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Hardcover. Prime Ministers in Westminister style democracies are forever talking to and communicating with the electorate. This ground-breaking book explores and analyses the uses of political rhetoric by Prime Ministers to explore patterns of communication and shows that the manner in which they talk to the electorate is central to day-to-day governance. Series: Palgrave Studies in Political Leadership. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JPHL; JPHV; JPL; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230363618
- ISBN
- 9780230363618
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Hardcover. In this unique and engaging book, Sue Pryce tackles the major issues surrounding drug policy. Why do governments persist with prohibition policies, despite their proven inefficacy? Why are some drugs criminalized, and some not? And why does society care about drug use at all? Pryce guides us through drug policy around the world. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFH; JKVG; JPB; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 375.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230359703
- ISBN
- 9780230359703
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.42
€ 66.42
Hardcover. This pioneering book examines how policies to raise efficiency and performance in Europe's universities have profoundly altered ties between government, society and higher education, outlining how Evaluation Agencies have urged Europe's universities to meet the challenge of modernization. Series: Issues in Higher Education. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; JNM; JPB; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230348035
- ISBN
- 9780230348035
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.03
€ 67.03
Hardcover. Written for practitioners and practitioners-in-training of education development, this book reviews education issues in developing countries and provides in-depth case studies from Egypt, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1FKP; 1HBE; JNF; JPQB; JPRB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340176
- ISBN
- 9780230340176
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Paperback. Eva Gross analyzes changing national preferences towards the EU CFSP and ESDP by providing detailed accounts of British, French and German crisis decision-making in FYROM, Afghanistan, Lebanon and DR Congo. While transatlantic relations remain important, crisis management under the EU label is increasingly accepted in national capitals. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1QFE; JPQB; JPSN2; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230309135
- ISBN
- 9780230309135
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.80
€ 65.80
Hardcover. Based on the empirical analysis of the effectiveness of four provincial centres for the diffusion of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), a market mechanism for emission reductions, Miriam Schroder scrutinizes the strengths and weaknesses of hybrid actors' performance on the local Chinese carbon market. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPQB; KCN; KCP; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230301610
- ISBN
- 9780230301610
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.24
€ 67.24
Hardcover. Wylde analyzes Kirchnerismo in Argentina and the developmental regime approach in the political economy of development in Latin America. He shows the systematic way in which relationships between state-market, state-society, and national-international dichotomies can be characterised within a developmentalist paradigm. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTF; JPFK; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230301597
- ISBN
- 9780230301597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.03
€ 67.03
Hardcover. This book sheds fresh light on developments in British nuclear weapons policy between October 1964, when the Labour Party came back into power under Harold Wilson following a thirteen year absence, and June 1970 when the Conservative government of Edward Heath was elected. Series: Nuclear Weapons and International Security Since 1945. Num Pages: 342 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFN; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTW; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230300880
- ISBN
- 9780230300880
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.43
€ 128.43
An original and comprehensive study of the sociological and psychological forces driving individual choices in French Presidential elections. Based on a unique comparative analysis of four French presidential contests over the last two decades, this book presents a rigorous examination of long-term and short-term voter motivations. Series: French Politics, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; JPHF; JPHL; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230300088
- ISBN
- 9780230300088
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.36
€ 67.36
Hardcover. What determines Europe's migrant policies and where does the EU fit into this picture? This book is a comparative analysis of the impact of the EU, if any, on the policies and politics of immigrant integration in its member states. It investigates whether the EU can be a force for good in this policy area. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1QFE; JFFN; JPB; JPQB; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230299993
- ISBN
- 9780230299993
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.36
€ 67.36
Hardcover. EU internal security concerns such as migration, police and judicial cooperation are today part of EU foreign policy. This book shows how those concerns dominate the EU agenda towards Mediterranean countries. Adopting a rational-choice institutionalist approach, it explores EU policy and the strategic choices made after the 2011 Arab revolts. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JPQ; JPSN2; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230299931
- ISBN
- 9780230299931
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardcover. Analysis of why politicians are driven to create an independent judicial institution with the authority to overrule their decisions. It focuses on a country with no tradition of independent judicial review - Russia. History does not support an independent judiciary here; yet a potentially powerful constitutional court has existed for 20 years. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; JKV; JPP; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230298729
- ISBN
- 9780230298729
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.42
€ 127.42
Hardcover. EPUB Series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JPB; JPQB; JPSN2; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230298682
- ISBN
- 9780230298682
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. A comparative analysis of the evolution ofUK and German broadcasting policies, adding to the developing area of comparative research on media and communications policy. The book focuses on processes of marketization and liberalization as they have affected policy-making, national regulatory frameworks and media structures. Num Pages: 346 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; JFD; JPQB; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 24. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230298613
- ISBN
- 9780230298613
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.69
€ 67.69
Political Struggles and the Forging of Autonomous Government Agencies ...
Cristopher Ballinas Valdes
Hardcover. Argues that autonomous agencies are not the result of a systematic design, but are produced by the interactions of political and bureaucratic forces. The case studies illustrate how political struggles between politicians and bureaucrats can create a muddle of agencies that lack coherence and are subject to conflicting levels of political control. Series: Public Sector Organizations. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JPH; JPP; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230296480
- ISBN
- 9780230296480
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.48
€ 67.48
Hardcover. Over the long eighteenth century English governance was transformed by large adjustments to the legal instruments and processes of power. This book documents and analyzes these shifts and focuses upon the changing relations between legal authority and the English people. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; JPQB; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230293014
- ISBN
- 9780230293014
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.29
€ 68.29
Hardcover. An analysis of think-tanks in Britain and Germany and their role in the re-making of the British Labour party and Germany's Social Democrats as 'Third Way' parties. The part that think-tanks played in the creation of the the 'workfare state' in the 1990s and 2000s is also explored in this book. Series: New Perspectives in German Political Studies. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKSB; JPB; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230292949
- ISBN
- 9780230292949
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardcover. An exploration of political traditions and their usage in explanations of British politics. This book includes an evaluation of both classical and critical approaches to the British Political Tradition. It also analyses more recent uses of political tradition by Bevir, Rhodes and Marquand. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JPA; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460. 288 pages. An exploration of political traditions and their usage in explanations of British politics. This book includes an evaluation of both classical and critical approaches to the British Political Tradition. It also analyses more recent uses of political tradition by Bevir, Rhodes and Marquand. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JPA; JPQ. Dimension: 215 x 151 x 21. Weight: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230292024
- ISBN
- 9780230292024
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.15
€ 67.15
Hardcover. An exploration of whether politicians are perceived to keep their election promises. While scholars claim that parties act on most of their election promises, citizens hold the opposite view. This 'Pledge Puzzle' guides Naurin in her analysis of the often referred to but not empirically investigated, 'conventional wisdom' about election promises. Series: Public Sector Organizations. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPHF; JPLM; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 219 x 19. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230290853
- ISBN
- 9780230290853
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.52
€ 66.52
The Presidents of the French Fifth Republic (French Politics, Society ...
Bell, David S., Gaffney, John
Hardcover. In the French Republic political leadership is normally provided by the presidency, albeit from a very narrow constitutional base. This volume examines the strengths and weaknesses of that leadership as well as the way that executive power has been established in the republican context. Series: French Politics, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJP; 3JM; JPHL; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 221 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230285224
- ISBN
- 9780230285224
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95