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Paperback. Argues that America needs a stronger Congress and a more engaged citizenry in order to ensure responsive and effective democracy. This book explains how Congress has drifted away from the role envisioned for it in the Constitution as a body whose power and influence would be preeminent in the American system of government. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Edition
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253221650
- ISBN
- 9780253221650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.50
€ 16.99
€ 16.50
Hardback. As time banking has received increased attention from policy makers as a means for promoting welfare reform in the wake of austerity, this book is the first to look at the concept of time within social policy to examine time banking theory and practice. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JHBA; JKSN1; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 172 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447318293
- ISBN
- 9781447318293
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.74
€ 105.74
Paperback. Every summer, thousands gather from around the world in the heat of Nevada's Black Rock Desert for the seven-day celebration of art, community, and fire known as Burning Man. This ethnography of the Burning Man phenomenon explores why 'burners' come in vast numbers to transform a temporary gathering of strangers into an enduring community. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 b/w photographs, 1 line illustration, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWN; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition, Includes DVD
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520260887
- ISBN
- 9780520260887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.42
€ 40.99
€ 29.42
Hardcover. In this work, the authors address the need to be culturally competent with patients, and to manage and cultivate cultural inclusiveness among staff. Readers can find practical information and specific suggestions for fostering skills, knowledge and awareness. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFF; JFSL1; JKSW; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 533.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787940416
- ISBN
- 9780787940416
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.04
€ 82.04
Hardback. Human ecology is interpreted to include structural and functional changes in human social organization and sociocultural systems. This book features theoretical, empirical and review papers on scientific human ecology. Editor(s): Freese, Lee. Series: Advances in Human Ecology S. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFS; RNC; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 608. Series: Advances in Human Ecology S. 300 pages. Editor(s): Freese, Lee. Human ecology is interpreted to include structural and functional changes in human social organization and sociocultural systems. This book features theoretical, empirical and review papers on scientific human ecology. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFS; RNC; RNT. Dimension: 246 x 166 x 23. Weight: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762305674
- ISBN
- 9780762305674
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 173.90
€ 173.90
Hardback. Possibly the most important battle in Roman history, Actium drew the final curtain on the Roman Republic and ushered in the Roman Empire Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA; HBW; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 241 x 27. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473847149
- ISBN
- 9781473847149
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.31
€ 26.99
€ 20.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 13 halftones, 1 line art, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSC; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816649280
- ISBN
- 9780816649280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.45
€ 30.99
€ 27.45
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 302 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF; JPHL; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691640952
- ISBN
- 9780691640952
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.67
€ 150.67
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 302 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691613086
- ISBN
- 9780691613086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.17€ 39.91
€ 50.17
€ 39.91
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The New Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595586391
- ISBN
- 9781595586391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.77
€ 18.99
€ 17.77
Hardback. Federal judges are not just robots or politicians in robes, yet their behavior is not well understood, even among themselves. Using statistical methods, a political scientist, an economist, and a judge construct a unified theory of judicial decision-making to dispel the mystery of how decisions from district courts to the Supreme Court are made. Num Pages: 440 pages, 20 graphs, 100 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 170 x 33. Weight in Grams: 842.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674049895
- ISBN
- 9780674049895
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.05€ 56.91
€ 62.05
€ 56.91
Hardback. Recounts the life and career of American president Ronald Reagan. This work covers his small-town Midwestern roots through to his Hollywood film star days to his presidential role as redeemer of the American dream and victorious leader in the Cold War. It also analyzes the qualities of leadership that enabled him to meet each challenge and crisis. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742543751
- ISBN
- 9780742543751
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.23
€ 24.99
€ 22.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 572 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 699.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Regnery Publishing Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 572
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781621574583
- ISBN
- 9781621574583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.62
€ 21.99
€ 21.62
Paperback. This title seeks to show that the mass media can either enrich or enslave the human spirit, depending upon their moral foundation. If the media follow a liberal democratic model, they contribute to a free society. If they follow an authoritarian or totalitarian model they can perpetuate a regime. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813209920
- ISBN
- 9780813209920
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.85
€ 40.85
Paperback. Prominent theorist rethinks the psychoanalytic assumptions underlying queer theory. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 208 pages, 61 illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; JFSK; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 146 x 52. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822333692
- ISBN
- 9780822333692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.38
€ 26.99
€ 25.38
paperback. The Business of America is Lobbying provides a fascinating and detailed picture of what corporations do in Washington, why they do it, and why it matters. Lively and engaging, rigorous and nuanced, The Business of America is Lobbying will change how we think about lobbying - and how we might reform it. Series: Studies in Postwar American Political Development. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPP; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190677435
- ISBN
- 9780190677435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.93
€ 39.93
Paperback. An account of how anthropology has responded to and helped shape ideas about race and culture in the United States, and how its ideas have been appropriated to different ends. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822346982
- ISBN
- 9780822346982
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.32
€ 37.99
€ 34.32
Hardback. Begins with a look at the ideas of Mancur Olson and George Williams, who shifted the question of why cooperation happens from an emphasis on group benefits to individual costs. This book then explores how these ideas have influenced our thinking about cooperation, coordination, and collective action. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 line illus. BIC Classification: JHB; JHM; JPA; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691154954
- ISBN
- 9780691154954
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.80
€ 46.99
€ 33.80
Paperback. The authors present an effective framework for integrating comprehensive literacy or fluency into the traditional curriculum to prepare students for a technology-driven and global culture. Series: The 21st Century Fluency Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 344 x 13. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Corwin Press
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781412987806
- ISBN
- 9781412987806
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 42.72
€ 42.99
€ 42.72
Num Pages: over 200 color/bw images. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 284 x 225 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1434.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764339479
- ISBN
- 9780764339479
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.23€ 61.77
€ 67.23
€ 61.77