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Paperback. Offering a compelling inquiry into public events ranging from the building of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial through ethnic community fairs to pioneer celebrations, this title explores the stories, ideas, and symbols behind American commemorations over the last century. Num Pages: 312 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBTB; JFC; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 485.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691034959
- ISBN
- 9780691034959
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€ 53.29€ 42.32
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Paperback. Chronicles the struggles of immigrants who have fled their homelands in search of a better life in the United States, only to be marginalized by the society that they hoped would embrace them. This book argues that marginalization fosters antagonism within ethnic groups while undermining the ethnic solidarity emphasized by scholars of immigration. Num Pages: 256 pages, 9 halftones, 3 maps, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFFN; JFSR; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691037820
- ISBN
- 9780691037820
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€ 53.29€ 42.32
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Paperback. Analyzing leadership, committee, and procedural restructuring in four periods, this book argues that coalitions promoting a wide range of member interests drive change in both the House and Senate. It shows that multiple interests determine institutional innovation within a period; and that different interests are important in different periods. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 376 pages, 4 line illus., 19 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JPA; JPH; JPQ; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 571.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691049267
- ISBN
- 9780691049267
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€ 65.13€ 51.02
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Paperback. A small group founded Amnesty International in 1961 to translate human rights principles into action. This text provides an account of how the organization pioneered a combination of popular pressure and expert knowledge to advance global human rights. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1 halftone, 1 table. BIC Classification: JPVH; JPWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 286.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691057439
- ISBN
- 9780691057439
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€ 52.99€ 37.97
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Paperback. Seeks to clear the ground for a discussion of the place of race in politics and in our moral lives. This book contains essays that tackle different aspects of the question of racial justice. It establishes the problematic nature of the idea of race. It explores the history of its invention as a social category. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPQ; JFFJ; JFSL; JPA; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 28.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691059099
- ISBN
- 9780691059099
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€ 46.99€ 33.55
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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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691086934
- ISBN
- 9780691086934
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€ 53.29€ 42.24
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Paperback. Brings together an array of political, ethical, and religious perspectives to shed light on the complex relationship between civil society and the state. This book examines how civil society has been treated in classical liberalism, liberal egalitarianism, critical theory, feminism, natural law, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Confucianism. Editor(s): Rosenblum, Nancy L.; Post, Robert C. Series: Ethikon Series in Comparative Ethics. Num Pages: 424 pages, 2 line illus. BIC Classification: JPA; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 599.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691088020
- ISBN
- 9780691088020
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€ 53.29€ 42.32
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Paperback. Gene Grossman and Elhanan Helpman are widely acclaimed for their pioneering theoretical studies of how special interest groups seek to influence the policymaking process in democratic societies. This collection of eight of their articles is a companion to their monograph, "Special Interest Politics". Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 table. 11 line illus. BIC Classification: JPV; JPWD; KCCD; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691095974
- ISBN
- 9780691095974
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€ 71.05€ 55.38
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Paperback. The institution of property is as old as mankind, and property rights are deemed vital to a prosperous economic system. This book explores how property rights arise, and how they bolster economic development. It also examines as well how controversies over valuable property rights are resolved: by agreement, by violence, or by law. Editor(s): Anderson, Terry L.; McChesney, Fred S. Num Pages: 408 pages, 2 tables. 14 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH3; KCP; LNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 571.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691099989
- ISBN
- 9780691099989
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Paperback. Brings together a group of American and European social scientists to explore a number of factors, with an emphasis on the structure of political choices. This book includes chapters that reflect different perspectives on how people form political opinions and how these opinions are manipulated. Editor(s): Saris, Willem Egbert; Sniderman, Paul M. Num Pages: 376 pages, 20 line illus. 61 tables. BIC Classification: JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691119038
- ISBN
- 9780691119038
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€ 71.05€ 55.28
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Paperback. When revolutions happen, they change the rules of everyday life. This occurred in Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, which laid the foundations of the Soviet state, and again in 1991, when that state collapsed. This book is about the remaking of identities in these times of upheaval. Num Pages: 352 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLW; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691122458
- ISBN
- 9780691122458
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€ 52.99€ 38.10
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Paperback. The American public has consistently declared itself less concerned with foreign affairs in the post-Cold War era. How can it be, then, that public attentiveness to US foreign policy crises has increased? This book represents a systematic attempt to explain this apparent paradox. Num Pages: 344 pages, 38 line illus. 31 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; JPVK; KNTD; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 342.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691123776
- ISBN
- 9780691123776
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€ 46.99€ 33.64
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Paperback. Presents an argument that the process of collecting information on public preferences through surveys may bias our picture of several preferences. This book focuses on the many respondents who say they "don't know" when asked for their views on the political issues of the day. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16 line illus. 29 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 236 x 13. Weight in Grams: 322.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691123783
- ISBN
- 9780691123783
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Paperback. Shows that, under the right political conditions, voters are well informed on the issues that they care about and use their knowledge to hold politicians accountable. This book finds that the media - while far from ideal - do provide the populace with information regarding the responsiveness of elected representatives. Num Pages: 192 pages, 16 line illus. 38 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 28.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691123790
- ISBN
- 9780691123790
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€ 46.99€ 33.61
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Paperback. Offensive street speech - racist and sexist remarks that can make its targets feel both psychologically and physically threatened - is common in our society. This title argues that racist and sexist speech creates, reproduces, and reinforces systems of hierarchy in public places. Series: The Cultural Lives of Law. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH2; LAB; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 360.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691126104
- ISBN
- 9780691126104
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€ 46.99€ 33.61
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Paperback. Brings together economists, anthropologists, historians, and philosophers for an examination of the practical and ethical implications of slave redemption. This book includes essays by the editors and by Dean Karlan and Alan Krueger, Carol Ann Rogers and Kenneth Swinnerton, Arnab Basu and Nancy Chau, Stanley Engerman, and more. Editor(s): Appiah, Kwame Anthony; Bunzl, Martin. Num Pages: 280 pages, 8 line illus. 22 tables. BIC Classification: JFM; JPA; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691130101
- ISBN
- 9780691130101
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€ 40.99€ 29.15
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Hardback. Argues that there is a basic tension between religion and democracy because religion often rejects compromise as a matter of principle while democracy requires compromise to thrive. This book draws on politics, history, and law, to define an approach to the church-state question that protects the religious and the secular alike. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPF; JPHV; JPVH4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691130118
- ISBN
- 9780691130118
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€ 30.99€ 22.30
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Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691133126
- ISBN
- 9780691133126
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€ 30.99€ 22.30
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Paperback. Gives an account of nationalism and the politics of turning immigrants into citizens and Americans. This work takes you through controversies over citizenship for blacks and the rights of aliens at the nation's founding, and also examines the interplay of ideas and institutions in the Americanization movement in the 1910s and 1920s. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPFN; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 428.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691133966
- ISBN
- 9780691133966
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€ 46.99€ 33.72
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Paperback. Providing an alternative to conventional arguments grounded in public choice theory, this book demonstrates that regulatory government can, and on various occasions does, advance general interests. Num Pages: 392 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQ; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691134642
- ISBN
- 9780691134642
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€ 53.29€ 42.46
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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
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€ 59.21€ 46.67
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Paperback. After the 1979 revolution, Iranian leaders transformed the state into an Islamic republic. This title explores how Iranian women understand their rights. It reveals that the postrevolutionary republic blended practices of a liberal republic with Islamic principles of equality. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 line illus. BIC Classification: 1FBN; JFSJ1; JFSR2; JHMC; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691135472
- ISBN
- 9780691135472
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€ 40.99€ 29.27
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Hardback. Americans like to think that they look after their own, especially in times of hardship. And for the Great Depression and the Great Society eras, the collective memory is one of solidarity and compassion for the less fortunate. This title challenges this story by examining opinion polls and letters to presidents from average citizens. Num Pages: 240 pages, 36 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQ; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691135632
- ISBN
- 9780691135632
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€ 42.99€ 31.01
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Hardback. Describes a day in the life of an average modern citizen - in other words, a person under almost constant scrutiny. This title traces the status of privacy from ancient Rome onwards, explains how liberty and freedom of thought depend on privacy, and points to some of the places where privacy is under greatest threat, from health to personal space. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691136721
- ISBN
- 9780691136721
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€ 23.99€ 17.94
€ 23.99
€ 17.94