Palgrave Macmillan

This book examines public administration in South Asia in the context of rapid changes and modernization of administrative traditions, thoughts, and practices. The existing literature has, however,...

The book utilises Gramsci?s concepts of hegemony, counter-hegemony, organic intellectuals, and integral state to interrogate how modes of engagement between the state and civil society have...

This open access book unveils the hidden elite of Italy's third sector, offering a rare glimpse into the lives and minds of civil society's most influential leaders. Bridging elite and civil society...

This open access book introduces a groundbreaking concept - civil society elites - and serves as an essential resource for scholars, researchers and students interested in the complexities of power...

Explores the narrative forms and strategies associated with civil war, from early modern times to the present day Provides a multidisciplinary approach to the subject, covering a range of...

The first book to integrate two emerging research techniques for the study of civil war - process tracing methods and micro-level analysis Includes unique datasets to provide novel insights into...

This book explores the impact and efficiency of Western intervention in African civil wars. Emphasizing the relational conditions to the study of interventions, it posits the importance of...

This volume examines Lebanon's post-2011 security dilemmas and the tenuous civil-military relations. The Syrian civil war has strained the Lebanese Armed Forces' (LAF) cohesion and threatens its...

This edited book examines the growing worldwide phenomenon of civilizational populism in democratic nation-states and brings together research that explores this in a wide variety of religious,...

This volume explores the subterfuges, strategies, and choices that Australian women writers have navigated in order to challenge patriarchal stereotypes and assert themselves as writers of substance...

Redresses an imbalance in the historiography of the Irish class system, offering a much-needed account of the Irish rural proletariatExamines a wide range of sources to uncover the experiences and...

This book develops a theoretical approach to social stratification and applies it to the development of the official system of state honours in Britain. It examines both class and status, and sets...

This two-volume work brings together studies focusing on the Greek realities of class as they appear in and through the Greek media realm. Critically engaging with traditions of class analysis, it...

This two-volume work brings together studies focusing on the Greek realities of class as they appear in and through the Greek media realm. Critically engaging with traditions of class analysis, it...

Classical Culture and Witchcraft in Medieval and Renaissance ItalyAuthor: Marina MontesanoPublisher: Palgrave MacMillanPublication Date: Jul 26, 2018Number of Pages: 278 pagesBinding: Hardback or...

Provides the first comprehensive history of classical music radio in the UK in the twentieth centurySheds light on the relationship between culture and society in the UK between 1945 and 1995Explores...

Invites scholars to reappraise the ways in which the dynamics of the contemporary Irish poetic scene have often been readPlaces close readings of key poems within the broader context of the poets'...

This book listens to the voices of post-school teachers, managers, theorists, trainees, teacher educators and students talking about the battle against being educated. It analyses models of classroom...

This book offers a comprehensive examination of how school leaders can institute detracking in their school with research-based best practices. Since the 1980s, researchers and educators have called...

This book investigates the impact of integrating culturally relevant and pedagogically dynamic classroom management strategies into the curriculum of an urban secondary education pre-service methods...

This book provides guidance for improving primary classroom reading instruction. As education stakeholders now recognise, there is an urgent need for policy and practice beyond phonics and for...

This book follows the figure of 'the clever girl' from the post-war to the present and focuses on the fiction, plays and memoirs of contemporary British women writers. Spurred on by an ethic of...

This book examines the approaches to climate change adaptation in water governance taken by South Korea and Germany. By comparing their political decision-making processes, this book explores the...

Emphasises the need for narrative analysis in understanding the current political and public debate surrounding climate change Suggests an analytical scheme for investigating cultural narratives with...

This book analyzes climate change from a societal risk perspective, considering IPCC data, harm reduction, and global impact. Climate change is a globalised agent of social disruption whose impacts...

Climate Change Fictions: Representations of Global Warming in American LiteratureAuthor: Antonia MehnertPublisher: Palgrave MacMillanPublication Date: Nov 14, 2016Number of Pages: 254 pagesBinding:...

?While significant attention has been devoted to achieving Sustainable Development Goal 13 (SDG 13) and scaling up climate finance for developing countries, the adverse impacts of funded projects on...

This edited collection of works by leading climate scientists and philosophers introduces readers to issues in the foundations, evaluation, confirmation, and application of climate models. It engages...

This book provides an innovative theoretical and analytical framework for studying the role and impact of specialized research organizations and consultancies on decision making in climate politics...

Climate change is defining structural modifications that affect the economy and the financial system. Within Europe, supervisors and supervised entities are increasingly focusing on the consequences...