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Paperback. Duverger's Law argues that countries with plurality-based electoral methods will tend to become two-party systems. This book considers national-level evidence for the operation of Duverger's Law in Britain, Canada, India and the United States. Editor(s): Grofman, Bernard; Blais, Andre; Bowler, Shaun. Series: Studies in Public Choice. Num Pages: 173 pages, 24 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2009
- Number of pages
- 173
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441918857
- ISBN
- 9781441918857
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Condition: New
€ 122.33
€ 122.33
Paperback. This work explores cosmetic surgery as a cultural phenomenon of late modernity. It shows how cosmetic surgery has been represented in medicine and popular culture, drawing upon a range examples taken from the media, music, performance art and literature. Series: Explorations in Bioethics and the Medical Humanities. Num Pages: 176 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPS; JFC; MNPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742514218
- ISBN
- 9780742514218
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Condition: New
€ 58.22
€ 58.22
Hardback. This work explores cosmetic surgery as a cultural phenomenon of late modernity. It shows how cosmetic surgery has been represented in medicine and popular culture, drawing upon a range examples taken from the media, music, performance art and literature. Series: Explorations in Bioethics and the Medical Humanities. Num Pages: 176 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPS; JFC; MNPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742514201
- ISBN
- 9780742514201
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.22
€ 171.22
Drunk on Capitalism. an Interdisciplinary Reflection on Market Economy...
. Ed(S): Vanderbeeken, Robrecht; Le Roy, Fred...
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Vanderbeeken, Robrecht; Le Roy, Frederik; Stalpaert, Christel; Aerts, Diederik. Series: Einstein Meets Magritte: An Interdisciplinary Reflection on. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, colour tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: AB; GB; HPCF; HPS; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400738188
- ISBN
- 9789400738188
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Condition: New
€ 121.80
€ 121.80
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Permanent Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781856232432
- ISBN
- 9781856232432
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.54
€ 14.99
€ 12.54
Paperback. This is an in-depth analysis of dramatization as method in the work of Deleuze and Guattari. It provides an account of the value of this method for the study of the political with particular emphasis on the relationship between politics and art. Num Pages: 160 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPCF; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349368631
- ISBN
- 9781349368631
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Condition: New
€ 62.58
€ 62.58
Hardcover. This is an in-depth analysis of dramatization as method in the work of Deleuze and Guattari. It provides an account of the value of this method for the study of the political with particular emphasis on the relationship between politics and art. Num Pages: 160 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230580718
- ISBN
- 9780230580718
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Condition: New
€ 63.61
€ 63.61
Hardback. Technologies have altered our lives, opinions and attitudes dramatically. Many of these changes are desirable, but in the past people have also suffered many unexpected, undesirable impacts. This book explores how engineers, policy makers and users can take responsibility for the influence of upcoming technologies on our societies. Series: Philosophy of Engineering and Technology. Num Pages: 160 pages, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 163 x 14. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400716391
- ISBN
- 9789400716391
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Condition: New
€ 184.95
€ 184.95
Hardback. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPN; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231173087
- ISBN
- 9780231173087
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.09€ 46.48
€ 59.09
€ 46.48
Paperback. Translator(s): Roth, Nancy Ann. Series: Electronic Mediations. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFD; UD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 205 x 15. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816670239
- ISBN
- 9780816670239
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.80
€ 24.99
€ 24.80
Paperback. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the debate on democracy, power and globalization. It presents different aspects as a coherent whole and integrates thinking about the principles of democracy with concrete political issues. Editor(s): Tinnevelt, Ronald; Geenens, Raf. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2009
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048180042
- ISBN
- 9789048180042
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Condition: New
€ 121.80
€ 121.80
Hardback. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the debate on democracy, power and globalization. It presents different aspects as a coherent whole and integrates thinking about the principles of democracy with concrete political issues. Editor(s): Tinnevelt, Ronald; Geenens, Raf. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; LAB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402088483
- ISBN
- 9781402088483
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Condition: New
€ 126.03
€ 126.03
Paperback. George Bush's 1988 campaign pledge, "Read my lips: no new taxes", has become a mantra for those who distrust politicians and bureaucrats. This book addresses the timely issue of speech in policy processes from a political-economy perspective. Series: Studies in Public Choice. Num Pages: 306 pages, 65 black & white illustrations, 40 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: CB; HPS; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461417200
- ISBN
- 9781461417200
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Condition: New
€ 184.79
€ 184.79
Paperback. In a world driven by technology and ever-closer global networks, is humanity approaching a Golden Age, or is the notion of progress an illusion born in the West? Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 177 x 21. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786070760
- ISBN
- 9781786070760
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.85
€ 10.99
€ 9.85
Paperback. Translator(s): Derieg, Aileen. Series: Semiotext(e) / Foreign Agents. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Autonomedia
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584351801
- ISBN
- 9781584351801
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.37
€ 17.99
€ 16.37
Paperback. Illuminates the social pretentions of the middle classes in the modern world, focusing on the tastes and preferences of the French bourgeoisie. This book argues that the social world functions simultaneously as a system of power relations and as a symbolic system in which minute distinctions of taste become the basis for social judgement. Translator(s): Nice, Richard. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 640 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 37. Weight in Grams: 874.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 640
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415567886
- ISBN
- 9780415567886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.41
€ 26.99
€ 25.41
Hardback. A collection of essays on art and politics. It shows how the author's ideas can be used to analyse contemporary trends in both art and politics, including the events surrounding 9/11, war in the contemporary consensual age, and the ethical turn of aesthetics and politics. Translator(s): Corcoran, Steven. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN; HPS; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 207 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 366. On Politics and Aesthetics. 208 pages. A collection of essays on art and politics. It shows how the author's ideas can be used to analyse contemporary trends in both art and politics, including the events surrounding 9/11, war in the contemporary consensual age, and the ethical turn of aesthetics and politics. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN; HPS; JPA. Dimension: 207 x 137 x 23. Weight: 366. Translator(s): Corcoran, Steven.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847064455
- ISBN
- 9781847064455
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.15
€ 52.99
€ 37.15
Hardback. Over the last decade, Axel Honneth has established himself as one of the leading social and political philosophers in the world today. Rooted in the tradition of critical theory, his writings have been central to the revitalization of critical theory and have become increasingly influential. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745629056
- ISBN
- 9780745629056
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Condition: New
€ 79.17
€ 79.17
Hardback. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 36. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474272704
- ISBN
- 9781474272704
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.81€ 46.20
€ 50.81
€ 46.20
Discourses of Olympism: From the Sorbonne 1894 to London 2012 (Global ...
Chatziefstathiou, Dikaia, Henry, Ian P.
Hardcover. This book evaluates the moral project of Olympism, analzying the changing value positions adopted in relation to the ideology of Olympism across the period from the 1890s to the present day. The book also analyzes discourses of Olympism concerned with youth, governance, sport for development and international relations. Series: Global Culture and Sport Series. Num Pages: 313 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; HPS; JHBS; WSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230289574
- ISBN
- 9780230289574
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.54
€ 143.54
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Bedford/St. Martin's
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312468422
- ISBN
- 9780312468422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 43.07
€ 47.99
€ 43.07
Paperback. Demonstrates how the growth of civilization corrupts man's natural happiness and freedom by creating artificial inequalities of wealth, power and social privilege. Translator(s): Cranston, Maurice. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140444391
- ISBN
- 9780140444391
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Translator(s): Rose, Julie. Num Pages: 150 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 150
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- First edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816628452
- ISBN
- 9780816628452
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Hardcover. Brings out the essential themes of Christian theology and social thought in a radical way, suitable to a radical situation. This book conducts a theological and philosophical investigation which provides a different interpretation of Berdyaev's response in the light of its historical setting. Num Pages: 453 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 188 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1160.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 453
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788778388070
- ISBN
- 9788778388070
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.94
€ 30.99
€ 22.94