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Hardback. * An accessible introduction to a key concept in political science and related disciplines. * Global governance is a contested concept with several competing definitions; this book gives a clear overview of the relevant debates. Series: Key Concepts. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745635293
ISBN
9780745635293
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.16

Paperback. This book is the first detailed philosophical examination of the morality of the IRA's violent campaign, and of the British government's attempts to end it. Written in clear, accessible prose, it is essential reading for scholars and students who wish to acquire a deeper understanding of one of the paradigmatic conflicts of the late 20th century. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 1DBR; HPS; JPA; JPWL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748635306
ISBN
9780748635306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.12

Paperback. Based on primary documents and interviews, this text describes three rounds of responses to a tragic case of mercury poisoning, focusing on the efforts of its victims and their supporters to secure redress. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 416 pages, 43 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JPHV; JPW; MMGT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 574.
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674007857
ISBN
9780674007857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.82

Paperback. Tells the story of the siege - of the toll that thirst, hunger and sleeplessness took on the hostages, of the bravery of those who dealt with the terrorists, such as the elderly headmistress of the school and the doctor who tried to relieve the suffering of the young children. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BTP; HBJD; HBLW3; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781862079939
ISBN
9781862079939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.75

Paperback. A comparative survey of guerrilla movements in Latin America, this title explores the origins and outcomes of rural insurgencies in nearly a dozen cases since 1956. Focusing on the personal backgrounds of the guerrillas themselves and on national social conditions, it explains why guerrillas emerged strongly in certain countries but not others. Num Pages: 454 pages, 2 figs., 43 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 3JJP; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Printing
Number of pages
454
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691023366
ISBN
9780691023366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 82.81
€ 64.07

Paperback. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745643205
ISBN
9780745643205
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.66

Hardback. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745643199
ISBN
9780745643199
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.77

Paperback. Outlines the need for effective and sustainable peacebuilding in order to restore the conditions for co-existence in fractured communities around the world. Editor(s): Dower, Nigel. Series: Edinburgh Studies in World Ethics. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: GTJ; HPQ; JPS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748624485
ISBN
9780748624485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

Paperback. Editor(s): Murithi, Timothy. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFG; HBJH; JFF; JPH; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 211 x 13. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781928232223
ISBN
9781928232223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.63

Paperback. Can one explain the power of global capitalism without attributing to capital a logic and coherence it does not have? Can one account for the powers of techno-science in terms that do not merely reproduce its own understanding of the world? This work examines these questions through a series of essays focused on Egypt in the 20th century. Num Pages: 429 pages, 1 b/w photograph, 5 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; GTB; JP; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 588.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520232624
ISBN
9780520232624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Paperback. Extending deconstructive theory to historical and political analysis, Timothy Mitchell examines the peculiarity of Western conceptions of order and truth through a re-reading of Europe's colonial encounter with nineteenth-century Egypt. Num Pages: 230 pages, Ill.ch. BIC Classification: GTF; HBJH; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338. 230 pages, Ill.ch. Extending deconstructive theory to historical and political analysis, Timothy Mitchell examines the peculiarity of Western conceptions of order and truth through a re-reading of Europe's colonial encounter with nineteenth-century Egypt. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: GTF; HBJH; JPS. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 15. Weight: 336.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
230
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520075689
ISBN
9780520075689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. How oil undermines democracy, and our ability to address the environmental crisis. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JPQB; RNFY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781681169
ISBN
9781781681169
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.90

Hardback. A superb analysis of how the decline of Canadian Keynesianism has made way for the emergence of politics organized around balanced budgets. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JPQB; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774809986
ISBN
9780774809986
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.28

Paperback. Offers an account of the IRA bomb that killed the author's 14-year-old twin brother, his grandparents and a family friend, published on the 30th anniversary of the atrocity. This title reveals a story of courage and fortitude as he, his family, and their English and Irish friends dealt with the shocking assassinations and their aftermath. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJPL; BGA; HBJD1; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099543589
ISBN
9780099543589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.78

Paperback. Editor(s): Power, Timothy J.; Taylor, Matthew. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JPZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268038946
ISBN
9780268038946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.01

paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JJP; JPHV; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271020105
ISBN
9780271020105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 34.47

Paperback. A novel study of the complex connections between Nelson Mandela and the nationalist leadership in the ANC with their kinsmen inside the Transkei Bantustan state, that reveals the significance of ethnic belonging, so important in African history. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW; JPFN; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 23 x 15 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
James Currey
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847011565
ISBN
9781847011565
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.77

Paperback. For more than thirty years, Timothy Garton Ash has traveled among truth tellers and political charlatans to record, with scalpel-sharp precision, what he has found. This book collects his writings since the millennium, that addresses some of the crucial questions of our time. It is history of the present on a scale by turns panoramic and human. Num Pages: 496 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 3JMC; HBG; HBLX; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 424. 496 pages, maps. For more than thirty years, Timothy Garton Ash has traveled among truth tellers and political charlatans to record, with scalpel-sharp precision, what he has found. This book collects his writings since the millennium, that addresses some of the crucial questions of our time. It is history of the present on a scale by turns panoramic and human. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JMC; HBG; HBLX; JP. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 35. Weight: 424.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848870918
ISBN
9781848870918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.51

paperback. Using six original surveys, this work challenges conventional understandings of Russia's politics and economics through an analysis of property battles. Num Pages: 260 pages, 6 b/w illus. 43 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JPHC; KCA; KFFR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781316610107
ISBN
9781316610107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.06

Paperback. The ideal of a neutral, objective press has proven in recent years to be just that - an ideal. In Governing with the News, Timothy E. Cook goes far beyond the single claim that the press is not impartial to argue that the news media are in fact a political institution integral to the day-to-day operations of our government. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPH; KNTD; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Second Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226115016
ISBN
9780226115016
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.82

Paperback. An historical study of the polarity between the centripetal power in the capital and the centrifugal federalism of the Mexican states. It examines the crucial post-independence period of 1821-35 to understand both the theoretical and the practical causes of the development of this polarity. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPH; JPQ; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
330
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803259416
ISBN
9780803259416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

Paperback. In Techne of Giving, Timothy Campbell elaborates a notion of generosity as way of responding to contemporary biopower. Reading films from Visconti, Rossellini, and Antonioni, he both updates their political lexicon while adopting them as models able to push back against neoliberal forms of gift-giving. Series: Commonalities. Num Pages: 240 pages, 30 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780823273263
ISBN
9780823273263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.04

Hardback. In Techne of Giving, Timothy Campbell elaborates a notion of generosity as way of responding to contemporary biopower. Reading films from Visconti, Rossellini, and Antonioni, he both updates their political lexicon while adopting them as models able to push back against neoliberal forms of gift-giving. Series: Commonalities. Num Pages: 240 pages, 30 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780823273256
ISBN
9780823273256
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.28

Hardback. Taking stock of contemporary social, cultural, and political currents, this book explores turning points in the history of American intellectual life. It documents how alternative views were chased from the public stage by strategic acts of censorship, including within supposedly dissident wings of the humanities. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 817.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
1st ptg.
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231137300
ISBN
9780231137300
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.39
€ 85.82

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