This book puts to the test the prominent claim that social class has declined in importance in an era of affluence, choice…

This book explores city branding in the public sector as an aspect of e-governance from a privileged linguistic, discursive…

This concise introductory text has been written for students beginning International Relations or requiring a brief but…

Substantially re-written and updated, this new edition continues to highlight the importance of class to sociological study.…

A broad-ranging introduction to the provision, funding and governance of health care across a variety of systems. This…

This major new text on the theory and practice of public management moves away from descriptive accounts of its evolution to…

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NGOs and the United Nations reveals how NGOs have changed their interaction with the UN since the mid-1990s. The case…

NATO has many European and global partner countries. The political and military utility of all these partnerships is clear;…

This book is a penetrating study of the long conflict between China and Japan. Drawing upon history, geopolitics and…

This book builds on a critical and scholarly revival of interest in Collins. Baker draws upon biographical revelations and…

Community safety is a narrowly defined concept that allows states to ignore arguably more serious threats caused by…

Based on a case-study carried out in the southern city of Guangzhou in China, the book describes in compelling detail the…

This book examines the achievements and limitations of democratization in Senegal - and Africa more broadly - as a result of…

The figure of the stranger is in serious need of revision, as is our understanding of the society against which the stranger…

Dramatic changes in society, technology and culture have transformed the relationship between political parties, the media,…

Increasingly, the state reduces its social policy commitments towards securing the achieved living standard of former wage…

Rethinking the Roots of Terrorism seeks to explain why terrorism occurs. This study provides a comprehensive…

This book highlights a hitherto neglected element of leadership - personality. Based around candid in-depth interviews with…

The debate over extending full civil rights to British and Irish Catholics not only preoccupied British politics but also…

\'How to combine the community, the market, and the state in the total economic system is probably the most important agenda…

British Party Politics and Ideology after New Labour brings together academics and politicians to debate the intellectual…

\nThe book presents cinematic case studies in political realism versus political idealism, demonstrating methods of viewing…

This book begins from the premise, which it seeks to elaborate, that the poorest human being shares with the richest, a…

Foucault on Politics, Society and War interrogates Foucault\'s controversial genealogy of modern biopolitics. These essays…

The last two and a half decades witnessed China\'s epoch-making economic growth and great social changes, which indicates…

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Produkt British Politics and European Elections 2004 - Butler, D. a Westlake, M. zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele…

This work contributes to the development of a theoretical context of the politics of truth about animals. By applying and…

If we are becoming increasingly disconnected from our local communities, are there implications for health, well being and…

Al-Rodhan sheds new light on the debate about the geopolitics of outer space, going beyond applying traditional…

This collection of essays by leading scholars in the field reveals the major contribution of puritan women to the…

This book offers an in-depth examination of party finance and political corruption in a variety of political contexts. Its…

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This volume explores problems concerning the series, national development and the national canon in a range of countries and…

The author examines the moral, methodological, and practical problems that arise from poverty measurement. He establishes a…

This book applies Revolution in Military Affairs theories to explain the various strategic victories and losses for assorted…

By analysing case studies through the lens of new constructivist Institutionalist perspective, this book sheds new light on…

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This volume challenges the widespread belief that scientific knowledge as such is international. Employing case studies from…

Some scientific categories seem to correspond to genuine features of the world and are indispensable for successful science…

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Explores the need for political science to pay more attention to complex interactions involving politically relevant groups.…

\nThe Conversation defines Heidegger\'s relevance to the philosophical agenda of the present century by illuminating his…

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This unique comparative study examines minority representation and powersharing in Canada, Kenya, South Africa, Fiji, India,…

Drawing on rich source material - one local authority\'s involvement in the epic central/local confrontation over local…

The social novel is the traditional haunt of the liberal conscience. What does the triumph of the New Right mean for this…

Spatial Representations and the Jacobean Stage offers a timely alternative to theatre criticism\'s neglect of the intensely…

Following extensive research in the UK, Bruce Cohen allows mental health users to tell their own stories (or \'narratives\')…

Katie Wright explores how human wellbeing is constructed and how it \'travels\' across spatial boundaries. She draws on…

The book turns the \'democratic peace\' theme on its head: rather than investigating the reasons for the supposed pacifism…