Palgrave Pivot imprint: 999 books
Poststructural Policy Analysis
A Guide to Practice
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2016
This book offers a novel, refreshing and politically engaged way to think about public policy. Instead of treating policy as simply the government’s best efforts to address problems, it offers a way to question critically how policies produce “problems” as particular sorts of problems, with...
From Protest to Pragmatism
The Unionist government and North-South relations from 1959-72
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2014
How do two ideologically opposed governments co-operate? The Unionist government struggled to answer this question during the sixties and seventies. This book charts the development of this government's policy towards its neighbor in Southern Ireland and explains how it ended up in a total stalemate with the emergence of the Troubles.
The Demilitarization of American Diplomacy
Two Cheers for Striped Pants
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2014
Laurence Pope describes the contemporary dysfunction of the State Department and its Foreign Service. He contends that in the information age diplomacy is more important than ever, and that, as President Obama has stressed, without a "change of thinking" the U.S. may be drawn into more wars it does not need to fight.
Prospects and Challenges of Free Trade Agreements
Unlocking Business Opportunities in Gulf Co-Operation Council (GCC) Markets
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2014
This book assesses the effectiveness of free trade agreements (FTAs) in unlocking international business opportunities in member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). It takes an institutional perspective in explaining the existence and effects of non-tariff barriers and how FTAs can address these barriers to attract foreign investors.
Global Politics of Health Reform in Africa
Performance, Participation, and Policy
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2014
Drawing on qualitative research with African actors and global health institutions, the authors explore the politics of how performance funding modalities and participation are used to shape health reform in African countries as well as the role of African actors, global policy elites and international donors within these processes.
The Towers of New Capital
Mega Townships in India
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2015
Based on the study of a number of large mega township projects under development on the urban fringes of Delhi and Ahmedabad, The Towers of New Capital is an enquiry into how these 'global fixes' are leading to territorial reorganization. What are the social and economic impacts of large mega projects?...
Competing against Multinationals in Emerging Markets
Case Studies of SMEs in the Manufacturing Sector
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2014
Competing against Multinationals in Emerging Markets provides a comprehensive set of lessons which successful small firms have adopted in order to survive and prosper in an increasingly hostile competitive manufacturing sector where large firms are mostly dominant.
Global Business Transcendence
International Perspectives Across Developed and Emerging Economies
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2014
Global Business Transcendence focuses on both empirical studies with practical application and examinations of theoretical and methodological developments in the field of business studies. By drawing on important research and case study material from contributors all over the world, this collection...
Conceptualizing Germany’s Energy Transition
Institutions, Materiality, Power, Space
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2016
This is the first book to explore ways of conceptualizing Germany’s ongoing energy transition. Although widely acclaimed in policy and research circles worldwide, the Energiewende is poorly understood in terms of social science scholarship. There is an urgent need to delve beyond descriptive accounts...
by Duncan McDuie-Ra
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
Race debates have become more frequent at the national level, and the response to racism in the media and by politicians has shifted from denial to acknowledgment to action. Focusing on the experiences of communities from India's Northeast borderland, the author explores the dynamics of race debates in contemporary India.
National Policy in a Global Economy
How Government can Improve Living Standards and Balance the Books
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2014
This study offers an analysis of the UK's current economic policy options and a plan for improving life for ordinary citizens via a sensible and realistic understanding of governments' limited ability to manage economic performance. It provides a manifesto which political parties could immediately adopt to make life better for all.
Why the UK Voted for Brexit
David Cameron's Great Miscalculation
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2016
This book studies the unprecedented decision of 23 June 2016, which saw the UK electorate vote to leave the EU, turning David Cameron’s referendum gamble into a great miscalculation. It analyzes the renegotiation that preceded the vote, before examining the campaign itself so as to understand why...
by Khen Lampert
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2012
This book critically examines the socio-cultural role of achievement within education, arguing that the increasingly global demand for measurable standards of academic achievement is an expression of political ideology and the aggressive competitive reality of a neo-capitalist schooling system, resulting in many students feeling socially worthless.
by S. Vasilopoulou, D. Halikiopoulou
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2015
This book contextualizes the rise of the Golden Dawn within the Eurozone crisis. The authors argue that the movement's success may be explained by the extent to which it was able to respond to the crisis of the nation-state and democracy in Greece with its 'nationalist solution': the twin fascist myths of social decadence and national rebirth.