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Society & social sciences
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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 27.99
€ 26.39
The Quality of Life in Korea. Comparative and Dynamic Perspectives.
. Ed(S): Shin, Doh Chull; Rutkowki, Conrad P....
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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 23.99
€ 16.49