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Political corruption in ireland 1922–2010
The only scholarly account of Irish corruption from 1922-2010. It empirically maps the decline in standards since Irish independence in 1922, to the loss of economic sovereignty in 2010.
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Latin american foreign policies in the new world order
Latin America, with 8 percent of the world’s population and 30 percent of the world’s deaths from COVID-19, is Ground Zero of the pandemic. The region has also had the world’s worst economic performance in this period. Moreover, it is presently caught in the Second Cold War that is emerging betwe...
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Sophisticated interdependence in climate policy
With the US as the world’s most prominent climate change outlaw, “Sophisticated Interdependence in Climate Policy” offers a unique combination of state-level analysis, international comparison and domestic policy prescription, pointing the way to a productive federal–state partnership for climate...
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Health impact assessment and policy development
An instrument and approach, Health Impact Assessment, seeks to assess the health impacts of projects, programmes and policies in a systematic way. This book provides for the first time an analysis of how and why HIAs informed local policy development in both jurisdictions on the island of Ireland.
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Religion and rights
In this authoritative book, a number of eminent and respected figures in the fields of theology, sociology, anthropology and political activism set out their vision for a society in which the competing truths must be accommodated not peacefully but without violence.
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Defectors and the liberal party 1910–2010
This book is the first analysis of political defections over a long time span. It investigates all the Liberal/Liberal Democrat MPs and former MPs who defected from the party between the elections of December 1910 and May 2010 - around one sixth of all those elected - as well as the smaller numbe...
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Is brazil afraid of the world?
What do you think when someone mentions “Brazil”? Probably the first ideas that come to your mind are samba and football. Maybe you think of Pelé, Neymar, Ayrton Senna and Giselle Bundchen. Maybe you think of the rainforest and Rio. But have you ever thought Brazil to be a country afraid of becom...
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Cosmopolitan dystopia
Cosmopolitan Dystopia evaluates cosmopolitan liberalism and shows In their effort to avoid the terrible fate of twentieth century utopias, cosmopolitan liberals have nonetheless created a new global dystopia of permanent war and authoritarian power embodied in ‘sovereignty as responsibility’.
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Associational anarchism
This book combines Karl Marx’s critique of capitalism with G. D. H. Cole’s democratic pluralism. The result is a regenerated social anarchism, ‘associational anarchism’. Its democratisation of production and consumption form the organisational contours of a new conception of liberty, ‘freedom as...
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Transatlantic traumas
Transatlantic traumas surveys the landscape of external and internal threats to Western values and interests, including Russian and Islamist assaults on the West, illiberal radical right populist challenges, Turkey’s undemocratic tendencies, Brexit and the Trump Tsunami.
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Children's rights, eastern enlargement and the eu human rights regime
Critically examines how and why Eastern enlargement has impacted on the EU human rights policy
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The anglo-irish agreement
This book provides new perspectives on the impact of Anglo-Irish Agreement through an exploration of the key concepts of the Northern Ireland Troubles.
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The labour governments 1964–1970 volume 1
An analysis of Britain's domestic policy during Harold Wilson’s tenure as Prime Minister.
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Scotland
An academic analysis of the foundations and structures of modern-day Scotland that provides insight into Scottish politics, society and culture.
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Lisbon rising
Explores the role of a widespread urban social movement in the revolutionary process that accompanied Portugal’s transition from authoritarianism to democracy.
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In the shadow of history
From 1926 onward, Sinn Féin, which had been instrumental in the revolutionary period of 1919–23, faded into oblivion as a result of its intransigent and doctrinaire stance. This book unravels a chapter of history that has not been dealt with in detail until now.
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Human rights and humanitarian diplomacy
Human rights and humanitarian diplomacy provides an up to date and accessible overview of the field, and serves as a practical guide to those seeking to engage in human rights work. Pease argues that while human rights are internationally recognised, important disagreements exist on definition, p...
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Social democracy and urban politics
Social democracy and urban politicsdelves into the changing relationship between social democratic, radical left and green parties within the political space of European cities, reflecting upon the formation and dilemmas of a broader progressive alliance.
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Understanding governance in contemporary japan
This book explores the transformation of Japan’s state in response to the challenges of governance by focusing on the case studies of ICT regulation and antimonopoly regulation after the 1980s as an example of the new governance school in Japanese politics and beyond.
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The changing faces of federalism
The book gives an extraordinary contribution to the theoretical, historical, legal and economic debate about the continuity/discontinuity in the European integration process regarding the present enlargement and the (projected) new constitution of the European Union.
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Fictional television and american politics
This book explores the relationship between fictional television and American world politics in the period from 9/11 through to the presidency of Donald J. Trump. This period comprises a second golden age for fictional TV. The book therefore explores some of the best TV of all time across two dec...
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The post-crisis irish voter
Provides the definitive study of voting behaviour in the 2016 Irish election
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Democracy in scandinavia
This book breaks new ground in challenging the established status of the Scandinavian countries as consensual democracies
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Recognition and global politics
Recognition and global politics examines the potential and limitations of the discourse of recognition as a strategy for reframing justice and injustice within contemporary world affairs. Drawing on resources from social and political theory and International Relations theory, as well as feminist...
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The imperial premiership
A study of the growing role of the British Prime Minister in foreign policy and military intervention over the past fifty years.
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The politics of housing
This book is concerned with the interaction of traditional politics, culture and social groups, of local and national influences, of ideals and individuals. It looks at local government, social groups and housing policy in the twentieth century. This is a remarkable story of how these factors wer...
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Public relations democracy
Aeron Davis is the first to offer a general overview of the rise and impact of professional public relations in Britain, stepping beyond the status quo of 'spin doctors' and elections by also exploring the public relations activities of the corporate sector, the City, pressure groups, and the tra...
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The house of lords
The House of Lords is widely discussed but little understood. This book provides an authoritative analysis of the contemporary House, showing how it has changed and considering what further reforms might take place.
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Constructing the path to eastern enlargement
This book focuses on explaining why the EU agreed to eastern enlargement and the (uneven) pattern of accommodation of the applicants' preferences in substantive policies.
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Everyday life after the irish conflict
The first book to address the specific topic of the intersection the processes of conflict transformation devolution and with daily life in Northern Ireland in a rigorous and systematic fashion.
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Deportation limbo
Deportation limbo is a political ethnography of deportation enforcement in Denmark and Sweden. Building on research on frontline officials working in immigration detention and deportation camps, it traces the continuum of state violence mobilised to pressure non-deported people to leave, and its ...
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Understanding chinese politics
Provides a comprehensive introduction to China’s political system, outlining the major features of the Chinese model and highlighting its claims and challenges.
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The vp advantage
A widespread perception exists among political commentators, campaign operatives and presidential candidates that vice presidential (VP) running mates can deliver their home state's electoral votes in a presidential election. In recent elections, presidential campaigns have even changed their str...
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The securitisation of islam
This book is a timely analysis of the securitisation of Islam in the US and an original contribution to securitisation theory by introducing the notion of ‘indirect securitising speech acts’ and the role of emotions and affect in securitisation studies. It is an innovative approach to Islamophobi...
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Clickbait capitalism
Clickbait capitalism engages the contemporary digital economy as a site of psychological capture and release. Drawing on psychoanalysis and political economy, the book provides vital new insights into the politics of desire associated with social media, dating apps, cryptocurrencies, and meme sto...
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Europeanising party politics
A comparative, empirically-based study of party politics in Central and Eastern Europe that seeks to define the impact of European Union membership in this area.
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Crossing borders and queering citizenship
Can reading make us better citizens? Fusing queer theory, citizenship studies, and border studies in its exploration of seven U.S., Canadian, and Indigenous authors, poets, and performance artists, Crossing borders and queering citizenship theorises how reading can work as a empowering tool in co...
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Crossing the floor
This new biography provides an account of the career of Reg Prentice, one of the most controversial figures in modern British political history. He remains the most high-profile politician to cross the floor of the House of Commons in the post-war period, and his defection was reflective of an im...
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States of apology
A critical consideration of the apology in politics
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Studies in irish radical leadership
This study deals with key leaders in Irish radical history, both male and female. With the left attracting more support in the 2011 election than ever before and with the centenary of several key events in Irish left wing history upon us, this crucial study takes a historical look at Irish radica...
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The politics of freedom of information
This book explores the implementation of the UK's FOI law under Tony Blair, showing how the radical policy was weakened by compromises and clandestine agreements before reaching the statute book, though it went on to be controversial and disruptive nonetheless.
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The gulf monarchies after the arab spring
This book applies an original theoretical framework to unpack the threat perceptions and strategic calculus driving the behaviour of the Gulf monarchies, which emerged after the Arab Spring as major geopolitical players in the Middle East and North Africa region and as middle powers destined to p...
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Spanish politics today
Offers an introduction to the main political institutions to students unfamiliar with Spanish Politics.. . For more advanced students, the volume explores policy-making in Spain with reference to wider policy analysis literature.. Offers historical coverage which provides an invaluable context to...
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African security in the twenty-first century
Through the lens of human security their book examines the continent’s most pressing security challenges—from identity conflict and failing states to terrorism, disease, and environmental degradation—and in doing so provides a comprehensive look at the complexities of building peace and stability...
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Contesting the state
This book is the first comprehensive survey of the Irish state, its history and evolution, its nature and its role in Ireland's recent economic boom. Containing contributions from some of the leading authorities on the subject, it offers an in-depth analysis of a state widely seen as a model of s...
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In time's eye
These essays bring together historical, literary critical and postcolonial approaches to this perennially controversial writer.
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From entertainment to citizenship
Drawing on research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, this book provides the first detailed study of how young people in Britain use popular culture to shape and express their political views and values.
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Collieries, communities and the miners' strike in scotland, 1984–85
This book analyses the 1984-5 miners’ strike by focusing on its vital Scottish dimensions, especially the role of workplace politics and community mobilisation.
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The liberal democrats
A comprehensive and hard-hitting account of the Liberal Democrats’ recent history that asks big questions about the party’s future.
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The end of ulster loyalism?
This book explores the dynamics and divisions within paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland since the mid-1970s.
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Neoliberal power and public management reforms
This book examines contemporary public administration reforms seeking to promote accountability, credibility and evidence.It is argued that a particular form of constructivist neoliberalism play a pivotal role in these reforms.
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Thinking towards humanity
How should we respond to the inhumanity that suffused the 20th Century and continues in the present one? Has there been an adequate treatment of this issue by the political left? Questions such as these are treated in this, the first scholarly book to combine academic and blogging approaches to...
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Cultures of empire
Collects together the best articles by key historians, literary critics, and anthropologists on the cultures of colonialism in the British Empire in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.. A substantial introduction by the distinguished historian, Professor Catherine Hall, discusses new approach...
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Banning them, securing us?
Jarvis and Legrand explore the banning of terrorist organisations in liberal democratic states such as the United Kingdom. This process, they argue, is far more a ritualized performance of national identity, than it is a meaningful contribution to national security.
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Building a neighborly community
Building a neighborly community examines East Asia’s move toward a more institutionalized community through analysing political and economic interfaces between China, Japan and Southeast Asia in the post-cold war era.
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Thorough surveillance
Traces the genesis of Israeli policies and tactics of population management, surveillance and political control towards the Palestinians
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Democracy, social resources and political power in the european union
'Democracy, social resources and political power in the European Union' develops a structural constructivist theory of the European Union and critically analyses, through French and Finnish empirical cases, the political practices that maintain the Union's 'democratic deficit'.
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Egypt and the rise of fluid authoritarianism
This book is a ground-breaking and intellectually engaging work on authoritarian discontinuity in Egypt after the shockwaves, and the impact this has had at the overall domestic and international political, social and economic levels. It questions political ecology and the legitimation struggle a...
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Romania and the european union
Romania's predatory rulers, the heirs of the sinister communist dictator Ceauescu, have inflicted a humiliating defeat on the European Union. This book discusses policy failures in the areas of justice, administrative and agricultural reform and shows how Romania moved backwards politically durin...
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The politics of everyday china
Providing both an overview of the political situation and context in China with ethnographic insights, The Politics of Everyday China aims to give both the new student of China and those who have encountered the subject before an insight that goes beyond the usual cliché and surface description.
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Contemporary violence
The book unravels the story of the insurgencies in Kosovo and Chechnya, shedding new light on the social networks and narratives, the rifts, tensions and movements involved in the road to war in 1999.
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The decay of international law
This is a penetrating critique of the methodology of international law as it had come to be understood and accepted by the generality of international lawyers.
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An introduction to post-communist bulgaria
This book assesses the post-communist period in Bulgaria and examines how the democratization process has developed, providing the reader with a comprehensive and detailed account of the ongoing political, social and economic transformation in this heavily understudied southeast European country.
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Dramas at westminster
This is a book that provokes a debate about accountability in the House of Commons. Based on unprecedented access, it reveals different ways that MPs and officials interpret scrutiny. Some of their approaches are more conducive to effective scrutiny than others, which raises interesting questions...
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Debating institutionalism
Asks whether institutionalism is useful for the various sub-disciplines within political science to which it has been applied, and to what extent the assumptions inherent to institutional analysis can be useful for understanding the range of behaviour of individuals and structures in the public s...
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Incarceration and human rights
A collection of essays and responses from diverse contributors united in original examination of the intersection between incarceration and human rights. Poets, practitioners, academics and theorists offer an illuminating range of perspectives for specialists and the general reader.
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The implementation of environmental policy in ireland
This book explores the response of Ireland’s political-administrative system to the implementation of environmental directives in the cases of waste management, water and biodiversity.
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A political sociology of the european union
Based on a critical appraisal of the constructivist approach in European studies, this volume introduces a new political sociology approach focused on actors.
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Leaders in conflict
Shows that George W. Bush and Donald Rumsfeld thought about international politics, and about leadership, in divergent ways, and demonstrates the impact these differences had on the course of the Iraq war
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Peacemaking in the twenty-first century
Series of lectures on peacekeeping by major international figures
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The us vs china
An accessible survey of Sino-American relations in Asia, which analyses the complex interactions between the two powers and asks whether conflict is inevitable.
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The xinjiang emergency
This volume investigates the mass detention of Uyghurs in China, exploring the regimes of surveillance to which they are subjected both inside and outside the detention centres of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. It offers new insights into the future of the CCP’s domestic governance strate...
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Nostalgia and the post-war labour party
Through a detailed examination of the party’s post-war development, this book outlines how nostalgia has shaped the party’s trajectory. It argues that Labour’s nostalgically-informed identity has determined the extent to which the party has been able to respond effectively to the changing nature ...
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Political ecologies of the far right
This book offers a unique perspective on one of today’s most disturbing convergences, the rise of the far right and the ongoing ecological crisis. Through case studies from around the world, the book interrogates the multifaceted ways these two trends intersect.
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Precision
A ground-breaking study on the concept of precision warfare and how it has shaped our view of armed conflict
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Using europe: territorial party strategies in a multi-level system
This book examines how regional political parties have used Europe to advance their territorial projects in a period of rapid state restructuring. It offers a new and theoretically innovative account of the dynamics of multi-level governance based on a comparative study of territorial party strat...
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Trade unions and democracy
This book brings together a distinguished panel of leading and emerging scholars in the field, and provides a critical assessment of the current role of trade unions in society.
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The european union's policy towards mercosur
This book provides a distinctive and empirically rich account of the European Union’s relationship with the Common Market of the South (Mercosur) and the motivations that determine the EU’s policy towards Mercosur.
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Us politics today
Provides a concise, up-to-date and accessible introduction to US government and politics. It offers a survey of core institutions such as the presidency, Congress and the US Supreme Court, assesses the electoral system and considers the part played by organized interests and political parties.
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Conflict, peace and mental health
What are the human consequences of conflict and what are the appropriate service responses? This book provides answers to these important questions, drawing on over twenty-five years of work by the author in Northern Ireland and elsewhere.
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Towards a regional political class?
Focussing on professional politicians Klaus Stolz investigates the interrelationship between political career patterns and political institutions in two of the most widely discussed cases of regionalism: Catalonia and Scotland.
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The right and the recession
Considers the ways in which conservative activists, groupings, parties and interests in the US and Britain responded to the financial crisis and the ‘Great Recession’ that followed in its wake.
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Labour orators from bevan to miliband
Presents a thorough investigation of how oratory was utilised in the ideological disputes of the post-war period
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Terrorism and democratic stability revisited
Can terrorism and state violence cause democratic breakdown? Although the origins of violence have been studied, only rarely are its consequences. In this study of Uruguay, Spain and Peru, Holmes claims that to understand the consequences of violence on democratic stabilty, terrorism and state re...
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In defence of councillors
By using qualitative research from a number of related projects, the book examines the roles, functions and responsibilities of councillors and the expectations placed upon them by citizens, communities and government.
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Globalisation contested
Provides an illuminating account of contemporary globalisation that is grounded in actual transformations in the areas of production and the workplace. It reveals the social and political contests that give 'global' its meaning, by examining the contested nature of globalisation as it is expresse...
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