Palgrave Macmillan Uk: 6973 books
Gender and Sexuality in Male-Dominated Occupations
Women Working in Construction and Transport
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2016
Examining women’s diverse experiences of male-dominated work, this ground-breaking book explores what sexuality and gender means to women working in the construction and transport industries. Using accounts from heterosexual women and lesbians working in professional, manual and operational roles,...
Reframing Resolution
Innovation and Change in the Management of Workplace Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2016
Reframing Resolution provides an original, accessible and critical point of reference for students, practitioners and scholars interested in the management of workplace conflict. Drawing on contemporary empirical evidence from the UK, USA, Ireland and Australia, the book explores the front-line challenges...
Boys, Bass and Bother
Popular Dance and Identity in UK Drum ’n’ Bass Club Culture
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2018
This book uses ethnographic research to examine the role of dance in the construction of identity in the distinctly British electronic dance music club culture of drum ’n’ bass. Dancing is revealed as the central way in which drum ’n’ bass clubbers construct and perform their identities, which...
by M. Garrett
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2013
This comprehensive guide to the poems, prose, biography, ideas and contexts of Percy Bysshe Shelley features entries on all the major poems and prose works (including inspiration, composition and publication), Shelley's politics, relationships and travels, his representation in novels, drama, film and portraits, and his critical reception.
Statutory Regulation and Employment Relations
The Impact of Statutory Trade Union Recognition
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2013
A comprehensive socio-legal evaluation of the 2000 statutory recognition procedure over ten years of its operation. Whilst exploring its implications for the so-called UK 'voluntarist' approach to regulating industrial relations, the authors argue that the effectiveness of the procedure was constrained by its design.
Death in a Cold Climate
A Guide to Scandinavian Crime Fiction
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2012
Barry Forshaw, the UK's principal crime fiction expert, presents a celebration and analysis of the Scandinavian crime genre, from Sjöwall and Wahlöö's Martin Beck series through Henning Mankell's Wallander to Stieg Larsson's demolition of the Swedish Social Democratic ideal in the publishing phenomenon The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo .
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Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2017
This handbook covers the technical, social and cultural history of surgery. It reflects the state of the art and suggests directions for future research. It discusses what is different and specific about the history of surgery - a manual activity with a direct impact on the patient’s body. The individual...
Literacy and the Bilingual Learner
Texts and Practices in London Schools
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2013
Literacy and the Bilingual Learner explores the literacy development of bilingual learners in London (UK) schools and colleges through a series of vignettes and case studies of learners and their educational experiences.
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Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2017
Cambridge University has and continues to be one of the most important centres for economics. With nine chapters on themes in Cambridge economics and over 40 chapters on the lives and work of Cambridge economists, this volume shows how economics became established at the university, how it produced...
Performances of Capitalism, Crises and Resistance
Inside/Outside Europe
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2015
Discussing crises through diverse examples, including the UK's National Theatre, public art installations, Occupy LSX, repatriation ceremonies and performances of the everyday, this book asks how performance captures and resists what is considered (politically, ideologically, culturally or socially) 'inside' or 'outside' Europe.
Against Caste in British Law
A Critical Perspective on the Caste Discrimination Provision in the Equality Act 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
This book discusses the salience of the caste question in UK law. It provides the background to how the caste provision came into the Equality Act 2010 and how it was reinforced in 2013, and analyses the various interests that played a role in getting caste into law.
Global Insolvency and Bankruptcy Practice for Sustainable Economic Development
International Best Practice
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
This book is a comparative study of international practices in bankruptcy law, providing perspectives from a variety of specialisms including practitioners, lawyers, bankers, accountants and judges from the United Arab Emirates, the UK and Singapore.
Global Insolvency and Bankruptcy Practice for Sustainable Economic Development
General Principles and Approaches in the UAE
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
How an economy handles financial and business distress has a major impact on confidence in business, the availability of investment, the cost of credit, and economic growth. The financial crisis of 2007-2008 and its aftermath was a catalyst to legal reform in the field of bankruptcy and restructuring...
The Complexity of Tax Simplification
Experiences From Around the World
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
Simplicity in taxation has considerable potential advantages. However, attempts to simplify tax systems are only likely to be successful and enduring if they take account of the reasons why taxation is complex. There are strong pressures on tax systems to accommodate a range of important factors,...