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Paperback. Drawing on years of research in the highlands of Ayacucho, Kimberly Theidon explores how Peruvians are rebuilding individual lives and collective existence following twenty years of armed conflict. The micropolitics of reconciliation practiced there complicates the way we understand transitional justice and coexistence in the aftermath of war. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 480 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; JPVH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 798.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812223262
ISBN
9780812223262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.12

Paperback. In American Marriage, Priscilla Yamin argues that marriage is a political institution to which actors turn either to stave off or to promote change over issues of race, gender, class, or sexuality. In the political struggle, certain marriages are pushed as necessary for the good of society, while others are contested or prevented. Series: American Governance: Politics, Policy, and Public Law. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPV; LNM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812223330
ISBN
9780812223330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 34.78

Paperback. Historian Elizabeth Tandy Shermer examines how Barry Goldwater and elite Phoenix businessmen used policy and federal funds to fashion a postwar "business climate," setting off an interstate competition for investment that transformed American politics. Series: Politics & Culture in Modern America. Num Pages: 432 pages, 18 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWZ; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JP; KCZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812223477
ISBN
9780812223477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.37

Paperback. Looting and Rape in Wartime examines the causes of the hundred-year gap between the prohibition against wartime looting and that against rape, theorizing the conditions necessary for the emergence of a global prohibition regime in which a particular practice is not tolerated. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPVH; LBBR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780812223842
ISBN
9780812223842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.74

Paperback. Carrie Booth Walling posits that the arguments Security Council members make about the cause and character of conflict and the source of sovereign authority in target states matter: they enable or constrain the use of military force in defense of human rights. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: HBTZ; JPSN1; JPVH; LBBR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780812223859
ISBN
9780812223859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 34.78

Paperback. From the era of the industrial factory to the age of the microchip, Pivotal Tuesdays explores four twentieth-century elections-1912, 1932, 1968, and 1992-using the election of the American president as a lens through which to explore the broader sweep of the nation's social, economic, and political history. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780812223934
ISBN
9780812223934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.69

Hardback. Combining theoretical rigor with solid empirical research, Human Rights Under African Constitutions makes an important contribution for scholars and students of political science, African studies, and postcolonial history, as well as providing a vital resource for NGOs and policymakers. Editor(s): An-Na'im, Abdullahi Ahmed. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPVH1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 900.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812236774
ISBN
9780812236774
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.21

Hardback. Offering a distinctive and subtle analysis of tensions between government policies on religious matters and feminism, Halperin-Kaddari shows how women in Israel indeed have a state of their own-in the sense not of liberating refuge but of unfair marginalization. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 376 pages, 3 illus. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFSJ1; JPVH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 701.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812237528
ISBN
9780812237528
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.92

Hardback. This volume makes a significant contribution to the debate about the connections between the protection of human rights and the pursuit of economic development in Africa. Editor(s): Zeleza, Paul Tyambe; McConnaughay, Philip J. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; GTF; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812237832
ISBN
9780812237832
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.66

Hardback. Although we may be aware that China and Japan were not nation-states until relatively recently, we still speak and write about Han dynasty China or Jomon Japan. And almost all historians refer to prehistoric China or Japan. Thus imposing the national story on the local, the authors contend, harms the historical record. Editor(s): Fogel, Joshua A. Series: Encounters with Asia. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; HBJF; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812238204
ISBN
9780812238204
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.51

Hardback. In Human Rights in Turkey, twenty-one Turkish and international scholars from a number of different disciplines examine a wide range of human rights issues and government polices since the 1920s at the intersection of domestic and international politics. Editor(s): Arat, Zehra F. Kabasakal. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; JPVH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 686.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812240009
ISBN
9780812240009
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.75

Hardback. Both the Iraqi and the American people want the United States to withdraw from Iraq. How to Get Out of Iraq with Integrity presents an incisive and bold argument that shows how to do just that without betraying U.S. commitments to Arabs, Kurds, or democracy. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBWS5; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812242010
ISBN
9780812242010
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.63

Hardback. Daniel Whelan illustrates how the rhetoric of indivisibility has frequently been used to further political ends that have little to do with protecting the rights of the individual. Drawing on scores of original documents, he reveals the conflicts and compromises behind a half century of human rights discourse. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: JPVH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812242409
ISBN
9780812242409
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.03

Hardcover. With chapters written by some of the nation's foremost economists, political scientists, and legal scholars, Regulatory Breakdown brings clarity to the heated debate over regulation by dissecting the disparate causes of the current crisis as well as analyzing the most promising solutions to what ails the U.S. regulatory system. Editor(s): Coglianese, Cary. Num Pages: 288 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPP; LNU. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812244601
ISBN
9780812244601
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.08

Hardcover. Everyday Occupations engages visual culture and the ethnography of space, satire and parody, poetry and political critique to examine militarization as it is wielded as a cultural and political tool, and as it is experienced as a material form of violence and symbolic domination. Editor(s): Visweswaran, Kamala. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 312 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; JPVH; JWK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 30. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812244878
ISBN
9780812244878
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.75

Hardcover. Messengers of the Right tells the story of the media activists who built the American conservative movement and transformed it into one of the most significant and successful movements of the twentieth century-and in the process remade the Republican Party and the American media landscape. Series: Politics & Culture in Modern America. Num Pages: 336 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JPFM; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812248395
ISBN
9780812248395
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.97

Hardcover. Human Rights and War shows how even combatants who profess to follow the laws of war often engage in appalling violence and brutality, ruining economies, rending social fabrics, and collapsing public infrastructure, making clear the limits of international humanitarian law and how it must incorporate human rights perspectives. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPVH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812248630
ISBN
9780812248630
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.56

Hardback. Combining the stories of LGBT trailblazers with analysis of historical data, anecdotal evidence, research, and literature, Antigay Bias in Role-Model Occupations is the first book to explore in a comprehensive fashion the broad effects of sexual orientation discrimination in role-model occupations well beyond its individual victims. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSK; JPVH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812248708
ISBN
9780812248708
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.90

Hardback. Appealing to historians working in the fields of business history, political history, and the history of capitalism, Capital Gains highlights the causes, character, and consequences of business activism and underscores the centrality of business to any full understanding of the politics of the twentieth century-and today. Editor(s): Phillips-Fein, Kim; John, Richard R. Series: Hagley Perspectives on Business and Culture. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JP; KJB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812248821
ISBN
9780812248821
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.94

hardcover. Redefining the Muslim Community demonstrates how Alfarabi's judicious combination of cultural pluralism, religious flexibility, and political prudence could provide a blueprint for reducing communal strife in a region that continues to be plagued by it today. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812249040
ISBN
9780812249040
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.32

Hardcover. The United States Liaison Office (USLO) served as the diplomatic contact for Sino-American relations between the time of the Nixon-Kissinger opening of China in 1971-1972 and the achievement of full normalization in 1979. This book presents the importance of the USLO to American foreign policy in the 1970s.

Num Pages: 240 pages, 27 illus. BIC Classification: JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812280364
ISBN
9780812280364
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.05

Paperback. In 1800 the Jeffersonian Republicans, decisive victors over what they considered elitist Federalism, seized the potential for change in the new American nation. This book examines the fusion of ideas and circumstances which made possible this triumph of America's popular political movement. Num Pages: 122 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; JPF; JPL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 149 x 9. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
122
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814705834
ISBN
9780814705834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.35

Paperback. Includes the Supreme Court decisions. This title provides an overview of the judiciary in general and the Supreme Court in particular. It combines theory and practice of the judicial process with civil rights and liberties. Editor(s): Abraham, Henry J. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC; LNAA; LNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Edition
10th Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814706534
ISBN
9780814706534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.55

Paperback. How will the changing ethnic and racial composition of American society affect the long struggle for black political power and inclusion? To what extent will these racial and ethnic shifts affect the already tenuous nature of racial politics in American society? This title deals with this questions. Editor(s): Alex-Assensoh, Yvette; Hanks, Lawrence J. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JFSL3; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814706633
ISBN
9780814706633
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.55

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