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Hardcover. This compendium looks at Asian and European policies for dealing with climate change, and possible impacts on conflicts and security. It clarifies the impacts of climate change on natural resources, on the frequency and expansion of natural disasters and the repercussions for environmentally-induced migration. Editor(s): Marquina, Antonio. Series: Energy, Climate and the Environment. Num Pages: 528 pages, 53 black & white illustrations, 21 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; GTJ; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 165 x 34. Weight in Grams: 760.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230237711
- ISBN
- 9780230237711
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Condition: New
€ 130.00
€ 130.00
Hardcover. An exploration of how and why Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, China and India have initiated and developed nuclear energy programs and what challenges they face today. Were the nuclear programmes driven by the low energy endowment, a desire to pursue international prestige, national security concerns, environmental pollution or economic development? Editor(s): Yi-chong, Xu. Series: Energy, Climate and the Environment. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; KNBN; RNQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 438.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230240247
- ISBN
- 9780230240247
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Condition: New
€ 128.29
€ 128.29
Hardcover. Written by leading scholars in the field, this book provides new insights, based on original research, into the full spectrum of modern Japanese political-religious activity: from the prewar uses of Shinto in shaping the modern imperial nation-state to the postwar 'new religions' that have challenged the power of the political establishment. Editor(s): Starrs, Roy. Num Pages: 347 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 146 x 27. Weight in Grams: 534.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230240735
- ISBN
- 9780230240735
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Condition: New
€ 129.04
€ 129.04
Hardcover. Examines forms of cosmopolitanism in the high period of South Asian anti-colonialism, 1890-1947. Essays argue that anti-colonial action stemmed not only from a teleological rush to realize the form of nation-states, but from the speculative aspiration to critique and transcend notions of universalism and the ultimate good brought by British rule. Editor(s): Bose, Sugata; Manjapra, Kris. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FK; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230243378
- ISBN
- 9780230243378
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.46
€ 161.46
Hardcover. If we ask simply whether Japanese business has changed, our answer must be an unequivocal yes and this is answered with a primary focus on technology, the traditional source of Japan's strong competitiveness. But if we ask whether Japanese firms have also changed in any substantive ways we must accept a less sanguine conclusion. Editor(s): Miyoshi, Hiroaki; Nakata, Yoshifumi. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Asian Business Series. Num Pages: 315 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KJU; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 25. Weight in Grams: 528. The Lost Decade. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Asian Business Series. 336 pages, 79, 28 figures, 51 black & white tables. Editor(s): Miyoshi, Hiroaki; Nakata, Yoshifumi. If we ask simply whether Japanese business has changed, our answer must be an unequivocal yes and this is answered with a primary focus on technology, the traditional source of Japan's strong competitiveness. But if we ask whether Japanese firms have also changed in any substantive ways we must accept a less sanguine conclusion. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KJU; KN. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 25. Weight: 528.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230250215
- ISBN
- 9780230250215
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Condition: New
€ 67.59
€ 67.59
Hardcover. This book seeks to offer for the first time a detailed, well researched and holistic account of social responsibility from Asia. Bringing forth rich and live cases of Asian social responsibility it offers an understanding of their practices and philosophies in this area. Editor(s): Williams, Geoffrey. Num Pages: 351 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; KJG; KJR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 566.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230252417
- ISBN
- 9780230252417
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.53
€ 128.53
Hardcover. Genre in Asian Film and Television takes a dynamic approach to the study of Asian screen media previously under-represented in academic writing. It combines historical overviews of developments within national contexts with detailed case studies on the use of generic conventions and genre hybridity in contemporary films and television programmes. Editor(s): Chan, Felicia; Karpovich, Angelina; Zhang, Xin. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; APFA; APFN; APT; JFCA; JFDT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 309 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230272170
- ISBN
- 9780230272170
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.49
€ 67.49
Hardcover. Hong Kong's laissez-faire tradition has crippled attempts to transform it into a more knowledge-intensive economy and this is a lesson with wide applicability. Many emerging economies face innovation bottlenecks, but even some more advanced economies face similar constraints and may benefit from the lessons of its negative example. Editor(s): Fuller, Douglas B. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; KCD; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522. Hong Kong's Policy in Comparative Perspective. 344 pages, 65, 24 figures, 41 black & white tables. Editor(s): Fuller, Douglas B. Hong Kong's laissez-faire tradition has crippled attempts to transform it into a more knowledge-intensive economy and this is a lesson with wide applicability. Many emerging economies face innovation bottlenecks, but even some more advanced economies face similar constraints and may benefit from the lessons of its negative example. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; KCD; KJK. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 24. Weight: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230273368
- ISBN
- 9780230273368
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Condition: New
€ 129.01
€ 129.01
Hardcover. Explores Russia's re-emergence as a major actor in Central Asia and the Caucasus - a re-emergence which is limited by the involvement and influence of external state and non-state actors, including China, the USA and foreign energy companies. Editor(s): Freire, Maria Raquel; Kanet, Roger E. Num Pages: 314 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1DVUA; 1FC; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 23. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230273788
- ISBN
- 9780230273788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.24
€ 128.24
Hardcover. This book draws on the experiences of different countries in Asia and Africa, discussing a number of mechanisms to achieve efficient interactions between state, market, and community. Editor(s): Otsuka, Keijiro; Kalirajan, Kaliappa. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1H; GTF; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 26. Weight in Grams: 534. 344 pages, Illustrations. Editor(s): Otsuka, Keijiro; Kalirajan, Kaliappa. This book draws on the experiences of different countries in Asia and Africa, discussing a number of mechanisms to achieve efficient interactions between state, market, and community. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1F; 1H; GTF; KCM. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 26. Weight: 534.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230274587
- ISBN
- 9780230274587
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Condition: New
€ 68.19
€ 68.19
Hardcover. This book is an original volume of essays that sheds new and critical light on current and emerging filmmaking trends and practices in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea. A timely and important contribution to existing scholarship in the field. Editor(s): Lee, Vivian P. Y. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FP; APFA; APFN; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 438.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230277670
- ISBN
- 9780230277670
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Condition: New
€ 67.49
€ 67.49
Hardcover. This book assesses the key factors underlying such Australian-Japanese cooperation and those policy challenges that could impede it. Experts offer critical insights into why their two countries - traditionally the two key 'spokes' in the US bilateral alliance network spanning Asia - are moving toward a security relationship in their own right. Editor(s): Tow, William; Kersten, Rikki. Series: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1MBF; 1QRP; GTF; JPRB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230279018
- ISBN
- 9780230279018
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.23
€ 67.23
Hardcover. This bookexamines inclusive growth in a range of social and economic areas in India, including physical infrastructure, vulnerable sections of the population and underdeveloped states. It provides a comprehensive study of disparity and deepens insight into understanding processes of economic and social development. Editor(s): Hirashima, Shigemochi; Oda, Hisaya; Tsujita, Yuko. Series: IDE-JETRO series. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; KCG; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 220 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230290235
- ISBN
- 9780230290235
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.55
€ 67.55
Hardcover. At a time of significant change in the precarious world of female individualization, this collection explores such phenomena by critically incorporating the parameters of popular media culture into the overarching paradigm of gender relations, economics and politics of everyday life. Editor(s): Kim, Youna. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; JFC; JFDT; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230292727
- ISBN
- 9780230292727
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. This is the most complete and compelling account of idols and celebrity in Japanese media culture to date. Engaging with the study of media, gender and celebrity, and sensitive to history and the contemporary scene, these interdisciplinary essays cover male and female idols, production and consumption, industrial structures and fan movements. Editor(s): Galbraith, Patrick W.; Karlin, Jason G. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; APT; JFCA; JFCK; JFDT; JFDV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 444.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230298309
- ISBN
- 9780230298309
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.78
€ 138.78
Hardcover. EPUB Editor(s): Ohara, Moriki; Vijayabaskar, M.; Lin, Hong. Series: IDE-JETRO series. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; KCD; KCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230298781
- ISBN
- 9780230298781
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.67
€ 67.67
Hardcover. This book investigates entrepreneurial initiatives in the three largest economies of the world: China, Japan and the USA. It brings together historical, institutional, and ethnographic approaches and highlights entrepreneurial patterns that result from cultural, legal, and political forces that facilitate and constrain entrepreneurship. Editor(s): Usui, Chikako. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Asian Business Series. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FP; 1KBB; KJD; KJH; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 615.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230298811
- ISBN
- 9780230298811
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.00
€ 162.00
Hardcover. Award winning case studies focusing on the growth of innovation in India. Editor(s): Yesudian-Storfjell, Suseela. Num Pages: 160 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; KJK; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 219 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230300637
- ISBN
- 9780230300637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Hardcover. Examines the shift in leading companies in India towards greater 'value added' and innovative work. Is the move towards greater levels of innovation the future of the services off-shoring industry in India? Editor(s): Yesudian, Suseela. Num Pages: 141 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; KJD; KJK; KNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 144 x 14. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230300675
- ISBN
- 9780230300675
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.05
€ 66.05
Hardcover. Written by fifteen leading academics from the Japan Society for International Development (JASID), this book undertakes a review of Japan's economic development over the last 150 years, and seeks to clarify Japanese priorities in domestic and foreign policy for the coming decades. Editor(s): Toyoda, Toshihisa; Nishikawa, Jun; Kan Sato, Hiroshi. Num Pages: 312 pages, 0, 11 black & white tables, 16 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KCB; KCP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230302068
- ISBN
- 9780230302068
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Condition: New
€ 128.71
€ 128.71
Hardcover. A window into the highly complex Indian luxury market, providing strategies to guide brands in entering this high potential market and capturing the luxury rupee. Sets out to uncover strategies that will help to avoid market failure and leverage opportunities to win in India. Editor(s): Atwal, Glyn; Jain, Soumya. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 170 x 222 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230336728
- ISBN
- 9780230336728
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Condition: New
€ 127.54
€ 127.54
Hardcover. This book explores the challenges and obstacles faced by dissident leaders in Asia seeking to introduce reforms into regimes that are either imperfectly democratic or frankly hostile to democratic practices and institutions. Editor(s): Kane, John; Loy, Hui-Chieh; Patapan, Haig. Series: Palgrave Series in Asian Governance. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; JPHC; JPHL; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230337534
- ISBN
- 9780230337534
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover. This collection of essays offers a comprehensive discussion of the challenge of promoting human rights in the face of nationalism's persistence as an ideological and mobilizational force in politics. Editor(s): Cheng, Grace. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1FB; JPFN; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338562
- ISBN
- 9780230338562
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Hardcover. This volume brings together experts with diverse disciplinary backgrounds in the China field, from cultural studies to history to musicology, to make a timely intervention-from the historical demise of enuchism to male cross-dressing shows in contemporary Taiwan-to inaugurate a subfield in Chinese transgender studies. Editor(s): Chiang, Howard. Num Pages: 313 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSJ5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340626
- ISBN
- 9780230340626
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.43
€ 67.43