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Paperback. This book, now in paperback, 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; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLW; HBLX; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137311917
- ISBN
- 9781137311917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
The Bush Administrations and Saddam Hussein. Deciding on Conflict.
Hybel, Alex Roberto; Kaufman, Justin Matthew
Paperback. The authors present a vital analysis of the foreign policy-making processes of the two Bush administrations prior to the attacks on Iraq. In a thorough comparison, they show how both presidents used historical analogies to evaluate information, relied on instinct to formulate decisions, and drew on moral language to justify their choices. Series: Advances in Foreign Policy Analysis. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 209
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137320926
- ISBN
- 9781137320926
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. This book provides a fresh perspective on the origins of the confrontation between the US and Iran. It demonstrates that, contrary to the claims of Iran's leaders, there was no instinctive American hostility towards the Revolution, and explains why many assumptions guiding US policy were inappropriate for dealing with the new reality in Iran. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1KBB; 3JJ; HBTW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137329868
- ISBN
- 9781137329868
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.27
€ 129.27
Hardcover. Democratic government is something that has eluded Iran despite a series of non-violent revolutions aimed at establishing a system of governance that would promote both public freedom and political accountability. This explores the obstacles to the growth of democracy in Iran and posits a plan for non-violent action to help Iranians achieve it. Series: The Theories, Concepts and Practices of Democracy. Num Pages: 117 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBN; JPHV; JPVH; JPVR; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 14. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137330161
- ISBN
- 9781137330161
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.96
€ 65.96
Hardcover. This survey of various African and Asian conflicts examines people's experiences on territorial borders and the ways they affect political configurations. By focusing on individuals' routines and daily life, these contributions treat borderland dynamics as actual political units with their own actions and outcomes. Series: Palgrave Series in African Borderlands Studies. Num Pages: 300 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; 1H; JFFE; JPWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137333988
- ISBN
- 9781137333988
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.25
€ 68.25
Hardcover. Continuing the argument developed in the author's previous book, this exhaustively researched study describes the humiliation of the Chinese gentry at the hands of the statist Oboi regents in the 1660s and the Kangxi emperor's self-declared Confucian sagehood in the 1670s, which effectively trumped the gentry's claim to sovereignty. Num Pages: 183 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JD; HBJF; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137334053
- ISBN
- 9781137334053
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.74
€ 66.74
Hardcover. Writing Indians and Jews examines discursive practices surrounding the representation of Jews and Jewishness in Indian literature in English. These investigations make an important contribution to the study of contemporary South Asian and diasporic literature, and understandings of anti-Semitism, religious fundamentalism, and globalization. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FM; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137339676
- ISBN
- 9781137339676
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Lessons in Sustainable Development from Japan and South Korea (Compara...
Hsu, S., Naoi, M., Zhang, W.
Hardcover. Lessons in Sustainable Development from Japan and South Korea compares the two countries, makes policy recommendations, and examines sustainable development experiments from both nations. Series: Comparative Studies of Sustainable Development in Asia. Num Pages: 112 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1FPKS; KCG; KCM; KCN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137345394
- ISBN
- 9781137345394
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.00
€ 66.00
Hardcover. This book breaks new ground in research on the RMB's offshore market by addressing the myths, hypes and realities surrounding the rise of the Chinese Yuan. It is the first book to address the rise of the Renminbi by focusing on the structural factors behind it and drawing on the global, regional and domestic developments affecting its development. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCBM; KCLF; KCP; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137346247
- ISBN
- 9781137346247
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.59
€ 128.59
Hardcover. Corporate Governance and Finance Law is designed to educate students, researchers, and practitioners on the legal aspects of corporate financial markets within the United States, the Eurozone, and China. Series: Asia Today. Num Pages: 300 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 1QFE; LAM; LNC; LNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137346513
- ISBN
- 9781137346513
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.11
€ 68.11
Hardcover. India and the Quest for One World revolutionizes the history of human rights, with dramatic impact on some of the most contentious debates of our time, by capturing the exceptional efforts of Mahatma Gandhi and the Nehrus to counter the divisions of the Cold War with an uplifting new vision of justice built on the principle of "unity in diversity." Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137349828
- ISBN
- 9781137349828
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover. This book is an analysis of how oil has affected governance and human, political, and economic development in the countries of the Persian Gulf and shaped these countries' relations with the rest of the world. Num Pages: 217 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBX; JPH; KCP; KNBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137353764
- ISBN
- 9781137353764
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Paperback. This IPE Classic considers one of the most pressing issues of the Twenty-First century: the relationship between domestic configurations of power and globalized production processes in shaping the process and implications of China's re-engagement with the global economy. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTF; JPSD; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137355201
- ISBN
- 9781137355201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 94.76
€ 94.76
Hardback. Series: Postcolonial Studies in Education. Num Pages: 266 pages, 10 colour illustrations, 10 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMT; HBTR; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 217 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137382924
- ISBN
- 9781137382924
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.71
€ 68.71
Hardcover. Managing Chinese Outward Foreign Direct Investment focuses on the management of Chinese outward foreign direct investment at the organisational level. Considering investment as a process, the book addresses managerial issues from strategic entry decisions to corporate sustainable development. Num Pages: 192 pages, 12 black & white tables, 12 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1MBF; KJK; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137394583
- ISBN
- 9781137394583
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.99
€ 66.99
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Chinese Management. Num Pages: 408 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KJH; KJMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137402332
- ISBN
- 9781137402332
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 205.27
€ 205.27
Hardcover. Based on five major research cases observed in Taiwan, this book introduces the core concept of a social innovation system to show how the common good can be established, adapted and diffused across communities, societies and national boundaries. Num Pages: 240 pages, 21 tables, 37 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; KCD; KJD; KJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137405616
- ISBN
- 9781137405616
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.54
€ 127.54
Hardcover. Series: Palgrave Studies in Languages at War. Num Pages: 213 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; CFP; HBJF; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 220 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137461186
- ISBN
- 9781137461186
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Hardcover. Series: Rhetoric, Politics and Society. Num Pages: 222 pages, 7 colour illustrations, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; JKV; JPS; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 218 x 17. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137480989
- ISBN
- 9781137480989
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.16
€ 127.16
Hardcover. Using cases on individual countries, Economic Development in the Middle East and North Africa offers diverse theoretical and empirical evidence on a variety of issues facing policymakers, investors, and other stakeholders in the region. Editor(s): Ben Ali, Mohamed Sami. Num Pages: 248 pages, 13 black & white tables, 100 figures. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; KCL; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137486462
- ISBN
- 9781137486462
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.60
€ 127.60
Hardcover. This book focuses on both North-South and South-South relations to reveal an understanding of major climate change and climate change management issues through practices and narratives of environmental security in a specific regional context. Editor(s): Watson, Iain; Pandey, Chandra Lal. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QRP; RND; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137494108
- ISBN
- 9781137494108
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.33
€ 128.33
Hardcover. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFC; JFFS; JPP; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 218 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137504258
- ISBN
- 9781137504258
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.16
€ 106.16
Hardcover. Once the world's largest ODA provider, contemporary Japan seems much less visible in international development. However, this book demonstrates that Japan, with its own aid philosophy, experiences, and models of aid, has ample lessons to offer to the international community as the latter seeks new paradigms of development cooperation. Editor(s): Kato, Hiroshi; Shimomura, Yasutami. Num Pages: 408 pages, 15 black & white tables, 9 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JKSR; JPS; KCA; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137505378
- ISBN
- 9781137505378
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 206.99
€ 206.99
Hardcover. Is naval conflict in the Asia-Pacific becoming more likely? This edited volume explores the reasons for the naval build-up in the region, and analyses its consequences. Editor(s): Till, Geoffrey. Num Pages: 149 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; JPS; JWA; JWF; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 357.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137506313
- ISBN
- 9781137506313
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.84
€ 66.84