Political activism
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Political activism
Paperback. This study looks at the ongoing efforts of the Alternative Global Movement and World Social Forum to reconcile contests over political organization among three of the most prominent groups on the contemporary left - social and liberal democratic NGOs, anti-authoritarian (anarchist) social movements, and political parties. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE; JPA; JPWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 352.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137013323
- ISBN
- 9781137013323
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€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Hardcover. Diane Stone analyses the role of experts shaping global policy via transnational knowledge networks which help create new spaces of public sector activity. Series: Non-Governmental Public Action. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTC; JFFS; JPS; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 219 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137022905
- ISBN
- 9781137022905
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€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Hardcover. Do NGOs strengthen Turkey's efforts at Europeanization and democratization or do they use EU funding to serve other interests?This book offers a critical investigation of the relationship between Turkish NGOs and the European Union (EU) and a nuanced assessment of the opportunities and limitations to fashioning social change by funding NGOs. Series: New Perspectives on South-East Europe. Num Pages: 200 pages, 5 graphs, 4 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1D; JPH; JPQ; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 218 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137034519
- ISBN
- 9781137034519
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€ 63.89
€ 63.89
Paperback. Saudi Arabia influences American policy through both conventional and unconventional methods, all due to the petro-dollars that have been generated from America's addiction to foreign oil. With chapters written by renowned experts, this book uses first-hand accounts to explore this vast network of influence. Editor(s): Stern, Sarah N. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRH; JPS; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 346.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137034694
- ISBN
- 9781137034694
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€ 63.78
€ 63.78
Paperback. Dabashi's newest book is a meditation on suicidal violence in the immediate context of its most recent political surge and a critical examination of the radical transformation of the human body, supported by close readings of cinematic and artistic evidence. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHMC; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 384.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137264121
- ISBN
- 9781137264121
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€ 63.89
€ 63.89
Hardcover.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137264312
- ISBN
- 9781137264312
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€ 64.61
€ 64.61
Hardcover. A critical analysis of Australia's neoliberal state and role in the American imperial project in Asia. In exposing the causal mechanisms for violence and prospects for more wars it argues for emancipatory alternatives to the existing dominant and anti-democratic neoliberal governmentality. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FP; 1MBF; JPS; JPW; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137272775
- ISBN
- 9781137272775
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€ 64.21
€ 64.21
Hardcover. This book argues that the war on terror is a paradigmatic foreign policy that has had profound effects on domestic social order. Cameron develops an original framework which inverts the traditional analysis of foreign policy in order to interpret its impact upon subject formation through everyday practises of security and social regulation. Series: New Security Challenges. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKV; JPS; JPWL2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137274359
- ISBN
- 9781137274359
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€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Hardcover. This book offers a bold, ground-breaking epistemological critique of the dominant discourses on African conflicts. Based on a painstaking study of the ways in which the Sierra Leone civil war has been interpreted, it considers how Africa is constructed as a site of knowledge and the implications that this has for the continent and its people. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JPA; JPWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137280794
- ISBN
- 9781137280794
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€ 64.53
€ 64.53
Paperback. Will highlight education systems around the globe that sustain violence, will bring together human security and preventive diplomacy research to predict future trends, will explore foreign policy implications that could lead to non-violent interventions abroad, and will provide teachers and policymakers with relevant reflections on reform. Editor(s): Nelles, Wayne C. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNF; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 166 x 14. Weight in Grams: 414.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137280909
- ISBN
- 9781137280909
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€ 50.67€ 44.74
€ 50.67
€ 44.74
Hardcover. This book explores the politics borne of consumption through the case of coffee activism and ethical consumption. It analyses the agencies, structures, repertoires and technologies of promotion and participation in the politics of fair trade consumption through an exploration of the relationship between activism and consumption. Series: Consumption and Public Life. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JFFT; JPVH1; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137282682
- ISBN
- 9781137282682
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€ 64.46
€ 64.46
Preventing Ideological Violence: Communities, Police and Case Studies ...
Silk, P. Daniel, Spalek, Basia, O´rawe, Mary
Hardcover. Preventing Ideological Violence: Communities, Police and Case Studies of 'Success' seeks to present the voices of police and community members who have been involved in engagement and partnership projects designed to prevent ideological violence whether that of paramilitaries, Al-Qa'ida inspired terrorists, or organized crime. Series: World Histories of Crime, Culture and Violence. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKV; JPWF; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 485.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137290373
- ISBN
- 9781137290373
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€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Hardcover. Beginning with the premise that democracies are often deeply implicated in their own downfall, The Theory of Democide challenges the conventional view of how and why democracies collapse by demonstrating that democratic collapse is often a direct result of the inherent logic of democracy itself. Series: The Theories, Concepts and Practices of Democracy. Num Pages: 104 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPHC; JPHV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 13. Weight in Grams: 282.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 106
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137298683
- ISBN
- 9781137298683
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€ 63.26
€ 63.26
Paperback. The authors trace out the development of capitalism and US imperialism in Latin America in the latest phase of this development, from the installation of the new world order of neoliberal globalization in the early 1980s to the present when US imperialism is held at bay, neoliberalism is in decline, and capitalism is in crisis. Series: Social Movements and Transformation. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFF; JPFK; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 362.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137300119
- ISBN
- 9781137300119
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€ 63.78
€ 63.78
Hardcover. Katherine Tonkiss offers a succinct account of constitutional patriotism theory, specifically arguing that it involves a commitment to free migration. She draws on qualitative research to explore the implications of this claim for the dynamics of post-national identity and belonging in local communities. Series: Global Ethics. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JPFM; JPL; JPWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137309075
- ISBN
- 9781137309075
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Condition: New
€ 64.61
€ 64.61
Hardcover. Exploring how restrictions on citizenship helped create conditions for political violence in Peru, this book recounts the hidden history of how local processes of citizen formation in an Andean town were persistently overruled, thereby perpetuating antagonism toward the state and political centralism in Peru. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; JFFE; JPH; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 412.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137309525
- ISBN
- 9781137309525
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Condition: New
€ 64.03
€ 64.03
Hardcover. Russia remains among the top-5 greenhouse gas emitters in the world and thus an important player in the field of international climate politics. To gain a deeper understanding of how Russian climate politics is formed, the changing and somewhat unexpected role scientists and scientific knowledge play in shaping Russian policymaking is explored. Num Pages: 130 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JPQ; JPS; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 132
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137310514
- ISBN
- 9781137310514
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€ 63.46
€ 63.46
Paperback. As democracy encounters difficulties, many citizens are turning to the domain of alternative politics, and in so doing, making considerable use of the new communication technologies. This volume analyses the various factors that shape such participation, and addresses such key topics as civic subjectivity, web intellectuals, and cosmopolitanism. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JPA; JPWJ; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 270.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137326379
- ISBN
- 9781137326379
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Condition: New
€ 68.61
€ 68.61
Hardcover. Democratic government is something that has eluded Iran despite a series of non-violent revolutions aimed at establishing a system of governance that would promote both public freedom and political accountability. This explores the obstacles to the growth of democracy in Iran and posits a plan for non-violent action to help Iranians achieve it. Series: The Theories, Concepts and Practices of Democracy. Num Pages: 117 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBN; JPHV; JPVH; JPVR; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 14. Weight in Grams: 298.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137330161
- ISBN
- 9781137330161
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Condition: New
€ 63.36
€ 63.36
Hardcover. This survey of various African and Asian conflicts examines people's experiences on territorial borders and the ways they affect political configurations. By focusing on individuals' routines and daily life, these contributions treat borderland dynamics as actual political units with their own actions and outcomes. Series: Palgrave Series in African Borderlands Studies. Num Pages: 300 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; 1H; JFFE; JPWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 586.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137333988
- ISBN
- 9781137333988
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Condition: New
€ 65.03
€ 65.03
Hardcover. Proposing the novel concept of the "literary NGO," this study combines interviews with contemporary East African writers with an analysis of their professional activities and the cultural funding sector to make an original contribution to African literary criticism and cultural studies. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; DSB; JFC; JPWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137334046
- ISBN
- 9781137334046
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Condition: New
€ 64.03
€ 64.03
Hardcover. Grassroots Advocacy and Health Care Reform places a detailed account of how the Health Care for America Now campaign in Pennsylvania carried out contemporary issue advocacy in the context of an understanding of American politics. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHF; JPP; JPWD; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 220 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137339195
- ISBN
- 9781137339195
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Condition: New
€ 64.18
€ 64.18
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Compromise After Conflict. Num Pages: 270 pages, 3 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFSJ; JKVM; JKVP; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 219 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137363299
- ISBN
- 9781137363299
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Condition: New
€ 143.79
€ 143.79
Hardcover. Series: Rethinking Political Violence. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; 3JJPN; HBTZ; JPB; JPWL; JPWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137397669
- ISBN
- 9781137397669
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.21
€ 133.21