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Paperback. The author examines the rise of the BRICs and the supposed decline of the United States. Focusing on the boom years from 1992 to 2007, and the crisis years after 2008, he argues that there are limits to the rise of the former and that the extent of US decline has been greatly exaggerated. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JPS; KCL; KCM; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349505401
- ISBN
- 9781349505401
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Condition: New
€ 63.23
€ 63.23
Health Communication in the Changing Media Landscape: Perspectives fro...
Ravindra Kumar Vemula (Ed.)
Hardback. Editor(s): Vemula, Ravindra Kumar; Gavaravarapu, SubbaRao M. Series: Global Transformations in Media and Communication Research - A Palgrave and IAMCR Series. Num Pages: 238 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFG; GTC; GTF; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319335384
- ISBN
- 9783319335384
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Condition: New
€ 133.13
€ 133.13
Transnational Corporations from the Standpoint of Workers
Rathzel, Nora; Mulinari, Diana; Tollefsen, Ai...
Paperback. This book explores the history and global expansion of AB Volvo, one of the hundred largest corporations in the world, through the experiences of its workers in Sweden, Mexico, South Africa, and India. It investigates how neo-liberalisation has transformed the company into a promoter of lean production, at the expense of the workers' needs. Num Pages: 311 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JHBL; JPS; KCD; KCF; KJU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 311
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349458660
- ISBN
- 9781349458660
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Condition: New
€ 63.97
€ 63.97
Paperback. An account of the contemporary Indian political system. It explains the historical legacies that have shaped the structures of Indian government and influenced its politics. The book describes where power is located, with reference made to caste, religion and regionalism in Indian society. Series: Comparative Government and Politics. Num Pages: 416 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTF; JPH; JPQ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1995th Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333591888
- ISBN
- 9780333591888
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.40
€ 54.99
€ 46.40
Social Entrepreneurship and Social Inclusion: Processes, Practices, an...
Rama Krishna Reddy Kummitha
Hardback. Num Pages: 178 pages, 4 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JKSN; JNV; KCM; KJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 249 x 21. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag, Singapore
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789811016141
- ISBN
- 9789811016141
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Condition: New
€ 132.58
€ 132.58
Hardback. Examines foreign capital's role in stimulating industrialization. Using both conventional and unconventional approaches, the book shows how foreign capital has played a positive role in Malaysia's industrialization. Series: Studies in the Economies of East and South-East Asia. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMM; GTF; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 505.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333615058
- ISBN
- 9780333615058
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Condition: New
€ 186.53
€ 186.53
Hardcover. Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFN; KCU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 226 x 17. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- SBS Publishers India
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788131427385
- ISBN
- 9788131427385
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.11€ 57.37
€ 74.11
€ 57.37
Paperback. The growing scale of international migration has reshaped the debate on the social rights and social protection available to people outside their countries of origin. This book uses conceptual frameworks, policy analysis and empirical studies of migrants to explore international migrants' needs for and access to social protection across the world. Series: Rethinking International Development Series. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFN; JHB; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349319152
- ISBN
- 9781349319152
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Condition: New
€ 122.61
€ 122.61
Paperback. Drawing evidence from North and South America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, the contributors illustrate that even within the common framework of economic globalization, the ways in which the interests of state actors and the agency of migrants intersects continuously shapes and reshapes both home and destination societies. Editor(s): Brickner, Rachel K. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFN; JFFS; JHB; JPS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349441587
- ISBN
- 9781349441587
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Condition: New
€ 63.06
€ 63.06
paperback. In case studies from Mexico, Guatemala, Bolivia and Peru, the authors analyse how legal frameworks have been implemented, appropriated and contested within a context of accelerating economic and legal globalization, highlighting key implications for social policy, human rights and social justice. Editor(s): Sieder, Rachel. Series: Institute of Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTF; JFSL1; JHMC; JPF; JPVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 461.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 293
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2002nd Edition
- SKU
- V9780333998717
- ISBN
- 9780333998717
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Condition: New
€ 122.61
€ 122.61
Hardback. In case studies from Mexico, Guatemala, Bolivia and Peru, the authors analyse how legal frameworks have been implemented, appropriated and contested within a context of accelerating economic and legal globalization, highlighting key implications for social policy, human rights and social justice. Editor(s): Sieder, Rachel. Series: Institute of Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTF; JFSL1; JHMC; JPF; JPVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 293
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333998700
- ISBN
- 9780333998700
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Condition: New
€ 123.35
€ 123.35
Hardback. This volume focuses on Pacific Rim cities and analyzes successful policies and programmes in urban development, explaining why they have worked. It identify themes of change that are taking place in the context of globalization, economic restructuring, and social change. Editor(s): Williams, J. F.; Stimson, Robert J. Series: International Review of Comparative Public Policy. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1MK; GTF; JFFS; JHMC; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 159 x 38. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762306954
- ISBN
- 9780762306954
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Condition: New
€ 181.20
€ 181.20
Hardback. The authors explore the fresh water crisis of Himalayan Asia. While the region hosts some of the world's mightiest rivers, it is also home to rapidly modernizing, increasingly affluent, and demographically multiplying societies, ensuring the rapid depletion of water resources and of disputes over ownership of transboundary waters. Series: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; GTF; JPSL; RNFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 287 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230237834
- ISBN
- 9780230237834
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.55
€ 64.55
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349327195
- ISBN
- 9781349327195
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Condition: New
€ 63.78
€ 63.78
Hardcover. This book is essential for anyone interested in knowing how science works nationally and internationally in the contemporary world. It offers a comprehensive analysis of scientific collaboration and its relation to development and the productivity of scientists, with specific reference to South Africa in both the past and the present. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; GTF; PDK; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137493064
- ISBN
- 9781137493064
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.49
€ 64.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JHB; PDR; PDX; YQS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 289
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349504725
- ISBN
- 9781349504725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.83
€ 63.83
Paperback. With six essays exploring different aspects of economic growth, poverty, inequality and social security, this book offers a critical perspective on India's development experience since independence. Incisive and empirically rich, the book opens up new vistas in development discourse and informs current policy debates. Series: Developmental Pathways to Poverty Reduction. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; KCB; KCM; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349433407
- ISBN
- 9781349433407
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46
Hardcover. This text from a micro level studies the change in the Baltic states, from a wide range of perspectives, recognizing that transformation processes are multiplex and require the linkages between the social, political, psychological, cultural and economic dimensions to be fully exposed and addressed. Editor(s): Hood, Neil; Kilis, Robert; Vahlne, Jan-Erik. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QSB; GTF; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558. "8vo Associated Names: Vahlne, Jan-Erik; Kilis, Robert. Cloth. A good clean copy. Jacket condition is described as - Good. First UK Edition". Keywords: "Subjects - Business, Finance & Law - Economics - General,Subjects - Society, Politics & Philosophy - Social Sciences - Human Geography - Developmental Studies,Education Resources - Books - Social Scie"
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan Dublin, Ireland
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1997th Edition
- SKU
- KON0515580
- ISBN
- 9780333677339
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 9.99€ 4.99
€ 9.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. The first volume of IDS Companions to Development Studies focuses on pivotal writing emerging from the IDS fellowship during the last 50 years. It includes five topics: perspectives and paradigms, debunking myths, development policy, gender and international perspectives, and policy, as well as names like Seers, Singer, Lipton, Reg Green. Editor(s): Jolly, Richard. Series: Ids Companions to Development. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 black & white tables, 4 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: GTF; JPA; JPB; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230368330
- ISBN
- 9780230368330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.77
€ 64.77
Paperback. This IPE Classic challenges the claim that globalization is a well-documented phenomena whose effects are easily accounted for. With a new Preface and Foreword, it continues to explore the categories we use to think about globalization, and the effects which globalizing tendencies have on key institutional features of the contemporary world. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 337 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JPS; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137355171
- ISBN
- 9781137355171
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.37
€ 47.37