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Patronage systems in public service are reviled as undemocratic and corrupt. Yet patronage was the prevailing method of staffing government for centuries, and in some countries it still is. Grindle considers why patronage has been ubiquitous in history and explores the processes through which it is replaced by merit-based civil service systems. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 charts, 1 graph, 8 tables. BIC Classification: JPH; JPL; KNV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674065703
- ISBN
- 9780674065703
Condition: New
€ 56.33€ 52.61
€ 56.33
€ 52.61
Drawing on a rich array of sources, including her father's striking account of his childhood in China, Tiger Writing not only illuminates Gish Jen's work but explores the aesthetic and psychic roots of the independent and interdependent self--each mode of selfhood yielding a distinct way of observing, remembering, and narrating the world. Series: The William E. Massey Sr. Lectures in the History of American Civilization. Num Pages: 208 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGL; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 111 x 27. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674072831
- ISBN
- 9780674072831
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.23
€ 47.99
€ 40.23
Culture, Raymond Williams once wrote, is one of the most difficult words in language. Since then the concept has become part of our everyday vocabulary; it is used in a variety of different contexts: to describe the behaviour of corporations or criminals; to provide personal and national identity; it even gives its name to a Department of State. Series: Key Concepts. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 370. Series: Key Concepts. 200 pages. Culture, Raymond Williams once wrote, is one of the most difficult words in language. Since then the concept has become part of our everyday vocabulary; it is used in a variety of different contexts: to describe the behaviour of corporations or criminals; to provide personal and national identity; it even gives its name to a Department of State. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFC. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 21. Weight: 370.
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745623801
- ISBN
- 9780745623801
Condition: New
€ 72.96
€ 72.96
This book provides a clear and concise introduction to the concept of consumption and to the wide--ranging debates about the nature and consequences of consumer society. Community and social class appear to be in irreversible decline. Series: Key Concepts. Num Pages: 176 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFT; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745625294
- ISBN
- 9780745625294
Condition: New
€ 66.61
€ 66.61
* This is the first biography to be written about the life of Martha Freud, the wife of the father of psychoanalysis. * This is the first biography to be written about the life of Martha Freud, the wife of the father of psychoanalysis. * Fully illustrated with halftones of the Bernays and Freud Families. Translator(s): Glasgow, R.D.V. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 251 x 23. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745633381
- ISBN
- 9780745633381
Condition: New
€ 64.23
€ 64.23
Roger Silverstone's compelling new book places the global media at the heart of the moral future of civilisation. It argues that the media (the press, broadcasting, the Internet and increasingly peer-to-peer technologies and networks) have a profound significance for the way in which the world is understood by its citizens. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 501.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745635033
- ISBN
- 9780745635033
Condition: New
€ 72.96
€ 72.96
* A major new book examining the interconnections between freedom and security, and the way these are affected by ever-increasing inequalities. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JPA; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745647180
- ISBN
- 9780745647180
Condition: New
€ 66.61
€ 66.61
* An accessible and comprehensive guide to international mediation for students, practitioners and general readers. * Provides an empirically rich history of post World War II mediation. * Draws on a wide range of compelling examples, from the Oslo Accords to civil conflict in Bosnia. Series: War and Conflict in the Modern World. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745653303
- ISBN
- 9780745653303
Condition: New
€ 60.27
€ 60.27
- Publisher
- Canada
- Edition
- 2 Sub
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773524750
- ISBN
- 9780773524750
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.46
€ 40.99
€ 36.46
Praise for Embracing Autism "While much has been written about the disability that is autism, little has been written about the people who live 'in the spectrum. ' With this wonderful book Robert Parish has, with grace, humor, and hope, taken us beyond the diagnosis and into the real lives of individuals with autism and their families. Editor(s): Parish, Robert. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787995867
- ISBN
- 9780787995867
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.14
€ 25.99
€ 23.14
- Publisher
- United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801441257
- ISBN
- 9780801441257
Condition: New
€ 66.61
€ 66.61
Num Pages: 232 pages, 76, 35 tables, 30 charts, 3 maps, 8 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSF; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 235 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801450624
- ISBN
- 9780801450624
Condition: New
€ 56.46
€ 56.46
What emerges are unique insights into lives lived dangerously. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: JMJ; JWL; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801884412
- ISBN
- 9780801884412
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.09
€ 40.99
€ 34.09
Schooling in Transition is ideally structured to accommodate a one-semester university-level course: each chapter contains a short thematic introduction, two articles addressing the common theme, and suggestions for further readings. Num Pages: 440 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 187 x 29. .
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802098610
- ISBN
- 9780802098610
Condition: New
€ 105.96
€ 105.96
Highlights how the social and cultural construction of archaeology as a field marginalized women Series: Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: HD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803243811
- ISBN
- 9780803243811
Condition: New
€ 81.84
€ 81.84
The first mapping of the sacred geography ("mythscape") of the Northern Arawak-speaking people of the northwest Amazon, demonstrating direct connections between petroglyphs and Baniwa sacred narratives Num Pages: 408 pages, 18 photographs, 7 illustrations, 2 maps, 2 tables, 2 appendixes. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803243941
- ISBN
- 9780803243941
Condition: New
€ 60.27
€ 60.27
Based on archival research in many countries, this volume broadens the context of the US intervention in Vietnam. It focuses on relations between China and Vietnam in the mid-twentieth century; and also deals with China's relations with Cambodia, US dealings with both China and Vietnam, French attitudes toward Vietnam and China, and more. Editor(s): Roberts, Priscilla. Series: Cold War International History Project. Num Pages: 580 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1FPC; HBJF; HBWS2; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 259 x 32. Weight in Grams: 908.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 580
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804755023
- ISBN
- 9780804755023
Condition: New
€ 97.07
€ 97.07
Presents a study of how the Jewish community of Breslau - the third largest and one of the most affluent in Germany - coped with Nazi persecution. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804755184
- ISBN
- 9780804755184
Condition: New
€ 81.84
€ 81.84
This study looks at how the philosophies of Jacques Derrida (1930-2004) and Franz Rosenzweig (1886-1929) employ the figures of "exemplarity" and "chosenness" in order to address the tension between the universality of philosophical thinking and the particularity of nations, languages, and individual human experience. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPM; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804755214
- ISBN
- 9780804755214
Condition: New
€ 81.84
€ 81.84
Knowledge in the Blood offers a firsthand account, from the first black Dean of a historically white university, of how white South African students learn and confront the Apartheid past, and how this knowledge transforms students and teacher alike. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFSL; JNM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804761949
- ISBN
- 9780804761949
Condition: New
€ 118.65
€ 118.65