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Paperback. With the removal of not only Saddam Hussein but also Jean-Betrand Aristide, as well as the civil war against Charles Taylor in Liberia, much has changed in the world of dictators. This is the story of the remaining dictators, the strategy and tactics to oust them, and the need to empower the people of every nation to control their own destinies. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JPHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742532557
- ISBN
- 9780742532557
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.81
€ 19.99
€ 19.81
Gulliver Unbound: America's Imperial Temptation and the War in Iraq
Hoffmann, Stanley, Bozo, Frederic
Hardcover. Reflects the place of the US in a world it has defined by 9/11, the war on terrorism, and the invasion of Iraq. This analysis considers the events and actions that have led America down the path of imperialism. Tracing the significance of September 11 in the course of American history, it explains the consequences for international order. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPS; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742536005
- ISBN
- 9780742536005
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.01
€ 23.99
€ 21.01
Paperback. American popular culture changed dramatically during the Vietnam era. This book explores the popular culture that shaped the baby boomers and the transformation that generation wrought in movies, television, sports, and music. It looks at the ways in which these cultural elements reflected the upheaval and unrest in Vietnam era America. Series: Vietnam: America in the War Years. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742544444
- ISBN
- 9780742544444
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.42
€ 57.42
Using polling data, news stories, government reports, and interviews, Nadia M. Diuk shows how the next generation of leaders in shaping three of the most important countries in the former Soviet Union. Num Pages: 226 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HBJD; JPHL; KJMB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 148 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742549456
- ISBN
- 9780742549456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 131.22
€ 131.22
Enhances our understanding of Russian Jewish past by bringing together some of the thinking by the scholars from the former Soviet Union, Israel and United States. This book explains the contradictions, ambiguities and anomalies of the Russian Jewish story and helps us understand one of the unsettled chapters in modern Jewish history. Editor(s): Gitelman, Zvi Y.; Ro'i, Yaacov. Num Pages: 418 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 32. Weight in Grams: 818.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 418
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742558175
- ISBN
- 9780742558175
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 158.83
€ 158.83
Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBJ; HBJF1; HBLW; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742566156
- ISBN
- 9780742566156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.04
€ 72.04
Focuses on the work of Umberto Eco - one of Europe's best-known writers and intellectuals. This title covers the range of Eco's work, from his theoretical writings on semiotics to his best-selling novels. It assesses the influence of Eco's work on contemporary culture. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 208 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBH; HPCF; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745608495
- ISBN
- 9780745608495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 84.14
€ 84.14
The traditional image of the family as a life--long unit is fading fast. There are fewer marriages, more divorces, and ever more children born to unmarried or single parents. The forms of our private life are changing rapidly, and people are embarking on new lifestyles based on cohabitation, separation and same--sex partnerships. Translator(s): Camiller, Patrick. Num Pages: 184 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745622132
- ISBN
- 9780745622132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.71
€ 73.71
Written by a distinguished group of internationally renowned scholars, this volume provides a comprehensive and contemporary overview of the major issues dominating British politics. Editor(s): Hay, Colin. Series: Politics Today. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745623184
- ISBN
- 9780745623184
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Condition: New
€ 84.85
€ 84.85
In this book Rajneesh Narula examines the interdependence of globalization and technological innovation at two levels: first, between locations, by examining the role of cross--border initiatives in the innovation process; second, between corporate entities, by studying the dynamics of inter--firm R&D collaboration. Num Pages: 264 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFFS; KN; PDK; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745624563
- ISBN
- 9780745624563
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 84.22
€ 84.22
Future developments in war, armed conflict and international relations are central to our collective fate in this century. This book looks forward by considering the forces that will drive changes in military organizations, sources of conflict, the power of states and the nature of the international system. Series: Themes for the 21st Century Series. Num Pages: 176 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 3JM; JPS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 279.
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745625201
- ISBN
- 9780745625201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.21
€ 68.21
* Ulrich Beck, one of the most important and influential contemporary social thinkers, reveals and expands his work in a series of conversations with journalist Johannes Willms. Translator(s): Pollack, Michael. Series: Polity Conversations Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 23. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745628233
- ISBN
- 9780745628233
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.76
€ 73.76
Paperback. In this exciting new book, Rieger and Leibfried argue persuasively for the need to understand developments in welfare and social provision alongside the processes of globalization. Num Pages: 416 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFFS; JKS; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 169 x 32. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745628516
- ISBN
- 9780745628516
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.14
€ 37.14
What is the West? Why does it need to be defended? From what, by whom, and how? These are thorny questions that international society must grapple with in order to meet the security challenges of the 21st Century. This little book provides answers to these questions. Num Pages: 176 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745632346
- ISBN
- 9780745632346
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.81
€ 73.81
Paperback. Europe is Europe's last remaining realistic political utopia. But Europe remains to be understood and conceptualized. This historically unique form of international community cannot be explained in terms of the traditional concepts of politics and the state, which remain trapped in the straightjacket of methodological nationalism. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745635637
- ISBN
- 9780745635637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.28
€ 34.28
In this major new study Christian Baudelot and Roger Establet provide a timely and wide-ranging account of the changing nature of suicide in the world today. The suicide rate is soaring in the former Communist bloc, in India and in China, which now has the highest female suicide rate in the world. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745640563
- ISBN
- 9780745640563
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.47
€ 71.47
Steven Spielberg is known as the most powerful man in New Hollywood and a pioneer of the contemporary blockbuster, America's most successful export. His career began a new chapter in mass culture. At the same time, American post war liberalism was breaking down. Series: Polity America Through the Lens Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; APFB; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745640822
- ISBN
- 9780745640822
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.02
€ 69.02
Paperback. The first volume in a new textbook series from Polity: key themes in family communication. The volumes are designed to introduce key topics in more depth than the standard overview textbook treatment. Series: Polity Key Themes in Family Communication Series. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 149 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745646138
- ISBN
- 9780745646138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.08
€ 27.08
Society' is one of the most frequently used words in public life; it is also a foundational term in the social sciences. In our own time, however, the idea has never been so much in dispute and so little understood. For some critics, society is simply too consensual for a world of intensive discord. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745648415
- ISBN
- 9780745648415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.64
€ 68.64
Hardback. With around 645 million people expected to be displaced D by wars and other catastrophes D by 2050, Virilio begins The Futurism of the Instant by looking at the future of human settlement and migration through the evolution of the city. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 100
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745648637
- ISBN
- 9780745648637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 53.20
€ 53.99
€ 53.20
Hardcover. This book is about the global crisis and the right to resistance, about neoliberal biopolitics and direct democracy, about the responsibility of intellectuals and the poetry of the multitude. Using Greece as an example, Douzinas argues that the persistent sequence of protests, uprisings and revolutions has radically changed the political landscape. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 3JMG; JPA; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745665436
- ISBN
- 9780745665436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.33
€ 74.33
Paperback. David Hume, Adam Smith, William Robertson, Adam Ferguson, Lord Kames, John Millar, James Dunbar and Gilbert Stuart were at the heart of Scottish Enlightenment thought. This introductory survey offers a clear interpretation and synthesis of the social thought of these thinkers. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; HBTB; HPC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748608645
- ISBN
- 9780748608645
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.93
€ 50.93
This book defends and outlines the key issues surrounding the philosophy of content as demonstrated in Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; DSBH; HPCF; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748611072
- ISBN
- 9780748611072
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 195.80
€ 195.80
Paperback. This is a book about identity, about how the ancient Greeks saw themselves and others, and what this tells us in turn about Greek mentality and culture. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748614479
- ISBN
- 9780748614479
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.23
€ 51.23