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Paperback. The recent crisis has redrawn attention to financial globalization. Dilip Das examines under what circumstances it can be welfare-enhancing and lead to rapid economic growth. Written in an accessible style, the book gives the latest insights on the topic. Num Pages: 325 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; KCB; KFF; KFFH; KFFK; KJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349326419
- ISBN
- 9781349326419
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€ 118.90
€ 118.90
Paperback. Through discussion of a dazzling array of artists in India and the diaspora, this bookdelineates a new language of dance on the global stage. Myriad movement vocabularies intersect the dancers' creative landscape, whilecutting-edge creative choreography parodies gender and cultural stereotypes, and represents social issues." Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; ASD; HBJF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349326334
- ISBN
- 9781349326334
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€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. The politics of multiculturalismfaces challenges in Western democratic states.Arguing that this setback is based on the notion of culture as separate and distinct, this bookexplores how tofacecurrent challenges to multiculturalism without reifying culture, group and identity." Series: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSL; JHB; JPA; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 303
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349326310
- ISBN
- 9781349326310
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€ 62.54
€ 62.54
paperback. This book explores and celebrates imaginative and creative approaches to youth research, showcasing a wide range of innovative methods including music elicitation, mental mapping, blog analysis and mobile methods. Editor(s): Heath, S.; Walker, C. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSP; JHB; JHBC; JHBK; JKSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349326273
- ISBN
- 9781349326273
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€ 118.71
€ 118.71
paperback. "European borders that aim to control migration and mobility increasingly rely on technology to distinguish between citizens and aliens. This book explores new tensions in Europe between states and citizens, and between politics, technology and human rights."-- Editor(s): Dijstelbloem, H.; Meijer, A. Series: Migration, Minorities & Citizenship. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHB; JPQB; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 268.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- SKU
- V9781349326259
- ISBN
- 9781349326259
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€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. From a screenwriting perspective, Batty explores the idea that the protagonist's journey is comprised of two individual yet interwoven threads: the physical journey and the emotional journey. His analysis includesdetailed case studies of the films Muriel's Wedding, Little Voice, Cars, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Sunshine Cleaning and Up." Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; APFD; APFN; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349326174
- ISBN
- 9781349326174
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€ 61.51
€ 61.51
Paperback. Ghost stories are always in conversation with novelistic modes with which they are contemporary. This book examines examples fromSir Walter Scott, Charles Dickens, Henry James andRudyard Kipling, amongst others, to the end of the twentieth century, looking at how they address empire, class, property, history and trauma." Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; HBJD1; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 385.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349326150
- ISBN
- 9781349326150
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€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. An exposition and analysis of the development of propaganda, focusing on how the development of radio transformed the delivery and impact of propaganda and led to the use of radio to incite hatred and violence. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; AV; HBTB; HBW; JFD; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 369.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349326099
- ISBN
- 9781349326099
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€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. " Examining the impact of digital media on surveillance, power and people's capacity for action, this book explores how people act, and are acted upon, in an increasingly connected world"-- Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD; JPA; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349326013
- ISBN
- 9781349326013
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€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. Locating a shared interest in the philosophy of "art for art's sake" in aestheticism and modernismo, this study examines the changing role of art and artist during the turn-of-the-century period, offering a consideration of the multiple dichotomies of art and life, aesthetics and economics, production and consumption, and center and periphery. Num Pages: 187 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 187
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349325894
- ISBN
- 9781349325894
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€ 61.53
€ 61.53
Paperback. This book offers a critical account of historical books about Britain written for children, including realist novels, non-fiction, fantasy and alternative histories. It also investigates the literary, ideological and philosophical challenges involved in writing about the past, especially for an audience whose knowledge of history is often limited. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSY; HBJD1; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349325870
- ISBN
- 9781349325870
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€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Paperback. Locating literature at the intersection of distinct areas of thinking on the nature, scope and methods of knowledge - philosophy, theology, science, and the law - this book engages with literary texts across periods and genres to address questions of probability, problems of evidence, the uses of experiment and the poetics and ethics of doubt. Editor(s): Mukherji, S.; Schramm, J.; Batsaki, Yota. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HPK; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349325856
- ISBN
- 9781349325856
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€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. State borders regulate cross-border mobility and determine peoples' chances to travel, work, and study across the globe. This book looks at how global mobility is defined by borders in 2011 in comparison to the 1970s. The authors trace the transformation of OECD-state borders in recent decades and show how borders have become ever more selective. Series: Transformations of the State. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHB; JPA; JPB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349325818
- ISBN
- 9781349325818
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€ 62.39
€ 62.39
Paperback. "An engaging assessment of the theoretical debates on the EU's Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP). The contributions to this volume bring together sophisticated theoretical frameworks and extensive empirical research. Pluralistic in its approach, the volume emphasizes the role of conceptual diversity for better explaining the EU's CSDP"-- Editor(s): Kurowska, Xymena; Breuer, Fabian. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPA; JPS; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349325795
- ISBN
- 9781349325795
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€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. "Huw Lloyd Williams looks at the critical debate surrounding John Rawls' The Law of Peoples. He responds to the work of cosmopolitan theorists and Amartya Sen, arguing that Rawls offers a persuasive and prescient moral approach to issues of global poverty and development"-- Series: International Political Theory. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPS; LB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 415.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349325771
- ISBN
- 9781349325771
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€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. "In the US and UK there has been a transformation in child care, family leave, social assistance and tax credits over the last twenty years. This book explores the factors behind these changes. With detailed case studies, it shows that ideas and the power to wield them are crucial factors in the transformation of family policy"-- Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JHBK; JPA; JPB; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349325757
- ISBN
- 9781349325757
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€ 62.31
€ 62.31
Paperback. Explores how the framing of issues on the EU agenda affects policy-making. In a study that traces the highly contested developments in biotechnology policy over twenty years, the book introduces the conceptual and theoretical tenets of policy framing and shows how this analytical lens offers a unique perspective on issues in EU policy-making. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPP; JPS; MQW; TCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 203
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349325719
- ISBN
- 9781349325719
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€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. A revisionist study of Mansfield as a profoundly colonial yet daringly experimental writer, at the forefront of modernism. The essays in this volume draw on the complete journals, letters and stories, to reveal Mansfield as a modernist who transcended her artistic influences through a supreme understanding of voice, being and subjectivity. Editor(s): Kimber, Gerri. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349325658
- ISBN
- 9781349325658
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Condition: New
€ 62.20
€ 62.20
Paperback. This book provides a reassessment of the writings of Hartley Coleridge and Dorothy Wordsworth and presents them in a new poetics of relationship, re-evaluating their relationships with William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge to restore a more accurate understanding of Hartley and Dorothy as independent and original writers. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBD; DSBF; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349325634
- ISBN
- 9781349325634
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Condition: New
€ 62.48
€ 62.48
paperback. "Even in an age of emerging nationhood, English men and women still thought very much in terms of their parishes, towns, and counties. This book examines the vitality of early modern local consciousness and its deployment by writers to mediate the larger political, religious, and cultural changes of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries"-- Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; HBJD; HBJD1; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- SKU
- V9781349325610
- ISBN
- 9781349325610
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.03
€ 62.03