Comparative politics
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Comparative politics
Paperback. This ground breaking book provides empirical and theoretical insights into the interface between deliberative democracy and the rough and tumble of interest groups in advocacy politics. It examines how deliberative ideals work alongside the adversarial realties of interest-based politics. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JHB; JPA; JPB; JPHV; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 419.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349318414
- ISBN
- 9781349318414
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Political parties are essential for the functioning of parliamentary democracy but how have parties adapted to the challenges created by the growth of a new layer of political decision-making at the supranational level, i.e. the EU? This comparative survey focuses on parties in four Nordic countries, including Norway, which remains outside the EU. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPB; JPHF; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 339.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349318612
- ISBN
- 9781349318612
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€ 66.00
€ 66.00
Paperback. "This book explores the intriguing idea that there is much more democracy in human history than is generally acknowledged. It establishes that democracy was developing across greater Asia before classical Athens, clung on during the 'Dark Ages', often formed part of indigenous governance and is developing today in unexpected ways"-- Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPB. 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
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349318872
- ISBN
- 9781349318872
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€ 66.24
€ 66.24
paperback. The first systematic analysis of why Britain and France parted company on the issue of European monetary integration. Ikemoto reveals that Britain was much keener to participate in the early stages ofmonetary integration than previously thought; Britain and France pursued broadly similar policies on the issue until the end of the 1970s." Series: St Antony's. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPB; JPS; KCL. 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
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- SKU
- V9781349319114
- ISBN
- 9781349319114
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€ 66.17
€ 66.17
Paperback. This2nd edition includes a new chapter on presidential leadership and foreign policy, and has expanded its coverage of Schumpeter's and other leadership models of democracy. Its focus, however, remains on pioneering political leadership in the electoral, governmental, legislative, and administrative sectors of the US and British democracies." Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPB; JPHV; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349320417
- ISBN
- 9781349320417
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€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Paperback. During the last decade, many European countries introduced extensive reformsto the way thatincome protection and activation programmes for the unemployed are implemented and delivered. This book analyzes and compares these reforms in nine European countries, focusing on the reforms programmes themselves, as well as on their effects." Editor(s): De Graaf, Willibrord; Van Berkel, Rik (Utrecht University, the Netherlands); Sirovatka, T. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBL; JPB; JPP; JPQB; KCF. 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
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349321667
- ISBN
- 9781349321667
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€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Paperback. Examines recent evidence of a growing symmetry in the operation of devolution in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. This book makes one of the first systematic and detailed comparisons of the operation of the devolved institutions and machinery of governance. It uses a comparative approach to explore the key workings of government. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 374.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349323678
- ISBN
- 9781349323678
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€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Paperback. This wide-ranging study of three European cities shows how hybrid forms of governance emerge from the tensions between new ideas and past legacies, and existing institutional arrangements and powerful decision makers. Using detailed studies of migration and neighborhood policy, as well as a novel Q methodology analysis of public administrators. Series: Understanding Governance. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPB; JPP. 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
- V9781349323715
- ISBN
- 9781349323715
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€ 65.69
€ 65.69
Paperback. Tannam focuses on the role of bureaucracies when dealing with conflict in two international organisations, the European Union (EU) and the United Nations (UN), providing a unique comparative account of their policy-making procedures. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JHB; JPB; JPS; 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
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349323876
- ISBN
- 9781349323876
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€ 65.78
€ 65.78
Paperback. "In the US and UK there has been a transformation in child care, family leave, social assistance and tax credits over the last twenty years. This book explores the factors behind these changes. With detailed case studies, it shows that ideas and the power to wield them are crucial factors in the transformation of family policy"-- Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JHBK; JPA; JPB; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349325757
- ISBN
- 9781349325757
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€ 66.70
€ 66.70
Paperback. State borders regulate cross-border mobility and determine peoples' chances to travel, work, and study across the globe. This book looks at how global mobility is defined by borders in 2011 in comparison to the 1970s. The authors trace the transformation of OECD-state borders in recent decades and show how borders have become ever more selective. Series: Transformations of the State. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHB; JPA; JPB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349325818
- ISBN
- 9781349325818
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€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Paperback. " Examining the impact of digital media on surveillance, power and people's capacity for action, this book explores how people act, and are acted upon, in an increasingly connected world"-- Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD; JPA; JPB. 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
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349326013
- ISBN
- 9781349326013
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. "This book assesses the key factors underlying such Australian-Japanese cooperation and those policy challenges that could impede it. Experts offer critical insights into why their two countries - traditionally the two key 'spokes' in the US bilateral alliance network spanning Asia - are moving toward a security relationship in their own right"-- Editor(s): Tow, William; Kersten, R. Series: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JPA; JPB; JW. 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
- 291
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349326761
- ISBN
- 9781349326761
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€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Paperback. "How should political community be seen in the context of European integration? This book combines a theoretical treatment of political allegiance with a study of ordinary citizens, examining how taxi-drivers in Britain, Germany and the Czech Republic talk politics and situate themselves relative to political institutions and other citizens"-- Series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA; JPB; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 15. Weight in Grams: 497.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349327058
- ISBN
- 9781349327058
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€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Paperback. "A novel explanation of how EU member states overcome their divergent preferences to reach agreement on common foreign policies, with fourteen in-depth case studies covering diplomatic and security issues, enlargement, trade, development and environmental protection"-- Series: Palgrave Studies in International Relations. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPA; JPB; JPS; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 14. Weight in Grams: 451.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349327874
- ISBN
- 9781349327874
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This book examines the role of everyday action in accepting, resisting and reshaping interventions, and the unique forms of peace that emerge from the interactions between local and international actors. Building on critiques of liberal peace-building, itredefines critical peace and conflict studies, based on new research from 16 countries." Series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 321 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JPA; JPB; JPS; JPSD; JPSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 321
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349328215
- ISBN
- 9781349328215
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€ 127.96
€ 127.96
Paperback. Astudy of processes of political party formation and change in new democracies. This book argues that to understand party organizations we need to focus on politicians' electoral strategies. The framework is used to analyze political party development in the new democracies of East Asia (South Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines, and Indonesia.)" Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPB; JPHF; JPP. 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
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349329571
- ISBN
- 9781349329571
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€ 65.81
€ 65.81
The Scale of Interest Organization in Democratic Politics. Data and Re...
. Ed(S): Halpin, D.; Jordan, G.
Paperback. Explores the need for political science to pay more attention to complex interactions involvingpolitically relevant groups. Distinguished contributors report on data from around the world and at different levels of political decision making from 'below the radar' in local communities to global negations at the World Trade Organization." Editor(s): Halpin, D.; Jordan, G. Series: Interest Groups, Advocacy and Democracy Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA; JPB. 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
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349329618
- ISBN
- 9781349329618
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€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Paperback. Truth commissions, apologies, and reparations are just some of the transitional justice mechanisms embraced by established democracies. This groundbreaking exploration of political theory explains how these forms of state redress repair the damage state wrongdoing inflicts upon political legitimacy. Series: International Political Theory. Num Pages: 318 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPB; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349330386
- ISBN
- 9781349330386
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€ 66.80
€ 66.80
The Welfare State as Crisis Manager. Explaining the Diversity of Polic...
Van Hooren, Franca; Starke, Peter; Kaasch, Al...
Paperback. This book presents an in-depth analysis of social policy reactions to international economic shocks in four different welfare states, over a 40-year period. It reveals how expansion and retrenchment are shaped by domestic politics and existing welfare state institutions. Series: Transformations of the State. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKS; JPA; JPB; JPQB; KFFD. 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
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349330423
- ISBN
- 9781349330423
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€ 65.93
€ 65.93
Paperback. The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is attracting significant attention from governments and scholars. This study examines the evolution of the SCO as a regional security provider and a framework for cooperation, drawing on fieldwork interviews with officials and experts from its member-states. Series: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPB; JPS; JPSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349330447
- ISBN
- 9781349330447
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. A seminal text in European studies, which addresses issues of research design and causal analysis. The chapters draw on different methodological traditions, notions of causality, and methods and use strong research design to address substantive problems in public policy, party politics, foreign policy and legislative studies. Editor(s): Exadaktylos, Theofanis; Radaelli, C. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 379.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349330485
- ISBN
- 9781349330485
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€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Paperback. Based on a reconstruction of earlier liberal conceptions of liberty (the political theories of John Locke & J.S. Mill), this book stresses the empowering nature of liberal freedom and explains why such a concept of liberty better addresses two key contemporary challenges in liberal theory and praxis: wealth redistribution and multiculturalism. Num Pages: 146 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB; JPA; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 212.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 146
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349330508
- ISBN
- 9781349330508
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This book analyzes in what way activation policies impact on given patterns of social citizenship that predominate in national contexts.It argues thatthe liberal paradigm of activation introduced into labour market policies in all Western European states challenges the specific patterns of social citizenship in each country." Editor(s): Betzelt, S.; Bothfeld, Silke. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; JKS; JPB; JPQB; KCF. 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
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349331000
- ISBN
- 9781349331000
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Condition: New
€ 66.62
€ 66.62