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Paperback. The Snowden Affair, Wikiieaks, the lone wolf terrorist, Hilary Clinton's private email account - the question of the secret is arguably the central element of our contemporary political experience. Organised as a reflection on Jacques Derrida's later writings on secrecy, Charles Barbour looks at the basic ontological question: what is a secret? Series: Incitements. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 black and white illustration. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JHBA; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 190 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474425001
- ISBN
- 9781474425001
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.92
€ 32.99
€ 27.92
Hardback. Looks at the hunting of humans in the West, from ancient Sparta, through the Middle Ages, to the modern practices of chasing undocumented migrants. This title provides the historical events and philosophical reflection. It also investigates the psychology of manhunting. Translator(s): Rendall, Steven. Num Pages: 232 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFFJ; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 219 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691151656
- ISBN
- 9780691151656
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.56
€ 54.99
€ 39.56
Paperback. Editor(s): Young, Michael; Muller, Johan. Num Pages: 200 pages, 6 black & white tables, 14 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JHB; JN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 233 x 11. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415713917
- ISBN
- 9780415713917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.84€ 51.27
€ 55.84
€ 51.27
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 29 black & white illustrations, 12 figures, 4 graphs. BIC Classification: JHB; KJM; KJU; KNDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231176781
- ISBN
- 9780231176781
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Paperback. A collection exploring practices and experiences of deportation, and the threat of deportation, in regional and national settings from the U.S.-Mexico border to Israel, and from Somalia to Switzerland. Editor(s): De Genova, Nicholas; Peutz, Nathalie Mae. Num Pages: 507 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHB; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 746. Sovereignty, Space, and the Freedom of Movement. 496 pages. Editor(s): De Genova, Nicholas; Peutz, Nathalie Mae. Examines deportation as an increasingly global mechanism of state control. This title explores practices and experiences of deportation in regional and national settings from the US-Mexico border to Israel, and from Somalia to Switzerland. It also addresses broader questions, including the ontological significance of freedom of movement. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: JFFN; JHB; JPV. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 31. Weight: 750.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 520
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822345763
- ISBN
- 9780822345763
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.80
€ 36.99
€ 32.80
Hardback. Could rising home ownership and equity rates ease problems of aging populations by funding the needs of older people? How much do governments rely on citizens to use their housing wealth now and in the future? This book discusses these questions and more. Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBD; JKSB; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 161 x 15. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2013 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400743830
- ISBN
- 9789400743830
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Condition: New
€ 124.23
€ 124.23
Paperback. Editor(s): Hausmann, Andrea; Helm, Sabrina. BIC Classification: JHB. Dimension: 244 x 170. Weight in Grams: 473.
- Publisher
- VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 2006th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531148069
- ISBN
- 9783531148069
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Condition: New
€ 91.50
€ 91.50
Hardback. Reviews the burial history of central North Yorkshire Num Pages: 448 pages, Tables, black & white|Illustrations, black & white|Line drawings, black & white|Graphs. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; HBJD1; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 38. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719089206
- ISBN
- 9780719089206
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.71
€ 150.71
Paperback. Presents an argument that the research university developed in response to market forces and bureaucracy, producing a academic whose goal was to establish originality and achieve fame through publication. This book investigates the origins and evolving fixtures of academic life: the lecture catalog, the library catalog, and the grading system. Num Pages: 668 pages, 51 halftones, 20 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; 3JJ; HBT; JHBC; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 36. Weight in Grams: 914.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 668
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226109220
- ISBN
- 9780226109220
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.62
€ 37.99
€ 29.62
Paperback. This text offers a review and analysis of divorce law in America, with some proposed changes in the law. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBK; LNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847698691
- ISBN
- 9780847698691
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Condition: New
€ 59.76
€ 59.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Random House Australia Australia
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857984289
- ISBN
- 9780857984289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.74
€ 19.99
€ 14.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801487804
- ISBN
- 9780801487804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.92
€ 34.99
€ 31.92
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Animals and Social Problems. Num Pages: biography. BIC Classification: JFSR; JHB; MZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319521015
- ISBN
- 9783319521015
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.70
€ 69.70
Paperback.
In the social sciences and in everyday speech we often talk about groups as if they behaved in the same way as individuals, thinking and acting as a singular being. We say for example that "Google intends to develop an automated car", "the U.S. Series: Polity Key Concepts in Philosophy. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745684840
- ISBN
- 9780745684840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.98
€ 21.98
Paperback. Insurgent citizenships have arisen in cities around the world. This book examines the insurgence of democratic citizenship in the urban peripheries of Sao Paulo, Brazil, its entanglement with entrenched systems of inequality, and its contradiction in violence. It argues that contradictory realizations of citizenship characterize all democracies. Series: In-Formation. Num Pages: 416 pages, 11 halftones. 6 line illus. 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JHBA; JPA; JPHV; JPQB; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691142906
- ISBN
- 9780691142906
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.48
€ 46.99
€ 33.48
Hardback. The sexual revolution is justly celebrated for the freedoms it brought. The author argues that the contradictions of modern love, our new freedoms have also brought new burdens and rules - without, however, wiping out the old rules, emotions, desires, and arrangements. Translator(s): Randall, Steven. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 221 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691149141
- ISBN
- 9780691149141
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 30.78
€ 43.99
€ 30.78
Paperback. Barry Reay is one of the foremost historians of sex and sexuality In this new book, Reay, Attwood and Gooder recount the recent history of the sex addiction: how it was first conceptualised and diagnosed in the mid-twentieth century. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK5; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 215 x 19. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745670362
- ISBN
- 9780745670362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.30
€ 23.30
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Virago UK
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844087297
- ISBN
- 9781844087297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.26
€ 11.99
€ 10.26
Paperback.
This major new book offers a much-needed introduction to the work of Siegfried Kracauer, one of the main intellectual figures in the orbit of the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; APFA; BG; DSK; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745629629
- ISBN
- 9780745629629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.49
€ 24.49
Paperback. This essential guide to Chinese etiquette will make embarrassing social blunders a thing of the past! Num Pages: 192 pages, Black and white photos throughout. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFP; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 222 x 14. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804845199
- ISBN
- 9780804845199
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.20
€ 12.20
Hardback. Sources include open source material but internal secret files and highly classified audiotapes of Saddam Hussein that were made available to researchers at the Conflict Records Research Center at National Defense University and some documents at the Hoover Institution. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JJ; JFSR2; JHB; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 229 x 33. Weight in Grams: 806.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421415826
- ISBN
- 9781421415826
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.90
€ 71.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; HRC; JHBT; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801483868
- ISBN
- 9780801483868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.10
€ 40.99
€ 36.10
Hardcover. This title explores key strands of contemporary social theory in developing an innovative framework for understanding the operation of power. This draws on structural theories of inequality and oppression and poststructural deconstructions of discourse, identity and emotion. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Publisher
- AIAA
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2002nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333803066
- ISBN
- 9780333803066
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.11
€ 124.11
Hardback. Presents a unified theory of economic growth since the dawn of civilization. This title provides a comprehensive overview of the three phases of the development process. It analyzes the Malthusian theory and its empirical support. It examines theories of demographic transition and their empirical significance. Num Pages: 328 pages, 74 line illus. 12 tables. BIC Classification: JHBD; KCA; KCG; KCM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691130026
- ISBN
- 9780691130026
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.69€ 70.49
€ 92.69
€ 70.49