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Hardcover. This book takes a fascinating look at the role of the Arab-Islamic world in the rise of the West. It examines the cultural transmission of ideas and institutions in a number of key areas, including science, philosophy, humanism, law, finance, commerce, as well as the Arab-Islamic world's overall impact on the Reformation and the Renaissance. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230393202
- ISBN
- 9780230393202
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Condition: New
€ 139.65
€ 139.65
Hardcover. This book deconstructs territoriality in the context of current and past European politics to advance international relations scholars' understanding of the uses and limits of territory in European history as well as the origin of an international system. It looks to the future of migration regimes beyond the territorially exclusive state. Series: Palgrave Studies in International Relations. Num Pages: 169 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFFS; JPSL; RGCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230391284
- ISBN
- 9780230391284
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€ 62.67
€ 62.67
Paperback. This book, now in paperback with a striking new preface, presents one of the first systematic assessments of aesthetic insights into world politics. It examines the nature of aesthetic approaches and outlines how they differ from traditional analysis of politics using a series of case studies on language and poetics. Series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPN; HPS; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230390638
- ISBN
- 9780230390638
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Condition: New
€ 118.59
€ 118.59
Hardcover. This book brings a fresh, original approach to understand social action in China and Vietnam through the conceptual lens of informal environmental and health networks. It shows how citizens in non-democratic states actively create informal pathways for advocacy and the development of functioning civil societies. Series: Non-Governmental Public Action. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFS; JPWD; JPWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230380202
- ISBN
- 9780230380202
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Condition: New
€ 62.46
€ 62.46
Hardcover. This book proposes the idea of a 'discourse trap' in which the discourses and associated terminology devised for political or military reasons can entrap policymakers by motivating or constraining their actions. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JP; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230372047
- ISBN
- 9780230372047
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Condition: New
€ 62.26
€ 62.26
Hardcover. Examines black voters' relationship to the political process and to the first black president in a prematurely post-racial America using interviews with members of the Congressional Black Caucus, empirical data, news accounts, academic literature and case law. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 221 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230371996
- ISBN
- 9780230371996
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Condition: New
€ 62.36
€ 62.36
Hardcover. Draws together contributions from leading figures in the field of surveillance to engage in the discussion of the emergence of accountability as a means to manage threats to privacy. The first of its kind to enrich the debate about accountability and privacy by drawing together perspectives from experienced privacy researchers and policy makers. Editor(s): Neyland, Daniel; Hempel, Leon; Kroener, Inga; Postigo, Hector; Ilten, Carla; Guagnin, Daniel. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 black & white tables, 5 diagrames. BIC Classification: JFF; JPVH; KNSS1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230369320
- ISBN
- 9780230369320
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Condition: New
€ 119.54
€ 119.54
Hardcover. In this book, men in politics are the subjects of a gendered analysis with Elin Bjarnegard exploring how male networks are maintained and expanded, seeking to improve our understanding of the rationale underlying male dominance in politics. The role of informal institutions in unpredictable political settings are explored. Series: Gender and Politics. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230369269
- ISBN
- 9780230369269
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Condition: New
€ 62.12
€ 62.12
Hardcover. Moving from the birth of Europe to the current crisis, this irreverent and topical book questions the relevance of the European Union today, addressing issues ranging from immigration and Turkish integration to the sovereign debt crisis, and whether this will prove to be merely the beginning of intractable economic challenges. Num Pages: 334 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JPSN2; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 220 x 31. Weight in Grams: 528.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230368927
- ISBN
- 9780230368927
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.62
€ 63.62
Resilience of Regionalism in Latin America and the Caribbean: Developm...
Andrés Rivarola Puntigliano (Ed.)
Hardback. As regionalisation becomes an increasingly hot topic, the authors explain why regionalism has been most successful in Latin America and analyse current processes and opinions of possible future developments in the region, including the Caribbean, Central America, Brazil, and Mexico. Editor(s): Rivarola Puntigliano, Andres; Briceno-Ruiz, Jose. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JPRB; JPS; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230368361
- ISBN
- 9780230368361
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.51
€ 23.99
€ 20.51
Hardback. The first volume of IDS Companions to Development Studies focuses on pivotal writing emerging from the IDS fellowship during the last 50 years. It includes five topics: perspectives and paradigms, debunking myths, development policy, gender and international perspectives, and policy, as well as names like Seers, Singer, Lipton, Reg Green. Editor(s): Jolly, Richard. Series: Ids Companions to Development. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 black & white tables, 4 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: GTF; JPA; JPB; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230368330
- ISBN
- 9780230368330
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€ 25.99€ 22.55
€ 25.99
€ 22.55
Hardcover.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230368132
- ISBN
- 9780230368132
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€ 62.18
€ 62.18
Political Autonomy and Divided Societies: Imagining Democratic Alterna...
Gagnon, Alain-G, Keating, Michael
Hardcover. An all star cast of academic experts offer an important and timely analysis of the pursuit of autonomy. They argue that it is key to move beyond the primarily normative debate about the rights or wrongs of autonomous regions on the basis of cultural concerns, instead focusing on understanding what makes autonomy function successfully. Series: Comparative Territorial Politics. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPH; JPR; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230364257
- ISBN
- 9780230364257
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Condition: New
€ 63.20
€ 63.20
Hardcover. This book engages with the most urgent philosophical questions pertaining to the problem of terrorism. What is terrorism? Could it ever be justified? Assuming that terrorism is just one of many kinds of political violence, the book denies that it is necessarily wrong and worse than war. In fact, it may be justifiable under certain circumstances. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 362.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230363984
- ISBN
- 9780230363984
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.08
€ 62.08
Hardcover. This book analyses security cooperation in the domain of inter-regionalism, addressing the emergence of the African Union as a regional actor and its impact on EU-Africa relations. It explores the transformative potential of security cooperation for equality, partnership and local ownership in EU-Africa relations. Series: New Security Challenges. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1H; 1QFE; JPS; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230363908
- ISBN
- 9780230363908
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Condition: New
€ 62.39
€ 62.39
Hardcover. Offering a comprehensive account of the work of Hedley Bull, Ayson analyses the breadth of Bull's work as a Foreign Office official for Harold Wilson's government, the complexity of his views, including Bull's unpublished papers, and challenges some of the comfortable assertions about Bull's place in the English School of IR. Series: Palgrave Studies in International Relations. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230363892
- ISBN
- 9780230363892
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.10
€ 119.10
Hardcover. Roger examines how developments in new media technologies, such as the internet, blogs, camera/video phones, have fundamentally altered the way in which governments, militaries, terrorists, NGOs, and citizens engage with images. He argues that there has been a paradigm shift from techno-war to image warfare, which emerged on 9/11. Series: New Security Challenges. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JHB; JPS; JPWL; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230363885
- ISBN
- 9780230363885
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.12
€ 62.12
Paperback. The first comprehensive 'bird's eye' account of public sector reform supported by references from over 400 official sources, this book is an invaluable guide to all those in the public, private and voluntary sectors grappling with the twin challenges of managing public spending austerity and the pressure in response to transform public services. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JK; JPP; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230363656
- ISBN
- 9780230363656
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.98
€ 61.98
Hardcover. The first comprehensive 'bird's eye' account of public sector reform supported by references from over 400 official sources, this book is an invaluable guide to all those in the public, private and voluntary sectors grappling with the twin challenges of managing public spending austerity and the pressure in response to transform public services. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JK; JPP; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230363649
- ISBN
- 9780230363649
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.28
€ 61.28
Hardcover. Prime Ministers in Westminister style democracies are forever talking to and communicating with the electorate. This ground-breaking book explores and analyses the uses of political rhetoric by Prime Ministers to explore patterns of communication and shows that the manner in which they talk to the electorate is central to day-to-day governance. Series: Palgrave Studies in Political Leadership. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JPHL; JPHV; JPL; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230363618
- ISBN
- 9780230363618
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.39
€ 62.39
Hardcover. From neorealism's resolve to Berlusconian revisionist melodramas, this book examines cinema's role in constructing memories of Fascist Italy. Italian cinema has both reflected and shaped popular perceptions of Fascism, reinforcing or challenging stereotypes, remembering selectively and silently forgetting the most shameful pages of Italy's history. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; JFCA; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230363328
- ISBN
- 9780230363328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.82
€ 62.82
Paperback. A growing interest in the oeuvre of Hans J. Morgenthau and in re-readings of 'classical realism' increases the significance of his European, pre-emigration writings in order to understand the work of one of the founding figures of IR. This book is the first English translation of Morgenthau's French monograph La notion du politique from 1933. Editor(s): Rosch, Felix. Series: Palgrave Studies in International Relations. Num Pages: 164 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230363090
- ISBN
- 9780230363090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.30
€ 66.30
Hardcover. Troy analyses how the understanding of religion in Realism and the English School helps in working towards the greater good in international relations, studying religion within the overall framework of international affairs and the field of peace studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPFR; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230362918
- ISBN
- 9780230362918
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.16
€ 129.16
Hardcover. Why are regional nationalisms threatening the old nations? This book explores examples such as why Scotland might become independent, why Wales wants more autonomy, and why Catalonia emphasizes its distinctive language and institutions but does not want separation from Spain. Stateless Nations explores the historical roots of modern nationalisms. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JPB; JPFN; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230361799
- ISBN
- 9780230361799
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.26
€ 62.26