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Paperback. This collection examines anti-corruption campaigns and argues that they have often resulted in perverse and unintended consequences. The book examines how corruption has been addressed (and sometimes tolerated) in Africa, Asia, Latin America and East & Central Europe to interrogate government policy and question development discourse and practice. Editor(s): Bracking, Sarah. Series: Palgrave Studies in Development. Num Pages: 331 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JHB; JPA; KCM; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 331
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349357697
- ISBN
- 9781349357697
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€ 119.13
€ 119.13
paperback. Through close examination of dozens of electoral contests in carefully chosen constituencies, the author demonstrates that the fundamental division separating the burgeoning liberal and conservative parties in England in the 1830s and 1840s was religion, and that this controversy was what created a perceptible two-party system in British politics. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 311 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; HRAX; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 311
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- SKU
- V9781349357611
- ISBN
- 9781349357611
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€ 62.20
€ 62.20
Paperback. This book challenges conventional wisdom by showing how, in some circumstances, improved energy efficiency may increase energy consumption. Relying upon energy efficiency to reduce carbon emissions could therefore be misguided. This book explores the broader implications for climate change and sustainable consumption. Editor(s): Herring, H. Series: Energy, Climate and the Environment. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; RND; RNPG; RNU; THX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349357536
- ISBN
- 9781349357536
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€ 62.34
€ 62.34
Paperback. This book offers a fresh look at sustainable consumption, exploring how grassroots community action can spread ideas in society. It presents a 'New Economics' approach based on alternative measures of wealth and value, examining how these are put into practice through local organic food systems, low-impact eco-housing, and complementary currencies. Series: Energy, Climate and the Environment. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA; RGB; RND; RNU; THX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349357512
- ISBN
- 9781349357512
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€ 119.13
€ 119.13
Paperback. An international collection of papers focused on media, culture and society in postcommunist Russia. Contributors deploy a wealth of primary data in examining the kinds of issues that are central to our understanding of the kind of system that has been established in the world's largest country after a period of far-reaching change. Editor(s): White, S. Series: Studies in Central and Eastern Europe. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AS; JFC; JFD; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349357307
- ISBN
- 9781349357307
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€ 61.84
€ 61.84
Paperback. Gender, Equality and Difference During and After State Socialism examines gender as a socially and culturally constructed phenomenon which is influential in and influenced by state-led policies and structures, as well as social practices and relations and which shapes the experiences and lives of women and men. Editor(s): Kay, R. Series: Studies in Central and Eastern Europe. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349357284
- ISBN
- 9781349357284
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€ 61.75
€ 61.75
Paperback. In this fully revised and updated new edition, leading political scientist Stephen Gill further develops his radical theory of the new world order to argue that as the globalization of power intensifies, so too do globalized forms of resistance. Including two new chapters, this widely adopted text offers alternatives to the current world order. Editor(s): White, S. Series: Studies in Central and Eastern Europe. Num Pages: 189 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 189
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349357260
- ISBN
- 9781349357260
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€ 61.31
€ 61.31
Paperback. Series: International Political Theory. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFC; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349357161
- ISBN
- 9781349357161
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€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. Consideringthe questionof howlevels of security allow state power to beincreased to the point at which it infringes essential civil liberties, this book explores the creeping power of the executive andthe unfeasibility of widespread use of the Human Rights Act as a bulwark against the oppressive use of state power." Series: Crime Prevention and Security Management. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKV; JKVP; JKVQ2; JPA; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2009
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349357123
- ISBN
- 9781349357123
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€ 61.36
€ 61.36
Paperback. Private military organizations are a new and important feature of the international landscape. They offer control of potential massive violence to the highest bidder with very limited accountability. This book offers critical insights into both the phenomenon and the challenges of and potential for regulation. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS; JW; LB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349357062
- ISBN
- 9781349357062
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€ 118.46
€ 118.46
Paperback. By revisiting globalization using an analysis of metaphors, such as 'global village' and 'network society', this volume sheds new light on overlooked dimensions of global politics, redresses outdated conceptualizations, and provides a critical analysis of existing approaches to the study of globalization. Editor(s): Kornprobst, Markus; Pouliot, Vincent; Shah, N. (Division of Biosphere Sciences, Kings College, London); Zaiotti, Ruben. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; JFFS; JHB; JPA; RG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349356997
- ISBN
- 9781349356997
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€ 118.74
€ 118.74
Paperback. This book examines commodity consumption both as an ongoing problem for capital and a complex mediator of the post-Cold War political economy. Comor assesses consumption as a core but contradictory nodal point in contemporary world (dis)order developments arguing that capitalist consumption facilitates efforts to rule through consent. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JFSR; JPA; JPS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349356959
- ISBN
- 9781349356959
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€ 62.54
€ 62.54
paperback. One path towards development taken by a number of small jurisdictions is the establishment of an offshore financial centre. This text analyses the actual economic contribution for several small Caribbean economies and the impact to continued operation arising from an international initiative for the exchange of taxpayer information. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- SKU
- V9781349356935
- ISBN
- 9781349356935
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Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. Asset-based policies are becoming an increasingly important form of social policy globally. In this book, the first of its kind, Rajiv Prabhakar provides a theoretical perspective on the emerging asset agenda as well as examining specific policies, including the British Child Trust Fund. Num Pages: 178 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKS; JPP; JPQB; KCA; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349356911
- ISBN
- 9781349356911
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Condition: New
€ 61.19
€ 61.19
Paperback. The greatest threat to Western unity in the 1960s came not from a communist enemy but from an ally: France. De Gaulle challenged the dominance of the US by bringing crises to the EEC and NATO and seeking detente with the Soviet bloc. As this book shows, the US and Britain cooperated successfully to ensure that his plans did not prosper." Series: Global Conflict and Security Since 1945. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBJK; HBL; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349356874
- ISBN
- 9781349356874
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Condition: New
€ 61.95
€ 61.95
Paperback. This book provides detailed examinations of a range of state-society relations in post-socialism. Editor(s): Pickles, J. Series: Studies in Central and Eastern Europe. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 384.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 297
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349356812
- ISBN
- 9781349356812
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Condition: New
€ 119.13
€ 119.13
Paperback. Taking insights from the philosophy of science and technology, theories of participatory democracy and Critical Theory, the author tackles and explores how democratic participation in scientific research and technological innovation could be possible, as a deliberative means of improving the rational basis for the development of modern society. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPHV; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349356737
- ISBN
- 9781349356737
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€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. This book shows how France and Britain are leaders in EU security and defense policy, and explains why both states need each other in this policy area. The lack of relevant military capacity in Europe today implies that the US favors a strong EU in this field. Series: New Security Challenges. Num Pages: 247 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS; JPWL; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 324.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349356669
- ISBN
- 9781349356669
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€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. This book looks into the issue of inequality and distributive justice in an ethnically divided state. It focuses on problems of governance and resource allocation. Series: Ethnicity, Inequality and Public Sector Governance. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHB; JPA; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349356607
- ISBN
- 9781349356607
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Condition: New
€ 118.03
€ 118.03
Paperback. This book looks at the organization and strategy of state-wide parties from across some of the most important multi-layered countries in Western Europe. The volume providesthe first systematic attempt to study the strategy of state-wide parties on the basis of the comparative literature on issue voting." Editor(s): Swenden, Wilfried; Maddens, Bart. Num Pages: 331 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 331
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349356515
- ISBN
- 9781349356515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 118.93
€ 118.93