Social issues & processes
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Social issues & processes
Hardback. The key challenges of globalization are diffuse and outside the control of any one state. In its most ambitious and forward looking form, global governance seeks to create an international social fabric, albeit imperfect, which cumulatively, amounts to more than the sum of its parts. Editor(s): Clarke, John N.; Edwards, Geoffrey R. Series: Global Issues. Num Pages: 306 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333802564
- ISBN
- 9780333802564
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.16
€ 123.16
Hardcover. The author provides a theoretical framework of the global political economy of banking regulation and analyses the policies and politics of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. He demonstrates how global governance has contributed to the onset of the Great Recession and continues to increase the likelihood of future global financial crises. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCP; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137500021
- ISBN
- 9781137500021
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.55
€ 64.55
Hardback. This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of global governance from a gendered perspective. It not only furthers the emerging feminist theorizing on global governance, but also provides a theoretically informed and empirically based analysis of both institutions and transformative practices. Editor(s): Rai, Shirin M.; Waylen, Georgina. Num Pages: 332 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFFS; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230537040
- ISBN
- 9780230537040
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.39
€ 123.39
hardcover. Editor(s): Fung, Anthony Y. H. Series: Palgrave Global Media Policy and Business. Num Pages: 340 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 3 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFS; JPQB; KNTX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 218 x 26. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- SKU
- V9783319407593
- ISBN
- 9783319407593
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.02
€ 187.02
Paperback. Providing critical assessment of the "globalization thesis" through sustained analysis of the nexus of processes underlying social and cultural relations, this text examines and explores the many contradictions embedded within different discourses of globalization. Editor(s): Brah, A.; Hickman, Mary J.; Mac an Ghaill, Mairtin. Series: Explorations in Sociology. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFN; JFSL; JPS; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1999th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333717769
- ISBN
- 9780333717769
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 187.60
€ 187.60
Hardcover. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFS; JPS; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403996824
- ISBN
- 9781403996824
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.29
€ 64.29
Paperback. By 2050 the world will face the enormous challenge of feeding 9 billion people in the face of climate change, rising energy costs and pressure on food-growing land and resources. This is the first scholarly yet accessible account of the global food situation, synthesising the key issues in one volume. Num Pages: 264 pages, 21 bw illus. BIC Classification: 3JM; JFCV; JFFR; KCB; RNFF; TVF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 194 x 13. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857851550
- ISBN
- 9780857851550
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.34
€ 43.99
€ 36.34
Paperback. Leading thinkers, from both North and South, confront what is to be done about the clearly unstable world economic system. Editor(s): Bello, Walden; Bullard, Nicola; Malhotra, Anju; Malhotra, Kamal. Num Pages: 256 pages, glossary, tables, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1QFG; 1QFH; GTF; JFFS; KCA; KCL; KCS; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 366. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Zed Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- SKU
- KRA0005044
- ISBN
- 9781856497923
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Discusses changes and continuities produced by globalization Series: Tracking Globalization. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 b&w illus., 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMP; JFFN; JFFS; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253002051
- ISBN
- 9780253002051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.16
€ 31.99
€ 29.16
Paperback. Since the UN's World Conference on Women in Mexico City in 1975, feminists around the world have campaigned with increasing success for recognition of women's full personhood and empowerment. Drawing from an international group of scholars and activists, this book explores the social and political developments that have energized this movement. Editor(s): Ferree, Myra Marx; Tripp, Aili Mari. Num Pages: 325 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814727362
- ISBN
- 9780814727362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.47
€ 36.99
€ 33.47
paperback. "This book brings together an impressive collection of scholars working on environmental challenges facing the Global South in an age of globalization. An important contribution to the literature on global environmental policy and politics." - Jennifer Clapp, University of Waterloo Editor(s): Diez, Jordi; Dwivedi, O. P. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Higher Education Division United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551118208
- ISBN
- 9781551118208
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.67
€ 38.99
€ 35.67
Hardcover. Editor(s): Harrison, Graham. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFS; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 521.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403920799
- ISBN
- 9781403920799
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.04
€ 123.04
Paperback. How has globalization impacted on development? For Harrison, the answer liesin the international political economy, and the ways in which states have managed economic globalization - from positions of strength or weakness. Key themes emerge, such as new geographies of development and theconstant need for state economic action." Editor(s): Harrison, G. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; HRA; JFFS; JPS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 289
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349515066
- ISBN
- 9781349515066
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.61
€ 122.61
Hardcover. This volume critically explores the global deepening of market economy models and the associated tensions of livelihood and ecology in the current context of global economic crisis. Editor(s): Atasoy, Yildiz. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPRB; KCP; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137293671
- ISBN
- 9781137293671
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.48
€ 123.48
Paperback. Editor(s): Atasoy, Yildiz. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHB; JPS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 319
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349451319
- ISBN
- 9781349451319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.48
€ 122.48
Hardback. Challenging the main ways we debate globalization, Global Displacements reveals how uneven geographies of capitalist development shape and are shaped by the aspirations and everyday struggles of people in the global South. Series: Antipode Book Series. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJD; 1KJH; GTF; JFFS; RGCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781118941997
- ISBN
- 9781118941997
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.08
€ 77.08
Paperback. Challenging the main ways we debate globalization, Global Displacements reveals how uneven geographies of capitalist development shape and are shaped by the aspirations and everyday struggles of people in the global South. Series: Antipode Book Series. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJD; 1KJH; GTF; JFFS; RGCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118941980
- ISBN
- 9781118941980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.89
€ 27.89
Paperback. In discussions ranging from the politics of inclusion and exclusion to representation of the diaspora in film, theatre and literature, this book show how diasporas evolve in the economic, social and cultural domains of their host and home countries worldwide. Editor(s): Sahoo, Sadananda; Pattanaik, B. K. Num Pages: 410 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 9 colour illustrations, 44 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFN; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 629.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer, India, Private Ltd India
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 410
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788132228608
- ISBN
- 9788132228608
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 123.67
€ 123.67
Hardcover. Global Diasporas and Development Editor(s): Sahoo, Sadananda; Pattanaik, B. K. Num Pages: 410 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer, India, Private Ltd India
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788132210467
- ISBN
- 9788132210467
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.51
€ 124.51
Hardback. In the first half of the twentieth century, Theodor Adorno wrote about the 'culture industry'. For Adorno, culture too along with the products of factory labour was increasingly becoming a commodity. Now, in what they call the 'global culture industry', Scott Lash and Celia Lury argue that Adorno's worst nightmares have come true. Num Pages: 252 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 541.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745624822
- ISBN
- 9780745624822
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.41
€ 77.41