Political control & freedoms
Results 1537 - 1560 of 1977
Political control & freedoms
Paperback. From 1952 to 1981, South Africa's apartheid government ran an art school for the training of African art teachers at Indaleni, in what is today KwaZulu-Natal. The Art of Life in South Africa is the story of the students, teachers, art, and politics that circulated through a small school, housed in a remote former mission station. Series: New African Histories. Num Pages: 376 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFM; 3JJP; ACX; HBTB; JNB; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1108.
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821422526
- ISBN
- 9780821422526
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 37.94
€ 37.99
€ 37.94
Hardback. Daniel Whelan illustrates how the rhetoric of indivisibility has frequently been used to further political ends that have little to do with protecting the rights of the individual. Drawing on scores of original documents, he reveals the conflicts and compromises behind a half century of human rights discourse. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: JPVH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812242409
- ISBN
- 9780812242409
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Condition: New
€ 97.23
€ 97.23
Hardback. This book argues that a combination of property rights reform, administrative fragmentation, and technological advance has caused the post-Mao Chinese state to lose a significant degree of control over "thought work," or the management of propagandistic communications flowing into and through Chinese society. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804734615
- ISBN
- 9780804734615
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.61
€ 92.61
Paperback. Is liberal democracy a universal ideal? Proponents of 'Asian values' argue that it is a distinctive product of the Western experience and that Western powers shouldn't try to push human rights and democracy onto Asian states. This book attempts to chart a middle ground between the extremes of the international debate on human rights and democracy. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPHV; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691005089
- ISBN
- 9780691005089
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Condition: New
€ 58.48€ 45.72
€ 58.48
€ 45.72
Paperback. The 20th century has seen people displaced on an unprecedented scale and has brought concerns about refugees into sharp focus. These essays maintain a balance between providing specific details of the refugee experience and exploring corresponding theories of trust and mistrust. Editor(s): Daniel, E. V.; Knudsen, John Chr. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFD; JFS; JHM; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520088993
- ISBN
- 9780520088993
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.10
€ 35.99
€ 26.10
paperback. Argues that political freedom is essential to both the preservation of constitutional government and the very substance of American democracy itself. This book examines, among other topics, the promise and limits of civil society and associational life as sources of democratic renewal; and the effects of mass media on the public arena. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691135946
- ISBN
- 9780691135946
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 32.64
€ 40.99
€ 32.64
Paperback. Takes issue with those who would reduce citizenship to community involvement or to political participation for its own sake. This book argues that we need to place more value on a form of conscientious, moderately alienated citizenship invented by Socrates. one that is critical in orientation and dissident in practice. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA; JPA; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691086934
- ISBN
- 9780691086934
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Condition: New
€ 52.63€ 41.31
€ 52.63
€ 41.31
Paperback. Editor(s): Schill, Dan; Kirk, Rita; Jasperson, Amy E. Series: Routledge Studies in Global Information, Politics and Society. Num Pages: 310 pages, 80 black & white illustrations, 23 black & white tables, 13 black & white halftones, 67 b. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD; JPVL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138949416
- ISBN
- 9781138949416
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Condition: New
€ 76.07
€ 76.07
Hardback. Reveals thousands of forgotten US and Allied war crimes prosecutions against Hitler and other Axis war criminals based on a popular movement for justice that stretched from Poland to the Pacific. This history also brings long overdue credit to the United Nations' War Crimes Commission (UNWCC), which operated during and after World War II. Num Pages: 272 pages, 11 tables, 7 figures, 7 figures, 11 tables. BIC Classification: HBTZ1; JPVH; LB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626164314
- ISBN
- 9781626164314
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Condition: New
€ 36.47
€ 36.47
Paperback. What would you need if you wanted to live in a democracy? What would living in a democracy be like? Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JF; JPA; JPHC; JPVH1; YNM; YQN; YXZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 209 x 10. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782794035
- ISBN
- 9781782794035
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.51
€ 17.99
€ 16.51
hardcover. Series: Routledge Studies in Political Psychology. Num Pages: 222 pages, 28 black & white illustrations, 54 black & white tables, 28 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JPHF; JPVL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138900103
- ISBN
- 9781138900103
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Condition: New
€ 197.44
€ 197.44
Paperback. Discusses the politics of multiculturalism, citizenship and exclusion Series: 21st Century Studies. Num Pages: 210 pages, 9 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; JFSJ; JFSL; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253223692
- ISBN
- 9780253223692
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.97
€ 27.99
€ 26.97
Paperback. Throughout its history, America's policies have alternatively embraced human rights, regarded them with ambivalence, or rejected them out of hand. The essays in this volume put these shifting political winds into a larger historical perspective, from the country's very beginnings to the present day. Editor(s): Soohoo, Cynthia; Albisa, Catherine; Davis, Martha F. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Edition
- Abridged ed
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812220797
- ISBN
- 9780812220797
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Condition: New
€ 46.64
€ 46.64
Paperback. Editor(s): Arnson, Cynthia J. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JPH; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804776684
- ISBN
- 9780804776684
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.59
€ 33.99
€ 33.59
Hardcover. From wartime England to Nixon's America and beyond, Helms was witness to some of the seminal eventsNVietnam, Watergate, and especially the demoralization of the CIA in the 1970s for political purposes. This memoir reveals a world where appearances always had to be questioned, where rumors and gossip carried the weight of intrigue. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442221314
- ISBN
- 9781442221314
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.41
€ 25.99
€ 23.41
Paperback. Presents the history of League of United Latin-American Citizens (LULAC). This book also provides evidence that perceptions of LULAC as a petite bourgeoisie, assimilationist, conservative, anti-Mexican, anti-working class organization belie the realities of the group's early activism. Num Pages: 330 pages, 25 b&w photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFSL4; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780292721326
- ISBN
- 9780292721326
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.35
€ 32.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 149 pages. BIC Classification: JPVR; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 143 x 11. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Human Rights Watch
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564321183
- ISBN
- 9781564321183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.23
€ 17.99
€ 16.23
paperback. Before Alexander Solzhenitsyn's "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" shocked the Western world, some readers already knew of prison life in the Soviet Union, the Eastern bloc and other Communist countries. This is a selection of excerpts from nine widely read books from this gulag literature. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HBG; HBJD; HBLW; JPS; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 211 x 168 x 20. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Ivan R. Dee United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9781566635219
- ISBN
- 9781566635219
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.33
€ 16.99
€ 16.33
paperback. Views Cuba from the Soviet Union's demise to the present, to assess how conflicts over media access play out in their both liberating and repressive potential. This title questions myths of how Internet use necessarily fosters global democracy and reveals the impact of new technologies on the country's governance and culture. Series Editor(s): Petro, Patrice. Series: New Directions in International Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, 11 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KJC; JFD; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Edition
- None ed.
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813546872
- ISBN
- 9780813546872
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.55
€ 41.99
€ 41.55
Paperback. * The eighth book of a series published with The Political Quarterly. * Expert contributors including Joyce Macmillan, Michael Brunson, Karen Evans, John Maxton, Matthew Taylor, Neal Acherson, Yasmin--Alibhai Brown and Anthony Everitt. Editor(s): Crick, Sir Bernard. Series: Political Quarterly Special Issues. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 168 x 10. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell Oxford
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631228561
- ISBN
- 9780631228561
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Condition: New
€ 25.42
€ 25.42
Paperback. Rewrites the history of the civil rights movement, recognizing the contributions of Black women. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253208323
- ISBN
- 9780253208323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.93
€ 25.99
€ 23.93
Paperback. Same-sex marriage emerged in 2004 as one of the hottest issues of the campaign season. This work explores various facets of this issue, including the ideologies and strategies on both sides of the argument, the public's response, and how same-sex marriage fits into the context of policy cycles and windows of political opportunity. Editor(s): Rimmerman, Craig A.; Wilcox, Clyde. Num Pages: 368 pages, 7 line drawings, 4 tables. BIC Classification: JFSK; JPVH; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226720012
- ISBN
- 9780226720012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.39
€ 34.99
€ 27.39
Paperback. Tracing the litigations, highlighting the pivotal role of the NAACP, and including incisive portraits of key players, this book simply but powerfully shows that "Brown" not only changed the national equation of race and caste, it also changed our view of the Court's role in American life. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW; JPVH1; LNDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700612895
- ISBN
- 9780700612895
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.79
€ 41.79
Paperback. Chronicling the development of Randolph's political and racial ideology Series: The New Black Studies Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 b&w Photographs. BIC Classification: BGH; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252077647
- ISBN
- 9780252077647
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.15
€ 28.15