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Paperback. For the more than 600,000 who apply for U.S. citizenship each year-an innovative program for success on the new N-400 application Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (XX) Exams / tests / exercises. Dimension: 276 x 215 x 11. Weight in Grams: 535.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Education - Europe United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780071605168
- ISBN
- 9780071605168
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.76
€ 34.99
€ 27.76
Hardcover. Based on selected papers presented at the triennial IATBR (International Association for Travel Behavior Research) conference in August 2003. Editor(s): Axhausen, Prof Dr Kay W. Num Pages: 392 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JP; KNG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 725.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780080442136
- ISBN
- 9780080442136
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 231.58
€ 231.58
Hardcover. The essays in this volume analyse issues of national and regional identity during a key phase of nation-state formation in mid-nineteenth century Europe. By asking how contemporaries articulated regional and national identities, the book offers a fresh prospective on the process of nationalization in modern German, Austrian and Italian histories. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 455.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230000360
- ISBN
- 9780230000360
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.07
€ 64.07
Hardcover. This book examines the role governments play in managing policy challenges such as religion, romance, gender relations, same-sex marriages and privacy protection in response to social changes in marriage. Elizabeth van Acker asks whether governments can or should intervene in this personal sphere. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBK; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230003378
- ISBN
- 9780230003378
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.27
€ 64.27
Hardcover. Central to this book is a discussion of the notion of freedom in Marx and Engel's work. The book argues that the libertarian foundations of political economy were present in Marx's and Engel's work and utilizes contemporary theories of freedom to reinterpret and analyse their original work. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPFC; KCA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 410.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230018969
- ISBN
- 9780230018969
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.84
€ 121.84
Hardcover. One major party in American politics, the Democrats, has consciously identified itself with underdogs. This book analyzes the relationship between the party and the main political ideology of its base: liberalism. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPFK; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230102743
- ISBN
- 9780230102743
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.21
€ 64.21
Hardcover. Iraq: A Lost War deals with the impact of September 11th on the occupation of Iraq and the U.S. declaration of war on international terrorism. It investigates whether war in Iraq was morally justified and whether coalition forces capturing and hanging its president were morally and legally acceptable internationally. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBWS5; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230103078
- ISBN
- 9780230103078
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.18
€ 64.18
Hardcover. This book analyzes the recent development of Gulf capitalism through to the aftermath of the 2008 economic crisis. Situating the Gulf within the evolution of capitalism at a global scale, it presents a novel theoretical interpretation of this important region of the Middle East political economy. Num Pages: 266 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1FBX; JPS; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 207 x 23. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230110779
- ISBN
- 9780230110779
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.15
€ 64.15
Hardcover. As one of South Asia's oldest democracies Sri Lanka is a critical case to examine the limits of a liberal peace, peacebuilding and external engagement in the settlement of civil wars. Based on nine years of research, and more than 100 interviews with those affected by the war, NGOs, and local and international elites engaged in the peace process. Series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKS; GTJ; HBJF; JPS; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230240278
- ISBN
- 9780230240278
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.95
€ 63.95
Paperback. An insightful new biography of Joseph Goebbels, Propaganda Minister of the 'Third Reich' and one of the most important and troubling figures of the twentieth century. The first account to use all of Goebbels' surviving diaries, it sheds new light on his personality, private life and political convictions, as well as his relationship with Hitler. Num Pages: 424 pages, 46, 41 black & white illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD; HBWQ; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230278660
- ISBN
- 9780230278660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.41€ 58.72
€ 59.41
€ 58.72
Feeling the Heat: The Politics of Climate Policy in Rapidly Industrial...
Bailey, Ian, Compston, Hugh
Hardcover. To avoid uncontrolled climate change, greenhouse gas emissions will have to be brought under control by major emitters outside the affluent West. The authors investigate the political obstacles in BRIC countries and what their governments could do to strengthen climate policies without incurring serious political damage. Series: Energy, Climate and the Environment. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPQB; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 214 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230280403
- ISBN
- 9780230280403
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.20
€ 122.20
Paperback. This book examines ideas of 'home' of Americans and Western Europeans under the influence of the two major revolutions of our times: the gender revolution and increased mobility due to globalization. It analyzes how 'home' has been politicized, as well as alternative home-making strategies that aim to transcend the 'logic of identities'. Num Pages: 168 pages, 7 black & white tables, 2 figures, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFFS; JFSJ; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 161
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230293991
- ISBN
- 9780230293991
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.20
€ 63.20
Hardcover. Based on a case study of the RAND Corporation, this shows how the uncertainties of US defense policies since the fall of the USSR can be understood and illustrated through an analysis of the evolution of the think tank community, and more particularly through a sociological study of the so-called defense intellectuals such as the RAND Corporation. Translator(s): George, Renuka. Series: The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340923
- ISBN
- 9780230340923
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.63
€ 63.63
Hardback. The first volume of IDS Companions to Development Studies focuses on pivotal writing emerging from the IDS fellowship during the last 50 years. It includes five topics: perspectives and paradigms, debunking myths, development policy, gender and international perspectives, and policy, as well as names like Seers, Singer, Lipton, Reg Green. Editor(s): Jolly, Richard. Series: Ids Companions to Development. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 black & white tables, 4 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: GTF; JPA; JPB; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230368330
- ISBN
- 9780230368330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.22
€ 65.22
Resilience of Regionalism in Latin America and the Caribbean: Developm...
Andrés Rivarola Puntigliano (Ed.)
Hardback. As regionalisation becomes an increasingly hot topic, the authors explain why regionalism has been most successful in Latin America and analyse current processes and opinions of possible future developments in the region, including the Caribbean, Central America, Brazil, and Mexico. Editor(s): Rivarola Puntigliano, Andres; Briceno-Ruiz, Jose. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JPRB; JPS; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230368361
- ISBN
- 9780230368361
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.94
€ 64.94
Offers an inside look at the 1982 Israeli occupation of Beirut, describes P.L.O. activities prior to their evacuation, and discusses the behind-the-scenes politics of the situation. Num Pages: 241 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231061865
- ISBN
- 9780231061865
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.76
€ 129.76
From Tammany Hall to the election of David Dinkins, this work offers insights into the effect of ethnic competition on the demise of urban political machines. It traces the effect of the arrival of large numbers of Jewish and Italian immigrants - and later black and Puerto Rican migrants - on the Irish-dominated political machine. Series: The Columbia History of Urban Life. Num Pages: 403 pages, 35 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSL; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 31. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 403
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231076364
- ISBN
- 9780231076364
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.48
€ 137.48
This monograph argues that the best way to describe the character of Imperial Germany after 1878 is "illiberal" - voicing a commitment in mind and policy against further concessions to democracy. It describes how German society embraced the move towards totalitarianism fostered by illiberalism. Num Pages: 244 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publication date
- 1975
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231079082
- ISBN
- 9780231079082
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.44
€ 147.44
Paperback. Using sources from the Polish underground press of the late 1970s, this is a detailed account of the movement for democracy in Poland prior to the birth of the Solidarity trade union. The text stresses the work of the important activist groups that began the democratic process. Num Pages: 298 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; JPFF; JPFK; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155. Weight in Grams: 499.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231080934
- ISBN
- 9780231080934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.49
€ 52.49
International Relations Theory and the End of the Cold War
. Ed(S): Lebow, Richard Ned; Risse-Kappen, Th...
This controversial set of essays evaluates and extends international relations theory in light of the revolutionary events of past years. The contributors demonstrate how theoretical constructs did not anticipate Soviet foreign policies that led to the end of the Cold War. Editor(s): Lebow, Richard Ned; Risse-Kappen, Thomas. Num Pages: 292 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 166. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231101943
- ISBN
- 9780231101943
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Condition: New
€ 148.25
€ 148.25
Hardback. A trenchant reappraisal of Chinese communist foreign policy that provides the first comprehensive analysis of the actual party documents, memoirs, and writings of Mao Zedong that have only recently become available. Num Pages: 343 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JPFC; JPHF; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 343
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231103107
- ISBN
- 9780231103107
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.66
€ 146.66
Examines how Communist parents in America from the 1920s to the 1950s attempted to rear their children as Communists. Their ultimate social and political goals, and their sometimes contradictory desires as parents, the book shows, were reflected in the education and upbringing of their children. Num Pages: 192 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231110440
- ISBN
- 9780231110440
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.41
€ 129.41
Looking at the structure of the international system, this work seeks to explain the causes of World War II. The author argues that the structure of the international system was tripolar, not multipolar and this must be considered in any examination of the antecedent causes and events of the war. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231110723
- ISBN
- 9780231110723
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.08
€ 148.08
Paperback. Can grassroots interest groups ever win the wars they wage in the political arena against big business in America? This book asserts that viable strategies are available to environmental, food safety, animal rights, and gun control organizations that seek to challenge business interests in the political arena. Series: Power, Conflict, and Democracy: American Politics into the 21st Century. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPQB; JPWD; KN; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231113113
- ISBN
- 9780231113113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.36
€ 54.36