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Hardcover. This book reconstructs and extends sociological approaches to the understanding of food consumption. It identifies new ways to approach the explanation of food choice and it develops new concepts which will help reshape and reorient common understandings. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745691701
- ISBN
- 9780745691701
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.74
€ 66.74
Paperback. The idea of progress guided human expectations and actions for over two centuries. From the Enlightenment onwards, it was widely believed that the condition of humankind could be radically improved. History had embarked on an unstoppable forward trajectory, realizing the promise of freedom and reason. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745691008
- ISBN
- 9780745691008
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.22
€ 22.22
Hardcover. In 2013, Edward Snowden revealed that the NSA and its partners had been engaging in warrantless mass surveillance, using the internet and cellphone data, and driven by fear of terrorism under the sign of security . Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: JPSH; JPV; JWKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745690841
- ISBN
- 9780745690841
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.49
€ 60.49
Hardcover. Who exactly are the intellectuals ? This term is so widely used today that we forget that it is a recent invention, dating from the late nineteenth century. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745690353
- ISBN
- 9780745690353
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.05
€ 73.05
Hardcover. "For more than a century, the United States has been the world s most powerful state. Now some analysts predict that China will soon take its place. Series: Global Futures. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 135 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745690063
- ISBN
- 9780745690063
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.39
€ 52.99
€ 41.39
Hardcover. Series: New Human Frontiers - Polity. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JMC; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 130. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745689968
- ISBN
- 9780745689968
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.49
€ 60.49
Hardcover. 'The capacity to affect and to be affected'. This simple definition opens a world of questions - by indicating an openness to the world. To affect and to be affected is to be in encounter, and to be in encounter is to have already ventured forth. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 143 x 49. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745689814
- ISBN
- 9780745689814
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.05
€ 73.05
Hardcover. We hear much talk about the advent of a postracial age. The election of Barack Obama as President of the U.S. was held by many to be proof that we have once and for all moved beyond race. The Swedish government has even gone so far as to erase all references to race from its legislative documents. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 134 x 20. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745689715
- ISBN
- 9780745689715
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.67
€ 47.67
Hardcover. For successful political leaders, public speaking is only half the battle. A good politician must also be a competent performer. Series: PCPC - Polity Contemporary Political Communication Series. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745689616
- ISBN
- 9780745689616
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.24
€ 73.24
Hardcover. What shape can radical politics take today in a time abandoned by the great revolutionary projects of the past? In light of recent uprisings around the world against the neoliberal capitalist order, Saul Newman argues that anarchism - or as he calls it postanarchism - forms our contemporary political horizon. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: JPA; JPFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745688732
- ISBN
- 9780745688732
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745688695
- ISBN
- 9780745688695
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.26
€ 22.26
Hardcover. Written in the early stages of the Cold War by one of the most controversial political and legal thinkers of the twentieth century, Carl Schmitt's two short dialogues on power and space bring together several dimensions of his work in new ways. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 15. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745688688
- ISBN
- 9780745688688
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.49
€ 60.49
Hardcover. China is home to a fifth of the world's inhabitants. For the last several decades, this huge population has been in flux: fertility has fallen sharply, mortality has declined, and massive rural-to-urban migration is taking place. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745688633
- ISBN
- 9780745688633
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Hardcover. Recent years have seen an enormous increase in protests across the world in which citizens have challenged what they see as a deterioration of democratic institutions and the very civil, political and social rights that form the basis of democratic life. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: JPWF; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745688589
- ISBN
- 9780745688589
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.24
€ 73.24
Paperback.
In a well-known text called The Communist Hypothesis , first published in 2007, the renowned philosopher Alain Badiou breathed fresh life into the idea of communism as an intellectual representation that provides a critical perspective on existing politics and offers a systemic alternative to capitalism. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 125 x 190 x 13. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745688367
- ISBN
- 9780745688367
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.88
€ 15.88
Hardcover. In a well-known text called The Communist Hypothesis , first published in 2007, the renowned philosopher Alain Badiou breathed fresh life into the idea of communism as an intellectual representation that provides a critical perspective on existing politics and offers a systemic alternative to capitalism. Translator(s): Spitzer, Susan. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745688350
- ISBN
- 9780745688350
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.76
€ 47.76
Hardcover. China?s ambition is to rise peacefully. Avoiding fierce conflicts with its Asian neighbors is essential to this goal. Jonathan Holslag makes a brilliant case for the geopolitical dilemma facing the rising China, and his argument that China will likely enter into major conflict with Asia is compelling and thoughtful. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 24. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745688244
- ISBN
- 9780745688244
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.97
€ 65.97
Paperback. Bringing warring parties to the negotiating table is the aim of any peace process. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: GTJ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745687995
- ISBN
- 9780745687995
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.81
€ 24.81
Hardcover. Bringing warring parties to the negotiating table is the aim of any peace process. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: GTJ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745687988
- ISBN
- 9780745687988
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.24
€ 73.24
Hardcover.
Today Europe finds itself in a crisis that casts a dark shadow over an entire generation. The seriousness of the crisis stems from one core political contradiction at the heart of the European project: namely, that what urgently needs to be done is also extremely unpopular and therefore virtually impossible to do democratically. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JPSN2; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 176 x 17. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745687513
- ISBN
- 9780745687513
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.81
€ 24.81