Society & social sciences
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Society & social sciences
Hardcover. This is an assessment of the Blairite constitutional agenda in relation to EU evolution. It provides empirical and theoretical examination of evolving trends in democracy at EU and US levels based on primary sources and focuses on the effect of EU membership on local government decision-makers. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 1QFE; JPHC; JPHV; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Gale Group
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333776483
- ISBN
- 9780333776483
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.73
€ 65.73
Hardback. Written some fifty years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, this book shows that the struggle for a fuller realization of these rights is far from over. It maps out the international human rights agenda as it stands at the end of the 20th century. Editor(s): Patman, Professor Robert G. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJPR; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333774021
- ISBN
- 9780333774021
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.29
€ 122.29
Paperback. This is a collection of theoretical discussion and empirical evidence on the way people think about, and cope with, the risks and uncertainties of late 1990s life. It concludes that policies that assume people are self-interested rational actors are unlikely to succeed. Editor(s): Taylor-Gooby, Peter. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 359.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333764930
- ISBN
- 9780333764930
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.05
€ 58.05
Hardcover. This text considers the ethical credentials of the US in branding various countries "pariah states", and describes the background to the Iraq question. A detailed chronology of 1997-98 US/Iraq weapons inspections, and a profile of the subsequent UN/Iraqi settlement and its aftermath is given. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; HBJF1; HPQ; JPA; JPS; JWK; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333741146
- ISBN
- 9780333741146
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.46
€ 123.46
Paperback. The author offers and integrated analysis of current economics, politics and international relations in the context of Europe's geographic, cultural, and linguistic identities, confronting the two strategic issues for Europe in the early twenty first century, namely how to ensure the success of the Euro, and how to stabilise the wider Europe. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1QFE; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Groves Dictionaries Inc
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333734476
- ISBN
- 9780333734476
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.50
€ 69.50
Hardcover. This book provides an attempt to synthesize a pervasive phenomenon that is mentioned tangentially in many political analyses, but here receives a systematic and theoretical treatment commensurate with its significance to the working of "democratic" political practice. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPHV; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Macmillan Pub Co
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333717387
- ISBN
- 9780333717387
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.35
€ 124.35
Hardcover. By contrasting Pound's political values with those of Stein and Zukofsky, this study argues that these three different writers share a complex set of attitudes that are grounded in a collective social fantasy corresponding to the rise of mass consumption and the emergence of corporate social forms. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333714515
- ISBN
- 9780333714515
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.70
€ 124.70
Hardcover. The premise behind this collection of essays in that the causal relations, impacts and consequences of the resurgence in infectious diseases are as much political as medical or scientific. The book is designed as an introduction to the field. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JPS; MBNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 487.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Macmillan Pub Co
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333691274
- ISBN
- 9780333691274
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.81
€ 122.81
Hardcover. This text provides an analysis of the CSCE/OSCE process from the perspective of security regime formation, and an evaluation of its contribution to European security. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JPS; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Macmillan Pub Co
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333683200
- ISBN
- 9780333683200
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.76
€ 123.76
Hardcover. A study of the impact of globalization on political institutions and concepts. This book includes an analysis of the global economy, and examinations of the impact of the currents of globalization on national sovereignty, national identity, and the structure and role of government. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- MacMillan
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333678701
- ISBN
- 9780333678701
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.56
€ 123.56
Paperback. Discusses the role of human rights in foreign policy. In the first part, a number of problems and dilemmas which confront policy-makers in the field of human rights are discussed. The second part is about the place of human rights in the foreign policy of a number of selected states. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPS; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 293.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333669921
- ISBN
- 9780333669921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.52
€ 69.52
Hardcover. Why do people join social movements? What keeps them involved once they have joined? These central questions in the study of social movements are investigated in this study of the interwar Greenshirt Movement. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JH; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- St Martins Pr
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333650677
- ISBN
- 9780333650677
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.46
€ 123.46
Paperback. This study sets the political and institutional context of the 1994 European elections in the United Kingdom. It details the regional and national campaigns, the role of the polls and the media, and the outcome and consequences. A statistical analysis of the results in included. Editor(s): Butler, David; Westlake, Martin. Num Pages: 365 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JPHF; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1995th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333646700
- ISBN
- 9780333646700
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.63
€ 70.63
Hardcover. This text utilizes an analysis of mortality to acknowledge shifts of emphasis in cultural and religious traditions. A central concern is the diversity of representations of death to be found within the varying cultural, religious, medical and legal systems of contemporary western societies. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRA; JFC; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 1. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333638620
- ISBN
- 9780333638620
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.20
€ 122.20
Hardcover. This text examines the political importance of moral opposition to authoritarian rule in Chile, 1973-90, as a challenge to the government's systematic human rights' violations. It also argues that such moral matters are often underestimated in regime transition analysis. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; JPFQ; JPVH; JPVR; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333633953
- ISBN
- 9780333633953
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.65
€ 124.65
Hardcover. The essays collected here all take issue with the claim that the Victorian period is the antithesis of our own. They show how characteristic postmodern anxieties and celebrations concerning truth, certainty and identity informed Victorian culture at all levels. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Groves Dictionaries Inc
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333629017
- ISBN
- 9780333629017
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.58
€ 123.58
Hardcover. The work of Raymond Williams continues to exercise a hold over the minds of contemporary cultural analysts and social commentators. This collection responds to the challenge of Williams's thinking in discussions of topics of current interest and concern. Editor(s): Wallace, Jeff; etc.; Jones, Rod (Senior Lecturer in the History of Art, University of Glamorgan); Nield, Sophie (Lecturer in Theatre and Media Drama, University of Glamorgan). Num Pages: 183 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Mcmillin Pub Llc
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333627648
- ISBN
- 9780333627648
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.23
€ 124.23
Reform and Development in Rural China (Central Issues in Contemporary ...
Tu, Jun-Sheng, Du, Runsheng
Hardcover. The 19 speeches in this volume explain many aspects of China's market-based rural economic reforms. They were delivered primarily to groups of government or Party officials. The book includes an introductory chapter describing the history of rural economic policy in China. Series: Studies on the Chinese Economy. Num Pages: 242 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPQB; KCC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478. Series: Studies on the Chinese Economy. 242 pages, glossary. The 19 speeches in this volume explain many aspects of China's market-based rural economic reforms. They were delivered primarily to groups of government or Party officials. The book includes an introductory chapter describing the history of rural economic policy in China. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPQB; KCC. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 22. Weight: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Edition
- n
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333611234
- ISBN
- 9780333611234
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 188.72
€ 188.72
Hardcover. A discussion of Bolingbroke's political writings in the context of contemporary thought in England and France. Cottret provides an analysis of both "A Dissertation upon Parties" and "The Idea of a Patriot King", supported by a full reprint of these texts. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 447 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DNF; HBG; HBLH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 40. Weight in Grams: 705.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333598870
- ISBN
- 9780333598870
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 190.44
€ 190.44
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- MacMillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333588840
- ISBN
- 9780333588840
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.20
€ 124.20