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Political control & freedoms

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Political control & freedoms

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

€ 96.55

Paperback. Individualism: A Reader is the first in a series from Libertarianism.org that will provide readers an introduction to the major ideas and thinkers in the libertarian tradition. Editor(s): Smith, George H.; Moore, Marilyn. Series Editor(s): Powell, Aaron. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 135 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cato Institute United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781939709639
ISBN
9781939709639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.13

Hardback. Num Pages: 409 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JPVH; LBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 294 x 30. Weight in Grams: 778.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
409
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319327709
ISBN
9783319327709
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.71

Paperback. Num Pages: 415 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
T.M.C. Asser Press Netherlands
Number of pages
415
Condition
New
SKU
V9789067049764
ISBN
9789067049764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.53

Hardback. The book explores how struggles for land, rights, and political power are embedded within physical landscapes, and how indigenous identity is reformed as globalizing forces simultaneously threaten and promote the notion of indigeneity. Editor(s): Sarmiento, Fausto O; Hitchner, Sarah. Series: Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KLS; JFSL9; JHMC; JPVH3; RNK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785333965
ISBN
9781785333965
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 176.43

Hardback. This book looks at how indigenous peoples in various contexts have thought about, and responded to, the pressures that globalization has on their cultural, political, and geographical autonomy. Editor(s): Blaser, Mario; Costa, Ravi de; McGregor, Deborah; Coleman, William D. Series: Globalization and Autonomy Series. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; JFSL9; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774817929
ISBN
9780774817929
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.98

paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JFSL9; JHM; JPVH3. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
International Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789062249886
ISBN
9789062249886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.13

Paperback. Features case studies of movements in Colombia, Guatemala, and Brazil that weigh the degree of success achieved by indigenous leaders in influencing national agendas when governments display ambivalent attitudes about strengthening ethnic diversity. This book addresses the double binds of indigenous organizing and 'working within the system'. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 halftones, 4 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFSL9; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 413.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292791411
ISBN
9780292791411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.18

Hardcover. Using the example of New Zealand's Maori, this book shows how intangible aspects of indigenous cultural heritage, and the tangible objects that hold them, can be protected using existing intellectual property, consumer protection, human rights and other laws. Num Pages: 327 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPVH; LBBM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 654.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319029542
ISBN
9783319029542
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.91

Paperback. Indigenous (In)Justice explores legal and human rights issues surrounding the Bedouin Arab population in Israel's Naqab/Negev desert. With contributions from international scholars, including United Nations officials, the volume examines the economic and social rights of indigenous peoples within the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Series: International Human Rights Program Practice Series. Num Pages: 310 pages, 3 line illustrations, 3 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFSL9; JPVH; LAM; LNDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School
Edition
(International Human Rights Program Prac
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780979639562
ISBN
9780979639562
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.08

Hardcover. Providing a clear account of the laws and politics of Indian gaming, this book explains how it has become one of the most politically charged phenomena: at stake are a host of competing legal rights and political interests for tribal, state, and federal governments. This book uses examples that reflect a wide range of tribal experience. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFH; JFSL9; JPVH; LNTX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700614066
ISBN
9780700614066
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.81

Hardback. Series: Contemporary Asia in the World. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKP; HBJF; JPS; JPV; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231143745
ISBN
9780231143745
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.71
€ 49.62

Hardback. This study explores modern Scotland and examines how Scottish politics, culture and identities have interacted within the national and international contexts in the last thirty years. It considers which voices and opinions have proven influential and defining and charts the boundaries of public conversation to and beyond the independence referendum Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; JPA; JPF; JPR; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137414137
ISBN
9781137414137
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.49

hardcover. This book analyzes how Latin American countries modified their institutions to promote the inclusion of women, Afrodescendants, and indigenous peoples. Series: Cambridge Studies in Gender and Politics. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFSJ1; JFSL; JPVH1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780521870566
ISBN
9780521870566
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.82

Paperback. A collection of essays and responses from diverse contributors united in original examination of the intersection between incarceration and human rights. Poets, practitioners, academics and theorists offer an illuminating range of perspectives for specialists and the general reader. Editor(s): McCarthy, Melissa. Series: Oxford Amnesty Lectures. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: JKV; JPVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719081811
ISBN
9780719081811
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 46.45

Paperback. Editor(s): Arnson, Cynthia J. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JPH; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804776684
ISBN
9780804776684
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.37

Paperback. Examining the ways in which "rights talk" is used and adapted locally by groups in Argentina, this book explores the relationship between ideas of human rights, rights of citizenship, and the concrete and envisioned social relationships that form the basis for social activism in the wake of neoliberal restructuring. Series: Stanford Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; JHMC; JPFK; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804782265
ISBN
9780804782265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 31.13

Paperback. The workers who migrate from Lesotho to the mines and cities of neighbouring South Africa have developed a rich genre of sung oral poetry - "word music" - that focuses on the experiences of migrant life. Complete with transcriptions of performances, this book discusses this musical literature. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; AVGH; JFFN; JHM; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226115740
ISBN
9780226115740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 30.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 381 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPVH; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 603.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
381
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349146192
ISBN
9781349146192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 123.62

Paperback. In this text international experts and members of the MSF analyse the way issues surrounding the role of aid organizations in "just" wars have crystallized over the five years spanning the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st. Num Pages: 288 pages, 11 maps, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSN1; JKSR; JPSN; JPV; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co (Publishers)Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850657378
ISBN
9781850657378
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.74

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