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Political activism

Paperback. A long-dominant reading of American politics holds that public policy in the United States is easily captured by special interest groups. Countering this view, this title traces the development of government intervention in agriculture from its nineteenth-century origins to contemporary struggles over farm subsidies. Editor(s): Katznelson, Ira; Shefter, Martin; Skocpol, Theda. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 tables. 5 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; JPA; JPWD; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691116280
ISBN
9780691116280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.15
€ 46.67

Paperback. Gene Grossman and Elhanan Helpman are widely acclaimed for their pioneering theoretical studies of how special interest groups seek to influence the policymaking process in democratic societies. This collection of eight of their articles is a companion to their monograph, "Special Interest Politics". Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 table. 11 line illus. BIC Classification: JPV; JPWD; KCCD; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691095974
ISBN
9780691095974
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.98
€ 55.38

Paperback. Shows that scholars have veered from one extreme to another not because of changes in the political system, but because of changes in political science. This book examines the methodological and conceptual problems that have beset the field; and suggests research strategies to return interest-group studies to a position of greater relevance. Num Pages: 248 pages, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691059150
ISBN
9780691059150
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 42.46

Paperback. A small group founded Amnesty International in 1961 to translate human rights principles into action. This text provides an account of how the organization pioneered a combination of popular pressure and expert knowledge to advance global human rights. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1 halftone, 1 table. BIC Classification: JPVH; JPWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691057439
ISBN
9780691057439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.97

Paperback. A feminist ethnography of the violence in Northern Ireland, this book presents an analysis of a political conflict through the lens of gender. The case in point is the working-class Catholic resistance to British rule in Northern Ireland. Num Pages: 208 pages, 15 halftones 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; JFFK; JHM; JPFN; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691037547
ISBN
9780691037547
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 31.10

Paperback. A comparative survey of guerrilla movements in Latin America, this title explores the origins and outcomes of rural insurgencies in nearly a dozen cases since 1956. Focusing on the personal backgrounds of the guerrillas themselves and on national social conditions, it explains why guerrillas emerged strongly in certain countries but not others. Num Pages: 454 pages, 2 figs., 43 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 3JJP; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Printing
Number of pages
454
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691023366
ISBN
9780691023366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 82.81
€ 64.07

Hardcover. Explores the relationship between overseas developments and the most important reform movement in modern American history, the struggle for racial justice. This book argues that civil rights leaders were interested in the world beyond America and incorporated their understanding of overseas matters into their reform program. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH1; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691007069
ISBN
9780691007069
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.98
€ 55.24

Paperback. Includes essays that advance our understanding of the causes of ethnic and communal conflict, the regional and international implications of such conflicts, and what the international community can do to minimize the potential for instability and violence. This volume is intended for scholars, students, and policymakers alike. Editor(s): Brown, Michael E. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL; JPS; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 231 x 9. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Printing, Highlighting
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691000688
ISBN
9780691000688
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.15
€ 46.71

Hardcover. This text examines the domination by the automobile industry of the local economy in Argentina's second largest city, Cordoba, and the role played by the automobile workers' unions which resulted in the 1969 Cordobazo, one of the largest working-class protests in Latin American post-war history. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 456 pages, 2 line illustrations, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; JPWF; KNDR; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 799.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674508514
ISBN
9780674508514
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.05
€ 93.92

Paperback. Do our ideas about social movements travel successfully beyond the democratic West? This book offers an opportunity to explore this question and to consider how popular contention unfolds in places where speech and assembly are tightly controlled. Editor(s): O'Brien, Kevin J. Series: Harvard Contemporary China Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 line illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JF; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674030619
ISBN
9780674030619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 34.99

Paperback. Editor(s): Trodd, Zoe. Series: The John Harvard Library. Num Pages: 576 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JH; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 722.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674027633
ISBN
9780674027633
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.77

Hardback. The Honganji branch of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism was a powerhouse that exercised its military will by fanning violent uprisings of ikko ikki, loosely structured "leagues of one mind". This title looks at the complex and often contradictory relationship between these ikko leagues and the Honganji institution. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 275 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; HRE; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674025097
ISBN
9780674025097
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 21 halftones and 1 line illustration in a 16 page insert, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPK; JFFJ; JFSL; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 202 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674016293
ISBN
9780674016293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.85

Hardcover. This study of the ways in which an ideology of terror becomes rooted in society explains the historical character of the revolutionary tradition to which so many Italians professed allegiance, examining its origins and internal tensions, the men who shaped it, and its impact and legacy in Italy. Num Pages: 292 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; JPFC; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674010369
ISBN
9780674010369
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.10
€ 65.85

Hardcover. This work reasserts the importance of the French Revolution to an understanding of the nature of modern European politics and social life. It argues that the European model of democracy was created in the Revolution, a model with stark differences to Anglo-American liberal democracy. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, bibliographical references, index. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674006249
ISBN
9780674006249
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.95
€ 87.73

Paperback. As bad as they are, why aren't terrorists worse? With biological, chemical and nuclear weapons at hand, they easily could be. Jessica Stern argues that the nuclear threat of the Cold War has been replaced by the more imminent threat of terrorist attacks with weapons of mass destruction. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: JPWL; JWDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674003941
ISBN
9780674003941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.90

Paperback. This book provides students and general readers with an introduction to revolutionary France whilst also presenting an argument to explain the events of the period. The argument presented is that the Revolution, far from being popular, encountered substantial resistance. Num Pages: 432 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631233633
ISBN
9780631233633
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99

Hardcover. This book provides students and general readers with an introduction to revolutionary France whilst also presenting an argument to explain the events of the period. The argument presented is that the Revolution, far from being popular, encountered substantial resistance. Num Pages: 432 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 167 x 32. Weight in Grams: 776.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631233626
ISBN
9780631233626
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.13

Paperback. New interest in labour and union internationalism has developed over the last 10-15 years. This collection, co-edited by scholars from an older and younger generation, is a very original attempt to grapple with the challenges of globalisation for labor. The collection includes contributions from academics and activists based in the North and South. Editor(s): Waterman, Peter; Wills, Jane. Series: Antipode Book Series. Num Pages: 312 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHBL; JPW; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631229834
ISBN
9780631229834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.46

Paperback. This volume offers a collection of 12 essays covering arguably the most important American social movement of the 20th century. The readings cover pre-World War II activism to the era of affirmative action, addressing historiographic problems found in recent studies of the movement. Editor(s): Davis, Jack E. Series: Blackwell Readers in American Social and Cultural History. Num Pages: 344 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFC; JPVH1; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631220442
ISBN
9780631220442
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.53

Hardback. This volume offers a collection of 12 essays covering arguably the most important American social movement of the 20th century. The readings cover pre-World War II activism to the era of affirmative action, addressing historiographic problems found in recent studies of the movement. Editor(s): Davis, Jack E. Series: Blackwell Readers in American Social and Cultural History. Num Pages: 344 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFC; JPVH1; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631220435
ISBN
9780631220435
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.61

Paperback. This book presents ten selections from the most important scholarship on the French Revolution over the past quarter century, introduced and contextualized for student readers. Editor(s): Schechter, Ronald. Series: Blackwell Essential Readings in History. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631212713
ISBN
9780631212713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.62

Hardback. This book presents articles on the French Revolution, introduced and contextualised for student readers. It includes interpretations from a number of world-renowned historians and covers topics including: the Enlightenment; the origins of the revolution; and class, cultural and social perspectives. Editor(s): Schechter, Ronald. Series: Blackwell Essential Readings in History. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 31. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631212706
ISBN
9780631212706
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.92

Paperback. aeo Offers concise, classic interpretation of the causes, course and outcome of the French Revolution. aeo Written by the leading international historian of the period. aeo Provides readers with a critical perspective on the historiography of the subject. Series: History of France S. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631202998
ISBN
9780631202998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.40

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