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Hardcover. Taking a critical look at the realities that have shaped the first stage of Barack Obama's presidency, Morton Keller offers a history-focused examination of Obama's developing style of governing, with particular attention to his signature policies of the stimulus, financial, and health care reforms. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Hoover Institution Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817912642
- ISBN
- 9780817912642
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.63
€ 27.63
Hardcover. Not distributed; available at Arkansas State Library. Num Pages: 275 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSR; HBJK; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Arkansas Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557289438
- ISBN
- 9781557289438
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.38
€ 38.38
Paperback. Provides insight into how religious and moral leadership functions in the realm of international relations, and how the promotion of ethical values works to diffuse international tensions and improve the quality of human life around the world. Editor(s): Kille, Kent J. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JPSN1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589011809
- ISBN
- 9781589011809
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.39
€ 75.39
The UN Global Compact: Fair Competition and Environmental and Labour J...
Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez (Ed.)
Hardcover. Since the launch of the UN Global Compact, over 12,000 organisations worldwide have voluntarily adopted and promoted its values and Ten Principles. This edited volume brings together international contributions that explore specific implications for business from managerial, legal, behavioural and sociological perspectives. Editor(s): Gonzalez-Perez, Maria-Alejandra; Leonard, Liam. Series: Advances in Sustainability and Environmental Justice. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JPSN2; KJG; RND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784412951
- ISBN
- 9781784412951
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 202.77
€ 202.77
Paperback. Examines the history of UN engagement with TNCs, including the creation of the UN Commission and Centre on Transnational Corporations in 1974, and the failed efforts of these bodies to craft a code of conduct to temper the revealed abuses of TNCs. Series: United Nations Intellectual History Project. Num Pages: 312 pages, 2 figures. BIC Classification: JPA; JPSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253220127
- ISBN
- 9780253220127
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.55
€ 27.99
€ 26.55
Paperback. A dramatic account of the UN's struggle over how best to understand severe inequities in the global economy. Series: United Nations Intellectual History Project. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1 index. BIC Classification: JPS; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253216861
- ISBN
- 9780253216861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. Offers an overview of development policies and activities of the United Nations system from the late 1940s onwards. Focusing on the history of the generated ideas, institutionalized, and implemented by UN organizations, this book examines trends in development paradigms from the concept of technical assistance to underdeveloped countries. Series: United Nations Intellectual History Project. Num Pages: 752 pages, 25 b&w illus. BIC Classification: GTF; JPSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1046.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 632
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253220813
- ISBN
- 9780253220813
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.78
€ 42.99
€ 38.78
Paperback. As bad as they are, why aren't terrorists worse? With biological, chemical and nuclear weapons at hand, they easily could be. Jessica Stern argues that the nuclear threat of the Cold War has been replaced by the more imminent threat of terrorist attacks with weapons of mass destruction. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: JPWL; JWDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674003941
- ISBN
- 9780674003941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.08
€ 36.99
€ 32.08
Paperback. Comprehensive guide for primary and secondar teachers, providing practical strategies which can be immediately applied their classroom setting. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JNMT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 217 x 12. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781452299822
- ISBN
- 9781452299822
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 104.93
€ 104.93
Paperback. Does it take faith to be a Jedi? Are droids capable of thought? Should Jar Jar Binks be held responsible for the rise of the Empire? Presenting entirely new essays, no aspect of the myth and magic of George Lucas s creation is left philosophically unexamined in The Ultimate Star Wars and Philosophy. Editor(s): Eberl, Jason T.; Decker, Kevin S. Series Editor(s): Irwin, William. Series: The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: APFA; APFN; HPX; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119038061
- ISBN
- 9781119038061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.02
€ 18.99
€ 15.02
Paperback. Presents a concise theory for the observed trends: population growth and increased income put pressure on supplies of resources. This book tackles issues such as the supposed rate of species extinction, the 'vanishing farmland crisis,' and the wastefulness of coercive recycling. Num Pages: 778 pages, 5 halftones 143 line drawings 13 tables. BIC Classification: JHBD; KCA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 778
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691003818
- ISBN
- 9780691003818
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 107.41
€ 107.41
Paperback. A practical guide for primary school practitioners and leaders who want to embed ICT in their schools to engage students and improve efficiency. It explores ways of utilising ICT to improve creativity, motivation and efficiency in the classroom and within the school community. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20. BIC Classification: JNLB; JNU; YQTU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 170 x 14. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- Continuum Publishing Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441144003
- ISBN
- 9781441144003
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99
€ 26.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JMM; JMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Future Horizons Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935274070
- ISBN
- 9781935274070
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.69
€ 24.69
Paperback. BIC Classification: HP; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 2. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Open Court
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812699500
- ISBN
- 9780812699500
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.56
€ 20.99
€ 20.56
Paperback. From the cleric-led Iranian revolution to the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan, many people have been surprised by what they see as the modern reemergence of an antimodern phenomenon. This book talks about the increasingly visible public role of traditionally educated Muslim religious scholars (the 'ulama) across contemporary Muslim societies. Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics. Num Pages: 312 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1QFM; HRH; HRLP1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691130705
- ISBN
- 9780691130705
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 31.15
€ 42.99
€ 31.15
Hardback. Months before crowds in Moscow dismantled monuments to Lenin, residents of the western Ukrainian city of Lviv toppled theirs. Risch argues that Soviet politics of empire created this anti-Soviet city, and that opposition from the periphery as much as from the imperial center was instrumental in unraveling the Soviet Union. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 374 pages, 12 halftones, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674050013
- ISBN
- 9780674050013
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.32€ 59.97
€ 64.32
€ 59.97
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138895089
- ISBN
- 9781138895089
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.41
€ 60.41
Paperback. A topical and accessible introductory guide to the workings of the UK's Westminster Parliament, in both theory and practice. Series: Politics Study Guides. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 300. Series: Politics Study Guides. 240 pages. A topical and accessible introductory guide to the workings of the UK's Westminster Parliament, in both theory and practice. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JPQ. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight: 294.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748622610
- ISBN
- 9780748622610
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.37
€ 25.99
€ 24.37
Hardcover. Num Pages: 151 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JM; JPS; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137012364
- ISBN
- 9781137012364
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.35
€ 112.35
Hardback. In the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, municipal laws targeting 'unsightly beggars' sprang up in cities across America. This title presents the murky history behind the laws, situating the varied legislation in its historical context and exploring in detail what the laws meant. Series: The Ugly Laws. Num Pages: 448 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFC; JFFG; LNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 739.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814740576
- ISBN
- 9780814740576
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.31
€ 97.31