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Hardback. The scale of political corruption in some countries has had a significant impact on the functioning of their political institutions. In this title, Martin Bull and James Newell have assembled a group of experts to address the importance of this phenomenon for contemporary Western democracies. Editor(s): Bull, Martin J.; Newell, J. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPF; JPHV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 521.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333802984
- ISBN
- 9780333802984
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Condition: New
€ 194.53
€ 194.53
Hardcover. This text offers a phenomenological, interpretation of T.H. Green's (1836-1882) philosophy and political theory. It analyzes his theory of human practice, the moral idea, the common good, freedom and human rights. The book offers a reconstruction of Green's idealism. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333914458
- ISBN
- 9780333914458
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Condition: New
€ 127.36
€ 127.36
Paperback. This collection of papers presents the major traditional strengths of British political science with papers on parties, political theory and the history of political thought, but so too are less familiar areas, such as the politics of Latin America and the politics of poststructuralism. Editor(s): Pierson, Chris; Tormey, Simon. Series: PSA Yearbooks. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 574.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- MacMillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333915622
- ISBN
- 9780333915622
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Condition: New
€ 127.88
€ 127.88
Hardcover. By applying his theoretical framework describing international relations to a study of the environmental protection of the River Rhine and the Great Lakes, Marco Verweij offers an explanation of how transboundary environmental problems have been, and can be, solved. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DD; 1KB; JPA; JPS; RNF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333915639
- ISBN
- 9780333915639
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Condition: New
€ 127.45
€ 127.45
Sustaining Liberal Democracy: Ecological Challenges and Opportunities
Barry, John, Wissenburg, Marcel, Dobson, A.
Hardcover. Assuming that liberalism, liberal democracy and the free market are here to stay, this book asks how sustainability can be interpreted in ways that respect liberal democratic values and institutions. Editor(s): Wissenberg, Marcel L. J.; Barry, John. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPFK; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333919811
- ISBN
- 9780333919811
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Hardcover. West is a concept widely used in international relations, but we rarely reflect on what we mean by the term. Conceptions of and what the West is vary widely. This book examines conceptions of the West drawn from writers from diverse historical and intellectual contexts. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFH; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 579.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333920374
- ISBN
- 9780333920374
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Condition: New
€ 128.83
€ 128.83
Hardback. This text investigates the political world of lobbying on three levels, especially looking at the USA. It compares modern "techniques" of lobbying to previous developments in history - and political writers of their time, and it looks at high public interest causes. Series: Advances in Political Science. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPHV; JPQ; JPWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 527.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333920565
- ISBN
- 9780333920565
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Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardback. Has recent constitutional reform in Britain been merely pragmatic adaptation of past practices or the introduction of new principles? Nevil Johnson sets out to tackle that question. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JPA; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 555.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333946190
- ISBN
- 9780333946190
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.61
€ 67.61
Hardback. This book is original in focusing on critical political economy, identifying its character and reviewing its continuing legacy. In doing so it throws new light on Hegel and Marx and a range of subsequent theorist. It also develops a perspective on topics such as postmodernism, globalization, identity politics and the cultural turn. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333963555
- ISBN
- 9780333963555
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.48
€ 127.48
Hardback. Prominent experts in the field to consider how globalization affects marginalized countries and groups. This volume containing a variety of case studies provides an assessment of the issue of globalization and offers a fresh look at the relationship between the global and the local. Editor(s): Grant, Richard; Short, John Rennie. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFS; JPA; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333964316
- ISBN
- 9780333964316
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.69
€ 127.69
Hardcover. Contemporary liberal political justification is often accused of preaching to the converted. Catriona McKinnon addresses this important criticism by arguing that self-respect and its social conditions should be placed at the heart of the liberal approach to justification. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333965078
- ISBN
- 9780333965078
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.88
€ 127.88
Paperback. This is a study of the development of George Orwell's political ideas and beliefs from his time as a policeman in Burma through to the publication of "Nineteen Eighty Four". It places Orwell's thinking in historical context, examining his response to mass unemployment and World War II. Num Pages: 190 pages, index. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 139 x 216 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333968581
- ISBN
- 9780333968581
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 137.46
€ 137.46
Hardcover. In this study, Neal Wood challenges the conception of political theory as a lofty discipline remote from the world of real politics. He critically explores the philosophical and historical approaches to the work of past theorists and evaluates the relevance of Marxism. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFCX; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 409.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333968802
- ISBN
- 9780333968802
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.56
€ 66.56
Hardback. Why is it that soldiers may be killed in war but civilians may not be killed? By tracing the evolution of the principle of non-combatant immunity in Western thought from its medieval religious origins to its modern legal status, Colm McKeogh attempts to answer this question. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPA; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 209
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333972373
- ISBN
- 9780333972373
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.54
€ 127.54
Hardcover. In this text, the author reinterprets the works of three highly intellectual, imaginative writers for whom, nevertheless, life and its fictional equivalents are still the ultimate test of theory - Shakespeare, Beckett and the 1930s novelist L.H. Myers. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333973714
- ISBN
- 9780333973714
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardcover. The authors of this title describe how, from the perspective of his "sociological enlightenment", Niklas Luhmann continually calls to account the certainties, the ambitions and rational foundations of The Enlightenment and the idealized versions of law and politics which they have produced. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333993101
- ISBN
- 9780333993101
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.05
€ 128.05
Hardcover. With globalization and the EU, local and regional government in member states have experienced dramatic changes in their operation, responsibilities and organizations. Loughlin presents an overview of the theory and practice of subnational government in France and a detailed examination of the outcomes. Series: French Politics, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; JPA; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333994474
- ISBN
- 9780333994474
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.69
€ 127.69
Hardcover. This volume examines the distinctive features of British and American conservative writings on government and society in the post-Cold War era. Bruce Pilbeam examines the possibility that conservatism is exhausted as an ideology of contemporary relevance. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJP; JPA; JPFM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333997659
- ISBN
- 9780333997659
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.38
€ 66.38
Hardcover. This text reviews Collingwood's thought via his own rethinking of Hegel. It establishes the revisionary character of Collingwood's defence of liberal civilization in theory and practice. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333998724
- ISBN
- 9780333998724
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Paperback. The human soul is for pre-modern philosophers the cause of both thinking and life. This double aspect of the soul, which makes man a rational animal, expresses itself above all in human action. Deadly Thought: "Hamlet" and the Human Soul traces Hamlet's famous inability to act to his inability to hold together these twin aspects of the soul. Series: Applications of Political Theory. Num Pages: 416 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; HP; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739102152
- ISBN
- 9780739102152
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 81.83
€ 81.83