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Paperback. This volume employs a pro and con format to offer an introduction to the affirmative action debate. Part one draws on state and federal court decisions to support affirmative action to counter racial and gender bias and part two cites the same kinds of evidence to argue against affirmative action. Num Pages: 304 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; GTB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 405.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742502109
- ISBN
- 9780742502109
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.84
€ 60.84
Paperback. Examines and compares public policy performance across both state and national levels, explaining why state agencies excel at economic outputs and profitability, the management of land with state income in mind - while national agencies are stronger in citizen participation and the inarguably important role of environmental protection. Series: American Governance and Public Policy Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; JPRB; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878403745
- ISBN
- 9780878403745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.17
€ 74.17
Hardback. Explains the process and outcome of reforms to the tasks and structure of the German Bundeswehr, demonstrating, in contrast to previous approaches, how the domestic political context and material factors were of crucial importance, despite adaptational pressures from the EU and NATO. Num Pages: 230 pages, 7 ills, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JMC; JPQB; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845453923
- ISBN
- 9781845453923
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.05
€ 161.05
Paperback. Helps family child care providers gain more financial control over their lives. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JKS; JPQB; VSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 175 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Redleaf Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781605540092
- ISBN
- 9781605540092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.56
€ 22.56
Paperback. Helps new and established family child care providers give their business solid footing for the future. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: JKS; JPQB; KJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 175 x 8. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Redleaf Press United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781605540085
- ISBN
- 9781605540085
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.14
€ 24.99
€ 24.14
Hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; JPQB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Encounter Books,USA United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594037894
- ISBN
- 9781594037894
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.56
€ 26.99
€ 24.56
Hardback. Editor(s): Jennison, Todd C.; Horowitz, Bradley. Num Pages: 178 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 178
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781624170652
- ISBN
- 9781624170652
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.60€ 115.23
€ 169.60
€ 115.23
Hardcover. The chapters in this volume examine the evolving political cultures of the post-Soviet states. The text examines the near- and long-term prospects for the establishment of democratic polities in the region. Num Pages: 384 pages, maps, tables, index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 757.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- M.E. Sharpe
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563243646
- ISBN
- 9781563243646
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.84
€ 142.84
Paperback. Series: Urban Institute Press. Num Pages: 268 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JPQB; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Urban Institute Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780877667568
- ISBN
- 9780877667568
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.24
€ 60.24
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
€ 113.85
€ 113.85
Paperback. Why has postwar Japanese abortion policy been relatively progressive, while contraception policy has been relatively conservative? The Japanese government legalized abortion in 1948 but did not approve the pill until 1999. This study argues that these contradictory policies flowed from different historical circumstances. Num Pages: 258 pages, 4 line illus., 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; JFMA; JHBD; JPQB; MBNH4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691070056
- ISBN
- 9780691070056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.73
€ 46.99
€ 33.73
Paperback. This work shows how the present drug war started at the beginning of this century, when the US government first assumed the task of protecting people from patent medicines. It demonstrates, however, the deleterious effects of prescription laws, which place people under lifelong medical supervision. Num Pages: 229 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPQ; JFM; JPQB; JPVH; LNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 13. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815603337
- ISBN
- 9780815603337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.73
€ 21.99
€ 20.73
Paperback. In this polemical response to the controversy about drug use and drug criminalization, Thomas Szasz suggests that governments have overstepped their bounds in labelling and prohibiting certain drugs as "dangerous" substances and incarcerating "addicts" in order to cure them. Num Pages: 320 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815607687
- ISBN
- 9780815607687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.89
€ 21.99
€ 20.89
Paperback. In this study of the laws and policies associated with commercial radio and television, the author shows that government regulation creates rather than intervenes in the market. It shows that liberal marketplace principles have come into contradiction with themselves. Num Pages: 352 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JPQB; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 167 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226777221
- ISBN
- 9780226777221
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.90
€ 37.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Sowell presents a devastating critique of the mind-set behind the failed social policies of the past thirty years. Sowell sees what has happened during that time not as a series of isolated mistakes b Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JKS; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465089956
- ISBN
- 9780465089956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.86
€ 23.99
€ 18.86
Hardcover. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: JPQB; KCP; KCY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 245 x 48. Weight in Grams: 872.
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465096763
- ISBN
- 9780465096763
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.35
€ 43.99
€ 36.35
Hardcover. The main driver of inequality--returns on capital that exceed the rate of economic growth--is again threatening to generate extreme discontent and undermine democratic values. Thomas Piketty's findings in this ambitious, original, rigorous work will transform debate and set the agenda for the next generation of thought about wealth and inequality. Num Pages: 640 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JM; JPQB; KCA; KCM; KCP; KCZ; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 158 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1210.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674430006
- ISBN
- 9780674430006
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.99
€ 45.99
€ 37.99
Paperback. Political elites submit to the mass media's formulas in the hope of salvaging some influence over their public images. The media thus colonize politics, and the politicians' self-interest turns them into accomplices. This book argues that the media transform traditional party democracy into a media democracy. Num Pages: 184 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFD; JPHV; JPL; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745628448
- ISBN
- 9780745628448
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.74
€ 24.74
Paperback. Climate change and rapid population growth mean that it's no longer possible for businesses, or the rest of us, to keep doing things the same old way. Things are going to have to change - and fast. This book provides a strategy for clean fuel, energy efficiency and conservation. Num Pages: 528 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JPQB; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Updated, Expanded ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141036663
- ISBN
- 9780141036663
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Series: Encounter Broadsides. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: JPQB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 120 x 8. Weight in Grams: 57.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Encounter Books,USA United States
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594034909
- ISBN
- 9781594034909
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.98
€ 7.98