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Paperback. Through critical analysis of key concepts and measures of the rule of law, this book shows that the choice of definitions and measures affects descriptive and explanatory findings about nomocracy. It argues a constitutionalist legacy from centuries ago explains why European civilizations display higher adherence to rule of law than other countries. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPB; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 220 x 15. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349457731
- ISBN
- 9781349457731
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Condition: New
€ 65.58
€ 65.58
Paperback. Revised version of the author's PhD thesis, Bremen International Graduate School for Social Sciences. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JHBA; JPB; 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
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349457366
- ISBN
- 9781349457366
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This book offers the first conceptually rigorous analysis of the political and institutional underpinnings of Brazil's recent rise. Using Brazil as a case study in multiparty presidentialism, the authors argue that Brazil's success stems from the combination of a constitutionally strong president and a robust system of checks and balances. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 232 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPA; JPB; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 305.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349456741
- ISBN
- 9781349456741
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€ 126.56
€ 126.56
Paperback. This book combines the two most important typologies of capitalist diversity; Esping-Andersen's welfare regime typology and Hall and Soskice's 'Varieties of Capitalism' typology, into a unified typology of capitalist diversity. The author shows empircally that certain welfare states bundle together with certain production systems. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JHBL; JPB; JPQB; KFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 305.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349456604
- ISBN
- 9781349456604
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Condition: New
€ 65.77
€ 65.77
Paperback. Bad Presidents seeks to interpret the meaning of presidential 'badness' by investigating the ways in which eleven presidents were 'bad.' The author brings a unique, and often amusing perspective on the idea of the presidency, and begins a new conversation about the definition of presidential success and failure. Series: The Evolving American Presidency. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; JPA; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 348.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349455133
- ISBN
- 9781349455133
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Condition: New
€ 66.04
€ 66.04
paperback. This book explores how norms-based international organizations, namely the Council of Europe and the OSCE, are still able to win in world politics. Fawn uses the concept of internal conditionality to explain how these organizations have been able to respond to members with a lack of material incentives or instruments of coercion. Num Pages: 348 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPB; JPS; JPSN; JW. 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
- 348
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- SKU
- V9781349454846
- ISBN
- 9781349454846
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Condition: New
€ 127.70
€ 127.70
paperback. This book explores how and why the EU and its member states define immigration policies. A comparison of EU negotiations on five EU immigration directives reveals interests of actors in EU integration and whether common policies aim at a restriction or expansion of immigration to the EU. Series: Transformations of the State. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHB; JPA; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- SKU
- V9781349453887
- ISBN
- 9781349453887
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Condition: New
€ 65.92
€ 65.92
Paperback. This book analyses the diffusion of norms concerning gender-based violence and gender mainstreaming of aid and trade between the EU, South America and Southern Africa. Norm diffusion is conceptualized as a truly multidirectional and polycentric process, shaped by regional governance and resulting in new geometries of transnational activism. Editor(s): Vleuten, Anna van der (Radbound University Nijmegen, The Netherlands); Van Eerdewijk, Anouka; Roggeband, Conny. Series: Gender and Politics. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JPA; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349453559
- ISBN
- 9781349453559
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Condition: New
€ 66.04
€ 66.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; HBAH; JPA; JPB; KCP; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 215 x 25. Weight in Grams: 366.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349453450
- ISBN
- 9781349453450
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Condition: New
€ 66.06
€ 66.06
Paperback. With contributions from experts on democracy promotion, this volume examines civil society development and external civil society promotion in post-socialist Europe. It focuses on countries with a failed or deficient process of democratic consolidation looking at unintended consequences of external democracy promotion on civil society development. Editor(s): Beichelt, T; Hahn, I; Schimmelfennig, F; Worschech, S. Series: Challenges to Democracy in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPB; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349450725
- ISBN
- 9781349450725
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Condition: New
€ 66.10
€ 66.10
Paperback. Through a theoretical and empirical examination of the 1956 Suez Crisis, the 1966 NATO crisis, and the 2003 Iraq crisis, Eznack explores the connections between affect and emotion, the occurrence of crises, and the repair of those crises in close allies' relationships, and provides a new perspective on alliances and friendly relations among states. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPB; JPS; JPSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349450114
- ISBN
- 9781349450114
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This collection argues that although constitutionalism has traditionally been the primary mechanism for facilitating the mutual accommodation of sub-state and state national societies in plurinational states. Series: St Antony's. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JF; JPA; JPB; JPS; KJU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349450039
- ISBN
- 9781349450039
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Condition: New
€ 66.01
€ 66.01
Paperback. This book discusses key issues in global and regional social policy, exploring Bob Deacon's pioneering approach to regulation, rights and redistribution. It addresses the role of international actors in shaping social policy and discusses the problems and possibilities of new alliances for global social justice. Editor(s): Stubbs, P. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB; JPB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349449644
- ISBN
- 9781349449644
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Condition: New
€ 66.01
€ 66.01
Paperback. The book offers a nuanced and innovative analyses of the emergence of an inclusive secular democratic state paradigm which incorporates the sacred within the framework of secular democracy in the Muslim World. Num Pages: 297 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; HRAM; HRH; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 297
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349448463
- ISBN
- 9781349448463
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Condition: New
€ 66.25
€ 66.25
Paperback. This volume explores South Korea's successful transition from an underdeveloped, authoritarian country to a modern industrialized democracy. South Korea's experience of foreign aid gives a unique perspective on how to use foreign aid for economic development as well as how to build a strong partnership between developed and developing countries. Editor(s): Kim, E. Series: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JPB; JPS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349447534
- ISBN
- 9781349447534
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Condition: New
€ 137.52
€ 137.52
Paperback. Sara Konoe looks into the politics of financial regulatory developments in the United States, Japan, and Germany. These case studies highlight systemic interaction between institutions and political contexts, and provide broader implications for global financial governance. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPB; JPS; KCP; KFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349447107
- ISBN
- 9781349447107
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Condition: New
€ 126.80
€ 126.80
Paperback. Editor(s): Inoguchi, Takashi. Series: Asia Today. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPB; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 329.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349447008
- ISBN
- 9781349447008
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Communities throughout the world are increasingly diverse in their racial, ethnic and religious make up. Using examples drawn from over 50 countries in a variety of fields from economics to education, this book explores how governmental, economic and social institutions are adapting their policies to create more cohesive and peaceful societies. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JHB; JPA; JPB; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349446612
- ISBN
- 9781349446612
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Condition: New
€ 66.61
€ 66.61
New Institutions for Participatory Democracy in Latin America
Sharpe, Kenneth E.. Ed(S): Cameron, M.; Hersh...
Paperback. Editor(s): Cameron, M.; Hershberg, Eric. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPA; JPB; JPHF; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 359.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349444397
- ISBN
- 9781349444397
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Changing Social Risks and Social Policy Responses in the Nordic Welfar...
. Ed(S): Harslof, Ivan; Ulmestig, Rickard
Paperback. 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: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JKS; JPB; JPQB; KJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 295
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349443338
- ISBN
- 9781349443338
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95