 64.75
Hardcover. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS or ME) is a problematic diagnosis which can be interpreted in conflicting ways by doctors, patients and others. Meanings of ME signals a paradigm shift in thinking about the illness by providing fresh perspectives from doctors, clinicians and those who have personal knowledge of CFS/ME. Editor(s): Ward, Christopher D. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFH; MJC. 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
- V9781137467317
- ISBN
- 9781137467317
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Condition: New
€ 64.18
€ 64.18
Hardcover. In historical studies, 'collective memory' is most often viewed as the product of nationalizing strategies carried out by political elites in the hope to create homogeneous nation-states. In contrast, this book asserts that collective memories develop out of a never-ending, triangular negotiation between local, national and transnational actors. Editor(s): Beyen, Marnix; Deseure, Brecht. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBTB; JFC; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137469373
- ISBN
- 9781137469373
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.75
€ 64.75
Hardcover. This volume offers scholarly perspectives on the creative and humorous nature of the protests at Gezi Park in Turkey, 2013. The contributors argue that these protests inspired musicians, film-makers, social scientists and other creative individuals, out of a concern for the aesthetics of the protests, rather than seizure of political power. Editor(s): Yalcintas, Altug. Num Pages: 134 pages, 6. BIC Classification: 1DVT; JFFE; JHB; JPW; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137473622
- ISBN
- 9781137473622
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Condition: New
€ 63.46
€ 63.46
Hardcover. This book examines theories and specific experiences of international migration and social transformation, with special reference to the effects of neo-liberal globalization on four societies with vastly different historical and cultural characteristics: South Korea, Australia, Turkey and Mexico. Editor(s): Castles, Stephen; Ozkul, Derya; Cubas, Magdalena. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 341 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137474940
- ISBN
- 9781137474940
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.90
€ 64.90
Hardcover. This book explores the burgeoning interest in alternative and innovative justice responses to sexual violence both within and outside the legal system. It explores the limits of criminal law for achieving 'rape justice' and highlights possibilities for expanding how we think about justice in the aftermath of sexual violence. Editor(s): Powell, Anastasia; Henry, Nicola; Flynn, Asher. Num Pages: 261 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE2; JFSJ1; JKV; LAR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137476142
- ISBN
- 9781137476142
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.38
€ 154.38
Hardcover. Since 9/11 Western states have sought to integrate 'securitisation' measures within migration regimes as asylum seekers and other migrant categories come to be seen as agents of social instability or as potential terrorists. Treating migration as a security threat has therefore increased insecurity amongst migrant and ethnic minority populations. Editor(s): Lazaridis, Dr. Gabriella; Wadia, Khursheed. Series: The European Union in International Affairs. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 black & white tables, 1 figures. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JFFN; JPSL; JPSN2; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137480576
- ISBN
- 9781137480576
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.29
€ 64.29