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Paperback. This Oxford Handbook will be the definitive study of governance for years to come. 'Governance' has become one of the most popular terms in contemporary political science; this Handbook explores the full range of meaning and application of the concept and its use in a number of research fields. Editor(s): Levi-Faur, David. Series: Oxford Handbooks in Politics & International Relations. Num Pages: 832 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA; JPH; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 173 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1446.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199677061
ISBN
9780199677061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.44

Hardback. The Oxford Handbook of Carl Schmitt collects thirty original chapters on the diverse oeuvre of one of the most controversial thinkers of the twentieth century. Editor(s): Meierhenrich, Jens; Simons, Oliver. Num Pages: 872 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 182 x 62. Weight in Grams: 1500.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199916931
ISBN
9780199916931
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.77

Paperback. Chronicling the rise of the Iraqi public sphere from 1921 to 1958, The Other Iraq reveals Iraqi intellectuals' democratic and pluralistic ideals, deconstructing the notion that Iraq has always been a totalitarian, artificial state, torn by sectarian violence. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1 table, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBJF1; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804773669
ISBN
9780804773669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. Governments spend huge amounts of public money on public services such as health, education, and social care, and yet the services that are delivered are often low quality, inefficiently run, and inequitable in their distribution. This book argues that the solution is to offer choice to users and to encourage competition among providers. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPQB; JPRB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691129365
ISBN
9780691129365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.68
€ 53.63

Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 12 b&w figures. BIC Classification: HRAM2; HRCM; JPA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231177764
ISBN
9780231177764
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.13
€ 51.18

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 12 b&w figures. BIC Classification: HPCF; HRAM2; HRAX; JPA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231177771
ISBN
9780231177771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.22

Paperback. Why would sovereigns ever grant political or economic liberty to their subjects? Under what conditions would rational rulers who possess ultimate authority and who seek to maximize power and wealth ever give up any of that authority? This book answers these questions, investigating both why sovereign powers might liberalize and when. Editor(s): Drake, Paul W.; McCubbins, Mathew D. Num Pages: 224 pages, 23 tables 5 line illus. BIC Classification: JPA; JPFK; JPHC; JPVH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691057552
ISBN
9780691057552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.21
€ 46.81

Hardback. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107044487
ISBN
9781107044487
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.60

Hardback. Caleb Smith explores the confessions, trial reports, maledictions, and martyr narratives that juxtaposed law and conscience in antebellum America's court of public opinion and shows how writers portrayed struggles for justice as clashes between human law and higher authority, giving voice to a moral protest that transformed American literature. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; DSB; HBJK; JPA; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674073081
ISBN
9780674073081
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.27

Paperback. First published in 1955, this political reflection seeks to show how noble ideas can slide into the tyranny of "secular religion". It stresses how political thought has the responsibility of telling the truth about social and political reality - in all its imperfections and complexities. Num Pages: 388 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 11. Weight in Grams: 594.
Publisher
Transaction Publishers United States
Number of pages
388
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780765807007
ISBN
9780765807007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.68

Paperback. Written in political exile in New Zealand during the World War II and first published in two volumes in 1945, Karl Popper's "The Open Society and Its Enemies" is considered by some to be one of the most important books of the 20th century. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 131 x 32. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415237314
ISBN
9780415237314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.14

Paperback. First published in 1945 and never out of print, this is the second volume of one of the most famous and influential works of the twentieth century. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415278423
ISBN
9780415278423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 23.37

Paperback. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 800 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 60. Weight in Grams: 1246.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
800
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415610216
ISBN
9780415610216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.83

Hardback. .
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield International
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783480647
ISBN
9781783480647
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.38
€ 23.17

Paperback. The New Silk Road Diplomacy traces how China, faced with internal and external challenges to its authority following the collapse of the Soviet Union, constructed a gradualist approach to Central Asia that prioritized multilateral diplomacy. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies Series. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JFSL3; JPA; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774816939
ISBN
9780774816939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.36

Paperback. Series: Walgreen Foundation Lecture. Num Pages: 211 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226861142
ISBN
9780226861142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.02

Paperback. This text delivers an unpopular message: the West has played a pivotal role in the Russian economic disaster of the 1990s. Western advisors, including the International Monetary Fund and the US Treasury, applied a narrow conception of economics that pushed Russia toward another failed utopia. Editor(s): Klein, Lawrence R.; Pomer, Marshall I. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJPR; JPA; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804741651
ISBN
9780804741651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.62

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; JPA; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226147635
ISBN
9780226147635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 290 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFMP; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226161631
ISBN
9780226161631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.74

Paperback. A comprehensive investigation of new pluralism, William Connolly s contributions to it, and its influence on the fields of political theory and international relations. Editor(s): Campbell, David; Schoolman, Morton. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822342700
ISBN
9780822342700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Hardback. .
Publisher
Biteback Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785901270
ISBN
9781785901270
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. 'Thank God for Noam Chomsky .. Ruthless in his analysis of Nato's lies .. he believes that the bombardment of Serbia undermines what is left of international law.' Robert Fisk, The Independent Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; 3JJPR; HBJD; JPA; JPS; JPVH; JWK; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Pluto Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745316338
ISBN
9780745316338
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 20.56

Paperback. BBC Bureau Chief Paul Danahar sets out the new order in the Middle East following the Arab Spring in this revised and updated paperback edition, with new material on the rise of ISIS. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; HBJF1; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408870174
ISBN
9781408870174
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.26

paperback. This text argues that traditional social contract theory does not account for the continuing existence of the non-social community and its relation to the social community in the body politic. It aims to establish links between the levels of consciousness, society, civilization, and barbarism. Num Pages: 584 pages, index. BIC Classification: HBA; HPCF; HPQ; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 32. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
584
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198238805
ISBN
9780198238805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 88.39

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