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Paperback. Thalakada argues that the principal purpose of US alliances have shifted since the end of the Cold War from containing communist expansionism (balance of power) to preserving and exercising US power (management of power).He also looks across all US alliances highlighting the trend from regionally-based to more globally-active alliances. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JPA; JPS; JPSD; JPSN; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349349807
- ISBN
- 9781349349807
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€ 65.78
€ 65.78
Paperback. "The first volume of IDS Companions to Development Studies focuses on pivotal writing emerging from the IDS fellowship during the last 50 years. It includes five topics: perspectives and paradigms, debunking myths, development policy, gender and international perspectives, and policy, as well as names like Seers, Singer, Lipton, Reg Green"-- Editor(s): Jolly, Richard. Series: IDS Companions to Development. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JPA; JPB; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 413.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349349876
- ISBN
- 9781349349876
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Over the past decade, international human rights organizations and think tanks have expressed a growing concern that the space of civil society organizations around the world is under pressure. This book examines the pressures experienced by NGOs in four partial democracies: Guatemala, Honduras, Indonesia and the Philippines. Series: Non-Governmental Public Action. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JPS; JPVH; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 325.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349349890
- ISBN
- 9781349349890
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€ 126.70
€ 126.70
Paperback. As regionalisation becomes an increasingly hot topic, the authors explain why regionalism has been most successful in Latin America and analyse current processes and opinions of possible future developments in the region, including the Caribbean, Central America, Brazil, and Mexico. Editor(s): Rivarola Puntigliano, Andres. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JPA; JPS; KCP; RP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349349913
- ISBN
- 9781349349913
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€ 66.17
€ 66.17
Paperback. Editor(s): Pullan, Wendy; Baillie, Britt. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JHB; JPA; JPP; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349350155
- ISBN
- 9781349350155
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€ 149.87
€ 149.87
paperback. Drawing on insights from international organization and securitization theory, the author investigates the World Health Organization and how its approach to global health security has changed and adapted since its creation in 1948. He also examines the organization's prospects for managing global health security now and into the future. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JHB; JPQB; JPSN; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- SKU
- V9781349350438
- ISBN
- 9781349350438
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€ 126.88
€ 126.88
Paperback. Editor(s): Tornquist, Olle; Stokke, Kristian. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 337 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JHB; JPA; JPS; JPSN; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349350674
- ISBN
- 9781349350674
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€ 66.56
€ 66.56
Paperback. This book proposes the idea of a 'discourse trap' in which the discourses and associated terminology devised for political or military reasons can entrap policymakers by motivating or constraining their actions. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JHB; JPA; JPS; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 353.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349350858
- ISBN
- 9781349350858
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€ 66.08
€ 66.08
Paperback. This book brings a fresh, original approach to understand social action in China and Vietnam through the conceptual lens of informal environmental and health networks. It shows how citizens in non-democratic states actively create informal pathways for advocacy and the development of functioning civil societies. Series: Non-Governmental Public Action. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349351015
- ISBN
- 9781349351015
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€ 66.08
€ 66.08
Paperback. Designed as a critique of the key failures of international development, this bookbrings together practitioners, policy-makers, researchers, activists, and academics inan attempt to work toward a shared conceptualisation of development by outlining and critically reflecting on their own understanding of development." Editor(s): Kingsbury, D.G. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFF; JHB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349351039
- ISBN
- 9781349351039
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€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; DSB; GTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349352210
- ISBN
- 9781349352210
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Series: Global Ethics. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JPA; JPS; JPVH; KCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349352258
- ISBN
- 9781349352258
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€ 65.69
€ 65.69
Rethinking Development Challenges for Public Policy
. Ed(S): Shaw, T.; Shaw, Professor Timothy M....
Paperback. 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): Shaw, T.; Shaw, Professor Timothy M.; Kararach, George. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 315 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JPA; JPP; KCP; RND; RP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 315
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349352296
- ISBN
- 9781349352296
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€ 67.16
€ 67.16
paperback. This volume examines the gap between agreements and actual peace.It offers different explanations for the successes and failures of the three processes - in South Africa, Northern Ireland and Israel-Palestine - and provides historical and comparative perspectives on the failure of the Middle East peace process." Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JPB; JPS; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- SKU
- V9781349353415
- ISBN
- 9781349353415
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€ 66.44
€ 66.44
paperback. In 2000 the European Union and its 78 African-Caribbean-Pacific partners signed the Cotonou Agreement, heralding a new era in developmental politics. This comprehensive book draws attention to the limitations in the EU's approach to implementing pro-poor, environmentally sustainable development amongst its African-Caribbean-Pacific partners. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JHB; JP; RGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- SKU
- V9781349354580
- ISBN
- 9781349354580
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€ 65.88
€ 65.88
Paperback. This book explores the role of horizontal inequalities--inequalities that exist between ethnic, religious or racial groups--as a source of violent conflict. Editor(s): Stewart, F. Series: Conflict, Inequality and Ethnicity. Num Pages: 364 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JHB; JPS; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349354627
- ISBN
- 9781349354627
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€ 128.00
€ 128.00
Paperback. This is a global collection relating applied linguistic research to the complexities of gender and religion. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; GTC; HRA; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349355051
- ISBN
- 9781349355051
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€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Paperback. The book explores the relationship between embodiment and the production of the key structures which frame agency to map out potential for social change. It uses modalities of ageing embodiment in the context of sport participation in later life, specifically Master athletics, including barriers, opportunities and physiological dimensions. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFSP; JFSP31; JHB; JHBK; JHBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349355198
- ISBN
- 9781349355198
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Condition: New
€ 65.64
€ 65.64
Paperback. This volume reviews Africa's past experiences of social policy, with an eye on the future. Contributions examine a range of social policy issues around healthcare, education, the labour market and social welfare, and highlight important conceptual and policy issues for rebuilding Africa. Editor(s): Adesina, Jimi. Series: Social Policy in a Development Context. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JHBA; JPQB; KCL; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349355884
- ISBN
- 9781349355884
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Condition: New
€ 127.12
€ 127.12
Paperback. This book explains why international donors may succeed in putting war-torn countries on the path of democratic transition and negative peace, but fail to consolidate the gains they make. Critical of neo-institutionalism, but sympathetic to historical and normative institutionalism, this book advances 'complex realist institutionalism' theory. Series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JPA; JPHV; JPS; JW; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349356249
- ISBN
- 9781349356249
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Condition: New
€ 66.26
€ 66.26