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Political control & freedoms

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Political control & freedoms

Paperback. A collection of essays offering a comprehensive amendment-by-amendment, clause-by-clause account of the Bill of Rights' recent transmutation. The contributors explore the original meaning of the amendments, as well as the history, theory and practice behind those amendments. Editor(s): Hickok, Eugene W. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC; JPVH; LND. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 754.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813913360
ISBN
9780813913360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.02

Paperback. The foreign-born population in the United States comes in disproportionately large numbers from Latin America and Asia. Focusing on the period from 1965 to the year 2020, this work presents an evidence-based examination of the consequences that these demographic changes might have for the contemporary politics of the United States. Editor(s): Lee, Taeku; Ramakrishnan, S. Karthick; Ramirez, Ricardo. Series: Race, Ethnicity and Politics. Num Pages: 320 pages, 26 tables & 7 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JFFN; JFSL; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813925547
ISBN
9780813925547
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.09

paperback. Focused on the inside story of law reform, this book contains portraits of some figures, including Thurgood Marshall, William Kuntsler, and the black law professor Derrick Bell, as well as of movers and shakers such as the attorney C B King of Albany, Georgia, and Margaret Burnham. Num Pages: 336 pages, 15 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BGA; JPVH1; LAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780813926957
ISBN
9780813926957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.37

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

Hardback. Series: Carter G. Woodson Institute Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, 9 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; JFSL3; JNF; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813938899
ISBN
9780813938899
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.37

paperback. Rarely has a foreign policy event spawned such interest in international public opinion as has the Iraq War. Editor(s): Sobel, Richard; Furia, Peter; Barrett, Bethany. Num Pages: 322 pages, tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; HBWS5; JPS; JPVK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Potomac Books United States
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597974936
ISBN
9781597974936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.67

Hardback. Presents a collection of essays on rights theory. This volume addresses such topics as the grounding of rights, the universality of rights, conflict among legal rights, the nature of political rights, the care-based presuppositions of rights, the misuse of rights talk, and the connection between rights and religion. Editor(s): Friedman, Marilyn; May, Larry; Parsons, K. (Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA). Series: Law and Philosophy Library. Num Pages: 277 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JPVH; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 581.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
277
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792361985
ISBN
9780792361985
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.12

Hardback. Num Pages: 315 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH; M. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 647.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Humana Press Inc. United States
Edition
2nd ed. 1992
Number of pages
315
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896031821
ISBN
9780896031821
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.30

Hardcover. Based on extensive fieldwork that began in Argentina, this book asks how detained and disappeared persons inhabit the categories that international law has constructed to mark, judge, understand, and repair the horror. Series: Memory Politics and Transitional Justice. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 1KLSU; JHB; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137394149
ISBN
9781137394149
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.86

Hardcover. The book discussed how contemporary political campaigns are increasingly sensitive to candidate-centered appeals, analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of their own candidate to determine how their personalities, backgrounds, and likability and background fit into a campaign narrative, theme, and issue agenda. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHF; JPHL; JPVL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137398604
ISBN
9781137398604
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.63

Paperback. This book is the first complete biography of Raphael Lemkin, the father of the United Nations Genocide Convention, based on his papers; and shows how his campaign for an international treaty succeeded. In addition, the book covers Lemkin's inauguration of the historical study of past genocides. Num Pages: 345 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTZ; JPVH; LBBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2008th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137427373
ISBN
9781137427373
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 124.20

Paperback. This book presents an atheistic case against the legalization of assisted suicide. Critical of both sides of the argument, it questions the assumptions behind the discussion. Yuill shows that our attitudes towards suicide - not euthanasia - are most important to our attitudes towards assisted suicide. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFME; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2013th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137487469
ISBN
9781137487469
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 122.92

Paperback. This book briefly surveys the evolution of the Western concept of development, recognizing the wider dimensions of human and economic development and the role of institutions and rules, which has moved toward the vision and the path of development envisaged in Islam. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; JPV; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 215 x 24. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2010th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137543875
ISBN
9781137543875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 381 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPVH; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 603.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
381
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349146192
ISBN
9781349146192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 123.12

Paperback. Editor(s): McDonald, Andrew; Terrill, Greg. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPB; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 283.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
211
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349147311
ISBN
9781349147311
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.98

paperback. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSL; JPA; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 375.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 1999
Number of pages
291
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349149254
ISBN
9781349149254
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.58

Hardback. Inquires into the circumstances under which people's rights lose their validity. The author believes that if we want to prevent the erosion of the role of rights within society and to encourage their obligatory status, we should prevent their misuse, or their unjustified or excessive use. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPFC; JPVH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 609.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402008863
ISBN
9781402008863
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.70

Paperback. Is food aid the way of the future? What are the prospects for integrated public policies informed by the right to food? First World Hunger Revisited investigates the rise of food charity and corporately sponsored food banks as effective and sustainable responses to increasing hunger and food poverty in twelve rich 'food-secure' societies. Editor(s): Riches, Graham; Silvasti, Tiina. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFFA; JPVH; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 218 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2nd ed. 2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137298720
ISBN
9781137298720
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.86

hardcover. Contributors argue persuasively that since conceptions of democratic citizenship are changing, so too should operational definitions of citizenship education. Editor(s): Hebert, Yvonne M. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 tables, 2 figures, 2 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JHM; JNK; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802008503
ISBN
9780802008503
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.77

hardcover. Victimology is a relatively new and emerging interdisciplinary area that crosses the fields of criminology, law, sociology, and justice studies. This book, written by one of the world's leading experts, is designed to offer a broad, interdisciplinary introduction to the subject. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JKV; JKVP; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442634848
ISBN
9781442634848
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.77

Hardback. Drawing on the constructivist strand of political philosophy, the author shows that it is theoretically possible and politically necessary for theologians to keep faith with human rights. She argues, the Christian tradition as the wellspring of many of the ethical commitments considered central to human rights must embrace its role in the project. Series: Moral Traditions Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM2; HRCM; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 27. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626162327
ISBN
9781626162327
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 205.95

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

Paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Sociology. Num Pages: 173 pages, 28 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JMU; JPVH; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 279.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
173
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319138282
ISBN
9783319138282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.36

Hardback. Migration in the Age of Genocide Series: Migration, Minorities and Modernity. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTZ; HPQ; JFFN; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319218489
ISBN
9783319218489
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.38

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