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Hardcover. This book is an attempt to dig out the positive aspects of past Indo-Pakistani engagements and explore the relevant lessons to help resolve the current issues and disputes. Series: Palgrave Series in Asian Governance. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKP; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230619371
- ISBN
- 9780230619371
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.23
€ 67.23
Hardback. This ethnographic study of prostitution in the metropolitan city of Dalian, China, explores the lives of rural migrant women working as karaoke bar hostesses, delving into the interplay of gender politics, nationalism, and power relationships that inhere in practices of birth control, disease control, and control of women's bodies. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFH2; JFMX; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230617414
- ISBN
- 9780230617414
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardback. This book examines the genesis and development of haiku in Japan and traces the impact haiku has made on modernist poetics. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230616554
- ISBN
- 9780230616554
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. Through an examination of the pilgrimages to China that enveloped Taiwan in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Hatfield advances anthropological understandings of conflict resolution. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HRLF; JHMC; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230616035
- ISBN
- 9780230616035
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardback. This book examines the Israel-Palestine conflict from a constructivist perspective. It argues that in the context of international norms and identity factors, a contemporary methodology for the reconstruction of jihad is essential for achievement of a just peace. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230614833
- ISBN
- 9780230614833
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.99
€ 66.99
Higher Education in Asia/Pacific: Quality and the Public Good
Bigalke, Terance W.; Neubauer, Deane E.
hardcover. Expansion and privatization have created new concerns over the quality of education throughout the Asia/Pacific region. This volume provides a framework to examine these challenges in the region and beyond. Series: International and Development Education. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; JNF; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230613232
- ISBN
- 9780230613232
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.37€ 47.48
€ 53.37
€ 47.48
Paperback. An informative edited volume that surveys the history of the Persian Gulf from ancient times to the present day. Chapters by leading authorities summarize the internal history of the region and highlight the role outsiders, including the Portuguese, Dutch, Ottomans, British and Americans, have played there. Editor(s): Potter, Lawrence G. Num Pages: 334 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBX; HBJF1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230612822
- ISBN
- 9780230612822
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 116.96
€ 116.96
Hardback. Drawing on a wide range of archival evidence, Abigail McGowan argues that crafts seized the political imagination in western India because they provided a means of debating the present and future of the country. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AFT; HBJF; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230612679
- ISBN
- 9780230612679
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.20
€ 183.20
Hardback. This volume is the first to comprehensively examine Chinese's affirmative action policies in the critical area of minority education, the most important conduit to employment and economic success in the PRC after the economic reforms begun in the late 1970s. Editor(s): Zhou, Minglang; Hill, Ann Maxwell. Series: International and Development Education. Num Pages: 282 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230612358
- ISBN
- 9780230612358
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.75€ 88.43
€ 106.75
€ 88.43
Hardback. This book looks at the bitter factionalism in the last days of China's Ming Dynasty as an ideological struggle between scholar-officials who believed that sovereignty resided in the imperial state and those who believed that it resided with the learned gentry. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JB; 3JD; HBJF; HBLH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230611344
- ISBN
- 9780230611344
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Hardcover. Women in Civil Society: The State, Islamism and Networking in the UAE investigates how women in an Arab Gulf country prove to play a key role in how civil society takes shape with and against one another through case studies on women in state-run organizations, Islamic organizations, and networks. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFSJ1; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230609563
- ISBN
- 9780230609563
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardback. By comparing the role and influence of early Christian missionaries with those of Christian NGOs today, this book critically assesses the idea of a Christian 'civilizing mission' within the context of China. It provides a local, non-Han perspective based on a rich array of historical, ethnographical, and empirical sources. Series: Culture and Religion in International Relations. Num Pages: 278 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HRCX7; JPSN; JPWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230608979
- ISBN
- 9780230608979
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.13
€ 67.13
Hardback. In this edited volume, distinguished scholars and policy analysts explore how China's rise has brought great opportunities for cooperation as well as great challenges for geo-political competition between the United States and China. Editor(s): Zhao, Suisheng. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230608481
- ISBN
- 9780230608481
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.74
€ 66.74
Hardback. This book explores the nature of women's activism in the broader context of the economic and medical rehabilitation of the survivors of the horrific Bhopal Gas Tragedy. Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFC; JFSJ1; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230608115
- ISBN
- 9780230608115
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardcover. The main focus of the contributors of this volume is to analyze closely major aspects of energy security, energy diplomacy, and maritime security in East and Southeast Asia. Specifically, they examine the current state of energy security and maritime security of China and Japan, as well as Southeast Asia. Num Pages: 236 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; JPS; KNB; RNF; TRLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230606425
- ISBN
- 9780230606425
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Hardback. This book traces the themes within the East Timor independence movement and notes how these have contibuted to post-independence issues, in particular the political tensions that almost saw East Timor collapse as a viable state in 2006. It concludes with an assessment of the 2007 elections. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230606418
- ISBN
- 9780230606418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Hardback. This book compares the Communist parties of India and South Africa in their pursuits of socialist democracy. Williams looks at their organizational characteristics, party history, and their competing tendencies, as well as how they have pushed forward their similar ideologies within their unique political and economic environments. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1HFMS; JPFC; JPHV; JPL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230606401
- ISBN
- 9780230606401
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.43
€ 67.43
Hardback. This book offers a critical reassessment of the 'Asian values' debate, which dominated the human rights discourse in the late 1990s, and a reappraisal of the human rights situation in Asia since then. The chapters in this book contextualize the debate and examine in what ways the issues raised then continue to trouble Asian societies. Editor(s): Kingsbury, Damien; Avonius, Leena. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; JPVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230606395
- ISBN
- 9780230606395
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Hardback. The book argues that the concept of self-defense in Islamic and International law is compatible. Al-Qaeda's declaration of Jihad does not meet the Islamic legal test. Similarly, the invasion of Iraq does meet the international legal test. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; JPS; JPWL; LAFS; LBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230606180
- ISBN
- 9780230606180
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Paperback. This edited volume reconsiders the conventional wisdom, which argues that comparative performance of China has been superior to that of India. Exploring 'new paradigms' for evaluating the comparative performance, these essays show that if not outright wrong, conventional wisdom has proven to be overly simplified. Editor(s): Friedman, Edward; Gilley, Bruce. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230606166
- ISBN
- 9780230606166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Hardback. No country in the world has more political battles, military conflicts, and ethnic complexity per person and per square mile than does Lebanon. This book explains the issues, events, and personalities involved in one of the globe's most dramatic and important stories. Editor(s): Rubin, Barry. Series: Middle East in Focus. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 3JMC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230605879
- ISBN
- 9780230605879
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.47
€ 67.47
Hardback. As India's attempts to carve out a foreign policy that is in sync with their rising international stature, they are having to deal with a range of issues that are controversial but central to the future of an Indian global strategy. This book examines these issues and deduces major trends in Indian foreign policy. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230604582
- ISBN
- 9780230604582
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.70
€ 66.70
Hardback. This book traces the evolution of post-Cold War relations between China and the US, focusing on their often conflicting efforts to achieve economic growth, military prowess and technological sophistication. Adopting a dual approach with equal emphasis on Beijing and Washington, it sheds new light on the relationship between the countries. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230604551
- ISBN
- 9780230604551
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.37€ 47.40
€ 53.37
€ 47.40
Hardback. This is the first book to be primarily directed at analyzing the evolving solution to the Kurdish problem in Iraq and Turkey. Although this solution remains cautiously fragile, it does represent a strikingly positive future that until recently seemed so bleak. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1FBQ; JFSL; JPF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 193
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230603707
- ISBN
- 9780230603707
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58