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Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761924920
ISBN
9780761924920
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 140.54

Paperback. This volume contains Guillermo O'Donnell's qualitative theoretical study of the quality of democracy and Vargas Cullell's description and analysis of the empirical data he gathered on the quality of democracy in Costa Rica. Editor(s): O'Donnell, Guillermo; Cullell, Jorge Vargas; Iazzetta, Osvaldo M. Series: Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268037208
ISBN
9780268037208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

Hardcover. Provides a theoretical foundation for empirical analysis on the connection between the quality of government and important economic, political, and social outcomes. Focusing on the effects of government policies, this book argues that unpredictable actions constitute a severe impediment to economic growth and development. Num Pages: 280 pages, 14 halftones, 2 line drawings, 14 tables. BIC Classification: JPQ; JPZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226729565
ISBN
9780226729565
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.78
€ 83.48

Paperback. Provides a theoretical foundation for empirical analysis on the connection between the quality of government and important economic, political, and social outcomes. Focusing on the effects of government policies, this book argues that unpredictable actions constitute a severe impediment to economic growth and development. Num Pages: 280 pages, 14 halftones, 2 line drawings, 14 tables. BIC Classification: JPQ; JPZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 470.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226729572
ISBN
9780226729572
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.58

Paperback. In parks and cafes, homes and stadium stands, Cubans talk baseball. This work contends that when they are analyzing and debating plays, teams, and athletes, Cubans are exchanging ideas not just about baseball but also about Cuba and cubanidad, or what it means to be Cuban. It explores the interconnections between baseball and Cuban identity. Num Pages: 239 pages, 6 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KJC; JHBS; WSJT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
239
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822342762
ISBN
9780822342762
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.39

Hardback. Examines the objective and subjective qualities of Korean life from comparative and dynamic perspectives. This volume presents non-Western policy alternatives to enhancing the quality of citizens' lives, distinguishing Korea as an Asian model of economic prosperity and democracy. It is intended for those interested in developments in Korea. Editor(s): Shin, Doh Chull; Rutkowki, Conrad P.; Park, Chong-Min. Series: Social Indicators Research Series. Num Pages: 537 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; JHMC; JHMP; M; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 940.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
537
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402009471
ISBN
9781402009471
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 248.44

Paperback. With the advent of digital devices and software, self-tracking practices have gained new adherents and have spread into a wide array of social domains. The Quantified Self movement has emerged to promote self knowledge through numbers . Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
Polity Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509500604
ISBN
9781509500604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.70

Paperback. Focuses on the need to revitalise public life and political agency in the United States. Delivering a devastating critique of contemporary discourses of American citizenship, this title addresses the triumph of the idea of private life over that of public life borne in the right-wing agenda of the Reagan revolution. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 320 pages, 57 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JFSJ; JHM; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822319245
ISBN
9780822319245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.50

Hardback. Not since the publication of The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli 500 years ago has a member of the political opposition written so candidly about the strengths and weaknesses of the strongest member of his opposing political party. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; BGH; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 151 x 30. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company
Condition
New
SKU
V9781455562510
ISBN
9781455562510
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 20.59

Hardback. This is three books in one: an impressionistic account (based on the aestheticism of Walter Pater) of the dancer's homoerotic career, a deconstructive analysis of his gay male reception (drawn from the semiotics of Roland Barthes), and an exploration of the limitations of that analysis. Num Pages: 240 pages, 23 half-tones. BIC Classification: ASDL; BG; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804729499
ISBN
9780804729499
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.07

Paperback. Proposes "low theory" as a means of recovering ways of being and forms of knowledge not legitimized by existing systems and institutions Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 224 pages, 37 illustrations, including 14 in colour. BIC Classification: AB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 233 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822350453
ISBN
9780822350453
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.28

Paperback. Examines children's strangeness, even some children's subliminal 'gayness', in the twentieth century. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 312 pages, 44 illustrations. BIC Classification: 5SG; JFSK; JFSP1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 498. Series: Series Q. 312 pages, 44 illustrations. Examines children's strangeness, even some children's subliminal 'gayness', in the twentieth century. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 5SG; JFSK; JFSP1. Dimension: 215 x 156 x 24. Weight: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822343868
ISBN
9780822343868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.51

Hardback. Derek Jarman has been called the 'godfather' of the early 1990s cinematic movement now known as 'Queer Cinema'. This book views Jarman's uniquely personal - and pleasurable - cinema through the analytical prism of 'queer'. Num Pages: 224 pages, 15 integrated b/w. BIC Classification: APFA; APFB; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 517.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845115364
ISBN
9781845115364
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.42
€ 116.46

Paperback. This study aims to liberate God from the heterosexual closet of traditional Christian thought and embrace his part in the lives of gays and lesbians worldwide. Its chapters build on the subversive sexual elements found in Latin American, African and Asian Christianities. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCV; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415323246
ISBN
9780415323246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.26

Paperback. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBD; DSBH; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814755556
ISBN
9780814755556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.86

Paperback. Rereads the history of performance as a celebration and critique of dissident sexualities, exploring the politics of pleasure and the pleasure of politics that drive the theatre Editor(s): Solomon, Alisa; Minwalla, Framji. Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814798119
ISBN
9780814798119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Paperback. Series: Indigenous Americas. Num Pages: 296 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 5S; DSB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816692798
ISBN
9780816692798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. Series Editor(s): Umland, Andreas. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1DVUA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 209 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Germany
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9783838203683
ISBN
9783838203683
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.07

Paperback. This book analyzes the dubious role of the Democratic Antifascist Youth Movement "Nashi" in contemporary Russia. Part of the Putinist project of political stabilization, Nashi mobilizes young Russians through its emotional appeal, skillful use of symbolic politics, and promise of professional self-realization. Series Editor(s): Umland, Andreas. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1DVUA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Germany
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9783838204154
ISBN
9783838204154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.07

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842820124
ISBN
9781842820124
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.49

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