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The Chinese Stock Market. A Retrospect and Analysis from 2002. A Retro...
. Ed(S): Cheng, Siwei; Li, Ziran
Hardback. Both quantitative and qualitative analysis is used to review China's stock market in a book containing the latest research on China's IPO market, the 2006-07 market bubble, the development of institutional investors, the stock index futures market, stock sector performance, corporate governance of listed firms and China's growth enterprise market. Editor(s): Cheng, Siwei; Li, Ziran. Num Pages: 438 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCX; KFFM2; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 438
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137391094
- ISBN
- 9781137391094
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.16
€ 130.16
hardcover. Series: Politics and Development of Contemporary China. Num Pages: 333 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 5 colour illustrations, 5 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JKSW1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 333
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137390691
- ISBN
- 9781137390691
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.69
€ 141.69
Hardcover. This book analyzes how different constituencies within Pakistan are grappling with interpreting and redefining Muslim women's rights in contemporary society. Num Pages: 204 pages, 2 black & white tables, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKP; JFSJ1; JFSR2; JPFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137388995
- ISBN
- 9781137388995
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardback. Junmin Wan takes a two prong approach to analysing this pressure in Japan in his new volume Consumer Casualties. He first clarifies the consumer preference for habit to identify useful approaches toward solving a number of economic issues, such as gambling and other addictive practices. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFFT; KCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137387240
- ISBN
- 9781137387240
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.23
€ 128.23
Hardcover. This study looks at the underlying foundations of global order, putting aside mainstream institutionalist approaches in showing how China and the US are engaged in an intense process of contestation and renegotiation of an institutionalized order that has long been taken for granted. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JPB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137386892
- ISBN
- 9781137386892
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.61
€ 67.61
Hardcover. A political and analytical biography, this book examines Yizhak Rabin's longtime leadership of the military and his political direction of the Jewish state, as well as his efforts to secure a peace with Egypt and with the Palestinians. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBH; BGH; HBJF1; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 167 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137386588
- ISBN
- 9781137386588
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.05
€ 67.05
Hardcover. Under which conditions do democracies participate in war, and when do they abstain? Providing a unique theoretical framework, Mello identifies pathways of war involvement and abstention across thirty democracies, investigating the wars in Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq. Series: Palgrave Studies in International Relations. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVWYK; 1FBQ; 1FCA; JPHV; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 225 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137386502
- ISBN
- 9781137386502
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover. Here, essays use the latest theories in postcolonialism, globalization, and post-nationalism to explore how world cinema and theater respond to Bollywood's representation of Shakespeare. In this collection, Shakespeare is both part of an elite Western tradition and a window into a vibrant post-national identity founded by a global consumer culture. Editor(s): Dionne, Craig; Kapadia, Parmita. Series: Reproducing Shakespeare. Num Pages: 219 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; APFA; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137386120
- ISBN
- 9781137386120
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.24
€ 127.24
Hardcover. Since the late 1990s, the Japan Coast Guard (JCG) has countered a myriad of 'outlaw' threats at sea including piracy, terrorism, the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) and the threat posed by 'rogue states'. Japan's innovative strategy has transformed maritime security governance in Southeast Asia and beyond. Series: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JKVM; JPRB; JPS; JWF; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137385543
- ISBN
- 9781137385543
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.81
€ 138.81
Hardcover. Today's "clash of civilizations" between the Islamic world and the West are in many ways rooted in 19th-century resistance to Western hegemony. This compellingly argued and carefully researched transnational study details the ways in which Japan served as a model for Ottomans in attaining "non-Western" modernity in a Western-dominated global order. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Num Pages: 372 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1FPJ; 3JJ; HBJF; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 234 x 26. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137384591
- ISBN
- 9781137384591
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.95
€ 128.95
Hardcover. Scholars from three continents collaborate to create a truly global understanding of curriculum in the world's most populous country. This book discusses major topics in curriculum studies in China and shows how Chinese scholars understand their field's history, circumstances, and place in a globalized world. Editor(s): Pinar, William F. Series: International and Development Education. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 black & white tables, 1 charts. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JNA; JNKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137384034
- ISBN
- 9781137384034
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.85€ 87.87
€ 107.85
€ 87.87
Hardcover. For more than a decade, international troops have been deployed to Afghanistan. Out of all NATO members, this mission was the most difficult for Germany that had thus far never engaged in combat and offensive military activities. This book analyses how Germany's experiences in Afghanistan have changed the country's strategic culture. Series: New Security Challenges. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1FCA; JPS; JWK; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137383785
- ISBN
- 9781137383785
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.90
€ 127.90
Hardcover. In Kerala, Vakkom Moulavi motivated Muslims to embrace modernity, especially modern education, in order to reap maximum benefit. In this process, he initiated numerous religious reforms. However, he held fairly ambivalent attitudes towards individualism, materialism and secularization, defending Islam against the attacks of Christian missionaries. Series: Postcolonialism and Religions. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HRHP; HRHT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137383136
- ISBN
- 9781137383136
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Hardcover. Study of different forms of political and market capitalism in emerging countries in Central Europe and Southeast Asia emerging post-colonial and communist eras. Series: The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11 black & white tables, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1FK; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137383051
- ISBN
- 9781137383051
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Hardcover. The first ethnographic study of the trend toward religious, parochial schooling in urban Pakistan, this book provides data from over fifty-Karachi area schools to establish the complex reasons middle- and upper-class families enroll in religious Islamic schools. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKP; JFSR2; JNLR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137382467
- ISBN
- 9781137382467
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.92€ 46.71
€ 53.92
€ 46.71
Hardcover. This is the first investigation of the roles of autobiography in teacher education to be informed by concepts and examples from China, Europe, and North and South America. Unique and timely, this volume addresses multiple movements of teacher education reform worldwide. Editor(s): Pinar, William F.; Zhang, Hua. Series: Curriculum Studies Worldwide. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JNA; JNKH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137382399
- ISBN
- 9781137382399
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.85€ 88.98
€ 107.85
€ 88.98
Hardcover. This book investigates the relationship between the Chinese Communist Party's crucial goal of using the propaganda system to consolidate its power within the domestic political environment and its prominent recent attempts to use propaganda overseas to increase China's international power. Series: Asia Today. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPS; JPVN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137382146
- ISBN
- 9781137382146
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.45
€ 127.45
Hardcover. In this dynamic and wide-ranging collection of essays, prominent scholars examine the condition of church-state relations in the United States, France, and Israel. Their analyses are rooted in a wide variety of disciplines, ranging from ethnography and demography to political science, gender studies, theology, and the law. Editor(s): Berlinerblau, Jacques; Fainberg, Sarah; Nou, Aurora. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1FBH; 1KBB; HRAM; HRAX; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137381156
- ISBN
- 9781137381156
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. This book proposes a new theoretical and methodological approach to the investigation and explanation of intercultural differences in conflict management strategies and relational (politeness) strategies in workplace settings, taking the Chinese workplace as its focus. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137381033
- ISBN
- 9781137381033
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Hardcover. Hybrid Knowledge in the Early East India Company World presents a new reading of the English East India Company 1660-1720. It shows how innovative works - covering natural history, ethnography, theology, linguistics, medicine, and agriculture - were created amid early modern struggles for supremacy in Asia, the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 333 pages, 3 tables, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; 3JF; 3JH; HBJF; HBTQ; KCZ; KNGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 333
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137380197
- ISBN
- 9781137380197
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.46
€ 161.46