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Political control & freedoms

Hardcover. Why do some issues go viral and then just as quickly fall off the radar? How is it that the media can sustain public interest for months in a complex story like negotiations over Obamacare while ignoring other important issues in favor of stories on "balloon boy"? This title deals with these questions. Num Pages: 240 pages, 32 line drawings, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JPV; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226065434
ISBN
9780226065434
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.31
€ 78.75

Paperback. Series: Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare. Num Pages: 232 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: JFSR1; JPV; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 226 x 7. Weight in Grams: 324. Series: Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare. 232 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFSR1; JPV; JPWL. Dimension: 154 x 226 x 7. Weight: 324.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231140430
ISBN
9780231140430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Hardcover. Editor(s): Omara-Otunnu, Amil; Mobilia, Sergio; Purkayastha, Bandana. Series: Critical Debates on Frontpage. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JPVH. Category: (ES) Secondary; (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 498. Series: Critical Debates on Frontpage. 200 pages. Editor(s): Omara-Otunnu, Amil; Mobilia, Sergio; Purkayastha, Bandana. Cateogry: (ES) Secondary; (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UF) Further/Higher Education. BIC Classification: JPVH. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 18. Weight: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
frontpage
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9789381043066
ISBN
9789381043066
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.46

Paperback. Argues that the laws governing Israeli electronic media are structured to limit the boundaries of public discourse. This title contends that free speech in Israel is institutionally muted to ensure the continued domination of the Jewish majority and its preferred interpretation of what Israel means as a Jewish-democratic state. Series: The History of Communication. Num Pages: 192 pages, 3 line drawings, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFD; JPVH2; LNJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780252076930
ISBN
9780252076930
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.82

Paperback. Drawing upon anthropology, political science, environmental history, and political ecology, this study looks at how control over and access to resources have been defined, negotiated, and contested by colonial state agents, the postcolonial Malaysian state, and local people. Series: Culture, Place, and Nature. Num Pages: 232 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: 1FMM; JPVH3; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780295987620
ISBN
9780295987620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.91

Paperback. Examines human rights violations by Israel, the Palestinian Authority and armed groups. This book measures the events of the intifadah against universal human rights standards. It also pays tribute to the work of Palestinian, Israeli and international human rights organisations and human rights defenders. Num Pages: 84 pages, b&w photographs and illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBP; HBTV; JPVH; JPWQ; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 150 x 7. Weight in Grams: 238. Israel/Occupied Territories/Palestinian Authority. 84 pages, b&w photographs and illustrations. Examines human rights violations by Israel, the Palestinian Authority and armed groups. This book measures the events of the intifadah against universal human rights standards. It also pays tribute to the work of Palestinian, Israeli and international human rights organisations and human rights defenders. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1FBP; HBTV; JPVH; JPWQ; LN. Dimension: 231 x 150 x 7. Weight: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Amnesty International UK
Number of pages
84
Condition
New
SKU
V9780862103101
ISBN
9780862103101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.29

Hardback. Exploring the interface between cultural politics of Black Power and the Black Arts movements and the production of postwar African American popular culture, this book shows how the reliance of Black politics on an oppositional image of African Americans was the formative moment in the construction of authentic blackness as a cultural identity. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AB; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813928593
ISBN
9780813928593
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.34

Hardcover. Editor(s): Benson, Amy. Num Pages: 165 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSR2; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 260 x 180. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
165
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634834421
ISBN
9781634834421
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 229.86
€ 172.11

Paperback. One-third of America's adult population has passed through the criminal justice system and now has a criminal record. An assessment of the contemporary carceral state, this book argues that the broad reach of the criminal justice system has recast the relation between citizen and state, resulting in a sizable group of second-class citizens. Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics. Num Pages: 312 pages, 22 figures, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKV; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226137834
ISBN
9780226137834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.02

Hardcover. One-third of America's adult population has passed through the criminal justice system and now has a criminal record. This book argues that the broad reach of the criminal justice system has recast the relation between citizen and state, resulting in a sizable - and growing - group of second-class citizens. Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics. Num Pages: 312 pages, 22 figures, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKV; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 602.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226137667
ISBN
9780226137667
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.31
€ 79.09

paperback. This text looks at opinion polls, the news media, special interest groups, and interviews with congressional members, using the Iran-Contra hearing as a case study. It explores the construction, interpretation and uses of public opinion and questions the media's role in forming public policy. Series: Power, Conflict, and Democracy: American Politics into the 21st Century. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JPA; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231108218
ISBN
9780231108218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. To govern in a democracy, political leaders have to compromise. When they do not, the result is political paralysis - dramatically demonstrated by the gridlock in Congress in recent years. This book shows why compromise is so important, what stands in the way of achieving it, and how citizens can make defensible compromises more likely. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPS; JPHV; JPVL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 139 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
New Preface by the authors
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691160856
ISBN
9780691160856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.88

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 6 b&w photos. BIC Classification: JFSK2; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816675487
ISBN
9780816675487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.20

Hardcover. This ethnography of the Moroccan womens rights movement describes the history and activists of the Moroccan womens rights movement through the development and use of three frames: equality, womens human rights, and the harmonious family. Series: Gender and Globalization. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBM; JFSL1; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Syracuse Univ Pr (Sd)
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633501
ISBN
9780815633501
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.79

Hardback. The intersections between culture and human rights have engaged some of the most heated and controversial debates across international law and theory. To what extent should the law permit cultural defences to general rules? What role does human rights law have in the protection of minority cultures? This volume examines such pivotal questions. Editor(s): Vrdoljak, Ana. Series: Collected Courses of the Academy of European Law. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JPVH; LBBR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199642120
ISBN
9780199642120
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 189.04

paperback. In 1957, Joseph Spagna and five other men waited to board a bus called the Sunnyland. Their plan was: ride the bus together - three blacks and three whites - get arrested and take their case to the US Supreme Court. This book chronicles the story of an American family against the backdrop of one of the civil rights movement's lesser-known stories. Series: River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize. Num Pages: 286 pages, 5 Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HBJK; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780803217126
ISBN
9780803217126
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.92

Paperback. Editor(s): Colon-Muniz, Anaida; Lavadenz, Magaly. Num Pages: 250 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 6 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL4; JNA; JNFR; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 227 x 20. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138943339
ISBN
9781138943339
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.54

Paperback. While the caste system has been formally abolished under the Indian constitution, according to official statistics, every 18 minutes a crime is committed in India on a member of the dalit caste. This book explodes the myth that caste is a feudal relic, and argues that it has been well assimilated by both capitalist India and globalising India. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFJ; JFSC; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848134492
ISBN
9781848134492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.90

Hardcover. The first systematic treatment of the role of institutions in cosmopolitan theories of distributive justice Series: Studies in Global Justice and Human Rights. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JPV. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748644711
ISBN
9780748644711
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.88
€ 113.44

Paperback. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442629042
ISBN
9781442629042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.32

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