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Political control & freedoms

Hardcover. Was the Bush administration was successful in legitimating its preferences with habeas corpus, torture, and extraordinary rendition? As American transforms in the post-Bush era, scholars have begun to assess the post-9/11 period in American foreign and domestic policy, asking difficult questions regarding torture and human rights. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH; LBBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137363213
ISBN
9781137363213
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.50

Hardcover. This book examines the right to conscientious objection in international human rights law. It begins with an exploration of the concept of conscience and its evolution. Ozgur Heval o inar analyzes human rights law at both the international and regional level, considering UN, European, and inter-American mechanisms. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPVH; LAM; LBBR; LNDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137366078
ISBN
9781137366078
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.76

Hardcover. On the basis of a national research project undertaken in England, this volume explores how and why young people's engagement is so important globally in education and society, and looks at what teachers and students think about citizenship and community. The authors make recommendations to enhance understanding and the potential for engagement. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP2; JNF; JNKP; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 209 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137368850
ISBN
9781137368850
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.82

Paperback. Thousands of women are murdered every year by close relatives for allegedly violating an unwritten social code or rebelling against the patriarchal order. The book examines the roots and evolution of honor-based violence, as well as the ongoing struggle to eradicate it worldwide. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137371430
ISBN
9781137371430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.40

Paperback. This book argues that the declining nature of traditional forms of civic participation over the last half century are the result of the evolution of larger institutional, social, and historical forces that have favored the self-interest motivation at the expense of civic duty. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPF; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137371775
ISBN
9781137371775
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.63

Hardcover. This book explores the role of education in the formation of the Singapore developmental state. The book provides a historical study of citizenship education in Singapore, whereby a comparative study of history, civics and social studies curricula, and the politics and policies that underpin them are examined. Series: Education, Economy and Society. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMS; JNF; JNK; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137374592
ISBN
9781137374592
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.87

Hardcover. Placing struggles for communication rights within the broader context of human rights struggles in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, this broad-based collection offers a rich range of illustrations of national, regional and global struggles to define communication rights as essential to human needs and happiness. Editor(s): Padovani, Claudia; Calabrese, Andrew. Series: Global Transformations in Media and Communication Research - A Palgrave and IAMCR Series. Num Pages: 377 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX; JFFJ; JPV; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 25. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137378293
ISBN
9781137378293
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.09

Hardcover. This book challenges mainstream arguments about the de-ethnicization of citizenship in Europe, offering a critical discussion of normative justifications for ethno-cultural citizenship and an original elaboration of principles of membership suitable for contemporary liberal democratic states. Series: Palgrave Studies in Citizenship Transaitions. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1QFE; JPSN2; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137382078
ISBN
9781137382078
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.17

Hardcover. This book investigates the relationship between the Chinese Communist Party's crucial goal of using the propaganda system to consolidate its power within the domestic political environment and its prominent recent attempts to use propaganda overseas to increase China's international power. Series: Asia Today. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPS; JPVN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137382146
ISBN
9781137382146
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.23

Hardback. Explores current debates around religious extremism as a means to understand and re-think the connections between terrorism, insurgency and state failure. Using case studies of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq, she develops a better understanding of the underlying causes and conditions necessary for terrorism and insurgency to occur. Series: New Security Challenges. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM2; JPS; JPV; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 455.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137383709
ISBN
9781137383709
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.89

Hardcover. Sudan has historically suffered devastating famines that have powerfully reshaped its society. This study shows that food crises were the result of exploitative processes that transferred resources to a small group of beneficiaries, including British imperial agents and indigenous elites who went on to control the Sudanese state at independence. Series: Palgrave Series in Indian Ocean World Studies. Num Pages: 277 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137383860
ISBN
9781137383860
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.93

Hardcover. This book uses the concept of political conflict to examine the effects of globalization on tobacco control policies. Analyzing a range of challenges to policies enacted by Australia, Canada, the United States, the European Union and Uruguay, the book examines how the global trading system has narrowed the scope of conflicts over tobacco control. Num Pages: 171 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPSN; JPVH1; KNDF1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 219 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Pivot
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137384157
ISBN
9781137384157
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.23

Hardcover. Immigrants and minorities in Europe and America have responded in diverse ways to security legislation introduced since 9/11 that targets them, labeling them as threats. This book identifies how different groups have responded and explains why, synthesizing findings in the fields of securitization, migrant integration, and migrant mobilization. Series: Europe in Transition: The NYU European Studies Series. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; JFFN; JPQB; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137388049
ISBN
9781137388049
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.38

Hardcover. This resounding defence of the principles of free expression revisits the Satanic Verses uproar of 1989, as well as subsequent incidents such as the Danish cartoons controversy, to argue that the human right of free speech is by no means so secure that it can be taken for granted. Num Pages: 182 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSK; HRH; JFMD; JPVH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 221 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137388599
ISBN
9781137388599
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.30

Hardcover. This book explores the structural tensions and conflicts that arise with the abolition of border controls between the EU's member states and how this conflict ridden relationship affects and is affected by the institutional shape of the EU's external borders. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JFFN; JPSN2; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 222 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137389411
ISBN
9781137389411
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.93

Hardcover. This book explores the alleged uniqueness of the European experience, and investigates its ties to a long history of LGBT and queer movements in the region. These movements, the book argues, were inspired by specific ideas about Europe, which they sought to realize on the ground through activism. Series: Gender and Politics. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFSK; JPVH1; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137391759
ISBN
9781137391759
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.50

Hardcover. Based on extensive fieldwork that began in Argentina, this book asks how detained and disappeared persons inhabit the categories that international law has constructed to mark, judge, understand, and repair the horror. Series: Memory Politics and Transitional Justice. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 1KLSU; JHB; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137394149
ISBN
9781137394149
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.50

Hardback. The author assesses the politics of different humanitarian interventions in the Mexico-US border region developing a unique perspective on the significance of people, places and things to contemporary border struggles. Series: Mobility and Politics. Num Pages: 126 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JPVH; JPWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
126
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137395887
ISBN
9781137395887
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.65

Hardcover. The book discussed how contemporary political campaigns are increasingly sensitive to candidate-centered appeals, analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of their own candidate to determine how their personalities, backgrounds, and likability and background fit into a campaign narrative, theme, and issue agenda. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHF; JPHL; JPVL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137398604
ISBN
9781137398604
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.35

Hardback. Three days after September 11, 2001, Congress passed an unprecedented authorization of the use of military force (AUMF 2001) that remains in force today. As the theatre of operation against terrorism changes, the applicability and legality of the AUMF 2001 is under increasing scrutiny - giving way to academic discussion over its current status. Num Pages: 141 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPV; JPWL; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
141
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137398628
ISBN
9781137398628
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.61

hardcover. This study is one of the very first to analyze North Korea and the challenges that it presents to international security and community, by looking through the prism of the first two years of the Kim Jong-un regime. Num Pages: 160 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPR; JPS; JPV; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 357.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Pivot United Kingdom
Edition
2014th Edition
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137400062
ISBN
9781137400062
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.89

Hardcover. These essays by no means cover all areas of interest in long-term care programs, but they offer new insights (and intriguing questions for future research) about how differently policies in this important area can be carried out in different countries. Editor(s): Edvardsen, Unni. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; JHMC; JPRB; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137402622
ISBN
9781137402622
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.02

Hardback. This study explores modern Scotland and examines how Scottish politics, culture and identities have interacted within the national and international contexts in the last thirty years. It considers which voices and opinions have proven influential and defining and charts the boundaries of public conversation to and beyond the independence referendum Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; JPA; JPF; JPR; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137414137
ISBN
9781137414137
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.98

Hardcover. We are understandably reluctant to "rank" moral atrocities. What is worse, genocide or terrorism? In this book, Thomas W. Simon argues that politicians use this to manipulate our sense of injustice by exaggerating terrorism and minimizing torture. He advocates for an international criminal code that encourages humanitarian intervention. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTV; JPB; JPVH; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137415103
ISBN
9781137415103
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.75

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