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Paperback. "This book explores the effect of semi-presidentialism on newly-democratising countries. In recent years semi-presidentialism -- the situation where a constitution makes provision for both a directly elected president and a prime minister who is responsible to the legislature -- has become the regime type of choice for many countries"-- Editor(s): Elgie, Robert; Wu, Y. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPB; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349318087
- ISBN
- 9781349318087
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€ 127.93
€ 127.93
paperback. This is the first in-depth conceptual and empirical analysis of the political issues, processes and themes associated with private security provision and its growth in the postwar era, examining why private security has become so prominent, what its relationship to the state is and how it can be controlled. Series: Crime Prevention and Security Management. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKV; JPA; JPB; JPS; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2010
- SKU
- V9781349318100
- ISBN
- 9781349318100
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€ 127.76
€ 127.76
paperback. "How can we strengthen the capacity of governments and parties to manage arrivals and departures at the top? Democracy requires reliable processes for the transfer of power from one generation of leaders to the next. This book introduces new analytical frameworks and presents the latest empirical evidence from comparative political research"-- Editor(s): Hart, Paul 't; Uhr, John. Series: Understanding Governance. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- SKU
- V9781349318148
- ISBN
- 9781349318148
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€ 66.24
€ 66.24
Paperback. Based on the research of the EU-6th framework funded research consortium on 'New Modes of Governance in the European Union', this volume explores the roots, execution and applications of new forms of governance and evaluates their success. Editor(s): Heritier, Adrienne; Rhodes, M. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349318339
- ISBN
- 9781349318339
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This ground breaking book provides empirical and theoretical insights into the interface between deliberative democracy and the rough and tumble of interest groups in advocacy politics. It examines how deliberative ideals work alongside the adversarial realties of interest-based politics. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JHB; JPA; JPB; JPHV; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 419.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349318414
- ISBN
- 9781349318414
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. "Popular struggles in the global south suggest the need for the development of new and politically enabling categories of analysis, and new ways of understanding contemporary social movements. This book shows how social movements in Africa, South Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East politicize development in an age of neoliberal hegemony"-- Editor(s): Motta, Sara C.; Nilsen, A. Gunvald. Series: Rethinking International Development Series. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JHB; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 444.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349318438
- ISBN
- 9781349318438
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€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Paperback. In 2008, the economic relationship between the United States and China almost collapsed due to a crisis at two American mortgage corporations, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. This book explains how that crisis came about, and analyzes the consequences and implications. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 246.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349318513
- ISBN
- 9781349318513
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Fifteen years after the first Summit of the Americas, the world and the Americas have changed enormously. Competing strategies for economic development and political representation have shattered the hemispheric consensus of the 1990s. This book analyzes these developments and points towards a future for inter-American co-operation. Editor(s): Mace, G.; Cooper, A.; Shaw, T. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS; JPSD; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349318551
- ISBN
- 9781349318551
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 311 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBL; HBTQ; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 311
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349318575
- ISBN
- 9781349318575
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Condition: New
€ 67.16
€ 67.16
Paperback. Political parties are essential for the functioning of parliamentary democracy but how have parties adapted to the challenges created by the growth of a new layer of political decision-making at the supranational level, i.e. the EU? This comparative survey focuses on parties in four Nordic countries, including Norway, which remains outside the EU. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPB; JPHF; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 339.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349318612
- ISBN
- 9781349318612
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Condition: New
€ 66.00
€ 66.00
Paperback. Series: International Political Theory. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 334.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349318858
- ISBN
- 9781349318858
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. "This book explores the intriguing idea that there is much more democracy in human history than is generally acknowledged. It establishes that democracy was developing across greater Asia before classical Athens, clung on during the 'Dark Ages', often formed part of indigenous governance and is developing today in unexpected ways"-- Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349318872
- ISBN
- 9781349318872
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Condition: New
€ 66.24
€ 66.24
Paperback. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFN; JFC; JFD; JPA; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349318957
- ISBN
- 9781349318957
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Condition: New
€ 65.88
€ 65.88
paperback. The first systematic analysis of why Britain and France parted company on the issue of European monetary integration. Ikemoto reveals that Britain was much keener to participate in the early stages ofmonetary integration than previously thought; Britain and France pursued broadly similar policies on the issue until the end of the 1970s." Series: St Antony's. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPB; JPS; KCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- SKU
- V9781349319114
- ISBN
- 9781349319114
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Condition: New
€ 66.17
€ 66.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHB; JHBA; JPA; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349319251
- ISBN
- 9781349319251
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Condition: New
€ 66.08
€ 66.08
Paperback. Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-314) index. Series: New Security Challenges. Num Pages: 348 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349319350
- ISBN
- 9781349319350
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Condition: New
€ 67.52
€ 67.52
Paperback. This bookexamines how local and global environment-society relations play out in coastal communities dependent on tourism for economic survival. It analyzes the consequences of social and economic policies on remote areas and makes a case for studying the role of environmental values in global environmental governance." Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA; JPS; KCP; KCU; RND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 203
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349319374
- ISBN
- 9781349319374
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Condition: New
€ 126.52
€ 126.52
Paperback. A new assessment of the debates about Just War in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, from the imperial wars of the nineteenth century through the age of total war, the evolution of human rights discourse and international law, to proportionality during the Cold War and the redefinition of authority with the ascendancy of terror groups. Editor(s): Welch, David; Fox, Jo. Num Pages: 397 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBJD; HBL; HBTB; JPA; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 397
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349319411
- ISBN
- 9781349319411
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Condition: New
€ 128.24
€ 128.24
Majority-Minority Relations in Contemporary Women's Movements
Sandu, Adriana; Thun, Cecile; Nyhagen, Line; ...
Paperback. This book examines contemporary relations between ethnic majority and ethnic minority women's movements in Norway, Spain and the United Kingdom, and women's movements' participation in and influence on public policy that focuses on violence against women. Series: Citizenship, Gender and Diversity. Num Pages: 351 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFFK; JFSJ; JFSL; JPA; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 351
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349319671
- ISBN
- 9781349319671
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Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Paperback. This book ranges from refugee camps in Palestine to halting sites of the Irish Travellers and elsewhere in search of a new politics practiced through performance. Written through the intersection of performance and philosophy, the book refutes neoliberalism's depoliticizing and strategic uses of humanitarianism, human rights, and development. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS; JFD; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349319756
- ISBN
- 9781349319756
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Condition: New
€ 66.26
€ 66.26