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Paperback. India is becoming an increasingly visible, powerful and influential state within the global system. As this rise to prominence continues, better appreciating the interests and principles that structure the international interactions of South Asia s largest state has never been so important. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 172 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745660875
- ISBN
- 9780745660875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.50
€ 24.50
Hardcover. Twenty years ago India was still generally thought of as an archetypal developing country, home to the largest number of poor people of any country in the world, and beset by problems of low economic growth, casteism and violent religious conflict. Series: Politics Today. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBLX; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745661117
- ISBN
- 9780745661117
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.81
€ 84.81
Hardcover. * New edition of a popular and highly lauded introduction to gender - the first edition won Choice s outstanding academic title award. * Provides an excellent survey of the key theoretical approaches that have been developed in gender studies, and how they relate to social and political life. Series: Polity Key Concepts in the Social Sciences Series. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745661155
- ISBN
- 9780745661155
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.02
€ 72.02
Paperback. * Paul Ricoeur (1913-2005) is one of the outstanding French philosophers of the second half of the 20th century. * This volume makes available some of his key writings on Freud and psychoanalysis, written between 1966 and 1988. These writings are complementary to Ricoeur's classic book Freud and Philosophy. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745661247
- ISBN
- 9780745661247
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.02
€ 31.02
Paperback. The most significant philosopher of Being, Martin Heidegger has nevertheless largely been ignored within communications studies. This book sets the record straight by demonstrating the profound implications of his unique philosophical project for our understanding of today s mediascape. Series: Theory and Media. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 171 x 18. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745661261
- ISBN
- 9780745661261
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.48
€ 19.48
Hardcover. * A new book by the award-winnning sociologist Eva Illouz on modern love. * Sets out to explain why love is such a painful experience for many people - why we invest so much in the search for love and why it so often disappoints us. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745661520
- ISBN
- 9780745661520
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.29
€ 78.29
Hardcover. * This is an engaging new book from one of the most influential and widely read sociologists in the world today. * Bauman, in conversation with Riccardo Mazzeo, reflects on nature and role of education and on the predicament of young people in our contemporary, liquid-modern world. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 100
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745661551
- ISBN
- 9780745661551
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.41
€ 53.41
Hardcover. Explores international efforts to help the world's fragile post-civil war countries today build viable states that can provide for security and deliver the basic services essential for development. This book concludes with a road map toward a better global regime to enable peacebuilding and development-oriented statebuilding into the 21st century. Series: War and Conflict in the Modern World. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JPH; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745661582
- ISBN
- 9780745661582
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.68
€ 60.68
Hardcover. Once deemed a dysfunctional democracy with a feckless set of political institutions and a drunk economy, today s Brazil has undergone a complete reversal of fortune. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JP; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745661643
- ISBN
- 9780745661643
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.02
€ 72.02
Paperback. Once deemed a dysfunctional democracy with a feckless set of political institutions and a drunk economy, today s Brazil has undergone a complete reversal of fortune. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JP; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745661650
- ISBN
- 9780745661650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.80
€ 25.80
Hardcover. In a world of increasing austerity measures, democratic politics comes under pressure. With the need to consolidate budgets and to accommodate financial markets, the responsiveness of governments to voters declines. However, democracy depends on choice. Editor(s): Streeck, Wolfgang; Schafer, Armin. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745661681
- ISBN
- 9780745661681
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.85
€ 79.85
Paperback. The Politics of Global Supply Chains analyses the changing politics of power and distribution within contemporary global supply chains. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; JP; KCLT; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745661711
- ISBN
- 9780745661711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.80
€ 25.80
Hardcover. Pop music and rock music are often treated as separate genres but the distinction has always been blurred. Motti Regev argues that pop-rock is best understood as a single musical form defined by the use of electric and electronic instruments, amplification and related techniques. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JM; AVGP; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745661728
- ISBN
- 9780745661728
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.38
€ 72.38
Paperback. Pop music and rock music are often treated as separate genres but the distinction has always been blurred. Motti Regev argues that pop-rock is best understood as a single musical form defined by the use of electric and electronic instruments, amplification and related techniques. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JM; AVGP; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745661735
- ISBN
- 9780745661735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.80
€ 25.80
Paperback. Love and family life in the global age: grandparents in Salonika and their grandson in London speak together every evening via Skype. A U.S. citizen and her Swiss husband fret over large telephone bills and high travel costs. A European couple can finally have a baby with the help of an Indian surrogate mother. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745661810
- ISBN
- 9780745661810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.43
€ 24.43
Hardcover. Contemporary Sociology is an introductory textbook with angles and arguments. Responding to the need for a different kind of introductory textbook, it provides more focused, in-depth explorations of the most exciting and contemporary aspects of sociology. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 257 x 198 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1786.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745661827
- ISBN
- 9780745661827
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.57
€ 97.57
Hardcover. Translated by Carl Ipsen. This short book provides a succinct and masterly overview of the history of migration, from the earliest movements of human beings out of Africa into Asia and Europe to the present day, exploring along the way those factors that contribute to the successes and failures of migratory groups. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFN; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745661865
- ISBN
- 9780745661865
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.68
€ 59.68
Hardcover. Radio s influence can be found in almost every corner of new media. Radio in the Digital Age assesses a medium that has not only survived the challenges of a new technological age but indeed has extended its reach. Series: Digital Media and Society. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: APW; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 186 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745661964
- ISBN
- 9780745661964
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Paperback. No longer content to fade away into comfortable retirement, a growing number of former political leaders have pursued diplomatic afterlives. Num Pages: 186 pages. BIC Classification: JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745661995
- ISBN
- 9780745661995
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.18
€ 23.18
Hardcover. Terrorism, mass uprisings, and political extremism are in the news every day. It is no coincidence that these phenomena come together at the beginning of a new era. Radicals, Revolutionaries, and Terrorists provides a comprehensive survey of the intersection of radical social movements and political violence. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 240 x 21. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745662114
- ISBN
- 9780745662114
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86