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Hardcover. This book applies Revolution in Military Affairs theories to explain the various strategic victories and losses for assorted social forces in Colombia and Mexico. These countries form the ideal comparative case study of RMA, both from above by the state, and below by civil society. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLSC; HBTV; JPQ; JPWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230602823
- ISBN
- 9780230602823
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.37
€ 67.37
Hardcover. Piero Gobetti was a radical liberal and critic of Italian politics in the years after World War I, he proposed 'revolutionary liberalism', which guided his opposition to Fascism and inspired key figures in the Italian Resistance. Accessible but critical, this volume is offers a balanced assessment of his enduring significance. Series: Italian and Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLW; JPFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230602748
- ISBN
- 9780230602748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.62
€ 66.62
Hardcover. This book examines the process of Europeanization in Central Europe. It focuses on how Central European states adopted EU rules prior to becoming members of the European Union. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JPSN2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 405.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230602656
- ISBN
- 9780230602656
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.62
€ 66.62
Hardcover. This volume aims to reconstruct and debate a contemporary Christian realist framework, while also applying such a perspective to the issues of contemporary politics such as the Bush Doctrine, the laws of war, democracy and democratization, U.S. participation in international institutions, and apocalyptic terrorism. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRCM; JPS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230602649
- ISBN
- 9780230602649
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.44
€ 66.44
Paperback. Offers a fresh perspective on computer games and learning. This work shows how video and computer games can help teach children to build successful futures. Based on more than a decade of research in technology, game science, and education, it contributes to the debate about the pros and cons of digital learning. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JNV; UDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230602526
- ISBN
- 9780230602526
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.12
€ 72.12
Paperback. By identifying and analyzing the intellectual writings and activities of women throughout the centuries this study, the first of two volumes, documents a level of female participation in intellectual matters that overturns conventional views of Western intellectual history. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230602335
- ISBN
- 9780230602335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.36
€ 61.36
Paperback. This book is about the role that ideas, institutions, and actors play in structuring how we govern cities and, more specifically, what projects or paths are taken. Global changes require that we rethink governance and urban policy, and that we do so through the dual lens of theory and practice. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSG; JP; RPC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230602304
- ISBN
- 9780230602304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Hardcover. Are world views once formed during childhood and adolescence stable over life or do they change when they come under pressure from new institutional contexts? This book seeks the answer by revisiting an aged political generation growing up in historically unique interwar Estonia but living their adult lives in exile. Series: Political Evolution & Institutional Change. Num Pages: 189 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 167 x 16. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230601017
- ISBN
- 9780230601017
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Paperback. This book examines the successes and failures of George W. Bush as a War President. The author critically assesses the administration's key decisions in the war on terror and President Bush's vision of creating a democratic Middle East. Series: The Evolving American Presidency. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJK; HBLX; JPHL; JWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 236 x 16. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230601000
- ISBN
- 9780230601000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardcover. This book uses new imagery - the metaphor of sugar - to highlight how race, class, and gender are produced, used, experienced, and 'digested' in our human and institutional bodies. Num Pages: 165 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSL; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600935
- ISBN
- 9780230600935
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Hardcover. Averting Global War examines major regional disputes and conflicts throughout the world as they impact upon both American domestic and foreign policy. Num Pages: 296 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600850
- ISBN
- 9780230600850
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.97
€ 67.97
Hardcover. Although the impact of Hurricane Katrina has certainly been felt in political, economic, and social terms, the impacts on and of the media have largely been ignored. This book tells the stories of the reporters, newspapers, and broadcast stations most affected by Katrina and details their struggles to cover the aftermath. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JFFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 146 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600843
- ISBN
- 9780230600843
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.89
€ 66.89
Hardcover. This book examines conflicting interpretations of the origins, evolution, and end of apartheid. Lipton asserts that it began around 1970 with relatively non-violent reform, and ended following President de Klerk's release of Nelson Mandela, and his reinstatement of the African National Congress and other organizations, in February 1990. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBJH; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600591
- ISBN
- 9780230600591
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. This book examines the 1990s backlash against illegal immigrants. Wroe explains why many Americans turned against immigration, looking at the origins of California's Proposition 187 and its wider political implications. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600539
- ISBN
- 9780230600539
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.88
€ 67.88
Hardcover. This book looks at the Guatemalan peace process, which was successful in providing a development program to modernize the economy and national infrastructure with the support of international organizations and negotiating parties, analyzing the extent to which peace processes offer opportunity for progressive social transformation. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; GTJ; JPS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600515
- ISBN
- 9780230600515
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.48
€ 66.48
Hardcover. This book addresses the richness and depth of our intimate relationships and especially those moments when we come to see ourselves and the other person in a new way. In such moments we realize that however much we are influenced by heredity and upbringing, we are also agents with the capacity for openness and transcendence. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; JM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600454
- ISBN
- 9780230600454
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.13
€ 67.13
Of States, Rights, and Social Closure: Governing Migration and Citizen...
Schmidtke, Oliver, Ozcurumez, Saime
Hardcover. Do nation-states act to facilitate or limit immigration and integration, how and why? How do nation-states themselves transform in understanding and interpreting rights respond to immigration? Does the European Union make a difference in terms of how immigrants are perceived or how they act as stakeholders in liberal democracies? Num Pages: 317 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600317
- ISBN
- 9780230600317
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.47
€ 67.47
Hardcover. Can elections create democrats? Why and how do formerly armed opposition groups decide to invest in electoral politics or to undermine them? This book argues that the answer lies in the patterns of inter- and intraparty struggles created by participation in repeated elections over time. Num Pages: 207 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 1HFMQ; 1KLCS; JPH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600300
- ISBN
- 9780230600300
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.56
€ 66.56
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600263
- ISBN
- 9780230600263
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Paperback. This book describes the WTO from its post-WWII beginnings in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade through a series of negotiated enhancements of these agreements. It describes the WTO's origins, structure, and growing pains as it has had to face challenges from within and without. Num Pages: 239 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS; JPSN; KCL; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600218
- ISBN
- 9780230600218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95