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Paperback. Assessing the stability of the Chinese economy and the nature of its economic governance, this text examines how internationalisation has impacted on financial market development in China and how far this has contributed to the development of new institutions within China. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA; JPB; JPS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 293
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349362547
- ISBN
- 9781349362547
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€ 66.48
€ 66.48
Paperback. This book offers a provocative theorization of nationhood, focusing on the key role played by dialogic relations of hegemony, resistance and reciprocity in the birth of the modern European nation. The relationship between Greece and Britain at the end of the nineteenth centuryuncovers the linguistic construction of nationalism." Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; JFC; JFSL; JHB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349362561
- ISBN
- 9781349362561
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€ 66.48
€ 66.48
Paperback. Transformative learning is a process in which we question all the assumptions about the world and ourselves that make up our worldview, visualize alternative assumptions, and then test them in practice. The author describes the process, offering a critique of contemporary assumptions, and suggests alternatives to illustrate the process. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFC; JFCX; JHB; JHBA; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349363254
- ISBN
- 9781349363254
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€ 65.96
€ 65.96
The Politics of AIDS. Globalization, the State and Civil Society.
Thorn, Hakan. Ed(S): Foller, Maj-Lis
Paperback. HIV/AIDS is the major political challenge of our time. Based on empirical observations from all over the world, this book examines how HIV/AIDS has become increasingly transnational, as nation states have extended their programmes across borders, and transnational networks have increased their activities. Editor(s): Foller, Maj-Lis. Num Pages: 322 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFS; JHB; JPQB; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349363704
- ISBN
- 9781349363704
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€ 127.48
€ 127.48
Paperback. Challenging traditional approaches to migration, whichputs migrants innarrow categories (legal and illegal, newcomerand settler), 'Transit Migration' shows that migrants and refugees live in transit for years, a stage in the migration course profoundly affecting destination countries and the migrants themselves." Series: Migration, Minorities & Citizenship. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFFN; JFSL; JHB; RGC; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349364152
- ISBN
- 9781349364152
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€ 65.60
€ 65.60
Paperback. Using a unique analytical framework, the UN Secretariat's Influence on the Evolution of Peacekeeping reveals deep insights in the UN's peacekeeping decision-making and shows that even international bureaucracies with limited autonomy can shape international politics. Series: Transformations of the State. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JHB; JPA; JPS; JPSN; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349364190
- ISBN
- 9781349364190
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€ 138.39
€ 138.39
Paperback. The book provides new insight into the role of organised business interests.It supports the concept of political economy and demonstrates how it transcends the limitations of CPE or IPE, to form a coherent whole. The book maps the conflict, convergence and influence of organized business interests in the context of regional integration." Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHB; JPA; JPS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349364497
- ISBN
- 9781349364497
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This volume analyzes changing patterns of authority in the global political economy with an in-depth look at the new roles played by state and non-state actors, and addresseskey themes including the provision of global public goods, new modes of regulation and the potential of new institutions for global governance." Editor(s): Huckel, Carmen; Rittberger, Volker; Nettesheim, Martin. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 357 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPS; KCB; KCP; LB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 357
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349364893
- ISBN
- 9781349364893
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€ 67.52
€ 67.52
Paperback. This book provides a disturbing account of the reality of child abuse. Based on data from 152 countries, Einar Helander considers the physical, societal, economic and judicial consequences of child abuse, proposing a universal, community-based prevention programme. Num Pages: 358 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP; JHBK; JKSN; JKV; JPQB; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 358
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349364954
- ISBN
- 9781349364954
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€ 66.99
€ 66.99
Paperback. In the early 1930s Soviet authorities launched a campaign to create "socialist" retailing and alsoendorsed Soviet consumerism. How did the Stalinist regime reconcile retailing and consumption with socialism?This book examines the discourses that the Stalinist regime's new approach to retailing and consumption engendered." Series: Consumption and Public Life. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJ; JFC; JFSR; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349364992
- ISBN
- 9781349364992
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€ 138.42
€ 138.42
Paperback. Drawing on research from a variety of disciplines, this edited collection challenges conventional understandings of gendered interpersonal violence, and identifies emerging sites and forms of resistance to it. Editor(s): Throsby, Karen. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ; JHB; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349365074
- ISBN
- 9781349365074
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€ 66.12
€ 66.12
Paperback. "This collection analyses relationships between religious and consumption practices and cultures, and their diverse responses to ecological crisis, ranging from indifference to engagement. The book includes contributions on Japan, Israel, Iran, Slovakia and Britain"-- Editor(s): Thomas, Lyn. Series: Consumption and Public Life. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM; JFC; JFSR; JHB. 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
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349366590
- ISBN
- 9781349366590
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€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Paperback. Series: New Perspectives in German Political Studies. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 11. Weight in Grams: 358.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349367412
- ISBN
- 9781349367412
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€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Paperback. This book focuses upon the breaking of rules and taboos involved in 'doing crime', including violent crime as represented in fictive texts and ethnographic research. It includes chapters on topics of urgent contemporary interest such as asylum seekers, sex work, serial killers, school shooters, crimes of poverty and understandings of 'madness'. Series: Critical Criminological Perspectives. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AP; DS; JFC; JHB; JKV. 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
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349367498
- ISBN
- 9781349367498
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€ 66.02
€ 66.02
Paperback. This book examines how the modern criminal trial is the result of competing discourses of justice, from human rights to state law and order, that allows for the consideration of key stakeholder interests, specifically those of victims, defendants, police, communities and the state. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JKV; JKVQ2; JPQB; LB. 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
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349367511
- ISBN
- 9781349367511
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€ 66.24
€ 66.24
Student Mobilities, Migration and the Internationalization of Higher E...
Brooks, Rachel; Waters, J.
Paperback. This book develops a comprehensive understanding of the motivations and experiences of students who choose to study abroad for the whole or part of a degree. It includes case studies of students from East Asia, Europe and the UK, and considers the implications of their movement for contemporary higher education. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP; JHB; JNM; JPQB. 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
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349367696
- ISBN
- 9781349367696
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. 'Nationalism in the Troubled Triangle' is a systematic study of nationalism in Cyprus, Greece and Turkey from a comparative perspective. Editor(s): Aktar, Ayhan Turhan; Kizilyurek, Niyazi; Ozkirimli, Umut. Series: New Perspectives on South-East Europe. Num Pages: 299 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 387.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 299
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349367801
- ISBN
- 9781349367801
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€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Paperback. Examining the increasingly powerful role of standards in the governing of economic, political and social life, this book draws upon governmentality and actor network theory to explore how standards and standardizing projects are articulated and rendered workable in practice, and the objects, subjects and forms of identity to which this gives rise. Editor(s): Higgins, V.; Larner, Wendy. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JHBC; JHM; JHMC; JPA. 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
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349367948
- ISBN
- 9781349367948
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€ 66.00
€ 66.00
Paperback. This book provides the first in-depth analysis of the global phenomenon of snowboarding culture. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, it offers key insights into the sport, lifestyle, industry, media, gender relations, travel, and physical experience of snowboarding, in both historical and contemporary contexts. Series: Global Culture and Sport Series. Num Pages: 322 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSP; JHB; JHBS; JHMC. 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
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349368129
- ISBN
- 9781349368129
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€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Paperback. An account of the nature and value of the family within a liberal society. It defines 'family', and assesses the right to have a family, whether the family promotes injustice, and what future there is for the family in the face of significant changes. Num Pages: 131 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JHB; JHBK. 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
- 131
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349368525
- ISBN
- 9781349368525
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Series: Identity Studies in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFF; JHB; JHBL; KJWB. 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
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349368716
- ISBN
- 9781349368716
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€ 66.95
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Paperback. This book critically assessesthird-wave feminist strategies for advancing a feminist 'politics of the self' within the late modern, postfeminist gender order a context where gender equality has been mainstreamed, feminism has been dismissed, and a neoliberal culture of self-management has become firmly entrenched." Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; HPS; JFCX; JFSJ; JHBA; JPA. 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
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349368877
- ISBN
- 9781349368877
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€ 66.12
€ 66.12
Paperback. Sociologists have debated suicide since the early days of the discipline. This book assesses that body of work and breaks new ground through a qualitatively-driven, mixed method 'sociological autopsy' ofone hundredsuicides that explores what can be known about suicidal lives. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK; JKSN; JMS; JPQB; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349368914
- ISBN
- 9781349368914
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This volume presents a unique examination of Western-led police reform efforts by theoretically linking neoliberal globalization, police reform and development. The authors present seven country case studies based on this theoretical and conceptual approach and assess the prospects for successful police reform in a global context. Series: Transnational Crime, Crime Control and Security. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHB; JKV; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349369010
- ISBN
- 9781349369010
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Condition: New
€ 66.26
€ 66.26