.png){kind=logo}
Politics
Results 5281 - 5300 of 16843
Politics
Paperback. Throughout its history, America's policies have alternatively embraced human rights, regarded them with ambivalence, or rejected them out of hand. The essays in this volume put these shifting political winds into a larger historical perspective, from the country's very beginnings to the present day. Editor(s): Soohoo, Cynthia; Albisa, Catherine; Davis, Martha F. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Edition
- Abridged ed
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812220797
- ISBN
- 9780812220797
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.92
€ 46.99
€ 41.92
Paperback. Reza Afshari reveals Iran's attempt to hide human rights abuses by labeling oppression as an authentic cultural practice. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; JPVH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 735.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812221398
- ISBN
- 9780812221398
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.62
€ 42.99
€ 38.62
Paperback. This textbook gives a comprehensive overview of the human rights issues facing more than half of the Western Hemisphere. Cardenas synthesizes a large volume of research and incorporates primary documents, wide-ranging cases, images, and supplementary student resources, to explore basic themes of terror and hope. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 264 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: JPVH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812221527
- ISBN
- 9780812221527
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Paperback. Reproductive Health and Human Rights assesses the past fifteen years of international efforts aimed at improving health, alleviating poverty, diminishing gender inequality, and promoting human rights. Editor(s): Reichenbach, Laura; Roseman, Mindy Jane. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 304 pages, 9 illus. BIC Classification: JPVH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812221602
- ISBN
- 9780812221602
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.17
€ 37.99
€ 34.17
Paperback. Taking a comprehensive look at institutional and leadership practices in recent public debates over a variety of hot button public policy issues, Public Discourse in America outlines how such conversations can be used to reintegrate our fragmented communities and bridge barriers of difference and hostility among communities and individuals. Editor(s): Rodin, Judith; Steinberg, Stephen P. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JPVH1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812221619
- ISBN
- 9780812221619
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.99
€ 37.99
€ 33.99
paperback. What happens when citizens are refashioned as consumers? Drawing on diverse disciplines and ethnographies from five continents, this collection considers neoliberal reform from the standpoint of people's self-understandings as social and political actors. Editor(s): Greenhouse, Carol J. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; JPFK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222326
- ISBN
- 9780812222326
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91
Paperback. In 1890, a delegation of African American activists formed the Afro-American League, the nation's first national civil rights organization. Over the course of nearly two decades, these activists fought to end disfranchisement and segregation, and to contest racial violence, creating the foundation for the NAACP and the modern civil rights movement. Series: Politics & Culture in Modern America. Num Pages: 408 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPVH1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222449
- ISBN
- 9780812222449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.49
€ 41.99
€ 37.49
Paperback. In Civil Rights Advocacy on Behalf of the Poor, Catherine M. Paden examines five civil rights organizations and explores why they chose to represent the poor-specifically, low-income African Americans-during six legislative periods considering welfare reform. Series: American Governance: Politics, Policy, and Public Law. Num Pages: 240 pages, 13 illus. BIC Classification: JPVH1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812222678
- ISBN
- 9780812222678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15
Paperback. Drawing on previously unavailable archives, Paying the Toll describes the high-stakes struggles for control of the Golden Gate Bridge, and offers a rare inside look at the powerful and secretive agency that built a regional transportation empire with its toll revenue. Series: American Business, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 296 pages, 29 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JPP; JPR; KNGR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812222784
- ISBN
- 9780812222784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15
paperback. This Side of Silence is an anthropological examination of the tension involved in attempts to recognize torture, and the implications that this has for the types of perpetrator that can be held accountable and particular survivors that can be protected. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JPVH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222814
- ISBN
- 9780812222814
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15
Paperback. Former two-term mayor of Miami Manny Diaz shares lessons learned from governing one of America's most diverse and dynamic urban communities. Series: The City in the Twenty-First Century. Num Pages: 240 pages, 14 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; JFSG; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222944
- ISBN
- 9780812222944
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Paperback. In Heavenly Ambitions, Joan Johnson-Freese lays out her vision of the future of space as a frontier where nations cooperate, and military activity is circumscribed by arms control treaties that would allow no one nation to dominate-just as no one nation's military dominates the world's oceans. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; JPS; JWG; JWK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222968
- ISBN
- 9780812222968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Paperback. Historian and human rights scholar Joel Quirk examines the evolution of political opposition to slavery from the mid-eighteenth century to the present day. He offers an original diagnosis of the underlying causes driving one of the most pressing human rights problems in the world today. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTS; JPVH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812223248
- ISBN
- 9780812223248
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.25
€ 37.99
€ 34.25
Paperback. In American Marriage, Priscilla Yamin argues that marriage is a political institution to which actors turn either to stave off or to promote change over issues of race, gender, class, or sexuality. In the political struggle, certain marriages are pushed as necessary for the good of society, while others are contested or prevented. Series: American Governance: Politics, Policy, and Public Law. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPV; LNM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812223330
- ISBN
- 9780812223330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15
Paperback. Historian Elizabeth Tandy Shermer examines how Barry Goldwater and elite Phoenix businessmen used policy and federal funds to fashion a postwar "business climate," setting off an interstate competition for investment that transformed American politics. Series: Politics & Culture in Modern America. Num Pages: 432 pages, 18 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWZ; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JP; KCZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812223477
- ISBN
- 9780812223477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.61
€ 41.99
€ 37.61
Paperback. Looting and Rape in Wartime examines the causes of the hundred-year gap between the prohibition against wartime looting and that against rape, theorizing the conditions necessary for the emergence of a global prohibition regime in which a particular practice is not tolerated. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPVH; LBBR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780812223842
- ISBN
- 9780812223842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. Carrie Booth Walling posits that the arguments Security Council members make about the cause and character of conflict and the source of sovereign authority in target states matter: they enable or constrain the use of military force in defense of human rights. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: HBTZ; JPSN1; JPVH; LBBR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780812223859
- ISBN
- 9780812223859
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15
Paperback. From the era of the industrial factory to the age of the microchip, Pivotal Tuesdays explores four twentieth-century elections-1912, 1932, 1968, and 1992-using the election of the American president as a lens through which to explore the broader sweep of the nation's social, economic, and political history. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780812223934
- ISBN
- 9780812223934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Hardback. Combining theoretical rigor with solid empirical research, Human Rights Under African Constitutions makes an important contribution for scholars and students of political science, African studies, and postcolonial history, as well as providing a vital resource for NGOs and policymakers. Editor(s): An-Na'im, Abdullahi Ahmed. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPVH1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 900.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812236774
- ISBN
- 9780812236774
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.90
€ 96.90
Hardback. This volume makes a significant contribution to the debate about the connections between the protection of human rights and the pursuit of economic development in Africa. Editor(s): Zeleza, Paul Tyambe; McConnaughay, Philip J. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; GTF; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812237832
- ISBN
- 9780812237832
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.58
€ 76.58