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Paperback. Beginning in the 1950s, the theory of modernization emerged as the dominant paradigm of sconomic, social, and political development within the America foreign policy establishment. This collection of essays attempts to shed fresh light on the global forces that shaped the Cold War and its legacies. Editor(s): Engerman, David C.; etc.; Gilma, Nils (Postgraduate Fellow, University of California, Berkeley, USA); Haefele, Mark H. (Assistant Professor of History, Fordham University, USA). Series: Culture, Politics & the Cold War. Num Pages: 272 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; GTF; JPA; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558493704
ISBN
9781558493704
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 34.28

Hardcover. Editor(s): Gebhardt, Jurgen. Translator(s): Hein, Ruth. Series: Collected Works of Eric Voegelin. Num Pages: 312 pages, 3ill. BIC Classification: HPCF; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 28. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Missouri
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807118269
ISBN
9780807118269
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.10

Hardback. Record numbers of Americans fear that our political process is broken-for good reason. Our nation faces unprecedented challenges, yet our politicians spend most of their energy attacking one another. All the while, no one in public life has offered a practical way to neutralize the bitter partisanship that paralyzes Washington. Num Pages: 216 pages, tables, figures, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597972697
ISBN
9781597972697
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.13

Hardback. One out of three Americans is now living at or below the poverty line, according to recent studies. How did this happen? Woody Klein explores the anti-poverty programs - or lack thereof - during each successive administration, explaining how and why no president thus far has been able to end poverty. Num Pages: 248 pages, appendixes; notes; bibliography; index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612341941
ISBN
9781612341941
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.12

Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in Political Economy. Num Pages: 294 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 236 x 17. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
Underlining and Notation
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801497506
ISBN
9780801497506
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.05

paperback. Illuminates the under-appreciated role of aesthetic concepts and devices - such as metaphor, mimesis, and the sublime - in structuring the thought of political figures from Thomas Hobbes to Jacques Ranciere. This work sheds light on how modes of poetic thinking delimit the questions of unity and diversity. Num Pages: 192 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822337188
ISBN
9780822337188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPS; JFSL1; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801486982
ISBN
9780801486982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.42

Paperback. This text considers the ebb and flow of political power and authority as a function of changes in modes of communication. It examines the emergence of printing and its impact on the transformation of medieval to the modern order and then considers the impact of digital electronic communications. Series: New Directions in World Politics. Num Pages: 334 pages, 4 photos. BIC Classification: GTC; JFCX; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
334
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231107136
ISBN
9780231107136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.80

Paperback. Explores the concept of clandestine government and reveals how covert political activity and transnational organised crime are linked. Editor(s): Wilson, Eric. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745326238
ISBN
9780745326238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.25

paperback. Offering a view of the secret development and voluntary disarmament of South Africa's nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons program, Project Coast, the authors explore how systems used for nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons in South Africa were acquired and established beyond the gaze of international and domestic political actors. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 figures, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1HFM; JPA; JWM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253217301
ISBN
9780253217301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.64

paperback. An account of the competing schools of thought in international theory. It examines mainstream approaches in international relations and applied ethics, and introduces the central debates. It also draws conclusions for transcending the theoretical deadlock in international relations. Series: Sage Politics Texts Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHBA; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 327.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761955160
ISBN
9780761955160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.15

Paperback. A passionate, controversial argument against compromises on the road to freedom, by the renowned former dissident, human rights activist and Jewish leader Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HBLL; JFFS; JPA; JPHC; JPQ; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781586483548
ISBN
9781586483548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.17

paperback. Series: War Culture Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLW; HBWS5; JPA; JWA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
None ed.
SKU
V9780813571140
ISBN
9780813571140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.16

hardcover. Ten essays (previously published in such journals as The Review of Politics and Human Studies ) contemplate the contributions of phenomenology to the philosophy of political science, and offer a critique of the two other major paradigms in political thought: behavioralism and essentialism. Annotatio Series: Series in Continental Thought. Num Pages: 313 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 671.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
313
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780821410523
ISBN
9780821410523
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.01

paperback. Argues that political freedom is essential to both the preservation of constitutional government and the very substance of American democracy itself. This book examines, among other topics, the promise and limits of civil society and associational life as sources of democratic renewal; and the effects of mass media on the public arena. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780691135946
ISBN
9780691135946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 32.64

hardcover. Lack of cooperation and compliance with the International Criminal Tribunal (ICTY) was one of the biggest obstacles to Serbia's integration into Euro-Atlantic political structures following the overthrow of Milo'evi?. By scrutinising the attitudes of the Serbian authorities towards the ICTY and the prosecution of war crimes. Series Editor(s): Bieber, Professor Florian. Series: Southeast European Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVWYS; 3JMC; JPA; JPFN; LBBZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781409467427
ISBN
9781409467427
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 187.38

Hardcover. In this, his third volume on the history of political ideas, Vogelin continues his exploration of political thought, illuminating the great figures of the high Middle Ages and particulary focusing on the "civilizational schism" which resulted in the disappearance of the "sacrum imperium". Series: Collected Works of Eric Voegelin. Num Pages: 304 pages, index. BIC Classification: 3H; HBG; HBLC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 694.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Missouri
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826211545
ISBN
9780826211545
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.59

Paperback. One of Washington's finest writers on people, politics, and life -- collected for the first time. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Condition
New
SKU
V9781586484576
ISBN
9781586484576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.88

Paperback. Forty-nine insights from the mathematical study of politics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 206 x 254 x 10. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393263336
ISBN
9780393263336
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.09

Paperback. The human soul is for pre-modern philosophers the cause of both thinking and life. This double aspect of the soul, which makes man a rational animal, expresses itself above all in human action. Deadly Thought: "Hamlet" and the Human Soul traces Hamlet's famous inability to act to his inability to hold together these twin aspects of the soul. Series: Applications of Political Theory. Num Pages: 416 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; HP; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 538.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739102152
ISBN
9780739102152
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 81.77

Paperback. Charles Taylor's work as an intellectual historian, epistemologist and normative political theorist has made him a leading figure in contemporary social philosophy. This book examines the problem of political fragmentation through an analysis of Taylor's thought and politics. Series: 20th Century Political Thinkers. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJP; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 147 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742521278
ISBN
9780742521278
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.23

Paperback. What is freedom? In this study, Thomas Dumm challenges the conventions that have governed discussions and debates concerning modern freedom by bringing the work of Michel Foucault into dialogue with contemporary liberal thought. Series: Modernity and Political Thought. Num Pages: 200 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 15. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742521391
ISBN
9780742521391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.53

Hardcover. This book is about the global crisis and the right to resistance, about neoliberal biopolitics and direct democracy, about the responsibility of intellectuals and the poetry of the multitude. Using Greece as an example, Douzinas argues that the persistent sequence of protests, uprisings and revolutions has radically changed the political landscape. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 3JMG; JPA; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745665436
ISBN
9780745665436
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.27

Paperback. Luciak cautions that while active measures to advance the political role of women have strengthened formal gender equality, only the joint efforts of both sexes can lead to a successful transformation of society based on democratic governance and substantive gender equality. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; 1KLCN; 1KLCS; JFSJ1; JPA; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801867804
ISBN
9780801867804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.02

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