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Political control & freedoms

Hardback. Examines the prospects for cosmopolitan democracy as a viable and humane response to the challenges of globalization. This book looks at various aspects of cosmopolitan democracy in theory and practice. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JPHV; JPSN; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691134901
ISBN
9780691134901
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.26
€ 46.32

Hardback. This volume examines convergent trends in asylum regimes around the world. It covers the main regions of the world where asylum is a critical problem: Europe, Africa and Central America. It also looks at the major issues such as: human rights; NGO involvement; and gender. Editor(s): Joly, Daniele. Series: Studies on the Chinese Economy. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFD; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333913208
ISBN
9780333913208
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 18. BIC Classification: JPVH3; KCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801476228
ISBN
9780801476228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Hardback. 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: 6452 x 4522 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1293.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821422519
ISBN
9780821422519
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.77

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.00

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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.05

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

€ 86.02

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.26
€ 46.32

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.00
€ 26.53

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.34
€ 41.83

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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 36.75

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.14

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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 198.51

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.21

Paperback. The Labour Party has been using marketing longer than is commonly realised. Leading figures like Morrison, Snowden, Webb, Gaitskell, Benn and Wilson were among those who recognized the importance of imagery and symbolic communication long before the time of Kinnock, Mandelson and Blair. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPFK; JPL; JPVL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333689530
ISBN
9780333689530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.01

Hardcover. This text brings together three discrete areas of interest pertaining to refugees. Asylum is explored through studies on the evolution of legal instruments in Europe, the harmonization process of European policies, and the broader spectrum of factors underpinning decisions on asylum. Series: Migration, Minorities & Citizenship. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFD; JFFN; JPQB; JPVH1; JPVR; LNDA; LNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 445.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1996th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333643044
ISBN
9780333643044
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.93

Paperback. BIC Classification: JPVH. Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333470602
ISBN
9780333470602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.36

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.60

Hardback. This volume examines the conditions under which lustration and related transitional justice measures have affected political and social trust-building and democratization across twelve countries in Central and Eastern Europe and parts of the Former Soviet Union between 1989 and 2012. Series: Oxford Studies in Democratization. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JPA; JPB; JPFC; JPHV; JPHX; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198793328
ISBN
9780198793328
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.52

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.58

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

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
€ 16.37

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