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Hardcover. * A thought-provoking analysis of liberal democracy and argument for a new system of intelligent governance'. * The authors provide a comparative study of the consumer democracies' of the West and the meteoric rise of China and examine the effects of these systems of governance. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 23. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745659732
- ISBN
- 9780745659732
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.04
€ 20.99
€ 19.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 210 x 16. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745659763
- ISBN
- 9780745659763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.08
€ 22.08
Hardcover. "I am the product of priests", Lacan once said of himself. Educated by the Marist Brothers (or Little Brothers of Mary), he was a pious child and acquired considerable, personal knowledge of the torments and cunning of Christian spirituality. He was wonderfully able to speak to Catholics and to bring them around to psychoanalysis. Translator(s): Fink, Bruce. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 200 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745659893
- ISBN
- 9780745659893
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.05
€ 54.05
Paperback. "I am the product of priests", Lacan once said of himself. Educated by the Marist Brothers (or Little Brothers of Mary), he was a pious child and acquired considerable, personal knowledge of the torments and cunning of Christian spirituality. He was wonderfully able to speak to Catholics and to bring them around to psychoanalysis. Translator(s): Fink, Bruce. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: HRCS; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 122 x 190 x 15. Weight in Grams: 112.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745659909
- ISBN
- 9780745659909
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.23
€ 22.23
Hardcover. Bruno Latour s long term project is to compare the felicity and infelicity conditions of the different values dearest to the heart of those who have never been modern . According to him, this is the only way to develop an anthropology of the Moderns. Translator(s): Rose, Julie. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; JHBA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745660066
- ISBN
- 9780745660066
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.05
€ 66.05
Hardcover. The central paradox of the contemporary world is the simultaneous presence of wealth on an unprecedented scale, and mass poverty. Liberal theory explains the relationship between capitalism and poverty as one based around the dichotomy of inclusion (into capitalism) vs exclusion (from capitalism). Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745660141
- ISBN
- 9780745660141
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.02
€ 72.02
Hardcover. * A groundbreaking new study by a leading scholar on the history of the Jews and the process by which they became a diaspora people. * Wide-ranging in scope, from the expulsion of Jews from their ancestral homeland in the Ancient world to the 'Final Solution' and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 235 x 29. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745660165
- ISBN
- 9780745660165
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.04
€ 73.04
Hardcover. Over the years, liberals in Israel have attempted, with wide international support, to implement the two-state solution: Israel and Palestine, partitioned on the basis of the Green Line, the line drawn by the 1949 Armistice Agreements that defined Israel's borders until 1967, before Israel occupied the West Bank and Gaza following the Six-Day War. Translator(s): Reider, Dimi. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745660288
- ISBN
- 9780745660288
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.45
€ 60.45
Paperback. Over the years, liberals in Israel have attempted, with wide international support, to implement the two-state solution: Israel and Palestine, partitioned on the basis of the Green Line, the line drawn by the 1949 Armistice Agreements that defined Israel's borders until 1967, before Israel occupied the West Bank and Gaza following the Six-Day War. Translator(s): Reider, Dimi. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745660295
- ISBN
- 9780745660295
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.23
€ 22.23
Hardcover. The second edition of this major textbook clearly shows how sociology can inform professional social work practice in the twenty-first century. It provides an easy-to-follow, jargon-free introduction to sociology for social work students, with crucial links to practice across a comprehensive range of topics. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 184 x 24. Weight in Grams: 740.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745660325
- ISBN
- 9780745660325
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.25
€ 85.25
Hardcover. Friends and foes of international cooperation puzzle about how to explain order, stability, and predictability in a world without a central authority. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: JPS; LB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity Pr
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745660455
- ISBN
- 9780745660455
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.18
€ 73.18
Paperback. India is becoming an increasingly visible, powerful and influential state within the global system. As this rise to prominence continues, better appreciating the interests and principles that structure the international interactions of South Asia s largest state has never been so important. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 172 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745660875
- ISBN
- 9780745660875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.74
€ 24.74
Hardcover. Twenty years ago India was still generally thought of as an archetypal developing country, home to the largest number of poor people of any country in the world, and beset by problems of low economic growth, casteism and violent religious conflict. Series: Politics Today. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBLX; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745661117
- ISBN
- 9780745661117
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.73
€ 85.73
Hardcover. * New edition of a popular and highly lauded introduction to gender - the first edition won Choice s outstanding academic title award. * Provides an excellent survey of the key theoretical approaches that have been developed in gender studies, and how they relate to social and political life. Series: Polity Key Concepts in the Social Sciences Series. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745661155
- ISBN
- 9780745661155
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.18
€ 73.18
Paperback. * Paul Ricoeur (1913-2005) is one of the outstanding French philosophers of the second half of the 20th century. * This volume makes available some of his key writings on Freud and psychoanalysis, written between 1966 and 1988. These writings are complementary to Ricoeur's classic book Freud and Philosophy. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745661247
- ISBN
- 9780745661247
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.83
€ 30.83
Paperback. The most significant philosopher of Being, Martin Heidegger has nevertheless largely been ignored within communications studies. This book sets the record straight by demonstrating the profound implications of his unique philosophical project for our understanding of today s mediascape. Series: Theory and Media. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 171 x 18. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745661261
- ISBN
- 9780745661261
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.48
€ 19.48
Hardcover. * A new book by the award-winnning sociologist Eva Illouz on modern love. * Sets out to explain why love is such a painful experience for many people - why we invest so much in the search for love and why it so often disappoints us. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745661520
- ISBN
- 9780745661520
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.56
€ 79.56
Hardcover. * This is an engaging new book from one of the most influential and widely read sociologists in the world today. * Bauman, in conversation with Riccardo Mazzeo, reflects on nature and role of education and on the predicament of young people in our contemporary, liquid-modern world. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 100
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745661551
- ISBN
- 9780745661551
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99
€ 53.99
Hardcover. Explores international efforts to help the world's fragile post-civil war countries today build viable states that can provide for security and deliver the basic services essential for development. This book concludes with a road map toward a better global regime to enable peacebuilding and development-oriented statebuilding into the 21st century. Series: War and Conflict in the Modern World. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JPH; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745661582
- ISBN
- 9780745661582
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.98
€ 59.98
Hardcover. Once deemed a dysfunctional democracy with a feckless set of political institutions and a drunk economy, today s Brazil has undergone a complete reversal of fortune. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JP; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745661643
- ISBN
- 9780745661643
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.18
€ 73.18