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Hardcover. An exploration of links between opinion and governance in Early Modern England, studying moral panics about crime, sex and belief. Hypothesizing that media-driven panics proliferated in the 1700s, with the development of newspapers and government sensibility to opinion, it also considers earlier panics about cross-dressing and witchcraft. Editor(s): Lemmings, David; Walker, Claire. Num Pages: 290 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; JFFP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230527324
- ISBN
- 9780230527324
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.23
€ 67.23
Paperback. Focuses on case studies ranging from sex education to AIDS to race to illustrate how sexuality is at the heart of many political controversies. This book reveals how moral and sexual panics have become a mainstay of certain kinds of conservative efforts to win elections and gain power in moral, social, and political arenas. Editor(s): Herdt, Gilbert. Series: Intersections. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK5; JPVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814737231
- ISBN
- 9780814737231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.53
€ 33.99
€ 30.53
Hardback. Arguing for the centrality of normative theory in the study of international relations, this study develops two themes, each reflecting opposing pairs: fact/value, is/ought, description/prescription, and feasibility/desirability. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333689066
- ISBN
- 9780333689066
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.95
€ 193.95
Hardcover. This text examines the political importance of moral opposition to authoritarian rule in Chile, 1973-90, as a challenge to the government's systematic human rights' violations. It also argues that such moral matters are often underestimated in regime transition analysis. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; JPFQ; JPVH; JPVR; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333633953
- ISBN
- 9780333633953
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.17
€ 128.17
Hardback. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 328 pages, 9 b/w photographs, 4 line illustrations, 1 map, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; JFFH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 151 x 26. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520276734
- ISBN
- 9780520276734
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.36€ 46.96
€ 58.36
€ 46.96
Paperback. Moral Matters is a concise and accessible look at such ethical issues as euthanasia, animal rights, abortion, and pornography. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Edition
- 2 ed
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551112121
- ISBN
- 9781551112121
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.97€ 45.17
€ 55.97
€ 45.17
Paperback. Robin Gill examines the issues that connect faith and moral leadership in an increasingly fragmented and relativistic world. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRCM; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 149 x 10. Weight in Grams: 228. Robin Gill examines the issues that connect faith and moral leadership in an increasingly fragmented and relativistic world. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRCM; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 149 x 10. Weight in Grams: 228. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- SKU
- KIN0035794
- ISBN
- 9780567085504
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Surveying presidential character throughout our history, the author, argues that character and integrity are essential presidential traits. He compares the scandal-filled terms of Bill Clinton and Richard Nixon and looks at George W. Bush vis-vis the elections, September 11, and the Iraq War. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 170 x 17. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742539488
- ISBN
- 9780742539488
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.72
€ 67.72
Paperback. Series: The Jossey-Bass education series. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 225 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787902599
- ISBN
- 9780787902599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 28.07
€ 34.99
€ 28.07
Paperback. Offers an ethnography and a foray into the anthropology of morality. This book takes us on a journey into the lives of African American families caring for children with serious chronic medical conditions, and it foregrounds the uncertainty that affects their struggles for a good life. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFH; JFSL3; JHBK; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520281202
- ISBN
- 9780520281202
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.39
€ 36.99
€ 27.39
Paperback. First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Num Pages: 428 pages. BIC Classification: JMA; JMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 428
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415849623
- ISBN
- 9780415849623
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.50
€ 64.50
hardcover. Num Pages: 182 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761805427
- ISBN
- 9780761805427
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.47
€ 111.47
Paperback. This edition re-examines the moral foundations for America's military leadership in the post-9/11 era. It considers world affairs since the first edition - the Gulf War, Bosnia, Afghanistan, Iraq, 9/11, and the emergence of the United States as an unrivaled military power. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Edition
- 2 Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700613212
- ISBN
- 9780700613212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.24
€ 38.24
Hardcover. A collection of essays that examine the question of morality in international affairs and explore some of the central, normative issues which arise in the context of European integration. Editor(s): McSweeney, Bill. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HPQ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333698488
- ISBN
- 9780333698488
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.05
€ 128.05
Paperback. Editor(s): McSweeney, Bill. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 355.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1998
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349264667
- ISBN
- 9781349264667
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.09
€ 127.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFE; JPW; JWLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
- Publisher
- PM Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781629633794
- ISBN
- 9781629633794
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.10
€ 19.99
€ 18.10
Paperback. Sets out to bring an international framework to the analysis to international and US legal, political and cultural crises. It explores the US's moral supremacy during a time of domestic shortcomings and asks whether insisting that other nations adhere to US norms may harm societies. Editor(s): Hernandez-Truyol, Berta. Series: Critical America Series. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTQ; JFC; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 565.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814736142
- ISBN
- 9780814736142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.67
€ 33.99
€ 30.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 302 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226401690
- ISBN
- 9780226401690
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.48
€ 40.99
€ 31.48
Hardback. Spanning many historical and literary contexts, this book brings together a dozen essays by one of America's premier cultural critics. It explores the importance of imagination and sympathy to suggest how these faculties may illuminate the motives of human action and the reality of justice. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 147 x 222 x 29. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691161419
- ISBN
- 9780691161419
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.10
€ 29.99
€ 22.10
Hardback. Offers a window into gray zones through its look at the manufacture and exchange of illegal goods called homers, tolerated in a French aeronautic plant. This book argues that when patrolled, gray zones like the production of homers offer workplaces balanced opportunities for supervision as well as expression. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5 halftones. 4 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: JHBL; KJG; KJMV2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691135243
- ISBN
- 9780691135243
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.20€ 51.21
€ 64.20
€ 51.21