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Hardcover. This book analyzes the recent development of Gulf capitalism through to the aftermath of the 2008 economic crisis. Situating the Gulf within the evolution of capitalism at a global scale, it presents a novel theoretical interpretation of this important region of the Middle East political economy. Num Pages: 266 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1FBX; JPS; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 207 x 23. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230110779
- ISBN
- 9780230110779
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Hardcover. Will China become a multiparty democracy? The author projects that within the next twenty years there China will march on the path of democratization. Num Pages: 181 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPA; JPF; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 147 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230110830
- ISBN
- 9780230110830
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.41
€ 66.41
Hardcover. This book discusses the question of soft power and public diplomacy challenges in East Asian context. Both concepts originate in the West, and in a sense this book can therefore be seen as an exercise in critically assessing soft power and public diplomacy in a different geographical and cultural setting. Editor(s): Lee, Sook Jong; Melissen, Jan. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FP; JPA; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230110977
- ISBN
- 9780230110977
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.03
€ 128.03
Hardcover. This book argues that the declining nature of traditional forms of civic participation over the last half century are the result of the evolution of larger institutional, social, and historical forces that have favored the self-interest motivation at the expense of civic duty Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPF; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 218 x 17. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230111349
- ISBN
- 9780230111349
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Hardcover. Num Pages: 244 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JPSN2; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230111363
- ISBN
- 9780230111363
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Hardcover. This book analyzes how neo-liberal state economic policies and political reforms have impacted on state-society relations, economic and class configurations, social composition of power, social welfare and cohesion in post-military Nigeria; and points to key policy recommendations that may be crucial in redirecting the future of the country. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPF; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230111707
- ISBN
- 9780230111707
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Hardcover. A primer to terrorist financing and resourcing, this book examines what terrorist organizations must acquire in order to survive and operate, and describes the various means used to meet these needs. It also observes how terrorism financing and resourcing has evolved since the beginning of the Age of Modern Terrorism. Series: Initiatives in Strategic Studies: Issues and Policies. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPV; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230111882
- ISBN
- 9780230111882
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.80
€ 160.80
Paperback. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this book analyzes Black women's involvement in American political life, focusing on what they did to gain political power between 1961 and 2001, and why, in many cases, they did not succeed. Series: Contemporary Black History. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230112551
- ISBN
- 9780230112551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.00
€ 66.00
Hardcover. The first detailed historical account of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) negotiations, this book covers the genesis of the project in the early 1990s to its demise in late 2003. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1K; 3JJPR; JPA; KCLT1; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230112797
- ISBN
- 9780230112797
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.92€ 47.88
€ 53.92
€ 47.88
Paperback. This is the first book to be primarily directed at analyzing the evolving solution to the Kurdish problem in Iraq and Turkey. Although this solution remains cautiously fragile, it does represent a strikingly positive future that until recently seemed so bleak. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1FBQ; JPA; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 179
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230112872
- ISBN
- 9780230112872
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Hardcover. Challenges the democratic peace and diversionary war theories by emphasizing the importance of social trust, its origin as a by-product of effective governance exercised by strong states, and influence on international conflict. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230113176
- ISBN
- 9780230113176
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.56
€ 66.56
Hardcover. This book examines the factors behind the survival and persistence of monarchical authoritarianism in Morocco and argues that state rituals of power affect the opposition forces ability to challenge the monarchy. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBM; JPH; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230113183
- ISBN
- 9780230113183
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Hardcover. An analysis of the language of metaphor in international relations theory, this book offers a comprehensive study of metaphors as they are employed by scholars of world affairs. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230113213
- ISBN
- 9780230113213
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.90
€ 127.90
Hardcover. This book looks at Chinese policy towards the South Pacific in the context of China's grand strategy. Analysts are divided on the implications of China's deepening involvement in the region and the study of Chinese involvement in the South Pacific is a part of the great debate on the rise of China. Num Pages: 254 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1M; JFFS; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230113237
- ISBN
- 9780230113237
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.72
€ 127.72
Hardcover. An examination of how US states and governors connect to American foreign relations, this book argues that these subnational actors should be analyzed in international relations scholarship. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230113251
- ISBN
- 9780230113251
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.16
€ 67.16
Hardcover. This book tells the story of how Shari'ati developed a language of political Islam, speaking in an idiom intelligible to the Iranian public and subverting the Shah's regime and its claim to legitimacy. Series: Middle East Today. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HRH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230113336
- ISBN
- 9780230113336
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.92€ 47.43
€ 53.92
€ 47.43
Paperback. Making use of existential philosophy, the experimental results of existential psychology, and his twenty-five years of clinical experience in existential psychoanalysis, Strenger shows how the commoditization of the self has led to a persistent fear of a life devoid of significance. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230113756
- ISBN
- 9780230113756
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 148.84
€ 148.84
Hardcover. Discussing the most pressing global challenges, this book suggests ways for the Obama Administration to tackle them in a holistic manner. In particular, the book proposes effective measures for various problems like the war on terror, resolution of the Arab-Israeli dispute, and forging of better relations with the Muslim World. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 218 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230113763
- ISBN
- 9780230113763
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.56
€ 66.56
Hardcover. Why did the United States begin to torture detainees during the War on Terror? This book presents a model of the political and institutional mechanisms leading to the official adoption of torture Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBW; JPA; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 222 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230113770
- ISBN
- 9780230113770
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. The current emphasis on the greening of the world marks a beginning of a new concern for our relationship with our planet. This book states that we are entering into a new era - a transitional time in history in which the values of the industrial revolution are being replaced by a post-industrial consciousness. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230114579
- ISBN
- 9780230114579
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. In Hungary, as in all of "new Europe," liberalization is troubled. Using Hungary as an in-depth case study, Korkut demonstrates that, in squandering popular goodwill, credibility, and favorable circumstances after 1989, liberal politicians have found themselves vulnerable to conservative populist politics and the global economic crisis. Series: Europe in Transition: The NYU European Studies Series. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVH; JPFK; JPH; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230114593
- ISBN
- 9780230114593
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Paperback. Diseases do not recognize national borders, and as we are gradually learning, failure to govern health effectively at a global level profoundly affects us all. This book is about how global health governance has evolved to become stronger, more complex, and more important than ever before in history Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKS; JPH; JPS; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230114821
- ISBN
- 9780230114821
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.26
€ 66.26
Hardcover. This forcefully argued book offers a provocative picture of the political, intellectual, and economic forces that have shaped the history of the United States, offering an extensive and in-depth critique of laissez-faire doctrine and a novel reformulation of the work of American System writers, Gibson traces America's rise to global supremacy. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230114876
- ISBN
- 9780230114876
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.37
€ 67.37
Paperback. The book ascribes the late state of paralysis affecting dissent in America to the adoption of a peculiar gospel of divisiveness, which was promoted in the Eighties by importing from France the 'theories' of philosopher Michel Foucault Num Pages: 257 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPS; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230114944
- ISBN
- 9780230114944
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 100.12
€ 100.12