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Hardcover. Focuses on the role of leadership in politics and argues that accomplished leaders demonstrate a particular set of skills. Through case studies of leaders who have performed ably in the developing world - among them Nelson Mandela in South Africa and Kemal Ataturk in Turkey, the author examines how these leaders transformed their countries. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFG; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226728988
ISBN
9780226728988
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.65
€ 77.43

Hardback. A Leadership for Peace is about Edwin Ginn's personal attempt to change world attitudes regarding the dangers of arming for war by appealing to logic, reason, and common sense. Num Pages: 264 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; GTJ; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804754552
ISBN
9780804754552
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.75

Hardback. Num Pages: 400 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: JPZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691168906
ISBN
9780691168906
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.70

Hardback. Presenting fresh insights on the internal dynamics and global contexts that shaped foreign relations in early modern Japan, this book challenges the largely accepted wisdom that the Tokugawa shogunate, guided by an ideology of seclusion, stifled intercourse with the outside world, especially in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 300 pages, 20 halftones, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674035775
ISBN
9780674035775
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 37.31

paperback. Why does Hamas refuse to recognize the legitimacy of the state of Israel? What makes the Israeli-Palestinian conflict so intractable? Reflecting both Israeli and Palestinian points of view, this volume addresses the two powerful, bitterly contested, competing historical narratives that underpin the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Editor(s): Rotberg, Robert I. Series: Indiana Series in Middle East Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253218575
ISBN
9780253218575
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

Paperback. This book aims to 'reinvent' diplomacy for our current era. The original and comparative research provides a foundation for thinking about what successful outreach, negotiation, and relationship-building with foreign actors should look like. Editor(s): Hutchings, Robert; Suri, Jeremi. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JM; JPA; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 171 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190226121
ISBN
9780190226121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.09

Paperback. A compelling new approach to public policy-making as problem processing, bringing together aspects of puzzling, powering and participation and relating them to cultural theory, issues about networks, models of democracy and modes of citizen participation. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JPP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 171 x 18. Weight in Grams: 556.
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847429629
ISBN
9781847429629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 40.28

Hardcover. Robert Hopkins Miller spent nearly one-third of his forty-year Foreign Service career on Americas unsuccessful Vietnam venture from 1962 to the end of the war. This memoir of his full career emphasizes his Vietnam years, covering his postings in Europe and assignments as ambassador to Malaysia, 1977-80, and to Cte dIvoire, 1983-86. Series: Modern Southeast Asia Series. Num Pages: 247 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; HBWS2; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Texas Tech University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896724914
ISBN
9780896724914
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.36

paperback. Over the last three decades Britain has witnessed an unprecedented rise in the number of people receiving welfare benefits that has provoked fears of a growing underclass and mass welfare dependency. This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of the reasons for this growth and subjects notions of welfare dependency to empirical test. Num Pages: 368 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JKSB; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 589.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861342355
ISBN
9781861342355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.26

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
PM Press United States
Edition
Expanded and Updated
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9781604865752
ISBN
9781604865752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.45

Paperback. In his academic work, Robert Higgs has dissected the government's shrewd secret excesses that lead to the Welfare State, the Warfare State, and the Administrative State. In this book, however, are essays that show a whimsical, introspective, and personal side of this world renowned scholar. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: JPP; KCP; KCQ; KCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Independent Institute,U.S. United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781598132045
ISBN
9781598132045
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.71

A collection of essays that show a whimsical, introspective, and personal side to world renowned scholar Robert Higgs. If you want to see a true polymath at work, these lofty, serious, sad, and illuminating essays will educate you beyond what you had thought possible about life, liberty, and the economy. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: JPP; KCP; KCQ; KCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 794.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Independent Institute,U.S. United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781598132038
ISBN
9781598132038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Independent Institute
Edition
25 Anv
Condition
New
SKU
V9781598131116
ISBN
9781598131116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.53

Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 671.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Independent Institute,U.S. United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781598130522
ISBN
9781598130522
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 31.66

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Independent Institute,U.S. United States
Number of pages
422
Condition
New
SKU
V9781598130027
ISBN
9781598130027
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.73

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Independent Institute,U.S. United States
Edition
First Printing
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780945999560
ISBN
9780945999560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.43

Paperback. Editor(s): Hazell, Robert; Rawlings, Richard. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKN; 1DBKS; 1DBKW; JPHC; LND. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Imprint Academic
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845400996
ISBN
9781845400996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.86

Hardback. This volume explores political culture, especially the catastrophic dimension of the global social order emerging in the twenty-first century. An array of case studies provide an account of how change is experienced, negotiated, and resisted in specific settings that define a society's capacity for political action. Editor(s): Hariman, Robert; Cintron, Ralph. Series: Studies in Rhetoric and Culture. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782387466
ISBN
9781782387466
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.49

Paperback. This study analyzes four dominant political styles: realist; courtly; republican; and bureaucratic. It examines political artistry in figures from antiquity to the modern day, and discusses the problems faced by each style, as well as the social and moral consequences of each style's success. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA; JPF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226316307
ISBN
9780226316307
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.01

Paperback. This study charts the history of neighbourhood-based initiatives in the USA to illuminate the enduring dilemmas and contradictions in American governments' efforts to eradicate poverty. The author argues that these initiatives divert attention from broader social inequities. Num Pages: 257 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JFS; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
257
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231081153
ISBN
9780231081153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.18

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