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Society & social sciences
Hardcover. This collection on researching later life and ageing critically reflects upon the qualitative methods used in gaining knowledge of under-researched groups of older people and sets out future research agendas. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JHBC; JKSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230280472
- ISBN
- 9780230280472
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Condition: New
€ 66.74
€ 66.74
Feeling the Heat: The Politics of Climate Policy in Rapidly Industrial...
Bailey, Ian, Compston, Hugh
Hardcover. To avoid uncontrolled climate change, greenhouse gas emissions will have to be brought under control by major emitters outside the affluent West. The authors investigate the political obstacles in BRIC countries and what their governments could do to strengthen climate policies without incurring serious political damage. Series: Energy, Climate and the Environment. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPQB; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 214 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230280403
- ISBN
- 9780230280403
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€ 127.84
€ 127.84
Hardcover. The consequences of the rise of emerging powers like China and India is becoming the most important topic of debate in international studies. This book focuses on the impact of these changes on the way we study international politics: if international politics is changing, should we also change international studies? Series: Palgrave Studies in International Relations. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230280397
- ISBN
- 9780230280397
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Critical International Political Economy: Dialogue, Debate and Dissens...
Shields, Stuart, Bruff, Ian, Macartney, Huw
Hardcover. This book gives provocative responses to recent debates in International Political Economy. It provides a much needed and timely intervention to the current anodyne discussions about the evolution of the discipline and prompts wider reflection on the nature of enquiry itself. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; KCL; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230280304
- ISBN
- 9780230280304
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Condition: New
€ 127.81
€ 127.81
The Learning Curve: How Business Schools Are Re-inventing Education (I...
Santiago Iñiguez de Onzoño
Hardcover. How do you create world-class educational institutions that are academically rigorous and vocationally relevant? Are business schools the blueprint for institutions of the future, oran educational experiment gone wrong? This is thefirst title in a new series from IE Business School, IE Business Publishing. Series: IE Business Publishing. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNMN; KJB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230280236
- ISBN
- 9780230280236
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Hardcover. Peace interventions can promote violence, whilst conflict may be a crucial means for constraining and preventing it. This book explores these statements, re-thinking the relationships between peace, conflict and violence. From this perspective it reinterprets several phenomena that challenge the 'peace process' in Northern Ireland. Series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; GTJ; JPWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 430. Violent Peace and Peaceful Conflict in Northern Ireland. Series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. 264 pages, 2, 2 figures. Peace interventions can promote violence, whilst conflict may be a crucial means for constraining and preventing it. This book explores these statements, re-thinking the relationships between peace, conflict and violence. From this perspective it reinterprets several phenomena that challenge the 'peace process' in Northern Ireland. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; GTJ; JPWS. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 21. Weight: 430.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230280137
- ISBN
- 9780230280137
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Examines international cooperation in European security from a transaction cost economics perspective. This book addresses the puzzle of how to approach differing institutional preferences. It argues that the reduction and limitation of transaction costs was the primary determinant of security preferences. Series: Transformations of the State. Num Pages: 284 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JPSN2; JWK; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230280120
- ISBN
- 9780230280120
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.67
€ 67.67
Ethnicity and the Persistence of Inequality: The Case of Peru (Conflic...
Thorp, Rosemary, Paredes, Maritza
Hardcover. Understanding why inequality is so great and has persevered for centuries in a number of Latin American countries requires tools that go beyond economics. Investigating the case of Peru, this book explores how inequality is embedded in institutions that constitute the interface between the economy, the polity and geography of the country. Series: Conflict, Inequality and Ethnicity. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; GTF; JFF; JFSL; KCB; KCP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230280007
- ISBN
- 9780230280007
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Condition: New
€ 67.35
€ 67.35
Hardcover. This book questions the practices in the policy processes of international institutions. It looks at the formal and informal practices that are routinely undertaken as part of the structure of international policy processes, and analyses how people behave and with what outcome for international environmental governance. Num Pages: 208 pages, 0, 14 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JPH; JPS; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 168 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230279919
- ISBN
- 9780230279919
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. By exploring how financial, legal and wider socio-economic systems can accelerate or decelerate the harmonization in financial markets, this book connects issues both of contemporary political science and accounting research. Series: Transformations of the State. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPA; KCX; KFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230279841
- ISBN
- 9780230279841
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover. How should political community be seen in the context of European integration? This book combines a theoretical treatment of political allegiance with a study of ordinary citizens, examining how taxi-drivers in Britain, Germany and the Czech Republic talk politics and situate themselves relative to political institutions and other citizens. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1QFE; JPB; JPQ; JPSN2; JPVK; LNDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230279780
- ISBN
- 9780230279780
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.64
€ 67.64
Paperback. Despite the inroads made by women in the professions, the glass ceiling remains a persistent barrier to their career progression. Using a range of interactional sociolinguistic data this publication investigates the crucial role that gendered discourses play in perpetuating workplace gender inequalities. Series: Communicating in Professions and Organizations. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230279681
- ISBN
- 9780230279681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.41
€ 66.41
Learning and Teaching Across Cultures in Higher Education
. Ed(S): Palfreyman, David; McBride, Dawn Lor...
Paperback. Learning and Teaching Across Cultures in Higher Education contains theoretical rationale, resources and examples to help readers understand and deal with situations involving contact between learners or educators from different cultural backgrounds, as well as giving insights into the new global context of higher education. Editor(s): Palfreyman, David; McBride, Dawn Lorraine. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNC; JNM; JNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230279674
- ISBN
- 9780230279674
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Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Paperback. Phantoms of War in Contemporary German Literature, Films and Discourse offers an up-to-date and comprehensive analysis of fundamental shifts in German cultural memory. This paperback edition includes a new preface. Series: New Perspectives in German Political Studies. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; APFA; DSBH; JFC; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230279650
- ISBN
- 9780230279650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.01
€ 67.01
Hardcover. This study advances a model for Critical Discourse Analysis which draws on Evolutionary Psychology and Cognitive Linguistics, applied in a critical analysis of immigration discourse. It will be of special interest to students and researchers with which to explore new perspectives in CDA. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFGR; JFD; JFFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 143 x 219 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408. New Perspectives on Immigration Discourse. 240 pages, 33 figures, 6 tables. This study advances a model for Critical Discourse Analysis which draws on Evolutionary Psychology and Cognitive Linguistics, applied in a critical analysis of immigration discourse. It will be of special interest to students and researchers with which to explore new perspectives in CDA. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: CFB; CFGR; JFD; JFFN. Dimension: 143 x 219 x 20. Weight: 402.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230279506
- ISBN
- 9780230279506
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. In order to help the understanding of international campaigning activities of Non-Governmental Organisations, Tepe analyses the domestic politics of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and provides a theoretical framework through which to access these. Series: Palgrave Studies in International Relations. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JPSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230279148
- ISBN
- 9780230279148
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.89
€ 66.89
Hardcover. An exploration of the contemporary re-conception of freedom after the critique of objective truths and ideas of an unchanging human nature, in which modern self-determination was grounded. This book focuses on the radical theorist Cornelius Castoriadis and the new paradigm of 'agonistic autonomy' is contrasted with Marxian and liberal approaches. Series: International Political Theory. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPFC; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230279124
- ISBN
- 9780230279124
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Condition: New
€ 67.16
€ 67.16
Hardcover. An original combination of theoretical innovation and a detailed empirical analysis of the ideas, language and policy of New Labour. Politicians often appeal to moral principles and arguments in their efforts to win support for new policy programmes. Yet the question of how politicians use moral language has until now been neglected by scholars. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HPQ; JPL; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230279117
- ISBN
- 9780230279117
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.74
€ 66.74
Engineering Society: The Role of the Human and Social Sciences in Mode...
Br?Ckweh, Kerstin, Wetzell, Richard F.
Hardcover. Explaining crime by reference to abnormalities of the brain is just one example of how the human and social sciences have influenced the approach to social problems in Western societies since 1880. Focusing on applications such as penal policy, therapy, and marketing, this volume examines how these sciences have become embedded in society. Editor(s): Ziemann, Benjamin; Schumann, Dirk. Num Pages: 330 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; JFF; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230279070
- ISBN
- 9780230279070
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.09
€ 68.09
Hardcover. As leader of the Conservative party, David Cameron inherited a multi-faceted gender problem: only 17 women MPs; an unhappy women's organization; electorally uncompetitive policies 'for women'; and a party which was seemingly unattractive to women voters. This book is an account of the feminization of the party since 2005. Series: Gender and Politics. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JMC; JFSJ1; JPFM; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230279001
- ISBN
- 9780230279001
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.95
€ 67.95