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Hardback. A Poverty of Rights examines the history of poor people's citizenship in Rio from the 1920s through the 1960s, the 20th-century period that most critically shaped urban development, social inequality, and the meaning of law and rights in modern Brazil. Num Pages: 488 pages, 14 tables, 3 figures, 5 illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JJ; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804752909
ISBN
9780804752909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.11

Paperback. As the first comprehensive effort to view the modern class action through the lenses of American constitutional and political theory, this book contends that the procedural device needs to be substantially modified to prevent it from violating key constitutional and democratic precepts. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHV; LNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804752756
ISBN
9780804752756
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.91

Hardback. As the first comprehensive effort to view the modern class action through the lenses of American constitutional and political theory, this book contends that the procedural device needs to be substantially modified to prevent it from violating key constitutional and democratic precepts. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHV; LNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804752749
ISBN
9780804752749
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.11

Paperback. Routine Violence focuses on the violence of routine political practices - the drawing up of political categories and the writing of national histories. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBLW; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804752640
ISBN
9780804752640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. Offering an assessment of India's nuclear strategy, this book shows that the country's nuclear-strategic culture is generally in accord with the principle of minimum deterrence, but is sometimes inconsistent and has a tendency to drift into a more open-ended process. Series: Studies in Asian Security. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JPS; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804752565
ISBN
9780804752565
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.03

Paperback. This book, the fifteenth and final volume of the series The Making of Modern Freedom, explores a variety of issues surrounding questions of human rights and freedom in China. Editor(s): Kirby, William C. Series: The Making of Modern Freedom Series. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; HBJF; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804752329
ISBN
9780804752329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.23

Paperback. This book evaluates the legacy of James Madison as a politician who thought carefully about institutions in the context of action. It brings together responses to Madison and his theory from a cross-section of modern political science, and views Madison not as an icon or mouthpiece of an era, but as a "modern" political scientist . Editor(s): Kernell, Samuel. Series: Social Science History. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804752305
ISBN
9780804752305
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.23

Paperback. This multi-disciplinary collection examines the recent wave of political apologies for acts of past injustice. Editor(s): Barkan, Elazar; Karn, Alexander. Series: Cultural Sitings. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 227 x 19. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804752251
ISBN
9780804752251
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.15

Hardback. Elected Affinities provides a new and comprehensive account of politics in postcommunist Slovakia and the Czech Republic and offers a useful framework for understanding the competing influences of social structure and the contingent decisions of political leaders in new democracies. Num Pages: 352 pages, 7 tables, 15 figures. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; 1DVKS; 3JJPR; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804752060
ISBN
9780804752060
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.05

Paperback. In 1999, the United Nations embarked on intervention in Kosovo. This book compares two adjacent municipalities two years into that intervention. Similar in all key respects, by 2001 the municipalities were headed down different paths - one making progress toward institution-building, democratization, and reconstruction; the other stagnating. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 table, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; 1FBQ; 1FCA; JF; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804751919
ISBN
9780804751919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.31

Hardback. Against prevailing views on what it means to enjoy power as individuals, cultures, or nations, this book looks at the making of cultural and national identities in modern China as building success from failure. Num Pages: 344 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSBF; DSBH; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 634.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804751766
ISBN
9780804751766
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.31

Paperback. This pioneering work analyzes the impact of telegraphy and the internet on political participation in modern China. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPHV; UDB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804751285
ISBN
9780804751285
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.03

Paperback. This book examines the politics, culture, and day-to-day activities of Porto Alegre's citizens. It argues that the Brazilian town's importance may lie not just with its effective governance, but with its political logic, namely a greater access to government functions and government officials for traditionally disenfranchised citizens. Num Pages: 248 pages, 14 tables, 5 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804751230
ISBN
9780804751230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.40

Hardback. A study of village governance in late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century China that reinterprets peasant behavior, village community, and state-society relations. Num Pages: 344 pages, 13 tables, 2 figures, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSF; JPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804750912
ISBN
9780804750912
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.35

Hardback. Dossani's book addresses the largely hostile, often violent relations between India and Pakistan that date from their independence in 1947. Editor(s): Dossani, Rafiq; Rowen, Henry. Series: Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center. Num Pages: 440 pages, 3 tables, 15 figures, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKP; 3JJP; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804750844
ISBN
9780804750844
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 170.38

Paperback. On the basis of three carefully drawn surveys of Beijing residents between 1995 and 1999, the author finds that diffuse support for the current political system--based on attitudes toward institutions and values--remains strong, at least among city-dwellers, though it is gradually declining. Num Pages: 248 pages, 17 figures, 35 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780804750578
ISBN
9780804750578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.86

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

€ 91.35

Paperback. An analysis of major public policy issues in America, including gun control, flag burning, abortion, civil rights, war powers, suing the president and legislative veto. It considers which department of government in each case is the most appropriate to make decisions. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH; LA; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804750271
ISBN
9780804750271
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

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

€ 81.21

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
€ 36.23

Paperback. 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): Wolffram, Dirk; Gerrits, Andre. Num Pages: 208 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; JFSL; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 12. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804749763
ISBN
9780804749763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.40

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

€ 117.85

Paperback. The 2000 Mexican presidential race culminated in the end of seven decades of one-party rule. This book, which traces public opinion and voter preferences over the course of the race, represents a comprehensive treatment of campaigning and voting behaviour in an emerging democracy. Editor(s): Dominguez, Jorge I.; Lawson, Chappell H. Num Pages: 392 pages, 76 tables, 31 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJPR; 3JM; JPHF; JPVK; JPVL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780804749749
ISBN
9780804749749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.60

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

€ 42.99
€ 38.72

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