Palgrave Macmillan

Examines poisons and related substances in a transdisciplinary context, comprising the history of science, literature and film studies Conceptualizes poison as "precarious". This innovative...

This book explores the political, economic, defence, and cultural relations of Poland with South Asia?Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka?since the late...

Reviews the complex path of development of modern Polish economy in last 200 yearsAnalyzes the importance of Polish industrialization in the European peripheryProvides extensive socioeconomic...

This book explores the assertions made by Irish nationalists of a parallel between Ireland under British rule and Poland under Russian, Prussian and Austrian rule in the long nineteenth century...

This book discusses the rise of polarity as a key concept in International Relations Theory. Since the end of the Cold War, until at least the end of 2010, there has been a wide consensus shared by...

Polarization in the United States has been on the rise for several decades. In this context, few observers expect politics today to stop ?at the water?s edge,? as the old cliché goes. But key...

This volume offers a much-needed analysis of police abuse and its implications for our understanding of democracy. Sometimes referred to as police violence or police repression, police abuse occurs...

This book advances a much-needed ?postcolonial? framework in analyzing the police. It seeks to deepen our understanding of the police role in maintaining Western global domination throughout the...

This book examines the changing police landscape over the past 25 years to establish how Police Leadership has evolved to meet this challenge. Through interviews with 35 Chief Police Officers in the...

This book, as part of a two volume set, provides a broad overview of the current state of research on conflict management in law enforcement contexts globally, with a focus on contemporary challenges...

This book, as part of a two volume set, provides a broad overview of the current state of research on conflict management in law enforcement contexts globally, with a focus on training and education...

This book reinvigorates the debate about the origins and development of police culture within our changing social, economic and political landscape. An in-depth analysis and appreciation of the...

This book rigorously examines police voices when people are reported missing, through empirical research. It explores the international literature in this emerging research field of missing people...

This book examines the relationship between immigration, crime, police and politics in the city of Buenos Aires during the Cambiemos ("Let's Change") administration, which took place in Argentina...

This book explores the challenges of combating terrorism from a policing perspective using the example of the Royal Ulster Constabulary GC (RUC) in Northern Ireland. The RUC was in the frontline of...

Policing and Intelligence in the Global Big Data Era, Volume I, the first of a two volume set, presents a rich and unique collection of global perspectives on data-driven predictive technologies and...

This volume, the second of a two volume set, offers a rich and unique collection of global perspectives on data-driven predictive technologies and the expansion and use of surveillance apparatuses in...

This book shows how the police functioned in the cities of the Napoleonic Empire. Shifting attention away from political repression, it focuses on the men who embodied this institution and made it...

This book draws on original research and existing theoretical perspectives and frameworks to critically examine the role of roads policing and its place within the wider field of policing. It looks...

Policing Encounters with VulnerabilityAuthor: Nicole L. AsquithPublisher: Palgrave MacMillanPublication Date: May 12, 2017Number of Pages: 273 pagesBinding: Hardback or Cased BookISBN-10:...

This book explores the effective policing of public protection issues, from chapter authors with varied research and practitioner experience. The collection is aimed at detective police officers in...

This book offers a unique look into the world of policing and the frontline of Brazil?s war on drugs. It analyzes the tensions produced by attempts to modernize Rio de Janeiro?s public security...

This book contributes to and expands on the major international Comparative Policy Agendas Project. It sets the project in context, and provides a comprehensive assessment of the changing policy...

This book addresses the complex phenomenon in higher education of structural reforms in higher education systems. Across the globe, governments initiate comprehensive reforms of their higher...

This book provides unique insights into the role of policy capacity in policymaking and policy change, as it is being uncovered at the research frontier in contemporary policy studies. The book is...

Explores in detail the formation of EU policies in a variety of policy sectorsProposes a sociological approach to European integrationDeals comprehensively with several empirical manifestations of...

Disentangles the major actors in the telecommunications sector and identifies their potentially conflicting economic and political interests Uncovers governmental strategies of policy-making in the...

This book seeks to understand why almost all commentators on the Irish economy were unprepared for the scale of the recent economic crisis. It analyses the public contributions from a broad range of...

Policy Implications of Virtual WorkAuthor: Pamela MeilPublisher: Palgrave MacMillanPublication Date: Apr 18, 2017Number of Pages: 301 pagesBinding: Hardback or Cased BookISBN-10: 3319520563ISBN-13:...

Global cities today are facing fundamental challenges in relation to unaffordable housing and growing economic inequality. Singapore's success in making homeownership possible for 90% of its...