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Political control & freedoms
Hardcover. When it comes to talking about democracy in China, Chinese nationalists argue that it cannot solve China's problems, while Chinese liberals remain unduly silenced. This book presents the difficulties and obstacles to the democratic approach to the respective Tibet and Taiwan questions. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPH; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 20. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748699711
- ISBN
- 9780748699711
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.30€ 114.08
€ 118.30
€ 114.08
Paperback. Explores the global changes in disability awareness, technology, and policy from the viewpoint of disabled people and their families in a range of local contexts. This book reports on ethnographic research in Brazil, Uganda, Botswana, Somalia, Britain, Israel, China, India, and Japan. It addresses the definition of human rights in local contexts. Editor(s): Ingstad, Benedicte; Whyte, Susan Reynolds. Num Pages: 334 pages, 10 b/w photographs, 4 tables. BIC Classification: JFFG; JHMP; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520246171
- ISBN
- 9780520246171
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
The One-State Condition. Occupation and Democracy in Israel/Palestine....
Azoulay, Ariella; Ophir, Adi
Hardback. Examines the relationship between the Israeli government and the occupation of the Palestinian territories, and theorizes that the occupation is intrinsic to the existence of the Israeli state. Series: Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804775915
- ISBN
- 9780804775915
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.74
€ 118.74
Paperback. Aziz Rana offers an reinterpretation of the American political tradition from the colonial period to modern times, placing issues of race relations, immigration & presidentialism in the context of shifting notions of empire & citizenship. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTR; JPH; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 233 x 29. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674284333
- ISBN
- 9780674284333
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.32
€ 29.99
€ 26.32
Hardback. Argues that birthright citizenship in an affluent society can be thought of as a form of property inheritance. The author deploys this fresh perspective to establish that nations need to expand their membership boundaries beyond outdated notions of blood-and-soil in sculpting the body politic. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: JPVH1. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 245 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 290
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674032712
- ISBN
- 9780674032712
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.27€ 55.44
€ 60.27
€ 55.44
paperback. Critically examines the challenge of protecting rights in diverse societies. Editor(s): Eisenberg, Avigail. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JPV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774812405
- ISBN
- 9780774812405
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91
Hardback. Presents advanced scholarship on human rights. This work examines both the theoretical dimensions and dilemmas of human rights in the modern world and particular cases in which the problems and possibilities of human rights are examined. Editor(s): Sarat, Austin. Series Editor(s): Sarat, Austin. Series: Studies in Law, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 243 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JPVH; LAQ; LBBR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780522524
- ISBN
- 9781780522524
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.53
€ 125.53
Hardcover. This special issue of Studies in Law, Politics and Society focuses on law and the liberal state; presenting an interdisciplinary and multifaceted approach to analysis of law and liberty. The first chapters focus on law's relationship with the American liberal state, while the remaining papers consider specific applications of the law within society Editor(s): Sarat, Austin. Series: Studies in Law, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: JPVH; LAQ; LNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 169 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784412395
- ISBN
- 9781784412395
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.93
€ 134.93
Hardback. The scholars who contribute to this issue utilize diverse research methods to examine the lived experiences of people engaged in prostitution and the people and institutions that process them. Series: Studies in Law, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: JFMX; JPV; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 242 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786350404
- ISBN
- 9781786350404
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.91
€ 114.91
Paperback. The Business of Human Rights is an essential text that provides a human rights approach to corporate responsibilities, and places of these responsibilities within society across the globe. Editor(s): Voiculescu, Aurora; Yanacopulos, Helen. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JPVH; KJG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848138629
- ISBN
- 9781848138629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.91
€ 32.99
€ 27.91
Hardcover. Num Pages: 137 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 184 x 14. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 137
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590331873
- ISBN
- 9781590331873
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.90€ 69.28
€ 89.90
€ 69.28
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Teachers´ College Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807756768
- ISBN
- 9780807756768
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.38€ 48.01
€ 57.38
€ 48.01
paperback. Our federal campaign finance system is in a state of disarray. The current regulatory scheme is not curbing, and may be abetting, the enormous increase in campaign contributions and expenditures. The enormous influence of major campaign donors on the process of government is a growing cause of national concern. Num Pages: 225 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH; JPVL; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 14. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823220960
- ISBN
- 9780823220960
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.70
€ 34.99
€ 31.70
Paperback. Investigates global counter terrorism through the perspective of those affected by such measures. This book analyses the effects of global counter-terrorism not as individual policies or pieces of legislation, but rather as parts of a larger phenomenon that has uniformly changed the way governments view justice and eroded fundamental norms. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: JPS; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Hurst & Co.
- Number of pages
- 236
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850659686
- ISBN
- 9781850659686
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.29
€ 26.99
€ 25.29
Paperback. Series: Social Movements, Protest and Contention. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1HFMN; 1HFMS; JFSK; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 224 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816678013
- ISBN
- 9780816678013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.59
€ 30.99
€ 27.59
Paperback. After the 1979 revolution, Iranian leaders transformed the state into an Islamic republic. This title explores how Iranian women understand their rights. It reveals that the postrevolutionary republic blended practices of a liberal republic with Islamic principles of equality. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 line illus. BIC Classification: 1FBN; JFSJ1; JFSR2; JHMC; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691135472
- ISBN
- 9780691135472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.27
€ 40.99
€ 29.27
Paperback. Powerful critique of US surveillance of Muslims and prosecution of homegrown terrorism. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JPVH1; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 209 x 25. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- Verso
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781685587
- ISBN
- 9781781685587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.36
€ 30.99
€ 26.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; 3JJ; JFHX; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 575.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816636266
- ISBN
- 9780816636266
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.29
€ 27.99
€ 26.29
Paperback. Rethinking Rights and Responsibilities, at the nexus of ethics, political theory, public policy, and law, traces how the peculiarly American formulations of the rights of the individual have assaulted our connections with, and responsibilities for, those around us. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486. Good ex library copy with neat label on spine and usual stamps
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press Washington
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Revised
- SKU
- KEX0225746
- ISBN
- 9781589010352
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Hertzberg develops his daring thesis that the "modern, secular, anti-Semitism was fashioned not as a reaction to the Enlightenment and the Revolution, but within the Enlightenment and Revolution themselves." He finds that modern anti-Semitism owes less to Christian theological mentality than to doctrinaire libertarianism of figures such as Voltaire, d'Holbach, Diderot, and Marat. Num Pages: 420 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JFSR1; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 206 x 136 x 30. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231073851
- ISBN
- 9780231073851
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
€ 46.99
€ 33.37
Hardcover. From the President of the American Enterprise Institute, the follow-up to the hugely influential The Battle: a candid assessment of how mainstream America can take the philosophy of free enterprise and translate it into political action--restoring b Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA; JPV. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 217 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465029402
- ISBN
- 9780465029402
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.10
€ 42.10
Hardback. Video surveillance, public records, fingerprints, hidden microphones, RFID chips: in contemporary societies the intrusive techniques of surveillance used in daily life have increased dramatically. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPSL; JPV; KNSS1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745645100
- ISBN
- 9780745645100
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.77
€ 72.77
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804775922
- ISBN
- 9780804775922
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
Hardcover. Many people see citizenship in a globalised world in terms of binaries: inclusion/exclusion, past/present, particularism/universalism. The author points out the limitations of these positions and argues that we need to be able to take into account the people who get caught between these traditional categories. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748692774
- ISBN
- 9780748692774
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.30€ 113.01
€ 118.30
€ 113.01