Society & social sciences
Results 77861 - 77880 of 114132
Society & social sciences
Paperback. 60 years after independence, African nations still find it difficult to face a number of challenges, from establishing meaningful democratic institutions to establish social structures centered on the advancement of gender equality. This volume approaches these contemporary African challenges while combating a reflexive and facile Afro-Pessimism. Editor(s): Falola, Toyin; Mbah, Emmanuel M. Series: African Histories and Modernities. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJH; HBJK; HBTB; JFC; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349494132
- ISBN
- 9781349494132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.83
€ 128.83
The Surveillance Imperative: Geosciences during the Cold War and Beyon...
Turchetti, Simone; Roberts, P.
paperback. Surveillance is a key notion for understanding power and control in the modern world, but it has been curiously neglected by historians of science and technology. Using the overarching concept of the "surveillance imperative," this collection of essays offers a new window on the evolution of the environmental sciences during and after the Cold War. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 290 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBL; JPA; PDX; RB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- SKU
- V9781349494071
- ISBN
- 9781349494071
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.28
€ 62.28
Paperback. From the outset, Silvio Berlusconi's career was expected to be short, and he has been considered finished several times, only to have reemerged victorious. This fascinating political and historical study shows that Berlusconi's success and resilience have lain in his ability to provide answers to longstanding questions in Italian history. Series: Italian and Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTB; JFC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 275.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 209
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349494057
- ISBN
- 9781349494057
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.28
€ 61.28
Paperback. This volume brings emerging research on religion and development into conversation with politics. Deploying innovative conceptual frameworks, and drawing on empirical research from across contemporary Asia, this collection makes an incisive contribution to the analysis of aid and development processes. Editor(s): Bush, R.; Fountain, Philip; Feener, Michael. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JHB; JPS; KCM; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349494019
- ISBN
- 9781349494019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.67
€ 61.67
Paperback. Education and the arts offer multiple, mutually clarifying lenses through which to examine and understand issues of poverty and empowerment. Here, both are combined in a fascinating look at how these two often overlooked elements promote social equality and cultivate personal agency across Africa's diverse political-economic landscapes. Editor(s): Falola, Toyin; Abidogun, Jamaine. Num Pages: 275 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; JNA; JNB; JNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 353.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349493951
- ISBN
- 9781349493951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.72
€ 61.72
Paperback. Editor(s): Dwivedi, O.; Lau, L. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349493869
- ISBN
- 9781349493869
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.59
€ 61.59
paperback. This volume explores how international organizations became involved in the making of global development policy, and looks at the driving forces and dynamics behind that process, critically assessing the consequences their policies have had around the world. Editor(s): Frey, M.; Kunkel, S.; Unger, C. R. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; HBG; HBL; JPA; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- SKU
- V9781349493845
- ISBN
- 9781349493845
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 108.45
€ 108.45
Paperback. The challenges faced by the public sector are many and varied. Civil services at the forefront of tackling pressing problems in a whole range of areas from climate change to income inequality are being allocated less money to do so. This collection explores how public sectors have adapted to address the demands placed on them in the 21st Century. Editor(s): Bohne, Eberhard; Lehrke, J.; Graham, J.; Raadschelders, J. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPA; JPB; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 423.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349493821
- ISBN
- 9781349493821
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.12
€ 62.12
Paperback. Series: Rhetoric, Politics and Society. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; HBTQ; JPA; JPB; JPVH; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349493746
- ISBN
- 9781349493746
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.87
€ 61.87
Paperback. Twenty years after Tony Kushner's influential Angels in America seemed to declare a revitalized potency for the popular political play, there is a "No Politics" prejudice undermining US production and writing. This book explores the largely unrecognized cultural patterns that discourage political playwriting on the contemporary American stage. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AN; AS; DS; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349493722
- ISBN
- 9781349493722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.11
€ 128.11
Paperback. Series: Digital Education and Learning. Num Pages: 187 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSR; JNKC; JNV; JPQB; YQT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 187
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349493708
- ISBN
- 9781349493708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 98.80€ 80.96
€ 98.80
€ 80.96
paperback. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JPA; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349493661
- ISBN
- 9781349493661
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.08
€ 62.08
Paperback. This book is about both the symbolic and the real struggles for the control of the EU's agenda on participatory democracy in the last fifteen years. The book analyzes how civil society organizations contributed to an agenda which has implications for the regulation of interest groups to the institutions and for the democratic legitimacy of the EU. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; JPA; JPHV; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349493647
- ISBN
- 9781349493647
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.31
€ 61.31
Paperback. Editor(s): Miichi, K; Farouk, O. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; HRH; JFC; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 369.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349493623
- ISBN
- 9781349493623
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 118.41
€ 118.41
Paperback. What are the factors of Lukashenka's longevity at the helm of power? This question is addressed in the context of Belarusian history and identity, not as an outcome of a form of government deceitfully imposed on an allegedly benighted people whom better positioned and informed outsiders seek to enlighten and liberate. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349493609
- ISBN
- 9781349493609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.26
€ 62.26
Paperback. Series: Politics and Development of Contemporary China. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; JPA; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349493548
- ISBN
- 9781349493548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.47
€ 61.47
Paperback. Series: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFFN; JFSL; JPA; JPQB; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349493524
- ISBN
- 9781349493524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.53
€ 61.53
Paperback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Global Higher Education. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JNA; JNF; JNM; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 359.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349493463
- ISBN
- 9781349493463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 118.34
€ 118.34
Paperback. "This book argues that Fromm is a vital and largely overlooked contribution to twentieth-century intellectual history, and one who offers a refreshingly reconfigured form of humanism that is capable of reintegrating explicitly humanist analytical categories and schemas back into social theoretical (and scientific) considerations"-- Series: Critical Political Theory and Radical Practice. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JMH; JMS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349493449
- ISBN
- 9781349493449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 118.21
€ 118.21
Paperback. Series: Middle East Today. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS; JPSD; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349493425
- ISBN
- 9781349493425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.36
€ 61.36