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Tue, 01 September 2009 09:05:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en-gb http://www.palgrave.com/assets/i/palgrave_rss.gif http://www.palgrave.com/home/ http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=361473 This book considers how language gives us the opportunity to discover what never has been thought about, used or expressed before Tue, 01 September 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=313652 High profile contributors aim to end the atrocity crimes that have repeatedly stained humanity Fri, 28 August 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=334599 This book claims Nietzsche as a leftist revolutionary but without overlooking the conservative and retrogressive elements of his political philosophy Thu, 27 August 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=328353 The book focuses particularly on Muslim, Christian and Jewish women of diverse nationalities as they engage in politics while constructing and navigating modernity Wed, 26 August 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=271331 Examines recent issues in French policy with important ramifications for women's lives in France Tue, 25 August 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=326949 Simpson offers a reflective and theoretical explanation of the ways in which unionists conceive of the past in the present post-conflict environment Mon, 24 August 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=370777 Cook and Roshandel provide unbiased discussions of relations between Iran and the US and offer solutions to improve the current situation Mon, 24 August 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=325626 Uses policy network theory to derive propositions about the future of public policy that are consistent with the available evidence Fri, 21 August 2009 10:30:00 +0000 370776 High-profile researchers consider terrorists groups and international criminal networks, asking 'who are they?' and 'what do they want to achieve?' Fri, 21 August 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=309979 Offers a comprehensive examination of restrictions on the vote in democracies today Thu, 20 August 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280573 This study of Britain as a capitalism explores themes of legitimation, denial and opportunism, framed by a reinterpretation of Thatcherism's economic contexts and a critical assessment of New Labour Wed, 19 August 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=366788 A trenchant argument that political violence results from either the strategic calculations or the dogmatic adherence of leaders and their relations with followers Tue, 18 August 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=334622 This volume presents alternative strategies and scholarship to the study of history, culture and state-society relations in the Maghrib during the 19th and 20th centuries Mon, 17 August 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=298447 This book considers the trials that the people of East Timor have undergone in their long struggle for independence Fri, 14 August 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=319679 Discusses the place of the contemporary EU in world politics Thu, 13 August 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=315972 The idea of the 'semi-periphery' is updated to specify its transformative potential in the globalizing capitalist economy Wed, 12 August 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=358232 An empirically founded in-depth analysis of transnational bureaucracy networks and their law Tue, 11 August 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=334775 Considers possible solutions to declining citizen participation in two of the most important democratic arenas Mon, 10 August 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=303657 Draws on constructivist and social-psychological IR theory to uncover how ideas about national identity shape current US foreign policy Fri, 07 August 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=361437 This book considers the build-up of a pivotal US naval and air base on the coral atoll of Diego Garcia Thu, 06 August 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=370307 Building a case for a comprehensive social security system to be developed in all countries Tue, 04 August 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=370307 Building a case for a comprehensive social security system to be developed in all countries Mon, 03 August 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=373702 This book analyses America's unique role in the making and managing of global finance, setting it in the context of the historical, social and institutional interface between politics and finance Fri, 31 July 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=356795 Contributors have been often consulted by policy-making bodies in their respective countries and thus have intimate knowledge of their countries’ way of living with China Fri, 31 July 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=361474 Concentrates on two intertwined themes to explain the future of global relations: the collapse of US global hegemony and the rise of a multi-centric world order of regional powers Thu, 30 July 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=334601 This book argues that failure to properly understand the corruption-money laundering nexus inhibits knowledge of each problem, and undermines the success of policy measures to tackle them Wed, 29 July 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=288648 This book offers an original and grounded discussion of what governance after neoliberalism means in Latin America Tue, 28 July 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=313652 High profile contributors aim to end the atrocity crimes that have repeatedly stained humanity Mon, 27 July 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=288400 This book analyzes the discourses and deliberations in the discussion forums of three of the most visited Islamic websites Mon, 27 July 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=299698 The contributors examine diverse settings and integrate formal and empirical approaches to demonstrates that party switching seriously enriches the political understanding Fri, 24 July 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=295403 Eminent scholars from a range of disciplines examine the pressing challenges of global health governance Fri, 24 July 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=334775 About declining public participation in elections and political parties, and some possible solutions to dilemmas of engaging citizen participation in two of the most important democratic arenas Wed, 22 July 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=313529 Investigation of neo-classical economic trade theory through the case of readymade garments in South Asia Tue, 21 July 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=288650 This volume highlights the impact of global trends on defense reform and civil-military relations Mon, 20 July 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=328012 The success of European integration is studied by comparing the EU with the Antebellum USA. The analysis shows that the USA resorted to centralization while the EU maintains a dynamic equilibrium Fri, 17 July 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=326900 This book examines how people, groups, organizations and institutions make sense of national identities in England and Scotland in the context of devolution since 1999 Thu, 16 July 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=326284 By focusing on the conflict in Cyprus, this book throws light on the challenges of adopting political settlements in frozen conflicts and divided societies Wed, 15 July 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=325641 The book takes a critical look at different ways in which the George W. Bush administration created and justified the War on Terror Tue, 14 July 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=312459 Provides an overview of the theory and practice of interview-driven research Mon, 13 July 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=347119 This book explains the proliferation of free trade agreements through a policy diffusion framework and explores their potential negative impact Fri, 10 July 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=284055 This book presents these varieties of capitalism as open system-like configurations and analyzes their economic and social performances Wed, 08 July 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=368946 This book provides the first comparative analysis of different sections of the transnational anti-apartheid movement Fri, 03 July 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=313393 Considers how the discourse of dialogue of cultures, religions, and civilizations can contribute to the future of world order Tue, 30 June 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=302408 Exploration of how Botswana’s leaders effectively employed the instruments of power at their disposal to portray a state that works. Mon, 29 June 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=288494 Consideration of the development and impact of conservatism on Turkish politics in the post-Cold War era Fri, 26 June 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=288444 This book uses elections as a vehicle to explain the unanticipated outcomes of post-Soviet politics Wed, 24 June 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=288256 This realist explanation of history sets forth clear and timely terms of debate about the current changes in the US-South Korean alliance Tue, 23 June 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=310647 This book provides a systematic analysis of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP), by focusing on the impact of norms of justice and home affairs on EU external relations Mon, 22 June 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=317796 This book analyzes the development and deployment of 'non-lethal' weapons by police and military organizations, addressing the key technologies, policy issues and concerns Fri, 19 June 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=348941 As Mubarak's regime potentially nears its end, Alaa Al-Din Arafat studies this new era in Egypt Fri, 12 June 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=344093 The book develops a framework for understanding the role of networks for people’s responses to war and disaster. Fri, 29 May 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=350525 This fully revised and updated new edition of the leading text on politics in the Netherlands explores the causes and impact of the distinctively Dutch quest for consensus and provides full coverage of recent developments and events. Fri, 29 May 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=348866 Uses the idea of 'Russiaphobia' to analyze why the US-Russia post-9/11 partnership did not endure Fri, 29 May 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=348941 As Mubarak's regime potentially nears its end, Alaa Al-Din Arafat studies this new era in Egypt Thu, 28 May 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=347765 Explores the impact of competing international norms in the process of conflict resolution and in so doing, integrates theory, methods and research from the fields of IR and Islamic Studies Wed, 27 May 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=313835 A socio-economic comparison of the US and several major cities of Latin America Tue, 26 May 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=363103 After a long feast of prosperity in the western world, the crisis in the financial markets has conjured up an old spectre – the spectre of capitalist crisis, which many thought had been finally exorcised. This important new book by a leading authority set Tue, 26 May 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=326740 The book provides a novel historical sociological approach to the globalization of security, advancing both the understanding of security and the theory of state power in international relations. Fri, 22 May 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=275766 An analysis of Schmitt’s claim that the political follows hostility, violence and terror as forms follows matter. Fri, 15 May 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=334586 Offers a nuanced view of Chinese state-society relationship. Fri, 08 May 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=313815 This book offers analysis of how the the extraordinary events of our times lead to extraordinary powers for the Bush administration. Wed, 06 May 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=275263 A major new text on Irish politics written by two leading authorities. Distinctive in providing a comprehensive treatment of Irish politics north and south, it is accessibly written and offers an up-to-date and comprehensive account of institutions, issue Tue, 05 May 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=278904 Using China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines as core examples throughout, this major new text provides a comprehensive, up-to-date and very accessible introduction to the politics of an increasingly signi Tue, 05 May 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=279904 This major work provides a broad-ranging assessment of classical and contemporary theories of the state, focusing primarily on the democratic state. As well as outlining theories used to understand the state, it examines critiques of modern states that ha Fri, 01 May 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=276612 First-hand evidence of the everyday lives of politicians, juxtaposed with media representations of the ‘backstage’ of politics. Mon, 27 April 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=288650 This volume highlights the impact of global trends on defense reform and civil-military relations Fri, 24 April 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=320559 An illuminating overview of potential future global clashes and a blueprint for defeating the forces of Jihad Thu, 23 April 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=314952 This book analyzes policy agendas and agenda-setting processes in the European Union, focusing on the fields of environmental and health policy Wed, 22 April 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=305799 Analyzes changing national preferences towards the EU CFSP and ESDP by providing detailed accounts of British, French and German crisis decision-making in FYROM, Afghanistan, Lebanon and DR Congo Tue, 21 April 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=297683 Leading scholars and practitioners provide an authoritative overview of the key actors, institutions and dynamics of global health governance and present agenda for action Mon, 20 April 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=297558 This study of French regional planning uses innovative research methods to demonstrate that political leaders make an impact on bureaucratic organizations Mon, 20 April 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=301226 Clear and accessible, but also critical and penetrating, Understanding International Relations provides a uniquely readable and thought-provoking introduction to the theory and practice of international relations. Fri, 17 April 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=327261 The only book of its kind devoted to exploring contentious politics between Canadian, U.S. and Mexican state and civil society actors from a North American perspective Fri, 17 April 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280283 This book examines African NGOs in terms of their role within the African political system and within the global order Thu, 16 April 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=326933 A reinterpretation of Russian politics in the context of the ‘end of history’ Thu, 16 April 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=325332 A comprehensive and accessible introduction to the theoretical controversies that have dominated debate on the politics of development Wed, 15 April 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=298535 A timely history of the constant struggle between democracy and demagogues, from Hitler to Chavez Tue, 14 April 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=297702 This book takes stock of the Eurozone, both empirically and theoretically, considering the historical, economic, political, and institutional influences on its development Tue, 14 April 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=333915 Provides the first and definitive analysis of the development of Conservative Party ideology and policy during the tenure of David Cameron Thu, 09 April 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=326300 Explores why government organizations need clients to contribute time and effort to co-producing public services Thu, 09 April 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=320524 One of the great explanatory narratives of South Africa over the past 60-odd years' - Financial Times Wed, 08 April 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=333824 This is an in-depth analysis of the various methods used by small states to overcome their vulnerabilities in the international arena Tue, 07 April 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=281228 Moving beyond conceptual debates, this is a scholarly but accessible study of global governance as a form of activity Mon, 06 April 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=303523 Analysis of major aspects of energy security, energy diplomacy and maritime security in East and Southeast Asia Fri, 03 April 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=303501 Saltman traces the evolution of voting technology in the USA and analyses the current day situation Tue, 31 March 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=326796 This book considers the profound significance of the 2008 Italian General Election for an understanding of the current trajectory of Italian politics Mon, 30 March 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=296415 Explores the analogy between states and individuals, assesses its validity and argues for a move towards a global political theory Fri, 27 March 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=327920 Examines how international aid donors and NGOs can assist Asia-Pacific countries to achieve the Millennium Development Goals Mon, 16 March 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=281100 An overview of Middle Eastern history and how its traditions have mixed with the political structures imposed by Western international society Fri, 13 March 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=334622 Presents alternative scholarship to the study of history, culture and state-society relations in the Maghrib during the 19th and 20th centuries Tue, 10 March 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=313652 High profile contributors aim to prevent atrocity crimes that have repeatedly stained humanity Mon, 09 March 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=309515 The fully updated and revised fourth edition of this widely-used text provides a comprehensive survey of leading perspectives in the field including entirely new chapters on Historical Sociology by Andrew Linklater and International Political Theory by Te Fri, 06 March 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=276277 In essays reaching from 1959 to 2003 Wilhelm Hennis reconnects political theory to the tradition of politics as a 'practical science'. Fri, 27 February 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=303501 Saltman traces the evolution of voting technology in the USA and analyses the current day situation. Thu, 26 February 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=325276 This timely book employs a mix of academics and practitioners to analyse IR and countries that use WMD from a strategic cultural perspective Wed, 25 February 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=328350 A multidisciplinary perspective on European perceptions of their chief rivals throughout history to the present day. Tue, 24 February 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=303370 A representative of the Jewish community delivers a powerful blow to such ideas as 'The Israel Lobby'. Mon, 23 February 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=278743 The book is organized thematically as a comprehensive overview of both indigenous and modern African political thought. Fri, 20 February 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=313727 Considers the social, economic and political aftermath of the famous Anglo-American 'destroyers-for-bases' deal of the 1940s. Thu, 19 February 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=302408 Exploration of how Botswana’s leaders effectively employed the instruments of power at their disposal to portray a state that works. Tue, 17 February 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=333477 A critical analysis from top thinkers of what has happened in UK policy areas in the last decade and what should happen in the next one. Mon, 16 February 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=319702 How can governments secure energy supplies and legitimacy for change when taking urgent action to cut CO2 emissions? Fri, 13 February 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=303532 The first analysis of the 1994 genocide written by a Rwandan national. Fri, 06 February 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=288538 The essays examine the factors that contributed to Ronald Reagan political and cultural triumphs and assess his legacy Fri, 24 December 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=318913 Addresses essential questions about the determinants and dynamics of the French political system Wed, 24 December 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280282 Covers the range of methods appropriate to understanding the social aspects of inter-state relations and the social practices shared by the collectivity of states. Fri, 19 December 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/politics/ipe.asp ‘A major source of well-researched and intellectually innovative books’ - Anthony Payne, University of Sheffield, UK Thu, 18 December 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=295354 The book examines the emerging dynamics of the globalization of technology and innovation in China and India. Wed, 17 December 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=283968 An innovative reassessment of the War on Terror organized around the themes of seeing, waiting and travelling. Tue, 16 December 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=279075 Offers a wide array of legal approaches to regulating the private military corporation. Mon, 15 December 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=277910 Considers the gathering crisis in the German economic and political system during the Red-Green government and the Grand Coalition. Fri, 12 December 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=303616 The acclaimed Israeli opinion-maker's bold statement about the future of Jewish society in the world. Tue, 09 December 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=313654 Offers a way out if policy makers can summon the vision to move away from the nuclear precipice and ensure humanity’s future. Mon, 08 December 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=288524 A scathing examination of abuses to the American Constitution and a way forward in the light of these. Fri, 05 December 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=287118 Explores political strategies for governments that wish to take stronger action on climate change Thu, 04 December 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=307991 Weaves together substantive knowledge of Indian politics, economics and culture with fascinating stories of everyday people. Wed, 03 December 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=275775 Reviews the impact Gordon Brown's leadership has had upon the government and politics of Britain. Tue, 02 December 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=303627 Leading historians, political scientists, social anthropologists and legal scholars discuss the role of religion in Turkey and the EU. Mon, 01 December 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=313358 "Contains entertaining tales of equivocation aboard the Straight Talk Express."- The Washington Post Wed, 29 October 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/politics/trs.asp the Transformations of the States series provides readers with the 'state of the art' on the 'state of the state'. Tue, 28 October 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/politics/eu/index.asp Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics publishes research-driven monographs on all topics concerning the nature and operation of the EU. Mon, 27 October 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=323603 Restoring Hope provides a grounding of decent care in a human-ethical tradition at a time when religion is said to be at the source of so much conflict Thu, 23 October 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=309627 The book examines Spanish political parties and institutions in comparative theoretical perspective. Fri, 17 October 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=315723 Constitutional Futures Revisited is an authoritative and accessible guide to the future of the UK constitution Mon, 06 October 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=281453 A collection of the late Bernhard Peters' writings offering original insight into the prospects for a European, or even global, public sphere. Mon, 29 September 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=276798 A book examining the discrimination apparent in the US and EU's use of anti-dumping laws Fri, 26 September 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=303524 Argues that the events of 9-11 and the subsequent "war on terrorism" have had big implications for Japan. Thur, 25 September 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=299752 The first fully comprehensive evaluation of Libya since the Qadhafi coup in 1969. Wed, 24 September 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=288491 This book provides a comprehensive view of the U.S. military in understanding the military’s role in international and domestic politics. Tue, 23 September 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=277289 A critical examination into the ways in which gendered subjects negotiate their life-worlds in Middle Eastern, South Asian and African urban landscapes Mon, 22 September 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=275594 An examination into the debate surrounding the legal entitlements of minorites in Europe Sun, 21 September 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=270977 An exploration of the relationship between political and economic liberalisation and the appeal of political Islam in muslim Turkey Sat, 20 September 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=270021 This book explores the issues surrounding 'sovereignty' in 1990's Yugoslavia and calls for a radical rethinking of this notion Fri, 19 September 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=293079 A critical perspective on dysfunctional peace that often follow peace processes in societies emerging from civil wars. Tue, 16 September 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=281098 Explores the successes and setbacks of conflict transformation in Teso drawing on the concept on hermeneutics. Sun, 14 September 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280307 A book arguing for the importance of Gramsci's 'common sense' theory in analysing the role played by culture and consensus in European capitalism Sat, 13 September 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=275711 A book assessing the recent changes in American Foreign Policy and the potential for improvements within the system Fri, 12 September 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=289008 This book analyses a single substantive topic, comparative employment performance in affluent countries, using three of the most common macrocomparative techniques Fri, 05 September 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=276801 A collection of multiple perspectives on the "war on terror" and the new imperialism. Fri, 29 August 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=302721 This book investigates urban growth management in the USA as a contested form of state territoriality. Sat, 23 August 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=281453 A collection of the late Bernhard Peters' writings showing how mediated public discourse serves as a force for cultural creativity and societal learning. Fri, 22 August 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=288451 Interviews, letters and speeches that chronicle a life-long fight against anti-Semitism. Tue, 19 August 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=293079 This book investigates stalled and dysfunctional peace processes and peace accords in societies experiencing civil wars. Mon, 18 August 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=289008 An assessment of the most commonly-used methodological approaches for macrocomparative analysis. Fri, 15 August 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=283278 A thoroughly revised and updated history of the British National Party and its quest for legitimacy. Fri, 15 August 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=278751 Identifies distinct phases in the global system development and concludes that the pattern of change continues even with new digital technologies. Sat, 09 August 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=276824 Considers five regimes in Asia that extirpate the language, religion, arts and customs of the cultures of non-dominant peoples. Fri, 08 August 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=302408 Exploration of how Botswana’s leaders employed their instruments of power to portray a state that worked. Tue, 05 August 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=287023 Considers India and Brazil in relation to the debate on development prospects for poor countries under economic globalization Fri, 01 August 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280382 In a lively critique of how international and comparative political economy misjudge the relationship between global markets and states. Fri, 27 June 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=288651 Contributions looks at the question: Does direct democracy harm representative democracy? Fri, 27 June 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=298143 A critical investigation of the conditions facing warring parties during peace agreements in Mozambique, Angola, and Liberia. Fri, 27 June 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=288649 This book compares rebel media use in three Mesoamerican rebellions to provide a richer understanding of the role of media in social change. Fri, 27 June 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=288402 Looks at the effect of moral claims, which have forced institutions to justify themselves since the Cold War, on international relations from the 1990s to the present. Fri, 27 June 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=293079 This book investigates stalled and dysfunctional peace processes and peace accords in societies experiencing civil wars. Fri, 27 June 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=281453 Discussing insights on the prospects for a European public sphere, this volume offers the writings of Bernhard Peters in English for the first time. Fri, 27 June 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=288258 This comprehensive review of the past quarter century covers its strategic thinking with regard to China, Japan, Russia, regionalism, and reunification. Fri, 27 June 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=278717 Proposes a new perspective on the post-1980s phenomenon of re-emerging Jewish culture in Germany as a case study for wider international developments. Fri, 27 June 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=281004 Considers historical materialism, why past thinkers incorrectly predicted the long-term decline of the market and the prospects for a future reversal of neoliberalism. Fri, 27 June 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=297978 Draws on recent experience to identify and explore the essential components of peace processes. Fri, 13 June 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=276798 Examines the US and EU's use of anti-dumping laws to demonstrate that discriminatory treatment persists even after the end of the Cold War. Fri, 13 June 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=298445 Offers a critical reassessment of the 1990s 'Asian values' debate and a reappraisal of the human rights situation since then. Fri, 06 June 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=293083 Drawing on expert contributions, this volume provides a state of the art account of how membership has affected the institutions of central, devolved and local governance, the activities of organized interests, and major areas of public policy. Thu, 01 May 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=293018 In this book, leading experts on France chart the dramatic changes that have taken place in its polity, economy and society since the 1980s and develop an analysis of social change relevant to all democracies. Wed, 30 April 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=292974 This cutting-edge handbook, written by foremost authoritative scholars, presents the main theoretical and empirical issues involved in current Europeanization research. Wed, 30 April 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=266580 In this fully revised and updated new edition, leading political scientist Stephen Gill further develops his radical theory of the new world order to argue that as the globalization of power intensifies, so too do globalized forms of resistance. Tue, 29 April 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=281453 Offering original insights on the prospects for a European, or even global, public sphere, this volume offers the writings of the original thinker Bernhard Peters (1949-2005) in English for the first time. Mon, 28 April 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=281004 In this unique and dramatic account of the rise of neoliberalism, Howard and King consider the major features of historical materialism, the factors which resulted in 19th and 20th century thinkers incorrectly predicting the long-term decline of the market Mon, 28 April 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=278617 This student companion covers all the main aspects of political science from the nature and main components of the subject and key theories, thinkers and concepts to study skills and learning resources. Fri, 25 April 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280566 This book develops a multifaceted and widely applicable analysis of public law within government as a process of 'sustaining the art of the possible'. Thu, 24 April 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280344 This volume explores the substance and manner in which the member countries of the EU and their Asian counterparts interact at bilateral, multi-lateral and inter-regional levels. Thu, 24 April 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=279169 An international collection of papers focused on media, culture and society in postcommunist Russia. Wed, 23 April 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=278810 This book examines the ways in which France's relations with the international community have evolved in a period of accelerating globalization. It considers the role of the nation state, and its capacity for political initiative. Wed, 23 April 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=278717 Tthis volume proposes a new perspective on the post-1980s phenomenon of re-emerging Jewish culture in Germany as a case study for wider developments in Europe and the international context. Tue, 22 April 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=278624 The author argues that in the post-9/11 era, North America is evolving from a primarily economic space to a strategic 'securitized' one and that NAFTA has been used by the US as a regulatory framework for dealing with the pressures of globalization that h Mon, 21 April 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=278576 Local governments encounter many problems, and although there is not one panacea that works internationally, this book argues that there are mechanisms to improve local situations. Thu, 17 April 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=277191 This volume examines the gap between agreements and actual peace. Wed, 16 April 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=274909 A critical study of incentives commonly used to induce non-state armed groups to engage in peace negotiations. Tue, 15 April 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=270635 This book remembers the long history of terrorism and considers the question: what makes people terrorists? Mon, 14 April 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=259798 This book analyzes the politics of the Thatcher era in an incisive and challenging manner. Fri, 11 April 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=293079 This book investigates stalled and dysfunctional peace processes and peace accords in societies experiencing civil wars. Tue, 01 April 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=281453 This volume offers the writings of the original thinker Bernhard Peters (1949-2005) in English for the first time. Fri, 28 March 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280356 This volume concentrates on the 'conceptual boundary' through Europe which is determined by Western and Eastern Christianity. Fri, 28 March 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=292974 This cutting-edge handbook, written by foremost authoritative scholars, presents the main theoretical and empirical issues involved in current Europeanization research. Fri, 28 March 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280566 Drawing on rich source material this book develops a multifaceted and widely applicable analysis of public law within government as a process of 'sustaining the art of the possible'. Fri, 21 March 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=259798 This book analyzes the politics of the Thatcher era in an incisive and challenging manner. Fri, 21 March 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=293079 This book investigates stalled and dysfunctional peace processes and peace accords in societies experiencing civil wars. Fri, 21 March 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=279955 This book explores the thesis that civic cynicism in African countries is a major obstacle to the consolidation of democracy. Fri, 14 March 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=279159 Contesting prior assumptions that institutions simplify the world for the sake of efficiency, this book argues that rather than institution expansion indicating the movement of markets to optimal states, expanding institutions generate information costs. Fri, 14 March 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=278771 This book updates the 1989 volume 'Caribbean in World Affairs' providing a comprehensive and theoretically-grounded account of diplomatic developments in the Caribbean. Fri, 14 March 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=275283 The State of Loyalism in Northern Ireland examines the changes and developments within parliamentary loyalism throughout the Northern Ireland peace process. Fri, 07 March 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=274436 From a cross-disciplinary and conceptual perspective this book discusses the political solutions of constitutional patriotism, republicanism and liberal nationalism to cultural conflict. Fri, 07 March 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=283290 Evaluates the Blair government from 1997-2007 conducting high quality research into aspects of British politics with particular emphasis on parties, policies and ideologies. Fri, 07 March 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=281203 Detailed guidance on how to apply specific tools of analysis and how to circumvent their inherent limitations. Fri, 07 March 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=275644This collection of essays, from leading scholars and serving diplomats, examines the diplomatic corps as an institution of international society. Mon, 17 December 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=276101It is often argued that the enhanced consultation of civil society contributes to the democratization of European and global governance. This collection investigates whether this theoretical argument is supported by empirical evidence. Mon, 17 December 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=270723This book analyzes and explains 45 years of European foreign policy-making toward the Mediterranean. Fri, 14 December 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=275597This collection of new essays re-examines and evaluates central themes in the work of Ralph Miliband, a leading contributor to Marxist political theory in twentieth century. Fri, 14 December 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=270021Focusing on Yugoslavia in the 1990s, this book explores the issues surrounding 'sovereignty' and calls for a radical rethinking of the notion and the institutions and practices that it grounds. Thu, 13 December 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=275448This volume explores the transformation of political practices to examine the making and contestation of twenty-first century forms of authority. Wed, 12 December 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280384The result of major research on development, security and culture, this collection outlines the emerging field of global studies and the theoretical approach of global social theory. Tue, 11 December 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280383The outcome of a major research project on development, security and culture, this collection outlines the emerging field of global studies and the theoretical approach of global social theory. Mon, 10 December 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=276904Leading scholars from the United States and the European Union examine how democracies make foreign policy when their citizens disagree. Fri, 07 December 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=276598This book analyses the phenomenon of sustained populist growth in Western Europe by looking at the conditions facilitating populism in specific national contexts and then examining populist fortunes in those countries. Thu, 06 December 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=276388This book confronts one of the most fiercely contested issues in current political debates: how is welfare state retrenchment possible in modern democracies despite the welfare state's continuing popular appeal? Wed, 05 December 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=275721Hoskins and O'Loughlin demonstrate that television, tarnished by its economy of liveness and its impositions of immediacy, and brevity, fails to deliver critical and consistent expositions of our conflicting times. Tue, 04 December 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=276824This volume engages the concept and related notions of cultural hegemony, cultural erosion, cultural hybridity and cultural survival. Mon, 03 December 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280384 The result of major research on development, security and culture, this collection, and second volume 'Sustainable Development in a Globalized World', outlines the emerging field of global studies and the theoretical approach of global social theory. Fri, 30 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=283249 The contributions in this volume consider the question of migrant agency, how Western societies are both transforming migrants, and being transformed by them. Fri, 30 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280383 The outcome of a major research project on development, security and culture, this collection along with a second volume 'Human Values and Global Governance', outlines the emerging field of global studies and the theoretical approach of global social theory. Thu, 29 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=279953 This book argues that a major reason for America's propensity to 'lose the peace' is the way the nation defines war and how the U.S. military is currently organized for warfare. Wed, 28 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=270274 This volume examines the Convention on the Future of Europe' as a moment of European constitutional politics. Wed, 21 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=275644 This collection of essays, from leading scholars and serving diplomats, examines the diplomatic corps as an institution of international society. Wed, 21 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=278750 This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of the historical, social, psychological, technological, and political aspects that form the broad arena of homeland defence and security. Tue, 20 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280312 Why do the Chinese sometimes speak out against U.S. and yet at other times, remain silent? This book uses a variety of previously untapped sources, including a range of news sources within China itself, weblogs, and interviews with prominent figures, to make a powerful new argument about the causes and consequences of the new Chinese nationalism. Tue, 20 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=276111 Written by leading authorities from Asia, Africa, Europe, and North and South America, this groundbreaking volume offers the first truly global and critical perspective on human security in the post 9/11 world. Mon, 19 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=278669 This book examines a range of public debates on the Nazi legacy in Germany since Schröder's SDP-Green coalition came to power in 1998. Mon, 19 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=271394 This is the first serious study to analyze Labour's approach to the Civil Service. Fri, 16 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=275686 Historians, anthropologists, political scientists and demographers explore the principal challenges and fears characterizing relations between Europe and the Mediterranean. Fri, 16 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=267436 This book explores contemporary theoretical developments and current political issues around sovereignty that have crucial practical and institutional implications. Thu, 15 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=268491 This book offers a brief, broad, comparative study of ethnic politics that places ethnic conflict within the context of particular political systems. Thu, 15 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=267081 David Hanley examines how parties address those challenges and the manner in which parties act at supranational level. Wed, 14 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=267251 This book assesses the challenge to the dominance of Euro-American political and economic liberalism from China's emergence as a global presence. Wed, 14 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=278736 From shy boy to insecure king, Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi was among the most important rulers in the Middle East. A stranger in a strange land, his story and times are essential to understanding Iran's tumultuous relationship with the U.S and the future of that crucial country. Tue, 13 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=251464 This book offers a meticulous analysis of the relationship between the Kurds and the Ottoman and Turkish Republican states. Tue, 13 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=277411 Fully updated for the new 2nd edition, 'Contemporary Latin America' provides a concise introduction to the region written in an accessible and student-friendly style. Mon, 12 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=278552 Political participation is falling and citizen alienation and cynicism is increasing. This volume brings together the first work of this kind by leading scholars in the US and Europe to consider the issue. Mon, 12 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=276834 The authors look at how each side has sought to use opposition groups in the other state to weaken it, ethnic divisions, the role of outside states (especially the U.S.) and an account of how the war affected a generation of Iraqis and Iranians. Fri, 9 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=276934 In this book, leading Irish political scientists examine what happened; analyse the election results, the opinion poll evidence and the media coverage to establish why it happened; and assess the long-term significance. Fri, 9 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280969 This is the riveting story of ambitious, tempestuous Hugo Chávez, who is making waves through South America and being widely compared to Castro. Thu, 8 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=276798 The author examines the United States and European Union's use of anti-dumping laws to demonstrate that discriminatory treatment persists even a decade after the end of the Cold War. Thu, 8 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280831 This book traces shifting attitudes towards science and technology, nature and the environment in Twentieth-century Germany. Wed, 7 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280837 This new textbook offers a lively and accessible new introduction to the origins and emergence of the Cold War. Wed, 7 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=279855 This book brings together scholars of political economy, law and sociology to interrogate the seemingly unproblematic notions - the rules of law, good corporate governance, and flexible labour market - that inform neoliberal policy prescriptions Tue, 6 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280207 This book explores what the privatization of global rule-making means for democracy. Tue, 6 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=278610 This book focuses on the key actors in a referendum (the political elites/ parties, the media and citizens) and is centred around themes such as campaign style, campaign effects, electoral mobilization and turnout, as well as vote choice. Mon, 5 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=278865 This collection examines the transformation of the modern Western state in an age of accelerated globalization. Mon, 5 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=276426 This book focuses on the everyday life of ministers and senior public servants in different countries, describing the world through their eyes. Fri, 2 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=278584 The contributors to this volume investigate and illuminate the changes that have occurred in Africa, through detailed case studies. Fri, 2 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=266960 Press and Television in British Politics offers a research-based exploration of the way the media portrays a range of political and economics-related topics. Using both quantitative and qualitative techniques, Gavin explores the implications that follow for journalism and journalism study, and for British and European democracy and politics. Thu, 1 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=267751 Challenging conventional thought on the nature of welfare and civil society in modern Japan, Ritu Vij offers an original theoretical and historical interpretation of both. Thu, 1 November 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=278664 This book surveys the Ukrainian-EU relationship in light of the legacies of more than two hundred years of direct Russian rule. Mon, 29 October 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=278824 This book explains why international donors may succeed in putting war-torn countries on the path of democratic transition and negative peace, but fail to consolidate the gains they make. Mon, 29 October 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=266960 Press and Television in British Politics' offers a research-based exploration of the way the media portrays a range of political and economics-related topics. Fri, 26 October 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=276674 This volume provides readers with practical guidelines for both qualitative and quantitative designs, discusses the typical trade-offs involved in choosing them and is rich in examples from actual research. Fri, 26 October 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=279954 This book demonstrates the connection between economic and strategic developments in Asia with several, interrelated arguments. Thu, 25 October 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=290518 Tambo in Exile' is a salute to one of South Africa's most remarkable individuals. Thu, 25 October 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=278863 Free market policies have been in operation across Africa for the past 25 years, yet they have failed to reverse deepening poverty. Wed, 24 October 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=276425 This lucid and original work argues for a new style of political leadership, one which pays deliberate and sophisticated attention to the emotional dynamics of the public. Tue, 23 October 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=276125 This study provides a comprehensive account of the situation of women refugees globally and explains how they differ from men. Mon, 22 October 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=268370 This book develops and analyses in detail a key paradox of affirmative action in higher education, employment and government contracting. Fri, 19 October 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=268742 In this new book, Farrelly argues against the principled paradigm of ideal theory and champions instead a virtue-oriented theory of justice entitled 'civic liberalism'. Fri, 19 October 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=281227 This book puts forward a distinctive theoretical approach and analytical framework for studying business as an international actor in the environmental field. Thu, 18 October 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=279168 This new volume examines gender as a socially and culturally constructed phenomenon which is influential in and influenced by state-led policies and structures. Wed, 17 October 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=278672 In spite of the lack of plausible alternatives to liberal democracy, the age of globalization has ushered in serious challenges to the democratic legitimacy of the nation state. Tue, 16 October 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=277524 This new book explores whether women's policy agencies been able to develop, maintain or enhance their roles in the transformed political context and how have women's movements adapted to change in twelve states. Mon, 15 October 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=277098 Büchs analyses the goals and instruments of the Open Method of Coordination, discusses approaches which theorize its functioning, examines its policy content and develops a framework for its evaluation. Fri, 12 October 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=276834 This new book examines how each side has sought to use opposition groups in the other state to weaken it, ethnic divisions, the role of outside states (especially the U.S.) and an account of how the war affected a generation of Iraqis and Iranians. Thu, 11 October 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=276700 This book takes forward the existing state of academic understanding where security and technology intersect. Wed, 10 October 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=276249 This volume provides a comprehensive and up-to-date account of new arenas of education governance, examining the impact of international organizations and marketization. Tue, 09 October 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=274386 This volume provides a comparative study of civil service systems in Asia, Western Europe and Africa with a cast of international contributors providing new insights. Mon, 08 October 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280969 This is the riveting story of ambitious, tempestuous Hugo Chávez, who is making waves through South America and being widely compared to Castro. Fri, 05 October 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=275661 Wolfendale argues that the prevalence of military torture is linked to military training methods that cultivate the psychological dispositions connected to crimes of obedience. Wed, 03 October 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=278718 What will German foreign policy look like in 2015? This book speculates by making a provocative argument. Tue, 02 October 2007 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=276963 Focusing on the EU, this volume examines the problems multilevel governance causes for democratic legitimacy by placing it in a comparative and theoretical context. Mon, 01 October 2007 10:30:00 +0000