Political structure & processes
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Political structure & processes
Hardback. This study applies policy network theory to major technological, economic, environmental and social trends to generate propositions about the future of public policy. Among the findings are that we should expect more business-friendly policies, more intrusive law enforcement, more women-friendly policies, and stronger climate policies. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPH; JPRB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230223684
- ISBN
- 9780230223684
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€ 128.56
€ 128.56
Hardback. Since 11 September 2001, the War on Terror has dominated global political life. The book takes a critical look at different ways in which the George W. Bush administration created and justified this far-reaching conflict through their use of language and other discursive practices. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPHL; JPS; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 380.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230223691
- ISBN
- 9780230223691
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€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Hardback. Ethno-nationalism presents a multitude of challenges to the structure of the international political system and to the internal governance of states. This volume explores the multifaceted nature of these challenges across the world, while also examining how states have responded to meet them, through a wide range of case studies and comparisons. Editor(s): Guelke, Adrian. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL; JPB; JPFN; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230224100
- ISBN
- 9780230224100
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€ 67.49
€ 67.49
Hardback. Debates on participatory tend to be abstract, with references to experiences in Athens over 2000 years ago. This book uses recent experience in participatory innovations at the city level to explore the practice of participation. Taking examples from Latin America and the UK it argues the case for revitalizing democracy through participation. Editor(s): Pearce, Jenny. Series: Non-Governmental Public Action. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JPA; JPHV; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230229440
- ISBN
- 9780230229440
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€ 116.94
€ 116.94
hardcover. This book analyzes the origins of the crisis in Zimbabwe and why it has had such a profound impact on both the land issue and democratic politics in the Southern African region. In doing so, it contributes to the present debates around Mugabe, neo-imperialism and the stability in the region. Num Pages: 270 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; GTJ; JPH; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230230842
- ISBN
- 9780230230842
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Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardback. The time is ripe for a new international organization, a Global Union based upon a limited sharing of sovereignty. This book examines the successes and failures of the European Union as a sovereignty-sharing organization, and suggests that this unique institution has a critical role to play in the development of a more effective world order. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPH; JPSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230230866
- ISBN
- 9780230230866
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Condition: New
€ 66.99
€ 66.99
Hardback. Explores the paths of development unfolding from the inter-dependent histories of postwar Germany and the European integration process. The contributors explore these histories within the idea of 'semi-sovereignty': a set of constraints on the German state's power within the external constraints of Germany's multilateral commitments. Editor(s): Bulmer, Simon; Jeffery, Charlie; Padgett, Stephen. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; JPH; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230236554
- ISBN
- 9780230236554
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Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Hardback. The nature of global governance is changing, as are the standards by which we judge its legitimacy. We are witnessing a gradual and partial shift from inter-state co-operation to more complex forms of governance, involving participation by transnational actors, such as NGOs, party associations, philanthropic foundations and corporations. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPHV; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230239050
- ISBN
- 9780230239050
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Condition: New
€ 67.55
€ 67.55
Hardcover. Detailed and comprehensive analysis of how the Treaty of Lisbon emerged in 2007 this book explores the role played by the German Council Presidency and the EU's institutional actors in securing agreement among the leaders of member states on an intergovernmental conference as well as a new treaty text to replace the rejected Constitutional Treaty. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JPHC; JPHV; JPSD; JPSN2; LBBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 516.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230242586
- ISBN
- 9780230242586
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Condition: New
€ 67.71
€ 67.71
Hardback. Mounting a vigorous critique on existing approaches to transnational policing, this book lays out an argument situating transnational policing within contemporary transformations of the capitalist state and imperialism, looking at the particular case of regional police cooperation against sex trafficking in Southeast Europe. Series: Transnational Crime, Crime Control and Security. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKSW1; JKVM; JPHC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230246126
- ISBN
- 9780230246126
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Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Hardback. Does the democratic nation state remain a legitimate regime form in the current age of globalization? This book uses a novel, analytical approach to probe this topical question, drawing on a comparative study of legitimation discourses in the media of four Western democracies (Switzerland, Germany, Britain, and the United States.) Series: Transformations of the State. Num Pages: 267 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230247628
- ISBN
- 9780230247628
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Condition: New
€ 67.49
€ 67.49
Hardback. Analyses the impact of the managerial reforms of the European Commission. In 1999 the resignation of the College of Commissioners triggered the implementation of a White Paper which listed 98 measures to overhaul the way the Commission did business. Ten years later what impact have the reforms had on the European Commission and European governance? Series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JPH; JPP; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230252578
- ISBN
- 9780230252578
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Condition: New
€ 67.37
€ 67.37
Globalisation, Democratisation and Radicalisation in the Arab World
. Ed(S): Harrigan, Jane; El-Said, Hamed
Hardback. This book provides a fascinating analysis of the external and internal linkages that have for decades impeded economic and political reforms in the Arab world, and presents a new and coherent framework that enables policy makers and practitioners to better understand, identify and deal with the root causes of terrorism. Editor(s): Harrigan, Jane; El-Said, Hamed. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPHV; JW; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 143 x 26. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230273603
- ISBN
- 9780230273603
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.63
€ 128.63
Hardback. Democracy in Southeast Asia seems to be in crisis. The contributors to this volume argue that this is a crisis of democratic governance. They look into its causes, consequences and prospects, comparing themes of democratic governance in Southeast Asia such as political culture, civil society, political parties and institutions and human rights Editor(s): Croissant, Aurel; Bunte, Marco. Series: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FM; JPHV; JPQ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230282353
- ISBN
- 9780230282353
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.71
€ 67.71
Hardcover. Robert Weatherley argues that Chinese perceptions of democracy and human rights have been heavily influenced by the pressing issue of how to make China strong in the face of a perceived threat posed by foreign imperialism, be it military imperialism during the previous two centuries and cultural imperialism in more recent decades. Series: Politics and Development of Contemporary China. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTF; JPHV; JPVH; LNDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230284616
- ISBN
- 9780230284616
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Condition: New
€ 67.40
€ 67.40
Hardcover. Truth commissions, apologies, and reparations are just some of the transitional justice mechanisms embraced by established democracies. This groundbreaking exploration of political theory explains how these forms of state redress repair the damage state wrongdoing inflicts upon political legitimacy. Series: International Political Theory. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 figures. BIC Classification: JPA; JPB; JPHV; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 516.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230285231
- ISBN
- 9780230285231
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Condition: New
€ 67.76
€ 67.76
Europeanization of the Western Balkans: Environmental Governance in Bo...
Fagan, Adam, Sircar, Indiraneel
Hardcover. The book analyses the changing roles of international agencies, governmental bodies, non-governmental organisations, and local communities around major road-building environmental impact assessment processes in order to examine whether the influence of the European Union has transformed environmental governance in Bosnia-Herzegovina and in Serbia. Series: New Perspectives on South-East Europe. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 1DVWYS; 1QFE; JPB; JPHC; JPSN2; RND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230296510
- ISBN
- 9780230296510
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.56
€ 66.56
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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230298675
- ISBN
- 9780230298675
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230304895
- ISBN
- 9780230304895
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230314467
- ISBN
- 9780230314467
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Condition: New
€ 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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230337107
- ISBN
- 9780230337107
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Condition: New
€ 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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338128
- ISBN
- 9780230338128
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Condition: New
€ 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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338241
- ISBN
- 9780230338241
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Condition: New
€ 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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 307
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338548
- ISBN
- 9780230338548
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.40
€ 67.40