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Political control & freedoms

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Political control & freedoms

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.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691122458
ISBN
9780691122458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.20

Hardcover. Fifty years ago Malcolm X told a white woman who asked what she could do for the cause, 'Nothing.' Michael Eric Dyson believes he was wrong. Now he responds to that question. If society is to make real racial progress, people must face difficult truths, including being honest about how Black grievance has been ignored, dismissed, or discounted. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JFFJ; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 137 x 28. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781250135995
ISBN
9781250135995
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.51

Hardback. Series: Studies of the Harriman Institute, Columbia University. Num Pages: 488 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJG; 3JJH; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 857.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691634685
ISBN
9780691634685
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 249.40

Hardcover. In the aftermath of the Edward Snowden leaks, the Obama administration has been hard pressed to yield to greater transparency and openness to constructive change. This book provides a catalyst toward greater transparency, increased public awareness of the urgent need for constructive change, and the insight into what such change would require. Num Pages: 154 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH2; JPZ; JWKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Pivot
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137426215
ISBN
9781137426215
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.06

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Saqi Books United Kingdom
Edition
annotated ed
Number of pages
349
Condition
New
SKU
V9780863565823
ISBN
9780863565823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: JFMD; JPFQ; JPVH2; TJKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Progressive Press United States
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
43895th
Condition
New
SKU
V9781615770755
ISBN
9781615770755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.08

Paperback. Chomsky, Pilger, Fisk, Mark Thomas, Mark Steel, Edward Herman, Mark Curtis and others cut through the propaganda of the media's coverage of Iraq. Editor(s): Miller, David. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPVN; JPW; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780745322018
ISBN
9780745322018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 27.05

Paperback. Editor(s): Hanami, Tadashi; Weiner, Myron. Num Pages: 497 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSJ; JFSL; JPVH; LND; LNH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
497
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349144204
ISBN
9781349144204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 128.89

hardcover. This book marks a serious advancement in the study of Canadian social history, critical analysis of child welfare, and governmentality studies in social work. Num Pages: 225 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JKSB1; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated.
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802039132
ISBN
9780802039132
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.69

Paperback. This book analyses the new landscape of UK counter terrorism powers and offences and focuses upon the deleterious consequences of the so-called war on terror on freedom of political expression and association. Num Pages: 170 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKV; JPA; JPVH; LB; LN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 291.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
170
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642426353
ISBN
9783642426353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.78

Paperback. The meaning of race in the antebellum southern United States was anchored in the racial exclusivity of slavery and full citizenship. The author explains how heated debates over interracial marriage were also attempts by whites to undermine African American men's demands for suffrage and a voice in public affairs. Series: Gender and American Culture. Num Pages: 384 pages, 5 illustrations, 1 map, notes, bibl., index. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBTB; JFFE; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 29. Weight in Grams: 678.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807858820
ISBN
9780807858820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.19

paperback. In 1957, Joseph Spagna and five other men waited to board a bus called the Sunnyland. Their plan was: ride the bus together - three blacks and three whites - get arrested and take their case to the US Supreme Court. This book chronicles the story of an American family against the backdrop of one of the civil rights movement's lesser-known stories. Series: River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize. Num Pages: 286 pages, 5 Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HBJK; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780803217126
ISBN
9780803217126
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99

Hardcover. This study describes a Latin American legal system which punishes only the poor and a "democratic" state which fails to control its own agents' arbitrary practices. The contributors argue that judicial reform cannot be seperated from human rights and that justice must be made available to the poor. Editor(s): Mendez, Juan; O'Donnell, Guillermo; Pinheiro, Paulo Sergio (Professor and Director, Center for the Study of Violence, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil). Series: Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFF; JPVH; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Univ of Notre Dame Pr
Edition
First edition, presumed.
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268043018
ISBN
9780268043018
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.40

Paperback. Retitled, revised and repackaged in B-format paperback: 'Marvellous.. Passionate, intelligent and thrillingly written and, above all, it is true. This is what it feels like to live in Britain today' Bryan Appleyard, Sunday Times Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; BTC; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 258. The Decline of Order and Justice in England. 336 pages. In this volume Peter Hitchens argues that the time has come to re-examine the criminal justice system root and branch - to cope with rising levels of violent crime, and to restore public faith in society's ability to defend itself. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DB; BTC; JPVH. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 21. Weight: 314.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843541493
ISBN
9781843541493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Challenges scholarly assumptions about the constitutional protection of free speech by proposing a theory of free expression grounded in democratic notions of self-promotion and controlled adversary conflict. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804772150
ISBN
9780804772150
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.92

Hardcover. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBA; JPVH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403905666
ISBN
9781403905666
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.19

Hardcover. Editor(s): Werle, Gerhard; Vormbaum, Moritz. Series: International Criminal Justice Series. Num Pages: 347 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPVH; LBBS; LBBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 244 x 26. Weight in Grams: 702.
Publisher
T.M.C. Asser Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9789462651494
ISBN
9789462651494
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 195.64

Hardback. A comprehensive study of how and why the bright prospects the new state of Eritrea had in 1991 were undercut, turning the country into one of the world's most authoritarian, militarised, isolated, and human rights-abusing states. Series: Eastern Africa Series. Num Pages: 223 pages, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFGE; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
James Currey
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847010698
ISBN
9781847010698
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.80

Hardcover. Series: The Palgrave MacMillan Series in International Political Communication. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JPHV; JPVL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403982018
ISBN
9781403982018
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.41

Paperback. In The Age of Apology twenty-two law, politics, and human rights scholars explore the legal, political, social, historical, moral, religious, and anthropological aspects of Western apologies. Editor(s): Gibney, Mark; Howard-Hassmann, Rhoda E.; Coicaud, Jean-Marc; Steiner, Niklaus. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: JPS; JPV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812220872
ISBN
9780812220872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 46.77

Paperback. This text explores the principal issues and developments, both in international human rights and in rights in the United States, and then compares the concepts and conditions of rights in various parts of the world. It pays particular attention to the role of US foreign policy. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPSD; JPVH; LA; LBBS; LNDA; LNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231064453
ISBN
9780231064453
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. In the mid-1930s the Mexican government expropriated millions of acres of land from hundreds of US property owners as part of President Cardenas' land redistribution program. This title analyzes this conflict at the local, regional, national, and international levels in a nuanced way that combines social, economic, political, and cultural history. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 387 pages, 26 photos, 7 tables, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JPVH3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
387
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822343097
ISBN
9780822343097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Hardback. In the mid-1930s the Mexican government expropriated millions of acres of land from hundreds of US property owners as part of President Cardenas' land redistribution program. This title analyzes this conflict at the local, regional, national, and international levels in a nuanced way that combines social, economic, political, and cultural history. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 387 pages, 26 photos, 7 tables, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JPVH3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
387
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822342953
ISBN
9780822342953
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.20

Paperback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719070136
ISBN
9780719070136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.21

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