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Political activism

Hardback. The thought of Antonio Gramsci continues to enjoy widespread appeal in contemporary political and social theory. This book draws together some of the world's leading scholars on Gramsci to critically explore key ideas, debates and themes in his work in an accessible manner, relating them to contemporary politics and society. Editor(s): McNally, Mark. Series: Critical Explorations in Contemporary Political Thought. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA; JPFC; JPWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 222 x 21. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137334176
ISBN
9781137334176
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.23

Hardback. This book provides an up-to-date analysis of the development and deployment of 'non-lethal' weapons by police and military organizations. It reviews the key technologies, issues, and dangers, with particular attention to the development of drugs, lasers, microwaves, and acoustics as incapacitating weapons. Series: Global Issues. Num Pages: 323 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JPS; JPWH; JWM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 146 x 24. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
323
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230221062
ISBN
9780230221062
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 175.49

Hardback. This collection explores conceptions and practices of democracy of social movement organizations involved in global protest. Focusing on the global justice movement this book shows how they adopt radical new democratic approaches and thus provide a fundamental critique of conventional politics. Editor(s): Della Porta, Donatella. Num Pages: 314 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JFSV; JPWF; YQN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230218833
ISBN
9780230218833
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.57

paperback. John Holloway et al explore solutions to postmodern political paralysis in the 'negative dialectics' of Theodor Adorno. Editor(s): Holloway, John; Matamoros, Fernando; Tischler, Sergio. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPFC; JPW. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745328362
ISBN
9780745328362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.72

Hardback. Beginning with the Communist Saur Revolution of 1978 and continuing through Gen. David Petraeus's 2010 appointment replacing Stanley McChrystal as commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, this book is an inside account of one of the most vicious conflicts fought between the two Cold War superpowers: the Soviet war in Afghanistan (1979-89). Num Pages: 256 pages, maps. BIC Classification: JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597975308
ISBN
9781597975308
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.24

Hardback. On October 23, 1983, nearly simultaneous suicide truck bombings killed 241 U.S. peacekeepers in their barracks at the Beirut International Airport (BIA) and 58 French paratroopers at their headquarters two miles north of BIA. In this long-awaited book, the Marine Corps commander of the U.S. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 b&w photos, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 3JJPN; HBLW3; HBW; JPWL; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597974257
ISBN
9781597974257
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.69

Hardback. The radicalization of Muslims and Islamic institutions in the United States, Europe, and across the Islamic world has fostered a new generation of Islamist activists, many of them willing to use violence to achieve their aims. Num Pages: 182 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JPF; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
182
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597973021
ISBN
9781597973021
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.61

hardcover. The relationship between drugs and today's wars has grown more noticeable since the end of the Cold War and will likely gather strength in this era of increased globalization. Many violent groups and governments have recently turned to illicit narcotics in their entrepreneurial quests to stay viable in the post-Cold War world. Num Pages: 194 pages, tables, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JKVG; JPWL; JWX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Potomac Books, Inc. United States
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781597972567
ISBN
9781597972567
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.31

Hardback. Osama bin Laden's words carry a great deal of weight in the West. When he speaks, or allegedly speaks, we listen. But what about the words of other key leaders in the Al-Qa'ida terrorist network? We can learn how to conduct the war on terrorism more successfully when we study their own manuals, written for their followers. Num Pages: 210 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JPWL; JWDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597972529
ISBN
9781597972529
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.64
€ 46.28

Hardback. The War of All the People elucidates the ideological and political war against the United States, capitalism, and the widely accepted tenets of modernity. Num Pages: 280 pages, notes; bibliography; index. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; 1KL; JPSL; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597977043
ISBN
9781597977043
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.45

Paperback. Tells the story of northern Iraq during the transition from US occupation to local sovereignty. Undoing Saddam goes beyond the attacks and violence to detail the day-to-day problems of rebuilding a nation, including constructing schools, digging wells, completing roads, and building new power plants. Num Pages: 226 pages, 30 b&w photos, timeline. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; HBW; JPHV; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597971645
ISBN
9781597971645
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.73

Paperback. Shows that a segment of the Islamic world disapproves of specific US policies and their attendant military, political, and economic implications. This title demonstrates that they will go to any length, not to destroy our secular, democratic way of life, but to deter what they view as specific attacks on their lands, communities, and religion. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597971591
ISBN
9781597971591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.20

Paperback. Discusses aspects of terror with regard to human rights events across the globe, but especially in the United States, Latin America, and Europe. This title demonstrates that the need to question continuously and to engage in permanent critique does not contradict the need to seek answers, to advocate social change, and to intervene critically. Editor(s): McClennen, Sophia A.; Morello, Henry James. Series: Comparative Cultural Studies Series. Num Pages: 460 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JPVH; JPWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557535689
ISBN
9781557535689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.42

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Trine Day United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
378
Condition
New
SKU
V9780975290675
ISBN
9780975290675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.35

Paperback. A memoir written at 95, by America's oldest living conscientious objector. It tells of the harsh treatment meted out to conscientious objectors during World War I, his upbringing in rural upstate New York, and the impact on his thinking by socialist leaders such as Eugene Dobs and Norman Thomas. Num Pages: 224 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; HBJK; HBWN; JPWF; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815602767
ISBN
9780815602767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.67

Paperback. Analyzes the early years of the French Revolution to reveal the true difficulty of founding a liberal democracy in the midst of continual warfare, repeated coups d'etat, and endemic civil strife. This book highlights the role played by violence and fear in generating illiberal politics. Num Pages: 480 pages, 16 b&w illustrations 2 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813927299
ISBN
9780813927299
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.47

Hardcover. A study of the conflicting attitudes of 18th-century French subjects toward royal authority. It examines cases of seditious speech in police files, demonstrating how the premodern virtue of loyalty gave way to new ideas and vocabularies about the relationship between individuals and government. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 717.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813919270
ISBN
9780813919270
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.00

Paperback. Corner of the Living: Ayacucho on the Eve of the Shining Path Insurgency Series: First Peoples. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807872192
ISBN
9780807872192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.81

Paperback. Myth of Seneca Falls: Memory and the Women's Suffrage Movement, 1848-1898 Series: Gender and American Culture. Num Pages: 296 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; JFFK; JFSJ1; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781469633503
ISBN
9781469633503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.84

Paperback. The terrorist attacks of 9/11 are indelibly etched into our cultural memory. This is the story of how the legal ramifications of that day brought two US presidents, Congress, and the Supreme Court into repeated confrontation over the incarceration of hundreds of suspected terrorists and "enemy combatants" at the US naval base in Guantanamo, Cuba. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJK; JPWL; LND; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700621705
ISBN
9780700621705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.66

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