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Political control & freedoms
Paperback. FDR's Four Freedoms-Freedom of Speech, Freedom to Worship, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fear-were presented to the American people in his 1941 State of the Union address, and they became the inspiration for a second bill of rights, extending the New Deal and guaranteeing work, housing, medical care, and education. Num Pages: 358 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; JPVH2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597972178
- ISBN
- 9781597972178
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.52
€ 26.99
€ 25.52
Paperback. 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, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AB; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813928609
- ISBN
- 9780813928609
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Condition: New
€ 38.57
€ 38.57
Public Opinion and International Intervention: Lessons from the Iraq W...
. Ed(S): Sobel, Richard; Furia, Peter; Barret...
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
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Hardback. This book examines whether we are moving towards an integrated regional system of legal provision for minorities. It illustrates the tension between newer member states, many of which have an interest in seeing minority issues addressed, and established members, which remain hesitant in committing themselves fully to a minority rights regime. Editor(s): Weller, M.; Blacklock, Denika; Nobbs, Katherine. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Num Pages: 306 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JFSL1; JPSN2; JPVH; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230001299
- ISBN
- 9780230001299
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Condition: New
€ 67.55
€ 67.55
Hardback. In this timely volume, fourteen international contributors explore the relationship between media and trust, beginning with an examination of the decline of trust in key institutions. The book concludes by considering the future implications for media communication and exploring potential directions for further research in this Age of Suspicion. Editor(s): Bakir, Vian; Barlow, David M. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JPA; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230002548
- ISBN
- 9780230002548
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Condition: New
€ 127.81
€ 127.81
Hardback. The volume is a cutting-edge, interdisciplinary approach to analyzing an enormously significant region in ways that clarify the kind of everyday life and work that is generated in a major urban global manufacturing site amid insecurity, inequality, and a virtually absent state. Editor(s): Staudt, Kathleen; Fragoso, Julia E. Monarrez; Fuentes, Cesar M. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 1KLCM; JFSG; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 475.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230100312
- ISBN
- 9780230100312
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€ 67.12
€ 67.12
Hardback. This book details the factors contributing to the degenerative trend of mass, warrantless government surveillance which imperils civil liberties, and specifies recommendations for constructive change. It also provides a platform for grassroots efforts to stop the decline before it is too late. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPS; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230103047
- ISBN
- 9780230103047
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€ 67.15
€ 67.15
Hardback. This book is an anthology of work by critical media scholars, media makers, and activists who are committed to advancing social justice. Editor(s): Pooley, Jefferson; Taub-Pervizpour, Lora; Jansen, Sue Curry. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JPA; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108639
- ISBN
- 9780230108639
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Condition: New
€ 67.21
€ 67.21
Hardback. Neither a case study of a particular genocide nor a work of comparative genocide, this book explores the political constraints and imperatives that motivate debates about genocide in the academic world and, to a lesser extent, in the political arena. The book is an analysis of the ways that political interests shape discourse about genocide. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTZ; JPS; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230114142
- ISBN
- 9780230114142
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Condition: New
€ 66.97
€ 66.97
Hardback. By placing the social dimension of labour at the base of the discourse of life, this book engages with the work of key intellectual figures and reconstructs a critical genealogy of the notion of biopolitics from the point of view of twentieth and twenty-first century Italy. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; JHB; JPA; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230115033
- ISBN
- 9780230115033
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Condition: New
€ 66.54
€ 66.54
Hardback. Boggs explores the evolution of concentrated corporate and military power through American history and its impact on our democracy. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPF; JPH; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 147 x 24. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230115743
- ISBN
- 9780230115743
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Condition: New
€ 67.48
€ 67.48
Hardback. This volume considers 'global mobility' as an alternative concept to 'international migration' in order to gain insights into international cooperation on movements of people across international borders. Editor(s): Koslowski, Rey. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFFS; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230116924
- ISBN
- 9780230116924
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Condition: New
€ 128.07
€ 128.07
Hardback. The authors provide a systematic analysis of looking beyond the abuses of human rights in the Middle East with a view toward problematizing traditional doctrinal thinking and concepts in the region, ascertaining comparative and historical roots of human rights abuses in the Middle East. Editor(s): Monshipouri, Mahmood. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; HRH; JFSR2; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230120617
- ISBN
- 9780230120617
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.90€ 47.36
€ 52.90
€ 47.36
Hardback. Human rights play a crucial role in today's international relations. They provide standards to which states must conform when dealing with their own citizens. Non-governmental human rights organizations remind states of their obligations in that field. Without this, human rights would have drifted to the bottom of the international agenda. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS; JPVH; JPWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 209
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230201347
- ISBN
- 9780230201347
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.15
€ 67.15
Paperback. As part of a common cultural heritage minority languages in Europe need protection. The contributions to this book reflect urgent, stimulating and productive debates among researchers in sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, politics and sociology, and among language activists and policy makers. Editor(s): Hogan-Brun, Gabrielle; Wolff, Stefan. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; CBX; CFB; JFS; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230217034
- ISBN
- 9780230217034
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.46
€ 66.46
Hardback. This book proposes a new theoretical framework for the study of immigration. It examines four major issues informing current sociological studies of immigration: mechanisms and effects of international migration, processes of immigrants' assimilation and transnational engagements, and the adaptation patterns of the second generation. Num Pages: 302 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSL; JHBD; JPVR; YQN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230223950
- ISBN
- 9780230223950
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.81
€ 128.81
Hardback. The globalization of trade, investment, and finance continues apace. Many have benefited from this, but deep inequalities persist. This book argues that the interconnections established by globalization make possible a critique of its inequality. For those who take seriously human dignity, equality is a basic presumption of social institutions. Series: Global Ethics. Num Pages: 195 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230224575
- ISBN
- 9780230224575
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.64
€ 66.64
Hardback. This book shows why contests over intellectual property rights and access to affordable medicines emerged in the 1990s and how they have been 'resolved' so far. It argues that the current arrangement mainly ensures wealth for some rather than health for all, and points to broader concerns related to governing intellectual property solely as capital Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JPQB; JPVH; KNDP; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230235298
- ISBN
- 9780230235298
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Paperback. Analyzing a broad range of movements, this volume, now available in paperback, reflects on the many challenges that globalization presents for transnational activisim. It explores how international government organizations might offer political opportunities and constraints for social movements, addressing both domestic and global problems. Editor(s): Della Porta, Donatella. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JH; JPV; JPWF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230235311
- ISBN
- 9780230235311
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.06
€ 127.06
Hardcover. This book examines how many women active in revolutionary movements develop feminist identities and how this identity simultaneously contributes to and conflicts with the struggle for women's emancipation. Num Pages: 264 pages, 6 plates. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ; JFSJ1; JPFN; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230236127
- ISBN
- 9780230236127
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.69
€ 67.69