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Hardcover. Focusing on the genesis of 'constitutional monarchism' in the context of the French Restoration and its favourable reception in post-Napoleonic Germany, this study highlights the potential and limitations of a daring attempt to improve traditional forms of monarchical legitimacy by means of a modern representative constitution. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 diagrames. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DFG; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230316492
- ISBN
- 9780230316492
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.45
€ 68.45
Hardcover. This volume highlights women's work sustaining local economies and environments, particularly in response to the current food, fuel and climate crises. It includes women's role in the green entrepreneurship, women's reproductive and productive work in the care economy, and a further examination of eco feminist debates. Series: Gender, Development and Social Change. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ1; RNT; RNU. 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
- V9780230316485
- ISBN
- 9780230316485
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.69
€ 67.69
Hardcover. Al-Rodhan sheds new light on the debate about the geopolitics of outer space, going beyond applying traditional International Relations approaches to space power and security by introducing a multidimensional spatial framework. The meta-geopolitics framework includes space and expands classical power considerations to cover seven state capacities. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230314450
- ISBN
- 9780230314450
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.15
€ 129.15
Hardcover. Using a platform of substantial theories and applications, this book explores approaches taken to university leadership, how leadership is formed, and challenges that leadership of universities experiences within the context of Europe. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JNK; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230314030
- ISBN
- 9780230314030
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.61
€ 67.61
Hardcover. Analysing the UN interventions in Liberia, Burundi and the Congo, Wilen poses the question of how one can stabilize a state through external intervention without destabilizing sovereignty. She critically examines the justifications for international and regional interventions through a social constructivist framework. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDL; 1HFGQ; 1HFJC; GTJ; JPSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230313989
- ISBN
- 9780230313989
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.39
€ 67.39
Hardcover. Using a case study based approach, Weissmann analyses the post-Cold War East Asian security setting to demonstrate why there is a paradoxical inter-state peace. He points out processes that have been important for the creation of a continuing relative peace in East Asia, as well as conflict prevention and peacebuilding mechanisms. Series: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific. Num Pages: 240 pages, 7 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FP; GTF; GTJ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230313965
- ISBN
- 9780230313965
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.36
€ 67.36
Morality Politics in Western Europe: Parties, Agendas and Policy Choic...
Engeli, Isabelle, Green-Pedersen, Christoffer...
Hardcover. Why do some countries have 'Culture Wars' over morality issues such as abortion and same-sex marriage while other countries hardly experience any conflict? This book argues that morality issues only generate major conflicts in political systems with a significant conflict between religious and secular parties. Series: Comparative Studies of Political Agendas. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; HPQ; JFM; JPB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230309333
- ISBN
- 9780230309333
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.33
€ 67.33
Hardcover. Rather than physiological health only, complementary and alternative medicines aim at the production of wellbeing. This book explores how the increasing proliferation of holistic health methods are intimately connected with changing configurations of selfhood, gender and class. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 220 x 12. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230309319
- ISBN
- 9780230309319
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.93
€ 128.93
Hardcover. This book is about the mundane, local, every day practices that constitutes democracy. Focusing on France and Finland, the book defines politicization as the key process in understanding democracy in different cultural contexts and shows a nuanced picture of two opposite models of European politics. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DNF; JPB; JPHV; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230309296
- ISBN
- 9780230309296
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.08
€ 68.08
Paperback. Eva Gross analyzes changing national preferences towards the EU CFSP and ESDP by providing detailed accounts of British, French and German crisis decision-making in FYROM, Afghanistan, Lebanon and DR Congo. While transatlantic relations remain important, crisis management under the EU label is increasingly accepted in national capitals. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1QFE; JPQB; JPSN2; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230309135
- ISBN
- 9780230309135
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.38
€ 66.38
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230308787
- ISBN
- 9780230308787
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.60
€ 67.60
Hardcover. While the historical development of symbolic power has benefitted humanity enormously, there is an insidious and seldom recognised price that goes beyond environmental degradation and cultural disintegration. With insights from both social and natural sciences, this book explores the changing character of subjectivity in contemporary life. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBA; JMH; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 338
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230308480
- ISBN
- 9780230308480
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.57
€ 129.57
Hardcover. The way in which elections are run is changing, as radical reforms or experiments have been introduced across the world. This book establishes why election administration might be used by political elites to win and maintain power. It identifies the role of elite interests in shaping election administration in USA, UK and Ireland. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPB; JPHF; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230308428
- ISBN
- 9780230308428
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.81
€ 67.81
Hardcover. This book explores the significance of sport in the understanding of past and current societal dynamics in the Arab world. It examines sport in relation to cultural, political and economic changes in the Arab World, including nation-state building, the formation of national identity and international relations in post-colonial context. Series: Communications & Culture. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; JHBS; JP; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230307926
- ISBN
- 9780230307926
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.51
€ 67.51
A Historical Guide to NGOs in Britain: Charities, Civil Society and th...
Hilton, Matthew, Crowson, Nick, McKay, James,...
Hardcover. Aiming to furnish the reader with the historical data to engage with the debates surrounding the Cameron government's 'Big Society' and civil society, this book gives the reader a greater and more informed historical consciousness of how the NGO sector has grown and influenced. Num Pages: 427 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; 3JM; HBTB; JKSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 864.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230304444
- ISBN
- 9780230304444
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.23
€ 130.23
Hardcover. This book examines queer performance in Britain since the early 1990s, arguing for the significance of emerging collaborative modes of practice. Using queer theory and the history of early lesbian and gay theatre to examine claims to representation among other things, it interrogates the relationships through which recent works have been presented. Series: Performance Interventions. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AN; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230304420
- ISBN
- 9780230304420
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.44
€ 161.44
Hardcover. How did consumer culture become synonymous with westernised societies? Iqani argues that it is the way it is promoted by media texts. She provides a detailed analysis of publicly displayed consumer magazine covers and engages with big questions about the public, power and identity in mediated consumer culture. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230303683
- ISBN
- 9780230303683
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Crime News in Modern Britain: Press Reporting and Responsibility, 1820...
Rowbotham, Judith, Pegg, Samantha, Stevenson,...
Hardcover. Drawing together examples from broadsheet and tabloid newspapers this account of English crime reportage takes readers from the late eighteenth century to the present day. In the post-Leveson world, it is a timely and engaging contextualisation of the history of printed crime news and investigative journalism. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLX; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230303591
- ISBN
- 9780230303591
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.88
€ 67.88
Hardcover. The reason for the depth the 2008's global depression lies in the intractability of modern economic systems. This has led to an emergence of unprecedented migratory patterns, the analysis and management of which is key to economic recovery. Num Pages: 355 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFFS; KCL; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 26. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230303560
- ISBN
- 9780230303560
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.84
€ 67.84
Frigidity: An Intellectual History (Genders and Sexualities in History...
Cryle, Peter, Moore, Alison
Hardcover. This first major study of a curiously neglected term in the history of sexuality will intrigue students, scholars and enthusiasts alike. The authors take us through a journey across four centuries, showing how notions of sexual coldness and frigidity have been thought about by legal, medical, psychiatric, psychoanalytic and literary writers. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 323 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JHBK5; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 144 x 24. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230303454
- ISBN
- 9780230303454
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.99
€ 129.99