Political structure & processes
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Political structure & processes
Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFSP2; JPH; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 219 x 22. Weight in Grams: 520.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230298675
- ISBN
- 9780230298675
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€ 127.88
€ 127.88
hardcover. Analyzes the communication processes in direct democratic campaigns and their effect on the opinion formation of the voters. Based on a detailed analysis of the politicians' strategies, media coverage and the opinion formation of the public in three campaigns, this book argues that the campaigns are more enlightening than manipulating. Editor(s): Kriesi, Hanspeter. Series: Challenges to Democracy in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFH; JPHF; JPVL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230304895
- ISBN
- 9780230304895
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€ 67.64
€ 67.64
Hardcover. Clear disparities exist between notions of representative democracy and political practice in Britain. Alternative models of democracy, however, have their own incongruities in trying to marry representation and democracy. This book analyses the mismatches in democratic theories and between theory and practice in British representative democracy. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230314467
- ISBN
- 9780230314467
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. This study departs from traditional interpretations of cohabitation in French politics, which suggest French institutions are capable of coping when the President and Prime Minister originate from different political parties. Instead, it offers the opposite view that cohabitation leads to partisan conflict and inertia in the policy-making process. Series: French Politics, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPHF; JPHV; JPL; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230337107
- ISBN
- 9780230337107
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€ 66.48
€ 66.48
Hardback. This book examines women and leadership in West Africa, with a special focus on Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone--the Mano River Union countries. These countries have traditions of indigenous female leadership in executive positions in varying degrees, and all three have a tradition of organizations that form important power bases for women. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HF; JFSJ1; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338128
- ISBN
- 9780230338128
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€ 127.96
€ 127.96
Hardback. This book examines the struggle over public education in mid-twentieth century America through the lens of a joint biography of these two extraordinary women, Heffernan, the California Commissioner of Rural and Elementary Education between 1926 and 1965, and Seeds, the Director of the University Elementary school at UCLA between 1925 and 1957. Series: Historical Studies in Education. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JNF; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338241
- ISBN
- 9780230338241
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€ 53.46€ 48.08
€ 53.46
€ 48.08
Hardback. Cyprus is a postcolonial island known for natural gas reserves and ethnic divisions. This volume presents a fresh perspective on the Cyprus problem by examining the societal transformations taking place within the island: socioeconomic development, population transitions and migration, and rapidly changing social and political institutions. Num Pages: 307 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVC; HBTR; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 570.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 307
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338548
- ISBN
- 9780230338548
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€ 67.40
€ 67.40
Democracy, Identity and Foreign Policy in Turkey: Hegemony Through Tra...
Keyman, Fuat E., Gumüsçu, Sebnem
Hardcover. Through critical analysis of Turkey's transformation under the AKP, this book explores the relationship between domestic transformations and global/regional dynamics. It also discusses the relationship between the Turkish transformation and the Arab uprisings and the implications of the Turkish case for regime transitions in the Arab world. Series: Islam and Nationalism. Num Pages: 216 pages, 3 figures, 2 black & white tables, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVT; JPHV; JPQ; JPS; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 134 x 17. Weight in Grams: 410.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230354272
- ISBN
- 9780230354272
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€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardback. Tracing both economic and political developments through the prism of history as well as more recent developments, this book casts new light on the role of communist history in setting the different regional successes in post-communist transition. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JPHV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230354319
- ISBN
- 9780230354319
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Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JMG; JPH; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230359673
- ISBN
- 9780230359673
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€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardcover. Surveying all referendums around the world since 1793, Dr Qvortrup and contributors provide a thorough account of why and when citizens have been asked to vote on policy issues. Referendums Around the World is essential reading for political scientists and others interested in direct democracy as well as representative government. Editor(s): Qvortrup, Matt. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 figures, 23 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JPA; JPHV; JPQ; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 496.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230361751
- ISBN
- 9780230361751
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Condition: New
€ 67.40
€ 67.40
Hardback. The Spanish-American War focused not only on foreign policy, but also on the nation's very essence and purpose. At the heart of this debate was a consensus on American nationalism. This book explains why the belief in exceptionalism still serves as the basis of American nationalism and foreign policy even in spite of more recent military failures. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHV; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230392892
- ISBN
- 9780230392892
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Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardback. Argues that much of the literature on political leadership has made meaningful connection with the issues of peace, conflict and divided societies. Using interviews with political elites in Northern Ireland, this book discusses the confusions, contradictions and chameleonic nature of leadership and its role, capacity and effect. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; JPHL; JPWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 395.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230500372
- ISBN
- 9780230500372
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Condition: New
€ 66.56
€ 66.56
hardcover. Political participation is falling and citizen alienation and cynicism is increasing. This volume brings together the first work of this kind by leading scholars in the US and Europe to consider the issue. Four of the leading philosophers of deliberative democracy contribute their commentaries on the groundbreaking empirical research. Num Pages: 325 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPHV; JPW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 566.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2007th Edition
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230517356
- ISBN
- 9780230517356
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Condition: New
€ 128.51
€ 128.51
Hardback. In spite of the lack of plausible alternatives to liberal democracy, the age of globalization has ushered in serious challenges to the democratic legitimacy of the nation state. The contributors in this collection explore the frontiers of normative and empirical legitimacy research, drawing upon a range of key conceptual and methodological issues. Editor(s): Hurrelmann, Achim; Schneider, Steffen; Steffek, Jens. Series: Transformations of the State. Num Pages: 286 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPA; JPHV; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 490.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230518100
- ISBN
- 9780230518100
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardback. This collection examines the transformation of the modern Western state in an age of accelerated globalization. Arguing that the state experienced a 'golden age' in the 1960s and 1970s, the contributors explore how and why this configuration of the state is under pressure in the 21st century. Editor(s): Hurrelmann, Achim; Leibfried, Stephan; Martens, Kerstin; Mayer, Peter. Series: Transformations of the State. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPHC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230521612
- ISBN
- 9780230521612
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Condition: New
€ 66.74
€ 66.74
Hardback. State and Society in Post-Socialist Economies focuses on the reform economies of post-socialist Europe. It looks at how various projects of communism that emerged in have been and are still being dismantled and recomposed by alternative visions, institutions and practices of capitalist market economies and democratic polities. Editor(s): Pickles, John. Series: Studies in Central and Eastern Europe. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPFF; JPHC; JPSN2; KCP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 505.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 297
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230522145
- ISBN
- 9780230522145
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Condition: New
€ 128.08
€ 128.08
Hardback. This book challenges the role of scientists in policy making and the idea of deliberative democracy. The author argues that awareness must increase among both politicians and the citizens who elect them. We must revitalise the decision-making processes in representative democracy. The book proposes new institutional structures. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPHV; JPQB; PDR. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 571.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230542174
- ISBN
- 9780230542174
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.73
€ 67.73
Hardback. This book explores what the privatization of global rule-making means for democracy. It reconstructs three prominent rule-making processes in the field of global sustainability politics and argues that, if designed properly, private transnational rule-making can be as democratic as intergovernmental rule-making. Series: Transformations of the State. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTN; JFFS; JPHV; JPS; RN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230545274
- ISBN
- 9780230545274
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Condition: New
€ 128.05
€ 128.05
Hardback. Formal political structures have produced little more than 'electoral democracy' in Africa without tackling the problems of poverty and elite exploitation. This book looks at the opportunities for, and limitations of, voluntary bodies in seeking a more 'just' order at both African and global levels. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPHV; JPS; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230547162
- ISBN
- 9780230547162
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Hardback. Leading scholars explore the complex questions arising from the ongoing transformation of Europe through the deepening and widening effects of European integration. Based on authoritative analyses, the book takes account of the many national, transnational and international processes and contexts in which European integration has become embedded. Editor(s): Egan, Michelle; Nugent, Neill; Paterson, W. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Num Pages: 446 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPH; JPSN2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 793.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 446
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230555242
- ISBN
- 9780230555242
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.20
€ 69.20
Paperback. Leading scholars explore the complex questions arising from the ongoing transformation of Europe through the deepening and widening effects of European integration. Based on authoritative analyses, the book takes account of the many national, transnational and international processes and contexts in which European integration has become embedded. Editor(s): Egan, Michelle; Nugent, Neill; Paterson, W. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Num Pages: 446 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPH; JPSN2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 446
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230555259
- ISBN
- 9780230555259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.43
€ 68.43
Hardback. Internationally-renowned scholars, including Zygmunt Bauman, Saskia Sassen, Loic Wacquant and Craig Calhoun come together in this exciting new collection to debate the role of the nation state in an age of globalization, examining key areas including finance, migration, terrorism, crime, the welfare state and the legal system. Editor(s): Schinkel, Willem. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JH; JPHC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230574052
- ISBN
- 9780230574052
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Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Hardback. This book gives a full account of past experience, present structures and processes, and probable developments, of the voters- party-electoral systems nexus in twenty-one advanced Western democracies. The analysis is based on an original 1945-2007 comparative data set including all relevant political and institutional variables. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPHF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 150 x 2. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230574489
- ISBN
- 9780230574489
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.40
€ 67.40