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Paperback. This book shows how France and Britain are leaders in EU security and defence policy, explaining why both states need each other in this policy area. The lack of relevant military capacity in Europe today implies that the US favours a strong EU in this field. The paperback provides an update on the EU's position as an international security actor. Series: New Security Challenges. Num Pages: 247 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JPSN2; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 326.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137307620
- ISBN
- 9781137307620
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Condition: New
€ 61.77
€ 61.77
Hardcover. This study investigates the various extreme-rightist leagues in Algeria, with particular attention to certain key themes, among them the rabid xenophobia directed at the Jewish population and local Muslims. It demonstrates that fascism helped to construct a racial hierarchy to preserve European hegemony and a pool of cheap labor. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 3JJG; HBJH; HBLW; HBTQ; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 221 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137307088
- ISBN
- 9781137307088
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€ 62.67
€ 62.67
Paperback. Realism and the Audiovisual Media constitutes a major original contribution to contemporary scholarship on realism, one of the most fundamental concepts in audiovisual studies. Editor(s): Nagib, Lucia; Mello, Cecilia. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; APT; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137306739
- ISBN
- 9781137306739
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€ 62.08
€ 62.08
The Changing Basis of Political Conflict in Advanced Western Democraci...
Arwine, Alan T., Mayer, Lawrence C.
Hardcover. Political conflict in Western democracies has traditionally emerged from politics rooted in competing ideologies and interests. With the rise of politics of identity, political conflict is morphing as political parties align themselves with identities, rather than ideologies or interests. Series: Perspectives in Comparative Politics. Num Pages: 133 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPB; JPHV; JPL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Number of pages
- 134
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137306647
- ISBN
- 9781137306647
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€ 61.69
€ 61.69
Hardcover. Bad Presidents seeks to interpret the meaning of presidential 'badness' by investigating the ways in which eleven presidents were 'bad.' The author brings a unique, and often amusing perspective on the idea of the presidency, and begins a new conversation about the definition of presidential success and failure. Series: The Evolving American Presidency. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137306586
- ISBN
- 9781137306586
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Condition: New
€ 61.98
€ 61.98
Paperback. A different approach to French liberalism which, rather than beginning with an a priori definition of liberalism, focuses on the political thought of Benjamin Constant and Germaine de Stael, to advance a new interpretation of the timing and character of French (and more broadly European) liberalism. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HPCD; HPS; JPA; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137306432
- ISBN
- 9781137306432
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Condition: New
€ 62.03
€ 62.03
Paperback. Gender and Decolonization in the Congo focuses on women and questions of gender in its examination of Patrice Lumumba (1925-1961), the assassinated leader of the independent Congo. Num Pages: 247 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFJC; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTR; JFSJ1; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137306388
- ISBN
- 9781137306388
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Condition: New
€ 61.84
€ 61.84
Hardcover. What is the fundamental nature of the filmic object: is it a commodity or is it, can it be, art? What would that mean - can it still matter? This book introduces the thought of Theodor Adorno into film studies to repair the schism that characterizes the field, as historical and cultural modes of analysis displace theoretical and philosophical ones. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; APFN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 219 x 16. Weight in Grams: 344.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137306135
- ISBN
- 9781137306135
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Condition: New
€ 61.84
€ 61.84
Paperback. Discourse Theory and Critical Media Politics systematically examines the relationship between post-Marxist discourse theory and media studies. This volume interrogates discourse theory through an engagement with major approaches to critical media politics and a range of issues in contemporary media politics. Editor(s): Dahlberg, Lincoln; Phelan, Sean. Num Pages: 272 pages, 385. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137305947
- ISBN
- 9781137305947
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Condition: New
€ 62.12
€ 62.12
Hardcover. Japan is imagined routinely in American discourse as a supernatural entity. Gothic tales from these two cultures have been exchanged, consumed, and adapted. Here, Blouin examines a prevalent tendency within the United States-Japan cultural relationship to project anxiety outward only to find shadowy outlines of the self abroad. Num Pages: 220 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 410.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137305213
- ISBN
- 9781137305213
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Condition: New
€ 61.98
€ 61.98
Hardcover. Addressing the transnational relationships of Freemasonry, politics, and culture in the field of Latin American and Caribbean literatures and cultures, Writing Secrecy provides insight into Pan-Caribbean, transnational and diasporic formations of these Masonic lodges and their influences on political and cultural discourses in the Americas. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJ; JFSV1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 465.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137305152
- ISBN
- 9781137305152
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Condition: New
€ 118.85
€ 118.85
Hardcover. This book analyzes the evolution of the Hojjatiyeh movement in Iran, a semi-clandestine movement which emerged in the 1950s as an anti-Baha'i movement, went underground in the 1960s, and re-emerged openly after Iran's 1979 revolution with its members coming to occupy some of the highest echelon posts in Iranian politics Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJP; 3JMC; HRH; JPFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137304766
- ISBN
- 9781137304766
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Condition: New
€ 61.98
€ 61.98
Hardcover. Drawing on interviews and fieldwork in Kuwait and throughout the Arabian Peninsula, this book explores what cultural elites in the Arab Gulf region have to say about women's political and cultural rights and how their faith is or is not related to their politics. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBX; HRH; JFFK; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137304735
- ISBN
- 9781137304735
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Condition: New
€ 62.26
€ 62.26
Hardcover. An exploration of why and how peace has gradually mitigated intense conflict in the Asia-Pacific region, this volume draws on case studies and multivariate quantitative analysis to test theories of peace and conflict regarding the region. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137304391
- ISBN
- 9781137304391
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Condition: New
€ 62.12
€ 62.12
Hardcover. This book provides a comprehensive study of asymmetric territorial conflict combining game theory, statistical empirical analysis and historiographic analysis. Using the Israeli-Palestine conflict as a case study, it tests the model on a database of almost four hundred territorial conflicts. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JPS; JWA; PBUD; PBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 218 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137303981
- ISBN
- 9781137303981
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Condition: New
€ 62.26
€ 62.26
Hardcover. Laura Carsten Mahrenbach examines the domestic conditions which lead Emerging Power states Brazil and India to choose specific strategies in pursuit of trade policy goals. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1KLSB; JPS; KCLT; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137303707
- ISBN
- 9781137303707
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Condition: New
€ 63.54
€ 63.54
Hardcover. Pinar documents that the field of curriculum studies in the United States is in the early stages of a second paradigm shift, this time stimulated by present political circumstances. He explains why their acceptance in contemporary scholarship signals their conceptual exhaustion and how recent work in the field begins to surpass them. Num Pages: 119 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNA; JNF; JNKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 14. Weight in Grams: 294.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137303417
- ISBN
- 9781137303417
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Condition: New
€ 61.61
€ 61.61
Hardcover. This book explores how and why the EU and its member states define immigration policies. A comparison of EU negotiations on five EU immigration directives reveals interests of actors in EU integration and whether common policies aim at a restriction or expansion of immigration to the EU. Series: Transformations of the State. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JFFN; JPQB; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137302557
- ISBN
- 9781137302557
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.67
€ 62.67
Hardcover. European modernism underwent a massive change from 1930 to 1960, as war altered the cultural landscape. This account of artists and writers in France and England explores how modernism survived under authoritarianism, whether Fascism, National Socialism, or Stalinism, and how these artists endured by balancing complicity and resistance. Num Pages: 133 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: ACXD2; JFC; JHMC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 15. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 134
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137302229
- ISBN
- 9781137302229
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Condition: New
€ 61.69
€ 61.69
Hardcover. The aim of this book is to capture, the international thought and practice of Kenneth W. Thompson. His career embodied three roles in which he revealed his thoughts and practice: as a facilitator of space for encouraging debates, scholarship and practice; as an educator; and most importantly as a theorist of international relations. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan History of International Thought. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 220 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137301789
- ISBN
- 9781137301789
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.12
€ 62.12