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Political control & freedoms

Paperback. Famous Brazilian educational and social theorist Paulo Freire presents his ideas on community solidarity in moving toward social justice in schools and society in a set of talks and interviews shortly before his death, supplemented with commentaries by other well-known scholars. Series: Qualitative Inquiry and Social Justice. Num Pages: 123 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JNA; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 9. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Left Coast Press Inc United States
Number of pages
123
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781611329650
ISBN
9781611329650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 45.61

Paperback. The life of Frederick Douglass is nothing less than the history of America in the 19th century from slavery to reconstruction. His influence was felt in the political sphere, major social movements, literary culture, and even international affairs. This is a collection of the seminal writings and speeches of a writer, and civil rights leader. Editor(s): Gates, Henry Louis; Stauffer, John. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 195 x 27. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780143106814
ISBN
9780143106814
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.50

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780099533115
ISBN
9780099533115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 10.88

Paperback. After El Salvador's brutal civil war ended in 1992, crime rates shot up. People began to speak of the peace as "worse than the war." This study examines how narratives of post-conflict violence, told by ordinary people, offered ways of coping with uncertainty during a stunted transition to democracy. Series: The Ethnography of Political Violence Series. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCS; 3JJPR; 3JM; JPH; JPVR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812222357
ISBN
9780812222357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 34.92

Paperback. In Israel, hundreds of soldiers called up to take part in controversial campaigns or assignments have refused orders. This text presents the stories, experiences, viewpoints and poetry, of these officers and ordinary footsoldiers, men and women, from every ethnic background and class. Editor(s): Kidron, Peretz. Num Pages: 144 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 1FBH; GTJ; JPVH; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 148 x 9. Weight in Grams: 195.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781842774519
ISBN
9781842774519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 38.58

Paperback. Explores the range of ways in which the poor mobilise to claim their rights and demand accountability, and the strategies they use towards the state, the private sector, international institutions and within civil society itself. Editor(s): Newell, Peter; Wheeler, Joanna. Series: Claiming Citizenship. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GTF; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
illustrated edition
SKU
V9781842775554
ISBN
9781842775554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 38.73

Hardcover. Offers insights into contemporary challenges and transformative possibilities of the struggle for sexual rights. This book combines the conceptual with the political, and offering examples of practical interventions and campaigns that emphasize the positive dimensions of sexuality. Editor(s): Jolly, Susie. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JPVH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 135 x 135. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781842778906
ISBN
9781842778906
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.46

Paperback. Identifies the existence of a practice that lies at the core of the western security regime - the projection of the worst-case scenario. This title demonstrates that, unlike the openly 'totalitarian' states of the past, bureaucratic rule is favoured over charismatic leadership. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFC; JPV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781848135307
ISBN
9781848135307
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.55

Paperback. The Business of Human Rights is an essential text that provides a human rights approach to corporate responsibilities, and places of these responsibilities within society across the globe. Editor(s): Voiculescu, Aurora; Yanacopulos, Helen. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JPVH; KJG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848138629
ISBN
9781848138629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.52

Paperback. A journey into Kurdistan which gives voice to a people without a country. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1FBN; JPVH3; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
150
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780862328993
ISBN
9780862328993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 38.73

Hardcover. The issue of private property and the rights it confers remains almost undiscussed in critiques of globalization and free market economics. Yet property lies at the heart of an economic system geared to profit maximization. This text describes the specific and self-consciously explicit manner in which it emerged. Translator(s): Griffiths, Elaine. Num Pages: 256 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPC; JFFS; JPVH3; KCA; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781842774786
ISBN
9781842774786
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.46

Hardcover. Explores the range of ways in which the poor mobilise to claim their rights and demand accountability, and the strategies they use towards the state, the private sector, international institutions and within civil society itself. Editor(s): Newell, Peter; Wheeler, Joanna. Series: Claiming Citizenship. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GTF; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781842775547
ISBN
9781842775547
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.47

Hardcover. A critical exploration of Israel's curfew-closure-policy in the Occupied Palestinian Territories through the eyes of CheckpointWatch, an organisation of Israeli women monitoring human rights abuses. Num Pages: 208 pages, Maps Notes Bibliography Index. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 143 x 143. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
illustrated edition
SKU
V9781842777183
ISBN
9781842777183
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.47

Paperback. Debates over social movements have suffered from a predominate focus on Anglo-America and Europe, often neglecting the significance of collective actions of citizens in the Global South. This book seeks to partially redress this imbalance with case study material from movements for change in Brazil, India, Bangladesh, Mexico, Kenya and Nigeria. Editor(s): Thompson, Lisa; Tapscott, Chris. Series: Claiming Citizenship. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JPVH1; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848133891
ISBN
9781848133891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 38.69

Paperback. This title sets out the case for a modern "ethical policing" approach. It aims to provide an introduction to the key issues surrounding ethics in policing, linking this to developments and human rights legislation. Num Pages: 254 pages, index. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM; JKSW1; JKV; JPVH; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903240151
ISBN
9781903240151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 47.87

Paperback. Challenging the notion that violence simply breeds more violence, Antonius C. G. M. Robben's provocative study argues that in Argentina violence led to trauma, and that trauma led to more violence. Series: The Ethnography of Political Violence Series. Num Pages: 480 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: JPVH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 34. Weight in Grams: 752.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812220063
ISBN
9780812220063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.24

Paperback. An analysis of the messages about history, culture, and politics that Latin American nations have encoded in the design and text of their postage stamps. Num Pages: 272 pages, 154 color images. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JPVN; WCG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 6147 x 4039 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822341994
ISBN
9780822341994
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.46

Paperback. This new edition of On Liberty is the first to combine John Stuart Mill's influential work with a set of relevant primary sources by Mill and his contemporaries. Alan Kahan's introduction provides background on 19th century British politics and society; intriguing biographical details; and discussion of the core issues that On Liberty addresses. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JPA; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 206 x 136 x 10. Weight in Grams: 202.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Bedford/St. Martin's
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312450496
ISBN
9780312450496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.61

Paperback. Gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants. Series: Penguin Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 112 x 160 x 6. Weight in Grams: 54.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780241252116
ISBN
9780241252116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.28

Paperback. Reveals one of the greatest horrors of the 20th century: the system of Soviet camps that are responsible for the deaths of countless millions. This work presents history of the camp: from its origins under the tsars, to its colossal expansion under Stalin's reign of terror, its zenith in the late 1940s and eventual collapse in the era of glasnost. Num Pages: 624 pages, 16pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
First Penguin Edition
SKU
9780140283105
ISBN
9780140283105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 12.16

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