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Hardback. Utilizes theoretical perspectives to describe and explain central dimensions of the democratic transition in South Africa during the late-1980s and early-1990s. This text includes changes in the politics of gender and education, and the political discourses of the ANC, NP and the white right. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JPA; JPHV; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333671566
- ISBN
- 9780333671566
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Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Paperback. This text asks such questions as: what is politics?; and what is antipolitics? Some authors trace antipolitical traditions in Western political thought, while others analyze the rhetoric of contemporary antipolitical actors in the US, the former Soviet Union, and South America. Editor(s): Schedler, Andreas. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1KBB; 1KLS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 262.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333674031
- ISBN
- 9780333674031
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Condition: New
€ 71.22
€ 71.22
The Nature of Party Government. A Comparative European Perspective.
Blondel, Jean. Ed(S): Cotta, Maurizio
Hardback. Examines relationships between governments and supporting parties on a comparative European basis. It explores conflicts between governments, which should govern, and parties, which, being representative, wish to shape the way governments operate. Editor(s): Cotta, Maurizio. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JPA; JPH; JPL; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 470.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333681992
- ISBN
- 9780333681992
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Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardback. This is a study of the development of George Orwell's political ideas and beliefs from his time as a policeman in Burma through to the publication of "Nineteen Eighty Four". It places Orwell's thinking in historical context, examining his response to mass unemployment and World War II. Num Pages: 189 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 189
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333682876
- ISBN
- 9780333682876
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Condition: New
€ 127.36
€ 127.36
Hardback. If man has no nature - if our intellect and understanding are products of our own activities - do we possess a key to self-modification? Are we free to re-make mankind? Sartre believes we are, while Oakeshott feels the opposite. This text examines their two contrasting philosophies. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333684498
- ISBN
- 9780333684498
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.38
€ 194.38
Hardback. Arguing for the centrality of normative theory in the study of international relations, this study develops two themes, each reflecting opposing pairs: fact/value, is/ought, description/prescription, and feasibility/desirability. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 412.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333689066
- ISBN
- 9780333689066
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Condition: New
€ 193.95
€ 193.95
Hardcover. A collection of essays in which Femia argues that Labriola, Gramsci, Mosca and Pareto are united by the worldly humanism inherited from Machiavelli. This was due to their distinctively Italian hostility to the metaphysical abstractions of natural law and Christian theology which accounted for similarities in their thought. Num Pages: 169 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; HRQA; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 349.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333689370
- ISBN
- 9780333689370
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Condition: New
€ 126.80
€ 126.80
Hardback. Concepts associated with nuclear strategy often go beyond any "objective" logic of deterrence. This book explores the conscious and unconscious beliefs in Britain, France and the Federal Republic of Germany, about society, the state and power structures, and allies and enemies. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; JPA; JPS; JWMN; RNQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 521.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 289
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333693896
- ISBN
- 9780333693896
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.20
€ 128.20
Paperback. A comparative and theoretical account of the heritage and prospects of socialism in Western Europe which characterizes socialist political theory as transformative. The analysis generates a comparative study of European socialist parties and their attitudes to international institutions. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DD; JPA; JPFF; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 249.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333695869
- ISBN
- 9780333695869
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Condition: New
€ 126.25
€ 126.25
Hardcover. An analysis of Arbuthnot's "Art of Political Lying" (1712), this text argues that the work is a commentary on long-standing themes of debate in science, rhetoric and philosophy and should be seen as a seminal satire standing in opposition to the practice of Swift and Pope. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBD; HPC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 418.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333699447
- ISBN
- 9780333699447
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Condition: New
€ 127.54
€ 127.54
Paperback. Essays applying Weber's comparative-historical method to post-Cold War democratization. Covering a wide range of examples from US to Western and Eastern Europe, and from Russia and Japan to Islamic states. Editor(s): Schroeder, Ralph. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JH; JPA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 286.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333712542
- ISBN
- 9780333712542
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Condition: New
€ 126.64
€ 126.64
Hardcover. "International Relations and the Philosophy of History" examines the concept of civilization in relation to international systems through an extensive use of the literature in the philosophy of history. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 391.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333713631
- ISBN
- 9780333713631
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Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardcover. The moral justification for government is, that it is needed to promote the community's interest. What is that interest an interest in? Can democracy enable dissatisfaction with their reconciliation to be lived with? These are some of the questions with which this book is concerned. Num Pages: 348 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPA; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 32. Weight in Grams: 551.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333714430
- ISBN
- 9780333714430
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Condition: New
€ 128.68
€ 128.68
Hardcover. This book provides an attempt to synthesize a pervasive phenomenon that is mentioned tangentially in many political analyses, but here receives a systematic and theoretical treatment commensurate with its significance to the working of "democratic" political practice. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPHV; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Macmillan Pub Co
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333717387
- ISBN
- 9780333717387
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.88
€ 127.88
Hardcover. An exploration into the role of domestic politics in the selection of industrial policy and the different patterns of industrial transformation in East Asia. The approach taken in this book partly draws on earlier studies of industrial transformation, product cycle theory and statist theory. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPK; JPA; JPQB; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333717479
- ISBN
- 9780333717479
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.41
€ 194.41
Hardcover. Offers ways to overcome the problems that arise because voters, politicians, and bureaucrats pursue selfish interests in their political behaviour. The book includes new theorems about the mechanisms that are discussed, as well as a proposed constitution and its rationale. Editor(s): Tideman, Nicolaus; Bailey, Martin J. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 597.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333719091
- ISBN
- 9780333719091
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.23
€ 68.23
Hardback. In this text, international scholars reflect on the dramatic transformations of Germany's past and on Germany's future prospects. Post-war democratic and economic renewal is set in the context of continuing debates about German identity. Editor(s): Merkl, Peter H. Num Pages: 388 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; JPA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 34. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333725610
- ISBN
- 9780333725610
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.34
€ 195.34
The Earthist Challenge to Economism. Theological Critique of the World...
Cobb, John B., Jr.. Ed(S): Thakur, Shivesh Ch...
Hardback. The World Bank is the economistic institution most open to Earthist concerns. This book evaluates the Bank's potential for leadership in broadening public goals from narrowly economic goods to inclusive ones. Editor(s): Thakur, Shivesh Chandra. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRCM; HRCX6; JPA; KCA; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333730881
- ISBN
- 9780333730881
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.45
€ 127.45
Hardback. Dutch republicanism represents a crucially important context within which to discuss Spinoza's political theory and his conception of politics. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 289
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333733905
- ISBN
- 9780333733905
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.20
€ 128.20
Hardcover. This work begins by tracing the sea-change in British politics from the 1970s to the end of the 20th century. It then goes on to investigate how political theory and ethical concepts can help us to re-establish the search for human freedom and a "balanced" society. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; JPA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 489.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333733929
- ISBN
- 9780333733929
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.84
€ 127.84