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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
€ 66.44
€ 66.44
Hardcover. In this original study British rule in Burma is examined through quotidian acts of corruption. Saha outlines a novel way to study the colonial state as it was experienced in everyday life, revealing a complex world of state practices where legality and illegality were inseparable: the informal world upon which formal colonial power rested. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 176 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMB; HBJF; HBTQ; JPZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230358270
- ISBN
- 9780230358270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Hardcover. Adopting a historical perspective this book reconstructs a contemporary sociology of human rights and examines ways of resolving Turkey's human rights issues. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVT; JFFE; JFFJ; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230355415
- ISBN
- 9780230355415
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Citizens' Reactions to European Integration Compared: Overlooking Euro...
Frazer, Elizabeth, Haegel, Florence, Van Inge...
Hardcover. Pre-financial crisis, EU citizens were 'overlooking' Europe ignoring it in favour of globalisation, economic flows, and crises of political corruption. Innovative focus group methods allow an analysis of citizens' reactions, and demonstrate how euroscepticism is a red herring, instead articulating an indifference to and ambivalence about Europe. Editor(s): Duchesne, Sophie; Frazer, Elizabeth; Haegel, Florence; Van Ingelgom, Virginie. Num Pages: 280 pages, 19 black & white tables, 10 figures. BIC Classification: 1D; 1QFE; JPSN2; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 27. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230354340
- ISBN
- 9780230354340
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover. Exploring the forms and meanings of mediated politics beyond the news cycle, this book encompasses genres drawn from television, radio, the press and the internet, assessing their individual and collective contribution to contemporary political culture through textual analysis and thematic review. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230354098
- ISBN
- 9780230354098
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. The Rise and Fall of Radical Westminster, 1780-1890 explores a critical chapter in the story of Britain's transition to democracy. Utilising the remarkably rich documentation generated by Westminster elections, Baer reveals how the most radical political space in the age of oligarchy became the most conservative and tranquil in an age of democracy. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 379 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 26. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1ST
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230349315
- ISBN
- 9780230349315
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.75
€ 128.75
Paperback. The collapse of the Irish 'Celtic Tiger' economy, in the wake of a banking disaster, provoked a joint EU/IMF rescue plan in late 2010. The election that followed saw Europe's most successful ever party lose more than half of its vote and almost three quarters of its seats. This book provides the definitive analysis of an electoral earthquake. Editor(s): Gallagher, Michael; Marsh, Michael. Num Pages: 349 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JMG; JPHF; JPHL; JPL; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 349
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230348820
- ISBN
- 9780230348820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Women are disproportionately affected by HIV and AIDS. By focusing on the pandemic at its epicentre in Southern Africa, this book explores the gendered power inequalities driving women's vulnerability to HIV and provides suggestions of how to individually and collectively address women's oppression. Num Pages: 248 pages, 7 figures, 3 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1HFM; JFFH2; JFFK; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230348806
- ISBN
- 9780230348806
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardcover. EPUB Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPS; KCLF; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230348790
- ISBN
- 9780230348790
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
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
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Hardcover. Confusion, controversy and even fear surrounds the political phenomenon of radicalism. This book attempts to make conceptual and historical sense of this phenomenon, both as a kind of practice and as a kind of thought, before defending it in a traditional if unfashionable form: a form that is historically progressive and politically humanistic. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230347847
- ISBN
- 9780230347847
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. This study combines an account of Blair, Chirac, Schroder and their attitudes towards European integration. It analyzes political discourses on 'national interests' and the EU, the frequently debated role of political discourse, the concept of national interest, and offers an alternative point of view on intergovernmental interaction. Series: International Relations and Development Series. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; GTB; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230347731
- ISBN
- 9780230347731
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.89
€ 66.89
Hardcover. This book features a critique of key philosophical doctrines that dominate the Iraq war debate: just war theory, humanitarian intervention, democratic realism, and preventive war doctrine. The author evaluates each and develops a philosophical approach that offers a model for thinking through the philosophical dilemmas introduced by new wars. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; HBWS5; HPS; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230341531
- ISBN
- 9780230341531
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.99
€ 66.99
Paperback. The book proposes a critical theory of the role and place of religion in public health and argues for a programmatic reorientation of these two fields of practice and inquiry to more effectively align religious health assets - widely present in many contexts - and public health services and facilities. Num Pages: 220 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM2; JFFH2; JPA; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 216 x 12. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230341524
- ISBN
- 9780230341524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.54
€ 71.54
Taxation and Society in Twentieth-Century Argentina (Studies of the Am...
José Antonio Sánchez Román
Hardcover. This book provides a historical narrative of the Argentine tax system in the twentieth century. It argues that the failure to build permanent trust between the state and the civil society and the unraveling of confidence within Argentine society itself account for the collapse of the progressive tax system. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBT; JPA; KFFD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230341265
- ISBN
- 9780230341265
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. This book examines the political mobilization of 'Israeli-Arabs,' Palestinian citizens of Israel. By examining the events, context, and effects of Land Day 1976 and Habbat October 2000, and combining them with original research and interviews, the author presents fresh insights into Palestinian political mobilization against Israeli injustices. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; JPS; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230341258
- ISBN
- 9780230341258
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.68
€ 66.68
Paperback. As India's attempts to carve out a foreign policy that is in sync with their rising international stature, they are having to deal with a range of issues that are controversial but central to the future of an Indian global strategy. This book examines these issues and deduces major trends in Indian foreign policy. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230341180
- ISBN
- 9780230341180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.93
€ 65.93
Hardcover. Newell examines noted Americans at seven critical turning points in American history to look at what it takes to be a statesman.Through a powerful speech and the events preceding and following it, they show us how they grappled with conflicting values, varying demands, and the uncertainties of trying to forge a good society. Num Pages: 300 pages, 2 black & white line drawings, 7 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPB; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230341081
- ISBN
- 9780230341081
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.31
€ 67.31
Hardcover. The US's once-enthusiastic commitment to restore trustworthy relations with the Muslim world has dwindled considerably since Obama's 2009 Cairo speech. This book tackles Washington's lagging engagement with the Muslim world and provides a roadmap for how the US can use public diplomacy to re-engage it. Series: Global Public Diplomacy. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1QFM; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340947
- ISBN
- 9780230340947
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Hardcover. Based on a case study of the RAND Corporation, this shows how the uncertainties of US defense policies since the fall of the USSR can be understood and illustrated through an analysis of the evolution of the think tank community, and more particularly through a sociological study of the so-called defense intellectuals such as the RAND Corporation. Translator(s): George, Renuka. Series: The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340923
- ISBN
- 9780230340923
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. When political 'extremists' - organized into parties that compete openly and successfully in democratic elections - enter the conventional institutional arena, how do mainstream actors react? This book deals with understanding how democracies respond to party-based extremism and with what consequences. Num Pages: 254 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JPB; JPF; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340794
- ISBN
- 9780230340794
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Hardcover. Using newly declassified archives and interviews with practitioners, Nicholas J. Cull has pieced together the story of the final decade in the life of the United States Information Agency, revealing the decisions and actions that brought the United States' apparatus for public diplomacy into disarray. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; JPP; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340725
- ISBN
- 9780230340725
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.06
€ 161.06
Hardcover. The day after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, civic leaders began to organize four coalitions that aimed to give ordinary citizens a chance to meet, to heal, and to be heard in rebuilding decisions. This book tells the inside story of the civic renewal movement they founded. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340428
- ISBN
- 9780230340428
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.56
€ 66.56
Paperback. This book carefully develops the perspective of nonprofit organizations as social capital assets and agents of public policy within a principal-agent framework. It shows the practical as well as managerial and marketing advantages of such an approach. Num Pages: 306 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPWH; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 New ed
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340282
- ISBN
- 9780230340282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95