Industry & industrial studies
Results 1921 - 1944 of 6107
Industry & industrial studies
Paperback. In an era of heightened securitization, print, televisual and networked media have become obsessed with the 'pre-mediation' of future events. In response to the shock of 9/11, socially networked US and global media worked to pre-mediate collective affects of anticipation and connectivity, while also perpetuating low levels of apprehension or fear. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; KNTJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 266.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230242524
- ISBN
- 9780230242524
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Condition: New
€ 65.78
€ 65.78
Hardcover. The past decade has seen the emergence of new types of trade union representatives attracting new and more diverse activists; this book explores their motivations and values, drawing upon the voices of the activists themselves and capturing the relationship between work, social identity and class consciousness. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSV; JHBL; JPW; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 356.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230244115
- ISBN
- 9780230244115
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Condition: New
€ 66.89
€ 66.89
Hardcover. Based on original and previously unseen written and sound archives and interviews with former and current radio producers and presenters, Public Issue Radio addresses the controversial question of the political leanings of current affairs programmes, and asks if Analysis became an early platform for both Thatcherite and Blairite ideas. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; JFD; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230247390
- ISBN
- 9780230247390
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Condition: New
€ 67.43
€ 67.43
Hardback. This book analyzes privatization in Ireland, a European economy that has experienced rapidly changing fortunes over the last thirty years. It examines the effects of privatization in terms of corporate performance, public finances and the distributional aspects of privatization including the impact on employment and share ownership. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCM; KCS; KFFD; KFFH; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan London
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230248922
- ISBN
- 9780230248922
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Condition: New
€ 128.00
€ 128.00
Hardcover. An exploration of Turkey's future role and impact on European energy security, looking at the connection between geopolitics, energy security and the EU's need for energy. The book focuses on Turkey's foreign and energy policies and importance as a natural funnel through which the EU can access hydrocarbons and renewables. Series: Energy, Climate and the Environment. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1QFE; JPS; KNB; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 171 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230252684
- ISBN
- 9780230252684
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Condition: New
€ 66.56
€ 66.56
Hardcover. This book traces the historic relationships between cotton production, the international cotton trade and poverty south of the Sahara, and assesses various approaches to corporate social responsibility and nongovernmental policy advocacy in this area. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HF; GTF; JFFA; KCP; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 420.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230252783
- ISBN
- 9780230252783
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Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Hardcover. An international trade emerged between 1870-1895 that incorporated the circulation of books among countries worldwide. A history of the social network and select agents who sold and distributed books overseas, this study demonstrates agents increasingly thought of the world as a negotiable, connected system and books as transnational commodities. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; KCLT; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346. Tangled Networks. 192 pages, 1 black & white halftones. An international trade emerged between 1870-1895 that incorporated the circulation of books among countries worldwide. A history of the social network and select agents who sold and distributed books overseas, this study demonstrates agents increasingly thought of the world as a negotiable, connected system and books as transnational commodities. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 3JH; KCLT; KNTP. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 17. Weight: 346.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230275638
- ISBN
- 9780230275638
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.41
€ 66.41
Hardcover. The Place Branding Yearbook 2010 examines the case for applying brand and marketing strategies and tactics to the economic, social, political and cultural development of places such as communities, villages, towns, cities, regions, countries, academic institutions and other locations to help them compete in the global, national and local markets. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJS; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 582.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230279544
- ISBN
- 9780230279544
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.82
€ 77.82
Hardcover. The way in which energy is governed in China is driving its rising level of carbon dioxide emissions. This book analyses the nature of energy governance in China by combining ideas relating to transition management with institutionalist theories, which helps to identify factors which assist or constrain the country's path to a low-carbon economy. Series: Energy, Climate and the Environment. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFMG; KNB; RNF; RNU; TH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230282247
- ISBN
- 9780230282247
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
International Development Policy: Energy and Development
Graduate Institute Of International And Devel...
Paperback. Co-published with The Graduate Institute, this book examines how energy issues have intensified with modern development, how they shape geopolitics and access to energy in Africa, and how inconsistent energy governance really is. It discusses energy policy options in developing and emerging countries and questions the role of development aid. Editor(s): Carbonnier, Gilles. Series: International Development Policy. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; GTF; JPSL; KNB; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 168 x 14. Weight in Grams: 410.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230282483
- ISBN
- 9780230282483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.49
€ 72.49
Hardcover. Public sector organizations are about to enter one of the most challenging environments they have ever had to face as they bear much of the cost of the credit crunch. This timely book shows public sector leaders what they need to understand in order to be able to cope with these challenges. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KFFD; KJC; KNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 558.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230283565
- ISBN
- 9780230283565
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Condition: New
€ 67.64
€ 67.64
Hardcover. The complexity and tensions of industrial innovation processes are fleshed out through the analysis of an intriguing case study from the food industry. Drawing together insights from multiple disciplines, this book shows the controversial nature of innovation processes. Num Pages: 330 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJD; KJU; KNDF; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230283664
- ISBN
- 9780230283664
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Condition: New
€ 67.55
€ 67.55
Hardcover. The first account of the emergence and demise of preventive health care for workers. It explores how trade unions, employers, doctors and the government reconfigured the relationship between health, productivity and the factory over the course of the twentieth century within a broader political, industrial and social context. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBTB; HBTK; KNXC; MBNH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 466.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230283718
- ISBN
- 9780230283718
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.31
€ 67.31
Hardcover. Moving beyond both tourism and politics literatures' current understandings of how tourism is developed, this book offers an original theory of interlocking regimes to account for the manner in which public and private bodies either facilitate or prevent development within tourism. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230284388
- ISBN
- 9780230284388
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardcover. The music industry is undergoing immense change. This book argues that the transformations occurring across the various music industries - recording, live performance, publishing - can be characterised as much by continuity as by change, raising complex questions about the value of music commodities. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AV; KNTF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230291485
- ISBN
- 9780230291485
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Hardcover. As potentially the largest retail market, China has attracted a great number of foreign retail operations. Based on case study research, this book provides valuable insights international retailers need for success in China. The newly developed theoretical model helps to extend the body of knowledge on firm internationalization. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KJK; KNPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230293373
- ISBN
- 9780230293373
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. In the aftermath of the financial crisis, Cooper locates the WTO-focused struggle between the US and the very small island state of Antigua on Internet gambling in the wider International Political Economy. He draws connections between gambling and offshore and/or enclave cultures and points out the stigmatization of 'Casino Capitalism'. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJWVB; JPS; KCP; KFF; KNTX1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230293458
- ISBN
- 9780230293458
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.62
€ 66.62
Hardcover. The complete story of the devastating BP oil spill of 2010. The author puts forward an objective account of what happened, a documentation of the true costs, not the hyperbolic costs, and an explanation of the science and business of the spill and its remediation. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJG; KJK; KJR; KNXC; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230293588
- ISBN
- 9780230293588
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.47
€ 67.47
Hardcover. This book provides comprehensive coverage on the key issues of Chinese investment in the Australian minerals industry. It offers unique insights into the entry process, the management of Chinese investments, and their success factors and lessons learnt as being impacted upon by the entangling of political, economic, social and competitive forces. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1MBF; KJK; KJV; KNAT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230298491
- ISBN
- 9780230298491
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardcover. A comparative analysis of the evolution ofUK and German broadcasting policies, adding to the developing area of comparative research on media and communications policy. The book focuses on processes of marketization and liberalization as they have affected policy-making, national regulatory frameworks and media structures. Num Pages: 346 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; JFD; JPQB; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 24. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230298613
- ISBN
- 9780230298613
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.71
€ 67.71
Hardcover. What links the interviews with Saddam Hussein and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on British and American TV, the chase of journalists following mega-terrorists, and the new status conferred on ordinary people at war? Transforming Media Coverage of Violent Conflicts offers a timely and original discussion on the shift in war journalism in recent years. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JWL; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230298705
- ISBN
- 9780230298705
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. The crisis in the auto industry has resulted in a race between Volkswagen, as challenger, and Toyota, as tattered global market leader. Whether it is theGerman or theJapanese firm that takes pole position, the winner will change the balance of power in the automotive industry and lead the way to the automobiles of the future. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KNDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230299559
- ISBN
- 9780230299559
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.85
€ 67.85
Paperback. Modern communication systems have incessantly exposed us to reports of distant events, brought to us through the media. In this book, leading scholars explore key questions concerning the implications of 'media witnessing'. Editor(s): Frosh, Paul; Pinchevski, Amit. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFDT; JPVH2; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 312.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230301351
- ISBN
- 9780230301351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.02
€ 66.02
Hardcover. One of the major obstacles unions face in building influence in the workplace is the opposition and resistance from those that own those workplaces, namely, the employers. This volume examines the nature of this anti-unionism, and in doing so explains the ways and means by which employers have successfully maintained their right to manage. Editor(s): Gall, Professor Gregor. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJK; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230303348
- ISBN
- 9780230303348
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.05
€ 128.05