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Migrant Smuggling: Irregular Migration from Asia and Africa to Europe ...
Triandafyllidou, Anna, Maroukis, Thanos
Hardcover. This books explores the phenomenon of irregular migration, notably the organization and role of migrant smuggling networks in aiding irregular migration from Asia and Africa to Europe. It also discusses how migration control policies in southern European countries shape the migrant smuggling phenomenon and the smuggling 'business'. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; 1H; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230296374
- ISBN
- 9780230296374
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.89
€ 66.89
Hardcover. Heo conceptualizes reconciliation in International Relations theory and fills a gap by building a theoretical framework for interstate reconciliation. Combining historical and political scientific approaches, she analyses case studies from Europe, the Middle East, and Northeast Asia. Series: International Relations and Development Series. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230295438
- ISBN
- 9780230295438
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Hardcover. The Good War tackles the issue of NATO in Afghanistan, exploring NATO's evolution in the 1990s and blending NATO's transformation from a reactive defense organization into a pro-active risk manager with the ethic of liberalism. It raises questions such as why an alliance built upon the territorial defence of Europe ended up in Afghanistan. Num Pages: 189 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FCA; JPSL; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 429.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230294271
- ISBN
- 9780230294271
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardcover. As potentially the largest retail market, China has attracted a great number of foreign retail operations. Based on case study research, this book provides valuable insights international retailers need for success in China. The newly developed theoretical model helps to extend the body of knowledge on firm internationalization. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KJK; KNPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230293373
- ISBN
- 9780230293373
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. This volume brings together a series of essays that interrogate the notion of figuration in Indian cinemas. The essays collectively argue that the figures which exhibit maximum tenacity in Indian cinema often emerge in the interface of recognizable binaries: self/other, Indian/foreign, good/bad, virtue/vice, myth/reality and urban/rural. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230291799
- ISBN
- 9780230291799
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Condition: New
€ 67.40
€ 67.40
Hardcover. This book evaluates the salient features of Japanese relation-based banking, particularly in the post war period, and Anglo-American mode of banking to explain the nature and extent of transition failure that caused prolonged financial and economic slump in Japan. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KCX; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230290341
- ISBN
- 9780230290341
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.16
€ 67.16
Paperback. Part of Palgrave's Modernism and.. series, Modernism and Zionism explores the relationship between modernism and the Jewish national ideology, the Zionist movement, which was operative in all areas of Jewish art and culture. Series: Modernism and.. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBTB; JPFN; JPFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230290129
- ISBN
- 9780230290129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Part of Palgrave's Modernism and.. series, Modernism and Zionism explores the relationship between modernism and the Jewish national ideology, the Zionist movement, which was operative in all areas of Jewish art and culture. Series: Modernism and.. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBTB; JPFN; JPFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230290112
- ISBN
- 9780230290112
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Offers qualitative studies of collaboration processes conducted in globalising companies based in Denmark and with subsidiaries in Asia. It addresses the specific contexts of collaboration and studies how people with different cultural backgrounds work together, both face-to-face and in the virtual workplace. Editor(s): Zolner, Mette. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DND; 1F; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 222 x 21. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230289437
- ISBN
- 9780230289437
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.16
€ 150.16
Hardcover. This book provides detailed empirical analysis of countries in Asia to examine various dynamic models that incorporate the impact of technology and innovations on the industry evolution and overall economic growth. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; KCD; KCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368. 208 pages, 60 black & white tables, 4 figures. This book provides detailed empirical analysis of countries in Asia to examine various dynamic models that incorporate the impact of technology and innovations on the industry evolution and overall economic growth. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1F; KCD; KCG. Dimension: 218 x 144 x 17. Weight: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230285507
- ISBN
- 9780230285507
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Democratization and Civilian Control in Asia (Critical Studies of the ...
Croissant, Aurel, Kuehn, David, Lorenz, Phili...
Hardcover. How can civilians in newly democratized countries ensure their control over the military? While establishing civilian control of the military is a necessary condition for a functioning democracy, it requires prudent strategic action on the part of the decision-makers to remove the military from positions of power and make it follow their orders. Series: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; JPHV; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 224 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230285330
- ISBN
- 9780230285330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.40
€ 67.40
Hardcover. EPUB Series: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1F; JPSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230285279
- ISBN
- 9780230285279
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardcover. Since 1949, Chinese capitalists have experienced some dramatic shifts in their political and economic life. Keming Yang examines what such changes tell us about China's current political situation and future political development, making use of both historical and current interdisciplinary evidence. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, 15 black & white tables, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPFC; JPH; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230284586
- ISBN
- 9780230284586
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.90
€ 127.90
Hardcover. This book explores the ways in which Ayurveda, the oldest medical tradition of the Indian subcontinent, was transformed from a composite of 'ancient' medical knowledge into a 'modern' medical system, suited to the demands posed by apparatuses of health developed in late colonial India. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; HBTB; HBTQ; MBP; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230284555
- ISBN
- 9780230284555
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.99
€ 66.99
Hardcover. This book utilises the growing phenomenon of British soldier narratives from Iraq and Afghanistan to explore how British soldiers make sense of their role on these complex, multi-dimensional operations. It aims to intervene in the debates within critical feminist scholarship over whether soldiers can ever be agents of peace. Series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1FCA; JFSJ; JPS; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230282261
- ISBN
- 9780230282261
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardcover. The way in which energy is governed in China is driving its rising level of carbon dioxide emissions. This book analyses the nature of energy governance in China by combining ideas relating to transition management with institutionalist theories, which helps to identify factors which assist or constrain the country's path to a low-carbon economy. Series: Energy, Climate and the Environment. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFMG; KNB; RNF; RNU; TH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230282247
- ISBN
- 9780230282247
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. This book analyzes the post-subprime crisis world from the global, Asian and Chinese perspectives. It dispels some of the myths about the crisis's effects on Asia and China; and exposes the ugly truth of bailout policies and their distortion and hindering of the world's economic rebalancing effort in the post-subprime era. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCB; KCX; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376. Opportunities in The New Economic Landscape. 204 pages, 5 black & white tables, 82 graphs. This book analyzes the post-subprime crisis world from the global, Asian and Chinese perspectives. It dispels some of the myths about the crisis's effects on Asia and China; and exposes the ugly truth of bailout policies and their distortion and hindering of the world's economic rebalancing effort in the post-subprime era. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCB; KCX; KFFM. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 18. Weight: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230281967
- ISBN
- 9780230281967
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.81
€ 127.81
Hardcover. This book provides authoritative academic and professional insights into the strategies of Chinese Foreign Direct Investments in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. Distinguished authors from across the world will make a contribution to the growing literature on OFDI (outward foreign direct investment) from China. Editor(s): Gugler, Philippe. Num Pages: 442 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 30. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230280960
- ISBN
- 9780230280960
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.18
€ 69.18
Hardcover. The Japanese management style is unique compared with those in the U.S. and Europe as is the overseas operation for Japanese companies. This book demonstrates the three essences for successful overseas operations that global enterprises as well as Japanese companies possess. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KJK; KJM; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230280151
- ISBN
- 9780230280151
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Hardcover. The first book to tell the strange and fascinating story of General Zhang Xue-liang, the Chinese-Manchurian 'Young Marshall' - a man who left an indelible mark on the history of modern China, but few know his story. Unlocking the mystery of this man's life, Aron Shai helps to shed light on 20th-century China. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230279063
- ISBN
- 9780230279063
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.74
€ 66.74