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Paperback. New perspectives and analyses of key European policies through their past successes and failures, present challenges such as the global financial crisis and future developments. This book captures a critical turning point in the functioning of European policies and highlights the necessity of quick adjustments for critical new global developments. Editor(s): Raileanu-Szeles, Monica. Num Pages: 177 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JP; KCL; KCP; KJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 177
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349455393
- ISBN
- 9781349455393
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Condition: New
€ 65.50
€ 65.50
Paperback. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPS; JPSN; KCN; RGB; RND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349455683
- ISBN
- 9781349455683
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Condition: New
€ 126.70
€ 126.70
Paperback. This book provides a timely and insightful analysis of the expansion of biofuels production and use in recent years. Drawing on interviews with key policy insiders, Ackrill and Kay show how biofuels policies have been motivated by concerns over climate change, energy security and rural development. Series: Energy, Climate and the Environment. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPSN; KCN; KJJ; RND; RNU; TQD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349455720
- ISBN
- 9781349455720
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Condition: New
€ 127.04
€ 127.04
paperback. Tony Heron examines recent global policy responses to the erosion of non-reciprocal tariff and quota preferences caused trade liberalizing by focusing on a sample of small, middle income countries which have historically enjoyed favourable access to OECD markets. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 162 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JPA; JPS; KCM; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 232.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- SKU
- V9781349455744
- ISBN
- 9781349455744
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Condition: New
€ 65.32
€ 65.32
Paperback. Editor(s): Odendaal, Nancy; Watson, Vanessa. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JHBC; JPQB; KCM; KCU; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349455768
- ISBN
- 9781349455768
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Condition: New
€ 66.40
€ 66.40
Paperback. Few countries have achieved social development, which requires simultaneously securing market and social incorporation (good jobs and access to social services). This book reviews Costa Rica's experience as one of the few successful cases of double incorporation in the periphery. Series: Developmental Pathways to Poverty Reduction. Num Pages: 176 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCB; KCL; KCM; KCN; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349455980
- ISBN
- 9781349455980
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Condition: New
€ 65.46
€ 65.46
Paperback. Against the backdrop of the environmental impact of household electricity consumption and the history of cooling practices, Marlyne Sahakian considers how people keep cool, from Metro Manila to other mega-cities in Southeast Asia. Series: Energy, Climate and the Environment. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; JHBL; KCN; RNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349456185
- ISBN
- 9781349456185
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Condition: New
€ 126.94
€ 126.94
paperback. This book reviews the remarkable growth, diversity and challenges of child sponsorship. It features the latest progress in child sponsorship practice and necessary tensions experienced by some organisations as they seek to maximise impact. Editor(s): Watson, B. Num Pages: 367 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JHBK; JKSN; JPA; JPS; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 367
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349456406
- ISBN
- 9781349456406
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Condition: New
€ 68.56
€ 68.56
Paperback. This book explores reforms to young adults' schooling that mobilise capital friendly learning-and-earning (l'earning) webs. It argues that deschooling l'earning builds young adults' commitment to modern modes of capital accumulation, gives insights into how they can secure their future, and reassures them that this can serve the common good. Series: Policy and Practice in the Classroom. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JNA; JNK; JPQB; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349456628
- ISBN
- 9781349456628
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Condition: New
€ 65.86
€ 65.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JFF; JHB; JMS; JPA; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 309
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349456642
- ISBN
- 9781349456642
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This book offers the first conceptually rigorous analysis of the political and institutional underpinnings of Brazil's recent rise. Using Brazil as a case study in multiparty presidentialism, the authors argue that Brazil's success stems from the combination of a constitutionally strong president and a robust system of checks and balances. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 232 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPA; JPB; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 305.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349456741
- ISBN
- 9781349456741
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Condition: New
€ 126.56
€ 126.56
Paperback. Editor(s): Korkut, Umut; Bucken-Knapp, Gregg; McGarry, Aaron; Hinnfors, Jonas; Drake, H. Series: Europe in Transition: The NYU European Studies Series. Num Pages: 236 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JPA; JPQB; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 329.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349456789
- ISBN
- 9781349456789
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Condition: New
€ 52.90€ 46.13
€ 52.90
€ 46.13
The Limits to Capital in Spain. Crisis and Revolt in the European Sout...
Purcell, T.; Charnock, Greig
Paperback. Spain is at the epicentre of a crisis that threatens the future of the Eurozone. This book explains the deep historical and structural roots of the current crisis in Spain. It analyses the nexus between European circuits of financial capital, urbanisation, and the emergent dynamics of state austerity and popular revolt. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JPA; JPS; KCB; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349457557
- ISBN
- 9781349457557
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€ 65.50
€ 65.50
Paperback. This book is a collection of specially commissioned chapters from philosophers, economists, and political scientists, focusing on Adam Smith's two main works Theory of Moral Sentiments and Wealth of Nations with a view to bringing Smith to a mainstream philosophy audience while simultaneously informing Smith's traditional constituency. Editor(s): Hardwick, D.; Marsh, L. Series: Archival Insights into the Evolution of Economics. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; KCA; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349457786
- ISBN
- 9781349457786
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Condition: New
€ 127.30
€ 127.30
paperback. Series: Energy, Climate and the Environment. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPSN; KCN; RGB; RND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- SKU
- V9781349457823
- ISBN
- 9781349457823
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.56
€ 65.56
paperback. Series: The Nottingham China Policy Institute Series. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCG; KCL; KCM; KCP; KCS; KFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- SKU
- V9781349457984
- ISBN
- 9781349457984
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Condition: New
€ 66.42
€ 66.42
Paperback. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCB; KCC; KCL; KFF; KFFH; KFFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 291
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349458141
- ISBN
- 9781349458141
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Condition: New
€ 127.18
€ 127.18
The Troubled Triangle. Economic and Security Concerns for the United S...
. Ed(S): Inoguchi, Takashi; Ikenberry, G. Joh...
Paperback. Editor(s): Inoguchi, Takashi; Ikenberry, G. John. Series: Asia Today. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349458219
- ISBN
- 9781349458219
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€ 66.40
€ 66.40
paperback. With the rise of the knowledge economy, universities are under pressure to embrace not just their traditional missions of teaching and research but a third mission of serving economic and social development. This book examines the major strategies that governments in East Asia have adopted to promote this kind of innovation in the education sector. Series: International and Development Education. Num Pages: 310 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JNK; JNM; KCM; KCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 397.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349458288
- ISBN
- 9781349458288
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Condition: New
€ 52.90€ 47.15
€ 52.90
€ 47.15
Transnational Corporations from the Standpoint of Workers
Rathzel, Nora; Mulinari, Diana; Tollefsen, Ai...
Paperback. This book explores the history and global expansion of AB Volvo, one of the hundred largest corporations in the world, through the experiences of its workers in Sweden, Mexico, South Africa, and India. It investigates how neo-liberalisation has transformed the company into a promoter of lean production, at the expense of the workers' needs. Num Pages: 311 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JHBL; JPS; KCD; KCF; KJU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 311
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349458660
- ISBN
- 9781349458660
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Condition: New
€ 66.42
€ 66.42
Paperback. The contributors provide a comparative analysis of the modern economic development of Japan and China that are often explained in frameworks of East Asian developmentalism, varies of capitalism or world economic system, and explore their broader significances for the rise and global expansion of modern economy. Editor(s): Huang, X. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JPS; KCM; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 289
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349458684
- ISBN
- 9781349458684
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Condition: New
€ 66.18
€ 66.18
Paperback. Examines the institutional developments in 28 transition economies over the past two decades and concludes that, contrary to popular belief, institutions were not neglected; while personalities mattered as much as policies for outcomes, getting the basic institutions right was the most important aspect of a successful transition. Series: Studies in Economic Transition. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCB; KCM; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349458745
- ISBN
- 9781349458745
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Condition: New
€ 127.01
€ 127.01
Paperback. Editor(s): Shimomura, Yasutami; Ohashi, Hideo. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; KCG; KCL; KCM; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349458783
- ISBN
- 9781349458783
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Condition: New
€ 126.94
€ 126.94
Paperback. Papers from the conference (Un)civil Society--State Failure and the Contradictions of Self-Organisation in Nigeria, held May 14-17, 2005 in Lagos, Nigeria. Editor(s): Okome, M. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JHB; JPA; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349458981
- ISBN
- 9781349458981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.25
€ 66.25