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Politics
Paperback. This text examines the events at Waco, Texas from both sides - the ATF and the FBI on one hand, and Koresh and his followers on the other. It argues that the government had little reason to investigate Koresh, that it lied about what happened, and that the FBI was negligent in gassing Mt. Carmel. Num Pages: 320 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC99; JKSW1; JPQB; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 436.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815605027
- ISBN
- 9780815605027
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Condition: New
€ 24.54
€ 24.54
Paperback. Unlike any other book in the field, this concise and practcal text is devoted exclusively to qualitative research approaches in Public Administration. Focusing on the most common, most useful approaches, the author has constructed a unique resource that coaches readers through their first attempts at using basic qualitative research methods. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 249.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780765616876
- ISBN
- 9780765616876
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Condition: New
€ 71.10
€ 71.10
hardcover. China s late-imperial history has been framed as a long coda of decline, played out during the Qing dynasty. Reappraising this narrative, Stephen Halsey traces the origins of China s current great-power status to this so-called decadent era, when threats of war with European and Japanese empirestriggered innovative state-building and statecraft." Num Pages: 308 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JPS; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 243 x 32. Weight in Grams: 680.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674425651
- ISBN
- 9780674425651
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Condition: New
€ 59.64€ 55.26
€ 59.64
€ 55.26
paperback. Tracing a central theme of Plato's "Republic", the author reconsiders in this study the nature and purpose of the comparison between the structure of society and that of the individual soul. With clarity and insight, he conveys the relation between the city and the soul and the choice between tyranny and philosophy. Num Pages: 130 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 215 x 10. Weight in Grams: 206. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034136
- ISBN
- 9780226244372
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
hardcover. In this study, Sayre discusses key, but previously obscure, passages in the Statesman. Num Pages: 278 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: HPCA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 518. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034083
- ISBN
- 9780521866088
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
Leviathan After 350 Years (Mind Association Occasional Series)
(Edited By Tom Sorell And Luc Foisneau)
hardcover. A volume of essays that reconsider the significance of Thomas Hobbes's masterpiece after three and a half centuries. They develop themes on Leviathan such as: the place of the last of Hobbes's treatises in the scheme of Hobbes's political writings; and the connections between biblical and political authorities. Editor(s): Sorell, Professor Tom; Foisneau, Luc. Series: Mind Association Occasional. Num Pages: 318 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPS; JFCX; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 616. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034041
- ISBN
- 9780199264612
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
hardcover. Conventional wisdom suggests that the Platonist philosophers of Late Antiquity neglected the political dimension of their Platonic heritage in their concentration on an otherworldly life. This work presents a reappraisal of these thinkers, arguing that their otherworldliness involved rather than excluded political ideas. Num Pages: 262 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLA; HPCA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 533. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033942
- ISBN
- 9780199257584
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
paperback. Political theorist Jean Bethke Elshtain brings Augustine's thought into the contemporary political arena and the result is a book about one of the world's most complex thinkers. Series: Frank M.Covey, Jr., Loyola Lectures in Political Analysis S. Num Pages: 143 pages. BIC Classification: HPCB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 204. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033861
- ISBN
- 9780268020019
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
paperback. Was Marx himself a 'Marxist'? Was his visionary promise of socialism betrayed by Marxist dictatorship? Is Marxism inevitably totalitarian? What did Marx really say? This book provides a fundamental account of Karl Marx's original philosophy, its roots in 19th century European ideology, and his radical economic and social criticism of capitalism. Illustrator(s): Zarate, Oscar. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 121 x 13. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Icon Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781848310582
- ISBN
- 9781848310582
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 6.02
€ 10.99
€ 6.02
paperback. Capitalism has influenced everything in the 21st-century world. This work tells the story of its remarkable and often ruthless rise, evolving through strife and struggle as much as innovation and enterprise. Tracing capitalism from its beginning, it looks at its practical and theoretical impact. Illustrator(s): Piero. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 121 x 13. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781848310551
- ISBN
- 9781848310551
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 6.02
€ 10.99
€ 6.02
paperback. Since its appearance in Zuccotti Park, New York, in September 2011, the Occupy movement has spread to hundreds of towns and cities across the world. This title presents the author's thinking on the central issues, questions and demands that are driving ordinary people to protest. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 180 x 113 x 10. Weight in Grams: 88. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033704
- ISBN
- 9780241964019
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
paperback. By studying Lucretius' poem De Rerum Nature and its impact on literary and political circles in Machiavelli's Florence, this book examines the way that the Lucretian concepts served Machiavelli as revolutionary new materials for the creation of his infamously brutal political science. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 345. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Lexington Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033689
- ISBN
- 9780739197752
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
paperback. Tears down the religious, political and secular beliefs that we insist are fundamental to human project. This title examines interaction of terrorism, declining world resources, human myths of redemption and a flawed belief in Western democracy, and shows us how a misplaced faith in our ability to improve the world has actually made it far worse. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HRQM; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 260. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033680
- ISBN
- 9780141025988
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
hardcover. Finding in the world's myths-its sacred stories-a way to talk about experiences shared across time and space, Doniger champions the cause of comparative mythology as she expertly taps a wealth of traditions-from the Hebrew Bible to the Bhagavad Gita. Series: American Lectures on the History of Religions. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; HRLB; JFC; JFHF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033464
- ISBN
- 9780231111706
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
hardcover. This book is a philosophical analysis of Plato's dialogue, the Statesman. Series Editor(s): Hunter, R. L.; Osborne, R. G.; Reeve, M. D.; Garnsey, Peter; Millett, Martin; Sedley, D. N.; Horrocks, G. C. (University of Cambridge, UK). Series: Cambridge Classical Studies. Num Pages: 244 pages, bibliography, indexes. BIC Classification: HPCA; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033368
- ISBN
- 9780521582292
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845205119
- ISBN
- 9781845205119
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Condition: New
€ 52.93
€ 52.93
Hardback. When Florida governor Lawton Chiles died unexpectedly on December 12, 1998, less than one month before Jeb Bush was to assume the office, it was left to Chiles' lieutenant governor, Buddy MacKay, to step in for twenty-three days and run the state. This memoir of Kenneth 'Buddy' MacKay focuses on three decades of his public life in Florida. Series Editor(s): Colburn, David R.; MacManus, Susan. Series: Florida Government and Politics. Num Pages: 208 pages, 27 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; BM; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813034843
- ISBN
- 9780813034843
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.10
€ 33.99
€ 31.10
Paperback. Examines the indispensable roles women played in the Cuban revolution and traces the progress of women's social and economic rights brought about by the early revolutionary government. Series Editor(s): Kirk, John M. Series: Contemporary Cuba. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KJC; JFSJ1; JPHV. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813033808
- ISBN
- 9780813033808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.57
€ 39.57
hardcover. The essays in this volume provide a picture of the most interesting, puzzling, and provoking aspects of Plato's Republic. Editor(s): McPherran, Mark L. Series: Cambridge Critical Guides. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 b/w illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPS; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 594. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033234
- ISBN
- 9780521491907
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
hardcover. Contending that Plato's "Crito" does not show an allegiance between Socrates and the state that condemned him, Weiss argues that he considers the laws of the state to be more concerned with creating deference than justice - that, by submitting to his judgement, Socrates acts from a personal sense of justice rather than a set of imposed rules. Num Pages: 200 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DSBB; HPCA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 13. Weight in Grams: 476. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033212
- ISBN
- 9780195116847
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91