Political activism
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Political activism
Hardcover. This book investigates whether international standards of good governance are applied to sub-state actors as well as to states. By examining the international response to self-determination claims, this project demonstrates that the international community does indeed hold sub-state groups accountable to such standards. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPF; JPHV; JPS; JPWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108745
- ISBN
- 9780230108745
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.81
€ 63.81
Paperback. This study examines the functional relationship between millenarian-inspired terrorism and the process of political change. Through an exhaustive investigation of late twentieth-century movements, it concludes that apocalyptic expectations performed a significant group mobilization, leadership and therapeutic function. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS; JPV; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108738
- ISBN
- 9780230108738
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.36
€ 63.36
Hardcover. This book analyzes why and how the Israeli army did not succeed in finding the appropriate way to fight terrorism since the creation of the Israeli state. Translator(s): Schoch, Cynthia. Series: The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy. Num Pages: 196 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJP; 3JMC; JPWL; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230104440
- ISBN
- 9780230104440
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.83
€ 63.83
Social Movements in Latin America: Neoliberalism and Popular Resistanc...
Petras, James, Veltmeyer, Henry
Hardcover. The authors trace out the development of capitalism and U.S. 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 U.S. 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; JFSG; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230104112
- ISBN
- 9780230104112
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.43
€ 64.43
Palestinian Activism in Israel: A Bedouin Woman Leader in a Changing M...
Dahan-Kalev, Henriette, Le Febvre, Emilie, Sa...
Hardcover. A close description of Amal El'Sana-Alh'jooj's experiences as a Palestinian Bedouin female activist, this book explores Amal's activism and demonstrates that activists' biographies provide a means of understanding the complexities of political situations they are involved in. Series: Middle East Today. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBP; JFSJ1; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230103252
- ISBN
- 9780230103252
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46
Hardcover. This book argues that the arming of conflict is complexly structured and highly dynamic. It uncovers and describes the construction and interaction of structures and dynamics at global and regional levels, which shape the arming patterns of both state and non-state actors. Series: Global Issues. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JPS; JPWS; JWM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 225 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230019331
- ISBN
- 9780230019331
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.67
€ 122.67
Hardcover. This lucid and original work argues for a new style of political leadership, one which pays deliberate and sophisticated attention to the emotional dynamics of the public. A case study of terrorism, as a highly emotional topic and as a key political issue in many liberal democracies, grounds the book's ideas in today's political landscape. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JPHL; JPHV; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230008397
- ISBN
- 9780230008397
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.14
€ 64.14
Hardcover. How might theatre intervene in violent inter-ethnic conflicts? This book addresses this question through detailed case studies in the Balkans and the Middle East, showing how theatrical facilitations model ways that ethnic oppositions can move towards ethical relationships. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 235 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN; HBJD; HBJF; HBLW3; JPWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230005396
- ISBN
- 9780230005396
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.21
€ 64.21
Hardcover. In this timely book, Marranci critically surveys the available theories on Islamic fundamentalism and extremism. Rejecting essentialism and cultural reductionism, the book suggests that identity and emotion play an essential role in the phenomenon that has been called fundamentalism. Num Pages: 183 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JHB; JPWL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230002555
- ISBN
- 9780230002555
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.81
€ 63.81
Hardcover. Biotechnology, Security and the Search for Limits examines the post 9/11 security implications for life science research as well as the methodological issues associated with conducting social research. In doing so the book considers the place of biological and social research in creating and responding to societal problems. Series: New Security Challenges. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPWL; JWK; JWMC; TCB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 397.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230002487
- ISBN
- 9780230002487
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.86
€ 63.86
Television and Terror: Conflicting Times and the Crisis of News Discou...
Hoskins, Andrew, O'loughlin, Ben
Hardcover. The advent of the twenty-first century was marked by a succession of conflicts and catastrophes that demanded unrestrained journalism. Hoskins and O'Loughlin demonstrate that television, tarnished by its economy of liveness and its impositions of immediacy, and brevity, fails to deliver critical and consistent expositions of our conflicting times. Series: New Security Challenges. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APT; JFD; JPWS; JWK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230002319
- ISBN
- 9780230002319
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.11
€ 64.11
Paperback. Successful social movements are always extraordinary, but these advances were something of a miracle. This title recounts long roads that led to these victories, viewing gay rights movement within the tradition of American freedom as third great modern social-justice movement, alongside the civil rights movement and the women's rights movement. Num Pages: 464 pages, 7 Black and White Photos in Text. BIC Classification: JFSK; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061965517
- ISBN
- 9780061965517
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.89
€ 17.99
€ 16.89
Hardback. This book explains the challenge of monitoring small clandestine WMD programs, how the effort to monitor and prevent terrorist acquisition and use of WMD differs from monitoring and preventing the acquisition and use of WMD by nation states, and puts the Iraqi WMD issue in proper perspective. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPWL2; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804763608
- ISBN
- 9780804763608
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 28.28
€ 28.28
paperback. No British social movement captured contemporary imaginations as Chartism did. This unique book is the only history to offer complete, in-depth coverage of the full chronological spread of its activities (1838-58), based throughout on detailed research. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLL; JPW. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 35. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Manchester University Pre
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780719060878
- ISBN
- 9780719060878
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.99€ 10.44
€ 22.99
€ 10.44
paperback. Lisio re-examines the events surrounding the 1932 Bonus March on Hoover's White House by outraged veterans. Included is an incisive look at the protective motives of Hoover himself, and how the president came to be vilified for the actions of MacArthur. Num Pages: 346 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JPWF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 541.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- SKU
- V9780823215720
- ISBN
- 9780823215720
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.43
€ 38.99
€ 35.43
Paperback. Though U.S. leaders try to convince the world of their success in fighting al Qaeda, one anonymous member of the U.S. intelligence community would like to inform the public that we are, in fact, losing the war on terror. Further, until U.S. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPS; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574888621
- ISBN
- 9781574888621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.58
€ 21.58
Paperback. This edited collection by scholars of both history and anthropology re-examines the concepts of resistance and the effect of neoliberalism from the 1980s to the present day comparing Brazil and Mexico, two of the largest countries in Latin America. Editor(s): Gledhill, John; Schell, Patience A. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLSB; HBJK; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351870
- ISBN
- 9780822351870
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.17
€ 35.99
€ 32.17
paperback. When Norms Collide examines the conditions under which transnational activism leads individuals and communities to abandon local norms and embrace international ones. It investigates the local dynamics of norm conflicts around female genital mutilation and early marriage. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JPB; JPVH; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190274924
- ISBN
- 9780190274924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.23
€ 54.23
Paperback. "Save the World on Your Own Time is invariably smart, stimulating, and provocative. It is filled with insights and crackles with verve. It is a joy to take in." - Texas Law Review Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNMH; JNMN; JPHV; LBBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199892976
- ISBN
- 9780199892976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.56
€ 29.56
paperback. Out in the Periphery explores how Latin America, a region known for its Catholic heritage and machismo culture, came to embrace gay rights. At the heart of this analysis is the activism of Latin America's gay rights organizations, a long-neglected social movement even by students of Latin American social movements. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFSK; JPVH1; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199356652
- ISBN
- 9780199356652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.90
€ 52.90