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Hardcover. The rising importance of China and its impact on the world economy has attracted massive interest worldwide. This book examines a wide range of issues related to China and its relationship with the world economy, focusing on its succesful development experiences and how its rise may affect the rest of the world in the coming decades. Editor(s): Greenaway, Professor David; Milner, Chris; Yao, Shujie. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCB; KCLT; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230521520
- ISBN
- 9780230521520
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.48
€ 128.48
Hardcover. This is the first book dealing with competition and efficiency issues in the Arab world. Combining quantitative analysis and field surveys to assess the degree of competition, the degree of efficiency and their relationships in the manufacturing sector, this book provides a unique insight into Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia. Editor(s): Sekkat, Khalid. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBJ; 1HBE; 1HBM; 1HBT; KJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230524989
- ISBN
- 9780230524989
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Paperback. International Society and the Middle East brings together a distinguished cast of theorists and Middle East experts to provide a comprehensive overview of the region's history and how its own traditions have mixed, often uncomfortably, with the political structures imposed by the expansion of Western international society. Editor(s): Buzan, Barry; Gonzalez-Pelaez, Ana. Series: Palgrave Studies in International Relations. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 24. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230537644
- ISBN
- 9780230537644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.29
€ 128.29
Hardcover. There are numerous labour and employment issues facing South Asia in this era of growth. With critical examination of ongoing labour reforms, and using extensive field surveys, this book will be of interest to all seeking an analysis of labour economics, labour laws, economic growth and globalization in South Asia. Editor(s): Sato, Hiroshi; Murayama, Mayumi. Series: IDE-JETRO series. Num Pages: 333 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FK; JFFS; KCFM; KCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 605.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230538030
- ISBN
- 9780230538030
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.75
€ 128.75
Hardcover. In this book, top scholars of China from around the world combine to offer deep analyses of recent trends in China's economy and society in order to help understand the country's future. Topics covered include: population, agriculture, internal migration, industry and banking reform, resource constraint and environmental impact. Editor(s): Islam, Nazrul. Num Pages: 406 pages, 39 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230538078
- ISBN
- 9780230538078
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.83
€ 129.83
Paperback. Can China and India continue to rank among the fastest expanding economies? This book highlights what has worked and what more needs to be done to ensure sustained rapid economic growth and poverty reduction. Addressing the two countries' recent experiences with growth and reform, this book provides important insight for other developing economies. Editor(s): Tseng, Wanda S.; Cowen, David. Series: Procyclicality of Financial Systems in Asia. Num Pages: 329 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230542815
- ISBN
- 9780230542815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.54
€ 127.54
Paperback. Procyclicality of the financial system is a feature of any normally functioning economy. However, procyclicality can sometimes become 'excessive' leading to undesired effects on the real economy. The challenge that this volume addresses is to define 'excessive' and to identify policy actions that could produce superior outcomes. Editor(s): Gerlach, Stefan; Gruenwald, Paul. Series: Procyclicality of Financial Systems in Asia. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230547001
- ISBN
- 9780230547001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.49
€ 126.49
Hardcover. The outcome of a major research project on development, security and culture, this collection along with a second volume Human Values and Global Governance, outlines the emerging field of global studies and the theoretical approach of global social theory. It focuses on the problem of development in the context of the globalized condition. Editor(s): Hettne, Bjorn. Num Pages: 334 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 1FK; 1KL; GTF; JFFS; RNU. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230551275
- ISBN
- 9780230551275
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.39
€ 128.39
Hardcover. Although both China and Vietnam are making a decisive transition to the market economy, they have also insisted on the official ideology of socialism. This book studies fundamental issues concerning the relationship between market, property rights, and the ideology of socialism. Editor(s): Kornai, Janos; Qian, Yingyi. Series: International Economic Association. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCP; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230553545
- ISBN
- 9780230553545
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Condition: New
€ 128.00
€ 128.00
Hardcover. This book claims that de jure economic integration is in progress in East Asia, after the advancement of de facto integration. The book contains new international trade theory, spatial economics, data-work empirical studies, and field studies on various scenarios of de jure economic integration. Editor(s): Hiratsuka, Daisuke; Kimura, Fukunari. Series: IDE-JETRO series. Num Pages: 369 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; KCL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230553620
- ISBN
- 9780230553620
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.83
€ 128.83
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230577053
- ISBN
- 9780230577053
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Hardcover. Despite abundant scepticism about their economic benefits, Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) have proliferated at a rapid pace. Policy diffusion models explain how different sets of preferential trade agreements are interconnected and establish under what conditions FTAs can work for or against the emergence of coherent regional blocs. Editor(s): Solis, Mireya; Stallings, Barbara; Katada, Saori. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 306 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; JFFS; JPS; KCLT; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 515.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230577787
- ISBN
- 9780230577787
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.37
€ 67.37
Hardcover. This book analyzes the political obstacles to economic recovery, and the economic consequences of democratic political reforms. The contributors focus on rulers of shaky states where civil strife has caused economic devastation. If rebuilding requires regime change, are we asking these governments to put themselves out of business? Editor(s): Binder, Leonard. Num Pages: 293 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTF; KCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600171
- ISBN
- 9780230600171
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.43
€ 67.43
Hardcover. In this volume the contributors argue that the events of 9-11 and the subsequent "war on terrorism" have had big implications for Japan. These events have called into question the assumptions and limits of Japan's war-renouncing constitution. Editor(s): Eldridge, Robert D.; Midford, Paul. Series: The Palgrave MacMillan Series in International Political Communication. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JPVK; JPWL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230606432
- ISBN
- 9780230606432
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.36€ 48.08
€ 53.36
€ 48.08
Hardcover. Sino-American nuclear relations are critical given ongoing modernization efforts on both sides and an increasingly complex regional and global nuclear environment. This volume pairs Chinese and American authors together to offer national perspectives on contemporary nuclear issues. Editor(s): Twomey, Christopher P. Series: Initiatives in Strategic Studies: Issues and Policies. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JPSF; RNQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230606609
- ISBN
- 9780230606609
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.74
€ 66.74
Hardcover. This volume brings together cutting edge research on Israeli citizens and organizations mobilized around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. These pioneering perspectives provide a wealth of information on state-society relations in Israel, the boundaries of civil mobilization and on the prospects for Israeli democracy. Editor(s): Marteu, Elisabeth. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230614819
- ISBN
- 9780230614819
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.16
€ 67.16
Hardcover. This volume explores particular facets of the history and representation of the Pacific rim region, focusing on the interactions between the U.S. and China around the turn of the twentieth century. Editor(s): Mayer, Ruth; Kunnemann, Vanessa. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JPS. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230619050
- ISBN
- 9780230619050
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Addressing values and politics in the Muslim world, this pioneering volume examines attitudes towards democracy and politics, between the elite and the publics of Islamic and European countries. It also examines the political and economic consequences of religious beliefs; the perceptions of outsiders; family and health. Editor(s): Moaddel, Mansoor. Num Pages: 375 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230621985
- ISBN
- 9780230621985
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. After examining the global system's political volatility at the dawn of the new millennium, this book looks at how some of the identifiable system-wide trends (for example, globalization, democratization and fragmentation) may find repercussions in the Asia Pacific. Editor(s): Hsiung, James C. Num Pages: 390 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FP; JFFS; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312238797
- ISBN
- 9780312238797
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.95
€ 128.95
Hardcover. This work focuses on understanding the market and non-market strategies employed by Japanese firms to boost their share of the developing Asian market and to rally the Japanese government in support of their initiatives. Editor(s): Aggarwal, Vinod K.; Urata, Shujiro. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KCB; KCLT; KJC; KJF; KJK; KJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312239107
- ISBN
- 9780312239107
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.36€ 47.67
€ 53.36
€ 47.67
Hardcover. This work focuses on understanding the market and non-market strategies employed by American firms to boost their share of the developing Asian market and to rally the United States government in support of their initiatives. Editor(s): Aggarwal, Vinod K. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; KCL; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312239114
- ISBN
- 9780312239114
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.36€ 47.45
€ 53.36
€ 47.45
Hardcover. After the wars of the late 20th century, the wider Gulf region remains mired in internal, regional and international conflicts. This volume presents analytical perspectives, including solution-oriented assessments, to identify major causes for actual and potential conflicts throughout the Gulf. Num Pages: 497 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 3JJP; GTB; GTJ; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 38. Weight in Grams: 834.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312293888
- ISBN
- 9780312293888
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.74€ 90.14
€ 106.74
€ 90.14
Paperback. In this collection of essays on the Vietnam War, eminent scholars of the second Indo-China conflict consider several key factors that led to the defeat of the United States and its allies. Editor(s): Gilbert, Marc Jason. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBJK; HBWS2; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312295271
- ISBN
- 9780312295271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 93.89
€ 93.89
Hardcover. Features 15 contributors who argue that technical change can fruitfully be interpreted as an institutionally-structured learning process. These essays show that the analysis of knowledge-generating institutions provides insights into the pace, direction and persistence of technological change. Editor(s): Thomson, Ross. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 1FPJ; 1KBB; JN; KCA; KCF; PDG; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 501.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333556832
- ISBN
- 9780333556832
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.65
€ 194.65