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Paperback. The struggle for civil rights was one of the most powerful movements in American history. This title features 64 selections. The materials are grouped and presented so as to explain the logic, the strategies, and the conflicts within a movement that has recast much of the nation's mind and culture. Editor(s): West, Thomas; Mooney, James. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: HB; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Canada Ltd Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781881089209
- ISBN
- 9781881089209
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.32
€ 33.99
€ 33.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 452 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPQ; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 566.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 452
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226852966
- ISBN
- 9780226852966
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 36.70
€ 47.99
€ 36.70
Paperback. Series: Encounter Broadsides. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: JPHC; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 120 x 5. Weight in Grams: 57.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Encounter Books,USA United States
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594034916
- ISBN
- 9781594034916
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Condition: New
€ 7.90
€ 7.90
paperback. Argues that political freedom is essential to both the preservation of constitutional government and the very substance of American democracy itself. This book examines, among other topics, the promise and limits of civil society and associational life as sources of democratic renewal; and the effects of mass media on the public arena. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691135946
- ISBN
- 9780691135946
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.15
€ 40.99
€ 28.15
Hardback. Series: Sport and Society. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; JPVN; WSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252040238
- ISBN
- 9780252040238
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.52
€ 124.52
Freedom from Poverty examines how today's non-governmental organizations are modifying human rights practices and reshaping the political landscape by taking up the cause of subsistence rights. Rights are being used as legal, moral, and political tools in the struggle to provide food, housing, and healthcare to those in need. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JPVH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812242522
- ISBN
- 9780812242522
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.51
€ 78.51
Paperback. Presidential Secrecy and the Law will be the standard in presidential powers studies for years to come. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1, 1 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; JPVH2; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801885839
- ISBN
- 9780801885839
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Condition: New
€ 39.34
€ 39.34
Paperback. Develops a theory of prejudice integrating personality, realistic conflict, and social identity approaches. This book focuses on Italy partly because it has experienced two different waves of immigration, from Northern Africa and Eastern Europe, and considers to what extent the color of immigrants' skin imposes a special burden of prejudice. Num Pages: 232 pages, 19 line illus., 29 tables. BIC Classification: 1DST; JFFJ; JFSL; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780691094977
- ISBN
- 9780691094977
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.16
€ 45.99
€ 32.16
Hardback. Illustrates the sophistication and effectiveness of Martin Luther King, Jr, one of America's best-known advocates for peace and justice, and the organizations he led. This book also look into the surprising emergence of the sit-in protests that sparked the social struggles of the 1960s. Editor(s): Carson, Clayborne; Armstrong, Tenisha; Carson, Susan; Clay, Adrienne; Taylor, Kieran. Num Pages: 703 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 265 x 183 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1665.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 703
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520242395
- ISBN
- 9780520242395
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.26€ 55.51
€ 72.26
€ 55.51
Hardback. If, as Kent argues, everyone has a human right to adequate food, it follows that those who can empower the poor have a duty to see that right implemented, and the obligation to be held morally and legally accountable for seeing that that right is realized for everyone, everywhere. Editor(s): Twiss, Sumner B.; Kelsay, John; Coonan, Terry. Series: Advancing Human Rights S. Num Pages: 290 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JPVH; LBBR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589010550
- ISBN
- 9781589010550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 207.94
€ 207.94
Hardcover. From wartime England to Nixon's America and beyond, Helms was witness to some of the seminal eventsNVietnam, Watergate, and especially the demoralization of the CIA in the 1970s for political purposes. This memoir reveals a world where appearances always had to be questioned, where rumors and gossip carried the weight of intrigue. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442221314
- ISBN
- 9781442221314
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.93
€ 26.99
€ 23.93
Paperback. Using relational pluralism as a theoretical lens, the author takes a fresh look at the complex issue of aboriginal self-government. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JPH; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780774810470
- ISBN
- 9780774810470
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.17
€ 44.99
€ 39.17
Hardback. Addresses how gender became a defining category in the political and social modernization of Japan. This book shows how 'a woman's place' in late-nineteenth-century Japan was characterized by contradictions and unexpected consequences, by new opportunities and new constraints. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674056053
- ISBN
- 9780674056053
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.51
€ 43.99
€ 36.51
Paperback. Shows how the state systematically came to penalize homosexuality, giving rise to a regime of second-class citizenship that sexual minorities still live under today. This title looks at three key arenas of government control - immigration, the military, and welfare. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 296 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBLW; JFSK; JPVH1; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691149936
- ISBN
- 9780691149936
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.79
€ 25.99
€ 19.79
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press United States
- Edition
- 2011 ed.
- Number of pages
- 650
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583229217
- ISBN
- 9781583229217
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.24
€ 32.99
€ 29.24
Hardcover. Divided into 3 parts, this book documents the development and implementation of refugee policy in South Africa. It addresses issues on detention, children and health, and welfare policy for refugees. It aims to represent the tangible shifts and concerns of a process aimed at establishing policies, legislation and practice concerning refugees. Editor(s): Handmaker, Jeff; De la Hunt, Lee Anne; Klaaren, Jonathan. Series: Human Rights in Context. Num Pages: 16 ills, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFFD; JPQB; JPVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845451097
- ISBN
- 9781845451097
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.61
€ 167.61
Paperback. This book focus on the various constitutional problems surrounding the need to provide both enough union and public authority to guarantee defense and order, and a sufficient degree of individual liberty to satisfy the demands and expectations of private citizens who were wary of the arbitrary powers of government. Editor(s): Konig, David Thomas. Series: The Making of Modern Freedom Series. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New edition
- SKU
- V9780804741934
- ISBN
- 9780804741934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.78
€ 38.99
€ 34.78
Paperback. Offensive street speech - racist and sexist remarks that can make its targets feel both psychologically and physically threatened - is common in our society. This title argues that racist and sexist speech creates, reproduces, and reinforces systems of hierarchy in public places. Series: The Cultural Lives of Law. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH2; LAB; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691126104
- ISBN
- 9780691126104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.25
€ 45.99
€ 32.25
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
€ 89.47
paperback. Editor(s): Coates, Ken. Series: The Spokesman. Num Pages: 80 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 209 x 5. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Spokesman Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851246819
- ISBN
- 9780851246819
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.15
€ 9.15
Paperback. In the mid-1990's the Truth and Reconciliation Commission disclosed its findings on the reality of the apartheid era in South Africa. This is the product of a dialogue inspired by this, which investigates the history, theology, philosophy and politics of race and reconciliation in South Africa. Editor(s): Van Vugt, William E.; Cloete, G. Daan. Series: Global Encounters: Studies in Comparative Political Theory. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFFJ; JFSL; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739101575
- ISBN
- 9780739101575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.33
€ 66.33
Paperback. Reproductive Health and Human Rights assesses the past fifteen years of international efforts aimed at improving health, alleviating poverty, diminishing gender inequality, and promoting human rights. Editor(s): Reichenbach, Laura; Roseman, Mindy Jane. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 304 pages, 9 illus. BIC Classification: JPVH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812221602
- ISBN
- 9780812221602
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.92
€ 38.99
€ 34.92
Paperback. Citizens are political simpletons - that is only a modest exaggeration of a common characterization of voters. This title brings together the political scientists, who offer insights into the political thinking of the public, the causes of party polarization, and the paradoxical relationship between turnout and democratic representation. Editor(s): Sniderman, Paul M.; Highton, Benjamin. Num Pages: 416 pages, 28 line illus. 53 tables. BIC Classification: JPHV; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 238 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691151113
- ISBN
- 9780691151113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 38.06
€ 53.99
€ 38.06
Paperback. Tells how organized participation in nature protection provided an arena for affirming and perpetuating self-generated social identities in the USSR and preserving a counterculture whose legacy survives today. Num Pages: 570 pages, 28 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JPFC; JPH; JPQB; JPVH2; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 231 x 35. Weight in Grams: 886.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 570
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520232136
- ISBN
- 9780520232136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.62
€ 42.99
€ 30.62