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Paperback. Governments spend huge amounts of public money on public services such as health, education, and social care, and yet the services that are delivered are often low quality, inefficiently run, and inequitable in their distribution. This book argues that the solution is to offer choice to users and to encourage competition among providers. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPQB; JPRB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691129365
- ISBN
- 9780691129365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.61€ 53.63
€ 68.61
€ 53.63
hardcover. Series: Columbia Studies in International and Global History. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBG; HBTW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780231153041
- ISBN
- 9780231153041
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Condition: New
€ 75.99€ 52.66
€ 75.99
€ 52.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 538 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 29. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 538
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226769622
- ISBN
- 9780226769622
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Condition: New
€ 53.24€ 46.02
€ 53.24
€ 46.02
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Later Edition reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241316757
- ISBN
- 9780241316757
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 536 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691616315
- ISBN
- 9780691616315
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Condition: New
€ 88.73€ 68.64
€ 88.73
€ 68.64
paperback. 'The great merit of The Origins of Scottish Nationhood is that it seeks to encourage clear thinking about the national condition.' Allan Massie, TLS Num Pages: 272 pages, afterword, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKS; HBJD1; JPFN; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745316086
- ISBN
- 9780745316086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.68
€ 40.99
€ 31.68
Paperback. If we are to understand the politics that we now take for granted, we need to understand its origins. This book examines the paths that different societies have taken to reach their current forms of political order. It starts with the very beginning of mankind and comes right up to the eve of the French and American revolutions. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 39. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846682575
- ISBN
- 9781846682575
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.94
€ 19.99
€ 15.94
Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 12 b&w figures. BIC Classification: HRAM2; HRCM; JPA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231177764
- ISBN
- 9780231177764
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.07€ 51.18
€ 65.07
€ 51.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 12 b&w figures. BIC Classification: HPCF; HRAM2; HRAX; JPA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231177771
- ISBN
- 9780231177771
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.28
€ 30.99
€ 22.28
Paperback. Why would sovereigns ever grant political or economic liberty to their subjects? Under what conditions would rational rulers who possess ultimate authority and who seek to maximize power and wealth ever give up any of that authority? This book answers these questions, investigating both why sovereign powers might liberalize and when. Editor(s): Drake, Paul W.; McCubbins, Mathew D. Num Pages: 224 pages, 23 tables 5 line illus. BIC Classification: JPA; JPFK; JPHC; JPVH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691057552
- ISBN
- 9780691057552
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Condition: New
€ 59.15€ 46.81
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Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784536961
- ISBN
- 9781784536961
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.79
€ 20.99
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Paperback. Examines the ways the emergence of an internationally recognized identity - 'indigenous people - intersects with another relatively recent international movement - the development of universal human rights laws and principles. Num Pages: 291 pages, notes, references, index. BIC Classification: JFSL9; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 291
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520235564
- ISBN
- 9780520235564
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.27
€ 40.99
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Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA1; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691600925
- ISBN
- 9780691600925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.81
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Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA1; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691630724
- ISBN
- 9780691630724
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.30€ 90.02
€ 118.30
€ 90.02
Hardback. Why do the United States and Canada have such divergent political cultures when they share one of the closest economic and cultural relationships in the world? This book examines the North American political landscape to draw out the historical factors that underlie the countries' differences. Num Pages: 382 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; JFC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674031364
- ISBN
- 9780674031364
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.57€ 74.07
€ 81.57
€ 74.07
Paperback. Contributors, including C. Ernest Dawn, Mahmoud Haddad, Reeva Simon, and Beth Baron, provide a broad survey of the Arab world at the turn of the century, permitting a comparison of developments in a variety of settings from Syria and Egypt to the Hijaz, Libya, and Iraq. Editor(s): Khalidi, Rashid; Anderson, Lisa; Muslih, Muhammad Y.; Simon, Reeva S. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JFSR2; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 325
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231074353
- ISBN
- 9780231074353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 31.01
€ 42.99
€ 31.01
Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs. Num Pages: 336 pages, 22. BIC Classification: JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 518. Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs. 321 pages, 22 tables. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: JPS. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 22. Weight: 524.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Number of pages
- 321
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801494185
- ISBN
- 9780801494185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.70
€ 33.99
€ 30.70
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107044487
- ISBN
- 9781107044487
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.60
€ 100.60
Paperback. A critique of the Victorian nuclear family. It argues that the traditional monogamous household was in fact a recent construct, closely bound up with capitalist societies. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; JFCX; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141191119
- ISBN
- 9780141191119
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.04
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Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1DVWB; 3JJ; HBJD; JFSL1; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801477201
- ISBN
- 9780801477201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.94
€ 34.99
€ 31.94
Hardback. Ever since the Title I program in 1965 appropriated nearly one billion dollars for public schools, federal money and programs have been influencing every school in America. This title argues that enormous gaps existed between policies and programs, and the real-world practices that they attempted to change. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: JKS; JNF; JNKD; JNKF; JNLB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674035461
- ISBN
- 9780674035461
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 48.36
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Hardback. Caleb Smith explores the confessions, trial reports, maledictions, and martyr narratives that juxtaposed law and conscience in antebellum America's court of public opinion and shows how writers portrayed struggles for justice as clashes between human law and higher authority, giving voice to a moral protest that transformed American literature. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; DSB; HBJK; JPA; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674073081
- ISBN
- 9780674073081
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.27
€ 47.99
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paperback. This report uses a revolutionary new research tool, LOIS (the Lifetime Opportunity and Incentives Simulation programme), to assess the impact of current government social policy on our lives from cradle to grave. FREE pdf version available online at www.jrf.org.uk Num Pages: 100 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 297 x 210. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 100
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9781861346513
- ISBN
- 9781861346513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.24
€ 30.99
€ 29.24
Paperback. First published in 1955, this political reflection seeks to show how noble ideas can slide into the tyranny of "secular religion". It stresses how political thought has the responsibility of telling the truth about social and political reality - in all its imperfections and complexities. Num Pages: 388 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 11. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Publisher
- Transaction Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 388
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780765807007
- ISBN
- 9780765807007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.68
€ 68.68