Comparative politics
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Comparative politics
Paperback. Presents an analysis of the constraints on the United States' use of power in pursuit of its security interests. This book shows that in a unipolar system, where the United States is dominant in the scales of world power, the constraints featured in international relations theory are generally inapplicable. Num Pages: 248 pages, 4 line illus. 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691137841
- ISBN
- 9780691137841
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.20
€ 40.99
€ 29.20
Paperback. This unique book presents all 73 female presidents and prime ministers from around the world, from 1960 (when the first was elected) to 2010, organised by chronology and geography written by an experienced politician and academic. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JMC; JFSJ1; JPB; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 241 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1018.
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447315803
- ISBN
- 9781447315803
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 45.52
€ 47.99
€ 45.52
Paperback. The literature on the 'developing world' is dominated by narratives of state failure, but few analysts have, until now, addressed why some of them turn it around. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GTF; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 159 x 31. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849044615
- ISBN
- 9781849044615
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.69
€ 33.99
€ 31.69
Paperback. Since its early beginnings peace and conflict research has focused on causes of phenomena such as civil war, terrorism, and state failure. The author merges this approach with a peace causes perspective and asks why civil war happened in Peru (1980-1995) though not in Bolivia, Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; 1KLSR; GTJ; JPB; JPWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 147. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Verlag Barbara Budrich
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783863887360
- ISBN
- 9783863887360
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Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 40.85
€ 48.99
€ 40.85
Paperback. Argues that almost all successful nation-state projects have been associated with a particular political institution prior to independence: the segment-state, a jurisdiction defined by both human and territorial boundaries. Num Pages: 440 pages, 18 line illus. 36 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPB; JPFN; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691134673
- ISBN
- 9780691134673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.94€ 46.32
€ 58.94
€ 46.32
paperback. When Norms Collide examines the conditions under which transnational activism leads individuals and communities to abandon local norms and embrace international ones. It investigates the local dynamics of norm conflicts around female genital mutilation and early marriage. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JPB; JPVH; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190274924
- ISBN
- 9780190274924
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Condition: New
€ 58.42
€ 58.42
What's Left of the Left: Democrats and Social Democrats in Challenging...
. Ed(S): Cronin, James E.; Ross, Sir George W...
hardcover. What's Left of the Left offers studies comparing how center-left political parties and movements have fared since the 1970s throughout Europe and in the United States. Editor(s): Cronin, James E.; Ross, Sir George W.; Shoch, James. Num Pages: 424 pages, 18 tables. BIC Classification: JPB; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press Books United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350613
- ISBN
- 9780822350613
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.20
€ 128.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; KCN; KCP; RNFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 50. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441179364
- ISBN
- 9781441179364
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.20
€ 46.99
€ 39.20
Hardback. Water Politics and Political Culture Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1QFE; JPA; JPB; RNFD; TQSW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319214788
- ISBN
- 9783319214788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.71
€ 67.71
Paperback. The world is in a mess. For more than a billion people, everyday life is played out against the backdrop of civil wars, military coups and failing economies. For them, the peaceful democracy taken for granted in the West seems an impossible pipe-dream. But solutions do exist - it is up to us to achieve them. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFG; GTF; JPB; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099523512
- ISBN
- 9780099523512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Hardback. Violence after War will be essential reading for all those interested in political violence, peacekeeping, and post-conflict reconstruction. Num Pages: 448 pages, 8, 8 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE; JPB; JPS; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 239 x 32. Weight in Grams: 778.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421412573
- ISBN
- 9781421412573
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.73€ 64.37
€ 70.73
€ 64.37
Hardback. This book explores domestic opposition to formal US military bases in Latin America, and provides evidence of a growing network of informal and secretive base-like arrangements that supports US military operations in the Latin American Region. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; JPB; JPSL; JWL; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137539267
- ISBN
- 9781137539267
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Condition: New
€ 132.39
€ 132.39
Paperback. Editor(s): Kersting, Norbert. Series: Stadtforschung aktuell. BIC Classification: JPB. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Publisher
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1. Aufl. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783658073206
- ISBN
- 9783658073206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.80
€ 58.80
Paperback. In Unusually Cruel, Mark Morje Howard shows how far outside the norm-and how different from systems in other advanced, industrial democracies-US prisons are. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JKVP1; JPB; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190659349
- ISBN
- 9780190659349
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 37.59
€ 37.99
€ 37.59
hardcover. In Unusually Cruel, Mark Morje Howard shows how far outside the norm-and how different from systems in other advanced, industrial democracies-US prisons are. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JKVP1; JPB; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190659332
- ISBN
- 9780190659332
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.71
€ 169.71
Paperback. Thoroughly revised and updated, the new edition provides a broad-ranging introduction to theories of political development and the contemporary comparative politics of the Third World. The new edition reflects key political and economic changes, and contains nine country-specific case studies which illustrate various types of political change. Num Pages: 312 pages, 11 black & white tables, 1 figures. BIC Classification: 1QFG; JPB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137003256
- ISBN
- 9781137003256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.21
€ 68.21
Paperback. Covering China, Japan, the Koreas, and the ASEAN member states, this volume provides an introduction to one of the most complex and rapidly changing regions in the world. It covers history, politics, economics, and international relations, as well as such topics as the role of the military, population and urbanization, and environmental issues. Editor(s): Kaup, Katherine Palmer. Series: Understanding: Introductions to the States & Regions of the Contemporary World. Num Pages: 470 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; JPB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Lynne Rienner Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781588260864
- ISBN
- 9781588260864
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.20
€ 32.20
Paperback. Series: The Public Square. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; HBG; HBLX; JPB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691173511
- ISBN
- 9780691173511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.82
€ 33.99
€ 24.82
Hardcover. Can constitutional amendments be unconstitutional? Using theoretical and comparative approaches, Roznai establishes the nature and scope of constitutional amendment powers by focusing on substantive limitations, looking at their prevalence in practice and the conceptual coherence of the very idea of limitations to constitutional amendment powers. Series: Oxford Constitutional Theory. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: JPA; JPB; JPHC; LAB; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 241 x 30. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198768791
- ISBN
- 9780198768791
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 176.03
€ 176.03
Hardback. Twenty-First Century Populism analyses the phenomenon of sustained populist growth in Western Europe by looking at the conditions facilitating populism in specific national contexts and then examining populist fortunes in those countries. The chapters are written by country experts and political scientists from across the continent. Editor(s): Albertazzi, Daniele; McDonnell, Duncan. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DD; JPB; JPFM; JPHV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230013490
- ISBN
- 9780230013490
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.27
€ 132.27
Paperback. Extensive primary research and a rubric that can be applied to burgeoning democracies offer readers valuable tools and information. Editor(s): Stoner, Kathryn; McFaul, Michael. Num Pages: 456 pages, 9, 9 graphs. BIC Classification: 3JJ; JPA; JPB; JPHV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 33. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421408149
- ISBN
- 9781421408149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.77
€ 38.99
€ 32.77
Paperback. Lowenthal, founding director of the Latin American Program, who wrote the original volume's foreword. Num Pages: 120 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JPA; JPB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 168 x 9. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421410135
- ISBN
- 9781421410135
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.22
€ 36.99
€ 31.22
Paperback. Transforming Provincial Politics is the first province-by-province analysis of politics and political economy in more than a decade, and the first to directly examine the turn to neoliberal policies at the provincial and territorial level. Editor(s): Evans, Bryan M.; Smith, Charles W. Series: Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy. Num Pages: 456 pages, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JPB; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 29. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442611795
- ISBN
- 9781442611795
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 39.73
€ 43.99
€ 39.73
Hardback. In a context of economic and budgetary crisis, this book presents a long-term analysis of the transformations of EU gender equality. It analyses the mechanisms of construction, consolidation and deconstruction of this policy and questions the effects of its current dismantling. Series: Gender and Politics. Num Pages: 224 pages, 7 black & white tables, 13 figures. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JFFJ; JFSJ1; JPB; JPWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137436566
- ISBN
- 9781137436566
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.72
€ 110.72