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Hardback. "Law on the Screen" advances understanding of connections between law and film, analyzing them as narrative forms, examining film for its jurisprudential content - that is, its ways of critiquing the present legal world and imagining an alternative one - and expanding studies of the representation of law in film to include questions of reception. Editor(s): Sarat, Austin; Douglas, Lawrence; Umphrey, Martha. Series: The Amherst Series in Law, Jurisprudence. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: APF; JFD; LA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 431.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804751629
- ISBN
- 9780804751629
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Condition: New
€ 88.57
€ 88.57
The University, State, and Market. The Political Economy of Globalizat...
. Ed(S): Rhoads, Robert A.; Torres, Carlos
Hardback. This is an examination of the complex relationships among universities, states, and markets in light of the growing influence of globalization. Editor(s): Rhoads, Robert A.; Torres, Carlos. Num Pages: 400 pages, 6 tables, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; JFFS; JNMN; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 735.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804751681
- ISBN
- 9780804751681
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Condition: New
€ 162.17
€ 162.17
hardcover. Lobbying for Inclusion shows that Latin American and Asian immigrant advocacy groups created in the wake of the 1965 immigration reforms were remarkably effective in influencing the formation of federal immigration law and policy. Num Pages: 248 pages, 30 tables, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; 1KL; JFFN; JPQB; LNDA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804751759
- ISBN
- 9780804751759
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Condition: New
€ 88.77
€ 88.77
Hardback. In 1999, the United Nations embarked on intervention in Kosovo. This book compares two adjacent municipalities two years into that intervention. Similar in all key respects, by 2001 the municipalities were headed down different paths - one making progress toward institution-building, democratization, and reconstruction; the other stagnating. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 table, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; 1FBQ; 1FCA; JF; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804751902
- ISBN
- 9780804751902
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Condition: New
€ 121.60
€ 121.60
Hardback. This collection of essays examines the worldwide dispersal of Asian populations and links these seemingly disparate movements through the category of Asian diasporas. Editor(s): Parrenas, Rhacel Salazar; Siu, Lok. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; JFF; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804752435
- ISBN
- 9780804752435
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Condition: New
€ 128.27
€ 128.27
Hardback. Consuming Citizenship investigates how Korean American and Chinese American children of entrepreneurial immigrants demonstrate their social citizenship and belonging as Americans through conspicuous consumption. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 184 pages, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFT; JFSL; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 367.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804752473
- ISBN
- 9780804752473
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Condition: New
€ 121.27
€ 121.27
Hardback. Algeria Cuts discusses the figure of woman under colonial rule in Algeria as well as within the postcolonial independent nation-state through an interdisciplinary framework that spans fine art, film, colonial and legal policy, manifestoes, prose fiction, and theoretical and philosophical texts concerning the relationship between France and Algeria. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 328 pages, 31 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBA; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 558.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804752619
- ISBN
- 9780804752619
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Condition: New
€ 150.03
€ 150.03
Hardback. This book argues that South Asians in the United States must be understood as a people who constantly move between two or more cultures, places, languages, and societies, thanks to technology, travel, and globalization. Editor(s): Rajan, Gita; Sharma, Shailja. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 381.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804752800
- ISBN
- 9780804752800
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Condition: New
€ 77.23
€ 77.23
Hardback. A comparative study of political attitudes across social classes, examining what accounts for such differences in opinion and determining whether these differences change over time Series: Studies in Social Inequality. Num Pages: 248 pages, 37 tables, 24 figures. BIC Classification: JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804752855
- ISBN
- 9780804752855
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Condition: New
€ 72.41
€ 72.41
hardcover. This book is an intimate look at how diasporic Chinese in Panama construct notions of home and create a sense of belonging as they inhabit the interstices of several cultural-national formations-Panama, China/Taiwan, and the United States. Num Pages: 272 pages, 3 figures, 1 illustration, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCP; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804753029
- ISBN
- 9780804753029
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Condition: New
€ 127.95
€ 127.95
Hardback. A provocative examination of prevailing thought on race and ethnicity in American society. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804753265
- ISBN
- 9780804753265
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Condition: New
€ 105.09
€ 105.09
Hardback. Popular Injustice focuses on the spread of highly punitive forms of social control (known locally as mano dura) in contemporary Latin America, with a particular focus on lynchings in postwar Guatemala. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFFE; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 449.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804753487
- ISBN
- 9780804753487
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Condition: New
€ 127.29
€ 127.29
Hardback. This book is about gender and civic membership in American constitutional politics from the adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment through Second Wave Feminism. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 640.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804753784
- ISBN
- 9780804753784
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Condition: New
€ 172.59
€ 172.59
Hardback. This book argues that states democratize through a process of socialization to a liberal global culture. This can be seen in Taiwan and Thailand, whereas in China the Communist party resists democratization. Series: Contemporary Issues in Asia and Pacific. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFC; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804753944
- ISBN
- 9780804753944
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Condition: New
€ 149.36
€ 149.36
Hardback. A sociological study of the cultural choices and identity negotiation of North African women immigrants in France. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; JFSJ1; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804754200
- ISBN
- 9780804754200
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Condition: New
€ 127.62
€ 127.62
Hardback. A comparative analysis of the political attitudes, values, and aspirations of citizens in European and North American societies. Editor(s): Svallfors, Stefan. Series: Studies in Social Inequality. Num Pages: 312 pages, 44 tables, 9 figures. BIC Classification: JFF; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 167 x 22. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804754354
- ISBN
- 9780804754354
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.43
€ 78.43
Hardback. Demonstrates how the campaign against "victim politics" and the "victim mentality" has profoundly altered Americans' understanding of victimhood, and investigates the consequences of this change in politics, law, culture, and the "war against terror." Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804754606
- ISBN
- 9780804754606
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.30
€ 116.30
Hardback. Addresses the impact of globalization on the lives of youth, focusing on the role of legal institutions and discourses. Editor(s): Venkatesh, Sudhir; Kassimir, Ronald. Num Pages: 384 pages, 4 tables, 6 figures. BIC Classification: JFFS; JFSP1; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804754736
- ISBN
- 9780804754736
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Condition: New
€ 128.43
€ 128.43
Hardback. This book argues that Japan's extremely low fertility rate is due to labor markets inhospitable to women , which make it difficult for them to balance home and work and discourage them from having as many children as they want. Editor(s): Rosenbluth, Frances. Num Pages: 240 pages, 29 tables, 31 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSJ1; JHBD; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804754866
- ISBN
- 9780804754866
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Condition: New
€ 72.18
€ 72.18
Hardback. Learn why we are busy, how busyness is affecting American families and lives, and what real people are doing about it. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804754910
- ISBN
- 9780804754910
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.69
€ 127.69