Palgrave Pivot imprint: 999 books
Balkan Legacies of the Great War
The Past is Never Dead
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2015
This is a rich yet succinct account of an underexplored story: the consequences of the Great War for the region which ignited it. It offers a fascinating tapestry: the collapse of Empires, the birth of Turkey and Yugoslavia, Greece as both victor and loser, Bulgaria's humiliating defeat; bitter memories,...
Latinos in the End Zone
Conversations on the Brown Color Line in the NFL
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2013
Here, Frederick Luis Aldama and Christopher González offer a thought-provoking conversation on the history of Latinos in the pro football leagues. As they weave their way through significant points where culture, politics, and history congeal (an early twentieth century era of Brown Color Lines,...
by S. Hsu, N. Perry
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
Sustainable Development in Malaysia and Indonesia examines a range of topics pertaining to sustainable development in the two countries. While Indonesia and Malaysia are geographically close, Indonesia lags behind Malaysia in terms of well-being, with a lack of social services, and economic indicators,...
Historias de Éxito within Mexican Communities
Silenced Voices
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
Using qualitative research data on Mexican/Mexican Americans and their historias de éxito that center on Mexican centric concepts such as buen trabajador, bien educado, and buena gente, Octavio Pimentel reveals that when social networks guide personal goals in these communities, goals become community-oriented rather than personally-oriented.
by E. Engels, S. Vikner
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2014
This book presents an account of object shift, a word order phenomenon found in most of the Scandinavian languages where an object occurs unexpectedly to the left and not to the right of a sentential adverbial. With new and original observations, it is an important addition to the fields of phonology, optimality theory and theoretical syntax.
by O. Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2014
Teaching piety and the highest good have been goals from the beginning of the Academy. Princeton University and Theological Seminary had their start in these same ideas. This book explores the concepts of reason and faith at early Princeton by looking at how this institution was shaped by a pursuit of piety and the knowledge of God.
Psychology and Philosophy of Abstract Art
Neuro-aesthetics, Perception and Comprehension
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2016
This book examines how we perceive and understand abstract art in contrast to artworks that represent reality. Philosophical, psychological and neuroscience research, including the work of philosopher Paul Crowther, are considered and out of these approaches a complex model is developed to account...
Depoliticising Migration
Global Governance and International Migration Narratives
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2014
Migration has become, since the nineties, the subject of growing international discussion and cooperation. By critically analyzing the reports produced by international organisations on migration, this book sheds light on the way these actors frame migration and develop their recommendations on how it should be governed.
Post-Western International Relations Reconsidered
The Pre-Modern Politics of Gongsun Long
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2016
This study offers a critique of international relations from the perspective of a pre-modern Chinese thinker, Gongsun Long. It explores both the potential and the danger of the post-Western quest for geo-cultural distinction.
Cameron’s Conservatives and the Internet
Change, Culture and Cyber Toryism
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2014
The internet is changing the way we interact and communicate. But how is it impacting on more historically traditional institutions like the British Conservative Party? This book examines the role of specific internet technologies like ConservativeHome, Facebook, Twitter and WebCameron in the organizational culture of the Tory Party 2005-14.
Interviewing Rape Victims
Practice and Policy Issues in an International Context
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
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.
Refugees, Prisoners and Camps
A Functional Analysis of the Phenomenon of Encampment
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2014
What do refugee and concentration camps, prisons, terrorist and guerrilla training camps and prisoner of war camps have in common? Arguably they have all followed an 'outsides inside' model, enforcing a dichotomy between perceived 'desirable' and 'undesirable' characteristics. This separation is the subject of Møller's multidisciplinary study.
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Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
For the first time, European professional deregulation is the focus of reflection by social scientists. This book explores how professional associations act as pressure groups and highlights the democratic regime that is prevailing and the potential convergence problems that Europe may face.
by P. Taylor-Gooby
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
This book analyses the immediate challenges from headlong cuts, root-and-branch restructuring and the longer-term pressures from population ageing. It demonstrates that a more humane and generous welfare state that will build social inclusiveness is possible and shows how it can be achieved.