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Society & social sciences
Hardcover. European borders that aim to control migration and mobility increasingly rely on technology to distinguish between citizens and aliens. This book explores new tensions in Europe between states and citizens, and between politics, technology and human rights. Editor(s): Dijstelbloem, Huub; Meijer, Albert. Series: Migration, Minorities & Citizenship. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFD; JFFN; JPVH1; LNDH; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230278462
- ISBN
- 9780230278462
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Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Hardcover. This book explores and celebrates imaginative and creative approaches to youth research, showcasing a wide range of innovative methods including music elicitation, mental mapping, blog analysis and mobile methods. Editor(s): Heath, Sue; Walker, Charlie. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GPS; JFSP2; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230278493
- ISBN
- 9780230278493
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Condition: New
€ 128.08
€ 128.08
Hardcover. A collection of original essays drawing together international research on the media's use of opinion polls, covering both theoretical and methodological approaches. Editor(s): Holtz-Bacha, Christina; Stromback, Professor Jesper. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFDT; JFDV; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230278899
- ISBN
- 9780230278899
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.17
€ 128.17
Hardcover. This book assesses the key factors underlying such Australian-Japanese cooperation and those policy challenges that could impede it. Experts offer critical insights into why their two countries - traditionally the two key 'spokes' in the US bilateral alliance network spanning Asia - are moving toward a security relationship in their own right. Editor(s): Tow, William; Kersten, Rikki. Series: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1MBF; 1QRP; GTF; JPRB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230279018
- ISBN
- 9780230279018
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.23
€ 67.23
Hardcover. This book examines the outlook for Latin American entrepreneurs in the new global environment. Using case studies from across the region, the book highlights liberalization measures nations are adopting to facilitate small and medium size enterprise (SME) creation and growth, and existing barriers that are threatening SME sector gains. Editor(s): Brenes, Esteban R.; Haar, Jerry. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, 59 figures, 26 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFFS; KJH; KJVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 217 x 24. Weight in Grams: 514.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2012 ed.
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230279186
- ISBN
- 9780230279186
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.52
€ 67.52
Hardcover. The current financial crisis highlights the need to rethink business leadership and the role of business schools in helping firms develop the leaders of the future. This book brings together the perspectives of deans of top international business schools, and the views of CEOs and senior business leaders. Editor(s): Canals, Jordi. Series: IESE Business Collection. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNM; KJMB; KJMV2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 174 x 26. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230279285
- ISBN
- 9780230279285
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.39
€ 68.39
Hardcover. Leading scholars assess the transformations in energy security policy that flow from recognition of global climate change. They explore through case studies the key policy responses formulated in the Asia-Pacific and identify potential synergies between energy policy and climate mitigation efforts. Editor(s): Anceschi, Luca; Symons, Jonathan. Series: Energy, Climate and the Environment. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPSL; KCN; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 144 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230279872
- ISBN
- 9780230279872
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.97
€ 67.97
Hardcover. Combining studies of demography, climate change, technology and innovation, political development, new actors in international development, and global governance frameworks, this book highlights the major underlying determinants of change in the African context and key uncertainties about the continent's future development prospects. Editor(s): Lundsgaarde, Erik. Series: Rethinking International Development Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0, 18 figures, 19 black & white tables, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1H; GTF; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230279902
- ISBN
- 9780230279902
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.97
€ 67.97
Hardcover. Adopting a people-centred perspective to globalization, the authors explore complex, counterintuitive and even unintended forms and consequences of bottom-up politics, going beyond simplistic understandings of ordinary people as either victims or beneficiaries of globalization. Editor(s): Kostovicova, Denisa; Glasius, Marlies. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; JFFS; JPSL; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 217 x 22. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230280328
- ISBN
- 9780230280328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.23
€ 67.23
Hardcover. This book explores the social and political significance of contemporary recognition contests in areas such as disability, race and ethnicity, nationalism, class and sexuality, drawing on accounts from Europe, the USA, Latin America, the Middle East and Australasia. Editor(s): McLaughlin, Janice; Phillimore, Peter; Richardson, Diane. Series: Identity Studies in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFS; JHBA; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230280502
- ISBN
- 9780230280502
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.23
€ 67.23
Hardcover. This book examines neighbourhoods and networks between the diverse people of contemporary Europe who live in a globalized and globalizing world, across different types of borders: physical and mental, geopolitical and symbolic. Editor(s): Armbruster, Heidi; Meinhof, Ulrike Hanna. Series: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JFFN; JFSL1; JPSL; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230280526
- ISBN
- 9780230280526
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. This is the first book to offer a systematic analysis of human rights in the 21st century. The chapters, written from diverse methodological perspectives, provide rich and varied insights on vital questions concerning the resiliency, weaknesses, and prospects of human rights today. Editor(s): Goodhart, Michael; Mihr, Anja. Num Pages: 322 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JPB; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230280991
- ISBN
- 9780230280991
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.49
€ 67.49
Hardcover. Presenting International Studies as a wide, plural and inherently interdisciplinary field of research, this book shows its links with philosophy, peace research, history, geography, globalization studies, international political economy, political psychology, sociology and social theory, linguistics, strategic or war studies and anthropology. Editor(s): Aalto, Pami; Harle, Vilho; Moisio, Sami. Series: Palgrave Studies in International Relations. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GT; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230282346
- ISBN
- 9780230282346
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.23
€ 67.23
Hardcover. EPUB Editor(s): Headley, James; Reitzig, Andreas; Burton, Joe. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPS; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230282513
- ISBN
- 9780230282513
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.61
€ 67.61
Hardcover. A study of contemporary philosophical and neuroscientific perspectives on the relation of action, perception, and cognition as it is lived in embodied and socially embedded experience. Editor(s): Schulkin, Jay. Series: New Directions in Philosophy and Cognitive Science. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230282582
- ISBN
- 9780230282582
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.67
€ 67.67
Hardcover. Aninterdisciplinary group ofscholars and practitioners analyse multi-variegated, cross-border activities in which non-state actors engage through a single conceptual lens. Editor(s): Brown, Stuart S. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPS; JPSL; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230284401
- ISBN
- 9780230284401
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Hardcover. This innovative project unites leading scholars of English, History and French to examine the challenges of teaching early modern literature, history and culture within higher education. The volume sets out a variety of approaches to teaching the period and aims to revitalize the connection between teaching and research. Editor(s): Conroy, Derval; Clarke, Danielle. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; JNMN; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230284500
- ISBN
- 9780230284500
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Paperback. This innovative project unites leading scholars of English, History and French to examine the challenges of teaching early modern literature, history and culture within higher education. The volume sets out a variety of approaches to teaching the period and aims to revitalize the connection between teaching and research. Editor(s): Conroy, Derval; Clarke, Danielle. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; HBG; JNM; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230284517
- ISBN
- 9780230284517
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.38
€ 66.38
Hardcover. Addresses issues relevant to an understanding of the innovation journeys on which public organizations have embarked. If public innovation is defined as a necessary condition for establishing meaningful interactions between the government and society what are the relevant issues that may explain successful processes and forms of public innovation? Editor(s): Bekkers, Victor; Edelenbos, Jurian; Steijn, Bram. Series: Governance and Public Management. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPP; KJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230284524
- ISBN
- 9780230284524
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.47
€ 67.47
Hardcover. This is the first book to examine the processes of territorial federalization and decentralization of health systems in Europe drawing from an interdisciplinary economics, public policy and political science approach. It contains key theoretical and empirical features that allow an understanding of when health care decentralization is successful. Editor(s): Costa-Font, Joan; Greer, Scott L. Num Pages: 292 pages, 23 colour tables, 13 figures, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; JKS; JPB; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230285248
- ISBN
- 9780230285248
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.71
€ 67.71