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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham politics affects us all and the same questions reverberate across historythe politics book charts the development of long-running themes, such as attitudes to democracy and violence, developed by thinkers from confucius in ancient china to mahatma gandhi in 20th-century indiaideologies inevitably clash and the politics book takes you through the big ideas such as capitalism, communism, and fascism exploring their beginnings and social contexts in step-by-step diagrams and illustrations, with clear explanations that cut through the jargonfilled with thought-provoking quotes from great thinkers such as nietzsche, karl marx, and mao zedong, the politics book is a thought-provoking and unmissable read for both students and everyone interested in how the world of government and power workssee oxfam website for delivery information read morejustice goes hand in hand with politics, and in this comprehensive guide you can explore the championing of people's rights from the magna carta to thomas jefferson's bill of rights and malcolm x's call to armshumankind has always asked profound questions about how we can best govern ourselves and how rulers should behavewho should rule? is property theft? what's mightier - the bullet or the ballot? discover 80 of the world's greatest thinkers and their political big ideas that continue to shape our lives today
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Comparative government and politics booklike new as never used rod hague and martin harrop politicsposted by debbie in books, comics & magazines, books in glasgow
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The politics of evangelical identity demonstrates how deep the ties remain between political conservatism and evangelical christianity in americawhile canadian evangelicals share the same theology and conservative moral attitudes as their american counterparts, their politics are quite different the politics of evangelical identity challenges this notion, arguing that the hijacking metaphor paints a fundamentally distorted picture of how evangelical churches have become politicizedborder with canada-two in buffalo, new york, and two in hamilton, ontario-lydia bean compares how american and canadian evangelicals talk about politics in congregational settingsshe explains how the most explicit partisan cues come not from clergy but rather from lay opinion leaders who help their less politically engaged peers to link evangelical identity to conservative politicsthe book reveals how the powerful coalition between evangelicals and the republican party is not merely a creation of political elites who have framed conservative issues in religious language, but is anchored in the lives of local congregationssee oxfam website for delivery information read moredrawing on her groundbreaking research at evangelical churches near the ucanada border that reveals deep political differencesit is now a common refrain among liberals that christian right pastors and television pundits have hijacked evangelical christianity for partisan gainoxfam bookshop witney a comparative look at evangelical churches across the uside of the border, political conservatism is woven into the very fabric of everyday religious practicebean shows how subtle partisan cues emerge in small group interactions as members define how "we christians" should relate to others in the broader civic arena, while liberals are cast in the role of adversaries
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Accessible and trenchantly argued, this book presents a primer for the politics of survivalalthough populism is usually associated with right-wing authoritarianism, there is growing interest in more progressive forms of populist politicsoxfam books & music lancaster this book evaluates climate change and populism, two ideas that do not generally go togethersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreacross the world, young people in particular are mobilizing to demand change from an older generation that appears to be incapable of action or is hostage to powerful vested interests and outdated ideasin this book, the author explains why populist forms of political action may yet provide the key to effective policies, which are often discussed but less frequently implementedthe author argues that perhaps they should if policymakers are to be galvanized into action before it is too late
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Above 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 silencedthis 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 classesdrawing 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 stateotherwise clean textoxfam bookshop leeds 274ppstarting 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 takena little stain on a few pages, a little tear at the back of djsee oxfam website for delivery information read morepersonalizing the state challenges dominant narratives of exceptionalism that have portrayed the people as a threat to the democratic orderit reveals the murky, sometimes contradictory desires for a personalized state that cannot easily be collapsed with popular support for authoritarian interventionsfrom 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 conjuncturethese popular forms of engagement reflect, in turn, a longer history of state control exercised against working-class peopleliberal democracy appears in crisis
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By putting the international politics of revolution centre stage, fred halliday's book makes a major contribution to the understanding of both revolution and world politicsrevolutions have, as much as war or nationalism, shaped the development of world politicssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop mold the relation of revolutions to international relations is central to modern historyequally, revolutions have been, in cause, ideology and consequence, international events
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The politics of inner experience: dynamics of a green spirituality bytitle: the politics of inner experience: dynamics of a green spirituality format: paperback / softback type: book publisher: green print uk release date: language: english
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This book is about their struggle to find a place in the male world of organised labour politicslabour women uses oral and questionnaire testimony to draw a portrait of grass-roots activistsfor most labour women, dedication to the class cause far outweighed their desire for power, and the struggle for 'women-power' was abandonedoxfam shop magdelen street after winning the vote in , many thousands of working class women joined the labour party and co-operative movementit contrasts labour women's failure to win power in the national organisations with their great achievements in community politics, poor law administration and municipal governmentconsequently, despite the common reform agendas of labour women and the middle class feminists of the era, a working alliance was never achievedthis copy has a slight mark on the edge of the front cover but is otherwise in very good condition see oxfam website for delivery information read morein the twenties, labour women challenged male leaders to give them equal status and support for their reform programmes, but the ideas were rejected
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Revision book for as level government and politics, not needed anymore as don't do the course any longercovers the aqa and edexcel specifications ad id: delivery service consumer credit
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The politics of working lifewe 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:edwards, paul
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This book will be useful for students, academics and policymakers in the fields of international development, international relations, international political economy, cultural policy and cultural theorythe book goes on to explore some of the practical implications that this international treaty is beginning to have for the ways that culture is (and is not) being integrated into contemporary development policy and practicethis development has generally been welcomed, but also raises a number of questions: what are the implications in policy and practice? who are the most influential voices in promoting a global agenda for culture and development, and to what extent has the creation of new international policy instruments reflected a consensus? more fundamentally, what is meant by "culture" in these discussions and who has the power to give particular definitions political and legal authority? the politics of cultural development seeks to provide a theoretically and historically informed response to such questions, illustrated by reference to case studies (including the european union, the caribbean and china)see oxfam website for delivery information read morenote: has dedication to inner leaf, otherwise as newoxfam shop nether edge there is a growing recognition of the role that culture can play in sustainable development strategiesparticular attention is paid to the formation of the unesco convention on the protection and the promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions, a landmark instrument in debates about culture and development
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This book discusses the origins, impact and aftermath of the civil war in warwickshire, examining administration, religion and politics in their social contextthe book is intended as a contribution to a general understanding of the civil war, rather than as a study of one particular countydustwrapper clean and lightly wornoxfam bookshop chipping norton hardback, , cambridge university pressthe focus is mainly on the landed Ă©lite, but the importance of relationships between members of the Ă©lite and their social inferiors is also stressedearly chapters discuss the economic and social character of warwickshire; a middle section examines the onset of the civil war in ; and finally there is a discussion of the economic impact of the war and the administrative, political and religious changes of the s and s, culminating in an assessment of the significance of the restorationsee oxfam website for delivery information read morelight staining on a few pagesdr hughes takes a critical approach to recent historiography, and challenges the concept of a 'county community'Â boards and spine lightly worn
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham politics by former deputy prime minister nick clegg is a candid account from the top and bottom of british politics that puts the case for reason in the face of extremesin politics he will lift the lid on westminster and whitehall to expose the hidden workings of power in britain todaywe now face one of the most fluid and unpredictable phases in recent political history: nationalism and identity politics are on the rise at home and abroad, outsider figures are becoming mainstream, the centre-ground is apparently vacant and swathes of younger voters are disillusioned by politics altogetherpolitics is at once a candid insider's account of our political past, a dispassionate analysis of our tumultuous present and an essential guide to an uncertain futuremore so than any other political figure, nick clegg has seen the volatile state of modern politics up close and personally, from his spectacular rise to national prominence at the general election, through his tumultuous experience in the coalition government, to a brutal defeat indrawing on stories and lessons from his time as deputy prime minister, including frank analysis of why his party fared so badly in coalition, nick clegg will reflect on the future survival of the politics of reason, evidence and compromise at a time when they are needed mostsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam books & music wells this hardcover book is in good conditionexternally, the dust-jacket has received the damage in preserving the book underneaththe page edges and ends of the book are remarkably clean and the pages sit together as if the book had never been readall in all, a book in good condition whose text pages are clean and clear but whose dust-jacket is noticeably damagedthere are also a series of score marks in the dust-jacket that are visible when you hold the book at a slight angle (see photo)the area of the dust-jacket covering the bottom of the spine has also received a bump (see photo)see oxfam website for delivery information read morethere are no internal markings or annotationsthere is a small crease in the top edge of the dust-jacket on the book's front (see photo)underneath, the book's sage green hard cover is in very good condition with the exception of one swirly white mark on the front which corresponds to a deep score mark in the dust-jacket above (see photo)
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Oxfam bookshop hampstead party politics: volume 3 the stuff of politics by sir ivor jennings originally published in , this is the final volume of party politics following appeal to the people and the growth of parties, which appeared in andthe three volumes of party politics complete the survey of british political institutions which sir ivor jennings began with parliament and cabinet governmentin it sir ivor jennings analyses the nature of politics by discussing some of the political ideas such as church and king, liberty, nationalism, imperialism, free trade and the welfare state, which were instrumental in shaping the british political systemin very good conditionat the time of publication these volumes formed the standard twentieth century authority on british constitutional history, law and practicesee oxfam website for delivery information read more there is a very slight crease to the top cover corner
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The politics of transindividualitylanguage: this book should contain text in engpublication dateauthor: jason readpublisher: haymarket books
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A brief introduction to us politics by davies & mckeever paperback book condition: very good (just a few marks on the cover) signed for 2nd class
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Oxfam bookshop chiswick dr moore's enterprising book focuses on an apparent paradox: the failure of sri lanka's highly politicized smallholder electorate to place on the national political agenda issues relating to the public distribution of material resourcesin exploring the features of sri lanka's history, geography, politics and economy which explain this paradox, the author looks in detail at some of the dominant features of contemporary sri lanka: the political consequences of the plantation experience; the persistence of elite political leadership; and the causes and consequences of ethnic conflictsee oxfam website for delivery information read moresri lanka has more than fifty years' history of pluralist democracy and such issues directly affect the interests of the smallholder populationyet successive sri lankan governments have pursued economic policies favouring food consumers and the state itself at the expense of agricultural producers
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The book is in good condition some stains on the sidealao 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 pariahthree decades later zimbabwe became the focus of international attention for different reasons: acrimonious racial relations, controversial elections, economic hardship and military intervention in drcin the newly independent and democratic zimbabwe was a beacon of hope in a troubled region see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The book shows how german nationalism and later national socialism created what joseph goebbels, hitler's propaganda minister, called the 'steel-like romanticism of the twentieth century'oxfam shop magdelen street in a unique application of critical theory to the study of the role of ideology in politics, jeffrey herf explores the paradox inherent in the german fascists' rejection of the rationalism of the enlightenment while fully embracing modern technologysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreweimar right: ernst juenger, oswald spengler, werner sombart, hans freyer, carl schmitt, and martin heidegger by associating technology with the germans, rather than the jews, with beautiful form rather than the formlessness of the market, and with a strong state rather than a predominance of economic values and institutions, these right-wing intellectuals reconciled germany's strength with its romantic soul and national identityhe documents evidence of a cultural tradition he calls 'reactionary modernism' found in the writings of german engineers and of the major intellectuals of the
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Performance and cultural politics is a groundbreaking collection of essays which explore the historical and cultural territories of performance, written by the foremost scholars in the fieldwear at the top and bottom of spine, and discolouration around the book's edges see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop wanstead condition: good
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Oxfam bookshop henley-on-thames this book examines the many important literary critics and theorists associated with the communist party of great britain in the sit provides a systematic and critical account of the communist understanding of the politics of literature and assesses the ways in which party theorists were influenced by the world communist movementin particular, it shows that british communists were never content simply to restate soviet ideas about literature, but always developed them in ways that were innovative and sometimes unorthodoxsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreex-library, with usual markingstext in excellent clean condition320 pages, including appendix, notes, and index
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The book has owner's name in ink, but all pages are bright and unmarkedit takes issue, too, with the customary view of brecht's career and politics which sees him as compromising either with communist party dogma or bourgeois aestheticssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop exeter this study argues with received accounts to reclaim brecht's emphasis, re-examining the concepts of gestus and verfremdung and their realisation in brecht's poetry in terms of his attempt to consciously apply the methods of dialectical materialism to art and cultural practicethe dustjacket, while bright and without tears, has faded on and near the spine
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This book examines how the dynamics of business have influenced public policy in the context of economic liberalization and democratizationbook condition: very faint staining to the fore edge, slight bend to the top right corner of the front boardit identifies the circumstances under which business might support progressive policies in developing countries see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop beverley this is the second volume on the changing nature of state-business relations
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The book is in as new condition in a slip case which has a little shelfwearthis richly illustrated book explores late medieval sienese art-how it was created, commissioned, and understood by the citizens of sienafirst edition publishedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music beaconsfield celebrating the virgin mary as both an object of religious affection and a focus of civic pride, artists of fourteenth-century siena established for their city a vibrant tradition that continued into the early decades of the next centurycasting new light on such topics as the original site for the reliquary tomb of saint cerbone, patron saint of massa marittima, and the identity of the patrons of the marian frescoes in the rural hermitage of san leonardo al lago, the author deepens our insight into the origins and meanings of sienese art production of the late medieval perioddrawing on extensive unpublished archives, norman reconstructs the circumstances surrounding the commission of marian art in the three most prestigious locations of fourteenth-century siena: the cathedral, the palazzo pubblico, and the hospital of santa maria della scalaexamining political, economic, and cultural relations between siena and the contado, diana norman offers a new understanding of marian art and its political function as an expression of civic ideologyshe analyzes similarly important commissions in the contado towns of massa marittima, montalcino, and montepulcianosuch celebratory portraits of the virgin were also common in siena's extensive subject territories, the contado
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No dust jacket (illustration is of book with dust jacket)based on a wealth of hitherto neglected archival sources, this book analyses the origins, social composition and impact of eugenics in the context of the social and political tension of an industrialising empiresee oxfam website for delivery information read moreanalysis of the origins of the holocaust traditionally centres around völkisch racial ideologies, overlooking the effects of racial ideas on biology and healthspine is cockedoxfam shop kendal hardback in good condition with clean and bright pagessmall area of cloth missing from bottom of front cover
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Written by experienced author and teacher sarra jenkins, aiming for an a in a-level politics subject: politicsexam board: aqa, edexcel, wjec/eduqasfirst teaching: septemberpublisher: hodder education (29 jun
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Edexcel as/a level year 1 politics workbook uk politicshodder educationprinted toby cooperfor the new specificationsbrand new, unused
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