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Central Europe
Hardcover. The author investigates the strategies of eight publicly listed banks in Britain and Germany in the context of European financial integration. Evidence is provided that banks with defensive strategies fared better than those which attempted to break out of a coherent financial system in order to embrace new business opportunities Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions. Num Pages: 312 pages, 2 figures, 43 graphs, 3 black & white tables, 2 charts. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230220485
- ISBN
- 9780230220485
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.20
€ 128.20
Hardcover. The book presents an analysis of empirical data on immigrant child poverty in the context of a controversial debate on the European migration policy, with special reference to Switzerland and France. It presents an alternative approach based on child rights and social justice. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DFH; JFFA; JFFN; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition UK
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230221048
- ISBN
- 9780230221048
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.66
€ 127.66
Hardcover. A fundamental question for IR is whether the value system of liberalism can be universalized, or if, in fact, the illiberal reality of international politics systematically rules out such a universalisation. The book addresses this issue by focusing on the rise and fall of a specific liberal project supported by influential German intellectuals. Series: Palgrave Studies in International Relations. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; JPFK; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 12. Weight in Grams: 424.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230224223
- ISBN
- 9780230224223
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Criminal Defence and Procedure: Comparative Ethnographies in the Unite...
Scheffer, Thomas, Hannken-Illjes, Kati, Kozin...
Hardcover. Doing Procedure provides an in-depth comparison of criminal defence work in different legal cultures, showing how defence work is shaped by different regimes and how it influences outcomes. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 1KBB; LAM; LAQ; LNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230230224
- ISBN
- 9780230230224
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.40
€ 127.40
Hardcover. The focus of the study is on the larger food processing companies, which invested in Central and Eastern Europe -- namely Nestle, Unilever and InBev - and analyses the motives of investment and the entry strategies of food MNEs, outlines their contribution to the local development and stresses the national actors as forces to embedded FDI. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DV; KJVG; KNDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230230552
- ISBN
- 9780230230552
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardcover. An exploration of how the theme of Anti-Americanism was employed by influential sections of the West German media to oppose the modernisation of the Federal Republic of Germany during the 'long 1950s'. In the public battle over the future direction of Germany, America stood as a symbol of social, political and economic corruption. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFGW; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 404.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230231559
- ISBN
- 9780230231559
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardcover. This book provides a deep insight into the market changes and policy challenges that transition economies have undergone in the last twenty years. It not only comments on and evaluates the development of financial markets in transition economies, but also highlights the key obstacles to full integration of financial markets into the EU market. Editor(s): Matousek, Roman. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DV; KCM; KCX; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230231689
- ISBN
- 9780230231689
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.08
€ 128.08
Paperback. An updated 3rd edition of this authoritative analysis of Swiss democracy, the institutions of federalism, and consensus democracy through political power sharing. Linder analyzes the scope and limits of citizens' participation in direct democracy, which distinguishes Switzerland from most parliamentary systems. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFH; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230231894
- ISBN
- 9780230231894
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.01
€ 78.01
Hardcover. An analysis of the German Question's influence on the origins of the Cold War, arguing that the legal and diplomatic intercourse between the Allies regarding the treatment of the German Question brought forward the elements of intervention and coexistence which formed the basis for a relatively peaceful postwar international order. Series: Global Conflict and Security Since 1945. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTW; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 448.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230248120
- ISBN
- 9780230248120
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Hardcover. The book extends research on the territorial structure of party systems (party nationalization) to 20 post-communist democracies. It explains party nationalisation as a consequence of ethnically oriented politics, and shows how party nationalisation can increase our understanding of electoral systems. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DV; JPHF; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230248274
- ISBN
- 9780230248274
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.74
€ 66.74
Paperback. Telling the stories of mothers, fathers and children in their own words, Vaizey recreates the experience of family life in Nazi Germany. From last letters of doomed soldiers at Stalingrad to diaries kept by women trying to keep their families alive in cities under attack, the book vividly describes family life under the most extreme conditions. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 265 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230251496
- ISBN
- 9780230251496
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.09
€ 72.09
Paperback. This study considers the impact of economic, political and social transformation in Central and Eastern Europe in the context of EU enlargement. Using the lens of gender, this book examines the processes of democratization, marketization and nationalism. This new edition includes a new preface and updates statistics throughout. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DV; 1QFE; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230273337
- ISBN
- 9780230273337
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. By employing new 'optics' and a comparative approach, this book helps us recognize the unexpected and unsettling connections between America's 'western' empire and Nazi Germany's 'eastern' empire, linking histories previously thought of as totally unrelated and leading readers towards a deep revisioning of the 'American West' and the 'Nazi East'. Num Pages: 321 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBBW; 3JJH; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW; JFFJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230275157
- ISBN
- 9780230275157
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.65
€ 128.65
Hardcover. Written by a leading historian of urban visual culture, Janet Ward's Post-Wall Berlin: Borders, Space and Identity demonstrates how the reunified German capital, in its bid to overcome its legacy of Cold-War division, has faced many new frontiers and boundaries on social, economic, architectural and infrastructural levels. Num Pages: 424 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 31. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 426
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230276574
- ISBN
- 9780230276574
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.22
€ 140.22
Paperback. Phantoms of War in Contemporary German Literature, Films and Discourse offers an up-to-date and comprehensive analysis of fundamental shifts in German cultural memory. This paperback edition includes a new preface. Series: New Perspectives in German Political Studies. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; APFA; DSBH; JFC; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230279650
- ISBN
- 9780230279650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.01
€ 67.01
Hardcover. This book provides a detailed linguistic analysis of the nationalist discourses of the German Second Reich, which most effectively demonstrate the contrasting images of the German Self and its various Others, such as Jews, native Africans, gypsies and the enemy Other during the First World War. Num Pages: 236 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; CFF; CFG; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230282650
- ISBN
- 9780230282650
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Hardcover. Anne Fuchs traces the aftermath of the Dresden bombing in the collective imagination from 1945 to today. As a case study of an event that gained local, national and global iconicity, the book investigates the role of photography, fine art, architecture, literature and film in dialogue with the changing German socio-political landscape. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; 3JMC; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230285811
- ISBN
- 9780230285811
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.55
€ 139.55
Hardcover. A comparative analysis of an old and new EU Member State's perceptions of and contributions to EU security and defence. This book focuses on change and continuity in both countries' defence policies and where convergence and divergence has occurred. This has important implications for the EU's effectiveness as an international security actor. Series: New Perspectives in German Political Studies. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVP; 1QFE; JPSN2; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 222 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230292017
- ISBN
- 9780230292017
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Hardcover. A comparative analysis of the evolution ofUK and German broadcasting policies, adding to the developing area of comparative research on media and communications policy. The book focuses on processes of marketization and liberalization as they have affected policy-making, national regulatory frameworks and media structures. Num Pages: 346 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; JFD; JPQB; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 24. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230298613
- ISBN
- 9780230298613
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Condition: New
€ 67.71
€ 67.71
Hardcover. This book examines how parties negotiate coalition deals at the subnational level using the examples of Germany and Spain. In such multi-level settings, parties are present at various negotiation tables often having to make difficult choices about their role in the coalition and the relative merits of being in government over the opposition. Series: Comparative Territorial Politics. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DSE; JPB; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 171 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230300835
- ISBN
- 9780230300835
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Condition: New
€ 66.70
€ 66.70
Hardcover. British Images of Germany is the first full-length cultural history of Britain's relationship with Germany in the key period leading up to the First World War. Richard Scully reassesses what is imagined to be a fraught relationship, illuminating the sense of kinship Britons felt for Germany even in times of diplomatic tension. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 400 pages, 152 black & white illustrations, 6 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; HBWN; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 220 x 28. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230301566
- ISBN
- 9780230301566
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Condition: New
€ 68.15
€ 68.15
Hardcover. Combining new thinking in International Relations theory with original historical research, Kleuters explores the struggle between Christian Democrats and Social Democrats on the subject of German reunification, from Westbindung to Ostpolitik. The result is a gripping narrative focussing on theoretical relevance in foreign policy decisions-making. Series: New Perspectives in German Political Studies. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFGW; JPA; JPL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230301672
- ISBN
- 9780230301672
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Hardcover. Focusing on the genesis of 'constitutional monarchism' in the context of the French Restoration and its favourable reception in post-Napoleonic Germany, this study highlights the potential and limitations of a daring attempt to improve traditional forms of monarchical legitimacy by means of a modern representative constitution. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 diagrames. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DFG; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230316492
- ISBN
- 9780230316492
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.85
€ 67.85
Hardcover. Drawing on cultural anthropology and cultural studies, this book sheds new light on the everyday politics of heritage and memory by illuminating local, everyday engagements with Germanness through heritage fetishism, claims to hometown belonging, and the performative appropriation of cultural property. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; JFCX; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230320345
- ISBN
- 9780230320345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.70
€ 66.70