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Hardcover. As a country, Taiwan is one of the most vibrant, exciting, colourful and entrepreneurial on earth. The contributors reveal what underpins the vitality of Taiwan, examining the relevance of its democratic politics, civil society and the presence of an existential threat from China, as well as the importance of its international business nexus. Editor(s): Tsang, Steve. Series: The Nottingham China Policy Institute Series. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; GTB; GTF; JPP; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137009890
- ISBN
- 9781137009890
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Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardcover. Through comparative studies of aid-supported infrastructure projects in East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, the book examines how aid could assist development processes by facilitating development of local endogenous institutions. Editor(s): Nissanke, Machiko; Shimomura, Yasutami. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FP; 1HF; JKSR; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137023476
- ISBN
- 9781137023476
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. A cross-disciplinary anthology on contemporary Kashmir by academics from Jammu and Kashmir, the first such volume to appear. The book offers a panorama of key cultural concerns of Jammu and Kashmir today, incorporating analysis of military, cultural, religious, and social aspects of the society and polity. Editor(s): Khan, Nyla Ali. Num Pages: 270 pages, 3 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKP; GTB; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137029577
- ISBN
- 9781137029577
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Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardcover. This comprehensive book examines the Iranian government's mobilization of resources to develop science and technology, presenting an overview of the structure, dynamics, and outcomes of the government's science and technology policies. Authors are leaders in the industries they discuss and offer an unparalleled look into Iran's technology sector. Editor(s): Soofi, Abdol S.; Ghazinoory, Sepehr. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBN; JPQB; KNDH; KNTX; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137030092
- ISBN
- 9781137030092
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. An exploration of the individual work of ten diplomats who were charged with negotiating conclusions to intractable conflicts in the Middle East and Balkans, this book is the first study to combine the outlooks of practitioners and academics on new forms of war, especially asymmetrical warfare between state and non-state actors. Editor(s): Fixdal, Mona. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVW; 1FB; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137030535
- ISBN
- 9781137030535
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Condition: New
€ 67.28
€ 67.28
Hardcover. This volume brings together essays from leading thinkers to examine what role Asian traditions of knowledge played in the rise of modern science in Europe, the implications this has for the epistemology of science, and whether pre-modern Asian traditions can provide resources for advancing scientific knowledge in future. Editor(s): Bala, Arun. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137031723
- ISBN
- 9781137031723
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Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover. Explores how British and Japanese firms have responded to globalization from a long-term perspective. Incorporates studies from the 18th century and sheds light on the impact of the institutional setting, the influence of government and entrepreneurs, and the weight of historical contingency in conditioning firm responses to globalization. Editor(s): Umemura, Maki; Fujioka, Rika. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FPJ; JFFS; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137263629
- ISBN
- 9781137263629
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. East Asian Ecocriticisms presents original essays from Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and China that define and characterize trends in East Asian ecocriticism. Drawing on diverse theoretical perspectives in environmental thought and scholarship, this volume presents valuable and original contributions to global conversations. Editor(s): Estok, Simon C.; Kim, Won-Chung. Series: Literatures, Cultures, and the Environment. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FP; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137274311
- ISBN
- 9781137274311
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Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover. The authors assess the constitutional and partisan powers of Asian presidents, and analyse how they are used in actual policy-making processes. Country case studies on Afghanistan, Indonesia, the Philippines, South Korea, Sri Lanka, and Taiwan analyze how their constitutional and partisan powers are used in actual policy-making processes. Editor(s): Kasuya, Yuko. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; JPHC; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137277268
- ISBN
- 9781137277268
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. The South Asian diaspora is a diverse group who settled in different parts of the world, often concentrated in developed countries. This volume explores how transnational politics overlap with religious ideologies, media and culture amongst the disapora, contributing to diasporic identity building in host countries. Editor(s): Pillai, Gopinath. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FK; JFSR; JPS; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137285966
- ISBN
- 9781137285966
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Condition: New
€ 127.60
€ 127.60
Hardcover. The political economy landscape has shifted as multinational corporations increase their investment efforts, changing the geographies of extraction. The contributors make the argument for the need of new theoretical perspectives anchored in critical political economy to address structural dynamics in the global industry. Editor(s): Singh, Jewellord Nem; Bourgouin, France. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; 1H; 1KL; GTF; JPSL; KCL; KCP; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 136 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137286789
- ISBN
- 9781137286789
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Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. Developed by an international team of historians, sociologists, political scientists and economists, this collection is the most comprehensive reader of the history of Sino-Italian relations currently available in the English language. Editor(s): Marinelli, Maurizio; Andornino, Giovanni. Num Pages: 291 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1FPC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137290922
- ISBN
- 9781137290922
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. The contributors engage with a range of critical and contemporary issues of two key societies in the Asia-Pacific region, Australia and Malaysia. These include foreign policy and national security; multiculturalism and citizenship; the middle class; global governance; migrants and international students. Editor(s): Tazreiter, Claudia; Tham, Siew Yean. Series: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMM; 1MBF; JFFN; JFFS; JPB; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137298379
- ISBN
- 9781137298379
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Condition: New
€ 67.71
€ 67.71
Hardcover. A group of internationally recognised experts examine the recent trends of cross-border movements of people, goods and economic activity at fifteen major borders in the Greater Mekong Sub-region with the aim of predicting the long terms future for this region. Editor(s): Ishida, Masami. Series: IDE-JETRO series. Num Pages: 361 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1FPC; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137302892
- ISBN
- 9781137302892
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Condition: New
€ 128.80
€ 128.80
Hardcover. Recent upheavals in the Middle East are challenging long-held assumptions about the dynamics between the United States, the Arab world, and Israel. In Pathways to Peace, today's leading experts explain these changes in the region and their positive implications for the prospect of a sustained peace between Israel and the Arab World. Editor(s): Kurtzer, Daniel C. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; JPSD; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 243 x 23. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137304797
- ISBN
- 9781137304797
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.90
€ 41.99
€ 34.90
Hardcover. International business (IB) research on Asian firms is on the rise, challenging conventional theories and providing opportunities for IB researchers to address several paradoxical issues such as ownership advantage and risk-returns. The book focuses on IB research in Asia and addresses some of these problems in several keys areas of IB research. Editor(s): Chan, Tsang-sing; Cui, Geng. Series: AIB Southeast Asia. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; KCL; KJK; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137307286
- ISBN
- 9781137307286
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Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover. Sinophone Cinemas considers a range of multilingual, multidialect and multi-accented cinemas produced in Chinese-language locations outside mainland China. It showcases new screen cultures from Britain, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Australia. Editor(s): Yue, Audrey; Khoo, Olivia. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137311191
- ISBN
- 9781137311191
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Condition: New
€ 66.99
€ 66.99
Hardcover. The US, China, and Japan form a 'troubled triangle,' with each country negotiating its foreign policy toward the other two in response to economic and security pressures that operate as an interrelated duality. Written by international relations experts, this book examines how the three countries respond to this set of pressures and to each other. Editor(s): Inoguchi, Takashi; Ikenberry, G. John. Series: Asia Today. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JM; JPS; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 25. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137321992
- ISBN
- 9781137321992
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardcover. 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, Xiaoming. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; GTF; JPS; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137323071
- ISBN
- 9781137323071
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Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. Offering a comprehensive overview of contemporary theoretical and programmatic issues in the fields of sustainability, culture, communication, development and social change, this book explores the relationship between communication and sustainability from a social change perspective. Editor(s): Servaes, Jan. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; 1H; GTF; KCM; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137329400
- ISBN
- 9781137329400
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Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover. The contributors link innovative analytical concepts and ethnographic in-depth case studies from the Arab world. Based on the debates on politics from below and dynamic concepts of state, all the chapters focus on informal institutions, non-elite actors, and the dynamic and contradictory relationship between state and society. Editor(s): Bouziane, Malika; Harders, Cilja; Hoffmann, Anja. Series: Governance and Limited Statehood. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTF; JPQB; JPRB; KCM. 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
- V9781137338686
- ISBN
- 9781137338686
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Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. Engaging with feminist focussed studies of development, this edited collection places the household at the centre of understandings of the gendered nature of economic development in Asia. Editor(s): Elias, Juanita; Gunawardana, Samanthi J. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; GTF; JHBK; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137338891
- ISBN
- 9781137338891
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.71
€ 67.71
Hardcover. China is an increasingly influential emerging economy that is currently attracting the attention of academics, practitioners, and policy makers. This book is a collection of cutting edge research findings on issues relating to the experiences and challenges of China's capital market development. Editor(s): Cumming, Douglas; Guariglia, Alessandra; Hou, Wenxuan; Lee, Edward. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KFFH; KFFK; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137341563
- ISBN
- 9781137341563
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Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. Rural poverty remains widespread and persistent in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. A group of leading experts critically examines the impact of land tenure reforms on poverty reduction and natural resource management in countries in Africa and Asia with highly diverse historical contexts. Editor(s): Holden, Stein; Otsuka, Keijiro; Deininger, Klaus. Num Pages: 424 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; 1H; KCM; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 28. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137343802
- ISBN
- 9781137343802
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.17
€ 128.17