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Hardcover. This work critically examines the realities of liberal democracy, its elitism, its non-accountability and its inequalities and injustices. By interrogating contemporary democratic regimes in the US, Botswana and South Africa, the limitations inherent in liberal democracy are highlighted. Editor(s): Shaw, Professor Timothy M. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 271 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMB; 1HFMS; 1KBB; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333790427
ISBN
9780333790427
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.25

Hardback. "Original quarter morocco over cloth covered boards, bright gilt title on spine and bright decorative gilt title and border on front board, tight binding and clean and crisp pages". Keywords: Politics - history - Rare and antiquarian Original quarter morocco over cloth covered boards, bright gilt title on spine and bright decorative gilt title and border on front board, tight binding and clean and crisp pages.
Format
Hardback
Publisher
The Liberal Publications Departm London
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KEX0179698
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 81.09

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844678617
ISBN
9781844678617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.94

Hardcover. Erik Ringmar elucidates how Europeans spread "civilization" by barbarian means in the 1860 destruction of the palace of the emperor of China. Series: Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 268 pages, 14 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FPC; JHB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 177 x 21. Weight in Grams: 538.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137268907
ISBN
9781137268907
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.03

Hardback. Using archival sources and interviews with key participants, new insight is gained to how the Lib-Lab Pact of 1977-78 - an agreement, short of a full coalition - came about, was structured and implemented, and how Liberal leader, David Steel, might have achieved significant policy concessions on electoral reform. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 black & white tables, 1 graphs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPL; HBJD1; HBLW; JPL; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137527684
ISBN
9781137527684
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.56

Hardcover. This book provides insight into one of the world's quietest human rights abuses. The story of the Lhotsampa people of Bhutan describes their journey of coping and resilience, incorporating qualitative research undertaken in the refugee camps in Nepal and resettlement areas in Australia and elsewhere in the world. Editor(s): Pulla, Venkat. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKH; JFFD; JFFN; JFSL1; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137557216
ISBN
9781137557216
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.41

Paperback. One of the most significant political philosophers of the twentieth century, Carl Schmitt is a deeply controversial figure who has been labeled both a Nazi sympathizer and a modern-day Thomas Hobbes. This work uses the Enlightenment philosopher's enduring symbol of the protective Leviathan to address the nature of modern statehood. Translator(s): Schwab, George; Hilfstein, Erna. Num Pages: 184 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 182 x 215 x 11. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Edition
University of Chicago Press Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226738949
ISBN
9780226738949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.88

Hardback. In light of the ongoing Syrian civil war, the advancement of the 'Islamic State' (IS) in both Syria and Iraq, and the intractable Israeli-Palestinian conflict, this book raises the question of whether the developments in the Levant might lead not only to regime change, but to a fundamental alteration of its entire state system. Editor(s): Beck, Martin; Jung, Dietrich; Seeberg, Peter. Series: Future of Minority Studies. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; JPA; JPH; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137537225
ISBN
9781137537225
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.54

Hardcover. Num Pages: 672 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1116.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
672
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674526662
ISBN
9780674526662
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.52
€ 128.91

Hardcover. Ex libris, usual library markings
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
New York Houghton Mifflin Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1922
Edition
3rd impression
SKU
KNH0008573
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
Number of pages
209
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349415670
ISBN
9781349415670
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.04

Hardcover. This study analyses Flora Tristan's correspondence with militant republicans, socialists and democrats active in the July Monarchy. It also examines the role of the letter in fostering links at a time of a significant growth of literacy and search for citizenship by the disenfranchised. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; DN; HBJD; HBLL; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333772645
ISBN
9780333772645
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.53

Hardback. Examines the experiences of seven national leaders during the First World War including Adolf Hitler, Charles de Gaulle, Benito Mussolini, Gustav Mannerheim, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Harold Macmillan and Herbert Hoover. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBG; HBWN; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 550.
Publisher
Nonsuch Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845886349
ISBN
9781845886349
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.50

Paperback. Clarifies the difference between political philosophy and Carl Schmitt's political theology and relates the religious dimension of his thought to his support for National Socialism and his continuing anti-Semitism. This title includes essays that address the correspondence of Schmitt, and the light it sheds on his conception of political theology. Translator(s): Brainard, Marcus; Berman, Robert. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 175 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Expanded edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226518862
ISBN
9780226518862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.91

Paperback. In the age of terrorism Michael Ignatieff argues that we must not shrink from the use of violence. But its use - in a liberal democracy - must be measured. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748622245
ISBN
9780748622245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.23

Hardcover. What norms and principles guide the Afghan Taliban in their conduct of hostilities? The author focuses on the Layeha, a Code of Conduct issued by the highest Taliban authority. Interviews with Taliban members were conducted to understand their perception of the Layeha, which is modeled as a 'one-way mirror.' Num Pages: 316 pages, 6 figures, 14 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FCA; HRAM2; JPL; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 30. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137537164
ISBN
9781137537164
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.85

paperback. Violence is a more and more ubiquitous phenomenon. Studying it as a political phenomenon in and of itself, this text explores various types of violence, from ideological to fundamentalist movements, within a framework of comparative theory. Editor(s): Apter, David E. Num Pages: 423 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFS; JPA; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 1. Weight in Grams: 537.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
423
Condition
New
Edition
1997th Edition
SKU
V9780333637456
ISBN
9780333637456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 128.29

Hardback. Violence is a more and more ubiquitous phenomenon. Studying it as a political phenomenon in and of itself, this text explores various types of violence, from ideological to fundamentalist movements, within a framework of comparative theory. Editor(s): Apter, David E. Num Pages: 423 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFS; JPA; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 40. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
423
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333637449
ISBN
9780333637449
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.28

Paperback. The new edition of this classic text provides a comprehensive introduction to the concept of legitimacy as applied to political systems. Now addressing the issue of legitimacy beyond the state, the book also includes a new introduction and two major additional chapters which update the argument in the light of developments and debates. Series: Political Analysis. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JPA; JPF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 212 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2nd ed. 2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230279735
ISBN
9780230279735
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.02

Hardback. Based on cutting-edge research, this edited volume examines how citizens and political elites perceive the legitimacy of regional integration in Europe and the Americas. It analyses public opinion and political discourse on the EU, NAFTA and MERCOSUR, arguing that legitimation patterns shape the development of regional governance. Editor(s): Schneider, Steffen. Series: Transformations of the State. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1K; JPA; JPB; JPR; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 186 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137456991
ISBN
9781137456991
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.43

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