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Hardback. In contrast to a social scientific literature that characterizes Polish civil society as weak and passive, this volume focuses on forms of collective action that researchers too often ignore due to their theoretical and methodological blind spots. Editor(s): Jacobsson, Kerstin. Series: Studies on Civil Society. Num Pages: 372 pages, 5 figures, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVP; HPS; JPW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785335518
- ISBN
- 9781785335518
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.84
€ 164.84
Hardback. Bringing together historians and political scientists, this unique collaboration compares nineteenth-century civil societies that failed to develop lasting democracies with civil societies that succeeded. Editor(s): Bermeo, Nancy Gina; Nord, Philip G. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JHMC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847695492
- ISBN
- 9780847695492
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.46
€ 193.46
Paperback. The struggle of civil rights in America can be traced back to the arrival of the first Africans. This text tells the story of the civil rights struggle in its full context, emphasizing the role of those ignored by history, as well as the part played by education and religion. Editor(s): Birnbaum, Jonathan; Taylor, Clarence. Num Pages: 936 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; HBJK; JFFJ; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1633.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814782491
- ISBN
- 9780814782491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.62
€ 36.99
€ 35.62
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- For Beginners United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934389898
- ISBN
- 9781934389898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.67
€ 16.99
€ 16.67
Paperback. The second volume of Double Exposure, a major new series of books based on the remarkable NMAAHC photography archive. Num Pages: 80 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AGC; AJCR; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 183 x 11. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- GILES
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907804472
- ISBN
- 9781907804472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.05
€ 14.99
€ 12.05
Hardcover. From Gandhi?s salt march to the US civil rights movement and Occupy Wall Street, nonviolent campaigns to promote democracy, human rights and social justice have long played an important transformative role in local, national and global politics. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 142 x 49. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745682662
- ISBN
- 9780745682662
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.58
€ 71.58
Paperback.
From Gandhi?s salt march to the US civil rights movement and Occupy Wall Street, nonviolent campaigns to promote democracy, human rights and social justice have long played an important transformative role in local, national and global politics. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745682679
- ISBN
- 9780745682679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.26
€ 24.26
Hardback. Drawing on resources ranging from Hume's theory of moral sentiment to recent findings in neuroscience, this title provides an account of how passions can generate an impartial standpoint that yields binding and compelling conclusions in politics. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPHV; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691137254
- ISBN
- 9780691137254
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.97€ 41.45
€ 52.97
€ 41.45
Hardcover. This volume brings together cutting edge research on Israeli citizens and organizations mobilized around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. These pioneering perspectives provide a wealth of information on state-society relations in Israel, the boundaries of civil mobilization and on the prospects for Israeli democracy. Editor(s): Marteu, Elisabeth. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230614819
- ISBN
- 9780230614819
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.74
€ 62.74
Paperback. Shows that contrary to previous scholarly belief, the courts in Qing and Republican China dealt extensively with civil matters and, moreover, did so in a consistent and predictable way. Series: Law, Society & Culture in China. Num Pages: 356 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3J; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 595.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804737791
- ISBN
- 9780804737791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 42.10
€ 42.99
€ 42.10
hardcover. Based on newly available records of 628 civil dispute cases from the 1760's to the 1900's, this book challenges many conventional assumptions about the Qing legal system. Series: Law, Society & Culture in China. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLL; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 605.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804727402
- ISBN
- 9780804727402
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.16
€ 158.16
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Verso Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784783037
- ISBN
- 9781784783037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.22
€ 28.22
Hardback. Chinese civil examinations, a piece of social engineering worked out over centuries, prefigured the regime of meritocratic exams that undergirds higher education around the globe today. This book describes how education, examinations, and civil service fostered the world's first professional class based on demonstrated knowledge. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3J; HBJF; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674724952
- ISBN
- 9780674724952
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.44€ 52.13
€ 56.44
€ 52.13
Hardcover. What role might civil disobedience play in the politics of representative democracies as power 'leaks' from the nation state? If traditional politics has surrendered to the interests of global corporations what are the consequences? Quill proposes a reappraisal of civil disobedience and civil obedience in order to address these and other questions. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; JPW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230555051
- ISBN
- 9780230555051
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.15
€ 62.15
Hardback. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFM; 3JM; HBTV; HRHT; JFSR2; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag, Singapore
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789811032707
- ISBN
- 9789811032707
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.76
€ 108.76
Paperback. Civil Disobedience and the Politics of Identity is an attempt to provide criteria for when it is both morally necessary and politically expedient to break with civic harmony social cohesion in the name of a higher social justice. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB; JPA; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349461141
- ISBN
- 9781349461141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.36
€ 61.36
Hardcover. EPUB Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JM; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137330635
- ISBN
- 9781137330635
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.10
€ 63.10
Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 90 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 134 x 6. Weight in Grams: 80. Series: Thrift Editions. 90 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HPQ. Dimension: 210 x 134 x 6. Weight: 86.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Number of pages
- 90
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486275635
- ISBN
- 9780486275635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.42
€ 5.42
Paperback. How can we agree to disagree in today's pluralistic society, one in which individuals and groups are becoming increasingly polarized by fierce convictions that are often at odds with the ideas of others? This book shows how we can cope with diversity and be appropriately open toward opponents even while staying true to our convictions. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 10. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626160330
- ISBN
- 9781626160330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.15
€ 69.15
Hardcover. Demonstrates that the creation of a civil defense program produced dilemmas about the degree to which civilian society should be militarized to defend itself against threats. This book uncovers responses to the militarization of daily life and reveals how government planners and ordinary people negotiated their way at the dawn of the atomic age. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 240 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; JWKW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691001388
- ISBN
- 9780691001388
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.29€ 67.31
€ 88.29
€ 67.31