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Performing Otherness(2010) COHEN, M.A far-reaching examination of exoticism, cultural internationalism and modernism's encounters with Indonesian tradition, Performing Otherness examines how Indonesia entered world stages through imperialism as an antimodern phantasm and through nationalismVezava: Mehka125,99 € -
Reaganism, Thatcherism and the Social Novel(2008) HUTCHINSON, C.The social novel is the traditional haunt of the liberal conscience. What does the triumph of the New Right mean for this type of fiction in Britain and the US? Should the liberal left seek consensus or assertion? This book examines these issues, and asseVezava: Mehka70,86 €
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Finance, Politics, and Imperialism(2012) DILLEY, A.Andrew Dilley offers a major new study of financial dependence, examining the connections this dependence forged between the City and political life in Edwardian Australia and Canada, mediated by ideas of political economy. In doing so he reconstructs theVezava: Mehka70,86 €
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Electing and Ejecting Party Leaders in Britain(2015) QUINN, THOMASThe Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats each allow their members to participate in the selection of the party leader. It also examines the consequences of all-member ballots in leadership elections. It looks at how parties remove leaders, showVezava: Mehka70,86 €
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Global Financial Meltdown(2009) READ, C.In easy to understand terms and journalistic style, Read describes the reasons for global financial unrest arising from the sub-prime mortgage crisis and economic meltdowns. He walks the reader through a number of topics in economics and connects these toVezava: Mehka66,71 €
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Moral Emotions and Intuitions(2011) ROESER, S.The author presents a new philosophical theory according to which we need intuitions and emotions in order to have objective moral knowledge, which is called affectual intuitionism. Affectual Intuitionism combines ethical intuitionism with a cognitive thVezava: Mehka70,86 €
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Narrating the Past(2011) ROBINSON, A.In recent years controversy has surrounded the narrative turn in history and the historical turn in fiction. This book clarifies what is at stake, tracing connections between historiography and life-writing, arguing that the challenges posed in representiVezava: Mehka70,86 €
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US Military in Hawai’i(2011) IRELAND, B.An examination of how the US military in Hawaii is depicted by museum curators, memorial builders, film makers, and newspaper reporters. These mediums convey information, and engage their audiences, in ways that, together, form a powerful advocacy for theVezava: Mehka70,86 €
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Logistics and Politics of the British Campaigns in the Middle East, 1914-22(2011) COATES ULRICHSEN, KRISTIANAn examination of how the logistical demands of the British military campaigns in Palestine and Mesopotamia led to a more intrusive and authoritarian form of imperial control in 1917-18. This early example of Western military intervention in the Middle EaVezava: Mehka70,86 €
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Environment, Health and History(2012)The environment is currently a matter of international public and academic concern, but is often considered separately from health issues. This book brings together work from environmental and health historians to conceptualise the connection between enviVezava: Mehka77,16 €
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Performance, Politics, and the War on Terror(2012) BRADY, SARAUsing a performance studies lens, this book is a study of performance in the post-9/11 context of the so-called war on terror. It analyzes conventional theatre, political protest, performance art and other sites of performance to unpack the ways in whichVezava: Mehka51,31 €
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Institutions, Ideas and Learning in Welfare State Change(2011) FLECKENSTEIN, T.Investigates the transformation of German labour market policy, showing that Germany has departed from the conservative-corporatist path of welfare, especially with the Hartz Legislation of the Red-Green government.Vezava: Mehka70,86 €
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Animal Cruelty, Antisocial Behaviour, and Aggression(2012) GULLONE, ELEONORADemonstrating that animal cruelty behaviours are another form of antisocial behaviour, alongside human aggression and violence, and almost without exception are carried out by the same individuals this book offers clear recommendations for future researchVezava: Mehka70,86 €
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Migration, Agency and Citizenship in Sex Trafficking(2010) ANDRIJASEVIC, R.Providing a new perspective on migration and sex work in Europe, this book is based on interviews with migrant women in the sex sector. It brings together issues of migration, labour and political subjectivity in order to refocus scholarly and policy agenVezava: Mehka70,86 €
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Crime and Corruption in New Democracies(2011) MORAN, J.One of the dark sides to democratization can be crime and corruption. This book looks at the way political liberalization affects these practices in a number of ways whilst also challenging some of the scare stories about democracy. The book also brings tVezava: Mehka70,86 €
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Family Business as Paradox(2010) SCHUMAN, A.,STUTZ, S.,WARD, J.Rather than having to choose between the family and the business, the authors argue that if family-owned businesses can consciously manage and over time, perhaps, synthesize these contradictions, the Family Enterprise will have a long-term strategic and cVezava: Mehka78,74 €
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Institutions, Human Development and Economic Growth in Transition Economies(2011) TRIDICO, P.This book analyses the development path of transition economies in European Countries and former Soviet Republics that have experienced the transformation from planned economies to market economies since the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989. It examines ecVezava: Mehka70,86 €
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Max Weber and Contemporary Capitalism(2012) GANE, N.This book explores the uses and limits of Max Weber's work for thinking sociologically about capitalism today. The books argues that through Weber, a network of concepts can be developed that can frame a sociological analysis of the present.Vezava: Mehka70,86 €
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New Trade Union Activism(2011) MOORE, S.The past decade has seen the emergence of new types of trade union representatives attracting new and more diverse activists; this book explores their motivations and values, drawing upon the voices of the activists themselves and capturing the relationshVezava: Mehka70,86 €
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Refugees, Theatre and Crisis(2012) JEFFERS, A.Using examples of refugee arts and theatrical activity since the 1990s, this book examines how the 'refugee crisis' has conditioned all arts and cultural activity with refugees in a world where globalization and migration go hand in hand.Vezava: Mehka118,11 €
