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Development studies

Paperback. Blending theory and case studies, this volume explores a vitally important and topical aspect of developmentalism, which remains a focal point for scholarly and policy debates around democracy and social development in the global political economy. Includes case studies from China, Vietnam, India, Brazil, Uganda, South Korea, Ireland, Australia. Editor(s): Weiss, L.; Fine, Ben. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 346 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JPA; JPS; KCL; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349333325
ISBN
9781349333325
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

Paperback. Heo conceptualizes reconciliation in International Relations theory and fills a gap by building a theoretical framework for interstate reconciliation. Combining historical and political scientific approaches, she analyses case studies from Europe, the Middle East, and Northeast Asia. Series: International Relations and Development Series. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; GTJ; JPS; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349333509
ISBN
9781349333509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

Paperback. Global crises not only deeply impact the economy and people's livelihoods, they also unsettle basic ideas and assumptions about the meaning and drivers of development. This collection of theoretical and empirical studies explores the substance and politics of policy change following the 2007/8 crisis from the perspective of developing countries. Editor(s): Varghese Buchholz, Rebecca; Utting, Peter; Razavi, Shahra. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 305 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JHB; JPB; JPS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
305
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349334186
ISBN
9781349334186
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

Paperback. "This volume studies the relation between globalization and inequalities in emerging societies by linking Area and Global Studies, aiming at a new theory of inequality beyond the nation state and beyond Eurocentrism"-- Editor(s): Rehbein, Boike. Series: Frontiers of Globalization. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFS; JHB; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
295
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349335329
ISBN
9781349335329
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Condition: New

€ 50.84

Paperback. A comprehensive analysis of how European development policy was shaped, this book explores the role of former colonial officials in shaping the policy agenda and explores this example of 'recycled empire.' Dimier argues that this post-colonial agenda only changed as a result of pressure from the OECD and World Bank in the 1980s and 1990s. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JKSN; JPA; JPSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Number of pages
249
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349335695
ISBN
9781349335695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.46

Paperback. This volume explores Western attitudes towards the phenomenon of Easternization, drawing upon Eastern perspectives and examining the impact upon contemporary culture to argue that Easternization is another type of globalization. Editor(s): Nair-Venugopal, S. Series: Frontiers of Globalization. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JFSL; JHB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
279
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349337941
ISBN
9781349337941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

Paperback. Using a case study based approach, Weissmannanalyses the post-Cold War East Asian security setting to demonstratewhy there is a paradoxical inter-state peace. He points out processes that have been important for the creation of a continuing relative peace in East Asia, as well as conflict prevention and peacebuilding mechanisms." Series: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; GTJ; JFC; JPS; JW; RG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349339440
ISBN
9781349339440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

Paperback. This volumehighlights women's work sustaining local economies and environments, particularly in response to the current food, fuel and climate crises.It includes women's role in the green entrepreneurship, women's reproductive and productive work in the care economy, and a further examination of eco feminist debates." Series: Gender, Development and Social Change. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFSJ; JHB; JPA; RND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
287
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349339754
ISBN
9781349339754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

Paperback. Editor(s): Oxford Department of International Development; Bourdillon, Michael; Boyden, Jo. Series: Palgrave Studies on Children and Development. Num Pages: 350 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFF; JHB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 493.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349339822
ISBN
9781349339822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 101.69

Paperback. Michal Nahman traces different kinds of 'extraction': the practices of human egg harvesting in different national contexts; the political economic consequences of such extraction for the women involved and the ways in which this has consequences for nationalism and race or 'Israeli extraction'. Series: Global Ethics. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; HPQ; JFFN; JFSJ; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 305.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349339877
ISBN
9781349339877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

Paperback. An assessment of the capacity of the EU to coordinate actors and policies with regards to global development. The authors argue that the EU and its member states have the potential to act for global development when they are able to improve policy and actor coherence, such as through better linking of bilateral and community programmes. Editor(s): Ganzle, Stefan; Grimm, Sven; Makhan, Davina. Num Pages: 325 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JPA; JPS; JPSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
325
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349340101
ISBN
9781349340101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

Paperback. Aims to inform students, scholars, and educators about the complex processes and factors that promote or impede education's potential to enhance individual advancement within the socioeconomic structure of a late-industrialized country within the context of modern capitalism. Series: Marxism and Education. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; HBJD; JHB; JN; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
287
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349341221
ISBN
9781349341221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

Paperback. Editor(s): Cheng, Grace. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JPA; JPSN; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Number of pages
193
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349341573
ISBN
9781349341573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

Paperback. Breger Bush argues that derivatives markets work in the development context as engines of inequality and instability, aggravating poverty among those they are purported to help and highlighting some of the dangers of neoliberal globalization for the poor. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; KCL; KCM; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349342013
ISBN
9781349342013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

Paperback. Case studies written by anthropologists, geographers, political scientists, and sociologists provide empirical detail and analytical insight into states' and communities' relations to natural resource sectors, and show how resource dependencies continue to shape their political spaces. Editor(s): Haarstad, Havard. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JFF; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 359.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Number of pages
265
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349343348
ISBN
9781349343348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.46

Paperback. Editor(s): Twum-Danso Imoh, Afua; Ame, Robert Kwame. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JFSP; JHBK; JPQB; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
207
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349344444
ISBN
9781349344444
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

Paperback. "International institutions (United Nations, World Bank) and multinational companies have voiced concern over the adverse impact of resource extraction activities on the livelihood of indigenous communities. This volume examines mega resource extraction projects in Australia, Bolivia, Canada, Chad, Cameroon, India, Nigeria, Peru, the Philippines"-- Editor(s): Sawyer, S.; Gomez, E. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 314 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFSL; JPS; JPSN; KCP; RND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 423.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349344956
ISBN
9781349344956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

Paperback. Series: International Relations and Development Series. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JFFS; JPS; JPSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
247
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349344970
ISBN
9781349344970
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

Paperback. This book analyzes the aims, activities and structures of cross border migrant organizations in four European countries of arrival and seven countries of origin, exploring different patterns of cross-border resource mobilization and coordination. Editor(s): Pries, Ludger; Sezgin, Zeynep. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 337 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFN; JFSL; JHB; JPA; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
337
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349345137
ISBN
9781349345137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

Paperback. Increasing numbers of people from Western nations are leaving home to work within the developing economies of Asia. Here, Angela Lehmann explores a second-tier city in China and uses sociological theory to understand the impact of global mobility on identity, community and belonging. Num Pages: 171 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JFFN; JHB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
171
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349345595
ISBN
9781349345595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

Paperback. Bringing together theories, ideas, insights and experiences of practitioners and researchers from Brazil, India, South Africa and the UK, this book explores children and young people's involvement in public action. The contributors consider the potential of children and young people's participation to be transformative. Editor(s): Tisdall, Kay. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFSP; JHBK; JKSN; JN; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349345694
ISBN
9781349345694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 101.69

Paperback. Investigates the intimate relationship between regional governance processes and global crises. Analysing the current turmoil in the European Union, it also looks at regional cooperation and integration in the Arab world, Africa, Asia and Latin America through topical case studies. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JPB; KCP; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 339.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349345793
ISBN
9781349345793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

Paperback. Women are disproportionately affected by HIV and AIDS. By focusing on the pandemic at its epicentre in Southern Africa, this book explores the gendered power inequalities driving women's vulnerability to HIV and provides suggestions of how to individually and collectively address women's oppression. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFSJ; JPA; JPS; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 315.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349345830
ISBN
9781349345830
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.46

Paperback. The authors explore the outlook of Rwanda in the context of development of East Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa. They examine Rwanda's vision, achievements and uncertainties in terms of national unity, institutional leadership, the spectre of industrial policy and economic development, perceptions of civil society engagement, etc Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JPA; JPS; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 379.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
283
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349347780
ISBN
9781349347780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 101.69

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