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Hardback. A critical evaluation of a decade of Russian membership of the Council of Europe, which also looks at future developments. Russia and the Council of Europe brings together academic legal experts, specialists involved in court practice and actors at different levels of political decision-making. Editor(s): Malfliet, Katlijn; Parmentier, Stephen. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230240308
- ISBN
- 9780230240308
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.64
€ 66.64
Hardback. This book examines counter-terrorism, immigration, citizenship, human rights, 'equalities' and the shifting discourses of 'shared values' and human rights in contemporary Britain. Series: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFN; JFSL1; JPVH; JPWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 221 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230241534
- ISBN
- 9780230241534
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardback. This collection explores the contested meanings and diverse practices of social research in the context of contemporary theoretical debates in cultural and social theory, addressing fundamental questions facing those working in the social and human sciences today. Editor(s): Roseneil, Sasha; Frosh, Stephen. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230241589
- ISBN
- 9780230241589
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.00
€ 67.00
Paperback. The Political Economy of Sustainable Energy analyzes the extent to which the current political paradigm is capable of meeting the challenges of climate change. Placing the UK in comparative perspective, leading energy expert Catherine Mitchell argues for a new way of approaching policy towards energy and sustainability. Series: Energy, Climate and the Environment. Num Pages: 247 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JP; KCN; RNF; RNPG; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230241725
- ISBN
- 9780230241725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 226.46
€ 226.46
Hardback. Corporate Security Responsibility? focuses on the role of private business in zones of conflict. The book contributes to closing the gap between research on Global Governance and Peace and Conflict Studies. It applies a systematic research design to the study of corporate governance contributions to peace and security across a number of cases. Editor(s): Deitelhoff, Nicole; Wolf, Klaus Dieter. Series: Global Issues. Num Pages: 275 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JPS; KJR; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230241848
- ISBN
- 9780230241848
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.90
€ 127.90
Hardback. Sustainable Diplomacies looks at how to create conditions for the reconciliation of rival ways of living, the formation of durable relationships and the promotion of global peace and security. The authors draw inspiration from the history of diplomatic thought as well as from environmental, anthropological, religious and postcolonial studies. Editor(s): Constantinou, Costas M.; Der Derian, James. Series: Studies in Diplomacy and International Relations. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230241893
- ISBN
- 9780230241893
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.09
€ 128.09
paperback. Globalization is transforming theatre everywhere. As writers seek new opportunities to produce their work internationally, audiences are seeing the world -- and the stage -- differently. This groundbreaking study, now available in paperback, explores these developments in the context of the transformation of Ireland since the early 1990s. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBH; DSG; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2008th Edition
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230241916
- ISBN
- 9780230241916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Hardback. The behaviour and safety of children and young people in and around schools is a topic of world-wide concern. From school shootings and deaths on school premises to the everyday behaviour of young people in school, this book explores what is happening in schools in Britain and links it with evidence from elsewhere in the world. Editor(s): Hayden, Carol; Martin, Denise. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE; JKSN; JKVQ2; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230241978
- ISBN
- 9780230241978
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Hardback. The Cyprus conflict was for long an inactive volcano, but it erupted violently in 1955, 1963 and 1974. Now more of a smouldering fire, its persistence is a serious obstacle on Turkey's route to EU accession. Uniquely utilizing Turkish sources, this book looks at how the conflict has developed since 1978. Num Pages: 326 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVC; HBJD; HBJF; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230242111
- ISBN
- 9780230242111
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.05
€ 68.05
Hardback. The creation of the EU's autonomous security policy in 1999 ended ten years of political conflict. In this book, the policies of Britain and Germany are analyzed as those of 'constrained balancing': balancing US post-Cold War supremacy with the constraints of established security institutions. Series: Palgrave Studies in International Relations. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230242142
- ISBN
- 9780230242142
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Hardcover. This book introduces four waves of upsurge in digital activism and cyberconflict. The rise of digital activism started in 1994, was transformed by the events of 9/11, culminated in 2011 with the Arab Spring uprisings, and entered a transformative phase of control and mainstreaming since 2013 with the Snowden affair. Num Pages: 184 pages, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 3JJPR; 3JM; JFD; JPW; PDR; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 222 x 15. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230242463
- ISBN
- 9780230242463
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.34
€ 66.34
Hardback. In an era of heightened securitization, print, televisual and networked media have become obsessed with the 'pre-mediation' of future events. In response to the shock of 9/11, socially networked US and global media worked to pre-mediate collective affects of anticipation and connectivity, while also perpetuating low levels of apprehension or fear. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230242517
- ISBN
- 9780230242517
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.73
€ 66.73
Hardcover. Detailed and comprehensive analysis of how the Treaty of Lisbon emerged in 2007 this book explores the role played by the German Council Presidency and the EU's institutional actors in securing agreement among the leaders of member states on an intergovernmental conference as well as a new treaty text to replace the rejected Constitutional Treaty. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JPHC; JPHV; JPSD; JPSN2; LBBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230242586
- ISBN
- 9780230242586
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.69
€ 67.69
Hardback. This is the first in-depth conceptual and empirical analysis of the political issues, processes and themes associated with private security provision and its growth in the postwar era, examining why private security has become so prominent, what its relationship to the state is and how it can be controlled. Series: Crime Prevention and Security Management. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKSW1; JKV; JPS; KNSS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230242944
- ISBN
- 9780230242944
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.37
€ 127.37
hardcover. Investigates the transformation of German labour market policy, showing that Germany has departed from the conservative-corporatist path of welfare, especially with the Hartz Legislation of the Red-Green government. Series: New Perspectives in German Political Studies. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; JKSB; JPL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230243279
- ISBN
- 9780230243279
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.29
€ 67.29
Hardback. Popular struggles in the global south suggest the need for the development of new and politically enabling categories of analysis, and new ways of understanding contemporary social movements. This book shows how social movements in Africa, South Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East politicize development in an age of neoliberal hegemony. Editor(s): Motta, Sara C.; Nilsen, Alf Gunvald. Series: Rethinking International Development Series. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFS; JPS; JPWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230243491
- ISBN
- 9780230243491
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.53
€ 128.53
Hardcover. Why do states similar in size, resources and capabilities significantly differ in their basic orientations and actions across major domains in foreign policy, security and defense? This book addresses this important question by analyzing the major differences between the foreign policies of France and Germany over extended periods of time. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DFG; HBJD; JPB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230243989
- ISBN
- 9780230243989
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.70
€ 127.70
Hardback. Kaj Ilmonen was a pioneer in the third wave of the sociology of consumption. This book provides a balanced overview of the sociology of consumption, arguing that the enthusiasm of 'the third wave' exaggerated the role of the symbolic and imaginary at the expense of the materiality of human societies. Editor(s): Ilmonen, Kaj. Translator(s): Kivinen, David. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCD; JFFT; JHBA; JPA; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230244108
- ISBN
- 9780230244108
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.65
€ 127.65
Hardcover. The Politics of Hollywood Cinema argues for a new understanding of the relationship between classical Hollywood films and theories of democracy. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; APFN; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230244580
- ISBN
- 9780230244580
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Hardback. Mounting a vigorous critique on existing approaches to transnational policing, this book lays out an argument situating transnational policing within contemporary transformations of the capitalist state and imperialism, looking at the particular case of regional police cooperation against sex trafficking in Southeast Europe. Series: Transnational Crime, Crime Control and Security. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKSW1; JKVM; JPHC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230246126
- ISBN
- 9780230246126
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95