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Political activism
Hardback. Num Pages: 400 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFMP; JPFM; JPWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231148863
- ISBN
- 9780231148863
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.20€ 80.00
€ 104.20
€ 80.00
Hardback. Series: Contemporary Asia in the World. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 illus; 19 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPVK; JPW; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231144209
- ISBN
- 9780231144209
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.20€ 79.73
€ 104.20
€ 79.73
Hardback. In the middle decades of the 20th century, Hawai'i changed rapidly from a conservative oligarchy firmly controlled by a Euro-American elite to arguably the most progressive part of the United States. This study explains how Filipinos, Japanese, Portuguese, and others overcame racial divisions and mobilized a mass working-class movement. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15 illustrations, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; JHBL; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231135344
- ISBN
- 9780231135344
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.20€ 80.00
€ 104.20
€ 80.00
Paperback. Not too long ago, literary theorists were writing about the death of the novel and the death of the author; today many are talking about the death of Theory. Editor(s): Patai, Daphne; Corral, Wilfrido H. Num Pages: 736 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1056.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 736
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231134170
- ISBN
- 9780231134170
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 31.10
€ 42.99
€ 31.10
Paperback. Of late, bioterrorism has been a subject of great concern and some misunderstanding. This work offers an account of the threats posed by bioterrorism and how to prepare for and respond to an attack. It considers thirteen disease-causing agents, including those responsible for anthrax, encephalitis, botulism, ebola, tularemia, and salmonella. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JPWL; JWMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231133470
- ISBN
- 9780231133470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. What motivates suicide bombers in Iraq and around the world? Can winning the hearts and minds of local populations stop them? This book examines the use, strategies, successes, and failures of suicide bombing in Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. It assesses the effectiveness of government responses. Num Pages: 280 pages, 16 photos. BIC Classification: JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231133210
- ISBN
- 9780231133210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.22
€ 30.99
€ 22.22
Hardback. What motivates suicide bombers in Iraq and around the world? Can winning the hearts and minds of local populations stop them? This book examines the use, strategies, successes, and failures of suicide bombing in Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. It assesses the effectiveness of government responses. Num Pages: 280 pages, 16 photos. BIC Classification: JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231133203
- ISBN
- 9780231133203
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.89€ 64.07
€ 82.89
€ 64.07
Hardback. Since the end of the Cold War, conventional militaries and their political leaders have confronted a new, brutal type of warfare in which non-state armed groups use asymmetrical tactics to successfully fight larger, technologically superior forces. This book investigates the history and politics of modern asymmetrical warfare. Num Pages: 328 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: JPWL; JWDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231129824
- ISBN
- 9780231129824
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.20€ 80.00
€ 104.20
€ 80.00
Paperback. This important book is among the few attempts to assess the impact of the efforts of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to build democratic institutions. The case studies presented here provide a portrait of the mechanisms by which ideas commonly associated with democratic states have evolved in formerly communist states, revealing conditions that help as well as hurt the process. Editor(s): Mendelson, Sarah E.; Glenn, John K. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DV; 1F; JPHV; JPWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231124911
- ISBN
- 9780231124911
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.28
€ 40.99
€ 29.28
Hardback. This important book is among the few attempts to assess the impact of the efforts of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to build democratic institutions. The case studies presented here provide a portrait of the mechanisms by which ideas commonly associated with democratic states have evolved in formerly communist states, revealing conditions that help as well as hurt the process. Editor(s): Mendelson, Sarah E.; Glenn, John K. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DV; 1F; JPHV; JPWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 173 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231124904
- ISBN
- 9780231124904
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.41€ 90.24
€ 118.41
€ 90.24
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
€ 37.99€ 27.52
€ 37.99
€ 27.52
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
€ 104.20€ 79.73
€ 104.20
€ 79.73
Paperback. A thorough examination of the manner in which three of the most unsettling modern writers-Aragon, Sartre, and Barthes-affirm their personal rebellion followed by Kristeva's own ideas on the future of rebellion. Translator(s): Herman, Jeanine. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; HBTV; JFC; JMAF; JPWF; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 92
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231114158
- ISBN
- 9780231114158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.52
€ 37.99
€ 27.52
Hardback. How do powerful people react to revolutionary circumstances? How quickly and effectively do elites adapt to, and shape, the structures of new social and political systems? Zisk offers an examination of the unexpected ways Russian defence industrialists have acted in the new market economy. Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBTV; JPA; JPS; JPWQ; JW; KNDM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231110785
- ISBN
- 9780231110785
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.41€ 90.18
€ 118.41
€ 90.18
Hardback. Discusses the Shi'ite Muslim organization and explores the motives and operations behind some of its terrorist attacks. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 photos. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBTV; HRJ; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 231 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First Printing
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231108348
- ISBN
- 9780231108348
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.84
€ 54.99
€ 39.84
Hardback. This vital contribution to the story of civil rights in modern America traces the political evolution of Jewish defense organizations from their initial incarnations as groups concerned primarily with defending American Jews against the virulent anti-Semitism of the 1920s and 1930s to their leading role in the fight against all forms of prejudice during the middle half of this century. Series: Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JFSR1; JPVH; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231106382
- ISBN
- 9780231106382
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.41€ 90.18
€ 118.41
€ 90.18
Paperback. Walzer defends the trial and execution of Louis XVI as necessary, since it not only tried to destroy mystique and divine right, but also required the deputies to fully explain their guiding philosophies and applied the rules of judicial process to establish equality before the law. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231082594
- ISBN
- 9780231082594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.87
€ 42.99
€ 30.87
Hardback. Editor(s): Rapoport, David C.; Alexander, Yonah. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231067522
- ISBN
- 9780231067522
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.41€ 90.24
€ 118.41
€ 90.24
Paperback. States that counterterrorism has become pivotal in promoting terrorism. This title contrasts the psychological insight of Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood" with "The 9/11 Commission Report", plumbs the mindset of terrorists in works by Oriana Fallaci and Jean Genet, and maps the continuities between the cold war and the fight against terrorism. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226994161
- ISBN
- 9780226994161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.94
€ 32.99
€ 25.94
Paperback. We are not just social animals, but social citizens whose political choices are significantly shaped by peer influence. Drawing upon data from settings as diverse as South Los Angeles and Chicago's wealthy North Shore, the author shows that social networks do not merely inform citizens' behavior, they can - and do - have the power to change it. Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics. Num Pages: 200 pages, 20 line drawings, 24 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 192 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226922829
- ISBN
- 9780226922829
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.79
€ 35.99
€ 28.79