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Hardback. This book looks critically at various constructions of the Indian citizen from 1991 to 2007, the period when economic liberalization became established government policy. Examining differing images of citizenship and its rules and rituals, Chowdhury sheds light on the complex interactions between culture and political economy in the New India. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLW3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230109513
- ISBN
- 9780230109513
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. This book focuses on the 2001-2002 crisis that brought India and Pakistan to the brink of war. Authors focus on: the political history that led to the crisis; the conventional military environment, the nuclear environment and coercive diplomacy and de-escalation during the crisis; and how South Asia can avoid similar crises in the future. Editor(s): Davis, Zachary S. Series: Initiatives in Strategic Studies: Issues and Policies. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKP; JPSD; JPSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230109384
- ISBN
- 9780230109384
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
The Internationalization of East Asian Higher Education. Globalization...
. Ed(S): Palmer, John D.; Roberts, Amy; Cho, ...
Hardback. Develops new and intriguing insights into globalization theory and internationalization practice, expanding the investigation of East Asian values and contexts in comparison and separate from Western-dominant thoughts of globalization and internationalization in higher education. Editor(s): Palmer, John D.; Roberts, Amy; Cho, Young Ha; Ching, Gregory S. Series: International and Development Education. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1FP; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230109322
- ISBN
- 9780230109322
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.37€ 47.04
€ 53.37
€ 47.04
The Rise of Indian Multinationals: Perspectives on Indian Outward Fore...
. Ed(S): Sauvant, Karl P.; Pradhan, Jaya Prak...
hardcover. The contributors explore the rapid growth of Indian multinationals and provide valuable insights into the patterns and trends of their outward investments and the factors that led to their emergence in the global FDI market. They also look at their continuously evolving strategies in theglobal economy. Editor(s): Sauvant, Karl P.; Pradhan, Jaya Prakash; Chatterjee, Ayesha; Harley, Brian. Num Pages: 311 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; KCL; KJK; KJVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Number of pages
- 311
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108448
- ISBN
- 9780230108448
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.75
€ 128.75
Hardback. This book examines the influence of genre on contemporary Asian American literary production. Drawing on cultural theories of representation, social theories of identity, and poststructuralist genre theory, this study shows how popular prose fictions have severely constrained the development of Asian American literary aesthetics. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108318
- ISBN
- 9780230108318
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.44
€ 66.44
Hardback. The growth of entrepreneurship in South Korea has turned the country into an economic powerhouse. In this collection of essays, scholars highlight the favourable political and cultural values conductive to its development, including the characteristics of entrepreneurial family firms and the impact of new media and globalization. Editor(s): Shim, T. Youn-ja. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; KCL; KJH; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230107076
- ISBN
- 9780230107076
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.54
€ 127.54
Hardback. North Korea's foreign policy behavior has long intrigued scholars, puzzled laymen, frustrated negotiators, and aggravated policy-makers. This book brings together the work of ten of the world's foremost scholars on North Korea to critically analyze the key factors that are shaping North Korea's foreign policy behavior and its future direction. Editor(s): Park, Kyung-Ae. Num Pages: 242 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230103634
- ISBN
- 9780230103634
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardback. Engaging some of the most canonical and thought-provoking anime, manga, and science fiction films, Tokyo Cyberpunk offers insightful analysis of Japanese visual culture. Stephen Brown draws new conclusions about the cultural flow of art, as well as important technological issues of the day. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACXD; AKLC; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 565.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230103597
- ISBN
- 9780230103597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.51
€ 128.51
Hardback. This book looks at how China and India's growing interests in Central Asia disrupt the traditional Russia-U.S. 'Great Game' at the heart of the old continent. In the years to come, both Asian powers are looking to redeploy their rivalry on the Central Asian and Afghan theatres on a geopolitical, but also political and economic level. Editor(s): Laruelle, Dr. Marlene; Huchet, Jean-Francois; Balci, Bayram. Series: CERI Series in International Relations and Political Economy. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; JPB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230103566
- ISBN
- 9780230103566
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.23
€ 67.23
Hardback. While, not discounting the potency of the radical Islamic religious discourse in fuelling the contemporary wave of terrorism, this book makes an attempt to explain terrorism in China as an ethno-nationalist conflict rooted in issues involving minority identity. However, a largely domestic conflict is being hijacked by the radical Islamists. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSR2; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230103054
- ISBN
- 9780230103054
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. This new collection of essays explores questions of subjectification, selfhood and identity in the contemporary Asia Pacific, examining the way that migrant lives express the complex interplay of local and global processes in the post-Cold War era, and collectively questioning the novelty of the 'global age' in this region. Editor(s): Robinson, Kathryn. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QRP; JFC; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230013308
- ISBN
- 9780230013308
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardback. China's banking system is central to their development. This text offers detailed analysis of the Chinese banking sector, its challenges, reasons for the present form, and the implications for reform. The book interrogates the industry's critical issues, such as financial intermediation, capital and credit risk management, and corporate governance. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions. Num Pages: 326 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KFFK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230006959
- ISBN
- 9780230006959
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.32
€ 128.32
Hardback. This book brings fresh perspectives into the debate on aid effectiveness and aid relationships. Asia provides a varied picture with its combination of rapidly developing countries where aid plays a less central role such as China, Vietnam, and Thailand as well as more aid dependent countries such as Nepal, Sri Lanka and Mongolia. Editor(s): Jerve, Alf Morten; Shimomura, Yasutami; Hansen, Annette Skovsted. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230004955
- ISBN
- 9780230004955
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. Despite its utmost importance, the issue of industrial development has been largely neglected in the literature for the last few decades. The authors have conducted comparative case studies between Chinese and Japanese industries. Num Pages: 260 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FP; KCC; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230004832
- ISBN
- 9780230004832
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.96
€ 127.96
Hardback. This book presents diverse perspectives on how work and employment are developing in a rapidly changing, contemporary Japan. Using macro- and micro-level data, the authors show both how the Japanese employment system is evolving as well as how the meanings that individual Japanese attach to their work and employment are developing. Editor(s): Matanle, Peter; Lunsing, Wim. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KJK; KJMV2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230002005
- ISBN
- 9780230002005
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.44
€ 183.44
Paperback. Provides an account of life of the author's first tour of duty in Vietnam - the blood, fear, camaraderie, and tedium of combat and maneuver. First published in 1987, this book shows an eager young recruit growing before the reader's eyes into a proud but bloodied combat veteran. Series: Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; BGHA; HBJF; HBJK; HBWS2; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Texas A & M University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585446049
- ISBN
- 9781585446049
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.76
€ 31.76
Paperback. Series: Brief History Of.. (Checkmark Books). Num Pages: 414 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- FACTS ON FILE
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816083626
- ISBN
- 9780816083626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.76
€ 31.76
hardcover. The killing of Osama bin Laden spotlighted Pakistan's unpredictable political dynamics, which are often driven by conspiracy theory, paranoia, and a sense of betrayal. In Pakistan, the late prime minister Benazir Bhutto famously declared, there is "always the story behind the story." In The Pakistan Cauldron, James P. Num Pages: 360 pages, 16 b map; notes; bibliography; index. BIC Classification: 1FKP; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 25. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Potomac Books, Inc. United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597979825
- ISBN
- 9781597979825
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.72
€ 33.72
Hardback. In 2004, Carolyn Han left her comfortable life and position as a lecturer in English at Hawaii Community College and went to live in one of the most remote and mysterious places in the Middle East-Yemen, known in the West primarily for providing a haven for terrorists affiliated with al Qaeda. Num Pages: 296 pages, Map. BIC Classification: 1FBXY; 3JM; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597977258
- ISBN
- 9781597977258
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.72
€ 33.99
€ 33.72
Public Opinion and International Intervention: Lessons from the Iraq W...
. Ed(S): Sobel, Richard; Furia, Peter; Barret...
paperback. Rarely has a foreign policy event spawned such interest in international public opinion as has the Iraq War. Editor(s): Sobel, Richard; Furia, Peter; Barrett, Bethany. Num Pages: 322 pages, tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; HBWS5; JPS; JPVK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Potomac Books United States
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597974936
- ISBN
- 9781597974936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.83
€ 32.99
€ 29.83
Hardback. As the bloodshed in Iraq intensified in 2005, Afghanistan quickly faded from the nation's front pages to become the "other war," supposedly going well and largely ignored. In fact, the insurgency in Afghanistan was about to break out with renewed force, the drug problem was worsening, and international coordination was losing focus. Num Pages: 256 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; HBWS4; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597974271
- ISBN
- 9781597974271
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.18
€ 31.18
Hardback. On October 23, 1983, nearly simultaneous suicide truck bombings killed 241 U.S. peacekeepers in their barracks at the Beirut International Airport (BIA) and 58 French paratroopers at their headquarters two miles north of BIA. In this long-awaited book, the Marine Corps commander of the U.S. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 b&w photos, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 3JJPN; HBLW3; HBW; JPWL; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597974257
- ISBN
- 9781597974257
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.09
€ 40.09
Hardback. Delves into the myths associated with the Vietnam veteran's experience and looks at them through the war stories they told and continue to tell. Kulik conducts an extremely thorough review of the Vietnam literature and interviews participants wherever possible, poking holes in the war myths of people throughout the political spectrum. Num Pages: 304 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597973045
- ISBN
- 9781597973045
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
hardcover. Today the U.S. military is more nimble, mobile, and focused on rapid responses against smaller powers than ever before. One could argue that the Gulf War and the postwar standoff with Saddam Hussein hastened needed military transformation and strategic reassessments in the post-Cold War era. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Potomac Books United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597971966
- ISBN
- 9781597971966
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.72
€ 33.99
€ 33.72