Published by Palgrave Macmillan UK Nov 2007, 2007
ISBN 10: 0230527256 ISBN 13: 9780230527256
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The fully updated 2nd edition of this critically acclaimed book covers the exciting developments in light science of the past five years. Light Years is an engaging survey of everything we know of the universe's most enigmatic phenomenon and the remarkable people who have been captivated by it. 276 pp. Englisch.
Published by Palgrave Macmillan UK Nov 2007, 2007
ISBN 10: 0230547044 ISBN 13: 9780230547049
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM is the UN's global development network, advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. They are on the ground in 166 countries, working with them on their own solutions to global and national development challenges. As they develop local capacity, they draw on the people of UNDP and their wide range of partners. Every year since 1990, the UNDP has commissioned the Human Development Report by an independent team of experts to explore major issues of global concern. 404 pp. Englisch.
Published by Palgrave Macmillan UK Nov 2007, 2007
ISBN 10: 1349541311 ISBN 13: 9781349541317
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This blends discussion of the role of language minorities in politics with examples of language policy in a range of national contexts. It discusses minority rights and language protection, the policies of the state in privileging powerful majorities, the opportunities and challenges of both devolution and globalization. 456 pp. Englisch.
Published by Palgrave Macmillan UK Nov 2007, 2007
ISBN 10: 1349541788 ISBN 13: 9781349541782
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Taking Britain and Italy as comparative cases, the author explores the extent to which dominant notions of family life differed in postwar Britain and Italy and the implications this had on the development of family policy in these two countries. 208 pp. Englisch.
Published by Palgrave Macmillan UK Nov 2007, 2007
ISBN 10: 0230573479 ISBN 13: 9780230573475
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The purpose of this annual report is to develop an index of good humanitarian donorship that will measure donors' effectiveness against their commitment to the Principles and Good Practise of Humanitarian Donorship. The index is intended to help the international donor community to better understand its strengths and weaknesses in order to improve the efficiency and quality of its donor activities and initiatives. The index is also expected to raise awareness about the increasingly important role of humanitarian action and associated good practices beyond its current core constituencies. We believe that this report offers significant potential to improve the quality of humanitarian aid, benefiting those most affected by both man-made and natural disasters. 232 pp. Englisch.
Published by Palgrave Macmillan UK Nov 2007, 2007
ISBN 10: 1349516406 ISBN 13: 9781349516407
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book uses the framework of cultural translation to explore the work of six significant modern writers from Ireland, India, Australia and the Caribbean. Written in an accessible and approachable style, it will be of interest not only to specialists in postcolonial literatures, but also readers of modern and contemporary poetry more generally. 232 pp. Englisch.
Published by Palgrave Macmillan UK Nov 2007, 2007
ISBN 10: 1349519030 ISBN 13: 9781349519033
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This volume combines a theoretical critique of the biographical method that dominates Larkin studies with a revolutionary interpretation of his works that better accounts for their profound influence upon leading Postmodernists like Ian McEwan, David Mitchell, Carol Ann Duffy, Damien Hirst - and the creators of Jerry Springer - the Opera . 316 pp. Englisch.
Published by Palgrave Macmillan UK Nov 2007, 2007
ISBN 10: 0230555128 ISBN 13: 9780230555129
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Good managers understand the human condition and human needs. They realise that frequently the heart rules the head, and they know what this can mean for an organization. With nearly 100 'thought-pieces' on the world of management and sales, this book explores how the heart can rule the head and is ideal for 'dipping into' on numerous occasions. 244 pp. Englisch.
Published by Palgrave Macmillan UK Nov 2007, 2007
ISBN 10: 1349364479 ISBN 13: 9781349364473
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book debunks the notion that the Chief Executive is the primary figurehead and places line managers at the forefront. Using a mixture of unique but tried and tested bespoke management models and case studies, line managers are identified as the critical community in the war between brands. 232 pp. Englisch.
Published by Palgrave Macmillan UK Nov 2007, 2007
ISBN 10: 1349356646 ISBN 13: 9781349356645
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In this volume, contributors from a range of perspectives - evolutionary psychology to anthropology, sociology to cognitive and motivational psychology - explore questions of what our attractiveness preferences are and why we find certain others physically attractive, offering a fresh perspective to understanding the perception of attractiveness. 336 pp. Englisch.
Published by Palgrave Macmillan UK Nov 2007, 2007
ISBN 10: 1403945586 ISBN 13: 9781403945587
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Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Iris Murdoch was the author of twenty-six bestselling novels. Her many love affairs, her war-work with UNRRA, her move from early communism to Thatcherism, her later life as a secular saint, her sad decline from Alzheimer's - all these events are detailed in this accessible chronological account of a world-famous and much loved British writer. 280 pp. Englisch.
Published by Palgrave Macmillan UK Nov 2007, 2007
ISBN 10: 0230573061 ISBN 13: 9780230573062
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Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book debunks the notion that the Chief Executive is the primary figurehead and places line managers at the forefront. Using a mixture of unique but tried and tested bespoke management models and case studies, line managers are identified as the critical community in the war between brands. 232 pp. Englisch.
Published by Palgrave Macmillan UK Nov 2007, 2007
ISBN 10: 1349360643 ISBN 13: 9781349360642
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The author argues that the successes and failures of D-Day, on both sides, cannot be explained by comparing the competing strategies of each side. Instead he provides an account of the battle through the overarching nature of the relationship between the leaders and their followers. 512 pp. Englisch.
Published by Palgrave Macmillan UK Nov 2007, 2007
ISBN 10: 1349363642 ISBN 13: 9781349363643
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - The author of this book believes passionately in the National Health Service and through his work offers the government recommendations for how its reform process can be saved from failure. The NHS will only survive and be true to its founding principles if the reform programme is driven forward - and if the book's recommendations are implemented.
Published by Palgrave Macmillan UK Nov 2007, 2007
ISBN 10: 1349538442 ISBN 13: 9781349538447
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Representing Others in Medieval Iberian Literature explores the ways Arabic, Jewish and Christian intellectuals in medieval Iberia (courtiers and clerics) adapt and transform the Andalusi go-between figure in order to represent their own role as cultural intermediaries. While these authors are of different religious, ethnic and linguistic backgrounds, they use the go-between, an essential figure in the Andalusi courtly discourse of desire, to open up a secular, more tolerant intellectual space in the face of increasingly fundamentalist currents in their respective cultures. The way this study focuses on the hybrid discourses and identities of medieval Iberia as Muslim, Jewish and Christian responses to continual contact/conflict reflects a methodological approach based in Cultural and Translation Studies.
Published by Palgrave Macmillan UK Nov 2007, 2007
ISBN 10: 1349512265 ISBN 13: 9781349512263
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -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. Drawing upon a neo-Hegelian understanding of the formation of modern subjectivity in political economy, this book uncovers a specific pattern of welfare provision in Japan. 288 pp. Englisch.
Published by Palgrave Macmillan UK Nov 2007, 2007
ISBN 10: 1349541621 ISBN 13: 9781349541621
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book is a timely reminder of the more fundamental determinants of capital accumulation and innovation. It provides a mixture of conceptual, empirical, historical and methodological approaches to the relationship between institutions, institutional change and economic development. 368 pp. Englisch.
Published by Palgrave Macmillan UK Nov 2007, 2007
ISBN 10: 1403987548 ISBN 13: 9781403987549
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Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book explores Japan's efforts to promote the commercial benefits of science and technology. Japan has made major scientific investments, with a view to enhancing the country's medium and long-term economic prospects; these successful efforts have re-enforced the country's reputation as a leader in the promotion of national innovation. 216 pp. Englisch.
Published by Palgrave Macmillan UK Nov 2007, 2007
ISBN 10: 1349359815 ISBN 13: 9781349359813
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book focuses on the adoption of new technologies led by information and communication technologies by SMEs in developing countries. It identifies several factors that augment competitiveness of firms in the era of globalization. Contrary to the general belief these factors are not uniform across developing world. Based on the empirical evidence from firms located in Malaysia, India, Nigeria, Jamaica, and Costa Rica, the study concludes that firms cannot remain competitive without institutional support. Since firms operate in different institutional and economic environment, form of support varies from one country to another. 240 pp. Englisch.
Published by Palgrave Macmillan UK Nov 2007, 2007
ISBN 10: 1349547859 ISBN 13: 9781349547852
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This study examines the manner in which Gunnar Myrdal's intellectual style left an impact on the shaping of Sweden's welfare state, on race relations in the United States, on post-World War Two economic cooperation in Europe, and on the analysis of Third World economic development. 196 pp. Englisch.
Published by Palgrave Macmillan UK Nov 2007, 2007
ISBN 10: 134954521X ISBN 13: 9781349545216
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This succinct overview of Marshall's life and work as an economist sets his major economic contributions in perspective, by looking at his education, his travel, his teaching at Cambridge, Oxford and Bristol, his policy views as presented to government inquiries and his political and social opinions. 224 pp. Englisch.
Published by Palgrave Macmillan UK Nov 2007, 2007
ISBN 10: 0230539823 ISBN 13: 9780230539822
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Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book focuses on the adoption of new technologies led by information and communication technologies by SMEs in developing countries. It identifies several factors that augment competitiveness of firms in the era of globalization. Contrary to the general belief these factors are not uniform across developing world. Based on the empirical evidence from firms located in Malaysia, India, Nigeria, Jamaica, and Costa Rica, the study concludes that firms cannot remain competitive without institutional support. Since firms operate in different institutional and economic environment, form of support varies from one country to another. 240 pp. Englisch.
Published by Palgrave Macmillan UK Nov 2007, 2007
ISBN 10: 1349541583 ISBN 13: 9781349541584
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book explores Japan's efforts to promote the commercial benefits of science and technology. Japan has made major scientific investments, with a view to enhancing the country's medium and long-term economic prospects; these successful efforts have re-enforced the country's reputation as a leader in the promotion of national innovation. 216 pp. Englisch.
Published by Palgrave Macmillan UK Nov 2007, 2007
ISBN 10: 1349524131 ISBN 13: 9781349524136
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -'Psychiatry and Empire' brings together scholars in the History of Medicine and Colonialism to explore questions of race, gender and power relations in former colonial states across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and the Pacific. The volume advances our understanding of the rise of modern psychiatry as it collided with the psychology of colonial rule. 256 pp. Englisch.
Published by Palgrave Macmillan UK Nov 2007, 2007
ISBN 10: 0333786661 ISBN 13: 9780333786666
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This study investigates the place of the royal court and the operation of patronage in several European kingdoms in the early Middle Ages. It seeks to identify the roots of later medieval developments, and especially of the Carolingian Renaissance, in the centuries immediately succeeding the period of Roman rule. 228 pp. Englisch.
Published by Palgrave Macmillan UK Nov 2007, 2007
ISBN 10: 0387759522 ISBN 13: 9780387759524
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Extremes Values, Regular Variation and Point Processes is a readable and efficient account of the fundamental mathematical and stochastic process techniques needed to study the behavior of extreme values of phenomena based on independent and identically distributed random variables and vectors. It presents a coherent treatment of the distributional and sample path fundamental properties of extremes and records. It emphasizes the core primacy of three topics necessary for understanding extremes: the analytical theory of regularly varying functions; the probabilistic theory of point processes and random measures; and the link to asymptotic distribution approximations provided by the theory of weak convergence of probability measures in metric spaces.The book is self-contained and requires an introductory measure-theoretic course in probability as a prerequisite. Almost all sections have an extensive list of exercises which extend developments in the text, offer alternate approaches, test mastery and provide for enjoyable muscle flexing by a reader. The material is aimed at students and researchers in probability, statistics, financial engineering, mathematics, operations research, civil engineering and economics who need to know about: asymptotic methods for extremes; models for records and record frequencies; stochastic process and point process methods and their applications to obtaining distributional approximations; pervasive applications of the theory of regular variation in probability theory, statistics and financial engineering.'This book is written in a very lucid way. The style is sober, the mathematics tone is pleasantly conversational, convincing and enthusiastic. A beautiful book!'Bulletin of the Dutch Mathematical Society'This monograph is written in a very attractive style. It contains a lot of complementary exercises and practically all important bibliographical reference.'Revue Roumaine deMathématiques Pures et Appliquées.