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Based on an exploration of both pre-Nazi and Nazi theory and practice, Pete Kakel challenges the dominant narrative of the murder of European Jewry, illuminating the Holocaust's decidedly imperial-colonial origins, context, and content in a book of interest to students, teachers, and lay readers, as well as specialist and non-specialist scholars.

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The New Cockney provides a sociolinguistic account of speech variation among adolescents in the 'traditional' East End of London. Embedded in its social context, it focuses on the interaction and social practices within a single community and highlights some of the possible mechanisms for language change.

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This book aims to provide an account of Sraffa's Production of Commodities by means of Commodities. Operating with a two-sector model, the author analyses the questions arising from Sraffa's book-prices of production, choice of technique, fixed capital, land and joint production, and discuss micro- and macro-economic implications of this theory.

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The Psychology of Food and Eating explores the range of this discipline, from the physiology of hunger and the psychophysics of taste and smell, to the development of food preferences and the social psychology of food-related behaviour and attitudes.

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The Psychology of Food and Eating explores the range of this discipline, from the physiology of hunger and the psychophysics of taste and smell, to the development of food preferences and the social psychology of food-related behaviour and attitudes.

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People's capabilities form the most crucial of all mankind's resources. Topics covered include prodigies, geniuses, the acceleration of development in young people, and the influences of family backgrounds on young people.

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Clearly presenting the case-law concerning Article 9 of the European Convention of Human Rights, this is a lively and accessible analysis of a key issue in contemporary society: whether there is a human right to wear a religious symbol and how far any such right extends.

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The Road to Nissan describes the worldwide influences on Nissan's initiatives. The author challenges much recent Western management thinking, offering specific remedies and proposing an integrated strategy aimed at achieving mutual trust and commitment with everyone working towards a common goal.

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Human embryos and foetuses are highly public and contested figures. Their visual images appear across a wide range of forums. They have become commercial commodities as part of the IVF industry and are the focus of intense debates regarding concepts of personhood. This book discusses these issues, drawing on social and cultural theory and research.

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Assuming power in 1949, the Chinese Communist Party was soon faced with a crucial problem: how to construct the socialist 'New Man' Using Foucault's theory of 'technologies of the self', Lynteris examines the conflict between self-cultivation and the abolition of the self in the biopolitically neuralgic field of 'socialist medicine'.

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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.

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Beginning with the premise that democracies are often deeply implicated in their own downfall, The Theory of Democide challenges the conventional view of how and why democracies collapse by demonstrating that democratic collapse is often a direct result of the inherent logic of democracy itself.

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Towards a Sustainable University tackles the challenge of sustainability in universities. Universities are also a working environment and an organization in which sustainability can be experienced. This book shows how a sustainable university can shape future citizens and future managers following the sustainable paradigm.

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Understanding the Consumer looks at consumer or buyer behaviour from a psychological perspective and psychological themes that cross different areas are highlighted.

(Paperback, 4th edition)

An introduction to the UK economy. Peter Curwen and his team of experts apply economic analysis to the UK economy.

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Vandalism and Anti-Social Behaviour forwards a new typology of vandalism. The authors argue that in order to fully understand vandalism and anti-social behaviour, a culturally criminological perspective should be fostered, which accounts for the emotional and experiential aspects of crime.

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This book investigates the relationships between political violence, social violence and economic violence using examples from South Africa, Northern Ireland, Lebanon and Syria. It examines the cultural impact of war and argues that a culture of violence can explain the high levels of violence which are frequently found in post-war societies.

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This volume assesses the impact of current critical theory on the discipline and practice of art history. It addresses how issues of politics, semiotics, psychoanalysis and historiography have contributed to the emergent terms and practices of the new art histories.

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This text is devoted to women in Britain since 1900. The author combines evidence from primary research, with an emphasis on personal testimony, with the work of specialist scholars in each field. Embracing social, economic, political and cultural history, it examines the changing meaning of femininity within the twentieth century.

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Communities are facing increasing and contrasting problems, with high levels of unemployment or conflict arising from suburbanisation and the arrival of newcomers. This book provides a strategic framework for dealing with these issues, with a model for planning and practising rural community work.

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This is a guide for social workers involved in assessments of families where child abuse has occurred or is suspected. It provides a detailed account of each stage of the assessment process and case examples which demonstrate the practical application of the methods expounded.

(Paperback, 4th Revised edition)

(Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)

This widely adopted critical edition presents the 1974 text of the play along with critical essays that read Hamlet from a variety of contemporary perspectives. With four essays new to this second edition the text is complemented by biographical and critical introductions, bibliographies and a glossary of critical and theoretical terms.

(Paperback, 2nd Second Edition, Revised,2nd 20 ed.)