Political structure & processes
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Political structure & processes
Political Parties in Multi-level Polities: The Nordic Countries Compar...
Aylott, Nicholas, Bergman, Torbjorn, Blomgren...
Hardcover. 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: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DN; JPB; JPH; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230243736
- ISBN
- 9780230243736
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€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. EPUB Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 436.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230244214
- ISBN
- 9780230244214
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€ 67.49
€ 67.49
Hardcover. Steve Leach identifies the key challenges facing chief executives in British local government in operating in an environment where party politics is a dominant force. It discusses the basis on which chief executives apply for posts and manage the interview process, and the importance of the 'honeymoon period' - the first 6-9 months. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JPHL; JPP; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 418.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230245624
- ISBN
- 9780230245624
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€ 66.70
€ 66.70
Hardcover. Andrew Taylor provides an overview of the origins, evolution, and impact of state failure since the 1990s. Avoiding quickly outdated country-based case studies, he focuses on failure as a process rather than an event, putting contemporary usage in a wider historical context. Series: Global Issues. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJPR; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230247604
- ISBN
- 9780230247604
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Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. This 2nd edition includes a new chapter on presidential leadership and foreign policy, and has expanded its coverage of Schumpeter's and other leadership models of democracy. Its focus, however, remains on pioneering political leadership in the electoral, governmental, legislative, and administrative sectors of the US and British democracies. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPHL; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460. 288 pages. This 2nd edition includes a new chapter on presidential leadership and foreign policy, and has expanded its coverage of Schumpeter's and other leadership models of democracy. Its focus, however, remains on pioneering political leadership in the electoral, governmental, legislative, and administrative sectors of the US and British democracies. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: JPHL; JPHV. Dimension: 218 x 144 x 21. Weight: 460.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230248151
- ISBN
- 9780230248151
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Condition: New
€ 67.16
€ 67.16
Hardcover. The book extends research on the territorial structure of party systems (party nationalization) to 20 post-communist democracies. It explains party nationalisation as a consequence of ethnically oriented politics, and shows how party nationalisation can increase our understanding of electoral systems. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DV; JPHF; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230248274
- ISBN
- 9780230248274
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Condition: New
€ 66.74
€ 66.74
Hardcover. Modernism and Totalitarianism evaluates a broad range of post-1945 scholarship. Totalitarianism, as the common ideological trajectory of Nazism and Stalinism, is dissected as a synthesis of three modernist intellectual currents which determine its particular, inherited character. Series: Modernism and.. Num Pages: 338 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JM; JPFQ; JPHX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230252066
- ISBN
- 9780230252066
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Condition: New
€ 67.52
€ 67.52
Paperback. Modernism and Totalitarianism evaluates a broad range of post-1945 scholarship. Totalitarianism, as the common ideological trajectory of Nazism and Stalinism, is dissected as a synthesis of three modernist intellectual currents which determine its particular, inherited character. Series: Modernism and.. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JM; JPFQ; JPHX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 366.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230252073
- ISBN
- 9780230252073
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Condition: New
€ 72.48
€ 72.48
Paperback. The UK is going through a period of unprecedented constitutional change. There is much unfinished business, and further changes still to come. Where are these changes taking us? In this book, leading political scientists and lawyers forecast the impact of these changes on the UK's key institutions and the constitution as a whole. Editor(s): Hazell, Robert. Num Pages: 351 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JMG; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 438. Britain's Constitution to 2020. 352 pages, 74 figures. Editor(s): Hazell, Robert. The UK is going through a period of unprecedented constitutional change. There is much unfinished business, and further changes still to come. Where are these changes taking us? In this book, leading political scientists and lawyers forecast the impact of these changes on the UK's key institutions and the constitution as a whole. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JMG; JPHC. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 21. Weight: 438.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 351
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230252134
- ISBN
- 9780230252134
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. This book explores how the European Commission faced the challenge of enlargement. Based on extensive interviews, the work provides a lively and readable picture of life within the Commission, exploring how thousands of newcomers were recruited and socialized and how they changed the organization, including its gender balance. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPH; JPP; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230252219
- ISBN
- 9780230252219
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Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardcover. Examines the debates and developments about House of Lords reform since 1911, and notes that disagreements have occurred within, as well as between, the main political parties and governments throughout this time. It draws attention to how various proposals for reform have raised a wider range constitutional and political problems. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; JPHC; JPL; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230271661
- ISBN
- 9780230271661
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Condition: New
€ 67.49
€ 67.49
Hardcover. Examines recent evidence of a growing symmetry in the operation of devolution in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. This book makes one of the first systematic and detailed comparisons of the operation of the devolved institutions and machinery of governance. It uses a comparative approach to explore the key workings of government. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JPB; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 221 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230273207
- ISBN
- 9780230273207
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Condition: New
€ 128.03
€ 128.03
Hardcover. A study of prime ministerial leadership in Britain and Australia. Tony Blair and John Howard were election winning leaders in two similar countries. They succeeded in dominating politics for over 10 years, but both fell dramatically from office. This book asks how these prime ministers established such predominant positions. Series: Palgrave Studies in Political Leadership. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1MBF; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230273214
- ISBN
- 9780230273214
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Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardcover. Explores how the framing of issues on the EU agenda affects policy-making. In a study that traces the highly contested developments in biotechnology policy over twenty years, the book introduces the conceptual and theoretical tenets of policy framing and shows how this analytical lens offers a unique perspective on issues in EU policy-making. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JPH; JPQB; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230277786
- ISBN
- 9780230277786
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Condition: New
€ 66.89
€ 66.89
Hardcover. This book questions the practices in the policy processes of international institutions. It looks at the formal and informal practices that are routinely undertaken as part of the structure of international policy processes, and analyses how people behave and with what outcome for international environmental governance. Num Pages: 208 pages, 0, 14 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JPH; JPS; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 168 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230279919
- ISBN
- 9780230279919
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Since 1949, Chinese capitalists have experienced some dramatic shifts in their political and economic life. Keming Yang examines what such changes tell us about China's current political situation and future political development, making use of both historical and current interdisciplinary evidence. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, 15 black & white tables, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPFC; JPH; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230284586
- ISBN
- 9780230284586
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Condition: New
€ 127.90
€ 127.90
The Presidents of the French Fifth Republic (French Politics, Society ...
Bell, David S., Gaffney, John
Hardcover. In the French Republic political leadership is normally provided by the presidency, albeit from a very narrow constitutional base. This volume examines the strengths and weaknesses of that leadership as well as the way that executive power has been established in the republican context. Series: French Politics, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJP; 3JM; JPHL; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 221 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230285224
- ISBN
- 9780230285224
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Democratization and Civilian Control in Asia (Critical Studies of the ...
Croissant, Aurel, Kuehn, David, Lorenz, Phili...
Hardcover. How can civilians in newly democratized countries ensure their control over the military? While establishing civilian control of the military is a necessary condition for a functioning democracy, it requires prudent strategic action on the part of the decision-makers to remove the military from positions of power and make it follow their orders. Series: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; JPHV; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 224 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230285330
- ISBN
- 9780230285330
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Condition: New
€ 67.40
€ 67.40
Hardcover. An exploration of whether politicians are perceived to keep their election promises. While scholars claim that parties act on most of their election promises, citizens hold the opposite view. This 'Pledge Puzzle' guides Naurin in her analysis of the often referred to but not empirically investigated, 'conventional wisdom' about election promises. Series: Public Sector Organizations. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPHF; JPLM; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 219 x 19. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230290853
- ISBN
- 9780230290853
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Political Struggles and the Forging of Autonomous Government Agencies ...
Cristopher Ballinas Valdés
Hardcover. Argues that autonomous agencies are not the result of a systematic design, but are produced by the interactions of political and bureaucratic forces. The case studies illustrate how political struggles between politicians and bureaucrats can create a muddle of agencies that lack coherence and are subject to conflicting levels of political control. Series: Public Sector Organizations. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JPH; JPP; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230296480
- ISBN
- 9780230296480
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Condition: New
€ 67.49
€ 67.49
Hardcover. Based on over 130 interviews with criminals, law enforcement officials and government representatives from post-Soviet Georgia, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan, this book situates organized crime in the debate on state formation and examines the diverging patterns in organized crime following the aftermath of these countries' Coloured Revolutions. Series: Transnational Crime, Crime Control and Security. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; JKVM; JPHC; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230299801
- ISBN
- 9780230299801
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Condition: New
€ 128.32
€ 128.32
Hardcover. An exploration of how the Olympics are organised in response to risk. This book looks at the tension between the riskiness of mega-events, attributable to their scale and complexities, and the societal, political and organisational pressures that exist for safety, security and management of risk - leading to changes in how the Games are governed. Series: Executive Politics and Governance. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPH; JPP; WSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230300064
- ISBN
- 9780230300064
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.10
€ 161.10
Political Communication in Britain: The Leader's Debates, the Campaign...
Mortimore, Roger, Atkinson, Simon
Hardcover. The 2010 General Election represented a pathbreaking contest in Political Communication. The TV debates changed forever the feel of the campaign. This book brings together key commentators, analysts and polling experts to present readers with a unique and valuable insight into the development of political communication in British Politics. Num Pages: 364 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; APT; GTC; JFD; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 139 x 27. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230301450
- ISBN
- 9780230301450
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.85
€ 67.85
Paperback. The 2010 General Election represented a pathbreaking contest in Political Communication. The TV debates changed forever the feel of the campaign. This book brings together key commentators, analysts and polling experts to present readers with a unique and valuable insight into the development of political communication in British Politics. Num Pages: 364 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; APT; GTC; JFD; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230301467
- ISBN
- 9780230301467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04