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Political structure & processes
Hardcover. Foucault saw the notion of parrhesia (truth-telling) as the most important factor for how governments could and should communicate with their people and vice versa. This important collection compiles and analyses Foucault's views on parrhesia to shed new light on his ideas on the importance of truth-telling in democracies. Num Pages: 144 pages, 4 figures, 3 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JPA; JPHV; JPQ; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137368348
- ISBN
- 9781137368348
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.87
€ 61.87
Paperback. This unique book presents all 73 female presidents and prime ministers from around the world, from 1960 (when the first was elected) to 2010, organised by chronology and geography written by an experienced politician and academic. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JMC; JFSJ1; JPB; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 241 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1018.
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447315803
- ISBN
- 9781447315803
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 44.93
€ 47.99
€ 44.93
Rethinking Popular Representation (Palgrave Studies in Governance, Sec...
Törnquist, Olle, Stokke, Kristian, Webster, ...
Hardcover. This book starts out from the deep concern with contemporary tendencies towards depoliticisation of public issues and popular interests and makes a case for rethinking more democratic popular representation. It outlines a framework for popular representation, examines key issues and experiences and provides a policy-oriented conclusion. Editor(s): Tornquist, Olle; Webster, Neil; Stokke, Kristian. Series: Governance, Security and Development. Num Pages: 273 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JPHV; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230621367
- ISBN
- 9780230621367
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.99
€ 62.99
Paperback. The United States imprisons far more people, total and per capita, than any other country in the world. Among the more than 1.5 million Americans incarcerated, minorities and the poor are disproportionately represented. The author presents evidence that living in a high-imprisonment neighborhood significantly decreases political participation. Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics. Num Pages: 240 pages, 11 halftones, 50 line drawings, 22 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFS; JKVP; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226064932
- ISBN
- 9780226064932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.49
€ 33.99
€ 26.49
Hardback. As Qing Dynasty China disintegrated, economic hardship and civil disorder led to millions of Chinese men and women seeking their fortunes abroad, many journeying south into French Indochina. This title focuses on the overseas Chinese communities in French Indochina and the interactions between them and French colonial authorities. Series: Library of Modern China Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBTQ; JFFN; JHB; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 148 x 30. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780761343
- ISBN
- 9781780761343
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.65€ 134.38
€ 153.65
€ 134.38
Hardback. Roof's shrewd exploration of unions, Congress, and the political process challenges conventional explanations for organized labor's political failings. Num Pages: 296 pages, 7, 7 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH; JPQB; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421400860
- ISBN
- 9781421400860
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.60€ 58.98
€ 65.60
€ 58.98
Paperback. Roof's shrewd exploration of unions, Congress, and the political process challenges conventional explanations for organized labor's political failings. Num Pages: 296 pages, 7, 7 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH; JPQB; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421400877
- ISBN
- 9781421400877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.12
€ 42.12
Paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Political Science. Num Pages: 84 pages, 7 colour illustrations, 7 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1MBN; JFSJ1; JPA; JPB; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 308 x 7. Weight in Grams: 156.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319443133
- ISBN
- 9783319443133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.60
€ 69.60
Hardback. Cyprus is a postcolonial island known for natural gas reserves and ethnic divisions. This volume presents a fresh perspective on the Cyprus problem by examining the societal transformations taking place within the island: socioeconomic development, population transitions and migration, and rapidly changing social and political institutions. Num Pages: 307 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVC; HBTR; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 307
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338548
- ISBN
- 9780230338548
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.95
€ 62.95
Hardcover. Feeds into wider debates on democracy and how practises of democracy differ across communities. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; JPHV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784536015
- ISBN
- 9781784536015
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.65€ 135.20
€ 153.65
€ 135.20
Hardback. This book rediscovers international bureaucracies as a key engine of international organisations and an important component of modern public administration. It explores the everyday decision-making dynamics within three international bureaucracies: the administration of the European Commission, the OECD Secretariat, and the WTO Secretariat. Series Editor(s): Papadimitriou, Dimitris; Bulmer, Simon; Geddes, Andrew; Humphreys, Peter. Series: European Policy Research Unit. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Tables. BIC Classification: JPH; JPP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719081378
- ISBN
- 9780719081378
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.97
€ 146.97
Paperback. This collection was produced from a workshop hosted in May 2012 by the Politics Discipline Area, School of Social Sciences at the University of Manchester. Editor(s): Atkins, J.; Finlayson, A.; Martin, J. Series: Rhetoric, Politics and Society. Num Pages: 189 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPHF; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 189
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349459414
- ISBN
- 9781349459414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.27
€ 128.27
Hardcover. This volume documents the events of the final phase of the New York campaign and the ensuing New Jersey campaign. The work opens with Washington's withdrawal of most of his army from Manhattan Island and ends with his daring counterstrokes against a Hessian brigade and a British detachment. Series: Revolutionary War Series. Num Pages: 640 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1166.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813916484
- ISBN
- 9780813916484
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.06
€ 125.06
Hardcover. The political history of the twentieth century can be viewed as the history of democracy s struggle against its external enemies: fascism and communism. This struggle ended with the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet regime. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JPA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745685748
- ISBN
- 9780745685748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.34
€ 19.34
Hardcover. Shin Kanemaru (1914-1996) served as a key power broker at the national level in Japan from the 1970s until the early 1990s. He was at the heart of the '1955 system' of conservative political rule. Though never Prime Minister himself, he controlled or strongly influenced the administrations of five Japanese Prime Ministers. Num Pages: 135 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLW; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137457363
- ISBN
- 9781137457363
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.79
€ 61.79
Paperback / so. Series: Studien Zur Sozialwissenschaft. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531119243
- ISBN
- 9783531119243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.89
€ 67.89
Hardcover. In Hungary, as in all of "new Europe," liberalization is troubled. Using Hungary as an in-depth case study, Korkut demonstrates that, in squandering popular goodwill, credibility, and favorable circumstances after 1989, liberal politicians have found themselves vulnerable to conservative populist politics and the global economic crisis. Series: Europe in Transition: The NYU European Studies Series. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVH; JPFK; JPH; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230114593
- ISBN
- 9780230114593
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.56
€ 62.56
Paperback. The dramatic contest between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; a bitterly fought election with even more surprises than Bush v. Gore; that pitted two titans of the Revolutionary era against each other and changed the course of the young nation. Series: Pivotal Moments in American History. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 maps, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 370.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780195189063
- ISBN
- 9780195189063
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.36
€ 23.99
€ 22.36
Hardcover. Feared by conservatives and embraced by liberals when he entered the White House, Barack Obama has since been battered by criticism from both sides. Obama, the author argues, represents the values of a lesser-known third tradition in American political thought that defies the usual left-right categorization. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMG; HBJK; HBLX; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226041599
- ISBN
- 9780226041599
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.55€ 77.43
€ 94.55
€ 77.43
Paperback. Feared by conservatives and embraced by liberals when he entered the White House, Barack Obama has since been battered by criticism from both sides. Obama, the author argues, represents the values of a lesser-known third tradition in American political thought that defies the usual left-right categorization. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMG; HBJK; HBLX; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226041629
- ISBN
- 9780226041629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.37
€ 33.99
€ 26.37
Hardback. Patriation and Its Consequences examines the political events and struggles that resulted in the 1981 agreement to patriate the Canadian constitution and sheds light on the political consequences of this key moment in Canadian history. Editor(s): Harder, Lois; Patten, Steve. Num Pages: 712 pages. BIC Classification: JPHC; LAR; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 712
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774828611
- ISBN
- 9780774828611
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.17
€ 113.17
Paperback. Seeking neither to praise nor condemn, this text gives a history of the European Left's successes and failures; its high watermarks and its low tides; its accomplishments, insufficiencies, and excesses; and its formative, lasting influence on the political landscape of the West. Num Pages: 720 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 157 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1016.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 720
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195044799
- ISBN
- 9780195044799
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.39
€ 122.39
Hardcover. Num Pages: 503 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 36. Weight in Grams: 890.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Victoria University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780864738967
- ISBN
- 9780864738967
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.09
€ 40.09
Hardcover. This study deals with key leaders in Irish radical history, both male and female. With the left attracting more support in the 2011 election than ever before and with the centenary of several key events in Irish left wing history upon us, this crucial study takes a historical look at Irish radical and left wing leadership. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BGH; HBJD1; JPHL; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 27. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford Univ Pr (Sd)
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719091049
- ISBN
- 9780719091049
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.14
€ 158.14