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Paperback. Examines the labor of government workers in North America. Countering conceptions of the government and its employees as remote and inflexible, this work uses the theory of mass intellectuality developed by Italian worker-theorists to illuminate the potential for genuine political progress inherent within state work. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JHBL; JPA; KNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 395.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822328957
- ISBN
- 9780822328957
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€ 27.99€ 26.48
€ 27.99
€ 26.48
Paperback. A collection of essays by political theorists on Agamben's Homo Sacer. Editor(s): Norris, Andrew. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822335375
- ISBN
- 9780822335375
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€ 31.99€ 28.62
€ 31.99
€ 28.62
Paperback. A cultural history of activists of color who appropriated theories and strategies from Third World anticolonial struggles in their fight for social and economic justice in the United States during the "long 1960s." Num Pages: 328 pages, 10 b&w photos. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3895 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822336914
- ISBN
- 9780822336914
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€ 31.99€ 28.62
€ 31.99
€ 28.62
Paperback. Asks what happens when perpetrators publicly admit or discuss their actions. This book contends that public confessions do not settle the past. It argues that this debate and the public confessions that trigger it are healthy for democratic processes of political participation, freedom of expression, and contestation of political ideas. Series: The Cultures and Practice of Violence. Num Pages: 392 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFM; GTB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 24. Weight in Grams: 535.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822340829
- ISBN
- 9780822340829
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€ 32.99€ 29.67
€ 32.99
€ 29.67
Paperback. Presents a rationale for the development of political alternatives to the exclusionary, exploitative institutions of neoliberal globalization. This work lays out the foundational elements for a politics of just and sustainable co-existence. It explains the political principles of liberation and addresses matters such as reform and revolution. Translator(s): Ciccariello-Maher, George. Series: Latin America in Translation. Num Pages: 184 pages, 9 tables, 8 figures. BIC Classification: 1KL; HPS; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 158 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822343288
- ISBN
- 9780822343288
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€ 30.99€ 27.59
€ 30.99
€ 27.59
Paperback. Sergio Ramirez was Vice President of Nicaragua from 1984 to 1990. This title covers the turbulent years that toppled the Samoza dictatorship in 1979 and the triumphs and shortcomings of the Sandinista National Liberation Front that was charged with national reconstruction and social transformation in this country and region. Translator(s): Skar, Stacey Alba D. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 1KLCM; BG; JFC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350873
- ISBN
- 9780822350873
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€ 30.99€ 27.45
€ 30.99
€ 27.45
Paperback. In Beyond Shandri-La, a former CIA officer provides unique insight into the efforts of the U.S. government and committed U.S. citizens to support a free Tibet. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 376 pages, 22 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HBJF; JHB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 550. America and Tibet's Move into the Twenty-first Century. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. 384 pages, 22 illustrations, 1 map. Beyond Shangri-La provides unique insight into the efforts of the U.S. government and committed U.S. citizens to support a free Tibet. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HBJF; JHB; JPA. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 23. Weight: 550.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822352341
- ISBN
- 9780822352341
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€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Hardback. By considering the memories and ideologies of middle-class Argentines who did not get involved in political struggles, this book expands thinking about the era to the larger society that activists and direct victims of state terror were part of and claimed to represent. Num Pages: 376 pages, 73 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JJPL; JFSC; JFSL4; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 25. Weight in Grams: 631.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822355960
- ISBN
- 9780822355960
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€ 115.81
€ 115.81
Hardback. In 1910 Mexicans rebelled against an imperfect dictatorship; after 1940 they ended up with what some called the perfect dictatorship. This book brings together historians, anthropologists, sociologists, and political scientists to offer a radical new understanding of the emergence and persistence of the modern Mexican state. Editor(s): Gillingham, Paul; Smith, Benjamin T. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 464 pages, 6 tables, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLW; JFC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 744.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822356318
- ISBN
- 9780822356318
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€ 128.47
€ 128.47
Hardback. Seeks to understand both Capital-Nation-State, the interlocking system that is the dominant form of modern global society, and the possibilities for superseding it. Translator(s): Bourdaghs, Michael K. Num Pages: 376 pages, 6 tables, 1 figure. BIC Classification: HBG; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822356653
- ISBN
- 9780822356653
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€ 115.91
€ 115.91
Paperback. Karin Amimoto Ingersoll uses her concept of seascape epistemology to articulate an indigenous Hawaiian way of knowing founded on a sensorial, intellectual, and embodied literacy of the ocean that can provide the means for generating an alternative indigenous politics and ethics. Num Pages: 216 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; HBTB; HPK; JFSL4; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362340
- ISBN
- 9780822362340
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€ 26.99€ 25.29
€ 26.99
€ 25.29
Paperback. Essays on theory's role in contemporary politics, reading and critiques of literature Editor(s): Farred, Grant; Hardt, Michael. Num Pages: 220 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822367383
- ISBN
- 9780822367383
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Condition: New
€ 15.32
€ 15.32
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823245017
- ISBN
- 9780823245017
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
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Paperback. Suggests that untying and recognizing relations of intimacy and dependency can, under certain circumstances, change the discourse of hatred into relations of peace and even friendship Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JMQ; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 264.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823250059
- ISBN
- 9780823250059
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€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Hardback. An examination of Foucault's last thought, centered on his ideas about biopolitics, governmentality, and subjectivity. This volume aims to explain why the politics and policies of neoliberalism are best understood as a "government of life" whose effects and consequences still remain to be fathomed. Editor(s): Lemm, Vanessa; Vatter, Miguel E. Series: Forms of Living (FUP). Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823255962
- ISBN
- 9780823255962
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€ 91.75
€ 91.75
Hardback. Features a dense and powerful essay on the notion of identity and national identity, and on how they play in our contemporary world. In contrast with the various attempts to cling to established identities, or to enclose identity within dubious agendas, the author shows that an identity is always open: to alterity and its transformations. Translator(s): Raffoul, Francois. Series: Commonalities (FUP). Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 124 x 198 x 7. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823256105
- ISBN
- 9780823256105
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€ 71.51
€ 71.51
Hardback. Critics have claimed that Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a primitivist who was uncritically preoccupied with "noble savages," and that he remained oblivious to the African slave trade and so used "slavery" and "freedom" callously. This book demonstrates why these charges are wrong. Series: Just Ideas. Num Pages: 356 pages, 4 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: GTB; HPC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 33. Weight in Grams: 613.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823257294
- ISBN
- 9780823257294
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€ 86.69
€ 86.69
Paperback. In Hating Empire Properly, Sunil Agnani produces a novel attempt to think the eighteenth-century imagination of the West and East Indies together, arguing that this is how contemporary thinkers Edmund Burke and Denis Diderot actually viewed them. This con Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1KJ; HBJF; HBJK; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 221 x 22. Weight in Grams: 384.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823267392
- ISBN
- 9780823267392
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.75
€ 32.99
€ 29.75
Paperback. Shakespeare is worth reading because his works help us to make epistemological weakness into a way of life. Kuzner shows how Shakespeare's works offer a means for coming to terms with basic uncertainties about freedom, the world's abundance, and the demands of love and social life. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; HPK; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823269945
- ISBN
- 9780823269945
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
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Hardback. Argues that Michel Foucault's account of power provides a inescapable framework for ethics. Traces Foucault's analyses of power and ancient and contemporary ethical practices. Articulates a Foucauldian ethics constituted by a critical attitude, with substantive but revisable values grounded in a practice of freedom. Series: Just Ideas. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HPD; HPQ; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823271252
- ISBN
- 9780823271252
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Condition: New
€ 60.32
€ 60.32
Paperback. Series: Readings in.. 252 pages, maps, figures. Editor(s): Young, Tom. These readings focus on African politics. The topics covered include: African socialism; the Eritrean war; violence in Nigeria; the social power of religious organization and civil society; and aspects of democracy and democratization in Zambia and Botswana. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1H; JFC; JPA; JPH. Dimension: 233 x 203 x 16. Weight: 570.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780852552575
- ISBN
- 9780852552575
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.57
€ 33.99
€ 32.57
Hardcover. A considerable amount of work has been conducted in the field of peace studies, conflict management, peace science in economics, sociology, anthropology and management. This title presents research with an emphasis on theoretical and mathematical constructs in the area of peace economics & peace science. Editor(s): Chatterji, Manas; Bo, Chen; Mishra, Rameshwar. Series Editor(s): Chatterji, Manas. Series: Contributions to Conflict Management, Peace Economics and Development. Num Pages: 232 pages, ill. BIC Classification: JPA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857247018
- ISBN
- 9780857247018
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Condition: New
€ 125.53
€ 125.53
Hardcover. Machiavelli's ambiguous treatment of religion has fuelled a contentious and long-standing debate among scholars. Some insist that he was a Christian, others maintain he was a pagan. This book mediates between these views, arguing that he was neither but that he utilized elements of both. Num Pages: 249 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; 3JB; HRAB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875802138
- ISBN
- 9780875802138
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Condition: New
€ 38.70
€ 38.70
Hardcover. This book presents thirteen articles by leading scholars offering different approaches to mediating, facilitating, and resolving ethnic and class tensions, based on case studies in Hungary, Bulgaria, the Baltic States, and Yugoslavia. Among the topics discussed are higher education, the role of women, nationalism, minorities, and religion. Editor(s): Carey, Henry F. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 179 x 29. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880335126
- ISBN
- 9780880335126
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.97
€ 52.99
€ 37.97