Palgrave Macmillan

This book offers a comparison of the differences between the 'public' and 'private' spheres, and questions the need for law enforcement to intrude upon both. Beginning with the origins of the concept...

This book explains a paradox in American constitutional law: how a right not discussed during the ratification debates at Philadelphia and not mentioned in the text has become a core component of...

This book explores the idea of privacy at sea, from early sixteenth-century maritime expansions to nineteenth-century naval developments. In this period, the sea became a focal point of political and...

This book identifies and explains the functional and ideational boundaries regarding what states and Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) both do and possess regarding land power, sea...

This book explores how different corporate governance strategies affect community mobilization and the scope for influence when an area's population is faced with the arrival of the extraction...

This book examines the role played by two popular private newspapers in the struggle for democracy in Zimbabwe, one case from colonial Rhodesia and the other from the post-colonial era. It argues...

In the eighteenth century, before a national political movement took hold in either the United States or Norway, both countries were agrarian societies marked by widespread private land ownership...

This book explores the current notion and definition of property, and its interpretation and implementation in relation to the environment. The author examines two primary problems: the degradation...

Private security is now a multi-billion pound industry employing more personnel than the police. The authors provide incisive insights into the security world, scanning its weaknesses and exploring...

Problem Structuring Approaches for the Management of Projects: Demonstrating Successful PracticeAuthor: Gary BellPublisher: Palgrave MacMillanPublication Date: Dec 21, 2018Number of Pages: 284...

This volume explores the state of literary theory today, decades after the repeatedly proclaimed end of theory. It builds on the idea that theory is historically constituted as it is ?always becoming...

How can we work towards ensuring that organisations are robust and highly productive and avoid issues such as tiredness, burnout, high employee turnover, motivational issues, or problems with the...

This book reflects on the new histories emerging from the exhumation of mass graves that contain the corpses of the Republicans killed in extrajudicial executions during and after the conflict,...

Production of the 'Self' in the Digital AgeAuthor: Yasmin IbrahimPublisher: Palgrave MacMillanPublication Date: Jun 22, 2018Number of Pages: 104 pagesBinding: Hardback or Cased BookISBN-10:...

This book considers ethical issues arising in professional and business settings and the role of individuals making decisions and coping with moral dilemmas. Readers can benefit from engagement in...

This book challenges amoral views of finance as the leading realm in which mammon - wealth and profit - is pursued with little overt regard for morality. The author details an enhanced ethical...

This book provides a global overview of developments and discussion around the evaluation of quality of early childhood education environments, and the professional development of early childhood...

Professional Identities in Initial Teacher Education: The Narratives and Questions of Teacher AgencyAuthor: Denise MifsudPublisher: Palgrave MacMillanPublication Date: May 23, 2018Number of Pages:...

Professional investment portfolio management is increasingly utilizing sophisticated statistical and computer techniques to better control risks and improve performance. This book provides new...

This book focuses on the development of cricket in Australia, with a focus on the commercial and professional aspects of the game. It takes a historical approach and analyses the reasons behind the...

This book acts as a highly practical guide for new and experienced lecturers, learning supporters and leaders in Higher Education; and offers plentiful examples and vignettes showing how learning can...

This book identifies why presidents, prime ministers, and other leaders of countries often make blunders in foreign policy. Blunders have been recognized within the study of foreign policy, but no...

- Offers engaging debate surrounding leadership as a profession- Includes contributions from a diverse number of experts - Comprehensively illustrates the arguments for and against presenting...

Employs a business model framework which facilitates a common analytical approach to progressive business Each case study follows the same structure, covering the business profile, the business...

During the Progressive Era in the United States, as teaching became professionalized and compulsory attendance laws were passed, the public school emerged as a cultural authority. What did accepting...

This updated new edition explores the techniques used to assess the economic impact of projects in developing countries. Blending an academic understanding of economics and development with an...

Promoting Active Citizenship: Markets and Choice in Scandinavian WelfareAuthor: Karl Henrik SivesindPublisher: Palgrave MacMillanPublication Date: Sep 07, 2017Number of Pages: 325 pagesBinding:...

Assesses the early success against the 2012 termination of the Canadian government's "Understanding Canada" programEvaluates the implications of the program for Canadian Studies in key research...

This book eulogises a personality that has constructed a formidable scholarly and personal legacy that future generations of legal practitioners and socio-legal scholars in Africa should look to for...

This book examines the long-term development of the Irish welfare state since the late nineteenth century. It contests the consensus view that Ireland, like other Anglophone countries, has...