Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. Drawing on empirical research amongst both Muslim schools' students and parents, this timely book examines the question of 'self-segregation' and Muslims in light of key policy developments around 'race', faith and citizenship. Num Pages: 170 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFSR2; JNF; JNLR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 324.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137347756
- ISBN
- 9781137347756
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Condition: New
€ 63.63
€ 63.63
Hardcover. This book develops a unique theory of change by drawing on American philosophy and contemporary feminist thought. Via a select history of ancient Greek and Pragmatist philosophies of change, Fischer argues for a reconstruction of transformation that is inclusive of women's experiences and thought. Series: Breaking Feminist Waves. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 220 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137347879
- ISBN
- 9781137347879
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Condition: New
€ 64.03
€ 64.03
Hardcover. Focusing on a number of contemporary research themes and placing them within the context of palpable changes that have occurred within football in recent years, this timely collection brings together essays about football, crime and fan behaviour from leading experts in the fields of criminology, law, sociology, psychology and cultural studies. Editor(s): Hopkins, Matthew; Treadwell, James. Num Pages: 328 pages, 17 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFFE; JHBS; JKV; WSJA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 221 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137347961
- ISBN
- 9781137347961
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Condition: New
€ 123.28
€ 123.28
Hardcover. Migrant Capital covers a broad range of case studies and, by bringing together leading and emerging researchers, presents state-of-the-art empirical, theoretical and methodological perspectives on migration, networks, social and cultural capital, exploring the ways in which these bodies of literature can inform and strengthen each other. Editor(s): Ryan, Louise; D'Angelo, Alessio; Erel, Umut. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 296 pages, 29. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFFS; JFSL1; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 485.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137348791
- ISBN
- 9781137348791
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Condition: New
€ 133.45
€ 133.45
hardcover. Drawing on diverse theoretical perspectives, this book examines questions of youth citizenship and participation by exploring their meanings in policy, practice and youth experience. It examines young people's participation in non-government and youth-led organisations, and asks what can be done to bridge the democratic disconnect. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP2; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 381.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Number of pages
- 203
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137348821
- ISBN
- 9781137348821
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Condition: New
€ 64.30
€ 64.30
Hardback. This collection analyses various European rural locations through a relational lens, attending to key aspects and dimensions of the 'relational rurals' such as cooperation, contestation, solidarity and consensus. By observing rural settings in such terms, contributors are able to rethink European rurality from a distinctly relational perspective. Num Pages: 311 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFS; JFSF; RGC; TTVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 520.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 311
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137348883
- ISBN
- 9781137348883
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Condition: New
€ 65.03
€ 65.03
Hardcover. Robinson Crusoe's call to adventure and do-it-yourself settlement resonated with British explorers. In tracing the links in a discursive chain through which a particular male subjectivity was forged, Karen Downing reveals how such men took their tensions with them to Australia, so that the colonies never were a solution to restless men's anxieties. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1MBF; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137348944
- ISBN
- 9781137348944
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Condition: New
€ 64.75
€ 64.75
Hardcover. Reading Vampire Gothic Through Blood examines the manifestations of blood and vampires in various texts and contexts. It seeks to connect, through blood, fictional to real-life vampires to trace similarities, differences and discontinuities. These movements will be seen to parallel changing notions about embodiment and identity in culture. Series: Palgrave Gothic. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFN; DSK; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137349224
- ISBN
- 9781137349224
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Paperback. A forgotten yet award-winning playwright, Cal Yeomans was one of the founders of gay theater whose work was fueled by gay liberation and extinguished by the AIDS epidemic. Schanke's examination of his life and legacy allows a rare exploration into this pivotal moment of gay American history between the Stonewall riots and the AIDS epidemic. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; AN; DSG; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137349422
- ISBN
- 9781137349422
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Condition: New
€ 50.73€ 44.62
€ 50.73
€ 44.62
Paperback. Can a bold investment in education turn around the economy of an entire city? Gene I. Maeroff, former national education correspondent for the New York Times, explores how the nonprofit group Say Yes to Education has instituted a network of reforms in Syracuse, New York, that aim to expand the city's the middle class by supporting its children. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFSG; JNF; JNK; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 366.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137349651
- ISBN
- 9781137349651
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Condition: New
€ 50.73€ 44.82
€ 50.73
€ 44.82
Hardcover. This book comprises the first systematic study on the impact of ethnic interest groups on US foreign policy, using the case study of how the Cuban-American National Foundation (CANF) influenced the outcome of three different legislatives debates that directly affected US Cuba policy. Num Pages: 291 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JPA; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137349798
- ISBN
- 9781137349798
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Condition: New
€ 122.61
€ 122.61
Hardcover. Placed within the context of reception studies, this book investigates how advertisements that rely on re-contextualising shared cultural knowledge are understood by their viewers, and examines their persuasive potential. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; JFDV; KJSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 209 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137350428
- ISBN
- 9781137350428
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Condition: New
€ 63.98
€ 63.98
Hardcover. Based on an extensive national survey of workers and four separate industry-specific surveys, Generations and Work will examine and provide answers to the most common issues and problems of multi generational work by assessing differences and commonalities between and among generations. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP; JHBL; KJMV2; KJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 452.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137350572
- ISBN
- 9781137350572
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Condition: New
€ 122.47
€ 122.47
Hardcover. This collection explores the productive potential of uncertainty for people living in Africa as well as for scholars of Africa. Eight ethnographic case studies from across the continent examine how uncertainty is used to negotiate insecurity, create and conduct relationships, and act as a source for imagining the future. Editor(s): Cooper, Elizabeth; Pratten, David. Series: Anthropology, Change and Development. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFSL3; JHMC; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137350824
- ISBN
- 9781137350824
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.89
€ 63.89
Ethical Research with Children: Untold Narratives and Taboos
Richards, Sarah, Clark, Jessica, Boggis, Alli...
Hardcover. An increasing interest in children's lives has tested the ethical and practical limits of research. Rather than making tricky ethical decisions, transparent researchers tend to gloss over stories that do not fit with sanitized narratives. This book aims to fill this gap by making explicit the lived experiences of research with children. Num Pages: 185 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFP; JFSP1; JHBA; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 222 x 16. Weight in Grams: 370.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137351302
- ISBN
- 9781137351302
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Condition: New
€ 63.81
€ 63.81
The Public on the Public: The British Public as Trust, Reflexivity and...
Westall, Claire, Gardiner, Michael
Hardcover. In Britain, the resistance to popular determination allowed by the financial construct of the public has been so successful that this term, public, must be re-read as politically paralyzing. The problem, our problem, is the public - which we are so often told will bring us together and provide for us - and it is this we must move beyond. Num Pages: 160 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX; JFF; JHB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137351333
- ISBN
- 9781137351333
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Condition: New
€ 63.63
€ 63.63
Hardback. This important collection of essays addresses the question of why scholars can no longer do without class in religious studies and theology, and what we can learn from a renewed engagement with the topic. This volume discusses what new discourses regarding notions of gender, ethnicity, and race might add to developments on notions of class. Editor(s): Rieger, Joerg. Series: New Approaches to Religion and Power. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM; HRCM; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 494.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137351371
- ISBN
- 9781137351371
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.63
€ 64.63
Hardcover. Cosmopolitan Borders makes the case for processes of bordering being better understood through the lens of cosmopolitanism. Borders are 'cosmopolitan workshops' where 'cultural encounters of a cosmopolitan kind' take place and where entrepreneurial cosmopolitans advance new forms of sociality in the face of 'global closure'. Editor(s): Geiger, Martin. Series: Mobility and Politics. Num Pages: 115 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFFS; JPF; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 292.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137351395
- ISBN
- 9781137351395
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.34
€ 63.34
Hardcover. By setting the Irish religious conflict in a wide comparative perspective, this book offers fresh insights into the causes of religious conflicts, and potential means of resolving them. The collection mounts a challenge to views of 'Irish exceptionalism' and points to significant historical and contemporary commonalities across the Western world. Series: Histories of the Sacred and Secular, 1700-2000. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBTB; HRAM2; HRAM9; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 488.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137351890
- ISBN
- 9781137351890
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.73
€ 64.73
Hardcover. This study presents a unique overview of the cultural, social and practical aspects of interviewing rape victims. Exploring a range of issues that affect rape cases including discourse, gender, attitudes and victim's rights, Rich reveals the complexities of sexual assault and looks to how communities can work to respond to and combat such violence. Num Pages: 162 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFFE2; JFSJ; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137353221
- ISBN
- 9781137353221
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.32
€ 74.32