Political Animals and Animal Politics (The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series)

While much has been written on environmental politics on the one hand, and animal ethics and welfare on the other, animal politics is underexamined. There are key political implications in the increase of animal protection laws, the rights of nature, and political parties dedicated to animals.

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Transnational Philanthropy: The Mond Family’s Support for Public Institutions in Western Europe from 1890 to 1938 (Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series)

This book provides a collective biography of the Mond family and explores the philanthropic activities of Ludwig Mond and of his two sons Alfred and Robert in the field of art collecting, the fight against early childhood mortality, the advancement of research and of higher education, archaeological

$50.35

Japan in Crisis: What Will It Take for Japan to Rise Again? (Asan-Palgrave Macmillan Series)

This volume, stemming from the Asan Institute for Policy Studies, observes that for Japan to 'rise again' would mean recovery not only from the triple disaster―the March, 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown―but from 20-plus years of economic stagnation, political fumbling, and deterio

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The Palgrave Macmillan Dictionary of Political Thought

This new edition takes stock of the revolutionary changes that have taken place since the dictionary was first published in 1982. 1790 entries cover every aspect of political thought providing an indispensable guide to the thought, the wisdom and the folly of modern politics by one of the most lucid

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An Introduction to Animals and Political Theory (The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series)

Structured around the five most important schools within contemporary political theory: liberalism, utilitarianism, communitarianism, Marxism and feminism, this is the first introductory level text to offer an accessible overview on the status of animals in contemporary political theory.

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Memory and the Future: Transnational Politics, Ethics and Society (Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies)

For those who study memory, there is a nagging concern that memory studies are inherently backward-looking, and that memory itself hinders efforts to move forward. Unhinging memory from the past, this book brings together an interdisciplinary group of prominent scholars who bring the future into the

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Animals in the Writings of C. S. Lewis (The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series)

This book examines C. S. Lewis’s writings about animals, and the theological bases of his opposition to vivisection and other cruelties. It argues Genesis is central to many of these ethical musings and the book’s organization reflects this. It treats in turn Lewis’s creative approaches to the

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Space and the Memories of Violence: Landscapes of Erasure, Disappearance and Exception (Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies)

Authors from a variety of disciplines dealing with diverse historical cases engage with the spatial deployment of violence and the possibilities for memory and resistance in contexts of state sponsored violence, enforced disappearances and regimes of exception. Contributors include Aleida Assmann, J

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Animals in Tillich's Philosophical Theology (The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series)

This book explores how Paul Tillich’s systematic theology, focusing on the concepts of being and reason can benefit nonhuman animals, while also analysing how taking proper account of nonhuman animals can prove immensely beneficial. The author first explains the body of Tillich’s system, examini

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Autobiographical Memory in an Aboriginal Australian Community: Culture, Place and Narrative (Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies)

This book shares and analyses the stories of Opal, a senior Alyawarra woman. Through her stories the reader glimpses the harsh colonial realities which many Aboriginal Australians have faced, highlighting the cultural embeddedness of autobiographical memory from a philosophical, psychological and an

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Rethinking Family Practices (Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life)

Leading family sociologist David Morgan revisits his highly influential 'family practices' approach in this new book. Exploring its impact, and how it has been critiqued, Morgan shows the continued relevance of the approach with reference to time and space, the body, emotions, ethics and work/life b

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Securitization: Past, Present and Future (Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions)

This book aims to explore if and how securitization changed financial intermediation and lending behaviour by reviewing the pre- and post-financial crisis theoretical and empirical literature. The book’s distinctive feature is bringing the growing post-crisis empirical evidence to the attention of

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Lessons from the Past?: Memory, Narrativity and Subjectivity (Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies)

This book reconstructs how claims to know ‘the lessons’ from past wrongdoings are made useful in the present. These claims are powerful tools in contemporary debates over who we are, who we want to be and what we should do. Drawing on a wide range of spoken and written texts from Austria, Denmar

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The Labour of Memory: Memorial Culture and 7/7 (Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies)

This book presents a study of remembrance practices emerging after the 2005 London bombings. Matthew Allen explores a range of cases that not only illustrate the effects of the organisation of remembrance on its participants, but reveal how people engaged in memorial culture to address difficult and

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Trans People’s Partnerships: Towards an Ethics of Intimacy (Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life)

As intimate lives become more public, and discussions of gender and sexuality more complex, there is a need to rethink how we engage with our own perceptions and identifications with respect to intimacy. This book explores whether our intimate desires are limited by social norms and expectations, an

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Animals in Social Work: Why and How They Matter (The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series)

This collection of essays articulates theoretical and philosophical arguments, and advances practical applications, as to why animals ought to matter to social work, in and of themselves. It serves as a persuasive corrective to the current invisibility of animals in contemporary social work practice

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An Introduction to Animals and Visual Culture (The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series)

A fascinating exploration of the way in which animals are 'framed' - contextualized, decontextualized - in contemporary visual culture. Written in a highly engaging style, this book challenges the field, dealing with some highly controversial aspects of animal exploitation and boldly examines materi

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Displaying Families: A New Concept for the Sociology of Family Life (Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life)

This edited collection uses the concept of 'displaying families' as a new way to understand contemporary family and personal life, addressing how, in a world of fluid relationships, family life must not only be 'done' but also be 'seen to be done'.

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Animals and Public Health: Why Treating Animals Better is Critical to Human Welfare (The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series)

A compelling argument of how human health is adversely affected by our poor treatment of non-human animals. The author contents that in order to successfully confront the 21st Century's health challenges, we need to broaden the definition of the word 'public' in public health to include non-human an

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Memory Work: The Second Generation (Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies)

Memory Work studies how Jewish children of Holocaust survivors from the English-speaking diaspora explore the past in literary texts. By identifying areas where memory manifests - Objects, Names, Bodies, Food, Passover, 9/11 it shows how the Second Generation engage with the pre-Holocaust family and

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