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Political control & freedoms

paperback. "This vivid and moving book will help shape the emerging form of truth commissions in many places around the world."-James Boyd White, author of The Edge of Meaning Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812219494
ISBN
9780812219494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Long before it became the slogan of the Obama campaign, Dr. Dorothy Ferebee (1898-1980) lived by the motto "Yes, We Can." An African American elite descended from lawyers, journalists, politicians, and possibly a white governor of Virginia, Ferebee was an obstetrician and civil rights activist from Washington, D.C. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 238 x 35. Weight in Grams: 758.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612345055
ISBN
9781612345055
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.37

Paperback. Using relational pluralism as a theoretical lens, the author takes a fresh look at the complex issue of aboriginal self-government. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JPH; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780774810470
ISBN
9780774810470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.50

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Regnery Publishing Inc Washington
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780895261236
ISBN
9780895261236
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.37

Hardback. After a clerical sanction prohibited them from fishing for a week, a group of Catholic fishers from a village on India's southwestern coast decided to take their church to court. This title shows their struggle, providing insights into contemporary Indian democracy, citizenship, and environmentalism. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 tables, 7 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804761468
ISBN
9780804761468
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.39

Paperback.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752467894
ISBN
9780752467894
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.64

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New York University Press
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814741009
ISBN
9780814741009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.79

Hardback. This thoughtful and iconoclastic book argues that silence can be an expression of freedom. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JPVH2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804756204
ISBN
9780804756204
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.72

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.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691123783
ISBN
9780691123783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.92

Hardcover. What is the relationship between anger and justice, especially when so much of our moral education has taught us to value the impartial spectator, the cold distance of reason? This book looks at the emotionally charged South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFFE; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226119984
ISBN
9780226119984
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.79

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 18. BIC Classification: JPVH3; KCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801476228
ISBN
9780801476228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Examines how African American artists and intellectuals turn to the subject of slavery to understand and challenge the ongoing exclusion of African Americans from the founding narratives of the United States Num Pages: 248 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTS; JFFN; JHMC; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372. Citizenship and Racial Democracy in the Post-Civil Rights Imagination. 240 pages, 5 illustrations. Examines how African American artists and intellectuals turn to the subject of slavery to understand and challenge the ongoing exclusion of African Americans from the founding narratives of the United States. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTS; JFFN; JHMC; JPVH1. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 15. Weight: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822352617
ISBN
9780822352617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.56

Hardback. Octavia Hill, William Glyn-Jones, Mary Richmond, George William Brown, Mary Parker Follet, and Bryan Keith-Lucas were all united by a shared conviction that citizenship involved more than just voting. This text examines the various initiatives they spearheaded over the past two centuries. Num Pages: 320 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBTB; JPF; JPQB; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739102336
ISBN
9780739102336
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL3; JKVP; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816692415
ISBN
9780816692415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.38

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; JFF; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Granville Island Publishing Canada
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894694315
ISBN
9781894694315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.90

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

€ 89.17
€ 56.91

Paperback.
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814723760
ISBN
9780814723760
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Hardback. Gives a philosophical assessment of the arguments for and against euthanasia, the debate between advocates of 'pro-life' and 'pro-choice' in the question of abortion, the relationship between human beings and other animals, the possibility of machines thinking in the way that human beings think, and the nature and relevance of professional ethics. Num Pages: 200 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631196082
ISBN
9780631196082
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.88

Paperback. aeo Advocates a rights--based approach to contemporary ethical issues. aeo Offers an alternative to prevailing consequentialist concerns within the ethical debate. aeo Discusses animal rights, euthanasia and environmental issues. Num Pages: 200 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631196099
ISBN
9780631196099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.25

Paperback. The Commission on Social Justice is an independent body set up by the late John Smith to develop a vision of economic renewal and social reform in the UK. In this report it sets out to show how intelligent welfare and new economic opportunities can be the driving force for national renewal. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFF; JKS; JPA; JPFF; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 129. Weight in Grams: 322. Well-read paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
SKU
KRF0022310
ISBN
9780099511410
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

This book offers a nuanced understanding of the contexts, culturally conditioned rationality, local networks, and innovation in contentious action across the Middle East and North Africa to give the reader a substantive understanding of events in the Arab world before and since 2011. Editor(s): Beinin, Joel; Vairel, Frederic. Series: Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. .
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804785686
ISBN
9780804785686
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 129.31

Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: JKSN; JPQB; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231149921
ISBN
9780231149921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 129.61
€ 98.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: JKSN; JPQB; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Second
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231149938
ISBN
9780231149938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Hardback. An overview of human rights concepts and laws for social workers that stresses the need to infuse human rights into social work policy and practice. The volume covers the history and development of human rights from the passage of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 onwards. Num Pages: 304 pages, six figures. BIC Classification: 3JJP; JKSN; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231123082
ISBN
9780231123082
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.36
€ 102.15

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