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Political control & freedoms

Paperback. 9/11 and its aftermath have shown that our ideas about what constitutes sovereign power lag dangerously behind the burgeoning claims to rights and recognition within and across national boundaries. This volume helps in understanding of power and sovereignty in the postcolonial world and in "the West". Editor(s): Hansen, Thomas Blom; Stepputat, Finn. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPHC; JPS; JPVH1; JPWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 538.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691121192
ISBN
9780691121192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.97

Paperback. Maps and challenges many of the mythologies that surround the late iconic labor leader. Focusing on Chavez's own writings, this book argues that La Causa can be fruitfully understood as a quasi-religious movement based on Chavez's charismatic leadership, which he modeled after Martin Luther King Jr and Gandhi. Num Pages: 240 pages, 12 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HRCC7; JFSL4; JPVH1; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520283695
ISBN
9780520283695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.92

Paperback. Explores the history of Palestinian collaboration with Israelis - and of the Arab resistance to it. This book focuses on the system of collaborators established by Israel in each and every Arab community after the 1948 war. Translator(s): Watzman, Haim. Num Pages: 296 pages, 24 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520269767
ISBN
9780520269767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.28

Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JPSH; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404. 208 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: JPSH; JPV. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 17. Weight: 404.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231154109
ISBN
9780231154109
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.13
€ 50.82

Paperback. This new edition of "Elections USA" offers a thorough account of the electoral process at all levels and in all branches of American government, placing the issues in context. The book also provides details of other related themes including the history and nature of American political parties. Series: Politics Today. Num Pages: 256 pages, tables, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHF; JPVL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UA) A / AS level; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404. Like new, clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
SKU
KSG0001389
ISBN
9780719045080
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Hardback.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691125206
ISBN
9780691125206
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.13
€ 50.91

Hardback. Reading texts in relation to feminist, queer, and race theory and Buddhist philosophy, this book argues that an understanding of spirit is critical to explaining the power that social movements have to change hearts, minds, and social structures. Series: The Politics of Intersectionality. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSJ; JPV; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
294
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230117273
ISBN
9780230117273
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.80
€ 56.48

Paperback. The Latvian-German politician and journalist Paul Schiemann was a passionate advocate of independence for the indigenous Baltic peoples. This book presents the biography of a man who battled against both Baltic and German nationalism. Num Pages: 314 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
C Hurst & Co (Publishers)Ltd
Number of pages
314
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850657514
ISBN
9781850657514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.21
€ 58.62

Paperback. Investigates how effective good media coverage for American activists is during political campaigns Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JPVL; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 166 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
New York University Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814741375
ISBN
9780814741375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. This book, by a lawyer and professor of commercial law who is the great-great-granddaughter of a slave and a white southern lawyer, is both an argument for affirming group claims in the legal vocabulary and a description of the seemingly ineluctable status of black people in the US. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674014718
ISBN
9780674014718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.97

Hardback. This historical introduction to the varieties of citizenship in Britain starts in the Middle Ages and bringing the story right up to the present day. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 582.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748622252
ISBN
9780748622252
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.33
€ 119.34

Paperback. Addresses the techniques and mechanisms by which official agencies certify individual identity, from passports and identity cards to labor registration and alien documentation, from fingerprinting to much-debated contemporary issues such as DNA-typing, body surveillance, and more. Editor(s): Caplan, Jane; Torpey, John C. Num Pages: 432 pages, 6 tables, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: HBG; JH; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 660.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691009124
ISBN
9780691009124
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.29
€ 42.32

Hardcover. Examines the role of women in Egyptian society, looking both at the legal system and how they themselves understand their rights. Series: Library of Modern Middle East Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 bw integrated. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JFSJ1; JFSR2; JPVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Sew
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784532451
ISBN
9781784532451
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.10
€ 126.57

Paperback. A liberal society stands on the proposition that we should all take seriously the idea that we might be wrong. The author makes a persuasive argument for the value of "liberal science" and the idea that conflicting views produce knowledge within society. The answer to bias and prejudice, he argues, is pluralism - not purism. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFMD; JPVH1; JPVH2; LNDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Enlarged
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226145938
ISBN
9780226145938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.40

Paperback. In this text international experts and members of the MSF analyse the way issues surrounding the role of aid organizations in "just" wars have crystallized over the five years spanning the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st. Num Pages: 288 pages, 11 maps, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSN1; JKSR; JPSN; JPV; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co (Publishers)Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850657378
ISBN
9781850657378
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

Hardcover. Can human rights protect the stateless? Or are they permanently excluded from politics? This title argues that human rights are a sign of our growing powerlessness and political alienation in the face of a sovereign state of exception that has become global. Num Pages: 192 pages, 4 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748645725
ISBN
9780748645725
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.33
€ 119.45

Hardback. Etienne Balibar is a French philosopher and Distinguished Professor of French and Italian and of Comparative Literature at the University of California Irvine. These 10 essays introduce the key concepts in Balibar's thought, particularly his idea of the citizen/subject, through which he reads the political history of Europe. Editor(s): Montag, Warren; Elsayed, Hanan. Series: Critical Connections. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPDC; HPS; JPA; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 241 x 25. Weight in Grams: 672.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474404211
ISBN
9781474404211
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.33
€ 118.95

Paperback. Uncovers British cinema's contribution to Cold War propaganda and to the development of a popular consensus on Cold War issues. This book focuses on an age in which the 'first Cold War' dictated international politics. It explores the relationship between film-makers, censors and Whitehall. Series: Cinema and Society. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; JPS; JPVN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845112110
ISBN
9781845112110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.90

Paperback. This book challenges the community of international lawyers to think again about how they can use the Alien Tort Statute. Num Pages: 222 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPVH; LND; LNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Hart Publishing
Number of pages
222
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841137940
ISBN
9781841137940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 43.31

Hardcover. Translated from the best-selling Arabic edition, this work offers English readers a fresh and original insight into the rich literature of human rights. Leading Arab intellectuals have made contributions on topics ranging from civil and political rights to the rights of women. Editor(s): Jayyusi, Salma Khadra. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: HRH; JPVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 246 x 168 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1202.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
688
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850437079
ISBN
9781850437079
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.94
€ 137.06

Paperback. Just Ordinary Citizens? offers a behavioural perspective on the political integration of immigrants, describing and analysing the relationships that immigrants develop with politics in their host countries. Editor(s): Bilodeau, Antoine. Num Pages: 304 pages, 13 figures. BIC Classification: JFFN; JPB; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442614444
ISBN
9781442614444
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.26

Hardback. Considers the possibilities for active citizenship within areas of broad concern in UK politics: young people and justice; parliaments with the people; women and equality; integrating immigrants; multiculturalism; schools; community; social inclusion and poverty; Europe; nationalisms and Britishness. Editor(s): Crick, Sir Bernard; Lockyer, Professor Andrew. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JPVH1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748638666
ISBN
9780748638666
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.33
€ 119.45

Paperback. While governments are obliged to protect society and bring terrorists to justice, their effectiveness in tackling terrorism without undermining the support of the population for law and order or jeopardising basic liberties is paramount. This book points out, governments in many countries, from Putin's Russia and Fujimori's Peru to Italy in 1970s. Editor(s): Kassimeris, George. Num Pages: 334 pages. BIC Classification: JPS; JPVH1; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
334
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850658634
ISBN
9781850658634
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.07

Hardback. Based upon original research in archives in Ireland, Great Britain, the United States and Canada, this study opens a new page in the history of wartime propaganda and censorship Series: International Communications. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBWQ; JFMD; JPVN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 181 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748622771
ISBN
9780748622771
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.41
€ 114.08

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