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Political ideologies

Hardcover. Since the 1980s, democratic struggles have triggered constitutional reforms, elections, and other forms of political progress. This comprehensive volume offers refreshing perspectives on Africa's democratic renewal and will open up dialogue on the trends and trajectory of Africa's democratic future. Editor(s): Adejumobi, Said. Num Pages: 254 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137484338
ISBN
9781137484338
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.88

Hardback. This edited volume explores the key characteristics, and shortcomings, of democratic governance in Northeast Asia. It focuses on three case studies: Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. Editor(s): Howe, Brendan. Series: Security, Development and Human Rights in East Asia. Num Pages: 156 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; JPB; JPFK; JPRB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137550446
ISBN
9781137550446
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.37

Hardcover. This book investigates whether international standards of good governance are applied to sub-state actors as well as to states. By examining the international response to self-determination claims, this project demonstrates that the international community does indeed hold sub-state groups accountable to such standards. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPF; JPHV; JPS; JPWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230108745
ISBN
9780230108745
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.52

Paperback. Democracy is not naturally plausible. Why turn such important matters over to masses of people who have no expertise? This title offers an alternative based on the idea that democratic authority and legitimacy must depend partly on democracy's tendency to make good decisions. Num Pages: 312 pages, 4 line illus. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPF; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691143248
ISBN
9780691143248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. In 1920, socialist leader Eugene V Debs ran for president while serving a ten-year jail term for speaking against America's role in World War I. This title shows that the campaign to send Debs from an Atlanta jailhouse to the White House was part of a wider national debate over the right to free speech in wartime. Num Pages: 392 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; JPFF; JPVH2; JPVL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674057203
ISBN
9780674057203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.06

Paperback. Focusing on local movements to achieve equal distribution of social, economic, and political rights and natural resources, Democracy examines how ordinary and extraordinary men and women of different cultural and religious backgrounds have formed and attempted to sustain institutions that would permit them to live together in equality and peace. Series: New Oxford World History. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCX; JPF; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 10. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195338089
ISBN
9780195338089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.86

Paperback. Library markings to spine, with usual markings inside. However, remains in a good to very good condition
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Univ of Miami North South Center Pr
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
SKU
KLJ0006521
ISBN
9781560007210
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Lynne Rienner Pub
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9781555879556
ISBN
9781555879556
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.69
€ 59.20

Hardcover. Through compelling and insightful analysis of the Russian case, this book explores the role that social welfare plays in regime transitions. It examines the role that gender and social welfare has played in Russia's post-communist political evolution from Yeltsin's assumption of the presidency to Putin's return for a third term as president in 2012 Series: Gender and Politics. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPFC; JPHV; JPQB; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137343208
ISBN
9781137343208
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.09

Hardcover. Num Pages: 205 pages. BIC Classification: JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Hoover Institution Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817917944
ISBN
9780817917944
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 28.44

Paperback. Western moral and political theory in the last two centuries has held that morality and politics are independent of a divine reality. This title argues that there is a necessary relation between moral worth and belief in God. It defends a return to the view that moral and political principles depend on a divine purpose. Series: Moral Traditions Series. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAB; HRCM; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Georgetown University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878408764
ISBN
9780878408764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.60

Paperback. These multidisciplinary essays combine an appreciation of the progress made in Third World democratization with an assessment of structural and cultural factors that limit further progress toward procedural democracy in many parts of the world, such as China and much of the Middle East. Editor(s): Handelman, Howard; Tessler, Mark A. Series: Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFG; JFSL1; JPFF; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 226 x 3. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268008918
ISBN
9780268008918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.38

Paperback. Traces the debate on representative democracy in Britain from its origins to the present. Chapters cover such topics as the constitution (written and unwritten); the balance of powers between different groups in society; and the social contract and the nature of freedom under the law. Num Pages: 368 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JPA; JPFF; JPFK; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631188315
ISBN
9780631188315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 78.27

Paperback. A study of the emergence of democracy in Latin America. It shows that traditional theories of democratization fall short in explaining this phenomenon. It argues that democracy can be far more inclusive and can rely on a sphere of autonomous association and argument by citizens. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; JPF; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 28.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691090887
ISBN
9780691090887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.20

Hardback. This work provides a detailed description of Zhang Junmai's thought and life. It is not only a biography of an important intellectual and minority-party leader, but also a work on the third force between the Chinese Communist Party and the Nationalist Party in modern China. Num Pages: 408 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; GTB; JPFF; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847687060
ISBN
9780847687060
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 186.06

Paperback. Nearly a century before the advent of multiculturalism, the author put forward her conception of the moral significance of diversity. In this book on ethics, she reflects on the factors that hinder the ability of all members of society to determine their own well-being. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 209 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252070235
ISBN
9780252070235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.99

Paperback. Winner of the 1991 Elaine and David Spitz Book Prize for the best book on liberal and/or democratic theory, this book discusses what democracy is and why it is important. It examines basic assumptions of democratic theory and tests them against the questions raised by critics. Num Pages: 405 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JPA; JPF; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
405
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300049381
ISBN
9780300049381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.82

Hardback. Editor(s): Kunkler, Mirjam; Stepan, Alfred. Series: Religion, Culture and Public Life. Num Pages: 272 pages, Maps: 2,, Graphs: 1,. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JPFR; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231161909
ISBN
9780231161909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.39
€ 84.01

Paperback. Editor(s): Kunkler, Mirjam; Stepan, Alfred. Series: Religion, Culture and Public Life. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 maps, 1 graphs. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JPFR; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231161916
ISBN
9780231161916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.68

Hardcover. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the emergence of left-wing politics in two of the largest South American nations: Argentina and Brazil. It looks in particular at the transformation of democracy seen as "point of arrival" into democracy seen as an unending struggle for greater equality. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 1KLSB; JPFF; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137395016
ISBN
9781137395016
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.37

Paperback. Tamas formerly of Georgetown University; Vladimir Tismaneanu, University of Maryland at College Park; Grigory Yavlinsky, member of the Russian State Duma (parliament). Editor(s): Diamond, Larry; Plattner, Marc F. Series: A Journal of Democracy Book. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; JPFC; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801870767
ISBN
9780801870767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.25

Paperback. Looks at the history of both the theory and practice of democracy, and the fierce opposition it has often provoked. This book argues that democracy remains a relevant ideal and a challenge to much conventional political thinking, as well as to the centralizing tendencies of global power. Series: Concepts in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 144 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JHBA; JPA; JPF; JPHV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 135 x 12. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Open University Press United Kingdom
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780335209699
ISBN
9780335209699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.37

Hardback. This new textbook invites readers to explore their own responses to debates about democracya s meaning. It provides tools for thinking actively about democracy as a practice, an ideal, and a site of contestation. Series: Key Concepts. Num Pages: 192 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JPFF; JPFK; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745623498
ISBN
9780745623498
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.24

Paperback. This text brings together a range of thinking on democratic theory. It covers a number of issues ranging from the moral significance of political equality to the importance of political deliberation. There is a common emphasis on normative questions about justification, legitimacy, and obligation. Editor(s): Estlund, David M. Series: Blackwell Readings in Philosophy. Num Pages: 352 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPS; JPF; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631221043
ISBN
9780631221043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.25

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