Palgrave Pivot imprint: 999 books
Eurafrican Migration
Legal, Economic and Social Responses to Irregular Migration
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
Informed by witness testimonies, Eurafrican Migration details how the perilous journeys undertaken by irregular migrants are enabled by complex networks of guides during the Sahara phase, and explores the relationship between migrants and the criminal groups who arrange for them to be transported across the sea to southern Europe.
by Ö. Çinar, Özgür Heval Ç?nar
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2014
This study examines Turkey's non-recognition of the right to conscientious objection to military service and locates this non-recognition within the context of international human rights law - specifically United Nations and European Union system.
Digital Networking for School Reform
The Online Grassroots Efforts of Parent and Teacher Activists
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2014
Presenting school reform grassroots activists - teachers, parents, and organizers alike - in their own words, the editors document the newly emerged role of digital networks of activists in school reform and analyze their efforts as acts of critical literacy.
by A. Graycar, T. Prenzler
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2013
Graycar and Prenzler present a readily accessible guide to the issues of public and private sector corruption, outlining the nature and dimensions of corruption problems in a variety of settings across the world, and providing a set of practical strategies to prevent corruption that also facilitate economic growth and development.
by B. Kelly
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2015
Between 1939 and 1945, over two hundred German and forty-five Allied servicemen were interned in neutral Ireland. They presented a series of extremely complex issues for the de Valera government, which strove to balance Ireland's international relationships with its obligations as a neutral.
The Changing Basis of Political Conflict in Advanced Western Democracies
The Politics of Identity in the United States, the Netherlands, and Belgium
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2013
Political conflict in Western democracies has traditionally emerged from politics rooted in competing ideologies and interests. With the rise of politics of identity, political conflict is morphing as political parties align themselves with identities, rather than ideologies or interests.
Japan’s Foreign Aid Policy in Africa
Evaluating the TICAD Process
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
Japan's Foreign Aid Policy in Africa seeks to evaluate TICAD's intellectual contribution to and its development practices regarding Africa over the past 20 years. A central conclusion is that, while TICAD bureaucrats lacked agency to support Japanese companies in Africa, the model of emerging powers partnerships has expanded in Africa.
Fukushima
Impacts and Implications
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
The Fukushima nuclear disaster in March 2011 led Japan, and many other countries, to change their energy policies. David Elliott reviews the disaster and its global implications, asking whether, despite continued backing by some governments, the growing opposition to nuclear power means the end of the global nuclear renaissance.
by Seung Ho Park, Gerardo R. Ungson, Andrew Cosgrove
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2015
This book presents a framework for a different type of profitable growth for multinational companies in emerging markets: "scaling the tail." This model focuses on specialized market niches, flanking particular segments and product-categories, developing deeply nuanced localization strategies, and installing supportive management systems.
Jobless Citizens
Political Engagement of the Young Unemployed
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2016
This book examines patterns of political engagement of long-term unemployed youth. The authors show how unemployment affects the personal, social, and political life of young people. Focusing on the case of Geneva in Switzerland, the study shows the importance of socioeconomic, relational, psychological,...
by Gabriel S. Hudson
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2016
This book evaluates the democratic theory of America’s Christian Right (CR). The CR has been examined extensively in academic literature. However, most analyses focus on its origins, policy preferences, or successful mobilization. Hudson instead examines the normative assumptions about governance...
by Armand Gilinsky, Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Sustainable wine businesses are being crafted around the world, leaving the land in better shape for the next generation. In this book, four case studies reveal that sustainability in the wine industry it is tied tightly to long-term profitability.
The European Union in a Multipolar World
World Trade, Global Governance and the Case of the WTO
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2015
Presenting a critical overview of what 'emerging multipolarity' means for the world's foremost global trading bloc and economic power, the European Union, this book offers new insights into how the rise of the emerging economies has impacted the EU and its role within the World Trade Organization.
Political and Cultural Perceptions of George Orwell
British and American Views
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2017
This book analyzes George Orwell’s politics and their reception across both sides of the Atlantic. It considers Orwell’s place in the politics of his native Britain and his reception in the USA, where he has had some of his most fervent emulators, exegetists, and detractors. Written by an ex “teenage...