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Paperback. In the second edition of The U.S. Congress, Donald A. Ritchie, a congressional historian for more than thirty years, takes readers on a fascinating, behind-the-scenes tour of Capitol Hill, pointing out the key players, explaining their behavior, and translating parliamentary language into plain English. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 111. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190280147
- ISBN
- 9780190280147
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.62
€ 13.99
€ 11.62
Paperback. Presents an approach to combat that emphasizes constant adaptation and learning, importance of decentralized decision making, the need to understand local politics and customs, and the role of intelligence in winning the support of the population. This manual emphasizes the paradoxical and counterintuitive nature of counterinsurgency operations. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBW; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226841519
- ISBN
- 9780226841519
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.46
€ 19.99
€ 17.46
Num Pages: 192 pages, 476 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 225 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1244.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764331084
- ISBN
- 9780764331084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 32.10
€ 48.99
€ 32.10
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, over 110 b/w and color photos, line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JWG; JWMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 88.
- Publisher
- SCHIFFER PUBLISHING LTD
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764311130
- ISBN
- 9780764311130
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 28.19
€ 42.99
€ 28.19
Hardback. Examines how developments in economics and the social sciences lead to greater government intrusion in our private lives. Exploring how behavioral economics contributes to the excessive rise of paternalistic interventions, this title presents a controversial challenge to the prevailing currents in economic and political discourse. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JPA; KCA; KCP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691128177
- ISBN
- 9780691128177
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.02€ 42.03
€ 53.02
€ 42.03
Paperback. Re-examines a nineteenth-century strategy called fusion, in which a dominant-party candidate ran on the ballots of both the established party and a third party. This book concludes by analyzing the 2000 presidential election as an object lesson in the tyranny of the two-party system. It also includes suggestions for voting experiments. Series: Power, Conflict, and Democracy: American Politics into the 21st Century. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231110358
- ISBN
- 9780231110358
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.98
€ 40.99
€ 28.98
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL; JNF; JNM; LNHD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Beacon Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807078129
- ISBN
- 9780807078129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.66
€ 21.99
€ 18.66
Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 11 line illus. 11 tables. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691158808
- ISBN
- 9780691158808
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.73
€ 46.99
€ 33.73
Paperback. A study on the nature of choice, and how limitless freedom can lead to despair. It explores how late capitalism's shrill exhortations to 'be oneself' can be a tyranny which only leads to ever-greater disquiet and how insistence on choice being a purely individual matter prevents social change. Series: Big Ideas. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846681868
- ISBN
- 9781846681868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.72
€ 14.99
€ 11.72
hardcover. This honest glimpse into the nature of ethnographic fieldwork, revolves around letters written by the author to illustrate the daily adventures of learning to understand a largely unknown culture through participant observation and interactive discourse. Num Pages: 240 pages, glossary, bibliography. BIC Classification: BG; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780847682638
- ISBN
- 9780847682638
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.92
€ 161.92
paperback. When the author's sight finally became so limited that he no longer felt safe on busy city streets or traveling alone, he began a search for a guide. This title is his account of how his search ended with Smokie, a guide dog, and a dramatically different sense of blindness. Series: Animals, Culture, & Society. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JFFG; JFFZ; VFJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Temple University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566396493
- ISBN
- 9781566396493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.47
€ 31.99
€ 28.47
The Two-body Problem. Dual-career-couple Hiring Practices in Higher Ed...
Wolf-Wendel, Lisa; Twombly, Susan B.; Rice, S...
Hardback. The Two-Body Problem describes various accommodation models in depth and provides valuable information for college and university administrators responsible for hiring faculty and supporting their performance. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNK; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801874512
- ISBN
- 9780801874512
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.64
€ 59.64
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBLL; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691609775
- ISBN
- 9780691609775
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.51
€ 52.99
€ 37.51
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBLL; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691637990
- ISBN
- 9780691637990
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.38
€ 141.38
- Publisher
- United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674914827
- ISBN
- 9780674914827
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.26
€ 46.99
€ 39.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226845302
- ISBN
- 9780226845302
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.48
€ 40.99
€ 31.48
Paperback. A revolutionary program for fixing America's most serious domestic problems for just two cents on the national dollar--while we still can Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422. Very good clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- PublicAffairs,U.S.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- SKU
- KEX0249269
- ISBN
- 9781586482893
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. This publication uniquely reintegrates and makes comprehensible all public policy debate from the fields of philosophy, economics, and political science since the Enlightenment. It includes original material from scholars and thinkers in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries together with extensive introductions by the authors to explain the context. Editor(s): Capaldi, Nicholas; Lloyd, Gordon. Num Pages: 510 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JP; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 474
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470948293
- ISBN
- 9780470948293
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.00
€ 61.00
Paperback. Provocatively, the authors argue that each party's best strategy for success is not to try to take popular positions on the whole range of issues, but to focus attention on the party's most successful cluster of issues. Series: Interpreting American Politics. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801850196
- ISBN
- 9780801850196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.68
€ 31.99
€ 26.68
Paperback. Where did the "Era of Divided Government" come from? What sustains split partisan control of American national government year after year? The author takes an in-depth look at some of the big questions connected with modern American politics. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700612369
- ISBN
- 9780700612369
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.28
€ 34.28