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Lessons in Sustainable Development from Japan and South Korea (Compara...
Hsu, S., Naoi, M., Zhang, W.
Hardcover. Lessons in Sustainable Development from Japan and South Korea compares the two countries, makes policy recommendations, and examines sustainable development experiments from both nations. Series: Comparative Studies of Sustainable Development in Asia. Num Pages: 112 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1FPKS; KCG; KCM; KCN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137345394
- ISBN
- 9781137345394
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.40
€ 63.40
Hardcover. Writing Indians and Jews examines discursive practices surrounding the representation of Jews and Jewishness in Indian literature in English. These investigations make an important contribution to the study of contemporary South Asian and diasporic literature, and understandings of anti-Semitism, religious fundamentalism, and globalization. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FM; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137339676
- ISBN
- 9781137339676
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.74
€ 63.74
Hardcover. Continuing the argument developed in the author's previous book, this exhaustively researched study describes the humiliation of the Chinese gentry at the hands of the statist Oboi regents in the 1660s and the Kangxi emperor's self-declared Confucian sagehood in the 1670s, which effectively trumped the gentry's claim to sovereignty. Num Pages: 183 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JD; HBJF; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137334053
- ISBN
- 9781137334053
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.61
€ 63.61
Hardcover. This survey of various African and Asian conflicts examines people's experiences on territorial borders and the ways they affect political configurations. By focusing on individuals' routines and daily life, these contributions treat borderland dynamics as actual political units with their own actions and outcomes. Series: Palgrave Series in African Borderlands Studies. Num Pages: 300 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; 1H; JFFE; JPWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137333988
- ISBN
- 9781137333988
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.03
€ 65.03
Hardcover. Democratic government is something that has eluded Iran despite a series of non-violent revolutions aimed at establishing a system of governance that would promote both public freedom and political accountability. This explores the obstacles to the growth of democracy in Iran and posits a plan for non-violent action to help Iranians achieve it. Series: The Theories, Concepts and Practices of Democracy. Num Pages: 117 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBN; JPHV; JPVH; JPVR; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 14. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137330161
- ISBN
- 9781137330161
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.36
€ 63.36
Hardcover. This book provides a fresh perspective on the origins of the confrontation between the US and Iran. It demonstrates that, contrary to the claims of Iran's leaders, there was no instinctive American hostility towards the Revolution, and explains why many assumptions guiding US policy were inappropriate for dealing with the new reality in Iran. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1KBB; 3JJ; HBTW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137329868
- ISBN
- 9781137329868
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.04
€ 123.04
The Bush Administrations and Saddam Hussein. Deciding on Conflict.
Hybel, Alex Roberto; Kaufman, Justin Matthew
Paperback. The authors present a vital analysis of the foreign policy-making processes of the two Bush administrations prior to the attacks on Iraq. In a thorough comparison, they show how both presidents used historical analogies to evaluate information, relied on instinct to formulate decisions, and drew on moral language to justify their choices. Series: Advances in Foreign Policy Analysis. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 209
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137320926
- ISBN
- 9781137320926
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Paperback. This book, now in paperback, takes a novel look at the modern Middle East through the prisms of six cascading negative critical turning points. It identifies the seeds of a potential seventh in the collective dignity deficits generated by poor governance paradigms and exacerbated by geopolitical competition for the region's natural resources. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLW; HBLX; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137311917
- ISBN
- 9781137311917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.71
€ 63.71
Hardcover. While the Islamic Republic has employed various strategies to mitigate the worst excesses of inter-ethnic tension while still securing a Shi'a dominated "Persian hegemony," the systematic neglect of ethnic groups by both the Islamic Republic and its predecessor regime has resulted in the politicization of ethnic identity in Iran. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBN; JFSL; JHB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137310866
- ISBN
- 9781137310866
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.18
€ 64.18
Hardcover. This book traces the rise of the political dynasty in the Middle East and, in the process, provides the context for the current Arab uprising. The author shows that a father-to-son transfer of power has no basis in Islam, and yet the idea of dynastic power became entrenched in the Middle East. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137308115
- ISBN
- 9781137308115
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.89
€ 63.89
Hardcover. Providing a thorough and novel account of US and Japanese foreign policymaking toward regional institution-building in post-Cold War Asia, this study serves as the first comparative analysis of these two major actors in this realm of regional cooperation and demonstrates not only how but also when state identity shapes a state's foreign policy. Series: Asia Today. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137307736
- ISBN
- 9781137307736
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.55
€ 64.55
Hardcover. Examining the production of 'people's literature' in China, this study provides a new interpretive framework with which to understand socialist literature and presents a sympathetic understanding of culture from a period in China's history in which people's lives were greatly and obviously affected by political events. Series: Chinese Literature and Culture in the World. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JJPG; DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137306982
- ISBN
- 9781137306982
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.46
€ 63.46
Hardcover. In Shanghai in the early twentieth century, a hybrid theatrical form, wenmingxi, emerged that was based on Western spoken theatre, classical Chinese theatre, and a Japanese hybrid form known as shinpa. This book places it in the context of its hybridized literary and performance elements, giving it a definitive place in modern Chinese theatre. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137306104
- ISBN
- 9781137306104
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.25€ 44.77
€ 51.25
€ 44.77
Hardcover. Japan is imagined routinely in American discourse as a supernatural entity. Gothic tales from these two cultures have been exchanged, consumed, and adapted. Here, Blouin examines a prevalent tendency within the United States-Japan cultural relationship to project anxiety outward only to find shadowy outlines of the self abroad. Num Pages: 220 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137305213
- ISBN
- 9781137305213
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.74
€ 63.74
Hardcover. This book analyzes the evolution of the Hojjatiyeh movement in Iran, a semi-clandestine movement which emerged in the 1950s as an anti-Baha'i movement, went underground in the 1960s, and re-emerged openly after Iran's 1979 revolution with its members coming to occupy some of the highest echelon posts in Iranian politics Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJP; 3JMC; HRH; JPFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137304766
- ISBN
- 9781137304766
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.74
€ 63.74
Hardcover. Drawing on interviews and fieldwork in Kuwait and throughout the Arabian Peninsula, this book explores what cultural elites in the Arab Gulf region have to say about women's political and cultural rights and how their faith is or is not related to their politics. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBX; HRH; JFFK; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137304735
- ISBN
- 9781137304735
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.03
€ 64.03
Hardcover. An exploration of why and how peace has gradually mitigated intense conflict in the Asia-Pacific region, this volume draws on case studies and multivariate quantitative analysis to test theories of peace and conflict regarding the region. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137304391
- ISBN
- 9781137304391
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.89
€ 63.89
Hardcover. Laura Carsten Mahrenbach examines the domestic conditions which lead Emerging Power states Brazil and India to choose specific strategies in pursuit of trade policy goals. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1KLSB; JPS; KCLT; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137303707
- ISBN
- 9781137303707
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.36
€ 65.36
Hardcover. The post 2000 period for India has been quite eventful for Indian economy. The Book examines the implications of growth for inequality and some of the major drivers of growth like infrastructure, health and credit. The book discusses the key challenges as well the game changer initiatives that will shape India's growth in the medium term. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137303677
- ISBN
- 9781137303677
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.90
€ 64.90
Hardcover. Assuming power in 1949, the Chinese Communist Party was soon faced with a crucial problem: how to construct the socialist 'New Man'? Using Foucault's theory of 'technologies of the self', Lynteris examines the conflict between self-cultivation and the abolition of the self in the biopolitically neuralgic field of 'socialist medicine'. Num Pages: 136 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Number of pages
- 138
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137293824
- ISBN
- 9781137293824
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.51
€ 63.51
Hardcover. Brendan Howe examines ongoing challenges to and new initiatives for the promotion and protection of human security in East Asia. Series: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FP; GTF; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137293640
- ISBN
- 9781137293640
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.18
€ 64.18
Hardcover. Focuses on the individual experiences of Western expatriates in China by merging academic knowledge and real-life testimonials given by interviewees. The author also draws on her own experience of living and working in China, to explore a range of challenges and opportunities met by Western expatriates. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFN; KJMV2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137293466
- ISBN
- 9781137293466
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.76
€ 122.76
Hardcover. This book introduces the political thought of Yanaihara Tadao (1893-1961), the most prominent Japanese social scientist working on empire, population migration and colonial policy, and uses it as a platform which to examine the global challenges faced by the U.S. hegemonic world order today, or what is often described as the Western liberal order. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan History of International Thought. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137290502
- ISBN
- 9781137290502
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.47
€ 122.47
Paperback. Offering a groundbreaking study of Taiwan cinema, this book is the first study in English to cover its entire history. Guo-Juin Hong provides helpful insight into how Taiwan cinema is taught and studied by taking into account not only the auteurs of New Taiwan Cinema, but also the history of popular genre films before the 1980s. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137290090
- ISBN
- 9781137290090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.82
€ 68.82