Political activism
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Political activism
Hardback. Exploring the experiences of children encountering war and armed conflict, this book draws upon history, ethnography, sociology, literature, media studies, psychology, public policy, and other disciplines to address children as soldiers, refugees, and peace-builders within their social, cultural, and political contexts. Editor(s): Cook, Daniel Thomas; Wall, John. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHMC; JPWS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 208 x 23. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230274433
- ISBN
- 9780230274433
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.49
€ 67.49
Paperback. In the post-Cold War world many regions are threatened by violent ethnic, religious and cultural strife. If children manage to survive, are they scarred psychologically? This book looks at the evidence from many parts of the world in an attempt to answer this question. Series: Understanding Children's Worlds. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFSP1; JMC; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557863515
- ISBN
- 9781557863515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.78
€ 52.78
Hardcover. Editor(s): Shen, Simon. Num Pages: 233 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 264 x 187 x 20. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781600213441
- ISBN
- 9781600213441
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 203.33€ 140.92
€ 203.33
€ 140.92
Paperback. BIC Classification: HBTZ; JPA; JPS; JPVH; JPWL; JWXK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Publisher
- Interlink Pub Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566569743
- ISBN
- 9781566569743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.92
€ 21.99
€ 20.92
Paperback. Through historical and comparative research on the immigrant rights movements of the United States, France and the Netherlands, Cities and Social Movements examines how small resistances against restrictive immigration policies do or don t develop into large and sustained mobilizations. Series: Studies in Urban and Social Change. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSG; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781118750667
- ISBN
- 9781118750667
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.63
€ 28.63
Hardcover. Through historical and comparative research on the immigrant rights movements of the United States, France and the Netherlands, Cities and Social Movements examines how small resistances against restrictive immigration policies do or don t develop into large and sustained mobilizations. Series: Studies in Urban and Social Change. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSG; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118750650
- ISBN
- 9781118750650
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.41
€ 79.41
Hardcover. * A path-breaking exploration of the intersections of war, terrorism and cities. * Argues that contemporary cities are the key strategic sites of geopolitical conflict. * Written by the world's leading analysts of the intersections of urban space and military and terrorist violence. Editor(s): Graham, Stephen. Series: Studies in Urban and Social Change. Num Pages: 416 pages, 11. BIC Classification: JFSG; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 166 x 30. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405115742
- ISBN
- 9781405115742
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.61
€ 79.61
Paperback. * A path--breaking exploration of the intersections of war, terrorism and cities. * Argues that contemporary cities are the key strategic sites of geopolitical conflict. * Written by the world's leading analysts of the intersections of urban space and military and terrorist violence. Editor(s): Graham, Stephen. Series: Studies in Urban and Social Change. Num Pages: 416 pages, 11. BIC Classification: JFSG; JPWL; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405115759
- ISBN
- 9781405115759
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.71
€ 28.71
Paperback. Explores how US citizens participate in local government. This book focuses on what makes ordinary Americans become involved in and attempt to influence public policy issues that concern them. It fills a void in our understanding of the actual participatory practices of "civically engaged" citizens. Num Pages: 248 pages, 13 Tables, 1 Figure. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592135707
- ISBN
- 9781592135707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.13
€ 34.99
€ 32.13
Paperback. What are the ties that bind the 'good youth citizen' and the youth activist in the 21st century? Young people are encouraged to save the world via community projects that resemble activism, yet increasingly risk arrest for public acts of dissent. This book explores the cultural dynamics of being young and politically engaged. Series: Education, Politics and Public Life. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP2; JNA; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137580016
- ISBN
- 9781137580016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.43
€ 61.43
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252079207
- ISBN
- 9780252079207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56
Paperback. Offers a social, cultural and narrative history of the French Revolution. This title provides an impression of the currents and contradictions which made up this terrible sequence of events. Num Pages: 848 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 36. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 848
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141017273
- ISBN
- 9780141017273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.06
€ 26.99
€ 19.06
Hardback. Examines the variety of mostly unorganized and informal ways in which Africans exercise agency and resist state power in the 21st century, through citizen action and popular culture, and how the relationship between ruler and ruled is being reframed. Editor(s): Obadare, Ebenezer; Willems, Wendy. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847010865
- ISBN
- 9781847010865
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.73
€ 98.73
Hardcover. Takes us through the social processes by which shock incites terror, terror invites war, war invokes emergency, and emergency supports unchecked power. This title reveals how the domestic political culture created by the cold war has driven these developments forward since 9/11. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226522081
- ISBN
- 9780226522081
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 34.61
€ 43.99
€ 34.61
Hardback. In this work, Samir Khalaf analyses the history of civil strife and political violence in Lebanon throughout its history. He reveals what he views as the inherent deficiencies and contradictions that have plagued Lebanon, particularly its vulnerability to inter-Arab and superpower rivalries. Series: History & Society of the Modern Middle East. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBL; HBJF1; JPWS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Text is Free of Markings
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231124768
- ISBN
- 9780231124768
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.43€ 80.25
€ 103.43
€ 80.25
Paperback. Series: History & Society of the Modern Middle East. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBL; HBJF1; JPWS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 536. A History of the Internationalization of Communal Conflict. Series: History & Society of the Modern Middle East. 224 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FBL; HBJF1; JPWS; JW. Dimension: 218 x 148 x 23. Weight: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231124775
- ISBN
- 9780231124775
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.68
€ 36.99
€ 27.68
Hardcover. What role might civil disobedience play in the politics of representative democracies as power 'leaks' from the nation state? If traditional politics has surrendered to the interests of global corporations what are the consequences? Quill proposes a reappraisal of civil disobedience and civil obedience in order to address these and other questions. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; JPW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230555051
- ISBN
- 9780230555051
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Hardcover. This volume is a lively and scholarly illustrated account of the tumultuous events in key countries in the Middle East and North Africa during and since the period of the Arab Spring that began in December 2010. Editor(s): Roberts, Adam; McCarthy, Rory; Ash, Timothy Garton. Num Pages: 360 pages, 25 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 3JMG; JPB; JPHV; JPWF; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198749028
- ISBN
- 9780198749028
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.57
€ 81.57
Paperback.
From Gandhi?s salt march to the US civil rights movement and Occupy Wall Street, nonviolent campaigns to promote democracy, human rights and social justice have long played an important transformative role in local, national and global politics. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745682679
- ISBN
- 9780745682679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.81
€ 24.81
Hardcover. From Gandhi?s salt march to the US civil rights movement and Occupy Wall Street, nonviolent campaigns to promote democracy, human rights and social justice have long played an important transformative role in local, national and global politics. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 142 x 49. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745682662
- ISBN
- 9780745682662
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.24
€ 73.24
Paperback. Editor(s): Schock, Kurt. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFFE; JPVH1; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816694921
- ISBN
- 9780816694921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Hardback. This study looks at the changing relations between the Japanese state and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in promoting effective aid policies and analyses the changing nature of policy making and governance in Japan. Num Pages: 221 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1FPJ; JPQB; JPS; JPWH; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312239367
- ISBN
- 9780312239367
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardcover. This book brings a fresh, original approach to understand social action in China and Vietnam through the conceptual lens of informal environmental and health networks. It shows how citizens in non-democratic states actively create informal pathways for advocacy and the development of functioning civil societies. Series: Non-Governmental Public Action. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFS; JPWD; JPWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230380202
- ISBN
- 9780230380202
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Hardback. What explains civil society participation in policy making in Latin American democracies? Risley comparatively analyzes actors who have advocated for children's rights, the environment, and freedom of information in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay. Successful issue framing and effective alliance building are identified as 'pathways' to participation. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; JFF; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137506542
- ISBN
- 9781137506542
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50