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Hardback. Jansson documents how presidents from FDR to Clinton have made ill-advised choices that squandered trillions of dollars. Using Office of Management and Budget projections through 2004, Jansson shows how the madness continues-and how an informed electorate can put an end to it. Num Pages: 496 pages, 45 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; JPQB; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 36. Weight in Grams: 796.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231114325
- ISBN
- 9780231114325
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.84€ 89.47
€ 118.84
€ 89.47
Paperback. Jansson documents how presidents from FDR to Clinton have made ill-advised choices that squandered trillions of dollars. Using Office of Management and Budget projections through 2004, Jansson shows how the madness continues-and how an informed electorate can put an end to it. Num Pages: 496 pages, 45 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JPQB; KCP; KCZ; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231114332
- ISBN
- 9780231114332
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
paperback. Num Pages: 130 pages, Ill.M. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLSC; JPS; JPV; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Human Rights Watch United States
- Number of pages
- 130
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564322654
- ISBN
- 9781564322654
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.29
€ 12.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, black and white photos throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307886118
- ISBN
- 9780307886118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.44
€ 17.99
€ 15.44
Hardback. Focuses on what made historical socialism different from social systems in the West. This title presents a study that elicits the general question: what must we think in order to think an other system at all? Num Pages: 368 pages, 3 figures, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 3JJ; JPFF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804762472
- ISBN
- 9780804762472
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.24
€ 95.24
Paperback. "Each week the editors of Slate, one of the first and best on-line literary magazines, ask a different person to keep a diary. The Slate Diaries is a selection of some of the best of those diaries." Editor(s): Kinsley, Michael. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ; JFD; JP; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 459. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- PublicAffairs
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- SKU
- KRA0012670
- ISBN
- 9781586480073
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
The Slaughterhouse Cases: Regulation, Reconstruction, and the Fourteen...
Labbe, Ronald M., Lurie, Jonathan
Hardcover. The Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution, ratified in 1868, sought to protect the rights of newly freed slaves, but it was first put to the test in a row between the butchers and state of New Orleans five years later. This study analyses the case and the controversial Supreme Court decision. Num Pages: 328 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHC; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700612901
- ISBN
- 9780700612901
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.84
€ 74.84
Paperback. Exposes the disturbing phenomenon of human trafficking and slavery that exists in the United States. This title weaves together a wealth of voices - from slaves, slaveholders, and traffickers as well as from counselors, law enforcement officers, rescue and support groups, and others. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520268661
- ISBN
- 9780520268661
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74
Paperback. A lively survey of the politics of the Slow Food movement, an antidote to our fast-moving, work-obsessed capitalist culture. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JPW; KNDF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 13. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745327440
- ISBN
- 9780745327440
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.95
€ 33.99
€ 22.95
Hardback. A lively survey of the politics of the Slow Food movement, an antidote to our fast-moving, work-obsessed capitalist culture. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JPW; KNDF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745327457
- ISBN
- 9780745327457
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.01€ 83.19
€ 101.01
€ 83.19
Paperback. Ah yes, another political year ..a year in which we elect another useless figurehead to piss off the masses, confuse the classes and, above all, reward the jackasses. This title is filled with the pithy bon mots, quotes, jokes and, above all else, classic but useable Snarks. Num Pages: 240 pages, 20. BIC Classification: JP; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616087357
- ISBN
- 9781616087357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.28
€ 14.99
€ 13.28
Paperback. Tensions over the 'Tibet Question' - the political status of Tibet - are escalating everyday. The Dalai Lama has gained broad international sympathy in his appeals for autonomy from China, yet the Chinese government maintains a hard-line position against it. This title presents a view of the conflict and a proposal for the future. Num Pages: 165 pages, 16 black-and-white photos. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HBJF; HBLW; JFC; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 232. China, Tibet and the Dalai Lama. 165 pages, 25 b&w illustrations. Tensions over the 'Tibet Question' - the political status of Tibet - are escalating everyday. The Dalai Lama has gained broad international sympathy in his appeals for autonomy from China, yet the Chinese government maintains a hard-line position against it. This title presents a view of the conflict and a proposal for the future. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HBJF; HBLW; JFC; JPS. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 11. Weight: 216.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 165
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520219519
- ISBN
- 9780520219519
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.25
€ 31.99
€ 23.25
Paperback. It began with an unsigned email: "I am a senior member of the intelligence community". What followed was the most spectacular intelligence breach ever, brought about by one man, Edward Snowden. This is the inside story of Snowden's deeds and the journalists who faced down pressure from the US and UK governments to break a remarkable scoop. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; JPSH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 137 x 24. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Guardian Faber Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783350377
- ISBN
- 9781783350377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.99
€ 17.99
€ 12.99
Hardback. Keywords: Philosophy - Politics and history - France -
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Barnes and Noble
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KEX0179620
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. This volume brings together case studies and theoretical work informed by the social amplification of risk framework. Editor(s): Pidgeon, Nick; Kasperson, Roger E.; Slovic, Paul. Num Pages: 468 pages, 17 b/w illus. 1 map 17 tables. BIC Classification: JH; JMH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 468
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780521520447
- ISBN
- 9780521520447
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.39
€ 75.39
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 124
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739166307
- ISBN
- 9780739166307
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.26€ 15.92
€ 96.26
€ 15.92
Paperback. We are not just social animals, but social citizens whose political choices are significantly shaped by peer influence. Drawing upon data from settings as diverse as South Los Angeles and Chicago's wealthy North Shore, the author shows that social networks do not merely inform citizens' behavior, they can - and do - have the power to change it. Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics. Num Pages: 200 pages, 20 line drawings, 24 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 192 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226922829
- ISBN
- 9780226922829
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.58
€ 36.99
€ 28.58
Paperback. This 2001 book discusses the changing uses, regulations and representation of the sea from 1450 to now. Series: Cambridge Studies in International Relations. Num Pages: 258 pages, 12 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QS; 3J; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 258
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521010573
- ISBN
- 9780521010573
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.30
€ 42.30
Paperback. A collection of three of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's most important political writings - "The Social Contract"; "The First Discourse (Discourse on the Sciences and Arts)"; and "The Second Discourse (Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality)". There are essays by major scholars. Series: Rethinking the Western Tradition. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; HPCD; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300091410
- ISBN
- 9780300091410
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 16.95
€ 19.00
€ 16.95
paperback. Rejecting the view that anyone has a natural right to wield authority over others, this title argues instead for a pact, or 'social contract', that should exist between the citizens of a state and that should be the source of sovereign power. From this fundamental premise, it considers issues of liberty and law, as well as freedom and justice. Translator(s): Cranston, Maurice. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; HPCD; JPA; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1968
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140442014
- ISBN
- 9780140442014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.36
€ 11.99
€ 11.36
Paperback. Rousseau's explosive cry for human liberty helped to spark the French Revolution and has haunted our discussions of how we should rule one another ever since - seen as both a blue-print for political terror and as a fundamental statement of democracy. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 112 x 11. Weight in Grams: 108. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- KKD0006078
- ISBN
- 9780141018881
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. In this translated classic, Rousseau argues for the preservation of individual freedom in political society. He says that we can only be free under the law by voluntarily embracing that law as our own. Hence, being free in society requires each of us to subjugate all our desires to the collective good, the general will. Series Editor(s): Griffith, Tom. Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 126 x 10. Weight in Grams: 108.
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853267819
- ISBN
- 9781853267819
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.09
€ 7.09
Paperback. Looks at the original texts of some of the most infamous, yet widely-taught, texts in modern academia. This series features "The Communist Manifesto", "Das Kapital", "The State and Revolution", "Leviathan" and "The Social Contract". Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Regnery Publishing Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781596980822
- ISBN
- 9781596980822
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.67
€ 17.99
€ 17.67
Paperback. The Social Evolution of International Politics critically engages with all the key grand theories of international politics and provides interesting solutions to some of the 'great debates' between those theories, from realism and neoliberalism, to the English School and constructivism. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 190 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198753582
- ISBN
- 9780198753582
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.85
€ 56.85