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Celebrating its fiftieth year in publication, great political thinkers is an indispensable text for all students of political philosophyby providing historical context and current scholarship, alan ebenstein builds upon the framework of influences that have shaped current political theory or political philosophy courses usually found in the political science departmentthis text contains portions of great works in their original form to wet the appetite and to encourage discussion within classroomsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop victoria appears unread but boards bumped on front, bottom of spine
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Curious and colourful political characters for over 250 years signed by the author neil hamiltons36 postcode read more
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Between facts and norms is an outstanding work by one the most important social and political thinkers of our timein our complex, pluralistic societies, the legitimacy of political decision-making processes depends on a robust civil society and a vibrant public sphereit will be a focal point of debate for many years to come in the fields of social and political theory, sociology, politics and philosophyoxfam 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 spherehe 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 societiesbetween 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 societieshabermas 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 aspectsif 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 citizens
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Overall in great good condition, some rubbing to the cornerstopics discussed range from why it was that serious political thinkers of the 17th century, including some of the most radical, could not see that the poor were "real" people, a review of the lives of the caribbean pirates and an exposition of the atavistic ambitions of the scottish covenanters, to the problems in uncovering the truth about ordinary people in the pastoxfam bookshop hexham until recently the study of the past was almost exclusively concerned with the history of the ruling classthis collection aims to provide a contribution to the understanding of the history of men and women in europe between the 17th century and the presentsee oxfam website for delivery information read moregrassroots history - "history from below" - is not simply the history of movements, revolts and struggle, but is more fundamentally concerned with the lives and aspirations of the common people - rich and poor alike - in the different periods of the pastthe history of the people who were ruled was either ignored or seen through the medium of documents produced by and for the state and the establishmentin this volume of specially commissioned essays some of the pioneers of grassroots history and their successors examine approaches to the subject in the context of specific periods and events
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Each chapter discusses a cluster of interrelated concepts and examines how they have been used by different thinkers and traditions and explores related debates and controversies
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This is why some the world's leading environmental thinkers have come together in this volume to probe critically the new language being developed by the environmental professionalsand they warn the 'global ecology' seen in a managerial perspective, may degenerate into an effort to redesign and manage nature in order to keep economic growth going in the face of a rising tide of resource plunder and pollutionthey explore the emerging conflicts over the distribution of environmental risk between north and southgood tight bindingpaperback book in good overall conditionthis book seeks to launch a critical debate in order to clarify issues involved and what might constitute appropriate actioncover shows signs of shelf wear, sticker ghost and light creases to laminate on spinethey examine the contradictions inherent in the fashionable notion of sustainable developmentsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop newport behind the public's hope of effective action by governments on environmental issues lies a complex terrain of conceptual confusion, conflicts of interest and philosophical disputeinside contains no marks, annotation or marginalia
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Pedro ribadeneyra (), a spanish jesuit from toledo, was one of the leading political thinkers in spain in the 16th centuryfirst brescia editionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitetrattato della religione, e virtuti, che tener deve il principe christiano, per governare, e conservare i suoi statiit is a very rare and sought-after work in machiavellian studiescover page with old inscription (see photos), slight water stains in the middle of the book that do not affect the textfirst italian edition with the translation of scipione metelli (the spanish-language editio princeps was published in madrid in ), followed by the two in brescia ()complete 19th-century bindinge dalla lingua spagnuola nella italiana tradotto per scipione metelli da castelnuovo di lunigianacatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableribadeneyra pedroour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe rest of the book is in good conditiona man of strict doctrinal formation, ribadeneyra was the first representative of the anti-machiavellian reaction in spain; inspired by possevino’s thinking, this treatise is a radical and organic rebuttal of machiavelli’s prince and is part of the best tradition of the texts on the raison d'étatcontra quel, che nicolò macchiavelli, dannato autore, e i politici (così indegnamente chiamati) di questo tempo empiamente insegnanoare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiin genova, appresso gioseffo pavoni
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In the subsequent conflict some of peter's relatives and friends were murdered, including matveev, and peter witnessed some of these acts of political violenceaccording to historian james cracraft, he led a cultural revolution that replaced the traditionalist and medieval social and political system with a modern, scientific, europe-oriented, and rationalist systemthroughout this period, the government was largely run by artamon matveev, an enlightened friend of alexis, the political head of the naryshkin family and one of peter's greatest childhood benefactorsin numerous successful wars he expanded the tsardom into a huge empire that became a major european power30 may] february [ocatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableas feodor did not leave any children, a dispute arose between the naryshkin and miloslavsky families over who should inherit the thronecountry niue island year \t face value \t5 dollars metal \tsilverare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki28 january] )[a] ruled the tsardom of russia and later the russian empire from 7 may [othis position changed when feodor died inpeter's other half-brother, ivan v, was next in line for the throne, but he was chronically ill and of infirm mind90 mm quality \tproof mintage \t999 pcs read morefrom an early age, peter's education (commissioned by tsar alexis i) was put in the hands of several tutors, most notably nikita zotov, patrick gordon, and paul menesiusconsequently, the boyar duma (a council of russian nobles) chose the 10-year-old peter to become tsar with his mother as regentsophia alekseyevna, one of alexis' daughters from his first marriage, led a rebellion of the streltsy (russia's elite military corps) in april–may999 weight \t2 oz (626 mm thickness \t2this arrangement was brought before the people of moscow, as ancient tradition demanded, and was ratifiedplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteon 29 january , tsar alexis died, leaving the sovereignty to peter's elder half-brother, the weak and sickly feodor iii2g) diameter \t4127 april] until his death, jointly ruling before with his half-brothercoin story peter the great, peter i or pyotr alexeyevich (russian: ???? ??????´????, ???? i, pyotr i, or ???? ????´???, pyotr velikiy) (9 june [oour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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He argues over the book's eight chapters that a great deal of the period’s literary output takes the form of a critique of reason, its political value, and the types of knowledge attainable through itbritish romanticism and the critique of political reason, hardcover by michael, timothy, isbn , isbn-13 , brand new, free p&p in the uk author timothy michael gives readers an in-depth examination of the political philosophy that dominated britain and france in the romantic periodannotation © ringgold, inche examines the works of kant, burke, wollstonecraft, coleridge, wordsworth, shelley, and many other writers and philosophers of the periodthe author is a faculty member of lincoln college and university of oxford in the ukportland, or ()
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Bourne begins by arguing for the public status of theological political claimsthis realism bases social and political criticism in the purposes of a nonviolent, patient, and reconciling godin developing this theological realism, the book furnishes an account of christian criticism capable of addressing key debates in contemporary theology and political theorythe book concludes by developing an account of the impact such a theological realism and practice of critique might have on contemporary political theory--with explorations of the doxological nature of social change, the changing shape of the state, governmentality and political sovereignty, and the status and role of religious communities in civil societyoxfam books & music lancaster seek the peace of the city provides a robust engagement with the theological foundations and practices of christian social and political criticismhe demonstrates that only a vigorous theological realism, grounded in the universal lordship of christ, is capable of providing a foundation for local, particular, and ad hoc practices of critiquerichard bourne identifies a theological realism found in the work of john howard yodersee oxfam website for delivery information read morebourne develops this account and shows how it is consonant with aspects of the work of a range of contemporary theologians including stanley hauerwas, john milbank, karl barth, and dietrich bonhoeffer
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Oxfam bookshop hampstead john macmurray: community beyond political philosophy by frank gdespite 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 itselfabove all, he was a political philosopher determined to place politics into a wider, more comprehensive, metaphysical and religious frameworkthrough this analysis, kirkpatrick explores the extraordinary resonances of macmurray's political thought in other modern philosophers and reveals his enduring significancekirkpatrick 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 communityin 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 westsee oxfam website for delivery information read morenice clean pages inside; small signs of wear on front cover
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Tracebook tracing paper notebooks for visual thinkers by princeton architectural press (notebook / blank book, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 8 to 10 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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3 million books, saving over tonnes of books a year from going straight into landfill siteseach month we recycle over 2book binding:paperbackbook condition:verygoodjacques lacan (routledge critical thinkers)
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Mandela emulates the few great political leaders such as lincoln and gandhi, who go beyond mere consensus and move out ahead of their followers to break new ground' donald woods in the sunday times see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop ilkley the riveting memoirs of the outstanding moral and political leader of our time, a long walk to freedom brilliantly re-creates the drama of the experiences that helped shape nelson mandela's destinyemotive, compelling and uplifting, a long walk to freedom is the exhilarating story of an epic life; a story of hardship, resilience and ultimate triumph told with the clarity and eloquence of a born leaderunforgettable' andre brink 'enthralling'burns with the luminosity of faith in the invincible nature of human hope and dignity
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Mcginty is subsequently offered a job as a 'professional voter' and becomes the boss's political protegedan mcginty (brian donlevy) is a homeless man who impresses a local political boss (akim tamiroff) by voting 37 times at a mayoral election using a variety of false nameshe eventually manages to work his way up to the mayor's office, with his politically expedient bride, catherine (muriel angelus), at his sidesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham classic comedy written and directed by preston sturges
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Oxfam bookshop glossop road slight shelf wear to cover, very good overall condition in political romanticism, carl schmitt defends a concept of political action based on notions of good and evil, justice and injustice, and attacks the political passivity entailed by the romanticism of experience see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Product category: bookslist price (msrp)first edition: falsecondition: goodbinding: paperbackauthors: adamson, peter
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political history books(paperback) “the mighty & the almighty’ madeline albright (paperback) ‘ruling britannia: the failure & future of british democracy’ andrew marr (paperback) ‘alan clark diaries: into politics ’ paperback ‘the downing street years’ margaret thatcher (paperback) ‘churchill ‘ roy jenkins (paperback - acceptable condition) ‘the chancellors’ roy jenkins (hardcover) ‘as it seemed to me: political memoirs’ john cole (paperback) ‘a history of modern britain’ andrew marr (paperback) ‘mikhail gorbachev, memoirs’ (hardcover) mikhail s£5 each or £45 for the collectionpolitics for a change” various writersgorbachev ‘john major’ the autobiography (hardcover) ‘the memoirs of lord carrington reflect on things past’ by lord carrington (hardcover) ‘douglas hurd ‘biography by mark stuart (hardcover) collection from leigh on sea or will post, for £4 each read more‘the alternativemostly, vg condition
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It shows the relationship between the principles and malthus's other writings and activities as a political economistpublished in two volumes or as a set this provides a definitive scholarly variorum edition of malthus's principles of political economythere is also an editorial commentary that aims to explain the significance and origin of the alterationsoxfam bookshop leeds 601ppthe first edition is extremely rare, and for over 150 years confusions and disagreements have inevitably occurred in the interpretation of malthus's economics because of the absence of any systematic record of the differences between the two editionsthe editor has written a lengthy and authoritative introduction giving an account, derived mainly from contemporary correspondence, of the events and circumstances surrounding the publication of the two editionsin good condition, very light wear to edges of cover, a few places where very pale yellow highlighting appears in first 50 pagessee oxfam website for delivery information read more text clean and bright, readableit contains the full text of the first edition, including malthus's own invaluable 70-page summary, and contains details of all the additions, omissions and emendations that occurred between the first and the second, posthumous, edition of
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There are twenty political portraits or sketches over 313 pages see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop west bridgford this book 'political portraits' is the second edition of a book, published inthe book is in good condition with little foxing, but yellowing throughout, which is commensurate with the books age the hard back book is bound in a brown coloured leather, with gold motif at the top and black belowthere is writing in ink on the top of the half title pagethe title, preface and contents pages are loose from the bindingthe title and publisher are in gold lettering on the spineit contains sketches of prominent politicians and public men, of the times, published in the daily news at intervals, during the latter half of the parliamentary recess of
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The new third edition of this popular and successful text on the contemporary global political economy and its historical evolution has been systematically revised and updated throughoutcollection from newcastle, details will be noticed via email reply) - language: english - isbn-10: - isbn-- - product dimensions: 15please also take a look at my other items for saleproduct details - paperback: 496 pages - publisher: palgrave macmillan; 3rd edition edition (31 mar4 cm please do not hesitate to contact me if you require further informationthe impact of the banking and broader crisis is fully covered and new chapters have been added on security and on theories and methodsad id: delivery service consumer credit
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Understanding political philosophy by mel thompson excellent preliminary overview of this subjectcan post email me for details by mel thompson excellent preliminary overview of this subjectcan post email me for details read more
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Shows physical map when unlit and political map (as of ) when lit - half-meridian with graduation marks - scale: - size ø (cm): 30 read more
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3 x political autobiographies - clinton/obama/bushhilary clinton (pb), barak obama (pb), george w bush (hardback) quick sale
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political opinion polls (university library),fspence edition can post email me for details read more
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20cm political globefor ages 5 years and overfeatures battery operated light (requires 4 x aa batteries, not included)east to rotate, it shows how the world spins on its axis
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The political theory of che guevara by renzo llorente (paperback, a %0a delivery%0a uk delivery is usually within 11 to 13 working days%0a international delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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Plausible legality legal culture and political imperative in the global war on terror by rebecca sanders (hardback, a %0a delivery%0a uk delivery is usually within 12 to 14 working days%0a international delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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political system moving into the mainstream by chris garcia (paperback, a %0a delivery%0a uk delivery is usually within 7 to 9 working days%0a international delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for detailshispanics and the u
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