Social issues & processes
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Social issues & processes
Hardcover. European states and international organizations have established multiple policies and mechanisms to deal with various risks, crises and disasters. This edited volume examines the emerging multi-level policy space of European civil security governance, identifying patterns and reviewing the opportunities and obstacles for cooperation. Editor(s): Bossong, Raphael; Hegemann, Hendrik. Series: New Security Challenges. Num Pages: 318 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JFFC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137481108
- ISBN
- 9781137481108
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.73
€ 64.73
Hardcover. As death rates continue to rise, this collection brings together scholars engaged in policy associated with death to analyse the challenges these trends present. Examining a range of issues including inheritance, palliative care, euthanasia, funeral costs and marginalised deaths, this unique volumes portrays how death factors in social policy. Editor(s): Foster, Liam; Woodthorpe, Kate. Num Pages: 216 pages, 2 figures, 4 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFFH; JFME; JHBZ; JKSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137484895
- ISBN
- 9781137484895
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.01
€ 64.01
Hardcover. The intercultural occurs in the space between two or more distinct cultures that encounter each other, an area where meanings are translated and difference is negotiated. In this volume, scholars from diverse disciplines reflect on the phenomenon of interculturality and on the theoretical and methodological frameworks of interpreting it Editor(s): Rozbicki, Michal Jan. Num Pages: 277 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JFFP; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137489135
- ISBN
- 9781137489135
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Hardcover. Human capital theory, developing children as future workers, shapes thinking about early childhood education policy around the globe. International contributors problematize this thinking and offer alternatives. Editor(s): Lightfoot-Rueda, Theodora; Peach, Ruth Lynn; Leask, Nigel. Series: Critical Cultural Studies of Childhood. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JNF; JNLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 21. Weight in Grams: 448.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137490858
- ISBN
- 9781137490858
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.26
€ 64.26
Hardcover. This collection of essays considers the ways in which feminism is still an important issue in twenty-first century society. Looking at various forms of literature, media, and popular culture, the book establishes that contemporary images of femininity are highly contested, complex, and frequently problematic. Editor(s): Nally, Claire; Smith, Angela. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JM; JFD; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137492845
- ISBN
- 9781137492845
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.89
€ 63.89
Hardcover. Diversities Old and New provides comparative analyses of new urban patterns that arise under conditions of rapid, migration-driven diversification, including transformations of social categories, social relations and public spaces. Ethnographic findings in neighbourhoods of New York, Singapore and Johannesburg are presented. Editor(s): Vertovec, Steven. Series: Global Diversities. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMS; 1HFMS; 1KBBEY; JFFN; JFFS; JFSG; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 222 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137495471
- ISBN
- 9781137495471
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.61
€ 64.61
Hardcover. This volume addresses issues of precariousness in a broad, interdisciplinary perspective, looking at socio-economic transformations as well as the identity formation and political organizing of precarious people. The collection bridges empirical research with social theory to problematize and analyse the precariat. Editor(s): Della Porta, Donatella; Hanninen, Sakari; Silvasti, Tiina. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFA; JFSC; JHBA; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 23. Weight in Grams: 534.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137509338
- ISBN
- 9781137509338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.84
€ 154.84
Hardcover. This book explores the dynamics of excessive violence, using a broad range of interdisciplinary case studies. It highlights that excessive violence depends on various contingencies and is not always the outcome of rational decision making. The contributors also analyse the discursive framing of acts of excessive violence. Editor(s): Ziegler, Daniel J.; Gerster, Marco; Kramer, Steffen; Oliver, M. Num Pages: 263 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE; JHB; JKVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137514424
- ISBN
- 9781137514424
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.67
€ 122.67
Hardcover. Mobile Childhoods in Filipino Transnational Families focuses on the lived experiences of '1.5-generation' migrants with similar 'roots' (the Philippines), traversing different 'routes' (receiving countries). By shedding light on the diversified paths of their migratory lives, it revisits the relationships between mobility, sociality and identity. Editor(s): Nagasaka, Itaru; Fresnoza-Flot, Asuncion. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 tables, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1FMP; JFFN; JFSL1; JFSP1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 478.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137515131
- ISBN
- 9781137515131
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.45
€ 133.45
Paperback. This volume, now available in paperback, explores what it means to create and experience urban performance - as both an aesthetic and a political practice - in the burgeoning world where cities are built by globalization and neoliberal capital. Editor(s): Hopkins, D. J.; Solga, Kim. Series: Performance Interventions. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; ASD; JFFS; JFSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137520258
- ISBN
- 9781137520258
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.77
€ 63.77
Hardcover. Japan was shaken by the 'double disaster' of earthquake and sarin gas attack in 1995, and in 2011 it was hit once again by the 'triple disaster' of earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown. This international, multi-disciplinary group of scholars examines the state and societal responses to the disasters and social crisis. Editor(s): Mullins, Mark R.; Nakano, Koichi. Num Pages: 330 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HRAM2; JFFC; JPA; JPWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 24. Weight in Grams: 528.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137521316
- ISBN
- 9781137521316
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.39
€ 144.39
Hardcover. This book provides a framework for understanding the global flows of cuisine both into and out of Asia and describes the development of transnational culinary fields connecting Asia to the broader world. Individual chapters provide historical and ethnographic accounts of the people, places, and activities involved in Asia's culinary globalization. Editor(s): Farrer, James. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; JFCV; JFFS; WBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137522283
- ISBN
- 9781137522283
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.93
€ 132.93
Hardcover. The concept of Third Culture Kids is often used to describe people who have spent their childhood on the move, living in many different countries and languages. This book examines the hype, relevance and myths surrounding the concept while also redefining it within a broader study of transnationality to demonstrate the variety of stories involved. Editor(s): Benjamin, Saija; Dervin, Fred. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSP1; JNFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137524652
- ISBN
- 9781137524652
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.21
€ 133.21
This book is open access under a CC BY license and charts the rise and fall of various self-harming behaviours in twentieth-century Britain. It puts self-cutting and overdosing into historical perspective, linking them to the huge changes that occur in mental and physical healthcare, social work and wider politics. Series: Mental Health in Historical Perspective. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JFFH; JKSM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 319. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137529619
- ISBN
- 9781137529619
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.01
€ 39.01
Hardcover. This book focuses on the problem of ethnic conflict in Africa and seeks to explain its root causes. The main thesis of the book is that ethnic political mobilization is essentially a function of deeply-felt grievances on the part of the groups so mobilized. Editor(s): Nasong'O, Wanjala S. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JFFE; JFSL; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137554994
- ISBN
- 9781137554994
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.03
€ 64.03
Hardcover. This book provides insight into one of the world's quietest human rights abuses. The story of the Lhotsampa people of Bhutan describes their journey of coping and resilience, incorporating qualitative research undertaken in the refugee camps in Nepal and resettlement areas in Australia and elsewhere in the world. Editor(s): Pulla, Venkat. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKH; JFFD; JFFN; JFSL1; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137557216
- ISBN
- 9781137557216
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.38
€ 143.38
Hardcover. Editor(s): Westra, Richard; Zuege, Alan. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCA; KCL; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403900029
- ISBN
- 9781403900029
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.64
€ 122.64
Hardcover. Editor(s): Ostergaard-Nielsen, Eva. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; 1H; 1K; JFFN; JPS; RGCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 156 x 225 x 19. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403902511
- ISBN
- 9781403902511
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Hardcover. Editor(s): Dobuzinskis, Laurent; Busumtwi-Sam, James (Department of Political Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada). Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCL; KCP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403903624
- ISBN
- 9781403903624
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.86
€ 63.86
Hardcover. Editor(s): Hoa, Professor Tran van; Harvie, Charles. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; JFFS; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403917980
- ISBN
- 9781403917980
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.79
€ 122.79