Political structure & processes
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Political structure & processes
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.
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- 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
€ 63.98
€ 63.98
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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€ 122.31
€ 122.31
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
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Condition: New
€ 64.74
€ 64.74
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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€ 122.28
€ 122.28
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230547162
- ISBN
- 9780230547162
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Condition: New
€ 63.91
€ 63.91
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 446
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230555242
- ISBN
- 9780230555242
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Condition: New
€ 66.33
€ 66.33
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 446
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230555259
- ISBN
- 9780230555259
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Condition: New
€ 65.17
€ 65.17
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.
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- 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
€ 64.26
€ 64.26
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230574489
- ISBN
- 9780230574489
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Condition: New
€ 64.43
€ 64.43
Hardback. This book examines village democracy and the prospects of China's democratization. It explains how three key factors - township, economy and kinship - shape village democracy and account for rural variations. It considers the extension of village to township elections, the idea of a mixed regime and its impact on political development in China. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSF; JPHF; JPHV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 521.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 289
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600164
- ISBN
- 9780230600164
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.21
€ 64.21
Hardback. Being critical and empirically grounded, the book explores the complex, often counter-balancing consequences of the involvement of traditional authority in the wave of democratization and liberal-style state-building that has rolled over sub-Saharan Africa in the past decade. Series: Governance, Security and Development. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600331
- ISBN
- 9780230600331
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Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Hardback. This book provides readers with a fresh analysis of the Arab state by using a new theoretical framework: hybrid sovereignty. The author examines various areas to make his argument: citizenship, the issue of minorities, electoral engineering, the failure of central rule, tribalism, and the lack of impersonal bureaucratic mechanism. Series: The Middle East in Focus. Num Pages: 283 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 563.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600409
- ISBN
- 9780230600409
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Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46
Hardback. In this book, top scholars look at the efficacy of trade union and worker protest in overthrowing authoritarian governments in Africa. The analytical introduction and case studies from major African countries argue that unions were often the most important single social force in the democratization process. Editor(s): Kraus, Jon. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JPHV; JPVH2; KNXB2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 597.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600614
- ISBN
- 9780230600614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.91
€ 122.91
Hardback. This book uses elections as a vehicle to explain the unanticipated outcomes of post-Soviet politics. It assesses how the behavior of voters, candidates and government officials is influenced by the Soviet legacy and rational calculations of self-interest and is the first to address elections across post-Soviet space. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPHF; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 492.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600959
- ISBN
- 9780230600959
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Condition: New
€ 64.66
€ 64.66
Hardback. This book examines the successes and failures of George W. Bush as a War President. The author critically assesses the administration's key decisions in the war on terror and President Bush's vision of creating a democratic Middle East. Series: The Evolving American Presidency. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJK; HBLX; JPHL; JWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 303
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600997
- ISBN
- 9780230600997
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.06
€ 65.06
Hardback. This book examines the achievements and limitations of democratization in Senegal - and Africa more broadly - as a result of the continuing political culture of clientelism Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDS; JPHV. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 500.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230602830
- ISBN
- 9780230602830
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.29
€ 64.29
Hardback. This book seeks to identify the factors that influence the percentage of female parliamentarians, paying particular attention to the electoral system. The author seeks to understand the third wave of democratization of political systems, through the particular perspective of female representation in parliaments. Editor(s): Tremblay, Professor Manon. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JPHF; JPL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230603783
- ISBN
- 9780230603783
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.54
€ 64.54
Hardback. In this volume a series of contributions look at the impact of direct democracy on those processes of representative democracy to raise -- and answer -- the question: Does direct democracy harm representative democracy? Editor(s): Bowler, Shaun; Glazer, Amihai. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHV. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 405.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230604452
- ISBN
- 9780230604452
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.69
€ 63.69
Hardback. Through an in-depth analysis of the Chilean labour market, social welfare, and state reforms, this book reveals the manner in which neoliberal reform in Chile has undermined the urban poor's incentives and ability to hold public officials accountable, negatively affecting the quality of Chilean democracy. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; JPHV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230605954
- ISBN
- 9780230605954
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.21
€ 64.21
Hardback. In this compelling look at charismatic leaders and their leadership styles, Abraham Zaleznik asserts that leaders are either 'hedgehogs,' who view leadership as a single-minded track driven by unwavering rules, or 'foxes,' who assess and re-evaluate their goals and strategies based on ever-changing factors in business, politics, and culture. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPHL; KJMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230606234
- ISBN
- 9780230606234
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.18€ 77.85
€ 92.18
€ 77.85