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Paperback. Editor(s): Tornquist, Olle; Stokke, Kristian. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 337 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JHB; JPA; JPS; JPSN; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
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- New
- SKU
- V9781349350674
- ISBN
- 9781349350674
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€ 66.54
€ 66.54
The Global Future of Higher Education and the Academic Profession. The...
. Ed(S): Altbach, Philip G.; Androushchak, Gr...
Paperback. This is the first book to critically analyze the future of higher education systems in the four BRIC countries - Brazil, Russia, India and China - and the USA, analyzing academic salaries, contracts and working conditions and how national policy will affect the academic profession in each context. Editor(s): Altbach, Philip G.; Androushchak, Gregory; Kuzminov, Yaroslav. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JNK; JNM. 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
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349350643
- ISBN
- 9781349350643
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€ 126.65
€ 126.65
Paperback. Editor(s): Pries, Ludger. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHB; JPQB. 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
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349350612
- ISBN
- 9781349350612
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€ 65.86
€ 65.86
Paperback. This book analyses recent reform trends of European health care systems. Using eight European countries case studies it connects policy reforms with a healthcare quadrilemma, and compares how well these systems perform in terms of economic efficiency, medical achievements, social inequalities, and responsiveness to patients and workers. Editor(s): Pavolini, Emmanuele; Guillen, Ana M. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JKSN; JPQB; KFFD; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 423.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 319
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349350599
- ISBN
- 9781349350599
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€ 66.49
€ 66.49
paperback. Drawing on insights from international organization and securitization theory, the author investigates the World Health Organization and how its approach to global health security has changed and adapted since its creation in 1948. He also examines the organization's prospects for managing global health security now and into the future. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JHB; JPQB; JPSN; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- SKU
- V9781349350438
- ISBN
- 9781349350438
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€ 126.86
€ 126.86
Paperback. "In a series of interviews this book explores the formative experiences of a generation of critical theorists whose work originated in the midst of what has been called 'the postmodern turn,' including discussions of their views on the evolution of critical theory over the past 30 years and their assessment of contemporary politics" Editor(s): Nickel, Patricia Mooney. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB; JPA. 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
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349350391
- ISBN
- 9781349350391
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€ 126.94
€ 126.94
Paperback. Editor(s): Pullan, Wendy; Baillie, Britt. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JHB; JPA; JPP; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349350155
- ISBN
- 9781349350155
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€ 149.83
€ 149.83
paperback. What happens when art and pornography meet? By providing a plurality of disciplinary approaches and theoretical perspectives this essay collection will give the reader a fuller and deeper understanding of the commonalities and frictions between artistic and pornographic representations. Editor(s): Maes, Hans. Num Pages: 330 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AF; HPN; HPQ; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349349821
- ISBN
- 9781349349821
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€ 127.18
€ 127.18
Paperback. In this thought-provoking book, renowned peace negotiator Ross argues that the Bush administrations problems stem from its inability to use the tools of statecraft--diplomatic, economic, and military--to advance the nations interests around the world. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB; JPA; JPHV; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349349777
- ISBN
- 9781349349777
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€ 66.97
€ 66.97
Paperback. This book outlines the content of the main treaties that form the 'constitutional' basis of the European Union and analyses changes in these over time. The EU has expanded its policy scope and taken in many more members transferring powers to common supranational institutions in a way seen nowhere else in the world. Editor(s): Laursen, Dr. Finn. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Num Pages: 332 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA; JPS; JPSN. 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
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349349753
- ISBN
- 9781349349753
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Editor(s): Bruter, Michael; Lodge, M. Series: ECPR Research Methods. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349349739
- ISBN
- 9781349349739
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
paperback. This book analyses the nature of the contemporary racial state, exploring issues such as the nature of postraciality, racial neoliberalism, the state of multiculturalism and whiteness, alongside the functioning of state institutions and policy concerning the military, education, community surveillance, asylum and extradition. Editor(s): Rhodes, J.; Kapoor, Nisha; Kalra, Virinder. Series: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFFN; JFSL; JHB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 315.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- SKU
- V9781349349678
- ISBN
- 9781349349678
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€ 38.20
€ 38.20
Paperback. This book explores how digital communication generates new intimacies and meanings of friendship in a networked society, developing a theory of mediated intimacies to explain how social media contributes to dramatic changes in our ideas about personal relationships, through themes of self, youth, families, digital dating and online social capital. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JFSR; JHB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349349333
- ISBN
- 9781349349333
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€ 115.39
€ 115.39
Paperback. This book analyzes ways how three fringe players of the modern diplomatic order - the Holy See, the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, and the EU have been accommodated within that order, revealing that the modern diplomatic order is less state-centric than conventionally assumed and is instead better conceived of as a heteronomy." Series: Studies in Diplomacy and International Relations. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA; JPS; JPSD; JPSN. 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
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349349166
- ISBN
- 9781349349166
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€ 116.67
€ 116.67
Paperback. This volume takes a comparative approach to understand general tendencies in post-Communist transition in Russia and China.Bringing togetherperspectives from Political Science, Sociology andIR, itanalyses threearenas of social change: socio-economic systems, political systems, and foreign policies." Editor(s): Pursiainen, Christer. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA; JPB; JPS. 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
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349349142
- ISBN
- 9781349349142
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€ 66.10
€ 66.10
Paperback. Roger examines how developments in new media technologies, such as the internet, blogs, camera/video phones, have fundamentally altered the way in which governments, militaries, terrorists, NGOs, and citizens engage with images. He argues that there has been a paradigm shift from techno-war to image warfare, which emerged on 9/11. Series: New Security Challenges. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JHB; JPA; JPS; JW; UB. 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
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349349081
- ISBN
- 9781349349081
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€ 65.70
€ 65.70
Paperback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Political Leadership. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA; JPB; JPHV; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349349012
- ISBN
- 9781349349012
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€ 65.65
€ 65.65
Paperback. Young people are regularly posited as a threat to social order and Deconstructing Youth explores why. Applying Derridean deconstruction to case studies on youth sexuality, violence and developmental neuroscience, Gabriel offers a fresh perspective on how we might attend to 'youth problems' by recasting the foundations of the concept of 'youth'. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFF; JFSP; JHB; JHBK. 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
- 197
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349348879
- ISBN
- 9781349348879
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€ 65.74
€ 65.74
Paperback. Troy analyses how the understanding of religion in Realism and the English School helps in working towards the greater good in international relations, studying religion within the overall framework of international affairs and the field of peace studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; HRAM; JHB; JPA; JPS. 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
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349348763
- ISBN
- 9781349348763
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€ 137.72
€ 137.72
Paperback. Editor(s): Botterill, David; Pennings, Guido; Mainil, Tomas. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBS; JPQB; MBS; RG. 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
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349348602
- ISBN
- 9781349348602
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. The authors in this volume analyze spiritual kinship in Europe from the end of the Middle Ages to the Industrial Age. Uniquely comparing Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox views and practices, the chapters look at changes in theological thought over time as well as in social customs related to spiritual kinship, including godparenthood. Editor(s): Alfani, Guido; Gourdon, Vincent. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; JHBK. 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
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349348565
- ISBN
- 9781349348565
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€ 72.92
€ 72.92
Paperback. Why are regional nationalisms threatening the old nations? This book explores examples such as why Scotland might become independent, why Wales wants more autonomy, and why Catalonia emphasizes its distinctive language and institutions but does not want separation from Spain. Stateless Nations explores the historical roots of modern nationalisms. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA; JPS. 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
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349348480
- ISBN
- 9781349348480
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€ 65.89
€ 65.89
Paperback. Although most advanced industrialized countries are facing population aging and other social changes, public long-term care programs for the aged are remarkably diverse across them. This book accounts for the variations in elderly care policy by combining statistical analysis with historical case studies of Sweden, Japan and the USA. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JHB; JPB; JPP; JPQB; KCP. 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
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349348466
- ISBN
- 9781349348466
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This book approaches current controversies concerning qualitative and quantitative procedures in the social sciences and incorporates new methods showing how they can supplement each other. It is based on a comprehensive international research project that readers can apply to their findings through the data set provided on the author's home page. Series: ECPR Research Methods. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; JPB; KCP. 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
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349348442
- ISBN
- 9781349348442
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Condition: New
€ 66.16
€ 66.16