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Cities and Services : The geography of collective consumption
ISBN: 9780415417983 / Angielski / Twarda / 213 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Considers what is meant by the term 'collective consumption' and discusses the main differences between the British and American loyal government systems. This book also explores the relevance of public choice, neo-Weberian and neo-Marxist theories for an understanding of collective consumption.
Considers what is meant by the term 'collective consumption' and discusses the main differences between the British and American loyal government syst...
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742,14 |
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Abortion in India: Ground Realities
ISBN: 9780415424127 / Angielski / Twarda / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Conflict resolution and promotion of regional cooperation in South Asia has assumed a new urgency in the aftermath of the nuclear tests by India and Pakistan in 1998, and underlined by the outbreak of fighting in Kargil in 1999, full mobilization on the border during most of 2002, and continued low-intensity warfare and terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir. The stability of nuclear deterrence between the two countries is therefore a matter of great urgency and has found a place on the scholarly agenda of security studies in South Asia. Several books have been written on India's nuclear... Conflict resolution and promotion of regional cooperation in South Asia has assumed a new urgency in the aftermath of the nuclear tests by India an... |
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717,40 |
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Cultural Control and Globalization in Asia: Copyright, Piracy and Cinema
ISBN: 9780415426893 / Angielski / Miękka / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a succint and well-written book introducing a truly interdisciplinary approach to the study of copyright and related issues in contemporary popular culture in relation to the current development of Asian cinema, and questions how copyright is appropriated to regulate culture. It examines the many meanings and practices pertaining to "copying" in cinema, demonstrating the dynamics between globalization's desire for cultural control and cinema's own resistance to such manipulation. Focusing on the cinema of China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, and film 'piracy' in these countries,... This is a succint and well-written book introducing a truly interdisciplinary approach to the study of copyright and related issues in contemporary... |
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291,86 |
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Parallax: 13.1
ISBN: 9780415431507 / Angielski / Miękka / 138 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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232,49 |
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Parallax: 13.2
ISBN: 9780415431514 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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123,64 |
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Information and Revolutions in Military Affairs
ISBN: 9780415701396 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Like the industrial revolution before it, the information technology revolution appears to be creating a new ruling class, a new economy and a new society. Information technology is also transforming military operations and warfare. A vast literature on the revolution in military affairs (or "RMA") cites the important (indeed, dominant) role of information technology in enabling a new military revolution.
This volume challenges conventional wisdom not by claiming that information's impact on military operations is not "positive" or "transformative" but by claiming its impact is not "new."... Like the industrial revolution before it, the information technology revolution appears to be creating a new ruling class, a new economy and a new soc...
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766,88 |
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Globalization and the Gulf
ISBN: 9780415770149 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For centuries, the Arabian Gulf has been a crossroads where seafaring people and Bedouins alike travelled great distances transacting business. Events of the past few years, both good and bad, have directed the world's attention to the Arabian Peninsula, where a rich cultural tradition is rapidly incorporating the latest innovations from around the world. This is the process of globalization. New economies create enormous potential, but it will require great care for the people of the region to steer through a period of profound change. Political and economic interests intent on... For centuries, the Arabian Gulf has been a crossroads where seafaring people and Bedouins alike travelled great distances transacting business. Eve... |
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296,80 |
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Continental Divide: The Values and Institutions of the United States and Canada
ISBN: 9780415903851 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Seymour Martin Lipset's highly acclaimed work explores the distinctive character of American and Canadian values and institutions. Lipset draws material from a number of sources: historical accounts, critical interpretations of art, aggregate statistics and survey data, as well as studies of law, religion and government. Drawing a vivid portrait of the two countries, Continental Divide represents some of the best comparative social and political research available.
Seymour Martin Lipset's highly acclaimed work explores the distinctive character of American and Canadian values and institutions. Lipset draws materi...
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296,80 |
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The Dictatorship of the Proletariat: Marxism's Theory of Socialist Democracy
ISBN: 9780415904537 / Angielski / Miękka / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this book, John Ehrenberg offers an analysis of Marx's controversial theory of the dictatorship of the proletariat, and argues that it can no longer be displaced or ignored as the viable democratic centre of Marxist political thought. The author traces the development of the theory from the early work of Marx and of Engels through to Lenin's death in 1924. It also offers insights about contemporary socialism's theoretical and political crises.
In this book, John Ehrenberg offers an analysis of Marx's controversial theory of the dictatorship of the proletariat, and argues that it can no longe...
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242,38 |
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After Identity : A Reader in Law and Culture
ISBN: 9780415909976 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After Identity explores the importance of sexual, national and other identities in people's lives whilst also challenging the limits of legal strategies on traditional identity groups. Contributors come from a variety of backgrounds.
After Identity explores the importance of sexual, national and other identities in people's lives whilst also challenging the limits of legal strategi...
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128,58 |
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William Appleman Williams : Learning From History
ISBN: 9780415911313 / Angielski / Miękka / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. William Appleman Williams (1921-1990) is remembered as the pre-eminent historian critic of the American empire in the second half of this century. More than any other scholar, he anticipated, encouraged and explained the attack of conscience suffered by the nation during the Vietnam War.
William Appleman Williams (1921-1990) is remembered as the pre-eminent historian critic of the American empire in the second half of this century. Mor...
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237,44 |
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Abortion Politics: Public Policy in Cross-Cultural Perspective
ISBN: 9780415912259 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Abortion Politics: Public Policy in Cross Cultural Perspective focuses on current abortion policy and practice in the United States, Canada, Europe and Japan and aims to provide a comprehensive, stimulating and balanced picture of current abortion policy in a cross-cultural perspective. The contributors deal with comparative abortion policy including recent developments in Ireland, Germany and Eastern Europe.
Abortion Politics: Public Policy in Cross Cultural Perspective f...
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296,80 |
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Crazy for Democracy: Women in Grassroots Movements
ISBN: 9780415916622 / Angielski / Twarda / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Crazy for Democracy vividly shows, through the lives of six women in the United States and South Africa, just what can be and is being accomplished to change our lives.
At a time when we're depressed about democracy, pessimistic about race relations, and anxious about feminism, Crazy for Democracy vividly shows, through the lives of six women in the United States and South Africa, just what can be and is being accomplished to change our lives. In building real social movements to achieve a safe environment, win human rights, and... Crazy for Democracy vividly shows, through the lives of six women in the United States and South Africa, just what can be and is being accomp...
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833,28 |
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Crazy for Democracy: Women in Grassroots Movements
ISBN: 9780415916639 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Crazy for Democracy vividly shows, through the lives of six women in the United States and South Africa, just what can be and is being accomplished to change our lives.
At a time when we're depressed about democracy, pessimistic about race relations, and anxious about feminism, Crazy for Democracy vividly shows, through the lives of six women in the United States and South Africa, just what can be and is being accomplished to change our lives. In building real social movements to achieve a safe environment, win human rights, and... Crazy for Democracy vividly shows, through the lives of six women in the United States and South Africa, just what can be and is being accomp...
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252,27 |
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Political Participation and Ethnic Minorities : Chinese Overseas in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the United States
ISBN: 9780415924450 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From New York city's Chinatown to urban Indonesia, there are 50 million ethnic Chinese living outside of China. Their strong sense of community, along with their considerable economic clout, makes them a compelling group with which to study immigrant political participation. This study examines the hows and whys of Chinese overseas political activity in these three diverse countries.
From New York city's Chinatown to urban Indonesia, there are 50 million ethnic Chinese living outside of China. Their strong sense of community, along...
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791,62 |
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Right-Wing Women: From Conservatives to Extremists Around the World
ISBN: 9780415927772 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From KKK members to Mussolini lovers, from Nazi to fascists, and from Australia to Kenya, this collection provides a stunning portrait of women's active involvement in conservative, fascist, racist, and anti-democracy politics around the world. A comparative volume of international scope on the subject of right-wing women, this book provides a crucial understanding of the often important, but rarely acknowledged role women play in right-wing movements. Far from being mere puppets of their male counterparts, right-wing women are political actors in their own right, with varied interests and...
From KKK members to Mussolini lovers, from Nazi to fascists, and from Australia to Kenya, this collection provides a stunning portrait of women's acti...
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841,09 |
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Right-Wing Women: From Conservatives to Extremists Around the World
ISBN: 9780415927789 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From KKK members to Mussolini lovers, from Nazi to fascists, and from Australia to Kenya, this collection provides a portrait of women's active involvement in conservative, fascist, racist, and anti-democracy politics around the world. As the first comparative volume of international scope ever on the subject of right-wing women, this book provides a crucial understanding of the often important, but rarely acknowledged role women play in right-wing movements. Far from being mere puppets of their male counterparts, right-wing women are political actors in their own right, with varied interests...
From KKK members to Mussolini lovers, from Nazi to fascists, and from Australia to Kenya, this collection provides a portrait of women's active involv...
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272,07 |
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The Social Construction of Man, the State and War: Identity, Conflict, and Violence in Former Yugoslavia
ISBN: 9780415929622 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Social Construction of Man, the State, and War is the fist book on conflict in the former Yugoslavia to look seriously at the issue of ethnic identity, rather than treating it as a given, an unquestionable variable. Combining detailed analysis with a close reading of historical narratives, documentary evidence, and first-hand interviews conducted in the former Yugoslavia, Wilmer sheds new light on how ethnic identity is constructed, and what that means for the future of peace and sovereignty throughout the world.
The Social Construction of Man, the State, and War is the fist book on conflict in the former Yugoslavia to look seriously at the issue of et...
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989,52 |
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The Social Construction of Man, the State and War: Identity, Conflict, and Violence in Former Yugoslavia
ISBN: 9780415929639 / Angielski / Miękka / 358 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ethnic conflicts have become the focal point of international relations, but what exactly causes ethnic conflict? How are ideas about identity, citizenship, and the state constructed in such a way as to make conflict seem inevitable? This volume on conflict in the former Yugoslavia looks seriously at the issue of ethnic identity, rather than treating it as a given, unquestionable variable. Though so much has been written on the former Yugoslavia, we have yet to come close to a satisfactory, intelligible explanation for what happened and what continues to happen. Combining detailed analysis...
Ethnic conflicts have become the focal point of international relations, but what exactly causes ethnic conflict? How are ideas about identity, citize...
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232,49 |
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Mothers and Soldiers: Gender, Citizenship, and Civil Society in Contemporary Russia
ISBN: 9780415931779 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As the Soviet communist regime gave way to democracy, the emergence of an entirely new political and social landscape had the potential to turn Russian society upside down. In Mothers and Soldiers: Organizing Men and Women in 1990s Russia, Amy Caiazza looks at the effects of this seismic change on gender roles, and specifically the role of women in a newly democratic Russia. By observing through a gendered lens institutions like the military, and the process of making public policy, Caiazza finds that despite the institutional disruption, the pattern of gender role...
As the Soviet communist regime gave way to democracy, the emergence of an entirely new political and social landscape had the potential to turn Russia...
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816,35 |
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