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The Inclusive Society?: Social Exclusion and New Labour
ISBN: 9781403944276 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The idea of social exclusion is part of the new political language. When Labour came into government in 1997, it launched the Social Exclusion Unit to pursue this central theme. But what exactly does social inclusion mean? This revised and updated edition of The Inclusive Society? identifies three competing meanings of the term in contemporary British Politics, emphasising poverty, employment and morality. Ruth Levitas argues that there has been a shift away from understanding social exclusion as primarily a problem of poverty, towards questions of social integration through paid work and...
The idea of social exclusion is part of the new political language. When Labour came into government in 1997, it launched the Social Exclusion Unit to...
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281,77 zł |
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Political Change in Post-Communist Slovakia and Croatia: From Nationalist to Europeanist
ISBN: 9781403972866 / Angielski / Twarda / 263 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Revealing how the quest for independence and challenges of democratization created a contest between nationalists and Europeanists, two powerful forces in domestic politics, after the collapse of communism, Fisher sheds light on the nationalism and post-communist transitions.
Revealing how the quest for independence and challenges of democratization created a contest between nationalists and Europeanists, two powerful force...
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187,83 zł |
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Why Are the Arabs Not Free?: The Politics of Writing
ISBN: 9781405161718 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Moustapha Safouan, in this courageous and honest book, confronts head-on the problem of Arab despotism, examining it from the point of view of political philosophy, religious argument and linguistic history.
Moustapha Safouan, in this courageous and honest book, confronts head-on the problem of Arab despotism, examining it from the point of view of politic...
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71,73 zł |
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Defending Cyberspace and Other Metaphors
ISBN: 9781410203205 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Information warfare, as any casual observer of the Pentagon can attest, remains a hot-button topic in the military community. Thus does war follow commerce into cyberspace, pitting foes against one another for control of this clearly critical high ground. But does this facile comparison have a basis in reality? In this iconoclastic spirit, the six essays in this book are characterized by a continuing search for the meaning of information warfare.
Information warfare, as any casual observer of the Pentagon can attest, remains a hot-button topic in the military community. Thus does war follow com...
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107,16 zł |
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Terrorist This
ISBN: 9781411668652 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Political hostage or criminal kidnapping. What would you do if it happened to you? A quick course in survival, written for the busy average citizen.
Political hostage or criminal kidnapping. What would you do if it happened to you? A quick course in survival, written for the busy average citizen.
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65,53 zł |
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Mainstreaming Gender, Democratizing the State: Institutional Mechanisms for the Advancement of Women
ISBN: 9781412805704 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Mainstreaming Gender, Democratizing the State" reflects the commitment of the United Nations to promote mechanisms that aim to achieve equality between women and men. It identifies institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women including national machineries as one of twelve critical areas of concern. National machineries are the primary institutional mechanism entrusted with the implementation of the strategic objectives contained in the goals for equity set by the United Nations. The mandate of these national institutions has evolved from promoting women-specific projects to...
"Mainstreaming Gender, Democratizing the State" reflects the commitment of the United Nations to promote mechanisms that aim to achieve equality betwe...
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222,03 zł |
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Redefining Morality: A Threat to Our Nation
ISBN: 9781418404406 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Our country is facing dangers from the threat of terrorism. That threat is obvious to most people and is being fought vigorously by our government. Another threat, which is subtle but may be just as dangerous, is taking place from within the country. In the past fifty years, the United States has undergone cultural changes, which have led to a new definition of morality. The danger of this shift toward a secular morality is undermining the moral principles our founding fathers intended as a cornerstone to our Constitution and our laws. In recent years, the shift toward this new definition of...
Our country is facing dangers from the threat of terrorism. That threat is obvious to most people and is being fought vigorously by our government. An...
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65,53 zł |
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Tracking the Predator: The Aftermath of September 11, 2001: A Canadian Woman Speaks
ISBN: 9781418431921 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the aftermath of September 11, 2001, a plethora of photographic journals, eye witness accounts and analyses was released. However, no one looked at the dark Bin Laden energy that is present in society and in us all. In Stalking The Predator: The Aftermath of September 11, 2001: A Canadian Woman Speaks, Sandra C. Johnston delves behind and uncovers this energy.a dark energy that none of us wants to acknowledge. This Canadian psychotherapist's view of this inevitable "wake - up call" is powerful and provocative and her use of prose and poetry makes for compelling reading. It is an...
In the aftermath of September 11, 2001, a plethora of photographic journals, eye witness accounts and analyses was released. However, no one looked at...
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70,59 zł |
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The Wind Blows to the East
ISBN: 9781420861235 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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70,59 zł |
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The United Utopian States of America
ISBN: 9781425945619 / Angielski / Miękka / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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80,91 zł |
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A Holy Alliance?: Church, Labor and the Communist Party in Costa Rica, 1932-48
ISBN: 9781563249105 / Angielski / Twarda / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the revolutionary movement in Central America during this century, Costa Rica followed a very different course from other countries in the region. This text explores the history of labour and the relationship between the Communist Party and the Catholic Church during the 1930s and 1940s.
In the revolutionary movement in Central America during this century, Costa Rica followed a very different course from other countries in the region. ...
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731,87 zł |
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Freedom Next Time: Resisting the Empire
ISBN: 9781568583266 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. World-renowned journalist John Pilger looks at five nations (Palestine, Diego Garcia, Afghanistan, Iraq, and South Africa) that have undergone long and painful struggles for freedom, yet are still waiting for its realization.
World-renowned journalist John Pilger looks at five nations (Palestine, Diego Garcia, Afghanistan, Iraq, and South Africa) that have undergone long an...
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76,55 zł |
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All-Volunteer Force: Thirty Years of Service
ISBN: 9781574889208 / Angielski / Miękka / 396 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Throughout most of the twentieth century, American military personnel were drafted into service. A conscripted force served the nation in both world wars, Korea, and Vietnam. But in the late 1960s, the draft came under intense scrutiny and was viewed by the American public with growing dissatisfaction and a sense of inequity. The mounting unease over the draft prompted President Richard Nixon to establish a special commission - The President's Commission on an All-Volunteer Armed Force, also known as the Gates Commission - to study the alternatives. After much debate within the Administration...
Throughout most of the twentieth century, American military personnel were drafted into service. A conscripted force served the nation in both world w...
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116,04 zł |
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The Encyclopedia of Political Revolutions
ISBN: 9781579581220 / Angielski / Twarda / 624 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This reference describes revolutionary events that have affected and often changed the course of history. The past 200 years have seen a torrent of political revolutions - cataclysms on every continent that have shaped the world as we know it. This work includes more than 200 articles by leading scholars from around the world that provide answers to specific questions as well as in-depth treatment of events and trends accompanying revolutions. The contents include descriptions of specific revolutions, important revolutionary figures, and major revolutionary themes such as communism and...
This reference describes revolutionary events that have affected and often changed the course of history. The past 200 years have seen a torrent of po...
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1110,42 zł |
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The Blue Book of Freedom: Ending Famine, Poverty, Democide, and War
ISBN: 9781581826203 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In The Blue Book of Freedom,"" R. J. Rummel asserts that democracy is the solution to the scourges that face the world. A student of war and peace for more than forty years, he has learned that democratic freedom provides a solution to the evils that have plagued mankind. ""The Blue Book of Freedom"" presents the results of his work in everyday language. The main points are: * Freedom is the way to economic and human security. * Free people never have famine. * Where people are free, political violence is minimal. * The more freedom a people enjoy, the less likely their government will murder...
In The Blue Book of Freedom,"" R. J. Rummel asserts that democracy is the solution to the scourges that face the world. A student of war and peace for...
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55,07 zł |
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Witness in Palestine: Journal of a Jewish American Woman in the Occupied Territories
ISBN: 9781594513060 / Angielski / Twarda / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Anna Baltzer, a young Jewish American, went to the West Bank to discover the realities of daily life for Palestinians under the occupation. What she found would change her outlook on the conflict forever. She wrote this book to give voice to the stories of the people who welcomed her with open arms as their lives crumbled around them. For five months, Baltzer lived and worked with farmers, Palestinian and Israeli activists, and the families of political prisoners, traveling with them across endless checkpoints and roadblocks to reach hospitals, universities, and olive groves. Baltzer...
Anna Baltzer, a young Jewish American, went to the West Bank to discover the realities of daily life for Palestinians under the occupation. What she f...
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807,58 zł |
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Witness in Palestine : A Jewish Woman in the Occupied Territories
ISBN: 9781594513077 / Angielski / Miękka / 397 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Anna Baltzer, a young Jewish American, went to the West Bank to discover the realities of daily life for Palestinians under the occupation. What she found would change her outlook on the conflict forever. She wrote this book to give voice to the stories of the people who welcomed her with open arms as their lives crumbled around them. For five months, Baltzer lived and worked with farmers, Palestinian and Israeli activists, and the families of political prisoners, traveling with them across endless checkpoints and roadblocks to reach hospitals, universities, and olive groves. Baltzer...
Anna Baltzer, a young Jewish American, went to the West Bank to discover the realities of daily life for Palestinians under the occupation. What she f...
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227,14 zł |
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The Constitution in Exile: How the Federal Government Has Seized Power by Rewriting the Supreme Law of the Land
ISBN: 9781595550705 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What ever happened to our inalienable rights? The Constitution was once the bedrock of our country, an unpretentious parchment that boldly established the God-given rights and freedoms of America. Today that parchment has been shred to ribbons, explains Fox News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew P. Napolitano, as the federal government trounces state and individual rights and expands its reach far beyond what the Framers intended. An important follow-up to Judge Napolitano's best-selling Constitutional Chaos, this book shows with no-nonsense... What ever happened to our inalienable rights? The Constitution was once the bedrock of our country, an unpretentious parchm... |
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85,01 zł |
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Zimbabwe: Injustice and Political Reconc
ISBN: 9781779220394 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Zimbabwe: Injustice and Political Reconciliation brings together an array of commentators who chart patterns of historical injustice and consider a range of options for what may be termed a politics of justice and reconciliation, with the ultimate goal of sustainable peace. Justice is explored as an inclusive, restorative process. Reconciliation is understood as a political strategy to build civic trust, a human rights culture and economic transformation. The contributors stress the need for careful thought, listening, generosity of spirit and courageous action. Equally, they demand concrete...
Zimbabwe: Injustice and Political Reconciliation brings together an array of commentators who chart patterns of historical injustice and consider a ra...
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346,58 zł |
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A Kingdom Under Siege: Nepal's Maoist Insurgency, 1996 to 2004
ISBN: 9781842775714 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "A Kingdom Under Seige" explains the political and social background to the Maoist insurgency that has embroiled Nepal's government, political parties, king, police, and army against highly motivated guerilla fighters since 1996. By early 2003, the rebels had come to threaten the central institutions of the Nepali state. The authors describe how a combination of state neglect, political instability and the growth of radical left politics led to a build up of tensions.
"A Kingdom Under Seige" explains the political and social background to the Maoist insurgency that has embroiled Nepal's government, political parties...
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186,70 zł |