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Hardcover. Analyzes why Left Parties enter national government, what they do when they get there and what effect this has on them. Alongside two comparative chapters, this book features detailed case-studies of European Left Parties in government. Editor(s): Olsen, Jonathan; Koss, Michael; Hough, Dan. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JPFF; JPL; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230236509
- ISBN
- 9780230236509
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.62
€ 66.62
Hardcover. Asia's rising power and wealth offer its many oppressed ethnic minorities hope for greater political freedom and an end to violence. But the reality of this hope is cast into doubt by acute separatist conflict. This book provides fresh and factual assessments of separatist struggles and prospects for conflict resolution in eight countries of Asia. Editor(s): Wirsing, Robert G.; Ahrari, Ehsan. Series: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific. Num Pages: 300 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; JPB; JPFN; JPVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230236592
- ISBN
- 9780230236592
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.12
€ 128.12
Hardcover. The book shows how national days are best understood in the context of debates about national identity. It argues that national days are contested and manipulated, as well as subject to political, cultural and social pressure. It brings together some of the most recent research on national days and sets it in a comparative context. Editor(s): McCrone, David; McPherson, Gayle. Num Pages: 246 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPFN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410. Constructing and Mobilising National Identity. 248 pages, 1 figures, 3 black & white tables. Editor(s): McCrone, David; McPherson, Gayle. The book shows how national days are best understood in the context of debates about national identity. It argues that national days are contested and manipulated, as well as subject to political, cultural and social pressure. It brings together some of the most recent research on national days and sets it in a comparative context. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: JFC; JPFN. Dimension: 226 x 145 x 19. Weight: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230236615
- ISBN
- 9780230236615
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.66
€ 127.66
Hardcover. Nowhere are clashes between competing ethical perspectives more prevalent than in the realm of International Relations. Thus, understanding tragedy is directly relevant to understanding IR. This volume explores the various ways that tragedy can be used as a lens through which international relations might be brought into clearer focus. Editor(s): Erskine, Toni; Lebow, Richard Ned. Series: Palgrave Studies in International Relations. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 170 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230237520
- ISBN
- 9780230237520
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardcover. Leading scholars in the field examine the role played by the English language in contemporary Japanese society. Their various chapters cover the nature, status, and function of English in Japan, focusing on the ways in which globalization is influencing language practices in the country. Editor(s): Seargeant, Philip. Num Pages: 220 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2AB; CFB; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230237667
- ISBN
- 9780230237667
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Hardcover. Religion is playing an increasingly central role in African political and developmental life. This book offers an empirical and theoretical reflection on the relationships between religion, politics and development in Africa; the meanings of religion in non-Western contexts and the way that is embedded in the everyday life of people in Africa. Editor(s): Bompani, Barbara; Frahm-Arp, Maria. Series: Non-Governmental Public Action. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; GTF; HRA; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230237759
- ISBN
- 9780230237759
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardcover. This book addresses the governance of the HIV and AIDS pandemic, with reference to the social aspects of technology and the technological mediation of the pandemic in international contexts. Editor(s): Davis, Mark; Squire, Professor Corinne. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFH2; MJCJ2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230238190
- ISBN
- 9780230238190
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. Governance of Public Sector Organizations analyzes recent changes in government administration by focusing on organizational forms and their effects. Contributors to this edited volume demonstrate how generations of reform result in increased complexity of government organizations, and explain this layering process with multiple theories. Editor(s): Verhoest, Koen; Lagreid, Per. Series: Governance and Public Management. Num Pages: 320 pages, 40 black & white tables, 12 figures. BIC Classification: JPH; JPP; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 222 x 26. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230238206
- ISBN
- 9780230238206
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.36
€ 68.36
Paperback. This is the first publication to bring together comparative research on the international expansion of Third Reich cinema. This volume investigates various attempts to infiltrate - economically, politically and culturally - the film industries of 20 countries and regions either occupied by, friendly with or neutral towards Nazi Germany. Editor(s): Winkel, Roel Vande; Welch, David. Num Pages: 359 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; APF; JPFQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230238572
- ISBN
- 9780230238572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.17
€ 128.17
Hardcover. The transnationalism of ordinary lives threatens the stability of national identity and unsettles the framework of national histories and biography. This book takes mobility, not nation, as its frame, and captures a rich array of lives, from the elite to the subaltern, that have crossed national, racial and cartographic boundaries. Editor(s): Deacon, Desley; Russell, Penny; Woollacott, Angela. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Num Pages: 327 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBTB; JHBD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230238701
- ISBN
- 9780230238701
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.92
€ 139.92
Hardcover. This book argues that the new actors in global health constitute a 'private turn' in global health governance, and provides theoretical and practical grounds for viewing global health partnerships and philanthropic foundations as closely aligned in their ideational and material approaches to a range of important issues and crises. Editor(s): Rushton, Simon; Williams, Owain David. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 325 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFS; JPS; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 142 x 24. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230238763
- ISBN
- 9780230238763
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.07
€ 68.07
Paperback. A collection of writings by Thomas Paine previously unseen since their first appearance, including political pieces, private letters and verse. Covers his Common Sense years in the revolutionary American colonies; his time in Europe, when he published Rights of Man and The Age of Reason; and his last years in the firmly united states of America. Editor(s): Burgess, Hazel. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230239715
- ISBN
- 9780230239715
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. Offering a fresh approach to the study of the figure of the diplomat in the early modern period, this collection of diverse readings of archival texts, objects and contexts contributes a new analysis of the spaces, activities and practices of the Renaissance embassy. Editor(s): Adams, Robyn; Cox, Rosanna. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230239760
- ISBN
- 9780230239760
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.34
€ 116.34
Hardcover. Critical and scientific realism have emerged as important perspectives on international relations in recent years. The attraction of these approaches lies in the claim that they can transcend the positivism vs postpositivism divide. This book demonstrates the vitality of this approach and the difference that 'realism' makes. Editor(s): Joseph, Jonathan; Wight, Colin. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230240063
- ISBN
- 9780230240063
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardcover. Teaching Creative Writing includes lively contributions from two dozen leading practitioners in the field. Topics addressed include history of Creative Writing, workshops, undergraduate, postgraduate, reflective activities, assessment, critical theory, and information technology. Editor(s): Beck, Heather. Series: Teaching the New English. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBV; DSA; JNM; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230240070
- ISBN
- 9780230240070
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Paperback. Teaching Creative Writing includes lively contributions from two dozen leading practitioners in the field. Topics addressed include history of Creative Writing, workshops, undergraduate, postgraduate, reflective activities, assessment, critical theory, and information technology. Editor(s): Beck, Heather. Series: Teaching the New English. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: CBV; DSA; JNM; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230240087
- ISBN
- 9780230240087
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.81
€ 65.81
Hardcover. A collection of original contributions by philosophers working in the ethics of punishment, gathering new perspectives on various challenging topics including punishment and forgiveness, dignity, discrimination, public opinion, torture, rehabilitation, and restitution. Editor(s): Ryberg, Jesper; Corlett, J. Angelo. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JKVP; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 14. Weight in Grams: 350. New Perspectives. 200 pages. Editor(s): Ryberg, Jesper; Corlett, J. Angelo. A collection of original contributions by philosophers working in the ethics of punishment, gathering new perspectives on various challenging topics including punishment and forgiveness, dignity, discrimination, public opinion, torture, rehabilitation, and restitution. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: HPQ; JKVP; LAB. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 14. Weight: 350.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230240971
- ISBN
- 9780230240971
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.48
€ 66.48
Hardcover. The idea of international political theory after Hobbes is a timely and lively focus through which to raise questions about international politics. Contributors explore Hobbes' views on contemporary international political theory and on international relations in the context of the history of political thought and Hobbesian realism. Editor(s): Prokhovnik, Raia; Slomp, Gabriella. Series: International Political Theory. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230241145
- ISBN
- 9780230241145
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.68
€ 66.68
Hardcover. This book addresses multiple aspects of the conflict between Georgia and Russia over the breakaway region of South Ossetia in August 2008, including the use of force, human rights, transnational litigation and international law 'rhetoric'. The particulars of the conflict are explored alongside their wider implications for international order. Editor(s): Green, James A.; Waters, Christopher P. M. Series: Euro-Asian Studies. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1DVUG; JPS; KCP; LBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358. Implications for International Legal Order. Series: Euro-Asian Studies. 208 pages, 1 maps. Editor(s): Waters, Christopher P.M.; Green, James A. This book addresses multiple aspects of the conflict between Georgia and Russia over the breakaway region of South Ossetia in August 2008, including the use of force, human rights, transnational litigation and international law 'rhetoric'. The particulars of the conflict are explored alongside their wider implications for international order. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1DVUG; JPS; KCP; LBB. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 15. Weight: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230241244
- ISBN
- 9780230241244
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.44
€ 66.44
Hardcover. The conventional history of sport, as conveyed by television and the sports press, has thrown up a great many apparent turning points, but knowledge of these apparently defining moments is often slight. This book offers readable, in-depth studies of a series of these watersheds in sport history and of the circumstances in which they came about. Editor(s): Wagg, Stephen. Num Pages: 326 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBLW; HBTB; JFCA; WSBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 147 x 24. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230241251
- ISBN
- 9780230241251
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.07
€ 68.07