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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham graffiti has evolved into a rich and democratic form of visual expression that is now most often labelled 'street art'it introduces the artists, symbols and subject matter that dominate the genre and places their prints in the wider context of urban artthis beautiful book is the first to look specifically at street art prints - now highly prized in their own rightsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas it matures, street art has moved indoors; galleries now exhibit and sell limited-edition prints by established artists with recognizable self-created brands, including banksy, blek le rat, shepard fairey, eine and miss ticalthough the work is frequently location-specific, the genre has become a global phenomenon as the web transmits the latest works around the world in an instant
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This book outlines the little we know of ancient sparta, describes greek reaction to the ambiguous institutions of the great rival to democratic athens, makes a first attempt to follow the subsequent fortunes of the debate, and indicates sparta's role, over twenty-five centuries, in the intellectual history of europe""ancient polemics on sparta (by plato, aristotle, plutarch and others) have had a remarkable after-life in the political and educational thought of renaissance italy, the france of the philosophes, whig england and nazi germanyoxfam bookshop newport first published as a hardback in , this is the paperback first editionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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100 are certified and signed by gino biondi ()please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteshipping via registered mail with trackingcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablecolour tending to pink offset by scanningsassone catalogue: , value: €our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeitaly, republic, , complete democratica series quality series, original full gums, good/excellent centringare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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We appreciate the impact a good book can havewe all like the idea of saving a bit of cash, so when we found out how many good quality used books are out there - we just had to let you know!author:wolfgang streeck
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Author: winn, josspublisher: bloomsbury publishing plcpublication date
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Revealing the wild incompetence of the northern ireland civil service and the ineptitude and serious abuses of power by some of those at the democratic unionist party (dup), which would go on to prop up the governments of theresa may and boris johnson, this scandal exposed not only some of northern ireland's most powerful figures but revealed problems that go to the very heart of how ni is governedone of the most shocking scandals in northern irish political history: originally a green-energy initiative, the renewal heat incentive (rhi) or 'cash-for-ash' scheme saw northern ireland's government pay ÂŁ1a riveting political thriller from the journalist who covered the controversy for over two years, burned is the inside story of the shocking scandal that brought down a governmentsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop sevenoaks written by sam mcbride and published by merrion press in60 for every ÂŁ1 of fuel the public burned in their wood-pellet boilers, leading to widespread abuse and ultimately the collapse of the power-sharing administration at stormont
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Personalizing the state challenges dominant narratives of exceptionalism that have portrayed the people as a threat to the democratic orderstarting with dominant theories that have seen these developments as indicative of a rise in 'penal populism' or 'popular authoritarianism', personalizing the state revisits one of the central paradoxes of our times: the illiberal turn that liberal democracy has takenotherwise clean textliberal democracy appears in crisisthese popular forms of engagement reflect, in turn, a longer history of state control exercised against working-class peopledrawing on long-term ethnographic fieldwork, it moves the question from 'why' liberal democracy has taken a punitive turn to the 'how' and the 'what': to how citizens experience democracy in the first place and what grassroots understandings of politics and care they bring to their encounters with the statethis book goes to where much of the commentary has stopped short: to the lived experiences of citizens who inhabit some of britain's most stigmatized urban neighborhoods, namely its council estates that were once built to house the working classesfrom the rise of 'law and order' and ever tougher forms of means-testing under 'austerity politics' to the outcome of britain's referendum on leaving the eu, commentators have rushed to explain the current conjuncturesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop leeds 274ppit reveals the murky, sometimes contradictory desires for a personalized state that cannot easily be collapsed with popular support for authoritarian interventionsabove all, the book exposes the state's disavowal of its political and moral responsibilities at a time when mechanisms for collectivizing redistributive demands have been silenceda little stain on a few pages, a little tear at the back of dj
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He links this account to a broader argument concerning the formation of the modern constitutional state and the role of democratic deliberation as a means of securing the legitimacy of legal norms in complex, pluralistic societiesoxfam shop wolverhampton in between facts and norms habermas works out the legal and political implications of his theoretical approach, bringing to fruition the project announced more than three decades ago in the structural transformation of the public spherebetween facts and norms is a major contribution to current debates on the role of law and the prospects for the development of democracy in contemporary societiesin our complex, pluralistic societies, the legitimacy of political decision-making processes depends on a robust civil society and a vibrant public spherehabermas develops a proceduralist conception of democracy which emphasizes the importance of citizens organizing themselves in informal associations and voicing their concerns in a variety of public settingssee oxfam website for delivery information read morehabermas develops a distinctive account of the nature of law, arguing that law is characterized by an internal tension between factual and normative aspectsit will be a focal point of debate for many years to come in the fields of social and political theory, sociology, politics and philosophyif the formal processes of law-making in modern societies are to sustain their legitimacy, they must be capable of taking account of the concerns of ordinary citizensbetween facts and norms is an outstanding work by one the most important social and political thinkers of our time
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The recorder was made in the german democratic republic back in the day by "veb blockflotenfabrik the sole producer of the genuine double tuned adler recorders" circa  and the style is "baroque"oxfam shop smithdown road this is a genuine adler alto 23-3 recorder in a wood which i understand is maple, although i stand to be correctedthis is a lovely vintage instrumentthe original box is in good conditionthe thumb hole has virtually no wear at allsize 48 cm length 14 diameter at widest point (approx) weight 300g see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe varnish is a lovely golden brown and uniform throughout, there is some wear and tear as you can see from the imagesthere is the usual worn varnish at the tip of the mouthpiece but apart from that i can see little or no damagethe tenons are firm but not tight and are wound with cotton as was the practice for the period of manufacture
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34 mailed envelopes from between and , with various postal uses mainly democratic values, italia al lavoro and italia turrita wheel watermark) all with specific detailed description read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablenice collection in blue binder with postage studio and portsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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This document was inspired by the united states declaration of independence and invoked natural law to establish basic principles of the democratic nation-state(see more on wikipedia)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitewith a prefatory note signed by george-washington lafayetteneat modern cloth cloth on sides with damages, ocasionally foxing and waterstains, a few small (neat) old annotions in first voldu motier, marquis derévolution françaisestill - a good copy - see photo's lafayette: marie-joseph paul yves roch gilbert du motier, marquis de la fayette () was a french aristocrat and military officer who fought in the american revolutionary war, commanding american troops in several battles, including the siege of yorktowncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablepublished in 2 volsuncommon editionmémoires, correspondance et manuscrits du géneral lafayette publiés par sa famillebruxelles, sociéte bel par sa famillege de librairie, hauman, cattoir et comprévolution d'ameriqueour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storehe also advocated the end of slavery, in keeping with the philosophy of natural rightsafter forming the national constituent assembly, he helped to write the declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen with thomas jefferson's assistanceare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiafter returning to france, he was a key figure in the french revolution of and the july revolution of
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Oxfam shop cotham hill the voices speaking here represent an extraordinary group of south africans: those whites - a minority within a minority - who have been struggling against the injustices of apartheid and working in separate ways to prepare their countrymen, black and white, for a just and democratic post-apartheid society this book captures their stories at a critical time, when apartheid is being dismantled but the structure of the new south africa has yet to be determined there is very slight rubbing tot he covers of the book with a little foxing on the ends of the pagesthese voices thus reflect the hopes and concerns of a society in the throes of an historic transition and the new challenges facing these people as they plan for the post-apartheid era inside, the pages are clean and the binding is soundthe book has its dust jacket which is intactsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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In may , former monty python stalwart and intrepid globetrotter michael palin spent two weeks in the notoriously secretive democratic people's republic of korea, a cut-off land without internet or phone signal, where the countryside has barely moved beyond a centuries-old peasant economy but where the cities have gleaming skyscrapers and luxurious underground train stationswritten with palin's trademark warmth and wit, and illustrated with beautiful colour photographs throughout, the journal offers a rare insight into the north korea behind the headlineshis resulting documentary for channel 5 was widely acclaimedthis is a hardback version of this book and is in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morenow he shares his day-by-day diary of his visit, in which he describes not only what he saw - and his fleeting views of what the authorities didn't want him to see - but recounts the conversations he had with the country's inhabitants, talks candidly about his encounters with officialdom, and records his musings about a land wholly unlike any other he has ever visited - one that inspires fascination and fear in equal measureoxfam books & music bedford the book behind the hit documentarya glimpse of life inside the world's most secretive country, as told by britain's best-loved travel writer
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Oxfam shop knaresborough buying time second edition by wolfgang streeck see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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This book is the first to directly address this trend's impact upon the institution of local government, a crucial element in the democratic viability of a unitary statethe process of centralisation, and its corrosive effect on the status and responsibilities of local government, have been widely recognised and deplored among politicians and senior officers within local government, and by academics with an interest in this fieldno inscriptions see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop holmfirth english local government is in a state of decline after 40 years of incremental but cumulative centralisation by central governmentthis text will be of key interest to scholars, students and practitioners of local government, and more generally to those interested in what has been happening to british politics and governancehowever, there has been no study exploring in detail its impact, and, equally important, suggesting ways in which the growing imbalance between the powers of central and local government should be rectifiedthis book fills this gap
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Orwell, himself a democratic socialist, modeled the authoritarian government in the novel after stalinist russiaplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitemore broadly, the novel examines the role of truth and facts within poll and the ways in which they are manipulated"nineteen eighty-four", by george orwell secker & warburg, london - , first uk edition second printing - 312p, 14cmx12cm - condition: good,, original boards, with original dust jacket with green white variant with some wear and chipping to edges, housed in mylar coverthematically, nineteen eighty-four centres on the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance, and repressive regimentation of all persons and behaviours within societynineteen eighty-four: a novel, often published as , is a dystopian novel by english novelist george orwellrare with dust jacketit was published on 8 june by secker & warburg as orwell's ninth and final book completed in his lifetimecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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The democratic art, ny , p 143fffrom the expertise by bob shaw, shelbourne expert in historical and contemporary quilts: log cabin quilts (blockhouse quilts) from the second half of the 19th century consist of blocks of narrow, interconnected strips of fabric (similar to the walls of a log cabin), arranged around a central squareplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe small blocks were arranged to create areas of light and dark, which were then arranged in groups of four to create a constant change of large areas of light and darkmaterial at the front: silk, cotton, satineach strip was sewn the wrong side up and then folded open and secured in place by pressing it before the next strip was sewn onx 69 cm, metropolitan museum, new york, invcomparable pieces: arguably anna susan ruddick trowbridge, log cabin grip quilt, ccatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableminor detachments due to age, see photos for detailscomparison literature: peck, american quilts & coverlets in the metropolitan museum of arts, ny /robert shaw: american quiltseach of the small blocks, which make up this remarkable log cabin quilt, measure around 24 square centimetresour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storematerial at the back: doubling of cottonlog cabin quilt, care you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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Illustrating his case with examples from recent cultural policy initiatives in britain, the united states and australia, he looks at:* the rise of market reasoning in arts administration* urban regeneration and the arts* heritage tourism* race, identity and cultural citizenship* censorship and moral regulation* the role of computer-mediated communication in democratic discourse see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop crawley jim mcguigan discusses cultural policy as a manifestation of cultural politics in the widest sense
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Part i contains a conceptual and historical background to the democratic system as it was at the outbreak of the peloponnesian war in 431, part ii surveys the principal institutions of democracy, and part iii demonstrates the various ways in which the system was tested from the plague of 430 to the naval battles of arginousai and aigospotamoidog eared corners, with signs of useoxfam bookshop maidstone this collection of sources and commentary replaces the athenian politics, taking account of the increase in knowledge on demes, and the work of mogens herman hansensee oxfam website for delivery information read morea vital resource for all students of the period
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In the newly independent and democratic zimbabwe was a beacon of hope in a troubled region see oxfam website for delivery information read morealao argues that this unfortunate transition is intrinsically linked to the ways in which mugabe used the politics of domestic and external security to his own gain and how a freedom fighter transformed into an imprudent autocrat and international pariah the book is in good condition some stains on the sidethree decades later zimbabwe became the focus of international attention for different reasons: acrimonious racial relations, controversial elections, economic hardship and military intervention in drc
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Later chapters cover the dramatic episodes of the uprising against soviet dominance and the building of the berlin wall inthe enduring appeal of west germany's social market economythe subsequent stabilisation of the gdr and the establishment of an uneasy compromise between the ruling elites and the population in the later s and s are explained with reference to a range of internal social, economic and political factorspolitical pluralismusing newly available archive material, the early chapters trace the emergence of the gdr out of the soviet zone of occupationthis clear and comprehensive survey marshals secondary and original primary sources in order to give a unique insight into the gdr's struggles and achievementsthe bravery of the protestorsthis book has some shelf wear which includes bumping to the corners and creasing to the back coveroxfam books & music bridport this new book investigates communist rule in east germany from its establishment as a sphere of soviet influence after world war ii to its rapid collapse after the fall of the berlin wallthere is some slight foxing to the insidethe disintegration of the regime in is explained in the light of: the chronic weakness of gorbachev's soviet unionthere is no spine creasing, the binding is tight and there are no loose pages see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Germany german states german democratic republic first day sheets of germany from up to and including , complete usa china japan singapore france isle of man faeroe islands vanuatu russia israelthe photos are part of the descriptionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableconcerns various countriesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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Airmail & taxes republic of the congo democratic republic of the congo katanga sud kasai ruanda urundi rwanda burundi inclplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablebelgian congo - collection belgian territories in davo album belgian congo inclour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storemessages blocks mnh, pa16-cu inverted overprint mnh obp read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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Germany - reich - democratic republic - federal republic - lots of stamps - sets various conditionsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitewill be packaged with care and shipped by registered postcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableview the photos to get a good impression of what you will receiveour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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Finally, he explores the life of aung san suu kyi, who for twenty years, much of that time under house arrest in rangoon, has led her country's democratic opposition to military dictatorship, and continues to do so todayall three paid the ultimate pricethese eight heroes are very different people, with very different strengths and frailties, but all share an inspirational courage that gordon brown celebrates in these fascinating and moving portraits telling the stories of america's civil rights leader martin luther king, robert kennedy - who, after his brother's assassination, remade himself as a politician of compassion - and nelson mandela, he considers great courage over a long period against daunting oddssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop dumfries what is it that makes some men and women take difficult decisions and do the right thing against the odds when easier and far less dangerous alternatives are open to them? why is it that some people - like the undercover heroes working for soe in occupied france or the passengers of the united 93 flight on 9/11 - have the courage to dare? to answer these questions, gordon brown explores the lives of eight outstanding twentieth-century figuresstarting with edith cavell, who nursed the wounded of world war i in belgium and helped allied soldiers escape back to england, he goes on to consider the protestant pastor dietrich bonhoeffer, who in returned to nazi germany from new york to lead the christian opposition against the nazi regime, and the wealthy businessman raoul wallenberg, who left neutral sweden in to go to budapest to try save the lives of hungarian jewsand then there is the legacy of dame cicely saunders, who changed the way we care for the dying by founding and leading the hospice movement
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In this long-overdue analysis of macmurray, frank kirkpatrick traces the development of macmurray's thought with its roots in the bible, hegel and the democratic liberal tradition of the westkirkpatrick scottish philosopher john macmurray's intriguing career makes the job of classifying his work difficult by contemporary academic modes of categorizationkirkpatrick contends that macmurray's most important contribution to the field is his development of a philosophical understanding of what constitutes an authentic communitythrough this analysis, kirkpatrick explores the extraordinary resonances of macmurray's political thought in other modern philosophers and reveals his enduring significancesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreabove all, he was a political philosopher determined to place politics into a wider, more comprehensive, metaphysical and religious frameworkoxfam bookshop hampstead john macmurray: community beyond political philosophy by frank gnice clean pages inside; small signs of wear on front coverdespite his extensive writings on political principles and politics and significant influence on numerous british politicians, he never regarded the political sphere as an end in itself
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Congo - whale ag oz fineness: ag manufacturer\t: geiger mint country: democratic republic of congo year\t: diameter: mm weight: 1 oz face value: 20 francs rpa - krugerrand ag oz edge: 2please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website80 mm silver coin: krugerrand motif: krügerrand - springbock country of origin: south africa face value: kein nennwert new condition: sa mint quality: bu number: weight: g fineness: 999 diameter: mm read morecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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Look at the pictures conditions are very good plus or excellent for the vinyl and covers - songs from a room - cbs s - netherlands - songs of love and hate - cbs s - netherlands - death of a ladies man - cbs - netherlands - greatest hits - amiga - german democratic republic read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablestamp from the italian republic, from the "democratica" series of ordinary mail the 30 lire with original full gum, sassone catalogue value €our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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" yet instead of finally instituting full democratic rights for all its citizens, the policies enacted in that turbulent decade failed dismallysome critics have explained the failure of social programs by citing our tradition of individual freedom and libertarian values, while others point to weaknesses within the working classthe color of welfare reveals the root cause of this failure-the inability to address racial inequalitydrawing on extensive primary research, quadagno shows, for instance, how roosevelt, in need of support from southern congressmen, excluded african americans from the core programs of the social security actat the same time, affirmative action clashed openly with organized labor, and equal housing raised protests from the white suburban middle-class, who didn't want their neighborhoods integratedoxfam bookshop hove thirty years after lyndon johnson declared a war on poverty, the united states still lags behind most western democracies in national welfare systems, lacking such basic programs as national health insurance and child care supportin the color of welfare, jill quadagno takes exception to these claims, placing race at the centre of the "american dilemma," as swedish economist gunnar myrdal did half a century agoquadagno shows that nixon, who initially supported many of johnson's programs, eventually caught on that the white middle class was disenchantedin the s, the united states embarked on a journey to resolve the "american dilemmajob training programs, for instance, became affirmative action programs, programs to improve housing became programs to integrate housing, programs that began as community action to upgrade the quality of life in the cities were taken over by local civil rights groupsfrom reconstruction to lyndon johnson and beyond, quadagno reveals how american social policy has continually foundered on issues of racehe realized that his grand plan for welfare reform, the family assistance plan, threatened to undermine wages in the south and alienate the republican party's new constituency-white, southern democrats-and therefore dropped itsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe "american creed" of liberty, justice, and equality clashed with a history of active racial discrimination, says quadagnothis shift of emphasis eventually alienated white, working-class americans, who had some of the same needs-for health care, subsidized housing, and job training opportunities-but who got very little from these programsturning to lyndon johnson's "unconditional war on poverty," she contends that though anti-poverty programs for job training, community action, health care, housing, and education have accomplished much, they have not been fully realized because they became inextricably intertwined with the civil rights movement of the s, which triggered a white backlashit is racism that has undermined the war on poverty, and america must come to terms with this history if there is to be any hope of addressing welfare reform today
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