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Paperback. An examination of the complex history of the French coiffure and its role in the evolution of consumption and consumerism culture in modern France Num Pages: 343 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTB; KCZ; KJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 343
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349533459
- ISBN
- 9781349533459
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Kirsten Sehnbruch uses the case study of Chile to show the failures and inner-working of neo-liberal labour policy. She shows in detail what the real policy issue should be, namely the creation of proper institutions and of a corps of competent professionals with relevant skills and powers to operate them. Num Pages: 339 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFC; JP; KCF; KCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 533.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2006
- Number of pages
- 339
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349533602
- ISBN
- 9781349533602
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€ 67.53
€ 67.53
Paperback. Twenty-seven international scholars and business leaders analyse the challenges facing business ethics in China: the role of different ethical traditions, the creation of ethical corporate cultures, corruption and the lack of confidence, consumption patterns and income distribution, globalization, WTO and information technology, to name a few. Editor(s): Lu, Xiaohe; Enderle, G. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCL; KCS; KJG; KJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2006
- Number of pages
- 295
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349533824
- ISBN
- 9781349533824
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€ 67.03
€ 67.03
Paperback. This wide-ranging, interdisciplinary analysis blends history, economics, and politics to challenge the prevailing accounts of the rise of U.S. militarism. While acknowledging the contributory role of some of the most widely-cited culprits, this study explores the bigger, but largely submerged, picture: the political economy of war and militarism. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2006
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349534081
- ISBN
- 9781349534081
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€ 66.52
€ 66.52
Paperback. Explains the complex and paradoxical process of economic integration and political divergence in current relations between Taiwan and mainland China. It analyzes the dynamics of economic statecraft on both sides and the conflicts between state objectives and business interests in the context of globalization and regional economic integration. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349534142
- ISBN
- 9781349534142
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€ 65.92
€ 65.92
Paperback. Contributors to this volume highlight the failure and socio-economic and political problems of post-colonial African state and make constructive and convincing suggestions of how the problems can be addressed. They do not argue for the scrapping of the state but its reconstitution in ways that will enable it to be people's-oriented. Editor(s): Kieh, Dr. George Klay, Jr.; Agbese, Pita Ogaba. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJH; HBTB; JPA; JPHV; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 411.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349534388
- ISBN
- 9781349534388
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. The book is an interdisciplinary collection of fifteen essays, with an editorial introduction, on a range of territories in the Commonwealth, Francophone, and Hispanic Caribbean. The authors focus on land and development, providing fresh perspectives through a collection of international contributing authors. Editor(s): Besson, J.; Momsen, Janet Henshall. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; JPP; JPVH; KCU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 291
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349534609
- ISBN
- 9781349534609
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€ 66.85
€ 66.85
Paperback. Built on rich data analyses, this book offers a fresh and in-depth explanation of how China's pro-reform leaders successfully launched controversial policies to promote private and foreign economic sectors, managed leadership conflict, and ensured reform in the provinces and rapid growth in the nation. Num Pages: 314 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349534753
- ISBN
- 9781349534753
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€ 66.61
€ 66.61
Paperback. Series: Political Evolution & Institutional Change. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 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
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349535187
- ISBN
- 9781349535187
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€ 66.22
€ 66.22
paperback. "Transferred to digital printing 2008"--T.p. verso. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPS; KCL; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349535385
- ISBN
- 9781349535385
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€ 66.10
€ 66.10
Paperback. This comprehensive study traces the history of over forty royal free towns from the sixteenth-century to 1848 in the territories of what today are Hungary, Slovakia, and Romania. Szelenyi argues that these towns have been a neglected feature of national meta-narratives in Eastern Europe because their dwellers were often German speakers. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 335.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2006
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349535439
- ISBN
- 9781349535439
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This book highlights current business practices in the emerging markets of China, Ghana, India, Kenya, Nigeria and UAE, and explains how global competition has created a culture of competitiveness and an era of consumerism. The region-specific issues, tested theories, and empirical evidence make the book of value to both researchers and managers. Num Pages: 281 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KCL; KCM; KJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349536917
- ISBN
- 9781349536917
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€ 127.73
€ 127.73
Paperback. This book explores the role of institutions in policy-making and the states, role in promotion of technology, focusing on, environmental technology development. Case studies include wind power diffusion in the UK and Germany, waste recycling in a variety of countries, and green automobile technology in the US and Japan. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS; KCP; RND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2006
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349537105
- ISBN
- 9781349537105
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€ 66.10
€ 66.10
Paperback. This books reviews forms of capital 'popular finance' and argues that it is important, as a site at which capital is visible not as a macro-structural reality but as a category itself, which needs to be made and performed in the spaces where is does not already exist. 'Culture' is used to intervene into everyday spaces to develop capital there. Num Pages: 255 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JPS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 329.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349537402
- ISBN
- 9781349537402
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Much has been written about the wealth of nations, the history of unequal distribution and zones of affluence and deprivation within and between societies. This book explores why some Asian nations are more prosperous than others through an examination of how their interaction with and utilization of resources has changed over the centuries. Editor(s): Boomgaard, P.; Bankoff, Greg. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPA; KCN; KCP; RNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 474.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349537440
- ISBN
- 9781349537440
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€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Paperback. This book explores a big puzzle in development economics - why Argentina, despite rich natural resources and ample human capital, has endured such poor growth performance. The authors use rigorous economic analysis and an institutional and historical approach to show what went wrong, in a timely contribution to the sustainable development debate. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; KCM; KCS; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349537907
- ISBN
- 9781349537907
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This book reveals how and why governance structures, outsourcing techniques and fluid enterprise boundaries will force a management revolution in the Twenty-First century. It draws on academic research and real-world consulting experience to show that even in today's economy there are hard and fast rules for successful organizational performance. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCL; KJM; KJMV; KJU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 309.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349538232
- ISBN
- 9781349538232
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
The Cost of Institutions. Information and Freedom in Expanding Economi...
Rodriguez, J.; Loomis, Steven R.; Weeres, Jos...
Paperback. Contesting prior assumptions that institutions simplify the world for the sake of efficiency, this book argues that rather than institution expansion indicating the movement of markets to optimal states, expanding institutions generate information costs. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNK; JPA; JPP; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349538256
- ISBN
- 9781349538256
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€ 65.77
€ 65.77
paperback. This book examines general Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) roles and comparative advantages in the broad fight to end global poverty, as well as roles and opportunities specific to particular Millennium Development Goals sectors. Editor(s): Brinkerhoff, Jennifer M.; Smith, S.; Teegen, Hildy. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JPA; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349538324
- ISBN
- 9781349538324
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€ 66.01
€ 66.01
Paperback. In this edited volume, leading scholars from US and China analyze the challenges and opportunities for China in the 21st century, each emphasizing particular dimensions of politics, economics, political culture, and foreign policy. Issues examined include: social harmony and statecraft, media and political culture, and legality in foreign trade. Num Pages: 295 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPA; JPS; KCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 412.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 295
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349538348
- ISBN
- 9781349538348
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This book updates the 1989 volume 'Caribbean in World Affairs' providing a comprehensive and theoretically-grounded account of diplomatic developments in the Caribbean. The new material includes attention to the changed global setting, updated theoretical developments in foreign policy, and the inclusion of Haiti and Suriname. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPA; JPS; JPSD; KCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 429.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349538669
- ISBN
- 9781349538669
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This anthology tackles three key issues: how social capital is discussed within the contexts of racial inequality, how this dialogue informs public policy regarding neighbourhood revitalization and economic development, and how effective a strategy utilization of social capital is for improving inner city living conditions. Editor(s): Jennings, J. Num Pages: 179 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSL; JHB; JP; 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
- 179
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349538782
- ISBN
- 9781349538782
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Condition: New
€ 65.56
€ 65.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ; JHB; JP; KCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349538805
- ISBN
- 9781349538805
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€ 149.29
€ 149.29
Paperback. This book is about the harnessing of social capital, formalized as village or community organizations, to guide and facilitate collective action for attaining poverty alleviation in particular and enhancing community well-being in general. Num Pages: 303 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBA; JPA; KCA; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 303
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349538911
- ISBN
- 9781349538911
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95