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East Asia, Far East
Hardcover. Analyzing contemporary Chinese literature, film, and television, Shen shows the significance of nationalism for the mass imagination in post-socialist China. Chapters move from the intellectual idealism of the 1980s, through the post-Tiananmen transition, to the national cinema of the 1990s, and finally to the Internet literature of today. Series: Chinese Literature and Culture in the World. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; HBJF; HBLX; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137497420
- ISBN
- 9781137497420
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Hardback. This book studies Korean American girls between thirteen and nineteen and their formation with regard to self, gender, and God in the context of Korean American protestant congregational life. It develops a hybrid methodology of de-colonial aims and indigenous research methods, aiming to facilitate transformative life in faith communities. Series: Asian Christianity in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 160 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 1KBB; HRCC9; HRCV4; HRCX6; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 357.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137497833
- ISBN
- 9781137497833
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.33
€ 77.33
Hardback. Analysing parental anxieties about children s healthcare in urban China, this book engages with debates about modernity, risk and anxiety by analysing economic and population policy changes in post-reform China. It studies representations of health issues in a parenting magazine, advertising and new media, with parents and grandparents responses. Num Pages: 216 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, 6 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFD; JFSP1; JHBK; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137498762
- ISBN
- 9781137498762
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.38
€ 116.38
Hardcover. The author examines the rise of the BRICs and the supposed decline of the United States. Focusing on the boom years from 1992 to 2007, and the crisis years after 2008, he argues that there are limits to the rise of the former and that the extent of US decline has been greatly exaggerated. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FKA; 1FPC; 1KLSB; KCL; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137499967
- ISBN
- 9781137499967
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.85
€ 66.85
Hardcover. This book compares the policy approaches taken by China and India in dealing with HIV/AIDS, illuminating the challenges they face as they grapple with this intractable disease and identifying best practices for dealing with HIV/AIDS in the developing world and beyond. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; JFFH2; MBN; MJCJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137504197
- ISBN
- 9781137504197
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.24
€ 67.24
Hardback. China's financial reforms have undergone a large-scale transformation over the past several years. This book aims to outline the structure and current features of China's monetary policy, drawing upon the author's years of experience working within the People's Bank of China and insider's view of the decision-making process. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCBM; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137504463
- ISBN
- 9781137504463
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.58
€ 127.58
Hardback. Series: Gender, Development and Social Change. Num Pages: 171 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTF; JFC; JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 339.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 171
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137505743
- ISBN
- 9781137505743
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.92
€ 126.92
Hardback. Series: Security, Development and Human Rights in East Asia. Num Pages: 148 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FP; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137511669
- ISBN
- 9781137511669
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. This book illustrates the decline of the state-encouraged revival and legitimization of private enterprises in 1980s China. Chen argues that the rapid growth of private enterprises strengthened the fiscal power of the state, leading the Chinese government to take an increasingly interventionist stance. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCD; KCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137516398
- ISBN
- 9781137516398
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.30
€ 127.30
Hardback. This cutting edge volume investigates how Hong Kong's economic structure and neoliberal policies have contributed to class inequality in China's global city. Specific topics include educational stratification, attitudes towards works, political attitudes, and class identifications. Series: Series in Asian Labor and Welfare Policies. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; JFFJ; JFFN; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137517555
- ISBN
- 9781137517555
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Hardcover. This book focuses on the question of whether and how civil society may contribute to policy innovation. As the focus of civil society research is often more on the constraints on civil society by the state and less on the agency and effects of civil society organisations the authors provide a fresh and fruitful perspective. Series: The Nottingham China Policy Institute Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, 4 black & white tables, 5 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JPQB; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 24. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137518637
- ISBN
- 9781137518637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.21
€ 128.21
Hardback. Series: Language and Globalization. Num Pages: 239 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 3 colour illustrations, 3 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2AB; CFB; EBA; JNF; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 483.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137519535
- ISBN
- 9781137519535
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.65
€ 139.65
Paperback. Drawing on a unique ethnographic inquiry, Ofra Goldstein-Gidoni explores the complexities of the relationship between socially and culturally constructed roles bestowed on Japanese women by a variety of state agents, including the market and the media, and the 'real' lives of these women. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFFK; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137523907
- ISBN
- 9781137523907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
Hardcover. This book examines the conciliatory institutions operating in China and Taiwan. The two legal systems are compared in order to shed light on the past and potential futures for criminal conciliation in China and the rest of the world. Series: Palgrave Advances in Criminology and Criminal Justice in Asia. Num Pages: 176 pages, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JKVQ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137527530
- ISBN
- 9781137527530
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.13
€ 66.13
Hardcover. This book explores the political aspects of China's climate change policy, focusing on the newly established carbon markets and carbon trading schemes. Lo makes a case for understanding the policy change in terms of discourse and in relation to narratives of national power and development. Num Pages: 184 pages, 8 black & white tables, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCN; KCP; RND; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137528995
- ISBN
- 9781137528995
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.16
€ 127.16
Hardcover. This book develops a human capital model to explain transformational growth within different stages of economic development, which will induce technological changes and consequently will require a change in human capital. China is a case study in transition and can provide useful lessons to other emerging economies. Num Pages: 315 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCG; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137529350
- ISBN
- 9781137529350
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.12
€ 128.12
Hardback. This book analyses how key 'systems integration' technical pressures, and the increasing use of collaborative alliances for market and product development are impacting on the socio-technical policy directives of Chinese State leaders and the strategic behaviour of key Chinese high-technology firms operating in the global wireless sector. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 235 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPQ; KCP; KNT; TJKW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137529640
- ISBN
- 9781137529640
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.76
€ 66.76
Hardcover. This book brings together twelve scholars - six Americans and six Chinese - to explore the ways America and China think about international order. The book shows how each country's traditions, historical experiences, and ideologies influence current global dialogues. Editor(s): Ikenberry, G. John; Jisi, Wang; Feng, Zhu. Series: Asia Today. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8 black & white tables, 7 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JFFS; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 28. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137532183
- ISBN
- 9781137532183
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.69
€ 195.69
Hardback. Why did the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) not follow the failure of the communist regimes in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union? This book examines this question by studying two crucial strategies that the CCP feels it needs to implement in order to remain in power: ideological reform and the institutionalization of leadership succession. Series: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 black & white tables, 20 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPFC; JPL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137533678
- ISBN
- 9781137533678
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.69
€ 138.69
Hardback. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 1FPC; HBJF; HBTB; HBTQ; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 493.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137537010
- ISBN
- 9781137537010
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.88
€ 116.88