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Hardback. Members of the agricultural wing of the radical IWW worked in most western states, from the wheat fields of the Great Plains to the fruit orchards of California and Washington. This lively history traces the rise and fall of the Harvest Wobblies and describes their struggle to organize a racially diverse union of migrant and seasonal laborers. Num Pages: 279 pages, illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPQB; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Oregon State University United States
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870715327
- ISBN
- 9780870715327
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.08
€ 45.08
hardcover. Explores those uneasy places where scientific research meets public policy-making - and the resulting human effect on our natural and historical landscapes. The author follows an archaeobotanist on her research in the Near East to see what ancient agricultural practices in this largely arid region can tell us about where the West may be heading. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JPQB; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813926230
- ISBN
- 9780813926230
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.60
€ 42.60
Paperback. Looks at how medical treatments of AIDS have changed and grown; how blood policies were formed; how value-based debates raged and continue to rage over prevention; how communities developed to first respond to the crisis, and later organized to fight for health care; and, how foreign policy is being shaped. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFH2; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878403783
- ISBN
- 9780878403783
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.29
€ 71.29
Paperback. Comparing national efforts to preserve public lands, this title investigates how effectively and under what conditions governments can provide goods for future generations. It examines the effect of institutional structure on the public delivery of these goods. Series: American Governance and Public Policy Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, maps. BIC Classification: JPQB; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878407026
- ISBN
- 9780878407026
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.34
€ 72.34
paperback. In our increasingly globalized world, US trade policy stands at the intersection of foreign and domestic affairs. This book explains trade policy in terms of domestic politics, presenting an account of its origins and political significance. Series: Essential Texts in American Government Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; KCLT; KCP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878407446
- ISBN
- 9780878407446
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.53
€ 72.53
Paperback. Policymaking is of its very nature a people-centred business. By explaining why people skills matter, this work provides advice on how policy analysts can develop and use their people skills. Each chapter provides a Skill Building Checklist, discussion ideas, and suggestions for further reading. Num Pages: 280 pages, bibliographical references , index. BIC Classification: GTC; JPQB; KJP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878409006
- ISBN
- 9780878409006
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.79
€ 71.79
Hardback. A life-long Republican and ardent conservationist, Russell Train was a catalyst for many of America's important environmental policies that remain in place today. This is a behind-the-scenes account of the politics of the environment over the second half of the 20th century. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JPQB; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Island Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781559632867
- ISBN
- 9781559632867
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.70
€ 51.70
Paperback. An analysis of how US businesses use part-time employment, and why they are using it more and more. Examining the nature and purposes of the different types of part-time employment, this work explores the roots of part-time jobs in the organization of work, and the inadequacies of the public policies on part-time employment. Num Pages: 240 pages, 18 tables, 15 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; JPQB; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566393829
- ISBN
- 9781566393829
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.85
€ 37.85
Paperback. Features ideas for making welfare policy just and effective. This book offers a contextual approach to understanding topics such as the development of assets-based approaches to helping the poor. It stresses the importance of understanding the ways we talk about welfare, the ways it is studied, and attention to what is not being discussed and why. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 407. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592133024
- ISBN
- 9781592133024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.97
€ 32.97
Jobs Aren't Enough: Toward a New Economic Mobility for Low-Income Fami...
Iversen, Roberta Rehner; Armstrong, Annie Lau...
paperback. Examines the obstacles to economic mobility for low- and middle-income families in 21st century America. This book proposes a different mobility paradigm grounded in cooperation, collaboration, mutuality, and revitalization of the 'public will' to maximize both "household and profit." Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 b&w illustrations, 16 tables, 1 map, 1 figure. BIC Classification: JHBL; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 458. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Temple University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592133567
- ISBN
- 9781592133567
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.29
€ 37.29
Jobs and Economic Development in Minority Communities
. Ed(S): Ong, Paul; Loukaitou-Sideris, Anasta...
Paperback. Planners and policy makers need to reformulate community economic development in ways that account for the particularities of different minority groups. This book considers these challenges by examining case studies of economic development and job creation in different physical and social settings across the nation. Editor(s): Ong, Paul; Loukaitou-Sideris, Anastasia. Num Pages: 314 pages, 13 b&w illustrations, 38 tables, 5 maps, 4 figures. BIC Classification: JHMP; JPQB; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592134106
- ISBN
- 9781592134106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.49
€ 37.49
paperback. Presents the investigations about metropolitan inequalities in America's large urban regions. This title discovers the special patterns of opportunity in greater Philadelphia, a sprawling, complex metropolitan region consisting of over 350 separate localities. It also portrays the region's uneven development. Series: Philadelphia Voices, Philadelphia Visions Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, 47 tables, 38 halftonese, 26 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; JPQ; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592138975
- ISBN
- 9781592138975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.03
€ 35.03
Hardcover. This study departs from traditional interpretations of cohabitation in French politics, which suggest French institutions are capable of coping when the President and Prime Minister originate from different political parties. Instead, it offers the opposite view that cohabitation leads to partisan conflict and inertia in the policy-making process. Series: French Politics, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPHF; JPHV; JPL; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230337107
- ISBN
- 9780230337107
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
French political scientist Denis Acorne examines the complex relationship between religion and politics in the United States. Translator(s): Holoch, George. Series: Religion, Culture and Public Life. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HRA; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231151009
- ISBN
- 9780231151009
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.33€ 75.66
€ 98.33
€ 75.66
Paperback / so. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFA; JFSC; JPQB; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780375708213
- ISBN
- 9780375708213
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.32
€ 20.99
€ 18.32
Paperback. A comparison of rational choice models of Congress Editor(s): Shepsle, Kenneth A.; Weingast, Barry R. Num Pages: 328 pages, tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472083190
- ISBN
- 9780472083190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.86
€ 37.99
€ 34.86
Paperback. Examines how Congress operates and how members of Congress are elected and reelected Editor(s): Bianco, William T. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472087112
- ISBN
- 9780472087112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99
€ 48.99
By highlighting the degree to which meaning making in public policy is more a cultural struggle than a rational and analytical project, " Governing Narratives" brings public administration back into a political context. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JPP; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- 3
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817317737
- ISBN
- 9780817317737
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 39.72
€ 41.99
€ 39.72
hardcover. Using concepts from political economy, feminism, and public policy, this study will be of interest across a range of disciplines. Series: Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy. Num Pages: 336 pages, 5 diagrams, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJP; JFSJ; JKS; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 33. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802035233
- ISBN
- 9780802035233
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.82
€ 99.82
paperback. In her analysis, McKeen underscores this persistent familialism that has been written and rewritten into Canadian social policy thereby denying women's autonomy as independent claims-makers on the state. Series: Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJP; JFFA; JFFK; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802085443
- ISBN
- 9780802085443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 39.44
€ 43.99
€ 39.44
Cannabis: Report of the Senate Special Committee on Illegal Drugs
Senate Special Committee On Illegal Drugs
paperback. With innovative scientific investigation and bold recommendations, this report, prefaced by Senator Nolin, is an indispensable tool in the national and international debate surrounding cannabis. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFH1; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 125 x 17. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Abridged
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802086303
- ISBN
- 9780802086303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 39.44
€ 43.99
€ 39.44
hardcover. Original, engaging, and authoritative, this study has much to say about the political climate in Prague after the downfall of communism, and makes insightful conclusions about the factors that contributed to present political circumstances in the region. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7 figures, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; 3JJPR; JFSG; JPHV; JPQB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802093288
- ISBN
- 9780802093288
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.21
€ 72.21
Public Policy For Women: The State, Income Security, and Labour Market...
. Ed(S): Cohen, Marjorie Griffin; Pulkingham,...
paperback. Containing essays from leading feminist academics, and social activists, Public Policy for Women addresses important public policy issues that fail to address women's needs. Editor(s): Cohen, Marjorie Griffin; Pulkingham, Jane. Series: Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy. Num Pages: 384 pages, 20 figures. BIC Classification: JKS; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780802095008
- ISBN
- 9780802095008
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 40.51
€ 44.99
€ 40.51
Hardback. In The Real Dope, Edgar-Andre Montigny brings together leading scholars from a diverse range of fields to examine the relationship between moral judgment and legal regulation in the debate surrounding the potential decriminalization of marijuana. Editor(s): Montigny, Ed. Num Pages: 352 pages, 12 photos. BIC Classification: JKVG; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802099426
- ISBN
- 9780802099426
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.81
€ 94.81