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Political science & theory
Hardcover. Examining the connection between the concept of authority and the transformation of the Ismaili imamate, Authority without Territory is the first study of the imamate in contemporary times with a particular focus on Aga Khan, the 49th hereditary leader of Shi'a Imami Ismaili Muslims. Series: Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 2 diagrames. BIC Classification: HRHP; JFC; JFSR2; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137428790
- ISBN
- 9781137428790
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.30
€ 127.30
Hardcover. Since the late 1970s China has undergone a great transformation, during which time the country has witnessed an outpouring of competing schools of thought. This book analyzes the major schools of political thought redefining China's transformation and the role Chinese thinkers are playing in the post-Mao era. Series: Politics and Development of Contemporary China. Num Pages: 224 pages, 7 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPS; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137427809
- ISBN
- 9781137427809
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Paperback. An important contribution to a much needed critical turn in the vast and still rapidly growing child soldier literature. Editor(s): Beier, J. Marshall. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JPA; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 297
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137415301
- ISBN
- 9781137415301
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Hardcover. This book argues that the overlooked ideas of Jose Marti and Ernesto 'Che' Guevara explain recent politics in Latin America and the Caribbean but also, even more significantly, offer a defensible alternative direction for global development ethics. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137413222
- ISBN
- 9781137413222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Hardcover. This book explores Marxist and Leninist revolutionary theory. Topics include: the philosophical dialectic, historical materialism, the revolutionary movement, and Communist cadre political rule in the socialist state. Emphasis on Lenin's wartime political treatment of imperialism, national self-determination, and socialism in one country. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137409133
- ISBN
- 9781137409133
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. With a religious re-emergence in international relations, this book provides an introduction to the role religions play within the global political arena. Culled from theoretical, practical, and real-world experiences, Ferrara explains the role religion now plays in global affairs on diplomatic and political levels. Series: Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy. Num Pages: 139 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRAF; HRAM2; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137407191
- ISBN
- 9781137407191
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.92
€ 126.92
Hardcover. Individuals have little incentive to vote, acquire political information or contribute campaign funds, because their vote has very little chance of affecting the outcome of an election. Jankowski offers an explanation and evidence for political participation based on the fact that most individuals are weakly altruistic. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JPA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137403186
- ISBN
- 9781137403186
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Hardcover. This book examines the nature of representation in democracy, focusing specifically on the factors shaping constituent evaluations of the US House Representatives and the resulting implications for government. Num Pages: 154 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137402028
- ISBN
- 9781137402028
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.05
€ 66.05
Hardcover. Culture, Politics, and Governing: The Contemporary Ascetics of Knowledge Production is a critical, interdisciplinary approach to how the practices that govern the production of knowledge and culture have material consequences for how we experience everyday life. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137401960
- ISBN
- 9781137401960
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.48
€ 66.48
Hardcover. Much research is devoted to the decision-making power and precedent set by the Supreme Court. Less attention, however, is given to the strategic behavior during case selection. This book argues that case selection is done strategically, and by means of various criteria - influencing its constitutional position and importance. Num Pages: 202 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137399915
- ISBN
- 9781137399915
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. This book analyzes the foreign policy decision-making processes of Presidents John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama during military intervention by way of contemporary foreign policy decision-making models (FPDMs). Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPHL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 215 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137397652
- ISBN
- 9781137397652
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
The Formation of the BRICS and its Implication for the United States: ...
Schaefer, Mark E., Poffenbarger, John G.
Hardcover. Schaefer and Poffenbarger assess whether the BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) are attempting to balance US power and analyze the United States' responses to the creation of this IGO through a mix of theoretical and policy-focused approaches. Num Pages: 141 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137395641
- ISBN
- 9781137395641
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.14
€ 66.14
Hardcover. This book investigates the relationships between political allegiance and private relationships, and in doing so offers a fascinating insight into the way the French think about this subject. Translator(s): Barry, Chantal. Series: Europe in Transition: The NYU European Studies Series. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; JF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 221 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137395580
- ISBN
- 9781137395580
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Hardcover. This work positions Arendt as a political writer attempting to find a way in which humanity, poised between the Holocaust and the atom bomb, might reclaim its position as the creators of a world fit for human habitation. Series: Critical Political Theory and Radical Practice. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137392954
- ISBN
- 9781137392954
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. The Normativity of the European Union provides an account of what has made European integration possible. Reconstructing the integration process up to the Eurozone crisis, Eriksen provides novel insight into the conditions for integration and the nature of the EU as well as highlighting why European solidarity has become a moral duty. Num Pages: 155 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPHV; JPQ; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137391445
- ISBN
- 9781137391445
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.26
€ 66.26
Hardcover. Defending a procedural conception of global justice that calls for the establishment of reasonably democratic arrangements within and beyond the state, this book argues for a justice-based understanding of social development and justifies why a democracy-promoting international development practice is a requirement of global justice. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137389923
- ISBN
- 9781137389923
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
The Assets Perspective: The Rise of Asset Building and its Impact on S...
Cramer, Reid, Shanks, Trina R. Williams
Hardcover. The economy's struggles to overcome the lingering effects of the Great Recession presented unique but essential questions.The book considers a full range of data which considers how this recent experience has impacted households, providing a thorough and contemporary treatment of how the assets perspective has prompted changes within social policy. Num Pages: 311 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFM; JPA; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137388278
- ISBN
- 9781137388278
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.71
€ 67.71
Paperback. How has the American Empire sustained global influence where many others have failed? An overlooked element is capabilities of new communications technologies, and their ability to convey ideological messages while neutralizing dissent through entertainment and spectacle, have allowed the US to retain cultural power on a global scale. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JFFS; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 368.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137387264
- ISBN
- 9781137387264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.41
€ 66.41
Hardcover. Through an analysis of the different dimensions of equality, this book provides a critical introduction to recent philosophical work on egalitarianism, discussing the central questions associated with each of the major debates about egalitarian justice. Num Pages: 187 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137385970
- ISBN
- 9781137385970
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. The book analyzes how the administrations of Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush used force in response to incidents of international terrorism - providing comparison between each of the administrations as they grappled with the evolving nature and role of terrorism in the United States and abroad. Num Pages: 286 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPQ; JPS; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137384041
- ISBN
- 9781137384041
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardcover. Constituent power of the people is a core concept of modern politics but what does this concept actually mean? This book addresses this question, sketching how constituent power of the people has been conceived since the early modern revolutions. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTR; HBTV; JPA; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137382993
- ISBN
- 9781137382993
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardcover. Through the use of a poststructuralist perspective, Antony O'Loughlin challenges the most basic tenets of International Relations Theory and deploys Rawlsian ideas of public reason in conjunction with Kratochwil's conceptions of practical reason in order to put forward a theory that overcomes the challenges posed by poststructuralism. Series: International Political Theory. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 209 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137380722
- ISBN
- 9781137380722
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardcover. The book transcends conventional social scientific method, political theory and its understanding of global governance to make the study of the philosophical essence of the international legal system fully accessible. Series: Philosophy, Public Policy, and Transnational Law. Num Pages: 342 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137376626
- ISBN
- 9781137376626
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.71
€ 67.71
Hardcover. This book details the relationship between private property and government. As private property is important to both individual welfare and the public interest, the book provides an intellectual framework for the analysis and resolution of contemporary property rights disputes. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPHC; JPR; LNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137376602
- ISBN
- 9781137376602
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.45
€ 127.45