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Hardcover. This is a study of great power relations -- China, India, and Russia -- among themselves and with the hegemon -- United States. Ahrari argues that the next decade may witness the emergence of a bipolar order where China's dominance in economics is certain; however, China will not seriously challenge the military dominance of the U.S. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FKA; 1FPC; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230278912
ISBN
9780230278912
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.19

Paperback. Before, during and after the invasion of Iraq a large number of literary texts were produced, circulated and received as taking a position for or against the invasion, or as contributing political insights. This topical new book provides an in-depth survey of such texts and examines what they reveal about the condition of literature. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 2AB; 3JM; DSBH; HBWS5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 220 x 162 x 14. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230278776
ISBN
9780230278776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.84

Hardcover. In the run-up to, during and after the invasion of Iraq a large number of literary texts addressing that context were produced, circulated and viewed as taking a position for or against the invasion, or contributing political insights. This book provides an in-depth survey of such texts to examine what they reveal about the condition of literature. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 2AB; DSBH; HBWS5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230278752
ISBN
9780230278752
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.62

Paperback. Based on countless diaries and letters, Schrijvers recounts American GIs' experiences in Asia and the Pacific. From the daunting spaces of the China-India theatre to the fortress islands of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, he brings to life their struggle with suffocating wilderness, devastating diseases, and Japanese soldiers who preferred death over life. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBJM; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380. American Soldiers at War with Japan. 304 pages, 16, 16 black & white plates. Based on countless diaries and letters, Schrijvers recounts American GIs' experiences in Asia and the Pacific. From the daunting spaces of the China-India theatre to the fortress islands of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, he brings to life their struggle with suffocating wilderness, devastating diseases, and Japanese soldiers who preferred death over life. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBJM; HBWQ; JWLF. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 17. Weight: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
Second Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230274365
ISBN
9780230274365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.62

Hardcover. In India today only 35 percent of people have access to medicines. This book examines the rise of drug prices in India, and develops a new healthcare model, which if implemented, would extend access to medicines to India's entire population. Sensitivity tests show that the proposed model is affordable, equitable and implementable Num Pages: 341 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; KCQ; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 516. An Access to Medicines Perspective. 344 pages, 0, 32 black & white tables, 6 figures, 2 charts. In India today only 35 percent of people have access to medicines. This book examines the rise of drug prices in India, and develops a new healthcare model, which if implemented, would extend access to medicines to India's entire population. Sensitivity tests show that the proposed model is affordable, equitable and implementable. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FKA; KCQ; MBP. Dimension: 216 x 145 x 24. Weight: 516.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230272781
ISBN
9780230272781
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.21

Hardcover. Chinese banks have been making headlines recently, but what lies beneath? Banking in China appears different. What explains the current arrangement? What can we expect from such a banking industry in the future? This book answers these two questions in a fully revised second edition and contributes to a new understanding of Chinese banks. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions. Num Pages: 355 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 32. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
Second Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230272699
ISBN
9780230272699
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.16

Hardcover. In this book, Xiaoke Zhang addresses two fundamental political and policy questions: why do politicians have heterogeneous incentives to pursue public-regarding policies through capital market reforms and why do they differ in their abilities to initiate and implement market reform policies decisively and resolutely? Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FM; JPS; KCLF; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230252820
ISBN
9780230252820
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.67

Hardcover. Interwar era efforts to expand US radio into China floundered in the face of flawed US policies and approaches. Situated at the intersection of media studies, technology studies, and US foreign relations, this study frames the ill-fated radio initiatives as symptomatic of an increasingly troubled US-East Asian relationship before the Pacific War. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBTB; JFD; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230252660
ISBN
9780230252660
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.56

Hardcover. Even casual observers will be familiar with the Cherry Blossom or Sakura tress of Japan. When in full bloom the sight is spectacular but it sadly only takes a week until the tree is bare. In a longer cycle of nations and business, we see, unfortunately, a similar pattern for Japanese Multinational Corporations. Series: Insead Business Press. Num Pages: 154 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KJVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 167 x 14. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230252226
ISBN
9780230252226
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.58

Hardcover. This book 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; HBJF1; JPSL; JPWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230251502
ISBN
9780230251502
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.55

Hardcover. With the accelerating integration of China into the global economy, there is a thirst to understand how Chinese managers like to lead and how Chinese employees like to be managed. There is no doubt that China can be a difficult and risky market for foreign businesses. The authors show managers how to succeed when doing business in China. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KJK; KJMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230248182
ISBN
9780230248182
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. Enables companies to discuss and organize offshoring IT work to India and the opportunity to industrialize the IT delivery chain allowing countering cost pressures. Offshoring is considered as a lifecycle and the book provides a practical framework for assessing the offshore readiness and conducting a lean provider selection process. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; KJM; KJWX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230246263
ISBN
9780230246263
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.36

Hardcover. Negotiation is an important managerial skill. The ability to negotiate across cultures becomes even more challenging due to differences in institutional practices.This bookexplores how the institutional environment in India and China shapes their negotiating behaviour. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; KJK; KJN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230245945
ISBN
9780230245945
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.64

Hardcover. Bringing the study of Chinese theatre into the 21st-century, Lei discusses ways in which traditional art can survive and thrive in the age of modernization and globalization. Building on her previous work, this new book focuses on various forms of Chinese 'opera' in locations around the Pacific Rim, including Hong Kong, Taiwan and California. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; AN; ASD; AVGC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230245655
ISBN
9780230245655
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.86

Hardcover. In 2008, the economic relationship between the United States and China almost collapsed due to a crisis at two American mortgage corporations, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. This book explains how that crisis came about, and analyzes the consequences and implications. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JPQ; JPS; KCL; KCP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230243590
ISBN
9780230243590
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.38

Hardcover. Paul comprehensively analyzes the meaning of democratization in Southeast Asia's nation-states and how it relates to the development of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN.) In doing so, he questions the viability of ASEAN and its potential to move towards a common market and community. Series: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230241817
ISBN
9780230241817
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. As one of South Asia's oldest democracies Sri Lanka is a critical case to examine the limits of a liberal peace, peacebuilding and external engagement in the settlement of civil wars. Based on nine years of research, and more than 100 interviews with those affected by the war, NGOs, and local and international elites engaged in the peace process. Series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKS; GTJ; HBJF; JPS; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230240278
ISBN
9780230240278
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.82

Hardcover. This book examines how the International Monetary Fund engages in the politics of ideas to shape domestic institutional change. Drawing on case studies from post-Soviet Central Asia, Andre Broome explains that how governments interpret their policy options mediates the IMF's influence over economic reform during periods of crisis and uncertainty. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FC; KCBM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 425.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230240056
ISBN
9780230240056
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.77

Hardcover. This book investigates the process and mechanism of the capability development of East Asian local manufacturers, which has underpinned their phenomenal rise in the world's competitive landscape of industrial production during the last few decades. Editor(s): Kawakami, Momoko; Sturgeon, Timothy J. Series: IDE-JETRO series. Num Pages: 249 pages, 25 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; KND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230238497
ISBN
9780230238497
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.69

Hardcover. This book on the different aspects of international economic policy covers financial crises, reserve accumulation, capital flows and currency wars as well as issues relating to foreign direct investment and developments in China and India. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FM; KCLF; KCM; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230238459
ISBN
9780230238459
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.92

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