Social issues & processes
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Social issues & processes
Paperback. Introduces and tests a theory of ethnic violence, which provides an explanation of not only most ethnic violence, civil wars, and terrorism but many interstate wars as well. This book offers a synthesis of comparative politics and international relations theories, as well as a blend of statistical and historical case study methodologies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 line illus. 16 tables. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691123837
- ISBN
- 9780691123837
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€ 46.99€ 33.49
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Paperback. An account of ethnic minority politics, this work explains when and how European institutions successfully used norms and incentives to shape domestic policy toward ethnic minorities and why those measures sometimes failed. It also provides keen policy insights for the strategic choices made by actors in international institutions. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 line illus. 25 tables. BIC Classification: 1QFE; 1QFW; HBJD; HBLW3; JFFJ; JFSL; JPSN2; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691127712
- ISBN
- 9780691127712
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€ 46.99€ 33.37
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Paperback. Teaches you that the criminal justice system may actually be making the problem of domestic violence worse. Addressing the real dynamics of intimate abuse and incorporating proven methods of restorative justice, this work focuses on healing and transformation rather than shame or punishment. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE3; JFSJ; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 286.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691127729
- ISBN
- 9780691127729
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.43
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Hardback. A collection of personal letters to friends from a foreign correspondent who is trying to understand what she witnessed during the iconic human disasters of our time - in Iraq, Lebanon, Afghanistan, and New York City on September 11th, among the other places. Series: Human Rights and Crimes Against Humanity. Num Pages: 352 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: BJ; HBG; JFFE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 31. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691129037
- ISBN
- 9780691129037
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.43
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Hardback. Making a case for liberation that is based primarily on common moral intuitions and beliefs, and that therefore could attract wide understanding and support, this title attempts to change the terms of the liberation debate. It claims that speciesism is compatible with liberation. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691133287
- ISBN
- 9780691133287
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€ 65.36€ 50.98
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Paperback. Argues that demographic and environmental stress - the interactions among rapid population growth, environmental degradation, inequality, and emerging scarcities of vital natural resources - represents one important source of turmoil in today's world. Num Pages: 368 pages, 6 line illus. 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1QFG; JFFE; JPB; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 582.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691138350
- ISBN
- 9780691138350
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€ 46.99€ 33.37
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Paperback. Details how Americans have traditionally relied on narratives to address what it means to be strong, morally responsible individuals and to explain why some people are more successful than others - in short, to help us make sense of our lives. This title argues that these narratives have done little to help Americans confront new challenges. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691138558
- ISBN
- 9780691138558
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€ 33.99€ 24.81
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Paperback. Examines the roles violence and terrorism have played in the exercise of democratic ideals in America. This book explores how crowds, rallying behind the principle of popular sovereignty and desiring to make law conform to justice, can disdain law and engage in violence. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE; JPHV; JPW. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 228.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691138770
- ISBN
- 9780691138770
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€ 40.99€ 29.06
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Paperback. Where did affirmative action in employment come from? This book presents a fresh perspective, tracing the roots of the policy to partisan conflicts over fair employment practices (FEP) legislation from the 1940s to the 1970s. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 424 pages, 9 halftones. 8 line illus. 19 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFL; JPVH; LNHD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691139531
- ISBN
- 9780691139531
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
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Paperback. Explores the political challenges of responding to a stigmatized condition, and identifies ethnic boundaries - the formal and informal institutions that divide societies - as a central influence on politics and policymaking. Num Pages: 368 pages, 11 line illus. 21 tables. BIC Classification: 1QFG; JFFH2; JFFJ; JKSR; JPQB; MBNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691140193
- ISBN
- 9780691140193
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.55
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Paperback. The Dutch government had funded separate schools, housing projects and community organizations for Muslim immigrants, all under the umbrella of multiculturalism. But the reality of terrorism and radicalization of Muslim immigrants has shattered that dream. This work demonstrates that there are deep conflicts of values in the Netherlands. Num Pages: 176 pages, 15 line illus. 19 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDN; JFFJ; JFFN; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141015
- ISBN
- 9780691141015
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.32
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Hardback. With the election of Barack Obama as the first black president of the United States, the issue of racial justice in America occupies center stage. Have black Americans finally achieved racial justice? Is government intervention no longer required? This book offers fresh insights and effective remedies for race issues in America. Num Pages: 264 pages, 100 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141985
- ISBN
- 9780691141985
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€ 46.99€ 33.72
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Hardback. Illustrates how our consumer spending generates vast amounts of economic waste. This book provides explanations to show us why it's time to stop the madness and think twice before buying gifts for the holidays. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 5HC; JFCD; JFFT; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 110 x 20. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691142647
- ISBN
- 9780691142647
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.05
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Paperback. Takes readers into the ritualized world of mainstream American addiction treatment. This book explores the puzzling question: why do addiction counselors dedicate themselves to reconciling drug users' relationship to language in order to reconfigure their relationship to drugs? Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 halftones. 11 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFH1; JHMC; MMZR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691144504
- ISBN
- 9780691144504
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.48
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Hardback. Over the years, governments have delegated extensive regulatory authority to international private-sector organizations. This book examines who writes the rules in international private organizations, as well as who wins, who loses - and why. Num Pages: 320 pages, 13 halftones. 9 line illus. 20 tables. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPSN; KCL; LNPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691144795
- ISBN
- 9780691144795
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.45
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Hardback. In the Indian outsourcing industry, employees are expected to be "dead ringers" for the more expensive American workers they have replaced. This book chronicles the rise of a workforce for whom mimicry is a job requirement and a passion. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 halftones. 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFS; JHB; JHMC; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691147871
- ISBN
- 9780691147871
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Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 42.15
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Hardback. In the early twentieth century poverty became the focus of an anguished national conversation about the future of China. Investigating the lives of the urban poor in China during this critical era, this book examines the solutions implemented by a nation attempting to deal with "society's most fundamental problem." Num Pages: 320 pages, 14 halftones. 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBTB; JFFA; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691152103
- ISBN
- 9780691152103
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Condition: New
€ 71.30€ 54.95
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Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 10 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition, 1st Printing
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691152158
- ISBN
- 9780691152158
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
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Paperback. Presents an account of how international competition for the brightest minds is transforming the world of higher education - and why this revolution should be welcomed, not feared. Series: The William G. Bowen Memorial Series in Higher Education. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691154558
- ISBN
- 9780691154558
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.48
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Hardback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; KCG; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691157320
- ISBN
- 9780691157320
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.40
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€ 14.40