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Hardback. Modernism as a Philosophical Problem, 2e presents a new interpretation of the negative and critical self--understanding characteristic of much European high culture since romanticism and especially since Nietzsche, and answers the question of why the issue of modernity became a philosophical problem in European tradition. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631214137
- ISBN
- 9780631214137
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.41
€ 121.41
Paperback. This monograph reviews the research, practice, and policy literatures pertaining to children without permanent parents, most of whom spend their early months or years in institutions. Series: Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development. Num Pages: 316 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118307007
- ISBN
- 9781118307007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.44
€ 53.44
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- second edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801894916
- ISBN
- 9780801894916
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.87
€ 41.99
€ 34.87
Hardcover. Conservatism has been the most important political doctrine in the United States for nearly four decades. It has dominated the intellectual debate and largely set the policy agenda, even during years of Democratic electoral control. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; JPFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745664293
- ISBN
- 9780745664293
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.42
€ 19.42
paperback. States are increasingly important players in the efforts to reform US health care, as the federal government withdraws from this responsibility. This title analyzes the varied routes states have taken in reformulating health care policy and provides a road map of what specific strategies work and why. Series: American Governance and Public Policy Series. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSW; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878406692
- ISBN
- 9780878406692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.73
€ 74.73
Paperback. This edition bring up-to-date the author's seminal study of mental retardation. Focusing on the role of stigma and the efforts of the mentally handicapped to pass normal lives, the text explores such areas as social competence, independence and quality of life. Num Pages: 276 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG; MBPK; MMZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Rev and Updated ed.
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520082267
- ISBN
- 9780520082267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.52
€ 36.99
€ 26.52
Paperback. Offers an overview of public administration theory that presents multiple viewpoints, enabling students to develop their own philosophies of public administration, and helping them relate theory to application. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 231 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Cengage Learning, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 7th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781285436333
- ISBN
- 9781285436333
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 171.68
€ 171.68
Hardback. Few figures in modern French history have aroused more controversy than Marshal Philippe Petain, who rose from obscurity to great fame in the First World War only to fall into infamy during the dark days of Nazi occupation in World War II. This volume examines his life and career. Num Pages: 150 pages, 16 illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD; HBWN; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574885989
- ISBN
- 9781574885989
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.81
€ 24.99
€ 24.81
Paperback. This text examines the nature of language from the perspective of inference rather than representation. It proposes a theory that renders linguistic "meaning" in terms of "use", explaining how semantic content can be conferred on expressions and attitudes that are part of social practice. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; CFB; CFG; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 36. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674543300
- ISBN
- 9780674543300
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 44.73
€ 53.99
€ 44.73
Paperback. Scholars, students, and policymakers will appreciate the volume's timely overview of the evolution of aging policy. Editor(s): Hudson, Robert B. Num Pages: 296 pages, 22, 22 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSG; JPQB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 151 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- third edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421414874
- ISBN
- 9781421414874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.36
€ 41.99
€ 34.36
Hardback. Provides compelling and probing case studies of economic problems and public housing plights in Albuquerque, Dallas, Houston, Phoenix and San Antonio. This book also provides brief histories of each city - all of which expanded dynamically between 1935 and 1965 - and how they responded to slums under the Housing Acts of 1937, 1949, and 1954. Series: Urban Life, Landscape and Policy. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 1KBBW; 3JJ; JFFB; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439911150
- ISBN
- 9781439911150
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.82
€ 95.82
Hardback. Editor(s): Axelrod, Professor Political Science Robert (University of Michigan). Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 422 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691644165
- ISBN
- 9780691644165
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.04€ 137.30
€ 184.04
€ 137.30
Paperback. Serves as an introductory text on complexity theory and computer modeling in the social sciences and as an overview of the state of the art in the field. The articles study a set of issues, including how to cope with errors in perception or implementation, how norms emerge, and how new political actors and regions of shared culture can develop. Series: Princeton Studies in Complexity. Num Pages: 248 pages, 16 tables 20 line drawings. BIC Classification: JHBC; UGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691015675
- ISBN
- 9780691015675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.43€ 42.11
€ 53.43
€ 42.11
Paperback. How can co-operation emerge in a world of self-seeking egoists - whether superpowers, businesses, or individuals - when there is no central authority to police their actions? This title explores this question, and its implications in this age of nuclear weapons and arms talks. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JF; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140124958
- ISBN
- 9780140124958
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Lexington Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739195437
- ISBN
- 9780739195437
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.30
€ 57.30
Paperback. Proposes a solution to a fundamental debate in contemporary ethnography: the source of ethnographic authority. The author advocates the method of reflexive analysis as a way of making ethnography a more scientific endeavor. He challenges standards of ethnographic practice in data collection, analysis and presentation. Num Pages: 296 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JHMP; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759102750
- ISBN
- 9780759102750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.52
€ 68.52
Hardback. Proposes a solution to a fundamental debate in contemporary ethnography: the source of ethnographic authority. The author advocates the method of reflexive analysis as a way of making ethnography a more scientific endeavor. He challenges standards of ethnographic practice in data collection, analysis and presentation. Num Pages: 296 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JHMP; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759102743
- ISBN
- 9780759102743
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.91
€ 163.91
Paperback. Editor(s): Atkins, Robert; Mintcheva, Svetlana. Num Pages: 384 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFMD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The New Press New York
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595580504
- ISBN
- 9781595580504
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.18
€ 30.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888643063
- ISBN
- 9780888643063
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.53
€ 34.99
€ 25.53
Paperback. A collection of essays which focus on the theme of American grand strategy. It covers topics such as: the use of force; coercive diplomacy; nuclear deterrence; defence policy; the role of NATO; and, US-European relations. It also provides a coherent assessment of the role that American military power plays in international politics. Num Pages: 408 pages, 6 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415952347
- ISBN
- 9780415952347
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.03
€ 56.03