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Hardcover. Language and Politics in Post-Soviet Russia critically examines the uses of language in post-Soviet media and political texts between 1998 and 2007. It will be of interest to academics and researchers in the fields of media studies, discourse analysis, corpus linguistics, and scholars in Russian Studies. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; CFB; CFX; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230301016
- ISBN
- 9780230301016
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Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. This book offers an exciting new take on the relationship between law and power. The 1856 Declaration of Paris marks the precise moment when international law became universal, and was an aggressive and successful British move to end privateering forever - then the United States' main weapon in case of war with Britain. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QS; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTM; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230301856
- ISBN
- 9780230301856
Hardback
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€ 67.25
€ 67.25
hardcover. Examining the role of memory in the transition from totalitarian to democratic systems, this book makes an important contribution to memory studies. It explores memory as a medium of and impediment to change, looking at memory's biological, cultural, narrative and socio-psychological dimensions. Editor(s): Assmann, Aleida; Shortt, Linda. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTC; JFCX; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 503.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230301993
- ISBN
- 9780230301993
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.28
€ 67.28
Hardcover. Offering a uniquely 'psycho-cultural' take on the emotional dynamics of UK political culture this book uses theories and research in psychoanalysis, cultural and media studies and political sociology. It explores the cultural and emotional processes that shape our relationship to politics in a media age, referencing Joanna Lumley to Nigel Farage. Series: Studies in the Psychosocial. Num Pages: 201 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230302525
- ISBN
- 9780230302525
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.13
€ 94.13
Hardcover. British women were deeply invested in foreign policy between the wars. This study casts new light on the turn to international affairs in feminist politics, the gendered representation and experience of the Munich Crisis, and the profound impression made by female public opinion on PM Neville Chamberlain in his negotiations with the dictators. Num Pages: 360 pages, 22 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBJD1; JFSJ1; JPS; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 25. Weight in Grams: 564.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230304291
- ISBN
- 9780230304291
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.75
€ 117.75
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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Condition: New
€ 67.64
€ 67.64
Hardcover. Few concepts have witnessed a more dramatic resurgence of interest in recent years than corruption. This book provides a compelling historical and conceptual analysis of corruption which demonstrates a persistent oscillation between restrictive 'public office' and expansive 'degenerative' connotations of corruption from classical Antiquity to 1800. Series: Political Corruption and Governance. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230308886
- ISBN
- 9780230308886
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Condition: New
€ 67.40
€ 67.40
Hardcover. The book explores the interplay between social movements and their 'liberated technologies'. It analyzes the rise of low-power radio stations and radical internet projects ('emancipatory communication practices') as a political subject, focusing on the sociological and cultural processes at play. Num Pages: 251 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JPW; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230309180
- ISBN
- 9780230309180
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.71
€ 67.71
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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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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230337107
- ISBN
- 9780230337107
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Condition: New
€ 66.48
€ 66.48
Public Sector Employment Regimes: Transformations of the State as an E...
Gottschall, Karin, Hils, Sylvia, Kittel, Bern...
Hardcover. This book explores the extent to which a transformation of public employment regimes has taken place in four Western countries, and the factors influencing the pathways of reform. It demonstrates how public employment regimes have unravelled in different domains of public service, contesting the idea that the state remains a 'model' employer. Series: Transformations of the State. Num Pages: 374 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; JPB; JPP; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 27. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230337152
- ISBN
- 9780230337152
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Condition: New
€ 128.75
€ 128.75
Hardback. Provides a full account of the politics and intelligence of American relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran from the Carter presidency to the Obama administration. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1KBB; JPRB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230337299
- ISBN
- 9780230337299
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.74
€ 66.74
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
Hardback
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
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.36€ 48.08
€ 53.36
€ 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
Hardback. How do nations address the above health policy goals and respond to current challenges? As these four cases (United States, Germany, Canada, and South Africa) demonstrate, the answer lies in the underlying politics of health policy at work. Series: Perspectives in Comparative Politics. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1HFMS; 1KBB; JPB; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338876
- ISBN
- 9780230338876
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardback. In light of the events of 2011, Real-Time Diplomacy examines how diplomacy has evolved as media have gradually reduced the time available to policy makers. It analyzes the workings of real-time diplomacy and the opportunities for media-centered diplomacy programs that bypass governments and directly engage foreign citizens. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPSD; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 455.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230339422
- ISBN
- 9780230339422
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. This wide-ranging collection offers fresh insights into a critical factor in development and politics on the African continent. It critically examines and illustrates the centrality of policing in transition societies in Africa, and outlines and assesses the emergence and impact of the diversity of state and non-state policing agencies. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JKSW1; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 219 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230339477
- ISBN
- 9780230339477
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.74
€ 66.74
Hardback. Thousands of women are murdered every year by close relatives for allegedly violating an unwritten social code or rebelling against the patriarchal order. The book examines the roots and evolution of honor-based violence, as well as the ongoing struggle to eradicate it worldwide. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE3; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230339781
- ISBN
- 9780230339781
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardback. Citizens in our deeply, angrily divided world desperately need peaceful and productive ways of relating to each other. Rooted in four decades of intense experience in deep-seated human conflicts, Saunders presents a peaceful way of transforming destructive relationships and designing change. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; HBLW; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 167 x 23. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230339804
- ISBN
- 9780230339804
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.68
€ 117.68
Hardback. This book describes and analyzes the emergence of the American global empire and the role of the garrison state in protecting the threatened homeland and defending the declining imperium. Num Pages: 106 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 106
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230339989
- ISBN
- 9780230339989
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.90
€ 65.90
Hardback. This is the first book to thoroughly examine Al Jazeera English and its coverage methods, its effects on its audience, and its place in the world of mediated geopolitics. Editor(s): Seib, Philip. Series: The Palgrave MacMillan Series in International Political Communication. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFS; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 17. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340206
- ISBN
- 9780230340206
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.03€ 80.76
€ 97.03
€ 80.76
Hardcover. What Water is Worth addresses both conventional and non-conventional values of water, discussing the value of water as it relates to conventional microeconomics, water's true utility and government regulation, and new and current practices in water management. Num Pages: 116 pages, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JPP; JPQB; KCP; RND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 116
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340763
- ISBN
- 9780230340763
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.73
€ 126.73
Hardcover. This book argues that a well-educated citizenry and freer flow of information has contributed to a state of "hyperdemocracy" which impedes itself. This book applies the idea of 'reflexive modernization' to democratic theory, setting out a new perspective on the challenges democracy faces. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230341142
- ISBN
- 9780230341142
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50