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Hardback. Examines the history of the Khomeinist movement in Iran to show how it is genetically programmed for war. This work shows how Khomeinsim can be defeated, enabling Iran to close the chapter of revolution and return to the global mainstream. It is suitable for those concerned about the future of Iran, terrorism, and prospects for middle east peace. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 164 x 34. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Encounter Books,USA United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594032400
ISBN
9781594032400
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.53

Hardback. This volume is an ambitious study of efforts by twentieth-century states to reshape-either through social policy or brute force-their societies and populations according to ideologies based on various theories of human perfectibility. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBG; HBJD; HBLW; JHBD; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804746229
ISBN
9780804746229
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 213.90

Paperback. This collection of essays provides a greater understanding of the history of the Gulf and the Arab world and is of relevance to Muslim women everywhere. Editor(s): Sonbol, Amira El-Azhary. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633099
ISBN
9780815633099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 46.95

Paperback. Explores the social and material life of dreams in contemporary Cairo. This title guides the reader through landscapes of the imagination that feature Muslim dream interpreters who draw on Freud, reformists who dismiss various forms of divination as superstition, and ordinary believers who speak of moving encounters with the Prophet Muhammad. Num Pages: 328 pages, 10 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460. Egyptian Landscapes of the Imagination. 328 pages, illustrations. Explores the social and material life of dreams in contemporary Cairo. This title guides the reader through landscapes of the imagination that feature Muslim dream interpreters who draw on Freud, reformists who dismiss various forms of divination as superstition, and ordinary believers who speak of moving encounters with the Prophet Muhammad. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JHMC. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 19. Weight: 460.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520258518
ISBN
9780520258518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.77

Hardcover. Focusing specifically on Jordanian and Palestinian women, Sonbol shows the legal constraints extant in a number of legal codes, namely penal codes that permit violence against Muslim women and personal status laws that require a husband's permission for a woman to work. Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 296 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1FBJ; 1FBP; HBJF1; JFSJ1; JFSR2; LAFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815629641
ISBN
9780815629641
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.92

Paperback. Focusing specifically on Jordanian and Palestinian women, Sonbol shows the legal constraints extant in a number of legal codes, namely penal codes that permit violence against Muslim women and personal status laws that require a husband's permission for a woman to work. Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 296 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1FBJ; 1FBP; HBJF1; JFSJ1; JFSR2; LAFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815629856
ISBN
9780815629856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 58 pages. BIC Classification: JNM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 170 x 6. Weight in Grams: 132.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
58
Condition
New
SKU
V9781616687472
ISBN
9781616687472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.18
€ 45.30

Paperback. Argues that the laws governing Israeli electronic media are structured to limit the boundaries of public discourse. This title contends that free speech in Israel is institutionally muted to ensure the continued domination of the Jewish majority and its preferred interpretation of what Israel means as a Jewish-democratic state. Series: The History of Communication. Num Pages: 192 pages, 3 line drawings, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFD; JPVH2; LNJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780252076930
ISBN
9780252076930
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.84

Hardback. A study of how Napoleon's very real and very serious threat to British India was countered. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTQ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 242 x 23. Weight in Grams: 634.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783271290
ISBN
9781783271290
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.30

Paperback. aeo The book highlights the importance of the autonomy of counter--elites of social movements in the move to more democratic and egalitarian Western democracies. aeo The author combines a liberal, democratic elite perspective with a progessive, egalitarian orientation. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745610689
ISBN
9780745610689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.33

Paperback. In this book, Amitai Etzioni, public intellectual and leading proponent of communitarian values, defends the view that no society can flourish without a shared obligation to "the common good. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745632674
ISBN
9780745632674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.32

paperback. Challenges those who argue that diversity or multiculturalism is about to become the governing American creed. This book presents evidence that Americans, whites and African Americans, Hispanics and Asian Americans, new immigrants and decedents of the Pilgrims, continue to share the same core of basic American values and aspirations. Series: New Forum Books. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 line illus., 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780691114576
ISBN
9780691114576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 32.66

Hardcover. Communitarian thought is at the heart of a fierce debate in political theory about the justice, efficacy and the future of liberalism and liberal societies. These essays bring communitarian thinking to bear on such contentious issues as abortion, homosexuality, free speech and personal autonomy. Editor(s): Etzioni, Amitai. Series: Constitutionalism and Democracy. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JPA; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 717.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813915647
ISBN
9780813915647
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.84

Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in Political Economy. Num Pages: 200 pages, 16. BIC Classification: JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801477089
ISBN
9780801477089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.84

Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in Political Economy. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16, 16 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FM; JPS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780801477362
ISBN
9780801477362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.31

Hardcover. Revisiting the question of contemporary Asian order and posing critical questions about the future of regional leadership in Asia, Amitav Acharya challenges the conventional wisdom that imagined the Asian order solely premised upon US-Japan-China relations and gave little attention to India-China-Southeast Asia relations. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: JPSL; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 149 x 26. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
OUP India India
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199461141
ISBN
9780199461141
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.38

paperback. How does the Iraq War affect the future world order? And what kinds of problems has this war brought about, and what is needed to remedy these problems, so as to reconstruct an order in Iraq and beyond? This volume is a collection of essays exploring these issues. Editor(s): Acharya, Amitav; Katsumata, Hiro. Series: Series on the Iraq War and Its Consequences. Num Pages: 164 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: HBW; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 340 x 245 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Wspc Singapore
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
164
Condition
New
SKU
V9789814324878
ISBN
9789814324878
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 36.15

Paperback. Editor(s): Kumar, Amitava (Associate Professor of English and Cultural Studies, Penn State University, USA). Num Pages: 312 pages, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816638376
ISBN
9780816638376
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.18

Paperback. Drawing upon anthropology, political science, environmental history, and political ecology, this study looks at how control over and access to resources have been defined, negotiated, and contested by colonial state agents, the postcolonial Malaysian state, and local people. Series: Culture, Place, and Nature. Num Pages: 232 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: 1FMM; JPVH3; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780295987620
ISBN
9780295987620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.32

hardcover. Traces the global history of human change and survival under the sway of capitalism since the voyages of Columbus. Series: World Social Change. Num Pages: 422 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 167 x 28. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
422
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742539204
ISBN
9780742539204
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.11

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