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Hardcover. The book examines the Hezbollah movement from a multidisciplinary, comprehensive, historical, and systematic perspective to explain how it has evolved since its inception in the early 1980s to the present. Series: Middle East in Focus. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBL; JPL; JPWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230605886
- ISBN
- 9780230605886
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.38
€ 65.38
Paperback. This book seeks to answer the key questions on partition by examining US policy toward secessionist movements in three countries during the first decade following the end of the Cold War: Iraq, Ethiopia, and Bosnia-Hercegovina. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 1FBQ; 1HFGA; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 146 x 218 x 13. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230606029
- ISBN
- 9780230606029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.11
€ 63.11
Paperback. This collection charts the terrain of contemporary Japanese animation, one of the most explosive forms of visual culture to emerge at the crossroads of transnational cultural production in the last twenty-five years. Editor(s): Brown, Steven T. Num Pages: 256 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; APFV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230606210
- ISBN
- 9780230606210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.57
€ 63.57
Hardcover. In three congregations, representing three distinct social locations, Howell goes beneath the surface to argue that even with these Western forms, these Filipino Baptists are actively constructing themselves and the locality itself in terms of this global faith they have made their own. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMP; HRCC92. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230606616
- ISBN
- 9780230606616
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.43
€ 64.43
Hardcover. The book deals with the role of Jerusalem as a central religious-political symbol, and with the processes by which symbols of faith and sanctity are being employed in a political struggle. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230607828
- ISBN
- 9780230607828
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.91
€ 63.91
Hardcover. By analyzing concrete examples of the creation of a heritage in the context of migration, this multi-sited ethnography considers the implications of representations of religions and diaspora for Sindhi Hindus and other similar communities. Num Pages: 237 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSR; JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230608320
- ISBN
- 9780230608320
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.47
€ 122.47
Hardcover. China's leaders are confronted with building a new support system in the countryside, shifting the burden in urban China from the factory to the local state, and integrating new social groups into existing systems. This book comprises a detailed study of healthcare, disease control, social insurance and social relief. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230609518
- ISBN
- 9780230609518
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.29
€ 64.29
Hardcover. China's infamous death penalty record is the product of firm Party-state control and policy-setting. Though during the 1980s and 1990s, the Party's emphasis was on "kill many," in the 2000s the direction of policy began to move toward "kill fewer." This book details the policies, institutions, and story behind the reform of the death penalty. Series: Palgrave Series in Asian Governance. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230613546
- ISBN
- 9780230613546
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.04
€ 123.04
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230616806
- ISBN
- 9780230616806
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.24
€ 123.24
Women's Sexualities and Masculinities in a Globalizing Asia (Comparati...
Blackwood, Evelyn, Bhaiya, Abha
Paperback. A unique collection of writings by both academic and activist scholars on women's same-sex sexualities and female masculinities in a globalizing Asia. Editor(s): Wieringa, Saskia; Blackwood, Evelyn; Bhaiya, Abha. Series: Comparative Feminist Studies. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; JFFK; JFSJ1; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230617483
- ISBN
- 9780230617483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.86
€ 63.86
Hardcover. This book presents a theoretical framework based on the empirical context of the Israeli political system to evaluate under what conditions and in what ways can fundamental institutional changes occur in a democratic political system. Num Pages: 233 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230618671
- ISBN
- 9780230618671
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Paperback. The product of years of cross-border and cross-disciplinary collaboration, this is an innovative volume of essays situated at the intersection of multi-disciplinary fields: postcolonial/subaltern theory; comparative literary analysis, especially with a South Asian and transnational focus; the study of 'alternative' and 'indigenous' modernities. Editor(s): Mohanty, Satya P. Series: Future of Minority Studies. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2BM; DSBH5; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230619081
- ISBN
- 9780230619081
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Hardcover. Freiner defines a new understanding of nationalism, with a focus on the ways in which the Japanese state has utilized Confucian philosophy to create a Japanese national identity and on the impact of this on women. She examines the key policy areas of education and social security alongside the roles that women have played in these initiatives. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFFE3; JFSJ1; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 220 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230619289
- ISBN
- 9780230619289
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.91
€ 63.91
Hardcover. Japan-Africa Relations seeks to study the complex nature of the dynamics of power relations between Japan and Africa since the Bandung Conference in 1955, with an emphasis on the period starting from the 1970s up to the present. Num Pages: 294 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1H; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230619326
- ISBN
- 9780230619326
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.01
€ 65.01
Hardcover. This book explores how Japanese writers in Korea, Manchuria, and Taiwan used narratives of romantic and familial love in order to traverse the dangerous currents of empire. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230619890
- ISBN
- 9780230619890
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.02
€ 112.02
Hardcover. This book is concerned with the three-way relationship between neoliberalism, women's education, and the spatialization of the state, and analyses this through an ethnography lens of women's education programs in India. Series: Comparative Feminist Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSJ1; JHMC; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230619913
- ISBN
- 9780230619913
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.58
€ 64.58
Paperback. Turkey and Israel are two of the most important countries in the Middle East, but also are outsiders to the region for political and cultural reasons. Here Bengio examines the historic, geo-strategic and political-cultural roots of the Turkish-Israeli relationship, from the 1950s until today. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1FBH; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230620339
- ISBN
- 9780230620339
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Paperback. This book investigates whether the theory of deliberative democracy - developed in the West to focus democratic theory on the legitimation that deliberation can afford - has any application to Chinese processes of democratization. It discovers pockets of theory useful to guide Chinese practices, and also Chinese practice that can educate the West. Editor(s): Leib, Ethan J.; He, Baogang. Num Pages: 353 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 353
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230620346
- ISBN
- 9780230620346
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Paperback. For the first time since the 1980s, Lebanon is now constantly on the front page of the world's media. This book seeks to explain the contemporary situation in Lebanon and how it affects the region and the world. Editor(s): Rubin, Barry. Series: The Middle East in Focus. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; JPS; JPWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406. Liberation, Conflict, and Crisis. Series: The Middle East in Focus. 256 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Rubin, Barry. For the first time since the 1980s, Lebanon is now constantly on the front page of the world's media. This book seeks to explain the contemporary situation in Lebanon and how it affects the region and the world. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; JPS; JPWS. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 19. Weight: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230623064
- ISBN
- 9780230623064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.89
€ 63.89
Paperback. Presents five post-war Japanese plays as an introduction to a genre which is gradually supplanting the more exotic Japanese theaters of No, Kabuki, and Bunraku. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231046855
- ISBN
- 9780231046855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.95
€ 55.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 286 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 1QFM; HBG; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231067232
- ISBN
- 9780231067232
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.55
€ 49.55
Paperback. -- "New York Times Book Review" Num Pages: 375 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FMV; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 220 x 26. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 375
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231069090
- ISBN
- 9780231069090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.04
€ 56.04
Paperback. Based on the author's ethnographic research in India, the book explores the psychology of Hinduism, and offers an innovative synthesis of psychoanylsis with modern anthropological theories of cultural difference. Num Pages: 306 pages, 10 figures. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRG; JHM; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231078696
- ISBN
- 9780231078696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.21
€ 51.21
Paperback. This psychocultural ethnography of the Toraja wet-rice farmers of Indonesia provides a rich portrait of Torajan life and contributes to debates on the relationship between culture and individual psychology. Num Pages: 313 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 313
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231084239
- ISBN
- 9780231084239
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.40
€ 53.40