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Comparative politics
Hardcover. An exploration of the ways that multiple inequalities are being addressed in Europe. Using country-based and region-specific case studies it provides an innovative comparative analysis of the multidimensional equality regimes that are emerging in Europe, and reveals the potential that these have for institutionalizing intersectionality. Editor(s): Krizsan, Andrea; Skjeie, Hege; Squires, Judith. Series: Gender and Politics. Num Pages: 256 pages, 14 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1D; JPA; JPB; JPVH; LAQG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230292956
- ISBN
- 9780230292956
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€ 66.90
€ 66.90
Hardcover. An exploration of European integration as seen through a gender lens. This book looks at integration theories, institutional relationships, enlargement, the development of gender law and the role of formal actors, scholars and expert networks in the EU policy-making process. With a focus on gender mainstreaming as a new approach to gender policy. Editor(s): Abels, Gabriele; Mushaben, Joyce Marie. Series: Gender and Politics. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JPB; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 136 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230296459
- ISBN
- 9780230296459
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€ 67.77
€ 67.77
Hardcover. Written by a team of distinguished leadership scholars, this volume explores all the major fields of political leadership, from executive, legislative and party leadership to leadership in social movements and international organizations. The special value and appeal of this volume is the comparative focus which characterizes all chapters. Editor(s): Helms, Ludger. Series: Palgrave Studies in Political Leadership. Num Pages: 343 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JPB; JPHL; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 548.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230296497
- ISBN
- 9780230296497
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€ 128.48
€ 128.48
Hardcover. When the global financial system crashed, governments in America and Britain perfomed the greatest bailout in history. The legacy is record government debt, low growth and a new era of austerity. A stellar cast of contributors, including Tim Bale, Wyn Grant and Graham Wilson provide a sophisticated account of how the administrations are faring. Editor(s): Casey, Terrence. Num Pages: 306 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1KBB; JPB; JPHF; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230304581
- ISBN
- 9780230304581
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.87
€ 67.87
Hardcover. Energy in Europe and Russia is in flux. This book presents a rich set of case studies for analyzing the complex and intertwined regional dynamics of multiple actors, levels, and policy fields in energy throughout Europe and Russia, with the aim of offering an alternative view to the prevalent geopolitical or neoliberal approaches. Editor(s): Kuzemko, Caroline; Belyi, Andrei V.; Goldthau, Andreas; Keating, Michael F. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1DVUA; JPB; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 218 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230307902
- ISBN
- 9780230307902
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€ 128.19
€ 128.19
Paperback. This edited volume provides new empirical evidence of far-reaching changes to welfare states globally, which have changed the boundaries of the 'public' and 'private' domain within the mixed economies of welfare. Various modes of policy intervention are investigated, providing a nuanced account of reforms in the past decade. Editor(s): Seeleib-Kaiser, Martin. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKSB; JPB; JPP; LNTH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230321779
- ISBN
- 9780230321779
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Condition: New
€ 66.66
€ 66.66
Hardcover. How successful was the EU's Lisbon Strategy? This volume provides the first comprehensive assessment of the Strategy and reflects on its key developments during its 10-year cycle. The volume contains both theoretical and empirical contributions by some of the leading scholars of EU studies across the social sciences. Editor(s): Papadimitriou, Dimitris; Copeland, Paul. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JPB; JPP; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 520.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230337121
- ISBN
- 9780230337121
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Condition: New
€ 67.27
€ 67.27
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230337145
- ISBN
- 9780230337145
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€ 66.76
€ 66.76
Hardcover. This volume brings together a number of essays that citizens, academics, election officials, policy makers, and other stakeholders can read to become better informed about procedures that used today to audit elections and election administration, and to learn more about new approaches to improve existing election audit procedures. Editor(s): Hall, Thad E.; Atkeson, Lonna Rae; Alvarez, R. Michael. Series: Elections, Voting, Technology. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPB; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 218 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230341210
- ISBN
- 9780230341210
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€ 52.90€ 47.15
€ 52.90
€ 47.15
Hardcover. This book describes and compares how semi-autonomous agencies are created and governed by 30 governments. It leads practitioners and researchers through the crowded world of agencies, describing their tasks, autonomy, control and history. Evidence-based lessons and recommendations are formulated to improve agencification policies in post-NPM times. Editor(s): Verhoest, Koen; Thiel, Sandra van; Bouckaert, Geert; Lagreid, Per. Series: Public Sector Organizations. Num Pages: 496 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPB; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 884.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230354357
- ISBN
- 9780230354357
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Condition: New
€ 130.46
€ 130.46
Paperback. EPUB Editor(s): Verhoest, Koen; Thiel, Sandra van; Bouckaert, Geert; Lagreid, Per. Series: Public Sector Organizations. Num Pages: 496 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPB; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 29. Weight in Grams: 768.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 498
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230354364
- ISBN
- 9780230354364
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Condition: New
€ 140.73
€ 140.73
Hardcover. This volume takes a comparative approach to understand general tendencies in post-Communist transition in Russia and China. Bringing together perspectives from Political Science, Sociology and IR, it analyses three arenas of social change: socio-economic systems, political systems, and foreign policies. Editor(s): Pursiainen, Christer. Num Pages: 248 pages, 13 black & white tables, 15 figures. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FPC; JPA; JPB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230363922
- ISBN
- 9780230363922
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.88
€ 66.88
Hardcover. Given the weaknesses of mainstream democratisation since the 1980s, the authors present a cutting edge examination of dynamics of political change in the direction of more substantive democracy. While focusing on the Global South, they also draw comparisons from historical and contemporary experiences from Scandinavia. Editor(s): Stokke, Kristian; Tornquist, Olle. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 337 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFG; GTF; JPB; JPHV; JPV; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 218 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230370036
- ISBN
- 9780230370036
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.84
€ 67.84
Hardcover. This book focuses on the key actors in a referendum (the political elites/ parties, the media and citizens) and is centred around themes such as campaign style, campaign effects, electoral mobilization and turnout, as well as vote choice. The contributors consider the impact and importance of referendum campaigns. Editor(s): De Vreese, Claes H. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JPB; JPHF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230517837
- ISBN
- 9780230517837
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.11
€ 150.11
Hardcover. The book explores the role of new modes of governance in helping future member states to cope with their accession to the EU. It examines the extent to which civil society and business have assisted the governments of Southern, Central and Eastern European accession countries in taking on the ever more comprehensive body of EU laws and regulations. Editor(s): Borzel, Prof.Dr. Tanja A. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; GTB; JPB; JPQB; JPSN2; RNP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230575516
- ISBN
- 9780230575516
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. The decline of citizen involvement affects two key elements of democratic government: elections and political parties. Activating the Citizen examines the reasons underlying citizen withdrawal and explores and assesses innovative approaches on both sides of the Atlantic to try to counter these phenomena. Editor(s): DeBardeleben, Joan; Pammett, Prof. Jon H. Num Pages: 323 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBC; GTB; JPB; JPHF; JPVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 142 x 53. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230575943
- ISBN
- 9780230575943
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.31
€ 128.31
Hardcover. Nationalism in the Troubled Triangle is the first systematic study of nationalism in Cyprus, Greece and Turkey from a comparative perspective. Bringing scholars from Greece, Turkey and both sides of Cyprus (and beyond) together, the book provides a critical account of nation-building processes and nationalist politics in all three countries. 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: 1DVC; 1DVG; 1DVT; JPB; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230579156
- ISBN
- 9780230579156
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.09
€ 128.09
Hardcover. Standards are replacing tariffs as the main trade barriers facing African agro-food exports. This book examines the challenges and opportunities that new public and private standards present to African countries -- focusing on food safety, environmental and climate change, and social and labour standards. Editor(s): Gibbon, Peter; Ponte, Stefano; Lazaro, Evelyne. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKS; JPB; JPS; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230579514
- ISBN
- 9780230579514
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.24
€ 67.24
Hardcover. This book offers an in-depth analysis of political life in France and Europe at the beginning of the 21st century at a time of change and crisis. Encompassing questions about values, political actors and electoral choices, it is dedicated particularly to scholars and students enrolled in comparative politics programs. Editor(s): Perrineau, Pascal; Roban, Luc. Series: Europe in Transition: The NYU European Studies Series. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1DDF; 3JM; JPB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230614802
- ISBN
- 9780230614802
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.51
€ 128.51
Hardcover. Do party systems help or hinder democracy in Africa? Drawing lessons from different types of party systems in six African countries, this volume shows that party systems affect democracy in Africa in ways that are unexpectedly different from the relation between party systems and democracy observed elsewhere. Editor(s): Doorenspleet, Renske; Nijzink, Lia. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JPB; JPHV; JPL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 146 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137011701
- ISBN
- 9781137011701
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Condition: New
€ 66.52
€ 66.52
Hardcover. Based on the findings of a large-scale, comparative research project, this volume systematically assesses the institutional design and national influence of the Open Method of Coordination in Social Inclusion and Social Protection (pensions and health/long-term care), at the European Union level and in ten EU Member States. Editor(s): Barcevicius, Egidijus; Weishaupt, Timo; Zeitlin, Jonathan. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JKSB; JPB; KCR; LNTH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 186 x 220 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137022615
- ISBN
- 9781137022615
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Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardcover. The authors investigate the exceptional political economy of the ten inhabited islands whose territory is divided amongst two or more countries: that are unitary geographical spaces but fragmented polities. Editor(s): Baldacchino, Godfrey. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPB; JPRB; JPSL; KCP; RGCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137023124
- ISBN
- 9781137023124
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Condition: New
€ 67.39
€ 67.39
Hardcover. Utilizing both historical and new research data, this book analyzes voting patterns for local and national elections in thirteen west European countries from 1945-2011. The result of rigorous and in-depth country studies, this book challenges the popular second-order model and presents an innovative framework to study regional voting patterns. Editor(s): Dandoy, Regis; Schakel, Arjan H. Series: Comparative Territorial Politics. Num Pages: 346 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DD; JPB; JPHF; JPHV; JPL; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137025432
- ISBN
- 9781137025432
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.73
€ 127.73
Hardcover. The Nordic welfare states have found themselves in the firing line of post-industrial developments, resulting in fundamental changes and new social needs to attend to. This book explores responses to changing social risks across areas such as structural unemployment, entrepreneurship, immigration, single parenthood, education and health. Editor(s): Harslof, Ivan; Ulmestig, Rickard. Num Pages: 320 pages, 17 black & white tables, 23 figures. BIC Classification: GPQD; JHBL; JKSB; JPB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137267184
- ISBN
- 9781137267184
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09