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Politics
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812223477
- ISBN
- 9780812223477
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€ 42.04
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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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812223330
- ISBN
- 9780812223330
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€ 36.99€ 35.80
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Paperback. Drawing on years of research in the highlands of Ayacucho, Kimberly Theidon explores how Peruvians are rebuilding individual lives and collective existence following twenty years of armed conflict. The micropolitics of reconciliation practiced there complicates the way we understand transitional justice and coexistence in the aftermath of war. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 480 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; JPVH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 798.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812223262
- ISBN
- 9780812223262
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€ 42.35
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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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812223248
- ISBN
- 9780812223248
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€ 36.99€ 35.55
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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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222968
- ISBN
- 9780812222968
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€ 32.99€ 31.45
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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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222944
- ISBN
- 9780812222944
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€ 32.99€ 31.41
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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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222814
- ISBN
- 9780812222814
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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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812222784
- ISBN
- 9780812222784
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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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812222678
- ISBN
- 9780812222678
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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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222449
- ISBN
- 9780812222449
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€ 42.35
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Paperback. This ethnography analyzes the popularity of Hindu nationalism in contemporary India through examining the everyday acts of women activists, finding that women's ability to recruit individuals from a variety of backgrounds and the movement's willingness to accommodate a multiplicity of positions are central to understanding its expansionary power. Series: The Ethnography of Political Violence Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSJ1; JHM; JPFN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222340
- ISBN
- 9780812222340
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€ 33.99€ 33.76
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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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222326
- ISBN
- 9780812222326
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€ 36.99€ 35.75
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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
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€ 36.99€ 35.55
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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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812221602
- ISBN
- 9780812221602
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€ 36.99€ 33.73
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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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812221527
- ISBN
- 9780812221527
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€ 32.99€ 31.41
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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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812221398
- ISBN
- 9780812221398
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€ 42.99€ 38.12
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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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Edition
- Abridged ed
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812220797
- ISBN
- 9780812220797
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€ 46.99€ 46.64
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Paperback. Mary Robinson was United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 1997 to 2002. During those five tumultuous years, which included the tragic events of 9/11, she offered moral leadership and vision to the global human rights movement. This volume collects her major public addresses from the period. Editor(s): Boyle, Kevin. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: JPVH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 717.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812220070
- ISBN
- 9780812220070
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Paperback. What Pinochet's arrest has taught us about transnational justice and international jurisdiction. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JPVH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 417.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812219746
- ISBN
- 9780812219746
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Paperback. As the only American city under direct congressional control, Washington has served historically as a testing ground for federal policy initiatives. Well-intentioned efforts to introduce measures of social justice for the district's black population have failed. This book addresses the revitalization and the aftereffects of an urban sports arena. Num Pages: 320 pages, 34 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBFC; JFF; JFSL3; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812219586
- ISBN
- 9780812219586
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paperback. "This vivid and moving book will help shape the emerging form of truth commissions in many places around the world."-James Boyd White, author of The Edge of Meaning Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 290.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812219494
- ISBN
- 9780812219494
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€ 32.99€ 31.45
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Paperback. Crossing the Green Line Between the West Bank and Israel makes eloquent use of particular Palestinian experiences as the framework for a critique of the way borders work in the modern world. Series: The Ethnography of Political Violence Series. Num Pages: 184 pages, 18 illus. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 300.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812217933
- ISBN
- 9780812217933
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€ 32.99€ 31.41
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Paperback. Editor(s): Ludden, David. Series: South Asia Seminar. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRG; JH; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 534.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812215854
- ISBN
- 9780812215854
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Paperback. Series: Procedural Aspects of International Law. Num Pages: 552 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPVH; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 796.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Edition
- Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812215724
- ISBN
- 9780812215724
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Condition: New
€ 52.14
€ 52.14