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Hardcover. The result of major research on development, security and culture, this collection, and second volume Sustainable Development in a Globalized World, outlines the emerging field of global studies and the theoretical approach of global social theory. It considers social relations and the need for intercultural dialogue to respect 'the other'. Editor(s): Hettne, Bjorn. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; GTN; JFFS; JPSN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230551282
- ISBN
- 9780230551282
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.12
€ 67.12
Hardcover. The outcome of a major research project on development, security and culture, this collection along with a second volume Human Values and Global Governance, outlines the emerging field of global studies and the theoretical approach of global social theory. It focuses on the problem of development in the context of the globalized condition. Editor(s): Hettne, Bjorn. Num Pages: 334 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 1FK; 1KL; GTF; JFFS; RNU. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230551275
- ISBN
- 9780230551275
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.36
€ 128.36
Hardcover. This collection examines anti-corruption campaigns and argues that they have often resulted in perverse and unintended consequences. The book examines how corruption has been addressed (and sometimes tolerated) in Africa, Asia, Latin America and East & Central Europe to interrogate government policy and question development discourse and practice. Editor(s): Bracking, Sarah. Series: Palgrave Studies in Development. Num Pages: 331 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFG; GTF; JPZ; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230525504
- ISBN
- 9780230525504
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.53
€ 128.53
Hardcover. Foreign exploitation of economic crises in the developing world has been a central claim of neoliberal critics. This important and recurring international theme is the subject of closer scrutiny in this new collection, where contributors offer competing interpretations of the interaction between international and domestic forces after crises. Editor(s): Robertson, Justin L. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JPS; KCM; KCP; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230516977
- ISBN
- 9780230516977
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.41
€ 67.41
Hardcover. Covers topical issues for Africa's development, economics and politics of climate change, water management, public service delivery, and delivering aid. The authors argue that these issues should be included in the post-MDG paradigm and add an important voice to recent moves by academics and practitioners to engage with each other. Editor(s): Hanson, Kobena T.; Kararach, George; Shaw, Professor Timothy M. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 315 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; GTF; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 223 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230393288
- ISBN
- 9780230393288
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Condition: New
€ 67.41
€ 67.41
Hardcover. Designed as a critique of the key failures of international development, this book brings together practitioners, policy-makers, researchers, activists, and academics in an attempt to work toward a shared conceptualisation of development by outlining and critically reflecting on their own understanding of development. Editor(s): Kingsbury, Damien. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFA; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Critical
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230389045
- ISBN
- 9780230389045
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Condition: New
€ 67.39
€ 67.39
Hardcover. Given the weaknesses of mainstream democratisation since the 1980s, the authors present a cutting edge examination of dynamics of political change in the direction of more substantive democracy. While focusing on the Global South, they also draw comparisons from historical and contemporary experiences from Scandinavia. Editor(s): Stokke, Kristian; Tornquist, Olle. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 337 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFG; GTF; JPB; JPHV; JPV; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 218 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230370036
- ISBN
- 9780230370036
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Condition: New
€ 67.84
€ 67.84
Hardcover. The first book to examine in detail the ways in which people adapt their understanding and behaviours towards poverty as a direct result to their experiences of poverty in developing countries, including world-leading academics and case studies from China, India, Ethiopia and South Africa. Editor(s): Clark, David Alexander. Series: Rethinking International Development Series. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFG; GTF; JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 220 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230360563
- ISBN
- 9780230360563
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Condition: New
€ 66.85
€ 66.85
Hardcover. This book highlights the importance of the subnational level of governance in relation to sustainable development, exploring how subnational governments have taken up the challenge to design sustainable development policies and their involvement in international decision-making on sustainable development. Editor(s): Bruyninckx, Hans; Happaerts, Sander; Brande, Karoline van den. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JPA; RNT; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 221 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230360525
- ISBN
- 9780230360525
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.21
€ 67.21
Paperback. In the setting of twenty-first century globalization this volume focuses on emerging societies, rather than emerging markets or powers. Adopting a sociological perspective, each chapter focuses on development and social inequality in emerging societies, with contributions from renowned international scholars. Editor(s): Nederveen Pieterse, Jan; Rehbein, Boike. Series: Frontiers of Globalization. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFS; JPS; KCL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346. Development and Inequality. Series: Frontiers of Globalization. 272 pages, 19 black & white tables. Editor(s): Nederveen Pieterse, Jan; Rehbein, Boike. In the setting of twenty-first century globalization this volume focuses on emerging societies, rather than emerging markets or powers. Adopting a sociological perspective, each chapter focuses on development and social inequality in emerging societies, with contributions from renowned international scholars. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: GTF; JFFS; JPS; KCL. Dimension: 214 x 139 x 17. Weight: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230354494
- ISBN
- 9780230354494
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Condition: New
€ 66.97
€ 66.97
Hardcover. International institutions (United Nations, World Bank) and multinational companies have voiced concern over the adverse impact of resource extraction activities on the livelihood of indigenous communities. This volume examines mega resource extraction projects in Australia, Bolivia, Canada, Chad, Cameroon, India, Nigeria, Peru, the Philippines. Editor(s): Sawyer, Suzana; Gomez, Edmund Terence. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 329 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFSL9; KCP; KNAT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230347724
- ISBN
- 9780230347724
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Condition: New
€ 67.53
€ 67.53
Hardcover. An assessment of the capacity of the EU to coordinate actors and policies with regards to global development. The authors argue that the EU and its member states have the potential to act for global development when they are able to improve policy and actor coherence, such as through better linking of bilateral and community programmes. Editor(s): Ganzle, Stefan; Grimm, Sven; Makhan, Davina. Num Pages: 325 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; GTF; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 220 x 14. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230319677
- ISBN
- 9780230319677
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.51
€ 67.51
Hardcover. This volume explores Western attitudes towards the phenomenon of Easternization, drawing upon Eastern perspectives and examining the impact upon contemporary culture to argue that Easternization is another type of globalization. Editor(s): Nair-Venugopal, Shanta. Series: Frontiers of Globalization. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFS; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230302921
- ISBN
- 9780230302921
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Condition: New
€ 67.15
€ 67.15
Hardcover. Regulating for Decent Work is a response to the dominant deregulatory approaches that have shaped labour market regulation in recent years. The inter-disciplinary and international approach invigorates current debates through the identification of new challenges, subjects and perspectives. Editor(s): Lee, Sangheon; McCann, Deirdre. Series: Advances in Labour Studies. Num Pages: 392 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; KCF; LNHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230302174
- ISBN
- 9780230302174
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.08
€ 68.08
Hardcover. This volume studies the relation between globalization and inequalities in emerging societies by linking Area and Global Studies, aiming at a new theory of inequality beyond the nation state and beyond Eurocentrism. Editor(s): Rehbein, Boike. Series: Frontiers of Globalization. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFA; JFFS; JPS; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 219 x 24. Weight in Grams: 486. Series: Frontiers of Globalization. 296 pages, 15 black & white tables, 3 graphs, 2 figures. Editor(s): Rehbein, Boike. This volume studies the relation between globalization and inequalities in emerging societies by linking Area and Global Studies, aiming at a new theory of inequality beyond the nation state and beyond Eurocentrism. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFA; JFFS; JPS; KCP. Dimension: 144 x 219 x 24. Weight: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230299733
- ISBN
- 9780230299733
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.75
€ 67.75
Hardcover. This volume brings together international scholars reflecting on the theory and practice of international security, human security, natural resources and environmental change. It contributes by 'centring the margins' and privileging alternative conceptions and understandings of environmental (in)security. Editor(s): Schnurr, Matthew A.; Swatuk, Larry A. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; GTJ; JFFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230297838
- ISBN
- 9780230297838
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Condition: New
€ 66.97
€ 66.97
Hardcover. Global crises not only deeply impact the economy and people's livelihoods, they also unsettle basic ideas and assumptions about the meaning and drivers of development. This collection of theoretical and empirical studies explores the substance and politics of policy change following the 2007/8 crisis from the perspective of developing countries. Editor(s): Utting, Peter; Razavi, Shahra; Varghese Buchholz, Rebecca. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 312 pages, 11 black & white tables, 12 figures. BIC Classification: GTF; JPS; KCP; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230297821
- ISBN
- 9780230297821
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.36
€ 67.36
Hardcover. Jude Howell brings together eight in-depth studies of the politics of global non-governmental public action. Covering detailed empirical research around the themes of environmentalism, security, children's rights and more, the contributors explore the complex politics amongst non-governmental public actors acting transnationally. Editor(s): Howell, Jude. Series: Non-Governmental Public Action. Num Pages: 248 pages, 4 colour tables, 2 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: GTF; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230290358
- ISBN
- 9780230290358
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.85
€ 66.85
Paperback. The book provides critical perspectives that reach beyond the technical approaches of international financial institutions and proponents of the liberal peace formula. It investigates political economies characterized by the legacies of disruption to production and exchange, by population displacement, poverty, and by 'criminality'. Editor(s): Pugh, Michael; Cooper, Neil; Turner, Mandy. Series: New Security Challenges. Num Pages: 440 pages, 2 figures, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: GTF; GTJ; JWLP; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230285613
- ISBN
- 9780230285613
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Condition: New
€ 128.93
€ 128.93
Hardcover. In the midst of growing criticism of current economic orthodoxies and welfare systems, basic income is growing in popularity. This is the first book to discuss existing at examples of basic income, in both rich and poor countries, and to consider its prospects in other places around the world. Editor(s): Murray, Matthew C.; Pateman, Carole. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JKSB; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230285422
- ISBN
- 9780230285422
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.03
€ 128.03