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Hardcover. This collection of essays thinks through deconstruction's relation to politics by explicating the text of Derrida in relation to political examples. Neither 'deconstruction' nor 'reading' nor 'politics' is left untouched in the encounters explored in this volume, dispelling the notion of a separation of deconstruction from the everyday. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 425.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230536951
- ISBN
- 9780230536951
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€ 64.01
€ 64.01
Hardcover. This book traces shifting attitudes towards science and technology, nature and the environment in Twentieth-century Germany. It approaches them through discussion of a range of literary texts and explores the philosophical influences on them and their political contexts, and asks what part novels and plays have played in environmental debate. Series: New Perspectives in German Political Studies. Num Pages: 343 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; DSBH; JFC; JPA; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 143 x 221 x 24. Weight in Grams: 538.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230535459
- ISBN
- 9780230535459
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€ 122.65
€ 122.65
Politics Most Unusual: Violence, Sovereignty and Democracy in the `War...
Newman, Saul, Levine, Michael, Cox, Damian
Hardcover. How has 9/11 and the declaration of the 'global war on terror' changed our conceptions of politics? How has it affected our understanding of democracy, personal freedom and government accountability? In answering these and other questions, the authors engage in a comprehensive and critical analysis of politics in the age of terrorism. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 400.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230535398
- ISBN
- 9780230535398
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€ 63.43
€ 63.43
Hardcover. In the 21st Century, global theory provides an influential and popular way of understanding contemporary social and political phenomena. This book observes the links between contemporary global ideas and preceding modern theories. Contemporary perspectives are shown to reflect distinctive and shared aspects of the ideas of Kant, Hegel and Marx. Series: International Political Theory. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230524736
- ISBN
- 9780230524736
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€ 63.69
€ 63.69
Hardcover. Images of political leaders as everyday figures, involved in commonplace activities, now form an increasingly important aspect of electoral presentation. This text examines how and why selected political figures have embraced a populist agenda in a social context and addresses the scope and limitations of such an approach in the US and the UK. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPB; JPHF; JPHL; JPVL; KJSP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 418.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230522275
- ISBN
- 9780230522275
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€ 63.85
€ 63.85
Hardcover. Taking insights from the philosophy of science and technology, theories of participatory democracy and Critical Theory, the author tackles and explores how democratic participation in scientific research and technological innovation could be possible, as a deliberative means of improving the rational basis for the development of modern society. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 460.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230522060
- ISBN
- 9780230522060
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€ 63.99
€ 63.99
Hardcover. Whom a prime minister or president will not shake hands with is still more noticed than with whom they will. Public identity can afford to be ambiguous about friends, but not about enemies. Barker examines the accounts of how enmity functions in the cultivation of identity, how essential or avoidable it is, and what the global consequences are. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPA; JPHC; JPHL; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230516816
- ISBN
- 9780230516816
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€ 64.01
€ 64.01
Hardcover. Presents a critique of social constructionist identity politics, which is distinguished from identity-based political positions. This book examines the institutionalization of social constructionist identity politics in literary studies, considering the role of self-announcements in critical writing, theory textbooks, and notions of canonicity. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 145 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230500471
- ISBN
- 9780230500471
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Condition: New
€ 64.09
€ 64.09
Hardback. The first volume of IDS Companions to Development Studies focuses on pivotal writing emerging from the IDS fellowship during the last 50 years. It includes five topics: perspectives and paradigms, debunking myths, development policy, gender and international perspectives, and policy, as well as names like Seers, Singer, Lipton, Reg Green. Editor(s): Jolly, Richard. Series: Ids Companions to Development. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 black & white tables, 4 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: GTF; JPA; JPB; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230368330
- ISBN
- 9780230368330
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€ 64.29
€ 64.29
Hardcover. Offering a comprehensive account of the work of Hedley Bull, Ayson analyses the breadth of Bull's work as a Foreign Office official for Harold Wilson's government, the complexity of his views, including Bull's unpublished papers, and challenges some of the comfortable assertions about Bull's place in the English School of IR. Series: Palgrave Studies in International Relations. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230363892
- ISBN
- 9780230363892
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€ 121.96
€ 121.96
Paperback. A growing interest in the oeuvre of Hans J. Morgenthau and in re-readings of 'classical realism' increases the significance of his European, pre-emigration writings in order to understand the work of one of the founding figures of IR. This book is the first English translation of Morgenthau's French monograph La notion du politique from 1933. Editor(s): Rosch, Felix. Series: Palgrave Studies in International Relations. Num Pages: 164 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 226.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230363090
- ISBN
- 9780230363090
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Condition: New
€ 67.87
€ 67.87
Hardcover. Troy analyses how the understanding of religion in Realism and the English School helps in working towards the greater good in international relations, studying religion within the overall framework of international affairs and the field of peace studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPFR; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230362918
- ISBN
- 9780230362918
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€ 132.27
€ 132.27
Hardcover. What are the grounds for and limits to obedience to the state? This book offers a fresh analysis of the debate concerning the moral obligation to obey the state, develops a novel account of political obligation and provides the first detailed argument of how a theory of political obligation can apply to subjects of an unjust state. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DV; HPQ; HPS; JPA; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230360754
- ISBN
- 9780230360754
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€ 63.79
€ 63.79
Hardcover. This book features a critique of key philosophical doctrines that dominate the Iraq war debate: just war theory, humanitarian intervention, democratic realism, and preventive war doctrine. The author evaluates each and develops a philosophical approach that offers a model for thinking through the philosophical dilemmas introduced by new wars. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; HBWS5; HPS; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230341531
- ISBN
- 9780230341531
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Condition: New
€ 63.51
€ 63.51
Paperback. The book proposes a critical theory of the role and place of religion in public health and argues for a programmatic reorientation of these two fields of practice and inquiry to more effectively align religious health assets - widely present in many contexts - and public health services and facilities. Num Pages: 220 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM2; JFFH2; JPA; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 216 x 12. Weight in Grams: 292.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230341524
- ISBN
- 9780230341524
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€ 68.39
€ 68.39
Taxation and Society in Twentieth-Century Argentina (Studies of the Am...
Jose Antonio Sanchez Roman
Hardcover. This book provides a historical narrative of the Argentine tax system in the twentieth century. It argues that the failure to build permanent trust between the state and the civil society and the unraveling of confidence within Argentine society itself account for the collapse of the progressive tax system. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBT; JPA; KFFD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230341265
- ISBN
- 9780230341265
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€ 64.01
€ 64.01
Hardcover. What is the role of civic associations in generating electoral accountability, and how do efforts by national groups to ensure free and fair elections advance democratic consolidation? Lean advances our understanding of how civic activism can strengthen election processes and provides new insight into role of elections for democratic consolidation. Series: Elections, Voting, Technology. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; JPA; JPHF; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230339798
- ISBN
- 9780230339798
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Condition: New
€ 63.63
€ 63.63
Hardcover. This book challenges the popular view that established ideologies no longer make sense in today's globalizing world. Considered from a broad historical perspective, major ideological traditions have not become destabilized and incoherent by globalization, but remain meaningful political beliefs that shape the globalization debate. Series: Frontiers of Globalization. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPA; JPB; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 221 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230336940
- ISBN
- 9780230336940
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Condition: New
€ 63.63
€ 63.63
Paperback. Clumsy Solutions for a Complex World is a powerful and original statement on why well-intended attempts to alleviate pressing social ills too often derail, and how effective, efficient and broadly acceptable solutions to social problems can be found. Editor(s): Verweij, Marco; Thompson, Michael. Series: Global Issues. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBA; JPA; JPP; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230319516
- ISBN
- 9780230319516
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Condition: New
€ 63.34
€ 63.34
Hardcover. An original, expansive, materialist interpretation of Foucault's theory of biopolitics, explaining the connections between the issues of biopolitics and other key aspects of Foucault's works, and exploring the relationship between his ideas and those of Hannah Arendt, Walter Benjamin, Giorgio Agamben, Nikolas Rose and Monique Wittig. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230303294
- ISBN
- 9780230303294
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Condition: New
€ 64.14
€ 64.14
Paperback. Examining the role of memory in the transition from totalitarian to democratic systems, this book makes an important contribution to memory studies. It explores memory as a medium of and impediment to change, looking at memory's biological, cultural, narrative and socio-psychological dimensions. Editor(s): Assmann, Aleida; Shortt, Linda. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTC; JFCX; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230302006
- ISBN
- 9780230302006
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Condition: New
€ 63.11
€ 63.11
Hardcover. Combining new thinking in International Relations theory with original historical research, Kleuters explores the struggle between Christian Democrats and Social Democrats on the subject of German reunification, from Westbindung to Ostpolitik. The result is a gripping narrative focussing on theoretical relevance in foreign policy decisions-making. Series: New Perspectives in German Political Studies. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFGW; JPA; JPL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230301672
- ISBN
- 9780230301672
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Condition: New
€ 63.62
€ 63.62
Hardcover. Papaioannou offers a radical new reading of Hayek in the 21st century, arguing that the moral dimension of his political theory is based on the methodological implications of an epistemologically founded morality, a morality that must respect the natural limits of human knowledge. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230301627
- ISBN
- 9780230301627
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Condition: New
€ 63.77
€ 63.77
Hardcover. From which evaluative base should we develop policies designed to promote wellbeing among different cultural groups in varying circumstances? This book engages with needs and capabilities to advance normative functionalist assessment of the success with which cultural institutions promote eudaemonic wellbeing in given, determinate circumstances. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; JPA; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230296565
- ISBN
- 9780230296565
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.91
€ 63.91