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Hardcover. The book presents cinematic case studies in political realism versus political idealism, demonstrating methods of viewing popular cinema as political theory. The book appreciates political myth-making in popular genres as especially practical and accessible theorizing about politics. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; APFA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137374707
- ISBN
- 9781137374707
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€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardcover. The book explores the various actors and forms of the promotion of Europeanness at the EU level from 1950s until the present day. Series: Europe in Transition: The NYU European Studies Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 9 black & white plates. BIC Classification: JPA; JPSD; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137369895
- ISBN
- 9781137369895
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€ 67.01
€ 67.01
Hardcover. Foucault saw the notion of parrhesia (truth-telling) as the most important factor for how governments could and should communicate with their people and vice versa. This important collection compiles and analyses Foucault's views on parrhesia to shed new light on his ideas on the importance of truth-telling in democracies. Num Pages: 144 pages, 4 figures, 3 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JPA; JPHV; JPQ; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 328.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137368348
- ISBN
- 9781137368348
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€ 66.17
€ 66.17
Hardcover. This book aims to provide for a path-breaking cross-regional comparison of the capabilities and readiness of Asia-Pacific countries to contribute to peace support missions, with an eye to identifying emerging trends and policy implications. Editor(s): Aoi, Chiyuki; Heng, Yee-Kuang. Series: Asia Today. Num Pages: 306 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; JPA; JPSF; JPSN1; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 218 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137366948
- ISBN
- 9781137366948
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Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. Slabodsky explores the relationship among geopolitics, religion, and social theory. He argues that during the postcolonial and post-Holocaust era, Jewish intellectuals were influenced by Global South thought and mobilized these intellectual resources to confront the neo-colonial assimilation of normative Judaism Series: New Approaches to Religion and Power. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRJ; JFFN; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137365316
- ISBN
- 9781137365316
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Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Hardcover. Decolonizing Time: Work, Leisure, and Freedom demonstrates the importance of time as a central category for political theory, providing not only a history of the fight for time through political, feminist, and critical theory, but also assessing this tradition in the context of the United States. Series: Critical Political Theory and Radical Practice. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137364647
- ISBN
- 9781137364647
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Condition: New
€ 127.30
€ 127.30
Paperback. The Affordable Care Act debate was one of the most important and most public examinations of the Constitution in our history. At the forefront of that debate were the bloggers of the Volokh Conspiracy who, from before the law was even passed, engaged in a spirited, erudite, and accessible discussion of the legal issues involved in the case. Editor(s): Burrus, Trevor. Num Pages: 305 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMG; JPA; JPW; LNTM; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 486.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137363749
- ISBN
- 9781137363749
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Condition: New
€ 43.45
€ 43.45
Hardcover. This study argues that the decriminalization of sex work can be a potential national strategy for China to promote its human rights and contain the spread of HIV. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPV; JPVH1; LAY; LNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137362858
- ISBN
- 9781137362858
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Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Hardcover. This book defines the Korean development as the moral economy of growth derived from a synergy between strong state and strong society and argues that Confucian cultural orientation has played a critical role in the process. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPK; JPA; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137359728
- ISBN
- 9781137359728
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Condition: New
€ 53.36€ 46.85
€ 53.36
€ 46.85
Hardcover. This book analyzes the cultural foundations that underlie interpretations of international conflict and security among French and U.S. political leaders. Num Pages: 126 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1KBB; JPHV; JPSD; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 324.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 138
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137358783
- ISBN
- 9781137358783
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Condition: New
€ 66.05
€ 66.05
Hardcover. This book offers the most updated research on the dynamics, challenges, and prospects in China's environmental governance. Editor(s): Shou, Huisheng. Series: Environmental Politics and Theory. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPA; JPQ; RNA; RND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 568.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137350688
- ISBN
- 9781137350688
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Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover. Why are some political leaders stronger than others? How do we make sense of the interaction between the leader's personality and the context that the leader faces? This book provides a unique way of approaching these questions, identifying the very different philosophical foundations that underpin the contemporary study of political leadership. Series: Palgrave Studies in Political Leadership. Num Pages: 224 pages, 7 figures. BIC Classification: JPA; JPHL; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137347060
- ISBN
- 9781137347060
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Condition: New
€ 138.47
€ 138.47
Hardcover. Internet Governance and the Global South argues that the state and the market collaborate with each other in shaping the Internet at national and supranational levels. Series: Palgrave Global Media Policy and Business. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; JFD; JPA; UBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 222 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137344335
- ISBN
- 9781137344335
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Condition: New
€ 66.99
€ 66.99
Hardcover. Through detailed analyses of major and newly available datasets, this study examines the utility of a public probity-focused approach to understanding citizen disaffection with politicians. It shows that perceptions of public probity are coherent, substantively meaningful, responsive, and, most importantly, that they do matter. Series: Political Corruption and Governance. Num Pages: 179 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 344.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137343741
- ISBN
- 9781137343741
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Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Hardcover. Sebastian explores the experience of statebuilding and constitution making after violent conflict, using the failed reform of Dayton in Bosnia and Herzegovina as a case study to reflect upon the fundamental questions of post-war statebuilding, reform and the role of local and external actors. Series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; JPA; JPS; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137336873
- ISBN
- 9781137336873
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Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. This is the first Anglophone volume on emigre scholars' influence on International Relations, uniquely exploring the intellectual development of IR as a discipline and providing a re-reading of some of its almost forgotten founding thinkers. Series: Palgrave Studies in International Relations. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 221 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137334688
- ISBN
- 9781137334688
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Condition: New
€ 67.40
€ 67.40
Hardback. The thought of Antonio Gramsci continues to enjoy widespread appeal in contemporary political and social theory. This book draws together some of the world's leading scholars on Gramsci to critically explore key ideas, debates and themes in his work in an accessible manner, relating them to contemporary politics and society. Editor(s): McNally, Mark. Series: Critical Explorations in Contemporary Political Thought. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA; JPFC; JPWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 222 x 21. Weight in Grams: 432.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137334176
- ISBN
- 9781137334176
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Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardcover. An interpretation of Xenophon's Anabasis of Cyrus, paralleling the text to Machiavelli's The Prince, and focusing on the question: How did the Socratic education help Xenophon reconcile morality with effectiveness, the noble with the good, as a ruler? Series: Recovering Political Philosophy. Num Pages: 354 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 24. Weight in Grams: 550.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137333308
- ISBN
- 9781137333308
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Condition: New
€ 139.55
€ 139.55
Hardcover. In the first full length examination of the topic, Ethical Citizenship rediscovers a significant and distinctive contribution to how we might understand citizenship today. Leading international scholars bring together theory and practice to explore its historical roots, contemporary relevance and application to international politics. Editor(s): Brooks, Dr. Thom. Series: Palgrave Studies in Ethics and Public Policy. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; LNDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 171 x 22. Weight in Grams: 448.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137329950
- ISBN
- 9781137329950
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Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. Education policy is a core element of the state's sovereignty and autonomy. This book analyzes the rise of the western education state and its limits in times of transition from western to non-western globalization and of waning newspaper interest in France, Germany, the UK and the US. Series: Transformations of the State. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JNF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137326478
- ISBN
- 9781137326478
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Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. What according to democratic theorists should the ordinary citizen know about politics? What does several decades of empirical research about citizens' political knowledge tell us? And why should we care? This book offers a comprehensive outline of the vast literature on political knowledge and by providing an analytical framework for its studying Series: The Theories, Concepts and Practices of Democracy. Num Pages: 125 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPF; JPHF; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137322852
- ISBN
- 9781137322852
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.00
€ 66.00
Hardcover. Democracy has changed considerably in recent years to the extent that our contemporary understanding differs greatly from long-held democratic values. In this collection, renowned democratic theorists from Noam Chomsky to Francis Fukuyama give their thoughts on 'new democratic theory' and its implications for the study and practice of democracy. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 218 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137322760
- ISBN
- 9781137322760
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Liberal Multiculturalism and the Fair Terms of Integration
Balint, Peter J.; Guerard de Latour, Sophie
Hardcover. Multiculturalism has come under considerable attack in political practice, yet the fact of diversity remains, and with it the need to establish fair terms of integration. This book defends multiculturalism as the most coherent and practicable approach to liberal integration, but one that is not without the need for crucial reformulation. Editor(s): Balint, Peter J.; Guerard de Latour, Sophie. Series: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JPA; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137320391
- ISBN
- 9781137320391
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.71
€ 67.71
Hardcover. Security in Translation proposes an innovative way to capture the evolution, spread and local transformation of threat images in world affairs. Reworking traditional securitization theory, this book develops a coherent new framework for analysis that makes securitization theory applicable to empirical studies. Series: New Security Challenges. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 209 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137307569
- ISBN
- 9781137307569
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11