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Hardcover. This book combines social and institutional histories of Russia, focusing on the secret police and their evolving relationship with the peasantry. Based on an analysis of Cheka/OGPU reports, it argues that the police did not initially respond to peasant resistance to Bolshevik demands simply with the gun-rather, they listened to peasant voices. Num Pages: 177 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV4; JKSW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338869
- ISBN
- 9780230338869
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.41
€ 66.41
Hardcover. Overturning the 20th century's prevalent view of the Macedonians, Damianopoulos uses three domains of evidence - historical documentation, cognitive self-descriptor reports, and sociocultural features - to demonstrate that the Macedonians are a unique, non-Slav, non-Greek, ethnic identity. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVWYM; 3JH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230339859
- ISBN
- 9780230339859
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.99
€ 149.99
Hardcover. Adopting a historical perspective this book reconstructs a contemporary sociology of human rights and examines ways of resolving Turkey's human rights issues. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVT; JFFE; JFFJ; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230355415
- ISBN
- 9780230355415
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. From a period of growth and considerably high levels of profitability, Greek banks recently found themselves battling a major decrease in demand in the local market, and an increase in non-performing loans. How is the Greek banking system able to survive the crisis? This is discussed by looking at the last 15 years of the Greek banking system. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVG; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230356085
- ISBN
- 9780230356085
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardcover. What are the grounds for and limits to obedience to the state? This book offers a fresh analysis of the debate concerning the moral obligation to obey the state, develops a novel account of political obligation and provides the first detailed argument of how a theory of political obligation can apply to subjects of an unjust state. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DV; HPQ; HPS; JPA; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230360754
- ISBN
- 9780230360754
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.32
€ 67.32
Hardcover. This is the first in-depth historical study of Byzantine Cappadocia. The authors draw on extensive textual and archaeological materials to examine the nature and place of Cappadocia in the Byzantine Empire from the fourth through eleventh centuries. Num Pages: 353 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVT; HBJD; HBJF; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230361065
- ISBN
- 9780230361065
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.62
€ 139.62
Czechs, Slovaks and the Jews, 1938-48: Beyond Idealisation and Condemn...
Lánícek, Jan, Lã¡Niä?Ek, Jan
Hardcover. Covering the period between the Munich Agreement and the Communist Coup in February 1948, this groundbreaking work offers a novel, provocative analysis of the political activities and plans of the Czechoslovak exiles during and after the war years, and of the implementation of the plans in liberated Czechoslovakia after 1945. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVK; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 219 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230368743
- ISBN
- 9780230368743
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover. This methodical analysis of Greece's strategy towards Turkey highlights important new findings about the role particular elements of a state's strategic culture play in explaining major and/or minor shifts in strategy. The book breaks new ground in exploring when and how states develop socialization strategies. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 1DVT; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230517868
- ISBN
- 9780230517868
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.17
€ 128.17
Hardcover. This work offers a major new interpretation of the Stalin's role in the gestation of the Cold War. Based on important new evidence, Dimitrov reveals Stalin's genuine efforts to preserve his World War II alliance with the US and Britain and to encourage a degree of cooperation between communists and democratic parties in Eastern Europe. Series: Global Conflict and Security Since 1945. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1DVWB; HBJD; HBLW; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 147 x 218 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230521384
- ISBN
- 9780230521384
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Industrial Competitiveness and Restructuring in Enlarged Europe: How A...
Welfens, Paul J., Wziatek-Kubiak, Anna
Hardcover. Using a Schumpeterian approach, this book views competitiveness as the outcome of rivalry and competition between industries of the three new and the old EU member states leading to the integration of the accession countries into the EU. Editor(s): Hoshi, Iraj. Series: Studies in Economic Transition. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1DSE; 1DV; KCB; KCP; KN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230521568
- ISBN
- 9780230521568
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.29
€ 128.29
Hardcover. There is little consensus about the nature of the political system that has emerged during the Putin presidency. This collection considers the issues arising in this connection, focusing more closely on institutions such as the presidency and the security police, and on the socioeconomic dimensions of political power. Editor(s): White, Stephen. Series: Studies in Central and Eastern Europe. Num Pages: 189 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JMC; JPHC; JPHL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230524835
- ISBN
- 9780230524835
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Hardcover. Stressing the relationship between tsarism's service-state ethos and its utilization of subjects, this study argues that economic and political, rather than judicial or penological, factors primarily conditioned Siberian exile's growth and development. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FCS; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230536937
- ISBN
- 9780230536937
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.37
€ 67.37
Hardcover. This book explores the operating mechanisms of the Russian economy in a comparative perspective, and offers fascinating insights into how a socio-economic infrastructure has been created which continues to exert an influence on modern-day Russia and limits its development. Series: Studies in Economic Transition. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230542785
- ISBN
- 9780230542785
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.33
€ 127.33
Hardcover. This pioneering book reveals how nationalism in Ninteenth-century Greece helped women to develop an alternative vision of female politics, history, and citizenship. Shedding new light on women's ideas and beliefs the author brings to life the story of the ideas that formed our societies and individual identities. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVG; HBJD; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 146 x 222 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230545465
- ISBN
- 9780230545465
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Hardcover. An examination of why Russia chose to jeopardize its embryonic partnership with the West in favour of alignment with states like China, Iran and Iraq and what this means for the stability of the emerging international system. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450. Russian Alignment with China, Iran and Iraq in the Unipolar Era. Series: St Antony's Series. 280 pages. An examination of why Russia chose to jeopardize its embryonic partnership with the West in favour of alignment with states like China, Iran and Iraq and what this means for the stability of the emerging international system. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JPS. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 21. Weight: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230545496
- ISBN
- 9780230545496
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.79
€ 67.79
Institutions, Ideas and Leadership in Russian Politics (St. Antony's)
Newton, Julie, Tompson, William
Hardcover. A stimulating and thought-provoking collection that challenges some of the emerging conventional wisdom about contemporary Russia. It examines the role of leadership, institutions and ideas, and the interactions among them, in shaping Russia's post-Soviet transformation. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JPHL; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414. Series: St Antony's Series. 264 pages, 18 black & white tables, 1 black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Newton, Julie M.; Tompson, William J. A stimulating and thought-provoking collection that challenges some of the emerging conventional wisdom about contemporary Russia. It examines the role of leadership, institutions and ideas, and the interactions among them, in shaping Russia's post-Soviet transformation. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JPHL; JPQ. Dimension: 224 x 149 x 19. Weight: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230551473
- ISBN
- 9780230551473
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.99
€ 66.99
Hardcover. In the early 1930s Soviet authorities launched a campaign to create "socialist" retailing and also endorsed Soviet consumerism. How did the Stalinist regime reconcile retailing and consumption with socialism? This book examines the discourses that the Stalinist regime's new approach to retailing and consumption engendered. Series: Consumption and Public Life. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; KNPR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230573963
- ISBN
- 9780230573963
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.50
€ 139.50
Hardcover. An exploration of themes pursued by T.H. Rigby, such as the personal versus the institutional, legitimacy, and the collapse of a mono-organizational society. Editor(s): Fortescue, Stephen. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 223 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBJD; HBLW; HBLX; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230575875
- ISBN
- 9780230575875
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.85
€ 67.85
Hardcover. This is the first comprehensive study in English of Soviet women who fought against the genocidal, misogynist, Nazi enemy on the Eastern Front during the Second World War. Drawing on a vast array of original archival, memoir, and published sources, this book captures the everyday experiences of Soviet women fighting, living and dying on the front. Num Pages: 305 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 221 x 136 x 24. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230579521
- ISBN
- 9780230579521
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.47
€ 150.47
Hardcover. This fascinating study examines wartime Chinese-Soviet relations from a Moscow-based, Chinese perspective at the ambassadorial level. The book includes descriptions of everyday life in Moscow, of embassy business, of contemporary events and diplomacy, of intelligence operations, of meetings with Stalin, and of communications to and from Chongqing. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJD; HBJF; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230584778
- ISBN
- 9780230584778
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.65
€ 67.65
Hardcover. Can elections create democrats? Why and how do formerly armed opposition groups decide to invest in electoral politics or to undermine them? This book argues that the answer lies in the patterns of inter- and intraparty struggles created by participation in repeated elections over time. Num Pages: 207 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 1HFMQ; 1KLCS; JPH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600300
- ISBN
- 9780230600300
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.56
€ 66.56
Paperback. This book seeks to answer the key questions on partition by examining US policy toward secessionist movements in three countries during the first decade following the end of the Cold War: Iraq, Ethiopia, and Bosnia-Hercegovina. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 1FBQ; 1HFGA; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 146 x 218 x 13. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230606029
- ISBN
- 9780230606029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.22
€ 66.22
Gulag Voices: Oral Histories of Soviet Incarceration and Exile (Palgra...
Gheith, Jehanne M, Jolluck, Katherine R.
Paperback. This volume brings the powerful voices of Gulag survivors to and English-speaking audience for the first time through oral histories, rather than written memoirs. Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; HBTD; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230610637
- ISBN
- 9780230610637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.32
€ 39.32
Hardcover. This book presents theoretical and empirical investigation of the impact of human capital on economic growth in Ukraine during the period of 1989-2009. It defines place and role of human capital in the process of transition from the exogenous to the endogenous forms of growth. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations,. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; 3JJPR; 3JMC; KCG; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230618244
- ISBN
- 9780230618244
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.68
€ 66.68