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paperback. When Norms Collide examines the conditions under which transnational activism leads individuals and communities to abandon local norms and embrace international ones. It investigates the local dynamics of norm conflicts around female genital mutilation and early marriage. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JPB; JPVH; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190274924
- ISBN
- 9780190274924
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Condition: New
€ 59.05
€ 59.05
hardcover. Reports from war zones often note the obscene victimization of women. Yet this reign of terror against women not only occurs during exceptional moments of social collapse, but during peacetime too. As this powerful book argues, violence against women should be understood as a systemic problem - one for which the state must be held accountable. Editor(s): Sanford, Victoria; Stefatos, Katerina; Salvi, Cecilia M. Series: Genocide, Political Violence, Human Rights. Num Pages: 216 pages, 4 photographs, 7 figures, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFSJ; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813576183
- ISBN
- 9780813576183
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.16
€ 161.16
Paperback. Deepening the discussion of the relationship between Islamic law and human rights, this volume gathers leading experts in both fields to examine how each system protects and limits fundamental freedoms. From gender equality to freedom of religion the book explores the main flashpoints in the debate, examining the operation of the law in context. Editor(s): Emon, Anver M.; Ellis, Mark S. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; JPVH; LAFS; LBBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 618.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199641451
- ISBN
- 9780199641451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.67
€ 63.67
paperback. Out in the Periphery explores how Latin America, a region known for its Catholic heritage and machismo culture, came to embrace gay rights. At the heart of this analysis is the activism of Latin America's gay rights organizations, a long-neglected social movement even by students of Latin American social movements. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFSK; JPVH1; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199356652
- ISBN
- 9780199356652
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Condition: New
€ 59.05
€ 59.05
hardcover. Editor(s): Alexandrakis, Othon. Num Pages: 284 pages, 3 b&w illus. BIC Classification: GTJ; HBTV; JHMC; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253022783
- ISBN
- 9780253022783
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.25
€ 87.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 b&w illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1FBN; BM; JFSJ1; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253022530
- ISBN
- 9780253022530
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Condition: New
€ 20.99
€ 20.99
hardcover. 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: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597974929
- ISBN
- 9781597974929
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
hardcover. That American forces should torture prisoners in their "war" on terror is disturbing, but more shocking still is that the highest officials of the Bush-Cheney administration planned, authorized, encouraged, and concealed these war crimes. Num Pages: 370 pages, 12 b+w photographs. BIC Classification: JPVH; JPWL; JWXK; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597973878
- ISBN
- 9781597973878
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.81
€ 33.81
paperback. Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674769816
- ISBN
- 9780674769816
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Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 45.45
€ 53.99
€ 45.45
paperback. Argues that the flaw in the fight for gay and lesbian marriage rights lies in its failure to call into question the forms of oppression gender, racial, and economic that lead society to privilege the nuclear family. This title shapes a theory of rights, freedom, and democracy that can liberate us from the strictures of conservative hegemony. Series: Queer Politics, Queer Theories. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK; JHBK; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 308.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566396844
- ISBN
- 9781566396844
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Series: The Wilder House Series in Politics, History & Culture. Num Pages: 576 pages, 8. BIC Classification: JPS; JPVH3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 35. Weight in Grams: 828.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801480881
- ISBN
- 9780801480881
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.22€ 52.21
€ 52.22
€ 52.21
Paperback. Considers the legal, moral and pragmatic issues at stake when international standards of human rights are trumped by culture and politics, and proposes new approaches to fill the gaps in current human rights theories and practice, namely relational sovereignty, reciprocal adjudication, and regional human rights courts. Series: Stanford Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JPVH; LBBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804760959
- ISBN
- 9780804760959
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Hardback. This book proposes an original interpretation of the French philosopher Michel Foucault's late work on rights and human rights and relates this interpretation to current developments in contemporary political theory. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804789349
- ISBN
- 9780804789349
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.11
€ 119.11
Hardback. Examines how countries can compete with each other to make citizens, and how citizens in turn have found ways to use this competition to their own benefit. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804782982
- ISBN
- 9780804782982
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.97
€ 71.97
The One-State Condition. Occupation and Democracy in Israel/Palestine....
Azoulay, Ariella; Ophir, Adi
Hardback. Examines the relationship between the Israeli government and the occupation of the Palestinian territories, and theorizes that the occupation is intrinsic to the existence of the Israeli state. Series: Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804775915
- ISBN
- 9780804775915
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.11
€ 119.11
Hardcover. This book provides the first full-blown, up-to-date, English-language based narrative on the history, politics, and policy of Japan's strategic space development. Num Pages: 408 pages, 15 tables, 17 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JPA; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 712. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804700634
- ISBN
- 9780804700634
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.29
€ 77.29
Hardcover. Editor(s): Ndlovu, Sifiso. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFM; HBJH; JPHV; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Unisa Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868887835
- ISBN
- 9781868887835
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.09
€ 46.09
Paperback. This book provides a critical history of the distinctive tradition of Indian secularism known as Tolerance. Examining debates surrounding the activities of the Arya Samaj - a Hindu reform organization regarded as the exemplar of intolerance - it finds that Tolerance functioned to disengage Indian secularism from the politics of caste. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRAM2; HRQA; JPVH4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199995448
- ISBN
- 9780199995448
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.20
€ 45.20
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007293391
- ISBN
- 9780007293391
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.99
€ 17.99
€ 12.99
Paperback. Describes how a cadre of World War II American planners inaugurated the ideas and institutions that underlie our modern international human rights regime. Num Pages: 480 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 35. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674025363
- ISBN
- 9780674025363
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 35.20
€ 41.99
€ 35.20
Paperback. In our poll-driven age, political attitude surveys have become something of an academic industry. Researchers have proposed numerous models to explain the relationship between a particular issue and voter behaviour. This book offers an overview of the various models in use, along with their strengths and their shortcomings. Num Pages: 162 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JPHF; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 12. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772889139
- ISBN
- 9788772889139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.66
€ 10.66
Hardcover. By studying military enrollment and conflict, this book traces the story of the African American quest for freedom and liberty from the days of the Revolutionary War to the 21st Century. Num Pages: 304 pages, Colour & mono throughout. BIC Classification: HBWQ; JPVH; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 209 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1130.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Dalton Watson Fine Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854432582
- ISBN
- 9781854432582
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.87
€ 38.99
€ 30.87
hardcover. White Supremacy pervades American history. Moreover, notwithstanding landmark civil rights gains and egalitarian aspirations, America remains segregated and unequal. This book examines the role of law in reinforcing and ameliorating racial injustice. Although surveying key historical precedents, its primary focus is the present. Series: University Casebook Series. Num Pages: 1033 pages. BIC Classification: JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 190. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- West Academic United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 1033
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609302306
- ISBN
- 9781609302306
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 434.63
€ 434.63
Paperback. Running for Freedom, Fourth Edition, updates historian Steven Lawson s classic volume detailing the history of African-American civil rights and black politics from the beginning of World War II to the present day. Offers comprehensive coverage of the African-American struggle for civil rights in the U.S. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118836545
- ISBN
- 9781118836545
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.34
€ 55.34