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Paperback. This account of democratization in Indonesia describes how opposition groups challenged the long-time ruler, President Suharto, and his military-based regime, forcing him to resign in 1998. The book's main purpose is to explain how ordinary people can bring about political change in a repressive authoritarian regime. Series: Contemporary Issues in Asia and Pacific. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804748452
ISBN
9780804748452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

Paperback. This is a collection of essays from leading public intellectuals that identifies major conceptual problems in the analysis of poverty and inequality and advances strategies for reducing poverty and inequality that are consistent with these new conceptual and methodological approaches. Editor(s): Grusky, David B.; Kanbur, Ravi. Series: Studies in Social Inequality. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 12. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804748438
ISBN
9780804748438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.28

Paperback. This work takes a historical approach to examining Islam's role in globalization. It identifies complex historical and geopolitical trends in Islamic history, and constructs from these a clear assessment of contemporary Islam. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HRH; JFFS; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 10. Weight in Grams: 145.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804748339
ISBN
9780804748339
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.90

Paperback. This work studies Oxford University's transformation - and the political hazards for academics that ensued - when, after World War II, it changed from a private liberal-arts club with aristocratic pretensions into a state university committed to the natural sciences. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; JNMN; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780804748193
ISBN
9780804748193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.23

Paperback. What accounts for the growing income inequalities in Silicon Valley, despite huge technological and economic strides? Why have the once-powerful labor unions declined in their influence? This book examines these questions from a fresh perspective: that provided by the history of women in Silicon Valley in the twentieth century. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJ; JFSJ1; JFSL; KNTX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804747967
ISBN
9780804747967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Hardback. Issues are examined in an inter-disciplinary dialogue between distinguished anthropologists and economists and cover community development, famine relief, fundamentalism, HIV-AIDS, discrimination and heritage. Editor(s): Walton, Michael; Rao, Vijayendra. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: JFS; JHMC; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 35. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804747868
ISBN
9780804747868
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.79

Paperback. "The Ends of Mourning" explores from an interdisciplinary perspective the crisis of contemporary culture with respect to the problem of mourning. The book charts the emergence and development of the problem of mourning in the writings of Freud, Proust and Freud's successor Lacan. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JHBZ; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804747776
ISBN
9780804747776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

paperback. This book examines the conflict between cultural ideals of female sexuality in Brazil and the lived reality of sex for women in a poor shantytown in the country's northeast, probing the interplay between sexual expectations, sexual reality, and disease. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 illustrations, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSJ1; JHM; MJCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 327.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804747561
ISBN
9780804747561
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.37

Paperback. In this book, Rogers-Dillon argues that these welfare experiments of the 1990s were not simply scientific experiments, as their supporters frequently contend, but a powerful political tool that created a framework within which few could argue successfully against the welfare policy changes. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; 3JM; JKS; JPRB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780804747462
ISBN
9780804747462
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Paperback. This book collects in a single volume Marc Galanter's seminal work, "Why the 'Haves' Come Out Ahead," with ten contemporary articles about Galanter's theory. The articles, which present new research results and synthesize work done over the past few decades, examine the lasting influence and continued importance of this groundbreaking work. Editor(s): Kritzer, Herbert M.; Silbey, Susan S. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHM; JP; LAB; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780804747349
ISBN
9780804747349
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.62

Paperback. In this interdisciplinary study of Asian-white miscegenation from the late 19th to the end of the 20th century, Koshy traces the shifting gender and racial hierarchies produced by antimiscegenation laws and their role in shaping cultural norms. These laws thus turned sex acts into race acts and engendered new meanings for both. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804747295
ISBN
9780804747295
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. Since the 1980s, Mexico has alternately served as a model of structural economic reform and as a cautionary example of the limitations associated with market-led development. This book provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary assessment of the principal economic and social policies adopted by Mexico during the 1980s and 1990s. Editor(s): Middlebrook, Kevin; Zepeda, Eduardo. Num Pages: 648 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFS; JPA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 835.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
648
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804747202
ISBN
9780804747202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.45

Paperback. Is academic writing, particularly in the disciplines of literary theory and cultural studies, needlessly obscure? "Just Being Difficult?" provides learned and thoughtful analyses of the entire question of how critical writing relates to its intended publics and to audiences beyond them. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 240 pages, bibliog references, index. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804747103
ISBN
9780804747103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.53

Paperback. In the 1990s, numerous Latin American nations privatized their public pension systems. These reforms dramatically transformed the way these countries provide retirement income. This book is a study of the origins of this surprising trend. Num Pages: 336 pages, 20 tables, bibliographical references, index. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJPR; JPQB; KCBM; KFFP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804747073
ISBN
9780804747073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Gift-giving is extremely important in Japanese society, not only at the personal and household levels, but at the national and macroeconomic levels as well. This book is the first in English to document the extraordinary scale, complexity, and variation of giving in contemporary Japan. Num Pages: 256 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804747042
ISBN
9780804747042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Hardback. Looking at changes in the last quarter of the 20th century, this book is a collection of essays that examine the legal systems of key countries in Latin America and Mediterranean Europe. It provides data on the courts and the legal profession in these countries, as well as social background. Editor(s): Friedman, Lawrence M.; Perez-Perdomo, Rogelio. Num Pages: 552 pages, 94 tables, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DS; 1KL; 3JJP; JH; LAT; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 37. Weight in Grams: 853.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804746991
ISBN
9780804746991
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.74

Paperback. In the mid-18th century, the French naturalist Buffon contended that the New World was in fact geologically new and that it had recently emerged from the water. This text looks at the debate surrounding the geological history of the New World, and the effect on historiographical concepts. Series: Cultural Sitings. Num Pages: 488 pages, 54 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804746939
ISBN
9780804746939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.54

Hardback. This book provides the most thorough empirical assessment to date of the impact of international regulation on labor standards and conditions, and critically analyzes the common race-to-the-bottom view that globalization and international competition can only further degrade labor standards. Editor(s): Gould, William B., IV; Flanagan, Robert J. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 tables. BIC Classification: JHBL; KCF; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804746908
ISBN
9780804746908
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.21

Paperback. This book examines how a community of urban Chinese Muslims-residents of the old Muslim district in the ancient Chinese capital of Xi'an-uses consumption to position its members more favorably within the Chinese government's official paradigm for development. Num Pages: 296 pages, 20 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JFSR2; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 17. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804746854
ISBN
9780804746854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.86

paperback. The author chronicles LA's emergence as the nation's leading trade centre and gateway to the Pacific Rim in the 20th century, exploring recent epic battles over port development, expanding LAX, creating a new international airport in Orange County, building the Alameda Corridor rail link and more. Num Pages: 336 pages, 23 tables, 5 figures, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFFS; KCM; RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804746816
ISBN
9780804746816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

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