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Studies in Modern French History

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This is a study of the daily life, concerns, and dynamics of aristocratic families in the France of the Third Republic. Elizabeth Macknight draws on a vast...
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Faith and Social Capital After the Debt Crisis

Palgrave Macmillan
The founding father of 'social capital', Pierre Bourdieu, said that treating the church as an economic enterprise would lead to uproar, disbelief and the...
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The Cosmopolitanization of Science
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Beyond Humanism
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This book seeks to set humanism on a new footing. No longer Enlightenment intuitions of an autonomous, disconnected, and rational self but a philosophy...
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Whiteness, Class and the Legacies of Empire
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What has Britain's inglorious history of colonial exploitation got to do with the tranquil, green and pleasant environment of the village community that is...
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Women In Business
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Palgrave Macmillan
Much has been written about equal opportunity issues, but little has been published about how organizations might provide more structure and support to ensure...
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The New Politics of Disablement

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A long-awaited second edition to a ground-breaking publication, The New Politics of Disablement has been extensively updated and revitalized to reflect the...
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Intersections between Feminist and Queer Theory
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Palgrave Macmillan
The emergence of queer ideas has unsettled other forms of exploring gender and sexuality, in particular, feminism. In response, feminists have been significant...
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The Demands of Motherhood
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Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life

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Drawing on qualitative interviews with forty middle-class mothers living in Northern Ireland and the US, this book explores the strategies women adopt, as...
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The Sociology of Elite Distinction
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This major new contribution to the study of consumption examines how dominant groups express and display their sense of superiority through material and...

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American Higher Education, Second Edition
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Power, Second Edition
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Steven Lukes' Power: A Radical View is a seminal work still widely used some 30 years after publication. The second edition includes the complete original text...
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Toward Psychologies of Liberation
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The Future of Your Only Child
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Psychology of the Media
Palgrave Insights in Psychology Series

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From body image to social networking, the media has a huge influence on how we view ourselves and others and this engaging text is ideal for students studying...
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Community organizers build solidarity and collective power in fractured communities. They help ordinary people turn their private pain into public action,...
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An Introduction to Behavioral Economics

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Forensic Psychology
Palgrave Insights in Psychology Series

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This introduction shows the reader how much forensic psychology informs us about every step of the criminal process. From biological, social and cognitive...
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Shopping and Crime
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