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Northern Europe, Scandinavia
Hardback. Editor(s): Ugelvik, Thomas. Series: Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology. Num Pages: 536 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DN; HBJD; HBTB; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137585288
- ISBN
- 9781137585288
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 207.47
€ 207.47
Hardback. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DN; JPB; JPFM; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137567024
- ISBN
- 9781137567024
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Condition: New
€ 182.69
€ 182.69
Hardback. Editor(s): Greve, Carsten; Laegreid, Per; Rykkja, Lise H. Series: Public Sector Organizations. Num Pages: 236 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DN; JPP; JPQB; JPS; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 218 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137563620
- ISBN
- 9781137563620
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Condition: New
€ 194.08
€ 194.08
Hardback. Series: Queer Studies and Education. Num Pages: 243 pages, 15 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DNC; JFSJ; JFSK; JHMC; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 467.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137533326
- ISBN
- 9781137533326
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.74
€ 116.74
Norway's Peace Policy: Soft Power in a Turbulent World
Kelleher, Ann, Taulbee, James Larry, Grosveno...
Hardcover. The post-Cold War world allows space for less powerful states to develop influential roles in responding to specific international problems. Norway has focused on the persistent issue of violent ethno-political conflict. This book explains why Norway chose its peace policy and demonstrates what is has been able to achieve. Num Pages: 260 pages, 3 black & white tables, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1DNN; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 436.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137481993
- ISBN
- 9781137481993
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.66
€ 66.66
Hardcover. Norway, Sweden, and Denmark are home to more than 90,000 transnational adoptees of Scandinavian parents raised in a predominantly white environment. This ethnography provides a unique perspective on how these transracial adoptees conceptualize and construct their sense of identity along the intersection of ethnicity, family, and national lines. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DN; JFSL; JHBK; JKSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 570.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137480644
- ISBN
- 9781137480644
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.39
€ 67.39
Hardcover. By taking the long view on the evolution of this country's tax policies through the past few decades, Henrekson and Stenkula explain how Sweden developed the highest tax-to-GDP ratio in the world, until the beginning of the 2000s. Editor(s): Henrekson, Magnus; Stenkula, Mikael. Num Pages: 352 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DNS; 3JH; 3JJ; KCZ; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 676.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137478146
- ISBN
- 9781137478146
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Condition: New
€ 128.99
€ 128.99
Hardcover. The book presents interpretations of culture, health, politics, and religion in Sweden today, Sweden transforms from the well-functioning but existentially bland economic wonder to a more fragmented and gloomy society. Contributors include scholars from film studies, literary studies, political science, religious studies and theology Editor(s): Demker, Marie; Leffler, Yvonne; Sigurdson, Ola; Wolff, Janet. Num Pages: 205 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DNS; HRA; JFC; MBP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 370.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137472229
- ISBN
- 9781137472229
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.34
€ 66.34
Paperback. How could tiny Iceland build a banking system in less than a decade that proportionally exceeded Switzerland's? Why did the bankers decide to grow the system so fast? How did businesses tunnel money out of the banking system? And why didn't anybody stop them? Bringing Down the Banking System answers these questions. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DNC; KCBM; KCX; KFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137455574
- ISBN
- 9781137455574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.68
€ 126.68
Hardback. Series: Euro-Asian Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DNN; 1DVUA; 1FCZ; 1KLSB; JPS; KCM; KCN; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137447852
- ISBN
- 9781137447852
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.97
€ 66.97
Hardcover. This book explores how different governments have leveraged their capacity to advance a revival of nuclear power. Presenting in-depth case studies of France, Finland, Britain and the United States, Baker and Stoker argue that governments may struggle to promote new investment in nuclear power. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 figures, 9 black & white tables, 10 graphs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 1DNF; 1KBB; JPS; KCP; KNBN; RNFY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137433855
- ISBN
- 9781137433855
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Condition: New
€ 66.88
€ 66.88
Hardcover. Making an important addition to the highly Britain-dominated field of imperial studies, this book shows that, like numerous other evangelicals operating throughout the colonized world at this time, Danish missionaries invested remarkable resources in the education of different categories children in both India and Denmark. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DND; 1FKA; HBTB; HBTQ; HRCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137432988
- ISBN
- 9781137432988
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.15
€ 67.15
Hardcover. Analyzing the renowned Saint Birgitta of Sweden from the perspectives of power, authority, and gender, this probing study investigates how Birgitta went about establishing her influence during the first ten years of her career as a living saint, in 1340-1349. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DNS; 3H; HRCC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137398925
- ISBN
- 9781137398925
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.37
€ 66.37
The Icelandic Financial Crisis. A Study into the World's Smallest Curr...
Jonsson, Asgeir; Sigurgeirsson, Hersir
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions. Num Pages: 349 pages, 23 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DNC; KCX; KFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 220 x 26. Weight in Grams: 604.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 349
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137394545
- ISBN
- 9781137394545
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.92
€ 194.92
Hardcover. Financing Life Science Innovation reviews the literature on venture capital, corporate governance, and life science venturing and presents a study of the Swedish life science industry and the venture capital investors being active in financially and managerially supporting life science start-up firms. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DNS; KJH; KJMV1; PSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 438.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137392466
- ISBN
- 9781137392466
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.70
€ 127.70
Hardcover. Through extensive analysis of the Swedish Armed Forces this study explores the possibilities and pitfalls of implementing of a gender perspective in military organizations and operations. It established a number of important lessons for similar attempts in other countries and discusses the continued process of implementation in the Swedish military Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DNS; JFSJ; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137385048
- ISBN
- 9781137385048
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.42
€ 66.42
Hardcover. Here, Bjorklund shows that Swedish literary discourses on lesbianism provocatively contrast with a widely accepted view that attitudes toward homosexuality have gradually become more tolerant. The lasting power of negative discourses upends the assumption that Sweden's progressive laws reflect progressive attitudes toward homosexuality. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DNS; 2ACSW; DSBH; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 219 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137364951
- ISBN
- 9781137364951
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.42
€ 66.42
Hardcover. The volume undertakes a comparative analysis of the various discursive traditions dealing with the connection between modernity and historicity in Southeastern and Northern Europe, reconstructing the ways in which different "temporalities" produced alternative representations of the past and future, of continuity and discontinuity, and identity. Editor(s): Mishkova, Diana; Trencsenyi, Balazs; Jalava, Marja. Num Pages: 373 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DN; 1DVW; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137362469
- ISBN
- 9781137362469
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.60
€ 151.60
Hardcover. The first study of its kind, this book traces 150 years of the history of fatherhood in Scandinavia and shows how Scandinavian gender equality policy has important implications for the rest of the world. Among other interesting findings, Lorentzen reveals that the modern-day rise in equality fathering can be traced back to the 19th century. Series: Global Masculinities. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DNN; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBTB; JFSJ2; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137343376
- ISBN
- 9781137343376
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
Hardcover. Eirikur Bergmann explains the exceptional case of Iceland's fantastical boom, bust and rapid recovery after the Crash of 2008 and explores the lessons for the wider EU crisis and for over-reaching economies that over-rely on financial markets. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DNC; JPQB; JPRB; KCP; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137331991
- ISBN
- 9781137331991
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82