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Hardcover. Everyday Occupations engages visual culture and the ethnography of space, satire and parody, poetry and political critique to examine militarization as it is wielded as a cultural and political tool, and as it is experienced as a material form of violence and symbolic domination. Editor(s): Visweswaran, Kamala. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 312 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; JPVH; JWK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 30. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812244878
ISBN
9780812244878
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.38

Hardback. This study examines the everyday politics of a rice farming village in central Luzon. Contending that the faction and patron-client relationships emphasized by conventional studies are but one part of Philippine political life, Kerkvliet offers a portrait of political relationships among villagers. Num Pages: 364 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FMP; GTB; JHM; JPA; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742518698
ISBN
9780742518698
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 189.41

Paperback. A searching meditation on our all-too-human capacity for inhumanity, "Evil Men" confronts atrocity head-on how it looks and feels, what motivates it, how it can be stopped. James Dawes s unflinchingly honest account, drawing on firsthand interviews, is not just about the things Japanese war criminals did, but about what it means to befriend them." Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HBTZ; HBWQ; HPQ; JPVH; JWXK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674416796
ISBN
9780674416796
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.50

Hardback. This book contributes to the Taiwan Studies from an IR perspective, helping policy makers understand the influences of the overall international structure on regional security. Meanwhile, this book shows that national consciousness contributes as a possible starting point to do bring the society back to constructivism theorization of identity. Series: New Perspectives on Chinese Politics and Society. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPCW; JPS; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137540348
ISBN
9781137540348
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.81

Hardcover. This anthology provides readers a portal to new and interesting research on one of the most important and disturbing aspects of repression by modern states: the use of torture. Editor(s): Lightcap, Tracy; Pfiffner, James P. Num Pages: 218 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JPV; JWXR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137337085
ISBN
9781137337085
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.71

Paperback. Focused on marital immigration from China to Taiwan, the book documents the struggles of these women and men as they seek acceptance and recognition in their new home. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 b/w, 2 maps, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; HBTB; JFFN; JHBK; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 227 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520286238
ISBN
9780520286238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.80

Hardcover. Despite reports of exile proving disastrous to the region, 300,000 Russian subjects, from political dissidents to the elderly and mentally disabled, were deported to Siberia from 1823-61. Their stories of physical and psychological suffering, heroism and personal resurrection, are recounted in this compelling history of tsarist Siberian exile. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJ; HBLL; JKVP; JPVR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230273269
ISBN
9780230273269
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 55 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC; JPV; KJT; TTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 5. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1940
Publisher
RAND United States
Number of pages
55
Condition
New
SKU
V9780833023889
ISBN
9780833023889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.57

Paperback. Not long after he led the legal team in Brown v Board of Education, Thurgood Marshall aided Kenya's constitutional negotiations, as adversaries battled over rights and land - not with weapons, but with legal arguments. This work tells the story of Marshall's work with Kenyan leaders as they fought with the British for independence in the 1960s. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; 1KBB; HBJH; JPVH1; LAZ; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691152448
ISBN
9780691152448
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.98

paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 150 x 2. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Spokesman Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851247229
ISBN
9780851247229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.28

Hardback. This ground-breaking collection examines the erosion of the legal boundaries traditionally dividing civil detention from criminal punishment. The contributors empirically demonstrate how the mentally ill, non-citizen immigrants, and enemy combatants are treated like criminals in Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. Editor(s): Reiter, Keramet; Koenig, Alexa. Series: Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 1KBC; JKVP; JPVH; LAR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137441140
ISBN
9781137441140
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.59

Paperback. This book considers the constitutionality of hate speech regulation, and examines how liberal democracies have adopted fundamental differences in the way they respond to racist or extreme expressions. Editor(s): Hare, Ivan; Weinstein, James. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: JPVH2; LAM; LNDC4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1078.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
720
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199601790
ISBN
9780199601790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 95.96

Paperback. Citizens are political simpletons - that is only a modest exaggeration of a common characterization of voters. This title brings together the political scientists, who offer insights into the political thinking of the public, the causes of party polarization, and the paradoxical relationship between turnout and democratic representation. Editor(s): Sniderman, Paul M.; Highton, Benjamin. Num Pages: 416 pages, 28 line illus. 53 tables. BIC Classification: JPHV; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 238 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Edition, First Printing
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691151113
ISBN
9780691151113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.34
€ 42.31

Paperback. Failing to Protect explains why the respect in which the UN is held is not matched by admiration for its practical attempts to safeguard human rights. The book shows how certain countries and political blocs manipulate and undermine the UN's human rights efforts and argues for urgent and radical reform at the international level. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JPSN1; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849044097
ISBN
9781849044097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.47

hardcover. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 161 x 36. Weight in Grams: 712.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742551107
ISBN
9780742551107
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNAM; JNLR; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691171388
ISBN
9780691171388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Hardback. In False Dawn, noted Middle East regional expert Steven Cook offers a sweeping narrative account of the past five years, moving from Turkey to Tunisia to Yemen to Iraq to Egypt and beyond, ultimately presenting a powerful theoretical analysis of why the Arab Spring failed. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JPA; JPB; JPH; JPV; JPW; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190611415
ISBN
9780190611415
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 187 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HRA; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 360. Good clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
AKASHIC BOOKS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
SKU
KSG0012631
ISBN
9781888451276
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 187 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HRA; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 360. Good copy with some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
AKASHIC BOOKS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
SKU
KTG0002776
ISBN
9781888451276
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

hardcover. The fully updated third edition of Farewell, My Nation considers the complex and often tragic relationships between American Indians, white Americans, and the U.S. Series: The American History Series. Num Pages: 364 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; JFSL9; JPVH1; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118976777
ISBN
9781118976777
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.53

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