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Social Movements, Public Spheres and the European Politics of the Envi...
Hein-Anton Van Der Heijden
Hardback. This book analyzes how the European environmental movement has influenced the problem definitions and solution strategies of European policy issues, examining biodiversity, GMOs, Trans-European Transport Networks, and climate change. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JFFS; JPA; JPSN2; JPWQ; RNA; RNK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230236141
- ISBN
- 9780230236141
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.76
€ 66.76
Hardcover. This book examines how many women active in revolutionary movements develop feminist identities and how this identity simultaneously contributes to and conflicts with the struggle for women's emancipation. Num Pages: 264 pages, 6 plates. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ; JFSJ1; JPFN; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230236127
- ISBN
- 9780230236127
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.69
€ 67.69
Hardback. A bold and exciting exploration of the relationship and interactions between humans, the human landscape and the earth, looking at a diverse range of case studies from the nineteenth-century city to the Asian tsunami and Hurricane Katrina. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230235847
- ISBN
- 9780230235847
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.61
€ 66.61
Paperback. Analyzing a broad range of movements, this volume, now available in paperback, reflects on the many challenges that globalization presents for transnational activisim. It explores how international government organizations might offer political opportunities and constraints for social movements, addressing both domestic and global problems. Editor(s): Della Porta, Donatella. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JH; JPV; JPWF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230235311
- ISBN
- 9780230235311
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.06
€ 127.06
Hardback. The book argues that a successful monetary and banking reform requires: a rollback of monetary nationalism and return to monetary internationalism; trust in the banking system with its basic functions restored; a balance between competition and solidarity in order to assure political and social acceptance of globalization. Editor(s): Hieronymi, Otto. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCLF; KCP; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230235304
- ISBN
- 9780230235304
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.39
€ 128.39
Hardback. This book shows why contests over intellectual property rights and access to affordable medicines emerged in the 1990s and how they have been 'resolved' so far. It argues that the current arrangement mainly ensures wealth for some rather than health for all, and points to broader concerns related to governing intellectual property solely as capital Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JPQB; JPVH; KNDP; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230235298
- ISBN
- 9780230235298
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Hardcover. A political and managerial brief on Chinese global power, this new book puts into a modern context the Chinese opportunities created by the West's chaotic and destructive capitalism. It examines China's attitudes towards the West, its capacity for strategic change and its plans for expanding its global influence. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 figures, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPS; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230234031
- ISBN
- 9780230234031
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.33
€ 67.33
Hardback. Social thinkers in all fields are faced with one unavoidable question: What does it mean to be human in the 21st century? This ambitious and groundbreaking book provides the first synthesis of historical, philosophical and sociological insights needed to address this question in a thoughtful and creative manner. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM3; JFMG; JHB; PDA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230233423
- ISBN
- 9780230233423
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.53
€ 67.53
Hardback. Turkey's Enagement with Modernity explores how the country has been shaped in the image of the Kemalist project of nationalist modernity and how it has transformed, if erratically, into a democratic society where tensions between religion, state and society continue unabated. Editor(s): Kerslake, Celia J.; Oktem, Kerem; Robins, Philip. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 494 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVT; JPF; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 32. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 494
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230233140
- ISBN
- 9780230233140
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.68
€ 129.68
Hardback. An accessible yet thorough look at how historians and social scientists have thought and written about the history of the present-day European Union, and the main themes of their research and debates. Essential reading for historians of Europe and social scientists of the European Union alike. Editor(s): Kaiser, Wolfram; Varsori, Antonio. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; 3JJP; HBAH; HBJD; JPSN2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230232693
- ISBN
- 9780230232693
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.60
€ 67.60
Hardback. This book is about how the WTO functions as a public organization. It analyzes and evaluates the WTO from a public administration perspective which is absent from the current debate on WTO reforms dominated by the traditional view that only nation states matter, not international organizations. Series: Governance and Public Management. Num Pages: 240 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JPSN; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230232570
- ISBN
- 9780230232570
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardback. Examining the successful movements to abolish capital punishment in the UK, France, and Germany, this book examines the similarities in the social structure and political strategies of abolition movements in all three countries. An in-depth comparative analysis with other countries assesses chances of success of abolition elsewhere. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; JFMC; JKVP; LAM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230231986
- ISBN
- 9780230231986
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.21
€ 67.21
hardcover. This study sees 'mediation' as a way of understanding the relationship between internal and external conversation, which underpins how individuals are connected to society. The relationship between these aspects of conversation is crucial in allowing selves to achieve subjectively-defined 'balance' between inner and outer worlds. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTC; JHBA; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230231337
- ISBN
- 9780230231337
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Modernism is fundamentally determined by its relationship to its own notions of style: oscillating between the poles of 'pure' style and 'purely' style, this traces the stylistic self-conceptualization of modernism from Schopenhauer and Flaubert in the 1850s, through Nietzsche and the symbolists in the 1880s, to the high modernists of the 1920s. Series: Modernism and.. Num Pages: 311 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTB; HPS; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230230965
- ISBN
- 9780230230965
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.39
€ 67.39
Hardback. Globalization has pushed China and India to the centre of the stage but what has been the impact on workers in these countries? This book demonstrates the complexity of the processes and responses at play. There are signs that both states are shifting their role in a 'counter movement from above'. But will this be enough to quell the social unrest? Editor(s): Bowles, Paul; Harriss, John. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; JFFS; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230230880
- ISBN
- 9780230230880
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.65
€ 67.65
Hardback. The time is ripe for a new international organization, a Global Union based upon a limited sharing of sovereignty. This book examines the successes and failures of the European Union as a sovereignty-sharing organization, and suggests that this unique institution has a critical role to play in the development of a more effective world order. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPH; JPSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230230866
- ISBN
- 9780230230866
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.97
€ 66.97
hardcover. This book analyzes the origins of the crisis in Zimbabwe and why it has had such a profound impact on both the land issue and democratic politics in the Southern African region. In doing so, it contributes to the present debates around Mugabe, neo-imperialism and the stability in the region. Num Pages: 270 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; GTJ; JPH; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230230842
- ISBN
- 9780230230842
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardback. Modernism and Eugenics comprehensively explores modern Europe's fixation with eugenic programmes of racial and national purification. It convincingly demonstrates that between 1870 and 1940 eugenicists were not only preoccupied with rescuing the individual from the anomie of modernity but equally championed a glorious racial destiny for the nation. Series: Modernism and.. Num Pages: 189 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLW; JHBD; JPFQ; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 189
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230230828
- ISBN
- 9780230230828
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.52
€ 66.52
Hardback. EPUB Series: Global Ethics. Num Pages: 160 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBN; JFFD; JFFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230230798
- ISBN
- 9780230230798
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.83
€ 149.83
Hardback. A study of the political, military and technical aspects of Britain's nuclear weapons programme under the Macmillan government, contrasting Britain's perceived political decline with its growth in technological mastery and military nuclear capability. Important reading for anyone interested in the history and military technology of the cold war. Series: Nuclear Weapons and International Security Since 1945. Num Pages: 347 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; JPSF; JWMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 347
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230230675
- ISBN
- 9780230230675
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.60
€ 128.60