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Paperback. Around the year 1215, female mystics and their sacramental devotion were among orthodoxy's sophisticated weapons in the fight against heresy. While studies of sanctity and heresy tend to be undertaken separately, this book brings these two avenues of inquiry together. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; HBTB; HRAM7; HRLK2; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 542.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691118604
- ISBN
- 9780691118604
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€ 52.92€ 41.45
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Paperback. The events of September 11 and the subsequent war on terrorism have provoked widespread discussion about the possibility of democracy in the Islamic world. This work aims to engage the reader in a discourse on the challenges of democracy in contemporary Islam. Editor(s): Cohen, Joshua; Chasman, Deborah. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 143 x 9. Weight in Grams: 186.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691119380
- ISBN
- 9780691119380
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€ 36.99€ 26.99
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Hardback. Evaluates how well antipoverty and antidiscrimination policies and programs have worked - and whether they have sometimes actually made the problems worse. This book provides insights about the causes of, and possible solutions to, poverty and discrimination. Num Pages: 424 pages, 51 illus. 40 tables. BIC Classification: JFFA; JFFJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 32. Weight in Grams: 914.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691119540
- ISBN
- 9780691119540
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Condition: New
€ 103.49€ 78.05
€ 103.49
€ 78.05
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691119922
- ISBN
- 9780691119922
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€ 88.20€ 67.52
€ 88.20
€ 67.52
Paperback. Does globalization menace our cities? Are cities able to exercise democratic rule and strategic choice when international competition increasingly limits the importance of place? This book looks at the political responses of ten cities in North America and Western Europe as they grappled with the forces of global restructuring. Num Pages: 552 pages, 15 halftones. 31 line illus. 24 tables. BIC Classification: 1DD; 1KB; JFSG; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 662.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691120140
- ISBN
- 9780691120140
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€ 52.92€ 41.59
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Paperback. Talks about the good, the bad, and the ugly of identity politics. This book addresses fundamental questions of urgency while keeping in focus their relevance to contemporary debates. It shows that identity-group politics is not aberrant but inescapable in democracies because identity groups represent who people are, not only what they want. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JFS; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691120409
- ISBN
- 9780691120409
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.27
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Hardback. How should planners use the available evidence to choose treatments? This book addresses key aspects of this question, exploring and partially resolving pervasive problems of identification and statistical inference that arise when studying treatment response and making treatment choices. Series: The Econometric and Tinbergen Institutes Lectures. Num Pages: 128 pages, 7 tables. BIC Classification: JFF; KCJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 28.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 130
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691121536
- ISBN
- 9780691121536
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€ 88.20€ 66.99
€ 88.20
€ 66.99
Paperback. Why are people continually surprised to discover that money is "just" meaning? This title documents efforts to remake money and finance by Islamic bankers who seek to avoid interest and local currency proponents who would stand outside of national economies. It asks how alternative moneys escape and reenact dominant forms of money and finance. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 halftones. 5 line illus. 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFSR2; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 360.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691121970
- ISBN
- 9780691121970
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.73
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€ 37.73
Hardback. The German-Jewish experience through the rise of Nazism in 1933 was characterized by an explosion of cultural and intellectual creativity. This work seeks to explain this phenomenon and analyze how the German-Jewish legacy has permeated modes of Western thought and sensibility, and why these emigres occupy an iconic place in contemporary society. Num Pages: 216 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691122236
- ISBN
- 9780691122236
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€ 52.92€ 41.64
€ 52.92
€ 41.64
Paperback. Some groups participate in politics more than others. Why? And does it matter for policy outcomes? This book argues that democratic participation and public policy reinforce each other. It shows how highly participatory groups get their policy preferences fulfilled, and how public policy itself helps create political inequality. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 256 pages, 39 line illus. 52 tables. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691122502
- ISBN
- 9780691122502
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.94
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Paperback. Introduces readers to the history and culture of the Sephardic dispersion through an exploration of forty-three responsa - questions about Jewish law that Jews asked leading rabbis, and the rabbis' responses. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691122656
- ISBN
- 9780691122656
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€ 40.99€ 28.70
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Hardback. Unlike the 1930s, when the United States tragically failed to open its doors to Europeans fleeing Nazism, the country admitted over three million refugees during the Cold War. This book explores the reasons behind the remarkable changes to American refugee policy, laws, and programs. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBLW3; JFFD; JFFN; LNDA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691123325
- ISBN
- 9780691123325
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Condition: New
€ 64.68€ 50.37
€ 64.68
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Paperback. Offers an exploration of the lives of gay men in Indonesia. Based on a range of field methods, this book explores how Indonesian gay and lesbian identities are shaped by nationalism and globalization. It examines the possibilities of an "archipelagic" perspective on sameness and difference. Num Pages: 304 pages, 6 halftones. 13 line illus. 2 tables. 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691123349
- ISBN
- 9780691123349
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.94
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Paperback. Retrieves the forgotten feminism of the working women, illuminating the ideas that inspired them and the reforms they secured from employers and the state. This book contains stories of labor reformers who wanted equality and "special benefits," and who argued that gender differences must be accommodated. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 336 pages, 26 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 548.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691123684
- ISBN
- 9780691123684
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.67
€ 42.99
€ 30.67
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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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.23
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€ 33.23
Paperback. Offers a reconsideration of the philosophy of culture in the twentieth century. This book defends the holistic view that scientific belief is tested by experience but that such testing is rightly applied to systems or conjunctions of beliefs, not isolated beliefs. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691123981
- ISBN
- 9780691123981
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.49
€ 42.99
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Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691124094
- ISBN
- 9780691124094
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 38.90
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Paperback. Traces both the history of civil rights and black power politics as well as the history of suburbanization and home-owner politics. This work shows that racial inequities in both New Deal and Great Society liberalism precipitated local struggles over land, jobs, taxes, and race within postwar metropolitan development. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 408 pages, 30 halftones. 8 tables. 11 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSL; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691124865
- ISBN
- 9780691124865
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Condition: New
€ 46.91
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Paperback. Jewish legal and political thought developed in conditions of exile, where Jews had neither a state of their own nor citizenship in any other. What use, then, can this body of thought be to Jews living in Israel or as emancipated citizens in secular states? This collection of essays by political theorists and lawyers deals with such questions. Editor(s): Walzer, Michael. Series: Ethikon Series in Comparative Ethics. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR1; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691125084
- ISBN
- 9780691125084
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.35
€ 42.99
€ 30.35
Hardback. What happens to a country when its skilled workers emigrate? This book examines the complex economic, social, and political effects of emigration on India, and provides a framework for understanding the repercussions of international migration on migrants' home countries. Num Pages: 344 pages, 27 line illus. 76 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691125381
- ISBN
- 9780691125381
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.92€ 41.45
€ 52.92
€ 41.45