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Hardcover. A formidable number of societies all over the world have sought to confront past evil. This volume features a conversation about reconciliation whose common denominator is theology. Theologians, philosophers, and political scientists explore the meaning of reconciliation for the politics of transition. Editor(s): Philpott, Daniel. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268038892
ISBN
9780268038892
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.92

Hardback. Aimed at educators, sociologists, political scientists, and policy makers, this book will be hailed as the definitive assessment of the origins and evolution of performance funding. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNKG; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421416908
ISBN
9781421416908
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.96

Paperback. Addresses fundamental questions about the social and political purposes of performance through an investigation of post-war alternative and community theatre. A detailed analysis of oppositional theatre as radical cultural practice. Num Pages: 294 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 123 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415057639
ISBN
9780415057639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.04

Hardback. Developments and problems associated with police power are at the very front of current public debate. This volume addresses contemporary issues of policing with a focus on the characteristics of police power as a coercive force in society and its continued need for legitimacy in a democratic social order. Series: Sociology of Crime, Law & Deviance. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JKSW1; LNFX5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 168 x 239 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786350305
ISBN
9781786350305
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.71

Paperback. Compares and contrasts the developments in three major federal policy areas in the United States: welfare, Medicare, and Social Security. This title concentrates on three cases of social policy reform (or attempted reform) that took place during the presidencies of Bill Clinton and George W Bush, Beland and Waddan. Series: American Governance and Public Policy Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKS; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589018846
ISBN
9781589018846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.40

Paperback. An accessible and original look into the education policy of Australia that considers how it came about, how it was steered to the political right, how some educators struggled to implement or resist it in their schools and how it applies to other systems. Num Pages: 271 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JNA; JNF; JNK; PNN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 353.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2008
Number of pages
271
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349375301
ISBN
9781349375301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.37
€ 47.16

Hardcover. An accessible and original look into the education policy of Australia that considers how it came about, how it was steered to the political right, how some educators struggled to implement or resist it in their schools and how it applies to other systems. Num Pages: 271 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFSJ2; JNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230608399
ISBN
9780230608399
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.37
€ 47.31

Paperback. The Politics of Possession investigates how struggles over access to resources and political power constitute property and authority recursively. Such dynamics are integral to state formation in societies characterized by normative and legal pluralism. Editor(s): Sikor, Thomas; Lund, Christian. Series: Development and Change Special Issues. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: JPVH3; RNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405196567
ISBN
9781405196567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.60

Hardback. Articulates the intersection of anarchism and poststructuralism in order to frame a new approach to politics: 'postanarchism'. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JPFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748634958
ISBN
9780748634958
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.88
€ 103.24

Paperback. Articulates the intersection of anarchism and poststructuralism in order to frame a new approach to politics: 'postanarchism'. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JPFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 11. Weight in Grams: 324. 208 pages. Articulates the intersection of anarchism and poststructuralism in order to frame a new approach to politics: 'postanarchism'. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JPFB. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 11. Weight: 380.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748634965
ISBN
9780748634965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.02

Hardback. Demonstrates, with reference to ongoing debates, how hermeneutical theory provides the ultimate philosophical justification for democratic practice and universal human rights. This book is useful to those concerned with the fate of the core values traditionally defended by philosophy. Series: Contributions to Phenomenology. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1310.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792368595
ISBN
9780792368595
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.42

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; JPB; LNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780691163369
ISBN
9780691163369
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Paperback. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, many questioned whether the large number of political appointees in the Federal Emergency Management Agency contributed to the agency's poor handling of the catastrophe. This book examines how and why Presidents use political appointees and how their choices impact government performance - for better or worse. Num Pages: 312 pages, 25 line illus. 25 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691135441
ISBN
9780691135441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.76

paperback. This is the first in-depth conceptual and empirical analysis of the political issues, processes and themes associated with private security provision and its growth in the postwar era, examining why private security has become so prominent, what its relationship to the state is and how it can be controlled. Series: Crime Prevention and Security Management. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKV; JPA; JPB; JPS; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2010
SKU
V9781349318100
ISBN
9781349318100
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.76

Hardback. This is the first in-depth conceptual and empirical analysis of the political issues, processes and themes associated with private security provision and its growth in the postwar era, examining why private security has become so prominent, what its relationship to the state is and how it can be controlled. Series: Crime Prevention and Security Management. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKSW1; JKV; JPS; KNSS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230242944
ISBN
9780230242944
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.40

hardcover. Focusing on how, by means of "politics", conflict is modified and turned into consensus by means of policy-making, this book concentrates on Continental European democracies with their multi-party systems. The theory concentrates on the working of institutions under adversarial conditions. Editor(s): Keman, Hans. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1997th Edition
Number of pages
229
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333646311
ISBN
9780333646311
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
Number of pages
267
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349397556
ISBN
9781349397556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. This account of the extra parliamentary political activity that has taken place in Great Britain since 1970 discusses issues such as demonstrations, direct action, counter cultural protest, industrial unrest, urban disorder and politically motivated violence. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFF; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333657669
ISBN
9780333657669
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.25

Paperback. Examines antiwar, student, and black protest, and studies the responses of the law enforcement and judicial communities to violent protest. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTJ; JPF; LBBR; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814740989
ISBN
9780814740989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. This ground breaking book provides empirical and theoretical insights into the interface between deliberative democracy and the rough and tumble of interest groups in advocacy politics. It examines how deliberative ideals work alongside the adversarial realties of interest-based politics. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JHB; JPA; JPB; JPHV; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 419.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349318414
ISBN
9781349318414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

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