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Hardback. Against prevailing views on what it means to enjoy power as individuals, cultures, or nations, this book looks at the making of cultural and national identities in modern China as building success from failure. Num Pages: 344 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSBF; DSBH; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804751766
- ISBN
- 9780804751766
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.62
€ 89.62
Hardback. Elected Affinities provides a new and comprehensive account of politics in postcommunist Slovakia and the Czech Republic and offers a useful framework for understanding the competing influences of social structure and the contingent decisions of political leaders in new democracies. Num Pages: 352 pages, 7 tables, 15 figures. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; 1DVKS; 3JJPR; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804752060
- ISBN
- 9780804752060
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.93
€ 94.93
Paperback. This book, the fifteenth and final volume of the series The Making of Modern Freedom, explores a variety of issues surrounding questions of human rights and freedom in China. Editor(s): Kirby, William C. Series: The Making of Modern Freedom Series. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; HBJF; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804752329
- ISBN
- 9780804752329
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.54
€ 40.99
€ 36.54
Hardback. Sacred Bonds of Solidarity is a history of the emergence of Jewish international aid and the language of "solidarity" that accompanied it in nineteenth-century France. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804752510
- ISBN
- 9780804752510
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.87
€ 95.87
Hardback. As the first comprehensive effort to view the modern class action through the lenses of American constitutional and political theory, this book contends that the procedural device needs to be substantially modified to prevent it from violating key constitutional and democratic precepts. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHV; LNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804752749
- ISBN
- 9780804752749
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.24
€ 151.24
Hardback. A Poverty of Rights examines the history of poor people's citizenship in Rio from the 1920s through the 1960s, the 20th-century period that most critically shaped urban development, social inequality, and the meaning of law and rights in modern Brazil. Num Pages: 488 pages, 14 tables, 3 figures, 5 illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JJ; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804752909
- ISBN
- 9780804752909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.24
€ 151.24
Hardback. In Geography of Hope, French sociologist and historian Pierre Birnbaum examines the work of the some of the prominent Jewish social scientists of the past two centuries in order to analyze their range of responses to the tensions between the Enlightenment call for universalism and the reality of Jewish particularism. Translator(s): Mandell, Charlotte. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 31. Weight in Grams: 789.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804752930
- ISBN
- 9780804752930
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.85
€ 90.85
Hardback. Public Opinion in State Politics gathers together the best new research by leading scholars on the factors that shape state level public opinion, as well as the impact of such opinion on state politics and public policies. Editor(s): Cohen, Jeffrey. Num Pages: 304 pages, 42 tables, 23 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804753005
- ISBN
- 9780804753005
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.04
€ 95.04
Hardback. An ethnographic study of women's shelters in Parma, Italy, this book examines how local residents understand, explain, and negotiate gender relations and intimate partner violence. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; JFFE3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804753012
- ISBN
- 9780804753012
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.21
€ 77.21
Paperback. This book examines the structure and impact of the SARS epidemic, and its short- and medium-range implications for an interconnected, globalized world. In so doing, it poses a question of the greatest possible significance: Can we learn from SARS before the next pandemic? Editor(s): Kleinman, Arthur; Watson, James L. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPQB; MBNS; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804753142
- ISBN
- 9780804753142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.08
€ 26.99
€ 25.08
Hardback. The Shape of Revelation highlights the image of form-creation, sheer presence, lyric pathos, rhythmic repetition, open spatial dynamism, and erotic pulse unique in the work of Martin Buber, Franz Rosenzweig, and German Expressionism in order to explore the overlap between revelation and aesthetic shape from the perspective of Judaism. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 352 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: HPN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780804753210
- ISBN
- 9780804753210
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.67
€ 84.67
Paperback. A provocative examination of prevailing thought on race and ethnicity in American society. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804753272
- ISBN
- 9780804753272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.80
€ 23.99
€ 21.80
Hardback. Stuart Kirsch is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan. He has consulted widely on environmental issues and land rights in the Pacific, and was actively involved in the political campaign and legal case against the environmental impact of the Ok Tedi mine in Papua New Guinea. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 figures, 20 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804753418
- ISBN
- 9780804753418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.60
€ 122.60
Hardback. Ten outstanding specialists in Chinese foreign policy draw on new theories, methods, and sources to examine China's use of force, its response to globalization, and the role of domestic politics in its foreign policy. Editor(s): Johnston, Alastair; Ross, Robert S. Num Pages: 504 pages, 9 tables, 7 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 32. Weight in Grams: 807.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804753623
- ISBN
- 9780804753623
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.65
€ 153.65
Paperback. Ten outstanding specialists in Chinese foreign policy draw on new theories, methods, and sources to examine China's use of force, its response to globalization, and the role of domestic politics in its foreign policy. Editor(s): Johnston, Alastair; Ross, Robert S. Num Pages: 504 pages, 9 tables, 7 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 28. Weight in Grams: 689.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804753630
- ISBN
- 9780804753630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.41
€ 36.99
€ 34.41
Hardback. This study shows how mutually antagonistic states took shape in the Arab world during the first half of the 20th century, and argues that process was driven by domestic political conflicts. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804753722
- ISBN
- 9780804753722
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.37
€ 68.37
Hardback. This interdisciplinary and international volume provides a critical analysis of the power to police as a basic technology of modern government found in a vast array of sites of governance, including not only the state, but also the household, the factory, the military, and--most recently--the global realm of war, police actions, and peace keeping. Editor(s): Dubber, Markus D.; Valverde, Mariana. Series: Critical Perspectives on Crime and Law. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 figures. BIC Classification: JKSW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804753920
- ISBN
- 9780804753920
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.41
€ 78.41
Hardback. This book explains why countries have adopted different policies for working parents through a comparative historical study of four nations: France, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United States. Num Pages: 264 pages, 9 tables, 19 figures. BIC Classification: 1DD; 1KBB; JFSJ1; JHBL; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804754132
- ISBN
- 9780804754132
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.60
€ 122.60
Hardback. Japan differs from other industrialized democracies in having many small, local groups but few large, professionally managed national organizations. This book provides a comprehensive overview of Japan's civil society and a new theory, based on political institutions, to explain why it has developed as it has. Series: Contemporary Issues in Asia and Pacific. Num Pages: 280 pages, 25 tables, 18 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; GTB; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804754286
- ISBN
- 9780804754286
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.52
€ 143.52
Hardback. This ethnographic study of a local school system in Turkey illuminates the dynamic interplay between politics, society, and education. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JMC; JFC; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804754323
- ISBN
- 9780804754323
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.28
€ 144.28