Political structure & processes
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Political structure & processes
Hardcover. This edited volume addresses the challenges and opportunities facing NATO post-2014, applying an original approach to strategy that will produce fresh insights into this hot topic within the international security community. Series: Governance, Security and Development. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPH; JPSD; JPSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137382047
- ISBN
- 9781137382047
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Condition: New
€ 67.03
€ 67.03
The Social Media President. Barack Obama and the Politics of Digital E...
Katz, James E.; Barris, Michael; Jain, Anshul
Hardback. The proliferation of social media has altered the way that people interact with each other - leveling the channels of communication to allow an individual to be "friends" with a sitting president. In a world where a citizen can message Barack Obama directly, this book addresses the new channels of communication in politics, and what they offer. Num Pages: 225 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JPA; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 477.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137380852
- ISBN
- 9781137380852
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Condition: New
€ 67.43
€ 67.43
Hardcover. An assessment of the influence of the Marxism of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels on revolutionary developments in China. The work covers the period from the first appearance of the Chinese Communist Party under Mao Zedong until its full transformation by Deng Xiaoping - into a nationalist, developmental, single-party, developmental dictatorship. Num Pages: 317 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPFC; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 638.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137379481
- ISBN
- 9781137379481
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Condition: New
€ 68.29
€ 68.29
Hardcover. This brief volume takes a panoramic view of the candidates for the most succinct theory of the 21st century division of labor that would replace Fordism, Taylorism and scientific management. Num Pages: 91 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSC; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 92
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137378774
- ISBN
- 9781137378774
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Condition: New
€ 66.28
€ 66.28
Hardcover. This book details the relationship between private property and government. As private property is important to both individual welfare and the public interest, the book provides an intellectual framework for the analysis and resolution of contemporary property rights disputes. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPH; JPR; LNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137376619
- ISBN
- 9781137376619
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Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardcover. This book details the relationship between private property and government. As private property is important to both individual welfare and the public interest, the book provides an intellectual framework for the analysis and resolution of contemporary property rights disputes. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPHC; JPR; LNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137376602
- ISBN
- 9781137376602
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Condition: New
€ 128.39
€ 128.39
The Unsustainable Presidency. Clinton, Bush, Obama, and Beyond.
Grover, William F.; Peschek, Joseph G.
hardcover. The Unsustainable Presidency develops a structural theory of the office by challenging and redefining the twin imperatives upon which the modern chief executive was constructed and by applying the theory to the three most recent presidents: Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. Series: The Evolving American Presidency. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHL; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 400.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137371812
- ISBN
- 9781137371812
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Condition: New
€ 66.97
€ 66.97
Hardcover. The book summarises the critique of these approaches, suggests a comprehensive alternative framework, and shows how the alternative works in reality through a case study of the largest of the new democracies, Indonesia. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPB; JPH; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137369345
- ISBN
- 9781137369345
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Condition: New
€ 68.19
€ 68.19
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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137368348
- ISBN
- 9781137368348
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.76
€ 66.76
Hardcover. This book argues that the G20 is neither a global executive board for a new world order, nor is it just a crisis unit for failing economies. It is a laboratory for the observation, experimentation and invention of new forms of international cooperation that are redefining global politics. Series: CERI Series in International Relations and Political Economy. Num Pages: 128 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPH; JPHV; JPSD; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 218 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137367747
- ISBN
- 9781137367747
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.56
€ 66.56
hardcover. A critical assessment of Herbert Croly's influential account of Abraham Lincoln in his 1909 book, The Promise of American Life, which argued that Progressivism was a continuation of the spirit of Lincoln's political thought. This book argues for the first time that Croly's praise of Lincoln is highly problematic. Num Pages: 98 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 279.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 98
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137366597
- ISBN
- 9781137366597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.52
€ 65.52
Hardcover. The British General Election of 2015 is a must-read for anyone wanting to know how the action unfolded in the most unpredictable election for a generation. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JMG; JPHF; JPL; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137366108
- ISBN
- 9781137366108
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Condition: New
€ 163.39
€ 163.39
Hardcover. Andreas Anter reconstructs Max Weber's theory of the modern state, showing its significance to contemporary political science. He reveals the ambivalence of Weber's political thought: the oscillation between an etatiste position, mainly oriented to the reason of state, and an individualistic one, focussed on the freedom of individuals Editor(s): Tribe, Keith. Translator(s): Tribe, Keith. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137364890
- ISBN
- 9781137364890
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.32
€ 67.32
Hardback. This collection makes a compelling case for the importance of studying ceremony and ritual in deepening our understanding of modern democratic parliaments. It reveals through rich case studies that modes of behaviour, the negotiation of political and physical spaces and the creation of specific institutional cultures, underpin democracy in practice Editor(s): Rai, Shirin M.; Johnson, Rachel. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137361905
- ISBN
- 9781137361905
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.68
€ 67.68
Hardcover. This book offers an innovative framework for understanding the role of civil society in regional and global policymaking. Using political economy analysis, Gerard demonstrates that ASEAN's people-oriented agenda builds legitimacy, while sidelining its detractors. Series: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPHV; JPL; JPS; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 221 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137359469
- ISBN
- 9781137359469
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.36
€ 67.36
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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 138
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137358783
- ISBN
- 9781137358783
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.26
€ 66.26
Hardcover. Through case-analysis and cross-sectional assessment of eleven countries this collection explores the most deeply divided societies in the world in order to highlight what deliberative democracy looks like in a deeply divided society and to understand the conditions that deliberative democracies could realistically emerge in difficult circumstances Editor(s): Ugarriza, Juan E.; Caluwaerts, Didier. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137357809
- ISBN
- 9781137357809
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.69
€ 67.69
Hardcover. Why do policy actors create branded policy ideas like Big Society and does launching them on Twitter extend or curtail their life? This book reveals how policy analysis can adapt in an increasingly mediatised to offer interpretive insights into the life and death of policy ideas in an era of hashtag politics. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPB; JPH; JPP; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 221 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137357731
- ISBN
- 9781137357731
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardcover. France Votes examines the Socialist victory in the French elections of 2012 from the standpoint of the nation's membership in the EU and a related growing internal political crisis of democracy. Series: Europe in Crisis. Num Pages: 127 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JPHF; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137356901
- ISBN
- 9781137356901
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.48
€ 66.48
Hardcover. This is a history of political parties in ten nations (with the sections on France and Germany limited to specific period), and a critique of the existing literature that emphasizes the importance of electoral rules as determinative of political party systems. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPHV; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 215 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137353870
- ISBN
- 9781137353870
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.69
€ 67.69
Hardcover. This book explores the paradox of the global spread of democracy in an era of Western decline. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPHV; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137353863
- ISBN
- 9781137353863
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Hardcover. Recently in the Dominican Republic, a pro-municipal social alliance pressed for decentralization and politicians yielded, seeking power in three-party competition. This study examines how electoral, financial, and administrative power has been dispersed and suggests innovative strategies to maintain decentralizing momentum. Num Pages: 149 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJD; JPH; JPHV; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 116
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137353115
- ISBN
- 9781137353115
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Hardcover. The book compares the politics of Europeanization in Estonia and Slovenia from 1989 to the current crisis. Num Pages: 99 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPB; JPH; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137352170
- ISBN
- 9781137352170
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.42
€ 66.42
Hardcover. Faced with falling social cohesion governments have sought to revitalise society by trying to reconstruct local communities, civil society and citizenship. As a result, civil society is increasingly brought within the realm of public management, subject to accountability and embedded in hierarchies the impact and origins of which this book explores Editor(s): Brandsen, Taco; Trommel, Willem; Verschuere, Bram. Series: Governance and Public Management. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPB; JPHV; JPP; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137351623
- ISBN
- 9781137351623
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.24
€ 67.24