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Political control & freedoms

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Political control & freedoms

Paperback. This volume is about the ways of promoting women's participation in the affairs of Muslim societies: from raising conciousness and changing codes of law, to penetrating the economic markets and influencing national and international policies. Editor(s): Afkhami, Mahnaz; Friedl, Erika. Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 192 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1FBN; JFC; JFSJ1; JFSR2; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815627609
ISBN
9780815627609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.13

Paperback. These essays by Islamic women scholars in the USA give voice to and are evidence of the growing network of Muslim women involved with the issues of women's human rights through "scholarship activism". It brings together critical arguments for the fair treatment of women. Editor(s): Webb, Gisela M. Series: Women & gender in Northern American religions. Num Pages: 256 pages, index. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JFSR2; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815628521
ISBN
9780815628521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.95

Hardcover. The essays in this work illustrate the various ways in which women in the Middle East fall short of being vested with the rights and privileges that would define them as fully enfranchised citizens. They offer an examination of national legislation on personal status, penal law and labour law. Editor(s): Joseph, Suad. Series: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East. Num Pages: 400 pages, 6 tables, index. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFSJ1; JPHC; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 689.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815628644
ISBN
9780815628644
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.66

Paperback. Offers twenty studies on instances of emerging social justice and women's empowerment in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia. This book shows how changes are occurring as flood tides of capital, people, and information erode entrenched gender regimes, giving birth to energetic and forward-thinking women's movements. Editor(s): Moghadam, Valentine M. Series: Gender and Globalization. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 map, 9 tables, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1FM; 1HB; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 762.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815631118
ISBN
9780815631118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.07

Hardcover. While Western Europe is widely considered to be the most secularized region of the world,this work asserts that, in certain cases, intense religion has manifested itself outside the church through political channels. It focuses on contemporary movements, developing the term "missionary politics." Series: Religion and Politics. Num Pages: 296 pages, glossary, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JMC; HRLP5; JPVN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815631491
ISBN
9780815631491
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.39

Hardcover. Albrecht's work presents a comprehensive account of contemporary Egyptian politics, with a particular focus on the years 2002-2007. The text contains a theoretical dimension that considers the role political opposition and the core working mechanisms of state-society relations under authoritarian rule. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HBJF1; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633204
ISBN
9780815633204
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.30

Paperback. Blair explores feminist activism at the local level during a critical period of social transformation, showing how a multifaceted women s movement of white, African American, and Hispanic women worked together to bring about tremendous changes in the 1970s." Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JFSJ1; JPVH1; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820347134
ISBN
9780820347134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.22

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press USA
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850659693
ISBN
9781850659693
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.17

paperback. Num Pages: 175 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJF; JFD; JPVN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 138.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
IG PUBLISHING
Condition
New
SKU
9780970312594
ISBN
9780970312594
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.87

paperback. Party identification may be the single most powerful predictor of voting behavior, yet scholars disagree on whether this is good or bad for democracy. Competing Motives in the Partisan Mind provides a window into the nature of party identification by examining circumstances in which political attitudes and party identities collide. Series: Series in Political Psychology. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JMH; JPHV; JPVL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 170 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190264307
ISBN
9780190264307
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.69

paperback. Malcolm X at Oxford Union tells one of the great unknown stories from the Civil Rights era, capturing the powerful oratorical gifts of Malcolm X and the changing world of racial politics - all from the vantage point of an old debate hall on the campus of Oxford in 1964. Series: Transgressing Boundaries: Studies in Black Politics and Black Communities. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; 3JJPK; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190640835
ISBN
9780190640835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.66

Hardback. The intersections between culture and human rights have engaged some of the most heated and controversial debates across international law and theory. To what extent should the law permit cultural defences to general rules? What role does human rights law have in the protection of minority cultures? This volume examines such pivotal questions. Editor(s): Vrdoljak, Ana. Series: Collected Courses of the Academy of European Law. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JPVH; LBBR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199642120
ISBN
9780199642120
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 183.35

Paperback. Using theory and data, Gainous and Wagner illustrate how online social media is bypassing traditional media and creating new forums for the exchange of political information and campaigning. Series: Oxford Studies in Digital Politics. Num Pages: 208 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTC; JFD; JPVL; UBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 235 x 14. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199965090
ISBN
9780199965090
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.07

Paperback. Editor(s): Berdal, Mats; Suhrke, Astri. Series: Studies in Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding. Num Pages: 352 pages, 6 black & white tables, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: GTJ; HPS; JPS; JPV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415680592
ISBN
9780415680592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.02

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.69

hardcover. Amarasingam analyzes the reactions of diasporic Tamils in Canada at a time when the separatist Tamil movement was being crushed by the Sri Lankan armed forces. His work provides an in-depth examination of how a separatist sociopolitical movement beginning in Sri Lanka is carried forward, altered, and adapted by the diaspora. Series: Geographies of Justice and Social Transformation. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 diagram, 8 tables. BIC Classification: JPVH; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 825.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Georgia Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820348124
ISBN
9780820348124
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.68

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.51

Paperback. Editor(s): Sandel, Michael J. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 252 x 30. Weight in Grams: 706.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195335125
ISBN
9780195335125
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.59

paperback. Num Pages: 456 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816637034
ISBN
9780816637034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 78.46

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