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Hardback. This is an original and comprehensive examination of China's hukou (household registration) system, a system that fundamentally determines the Chinese way of life and shapes China's sociopolitical structure and socioeconomic development. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 tables, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804750394
ISBN
9780804750394
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.10

Hardback. This book examines the impact of global human rights norms on the development of women's, children's, and minority rights in Japan since the early 1990s. Num Pages: 240 pages, 23 tables, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSJ1; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804750226
ISBN
9780804750226
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.09

Paperback. Makes a case for a new theoretical approach (called "analytical eclecticism" by the authors) to the study of Asian security. It informs the analysis of central topics in East Asian security. The authors conclude that the prospects for peace in East Asia look less dire than conventional theories of international relations suggest. Editor(s): Suh, J. J.; Katzenstein, Peter J.; Carlson, Allen. Series: Studies in Asian Security. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 figures. BIC Classification: 1FP; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804749794
ISBN
9780804749794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.54

Hardback. This is the first volume in which the fate of democracy is directly related to ethnic diversity. It highlights the crucial episodes in modern European political history, and shows in what sense ethnic diversity was of vital importance. Editor(s): Gerrits, Andre; Wolffram, Dirk. Num Pages: 208 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; JFSL; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804749756
ISBN
9780804749756
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.94

Paperback. Confronts head-on the myth that organizational giantism leads to economic efficiency and well-being in the modern age. On the contrary, this book demonstrates how bigness undermines our economic productivity and progress, endangers our democratic freedoms, and exacerbates our economic problems and challenges. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC; KCF; KJV; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804749695
ISBN
9780804749695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.14

Paperback. At the end of the 20th century, democracy appeared to have overcome the Cold War partition of the world, as countries across the globe had deposed autocratic regimes. This title offers a critique of existing theories of democratization, as well as of earlier understandings of the fall of communism. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 maps, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBG; HBLW; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804749282
ISBN
9780804749282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.07

Hardback. In the 1950s Sinhalese linguistic nationalism precipitated a situation in which the movement to replace English as the main language and replace with it with Sihala and Tamil was abandoned and Sinhala alone became the official language. This work looks at the subsequent outcome this had. Series: Contemporary Issues in Asia and Pacific. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKS; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804749237
ISBN
9780804749237
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.46

Paperback. One of the first evaluations of China's leadership transition with Jiang Zemin's 2002 retirement as Communist Party chief, this book probes the country's related institutional transitions--both those under way and those still needed if China is to remain stable and prosperous in the 21st century. Editor(s): Lin, Gang; Hu, Xiaobo. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 11. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804749190
ISBN
9780804749190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.65

paperback. Beyond Bilateralism analyzes how, and to what extent, crucial global and regional security, finance, and trade transformations have altered the U.S.-Japan relationship and how that bilateral relationship has in turn influenced those global and regional trends. Editor(s): Krauss, Ellis S.; Pempel, T. J. Series: Contemporary Issues in Asia and Pacific. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; HBJF; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804749107
ISBN
9780804749107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.64

Hardback. Beyond Bilateralism analyzes how, and to what extent, crucial global and regional security, finance, and trade transformations have altered the U.S.-Japan relationship and how that bilateral relationship has in turn influenced those global and regional trends. Editor(s): Krauss, Ellis S.; Pempel, T. J. Series: Contemporary Issues in Asia and Pacific. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; HBJF; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 735.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804749091
ISBN
9780804749091
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.02

Hardback. This work introduces a comprehensive theory that unifies current ideas about alliances and examines the relationship between threat and alliance politics under conditions of both war and peace. Num Pages: 264 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JPS; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804748667
ISBN
9780804748667
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.84

Paperback. "Models of Voting in Presidential Elections" offers a comprehensive scholarly examination of the determinants of voter participation and vote choice at play in the 2000 presidential election. It examines the larger issues surrounding the election and its outcome. Editor(s): Weisberg, Herbert F.; Wilcox, Clyde. Num Pages: 320 pages, 59 tables, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHF; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804748568
ISBN
9780804748568
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.33

paperback. Examining the polling practices of six presidential administrations - those of Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush and Clinton - this work dissects the poll apparatus of each period. It contends that while White House polls significantly influence presidential messages, their impact is limited. Num Pages: 216 pages, 18 tables, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804748490
ISBN
9780804748490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.04

Paperback. Since the 1980s, Mexico has alternately served as a model of structural economic reform and as a cautionary example of the limitations associated with market-led development. This book provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary assessment of the principal economic and social policies adopted by Mexico during the 1980s and 1990s. Editor(s): Middlebrook, Kevin; Zepeda, Eduardo. Num Pages: 648 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFS; JPA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 835.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
648
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804747202
ISBN
9780804747202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.78

Hardback. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; HBJF; HBLL; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 32. Weight in Grams: 953.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804740449
ISBN
9780804740449
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.57

Hardback. This work aims to reintroduce history into political theory. Contemporary political philosophy - liberalism, communitarianism, and republicanism - disregards history as irrelevant to the nature of politics and to what constitutes a political problem. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; JPA; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804739818
ISBN
9780804739818
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.16

Hardback. Adding an important new dimension to the history of U.S.-Japan relations, this book reveals that an unofficial movement to promote good feeling between the United States and Japan in the 1920s and 1930s only narrowly failed to achieve its goal: to modify the so-called anti-Japanese exclusion clause of the 1924 U.S. immigration law. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 344 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJG; JPS; LNDA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 579.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804738132
ISBN
9780804738132
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.26

Hardback. This text is a theoretically informed and empirically grounded study of the social process through which the credibility of expert advice is produced, challenged, and sustained. The author analyzes science advice as a form of performance, examining how advisory bodies work. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JJP; DSG; JH; JP; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804736459
ISBN
9780804736459
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.71

Hardback. This book is a much expanded and wholly rewritten treatment of the subject of the author's first book, Warrior Government in Early Medieval Japan, published in 1974. In this new version, the "warrior" and "medieval" character of Japan's first shogunate is significantly de-emphasized, thus requiring not only a new title, but also a new book. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrationsmap. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBG; HBJF; HBLC; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804735919
ISBN
9780804735919
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.13

Hardback. This work studies Oxford University's transformation - and the political hazards for academics that ensued - when, after World War II, it changed from a private liberal-arts club with aristocratic pretensions into a state university committed to the natural sciences. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JNMN; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 615.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804734882
ISBN
9780804734882
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.04

Hardback. This book argues that a combination of property rights reform, administrative fragmentation, and technological advance has caused the post-Mao Chinese state to lose a significant degree of control over "thought work," or the management of propagandistic communications flowing into and through Chinese society. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804734615
ISBN
9780804734615
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.13

Hardback. Drawing on interviews and other primary source materials, this comprehensive study examines in detail each of the central issues of Germany's security policy since 1990. Num Pages: 404 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 745.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
404
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804733656
ISBN
9780804733656
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.31

Hardback. This is an intellectual biography of Gabriel Bonnot de Mably (1709-85), who emerges as a central figure in the history of republican thought in the era of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 575.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804727891
ISBN
9780804727891
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.05

Hardback. This work offers both a historical account of the crazy-quilt of legislation dealing with immigration that Congress has passed over the years and a theoretical explanation, building on the "new institutionalism", of how these laws came to be passed. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 26. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804724852
ISBN
9780804724852
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.95

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