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The changing nature of waged work in contemporary advanced industrial nations is one of the most significant aspects of political and economic debate. It is also the subject of intense debate among observers of gender. Capital Culture explores these changes focusing...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-08-10
Collection :
IJURR Studies in Urban and Social Change Book Series
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This book is very much about what the name urbanTick literally says, about the ticking of the urban, the urban as we experience it everyday on the bus, in the park or between buildings. It is about the big orchestrated mass migration of commuters, the seasonal blossoms...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2011-08-04
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Transnational spatial relations offer a key point from which to study the geographies of contemporary globalization. This book assesses the possible cross-fertilization between two of the most notable analytical frameworks - the world city network framework and the...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-08-02
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The relationship between space and politics is explored through a study of French urban policy. Drawing upon the political thought of Jacques Rancière, this book proposes a new agenda for analyses of urban policy, and provides the first comprehensive account of French...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-07-22
Collection :
RGS-IBG Book Series
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Part analysis of contemporary change and part vision of the future, post-Fordism lends its name to a set of challenging, essential and controversial debates over the nature of capitalism's newest age. This book provides a superb introduction to these debates and their...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-07-20
Collection :
IJURR Studies in Urban and Social Change Book Series
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Eurostars and Eurocities: Free Movement and Mobility in an Integrating Europe examines intra-European Union migration in the cities of Amsterdam, London and Brussels. Based on sixty in-depth interviews of free moving European citizens, and more than five years of...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-07-20
Collection :
IJURR Studies in Urban and Social Change Book Series
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This exciting collection of original essays provides students and professionals with an international and comparative examination of changes in global cities, revealing a growing pattern of social and spatial division or polarization.
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-07-18
Collection :
IJURR Studies in Urban and Social Change Book Series
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This book brings together the literature of urban sociology and film studies to explore new analytical and theoretical approaches to the relationship between cinema and the city, and to show how these impact on the realities of life in urban societies.
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-07-15
Collection :
IJURR Studies in Urban and Social Change Book Series
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Cities of Europe is a unique combination of book and CD-ROM examining the effects of recent socio-economic transformations on western European cities. A unique combination of book and CD-ROM examining the effects of recent socio-economic transformations on western...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-07-15
Collection :
IJURR Studies in Urban and Social Change Book Series
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Military Geographies is about how local space, place, environment and landscape are shaped by military presence, and about how wider geographies are touched by militarism. A book about how local space, place, environment and landscape are shaped by military presence,...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-07-15
Collection :
RGS-IBG Book Series
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This book investigates the transfer of parent country organizational practices by the retailers to their Chinese subsidiaries, providing insights into employment relations in multinational retail firms and changing labour-management systems in China, as well as their...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-07-12
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This book examines ideas of 'home' of Americans and Western Europeans under the influence of the two major revolutions of our times: the gender revolution and increased mobility due to globalization. It analyzes how 'home' has been politicized, as well as alternative...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-07-04
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Every police force in England and Wales uses the same national application form and assessment centre. This book tells you not just about the process, but what you need to do to impress the assessors. Now in a revised new edition to reflect the recent changes in the six...
Editeur :
How to Books
Parution :
2011-07-01
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The Oxford Handbook of Urban Planning is an authoritative volume on planning, a long-established professional social science discipline in the U.S. and throughout the world. Edited by Rachel Weber and Randall Crane, professors at two leading planning institutes in the...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2011-07-01
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Hitherto undiscovered yet fundamental historical and literary texts from the Pacific provide the subject matter of this collection of essays which sets out to explore the new forms of writing and hybrid identities emerging from both past and contemporary cultural...
Editeur :
P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
Parution :
2011-06-17
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This book provides insights into the theoretical framework of 'tensions' related to care for children and the elderly. It analyzes if, and under what conditions, welfare state reforms have contributed to strengthening existing tensions, creating new tensions, or...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-06-14
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The Supreme Court grew out of a unique opportunity to interview all nine sitting Supreme Court Justices plus retired Justice O'Connor for a documentary on the Supreme Court. Through Brian Lamb and Susan Swain's interviews with our country's most influential judges, the...
Editeur :
PublicAffairs
Parution :
2011-06-11
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A timely examination of the plight of children and youths in developing nations. The chapters strike a balance between diagnostic analysis of the conditions of risk, with prescriptive ideas for approaching and intervening with marginalized children.
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-06-06
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The majority of applications for probate that follow someone's death can be dealt with inexpensively by any reasonably intelligent person with time available and a little guidance. This easy-to-follow book clearly explains all the information you need to administer the...
Editeur :
How to Books
Parution :
2011-06-01
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