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Paperback. This book is an important and timely contribution to the debate concerning the relation between Heideggera s philosophy and his political affiliations to Nazism. But it is more than that: it is also a study, by the leading sociologist in France today, of some of the institutional mechanisms involved in the production of philosophical discourse. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 194.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745617145
ISBN
9780745617145
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.53

Paperback. aeo Bobbio is one of the foremost political thinkers in Europe. aeo This book was an astonishing bestseller in Italy. It sold 250,000 copies in Italy since 1994, and it has sold over 300,000 copies in Europe overall. It has been translated into 14 languages. aeo Ita s a timely defence of the distinction between a lefta and a righta in politics. Series: Themes for the 21st Century Series. Num Pages: 152 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 132 x 9. Weight in Grams: 176.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745615615
ISBN
9780745615615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.26

Paperback. Madame de Pompadour's comment, 'Apres moi, le deluge' (after me, the deluge), has looked like a callous if accurate prophecy of the political cataclysms in 1789. But decades before the Bastille fell, French writers had used the phrase to describe a different kind of selfish recklessness. This book examines these fears and the responses to them. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBTV2; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691143262
ISBN
9780691143262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.47
€ 42.58

Paperback. In the reign of Ch'ien-lung emperor, Hungli, mass hysteria broke out. It was feared that sorcerers were roaming the land clipping off the ends of men's queues (braids worn by royal decree) and stealing their souls. Kuhn chronicles this epidemic of fear and the official prosecution of soulstealers. Num Pages: 320 pages, 9 halftones, 10 line illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 254 x 58. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674821521
ISBN
9780674821521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.17

Paperback. The first book to include Thomas Jefferson's writings and writings about him-from his era and ours. Editor(s): Franklin, Wayne. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 592 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393974072
ISBN
9780393974072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.75

Paperback. Foucault and the Iranian Revolution informs current discussion on the divisions that have reemerged among Western intellectuals over the response to radical Islamism after September 11. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Annotated edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226007861
ISBN
9780226007861
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.91

Paperback. Good copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Longman New York
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0010245
ISBN
9780582280359
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardcover. Good copy with some shelf wear. Dustwrapper with minor edge wear but remains good, some yellowing of pages but otherwise good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1963
Publisher
Atherton Press New York
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KKD0009636
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Horton argues that the rise of the National Security State is stabbing at the heart of American democracy. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; JPWL; LB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Avalon Publishing Group United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781568585178
ISBN
9781568585178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.69

Paperback. Sowell presents a devastating critique of the mind-set behind the failed social policies of the past thirty years. Sowell sees what has happened during that time not as a series of isolated mistakes b Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JKS; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465089956
ISBN
9780465089956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.56

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465058723
ISBN
9780465058723
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.08

Paperback. Second part of the two-volume chronicle of the birth, life and death of the Confederacy written by Jefferson Davis. It covers the period from the Missouri Compromise in 1820 to the readmission of the Southern states to the US Congress in the late 1860s. Num Pages: 700 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 37. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Hachette Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306804199
ISBN
9780306804199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 25.45

Hardback. An insightful new biography of Joseph Goebbels, Propaganda Minister of the 'Third Reich' and one of the most important and troubling figures of the twentieth century. The first account to use all of Goebbels' surviving diaries, it sheds new light on his personality, private life and political convictions, as well as his relationship with Hitler. Num Pages: 420 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BGH; HBJD; HBWQ; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 167 x 28. Weight in Grams: 774.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230228894
ISBN
9780230228894
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.48

paperback. The rise and fall of the Baader-Meinhof group constitutes one of the most remarkable phenomena of post-war Europe. A group of young people, middle-class backgrounds, took the law into their own hands, and by means of arson, bombing, kidnap and murder sought to alter the direction of national, and indeed international, politics. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPL; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 34. Weight in Grams: 648.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9781847920454
ISBN
9781847920454
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 17.36

Paperback. "This book examines the growth of careers outside a traditional standard employment pattern and how those in "atypical jobs" will fare in retirement, analyzing how the interplay between labor market reforms/trends and pension reforms will affect income security in old age during future decades"-- Editor(s): Hinrichs, K.; Jessoula, M. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPB; JPQB; KCA; KCP; KFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2012
SKU
V9781349331246
ISBN
9781349331246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.34

Paperback. In the first volume of its kind, a collection of top policy scholars combine empirical and methodological analysis in the field of comparative policy studies to provide compelling insights into the formulation, implementation and evaluation of policies across regional and national boundaries. Editor(s): Engeli, Isabelle; Rothmayr Allison, Christine. Series: ECPR Research Methods. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPB; JPP; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2014
SKU
V9781349334988
ISBN
9781349334988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 160.69

Paperback. Originally published in 1979, this book is a history of American nuclear weapons policy that tells how the United States learned to live with the bomb. Num Pages: 288 pages, index. BIC Classification: JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 438. Good copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KKD0009432
ISBN
9780521296144
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Good copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Pluto Press London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0009388
ISBN
9780745300702
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. This book illustrates why both academic research and policy thinking need to factor-in gender hierarchies and structures if they are to address some of the key challenges of contemporary societies: the widespread informality and insecurity of paid work and the crisis of care. Editor(s): Razavi, Shahra. Series: Social Policy in a Development Context. Num Pages: 372 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JPQB; KCM; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2006
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349545346
ISBN
9781349545346
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 194.73

Paperback. Identifies the existence of a practice that lies at the core of the western security regime - the projection of the worst-case scenario. This title demonstrates that, unlike the openly 'totalitarian' states of the past, bureaucratic rule is favoured over charismatic leadership. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFC; JPV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781848135307
ISBN
9781848135307
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.99

Paperback. Under the 60-year dictatorship of General Alfredo Stroessner's Colorado party, wealth and power became concentrated in the hands of a small few; until elections in 2008 broke the party's hold on the country. This book tells the story of how Fernando Lugo, a bishop from a deprived diocese, swept to victory and what this means for his country. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848133136
ISBN
9781848133136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.38

Paperback. The incredible story of Lula, from an early life of poverty and chaos to becoming President of Brazil. Num Pages: 312 pages, 14, Black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JPA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848130111
ISBN
9781848130111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.38

Paperback. Focuses on the universal concepts of the individual, civil society, the state, justice, authority and obligation and how these have been interpreted by Middle Eastern thinkers in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Series: World Political Theories. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842778975
ISBN
9781842778975
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.13

Paperback. An illuminating account of the politics of Britain's decision to support the US-led invasion of Iraq. Num Pages: 224 pages, Notes Bibliography Index. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLW3; JPFF; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 14. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
annotated edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842777411
ISBN
9781842777411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.38

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