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Paperback. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 280 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBAH; HBJK; JFC; JFHF; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822319726
ISBN
9780822319726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Hardback. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JKS; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 750.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231150606
ISBN
9780231150606
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.62

Paperback. Takes a different approach to a question central to comparative politics and economics: why do some leaders of fragile democracies attain political success - culminating in reelection victories - when pursuing drastic, painful economic reforms while others see their political careers implode? Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 1KLSB; 1KLSR; 1KLSV; JP; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691117874
ISBN
9780691117874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.49
€ 42.14

Hardback. Bow takes a close look at four major bilateral disputes between Canada and the United States to show that contrary to some reports the US has not made coercive linkages between issues to get its own way. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774816953
ISBN
9780774816953
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.81

Paperback. Says that not only are Latinos a religious community, but their religious institutions inform daily life and politics in Latino communities to a considerable degree. This work shows that Latino religious institutions have played a significant role in the poor and urban communities where Latinos live. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRLM; JFSL4; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814794142
ISBN
9780814794142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Paperback. The Carnegie Corporation, among this country's oldest and most important foundations, has underwritten projects ranging from the writings of David Riesman to Sesame Street. Lagemann's lively history focuses on how foundations quietly but effectively use power and private money to influence public policies. Num Pages: 364 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSN1; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226467801
ISBN
9780226467801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.49

Hardcover. How does the government decide what's a problem and what isn't? In this title, the authors focuses to the problem-detection process itself, showing how the growth or contraction of government is closely related to how it searches for information and how, as an organization, it analyzes its findings. Num Pages: 264 pages, 48 figures, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226198095
ISBN
9780226198095
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 79.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231140751
ISBN
9780231140751
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.32

Hardback. Since the early days of the American republic, political thinkers have maintained that a grossly unequal division of property, wealth, and power would lead to the erosion of democratic life. The author presents America's intellectual history to reclaim the politics of inequality from the distortion of American conservatism. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231140744
ISBN
9780231140744
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.58
€ 79.12

Paperback. Why do legislators in Congress do what they do when it comes to voting on immigration policy? In The Politics of Immigration, Tom K. Wong argues that contemporary immigration politics is defined by three core features. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190235314
ISBN
9780190235314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.17

hardcover. Why do legislators in Congress do what they do when it comes to voting on immigration policy? In The Politics of Immigration, Tom K. Wong argues that contemporary immigration politics is defined by three core features. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 10.
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Publication date
2017
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780190235307
ISBN
9780190235307
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 174.90

Paperback. Updated through 2012 with all-new material in every chapter, Schain's book provides a detailed, comparative look at the policies that drive and inform immigration politics in three Western countries, and shows how immigration policy has political sources far beyond labor market needs. Series: Perspectives in Comparative Politics. Num Pages: 352 pages, 3 figures, 56 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 1KBB; JFFN; JPB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Revised, Update
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230341173
ISBN
9780230341173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.65

Paperback. Situates liberalism in the convulsive 1960s and illuminates the challenges that face liberalism. Series: The James Madison Library in American Politics. Num Pages: 584 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; JPFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 101 x 32. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
584
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691134758
ISBN
9780691134758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.49
€ 42.00

Paperback. This text analyzes the socio-economic and political forces that explain the federal health policies of the US from 1980 to 1992. It discusses the major political and social forces responsible for the public policies of successive US administrations, with particular emphasis on health policy. Num Pages: 248 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JKS; JPQB; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557863188
ISBN
9781557863188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.02

Paperback. Examines the role and influence of race and ethnicity in the contemporary American city through three case studies of urban politics and policy decisions in Los Angeles, New York, and San Diego. Num Pages: 296 pages, 3 tables, 1 figure, 4 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804759304
ISBN
9780804759304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.48

Hardback. Examines the role and influence of race and ethnicity in the contemporary American city through three case studies of urban politics and policy decisions in Los Angeles, New York, and San Diego. Num Pages: 296 pages, 3 tables, 1 figure, 4 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 712. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804759298
ISBN
9780804759298
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.86

Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 tables. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; HRAM2; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691161303
ISBN
9780691161303
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; HRAM2; HRCC99. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 287 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691173702
ISBN
9780691173702
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.32

Paperback. The indigenous people of the Americas have resisted a 500-year assault. During this time, authorities insisted that the toleration of indigenous societies would undermine the states. However, they have started to reverse themselves. This work offers the history behind these times of transition. Series: David Rockefeller Centre for Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 340 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; JFSL9; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Harvard University Press Massachusetts
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674009646
ISBN
9780674009646
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.53

Paperback. Examines when, why, and how presidents talk about the economy, and whether the president's economic rhetoric matters. This book demonstrates conclusively that such presidential words do matter. It concludes that rhetoric is indeed a tool of presidential leadership that can be used unilaterally to affect a range of political and economic outcomes. Num Pages: 232 pages, 37 line illus. 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHL; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691134727
ISBN
9780691134727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMVD; JFSG; JPR; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 748.
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813120522
ISBN
9780813120522
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.12

paperback. Ange-Marie Hancock argues that beliefs about poor African American mothers were the foundation for the contentious 1996 welfare reform debate that effectively "ended welfare as we know it." She shows how stereotypes and politically motivated misperceptions about race, class and gender were effectively used to instigate a politics of disgust. Num Pages: 210 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKS; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814736708
ISBN
9780814736708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN; JPSN; KCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477309995
ISBN
9781477309995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN; JPSN; KCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 238 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477309407
ISBN
9781477309407
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.27

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