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In this important new book, the leading philosopherFrancois Laruelle examines the role of intellectuals in oursocieties today, specifically with regards to criminal justice. Heargues that, rather than concerning themselves with abstractphilosophical notions like justice, truth and violence,intellectuals should focus on the human victims. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745668406
- ISBN
- 9780745668406
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Hardcover. Security is meant to make the world safer. Yet despite living in the most secure of times, we see endangerment everywhere. Whether it is the threat of another devastating terrorist attacks, a natural disaster or unexpected catastrophe, anxieties and fears define the global political age. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JPS; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 26. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745665313
- ISBN
- 9780745665313
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.18
€ 73.18
Paperback.
The European Union finds itself at a critical juncture; not only has the deepening crisis in the eurozone weakened the EU s internal structure, it has impacted significantly on its international image and external relations. Series: US Minority Politics Series. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 173 x 24. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745664705
- ISBN
- 9780745664705
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99
€ 33.99
Hardcover. The European Union finds itself at a critical juncture; not only has the deepening crisis in the eurozone weakened the EU s internal structure, it has impacted significantly on its international image and external relations. Series: US Minority Politics Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 179 x 21. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745664699
- ISBN
- 9780745664699
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.50
€ 79.50
Paperback. East Asia has re-emerged after a long eclipse as a centre of world wealth creation and growth. Over the past four decades the region's share of world GDP has risen from less than 10 to 30 percent, a ratio that is set to rise to 40 percent by 2030. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1FP; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745664668
- ISBN
- 9780745664668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.77
€ 24.77
Hardcover. Financial crisis, economic globalization and the strengthening of neoliberal policies present stark challenges to traditional conceptions of representative democracy. Yet, at the same time, new opportunities are emerging that propose alternative visions for the future of democracy. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745664590
- ISBN
- 9780745664590
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.62
€ 72.62
Hardcover. Conservatism has been the most important political doctrine in the United States for nearly four decades. It has dominated the intellectual debate and largely set the policy agenda, even during years of Democratic electoral control. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; JPFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745664293
- ISBN
- 9780745664293
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.69
€ 19.69
Hardcover. Since the field of International Relations was established almost a century ago, many different theoretical approaches have been developed, each offering distinctive accounts of the world, why it has come to be the way it is, and how it might be made a better place. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 181 x 27. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745664231
- ISBN
- 9780745664231
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.50
€ 79.50
Hardcover. * A pathbreaking new book by one of the world s leading sociologists * The book is a study of the rise of detective novels and spy novels in the 19th and 20th centuries, and Boltanski shows that these genres tell us something important about the nature of modern societies and the modern state. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745664040
- ISBN
- 9780745664040
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.87
€ 77.87
Hardcover. With some 50 million people living under duress and threatened by wars and disasters in 2012, the demand for relief worldwide has reached unprecedented levels. Humanitarianism is now a multi-billion dollar enterprise, and aid agencies are obliged to respond to a range of economic forces in order to stay in business . Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSN1; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745663319
- ISBN
- 9780745663319
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.14
€ 73.14
Hardcover. In the decades after 1944 the four nations of Britain shared a common educational programme. By 2015, this programme had fragmented: the patterns of schooling and higher education in Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and England resembled each other less and less. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; 3JM; JNB; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745663210
- ISBN
- 9780745663210
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.56
€ 79.56
Hardcover. Today the smallest details of our daily lives are tracked and traced more closely than ever before, and those who are monitored often cooperate willingly with the monitors. From London and New York to New Delhi, Shanghai and Rio de Janeiro, video cameras are a familiar and accepted sight in public places. Series: Conversations. Num Pages: 152 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745662824
- ISBN
- 9780745662824
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.45
€ 60.45
Hardcover. The third edition of Jill Steans popular and highly respected text offers a comprehensive and up to date introduction to gender in international relations today. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 250 x 23. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745662787
- ISBN
- 9780745662787
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.93
€ 78.93
Hardcover. In the aftermath of the First World War, the poet Paul Valery wrote of a crisis of spirit , brought about by the instrumentalization of knowledge and the destructive subordination of culture to profit. Recent events demonstrate all too clearly that that the stock of mind, or spirit, continues to fall. Translator(s): Ross, Daniel. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFCD; JMH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745662701
- ISBN
- 9780745662701
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.30
€ 66.30
Paperback. Shows that fundraising mechanisms - ranging from complex transnational gift-giving systems to national bonds - are organizational tools that can be used to bind dispersed groups to the nation. This title examines how the Irish republicans and the Zionist movement secured financial support in US during the first half of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745662657
- ISBN
- 9780745662657
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.06
€ 26.06
Hardcover. Shows that fundraising mechanisms - ranging from complex transnational gift-giving systems to national bonds - are organizational tools that can be used to bind dispersed groups to the nation. This title examines how the Irish republicans and the Zionist movement secured financial support in US during the first half of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745662640
- ISBN
- 9780745662640
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.18
€ 73.18
Paperback. There has been a lively debate amongst political theorists about whether certain liberal concepts of democracy are so idealized that they lack relevance to real politics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745662633
- ISBN
- 9780745662633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.05
€ 26.05
Paperback.
Despite global shifts in world power, racial conflict remains one of the major problems of contemporary social life. This concise and engaging book demonstrates the interplay between identity, power and conflict in the creation, persistence and transformation of patterns of race and ethnic relations across the globe. Series: Polity Political Sociology Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 212 x 15. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745662619
- ISBN
- 9780745662619
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.50
€ 23.50
Paperback. China s inexorable rise as a major world power is one of the defining features of the contemporary political landscape. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 207 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745662473
- ISBN
- 9780745662473
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.06
€ 26.06
Hardcover. Translated by Ciaran Cronin. In the midst of the current crisis that is threatening to derail the historical project of European unification, Jurgen Habermas has been one of the most perceptive critics of the ineffectual and evasive responses to the global financial crisis, especially by the German political class. Num Pages: 154 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745662428
- ISBN
- 9780745662428
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78