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Paperback. What is the purpose of talk in a democratic society? Do the American people interact with their government in distinctive ways? In this text, contributors present work on how politics is transacted in American society and how public communication affects those transactions. Editor(s): Hart, Roderick P.; Sparrow, Bartholomew. Num Pages: 280 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JHBA; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 15. Weight in Grams: 365.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742500716
- ISBN
- 9780742500716
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Condition: New
€ 62.86
€ 62.86
Hardcover. Robert Weatherley argues that Chinese perceptions of democracy and human rights have been heavily influenced by the pressing issue of how to make China strong in the face of a perceived threat posed by foreign imperialism, be it military imperialism during the previous two centuries and cultural imperialism in more recent decades. Series: Politics and Development of Contemporary China. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTF; JPHV; JPVH; LNDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230284616
- ISBN
- 9780230284616
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€ 64.75
€ 64.75
Paperback. Lyndon Johnson's voting rights address of 1965 ranks high not only in political significance, but also as an example of leadership through oratory. This book analyzes both the content and context of this historic speech, looking at the less-than-linear path of voting rights in the US, and the failures and limited successes of previous legislation. Series: Library of Presidential Rhetoric. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 b&w photo. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL; JPVH1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 294.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Texas A & M University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585445813
- ISBN
- 9781585445813
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€ 21.99€ 20.39
€ 21.99
€ 20.39
Paperback. This work accesses the period during which Ukraine rose to become an important part of the European geo-strategic posture. The collection treats Ukraine's relations with the US and Israel; the Chornobyl aftermath; the status of Sevastapol; NATO enlargement; and Ukrainian-Jewish relations. Series: Harvard Series in Ukrainian Studies. Num Pages: 160 pages, 3 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916458850
- ISBN
- 9780916458850
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.19
€ 14.99
€ 14.19
Hardback. The contributors to this collection give an "internal" perspective to the complicated processes of post-communist transformation which contains elements of democratization, marketization, nation building and the creation of a new international environment in the framework of globalization. Editor(s): Kostecki, Wojciech; Zukrowska, Katarzyna; Goralczyk, Bogdan J. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DV; JFFS; JPFC; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 561.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 309
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333748763
- ISBN
- 9780333748763
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Condition: New
€ 123.31
€ 123.31
Paperback. This study offers an explicit theory of media pressure - what it is, how it works, how it can be measured - based in part on the 'positioning theory' in discursive psychology. This offers the first independent and comparative history and analysis of media pressure vs. coverage, through the lens of the insurrection against Saddam Hussein in 1991. Series: The Palgrave MacMillan Series in International Political Communication. Num Pages: 255 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JMH; JPA; JPP; JPS; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349538270
- ISBN
- 9781349538270
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Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46
paperback. SECDEF offers an expert's insights into one of the most difficult jobs in Washington. Of the twenty-one men who have held the post of secretary of defense since it was created in 1947, only half served more than eighteen months. The first, James Forrestal, committed suicide soon after leaving the Pentagon. Num Pages: 224 pages, 12 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL; JW. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Potomac Books, Inc. United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574887952
- ISBN
- 9781574887952
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.55
€ 21.99
€ 21.55
Paperback. Series: New Practices of Inquiry S. Num Pages: 378 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTC; HBJK; JFSL3; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 509.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226114651
- ISBN
- 9780226114651
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.79
€ 43.99
€ 33.79
Paperback. Examines the representations of masses - the crowd scenes - in Hollywood films from "The Birth of a Nation" through such popular love stories as "Gone with the Wind", "The Sound of Music", and "Dr Zhivago". This work then contrasts these with similar scenes in early Soviet and Nazi films. Num Pages: 162 pages, 27 b&w illus. BIC Classification: APFA; JFC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 11. Weight in Grams: 286.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780823229024
- ISBN
- 9780823229024
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 40.23
€ 44.99
€ 40.23
Paperback. This book provides a critical analysis of the reintegration challenges facing ex-combatants. Based on extensive field research, it includes detailed case studies of ex-combatant reintegration in Namibia, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. Series: Rethinking Political Violence. Num Pages: 346 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JHB; JPS; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349331796
- ISBN
- 9781349331796
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€ 64.26
€ 64.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349512744
- ISBN
- 9781349512744
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Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46
hardcover. This book explores the factors that stimulated and supported the Workers' Party's electoral expansion in Brazil since the late 1980s. Num Pages: 252 pages, 7 b/w illus. 11 tables. BIC Classification: JPB; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521514552
- ISBN
- 9780521514552
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Condition: New
€ 60.47
€ 60.47
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Allgeier, Michaela. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 8. Weight in Grams: 236.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531175980
- ISBN
- 9783531175980
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Condition: New
€ 52.50
€ 52.50
Paperback. Provides a snapshot of the social and economic conditions in each of the member States, using statistical indicators from a wide variety of different domains, ranging from GDP per capita to rates of computer use by age and sex, and from gender differences in wage rates to the proportion of land area covered by forest. Num Pages: 148 pages, col. figs, maps, tables. BIC Classification: JPSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- United Nations Pubns
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789211170849
- ISBN
- 9789211170849
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.57
€ 45.99
€ 38.57
Hardcover. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403912480
- ISBN
- 9781403912480
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Condition: New
€ 63.66
€ 63.66
Paperback. In this timely volume, the authors provide a penetrating analysis of the institutional mechanisms perpetuating the related problems of minorities' disenfranchisement and their underrepresentation on juries. Series: The Plenum Series in Crime and Justice. Num Pages: 257 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JKV; JMS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 403.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489911292
- ISBN
- 9781489911292
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Condition: New
€ 122.41
€ 122.41
paperback. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (G) General; (U) Tertiary Education. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 370.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1971
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1971
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789024751297
- ISBN
- 9789024751297
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Condition: New
€ 64.41
€ 64.41
Family Diversity and Family Policy: Strengthening Families for America...
Lerner, Richard M.; Sparks, Elizabeth E. (Dev...
Paperback. Series: International Series in Outreach Scholarship. Num Pages: 168 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JM; JPA; MMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 1999
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441950987
- ISBN
- 9781441950987
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Condition: New
€ 122.39
€ 122.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 329 pages, black & white halftones, maps. BIC Classification: HBTP; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Manitoba Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 329
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887557637
- ISBN
- 9780887557637
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 35.52
€ 42.99
€ 35.52
Paperback / so. Series: Forschung Und Entwicklung in Der Analytischen Soziologie. Num Pages: 271 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften Germany
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531161501
- ISBN
- 9783531161501
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Condition: New
€ 69.30
€ 69.30
Paperback. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KLC; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813044453
- ISBN
- 9780813044453
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.43
€ 26.99
€ 23.43
Hardback. In this book, Sabet explores how incentives in Mexican politics, organized crime, and a distrustful relationship between police and citizens have combined to prevent meaningful police reform in Mexico. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JF; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804778657
- ISBN
- 9780804778657
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Condition: New
€ 63.23€ 58.78
€ 63.23
€ 58.78
Hardback. Offers several perspectives on the contemporary position of North Korea. The text examines, in the context of the post-Cold War order, US, European Union and British foreign policy towards North Korea, and North Korean responses. Editor(s): Smith, Hazel; etc.; Rhodes, Chris (Senior Lecturer in Sociology, London Guildhall University); Pritchard, Diana (Part-time lecturer, University of Indiana, USA); Magill, Kevin (Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Wolverhampton). Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPK; HBJF; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333626337
- ISBN
- 9780333626337
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Condition: New
€ 122.61
€ 122.61
Paperback. Blowback' : The baleful consequences of American global policies, described by a supremely well-informed American international commentator. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; JPS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751530803
- ISBN
- 9780751530803
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.63
€ 16.63