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Political control & freedoms
Paperback. Since the 1960s, Martin Luther King, Jr, has personified black leadership with his use of direct action protests against white authority. Booker T Washington pursued a different strategy to lift his people. This biography reveals how conditions in the segregated South led Washington to call for a less contentious path to freedom and equality. Num Pages: 528 pages, 54 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JFSL3; JN; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 840.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674060371
- ISBN
- 9780674060371
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.99
€ 35.99
€ 30.99
paperback. How do we ensure security and, at the same time, safeguard civil liberties? The Open Society Paradox challenges the conventional wisdom of those on both sides of the debate-leaders who want unlimited authority and advocates who would sacrifice security for individual privacy protection. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Potomac Books, Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574889178
- ISBN
- 9781574889178
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.59
€ 17.99
€ 17.59
paperback. Ranging over two millennia, this collection of extracts from works by philosophers, political theorists, and social critics from Plato and Aristotle to Rawls and Nozick examines the nature of justice, its importance in human life, and its place among the other virtues. Editor(s): Ryan, Alan. Num Pages: 206 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPVH; LAB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, U.S.A. United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198780380
- ISBN
- 9780198780380
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Condition: New
€ 84.85
€ 84.85
Paperback. How far should religious practices be curtailed in pursuit of other social goals, such as equality and the removal of discrimination? This book reasons that religious freedom is one of our most precious freedoms, and essential to democracy, drawing on examples from across the Western world. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; HRAM2; JPVH4; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199671298
- ISBN
- 9780199671298
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Condition: New
€ 41.37
€ 41.37
paperback. Charles Eastman, or 'Ohiyesa' in Santee, came of age during a period of increasing tension and violence between Native and 'new' Americans. Raised to become a hunter-warrior, he was nevertheless persuaded by his Christianized father to enter the alien world of white society. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; G; HBJK; JFSL; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252068515
- ISBN
- 9780252068515
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. Examines cases through the analytical framework of critical race theory. This third edition includes a new chapter on racial bias and the judiciary and a focus on fighting racism in the21st century. There is a separate chapter on torts, contracts, criminal procedure, criminal law and sentencing, property, and civil procedure. Series: American Casebook Series. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 186 x 32. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- West Academic Publishing
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780314287519
- ISBN
- 9780314287519
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Condition: New
€ 98.31
€ 98.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 376 pages, 4 black & white tables, 13 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JPV; JPWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415724128
- ISBN
- 9780415724128
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Condition: New
€ 71.95
€ 71.95
This text offers both first-hand witness to women's resistance to state violence, and insights into the formation of women's community. It describes how political prisoners forged alliances to demand better conditions and to maintain their sanity in the confines of their cramped cell. Translator(s): Booth, Marilyn. Series: Literature of the Middle East S. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; BG; JFSJ1; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 257.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520088887
- ISBN
- 9780520088887
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Condition: New
€ 37.82
€ 37.82
paperback. Num Pages: 534 pages, 4 maps, 2 halftones, 11 tables. BIC Classification: JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 749.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 534
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780674920989
- ISBN
- 9780674920989
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Condition: New
€ 66.69
€ 66.69
paperback. Most people writing about "the tyranny of the majority" in American political life have failed to articulate a clear conception of what it is and how it can be prevented. Num Pages: 119 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JF; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 10. Weight in Grams: 195.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 119
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739106594
- ISBN
- 9780739106594
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Condition: New
€ 56.40
€ 56.40
paperback. This book is a participation observation study of control agents, and the agency where they work. The theoretical framework for this study focuses on norms as rules in use, and contributes to the sociological concept of deviance. Num Pages: 228 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JPA; JPHC; JPS; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Hamilton Books United States
- Edition
- 3rd
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761869016
- ISBN
- 9780761869016
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Condition: New
€ 50.58
€ 50.58
paperback. Num Pages: 556 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JPVH; MBNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 274 x 216 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1257.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 556
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780763756314
- ISBN
- 9780763756314
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Condition: New
€ 235.78
€ 235.78
Paperback. Editor(s): Allen, JoBeth; Alexander, Lois. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JNH; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Teachers' College Press United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807753941
- ISBN
- 9780807753941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.39
€ 48.39
paperback. Now revised and updated, this book examines the variety of ways that citizens in the United States engage in their communities and American politics and where the line dividing acceptable and unacceptable discourse and activities lies. Series: Dilemmas in American Politics. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 164 x 13. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Westview Press United States
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813344577
- ISBN
- 9780813344577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.95
€ 64.95
Paperback. Examining events surrounding the test case of the right of Blacks to armed self-defense in the 1960s, this book tells the story of a Southern Black community's struggle to defend themselves against the Ku Klux Klan and other racists. This book heavily influenced the leader of the Black Panthers. Series: African American Life. Num Pages: 128 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 8. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814327142
- ISBN
- 9780814327142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.00
€ 32.00
paperback. Editor(s): Pollock, John C. Num Pages: 182 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD; JHBD; JPVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 174. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781138211445
- ISBN
- 9781138211445
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Condition: New
€ 71.58
€ 71.58
hardcover. Editor(s): Swan, Wallace. Num Pages: 451 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 7 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Routledge United States
- Number of pages
- 451
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781466567306
- ISBN
- 9781466567306
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.88
€ 162.88
Paperback. Retrieving insights from a variety of approaches, the author defends an account of human rights that straddles the minimalist-maximalist divide, one that links human rights to a conception of our common humanity and to the notion that ethical realism gives the most satisfying account of our commitment to the equal moral worth of all human beings. Series: Advancing Human Rights S. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589017337
- ISBN
- 9781589017337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.47
€ 74.47
paperback. This engaging and accessible text helps students to fully understand the idea of power, and looks at key thinkers such as Madison, Jefferson, Hamilton and Tocqueville. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- CQ Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608718443
- ISBN
- 9781608718443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 89.32
€ 89.32
Paperback. A collection of essays analyzing and emphasizing the origins, strategies, creative tensions, and politics of the Civil Rights Movement Editor(s): Eagles, Charles W. Num Pages: 277 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878052981
- ISBN
- 9780878052981
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Condition: New
€ 40.11
€ 40.11
hardcover. A study of the social, political, economic and public health aspects of World War II in South Asia, with particular attention to colonial Eastern India. The conclusion deals with the long-term effects of the War, including its effects on political formations and on bureaucratic re-negotiation. Series: London Studies on South Asia. Num Pages: 258 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJH; HBJF; HBWQ; JPVN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700714063
- ISBN
- 9780700714063
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.17
€ 175.17
paperback. Reveals the truth of how the United States conspired with Britain to forcibly expel Diego Garcia's indigenous people - the Chagossians - and deport them to slums in Mauritius and the Seychelles, where most live in dire poverty. This title chronicles the Chagossians' story as they struggle to survive in exile and fight to return to their homeland. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 halftones. 2 tables. 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1HS; HB; JHMC; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691149837
- ISBN
- 9780691149837
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 25.51
€ 38.99
€ 25.51
paperback. Brian Keenan's release from captivity was the first ray of hope for those hostages held in the Middle East. He describes the plight of his fellow hostages with first-hand knowledge. The language he uses reflects his past efforts as a poet in describing the pain and claustrophobia of imprisonment. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBL; BG; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 292. Used paperback in very good condition. Some light shelf wear. KEENAN
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Vintage London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KRF0043491
- ISBN
- 9780099990307
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Explores the dialectic of cynicism and hope and the role of human rights in the production of rule in the occupied Palestinian territories. Series: Stanford Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBP; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804784702
- ISBN
- 9780804784702
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 129.31
€ 129.31