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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€ 33.21
€ 46.99
€ 33.21
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€ 20.65
€ 21.99
€ 20.65
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€ 20.80
€ 21.99
€ 20.80
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
€ 33.00€ 29.59
€ 33.00
€ 29.59
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
€ 46.99€ 30.49
€ 46.99
€ 30.49
Paperback. What do we know about the possible poisons that industrial technologies leave in our air and water? How reliable is the science that federal regulators and legislators use to protect the public from dangerous products? This book shows that ideological or economic attacks on research are part of an extensive pattern of abuse. Num Pages: 400 pages, 2 line illustrations. BIC Classification: JPQB; LNKJ; MBP; RNC; TQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674047143
- ISBN
- 9780674047143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.10
€ 36.99
€ 32.10
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
€ 24.50
€ 24.50
Hardcover. Over the years, think tanks have become fixtures of American politics. But what are think tanks? Who funds them? And just how influential have they become? The author argues that the unsettling ambiguity of the think tank is less an accidental feature of its existence than the very key to its impact. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 map, 12 line drawings, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226517292
- ISBN
- 9780226517292
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.27€ 78.11
€ 94.27
€ 78.11
Paperback. Over the past half-century, think tanks have become fixtures of American politics, supplying advice to presidents and policy makers, expert testimony on Capitol Hill. This book argues that the curious ambiguity of the think tank is not an accidential feature of its existence, but the very key to its impact. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1 map. 12 figures, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JHB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226143668
- ISBN
- 9780226143668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.59
€ 33.99
€ 26.59
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€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
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
€ 8.07
€ 8.07
Paperback. Revised andupdated through 1993, it describes how the end of the Cold War affected the United States's global role as well as suggesting what possibilities lie ahead for a restructured world-system. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801850110
- ISBN
- 9780801850110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.18
€ 30.99
€ 26.18
Hardcover. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JPQB; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The New Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595588364
- ISBN
- 9781595588364
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.21
€ 27.99
€ 25.21
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The New Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595587060
- ISBN
- 9781595587060
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.17
€ 20.99
€ 20.17
Paperback. Offers a narrative that unfolds on the night of August 16, 1996, with the brutal and senseless murder of Eric Nesbitt, a young man stationed at Langley Air Force Base, at the hands of 18-year-old Daryl Atkins. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780872894181
- ISBN
- 9780872894181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.65
€ 121.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JPQB; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 204 x 26. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Broadway Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Revised, Updated, Subsequent
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781400051571
- ISBN
- 9781400051571
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.62
€ 19.99
€ 14.62
paperback. Series: Literature of American Labor. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; HBJK; HBLW; JPQB; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- ILR Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780875461687
- ISBN
- 9780875461687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.04
€ 23.99
€ 22.04
Paperback. Faced with divided advisers, limited options, contradictory evidence, and the profound global consequences of their choices, how do presidents reach a decision in a time of crisis? This title analyzes the political and personal dimensions of presidential decision-making and the necessary attributes of an effective leader. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 142 x 8. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231136471
- ISBN
- 9780231136471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.59
€ 25.99
€ 19.59
paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 5. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801494260
- ISBN
- 9780801494260
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.81
€ 36.99
€ 33.81
Hardback. In addition to examining the role of the legislative and executive branches of government, Stein covers the often-overlooked role of the judiciary, showing how social welfare practitioners should interpret (1) conflicting judicial rulings in cases where courts of equal jurisdiction rule differently on the same matter and (2) judicial rulings that signal significant changes in the law. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; JHBA; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 257 x 184 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1044.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231116824
- ISBN
- 9780231116824
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.49€ 63.42
€ 82.49
€ 63.42