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The political economy of defence by ron matthews (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 7 to 9 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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political economy of the american frontier, paperback by murtazashvili, ilia, isbn , isbn-13 , brand new, free p&p in the uk demonstrates why claim clubs are perhaps the most important explanation for the origins of and change in property institutions during an important period in american history
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Oxfam shop moortown political economy of labor repression in the united states by andrew kolin () first edition hardback book in like new condition, appears to be unreadsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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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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In , western medicine was important to philanthropy and public health, but it was marginal to the state, the industrial economy and the welfare of most individualssome concentrate on the political economy of medicine and health as it changed from period to period and varied between countries, others focus on understandings of the body, and a third set of essays explores transformations in some of the theatres of medicine and the changing experiences of different categories of practitioners and patientsoxfam shop dumfries during the twentieth century, medicine has been radically transformed and powerfully transformativesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is now central to these aspects of lifethe editors of medicine in the twentieth century have commissioned over forty authoritative essays, written by historical specialists but intended for general audiencesour prospects seem increasingly dependent on the progress of bio-medical sciences and genetic technologies which promise to reshape future generations
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In , western medicine was important to philanthropy and public health, but it was marginal to the state, the industrial economy and the welfare of most individualssome concentrate on the political economy of medicine and health as it changed from period to period and varied between countries, others focus on understandings of the body, and a third set of essays explores transformations in some of the theatres of medicine and the changing experiences of different categories of practitioners and patientsoxfam books & music kentish town during the twentieth century, medicine has been radically transformed and powerfully transformativesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is now central to these aspects of lifethe editors of medicine in the twentieth century have commissioned over forty authoritative essays, written by historical specialists but intended for general audiencesour prospects seem increasingly dependent on the progress of bio-medical sciences and genetic technologies which promise to reshape future generations
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The volumes: a joy for ever (and its price in the market), being the substance (with additions) of two lectures on the political economy of art delivered at manchester, july 10th and 13th the two paths, being lectures on art and its application to decoration and manufacture delivered in a joy for ever: corners slightly rubbed, spine faded (the title lettering remains bright), binding sound with hinges secure, contents clean and brightthe two paths: corners and edges (including gilt top edge) a little rubbed, spines faded (the title lettering remains bright), front hinge cracked, contents clean and brightoxfam bookshop henley-on-thames two uniform volumes bound in green leather with gilt titles to front and spine and gilt initials to frontcombined size 15combined weight 275gsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreribbon marker in placeribbon marker in place but shortened
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The opening section considers the ensuing constraints on productivity, transportation, and the spatial organization of the economybut economic inefficiency also created a pool of under-utilized resources that could potentially be mobilized in pursuit of political powerthis is followed by an analysis of the military and economic constraints on the political integration of space through the formation of geographically extensive political units, and the volume concludes with a section on the demographic and economic consequences of the investment of manpower and resources in warexisting accounts of organic economies emphasize their restricted potential to support economic and political development, but this volume also considers why so much potential remained unrealizedbased on an original synthesis of 'structural' economic and demographic history with traditionally 'event driven' political and military history, it takes as its starting point ethe second section analyses the constraints imposed by muscle-powered military technology and by the organic economy on the tactical, operational, and strategic use of armed force, and the consequences of the spread of firearms in recorded history's first energy revolutionthe volume gives an innovative account of this potential - and why it was realized in the ancient world rather than the medieval west - together with a new analysis of the gunpowder revolution and the inability of rulers to meet the consequential costs within the confines of an organic economyoxfam bookshop wallingford the field and the forge offers a new approach to the pre-industrial past in europe and the mediterranean basin from the roman republic to the fall of napoleonsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreresource shortages prevented rulers from establishing a fiscal apparatus capable of appropriating such resources as were physically availablewrigley's concept of 'organic economies' and their reliance on the land for energy and raw materialsendemic mass poverty curtailed demand, limiting incentives for investment and innovation, and keeping output growth below what was technologically possible
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Published in two volumes or as a set this provides a definitive scholarly variorum edition of malthus's principles of political economyit shows the relationship between the principles and malthus's other writings and activities as a political economistin 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 morethe 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 editions text clean and bright, readableoxfam bookshop leeds 601ppit 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 ofthe 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 editionsthere is also an editorial commentary that aims to explain the significance and origin of the alterations
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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 throughoutad id: delivery service consumer credit) - language: english - isbn-10: - isbn-- - product dimensions: 15the impact of the banking and broader crisis is fully covered and new chapters have been added on security and on theories and methodscollection from newcastle, details will be noticed via email replyplease also take a look at my other items for sale4 cm please do not hesitate to contact me if you require further informationproduct details - paperback: 496 pages - publisher: palgrave macmillan; 3rd edition edition (31 mar
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In 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 conflictoxfam 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 resourcessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreyet successive sri lankan governments have pursued economic policies favouring food consumers and the state itself at the expense of agricultural producerssri lanka has more than fifty years' history of pluralist democracy and such issues directly affect the interests of the smallholder population
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He demolishes the wilder claims of postmodern historians who deny the possibility of any realistic grasp of history, and explains the political dangers of losing a historical perspective on the way people live their livessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop dumfries this volume combines argument about the nature of history with case studies of how good history is written and researchedat a time of deep scepticism about people's ability to learn anything from the past, even to recapture any serious sense of past cultures and ways of life, richard evans shows readers why history is both possible and necessaryrichard evans is the author of "death in hamburg" (winner of the wolfson literary award for history) and "rituals of retribution"
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Im their place, he developed a pragmatic and realist approach to the ethics of force which eschews absolute rules and instead evaluates consequentially the use of force in defence of the liberal-democratic statesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop aberystwyth reinhold niebuhr was vociferously opposed to nazism and to isolationism as an american response to that threat, he rejected pacifism and the legalism of the just war traditionthis work assesses niebuhr's ethical approach to war
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Taylor argues that king was an honest compiler of data whose eccentric calculations of the data available to him were motivated by the problems he facedbecause he used only empiricism and shop arithmetic, the estimates were probably as accurate as anyone in the 17th century could have made themin addition to this valuable commentary, taylor also includes reprints of several scarce but very important documents by or about king, including king's estimates of national population and wealth, his autobiography, his essay on the naval trade of england, his letter on queen anne's bounty, and the life of king written by george chalmerswriting in , but calculating for the year , he put the population at approximately 5"gregory king () was an engraver, herald, surveyor, and secretary to the commissioners for the public accounts, but he is best known for his estimates of the wealth and population of england" see oxfam website for delivery information read morethis first book-length study of king's work positions his successes and shortcomings as a statistician within the context of the whole ongoing failure of statisticians to construct a method of exact prediction about human societyoxfam bookshop bloomsbury street some sticker residue to back cover but otherwise in very good condition; pages clean and free of any underlining/markinghistorians have recently doubted the accuracy of these estimatesin this book, john a
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop macclesfield ruskin's work was instrumental in the formation of art history as a modern disciplinethis book is based on a series of lectures given in and the preface to this rare us published (st paul, minnesota) volume is date april 29tha capable artist, he complemented his technical understanding of art with insightful analysis and passionately held social idealsclear wear and discoloration on cover but inside of book intact
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Oxfam shop colne road a critical analysis of issues and approaches in a variety of areas, ranging from the political economy of popular music through its history and ethnography to its semiology, aesthetics and ideologythe book focuses on anglo-american popular music of the last 200 yearssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Language: this book should contain text in engpublisher: haymarket bookspublication date
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreprevious owners inscription to ffep, block clean and binding tightoxfam bookshop stirling vg gloss pictorial paper, a few shallow scratches to gloss, and slight fading to spine
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Oxfam bookshop wanstead liberty and freedom are frequently invoked to justify political actionpolitical agendas tend to fail, he argues, because they ignore the complexities of geographyharvey begins with an insightful critique of the political uses of freedom and liberty, especially during the george wincorporating geographical knowledge into the formation of social and political policy is therefore a necessary condition for genuine democracythen, through an ontological investigation into geography's foundational concepts, space, place, and environment, he radically reframes geographical knowledge as a basis for social theory and political actionas harvey makes clear, the cosmopolitanism that emerges is rooted in human experience rather than illusory ideals and brings us closer to achieving the liberation we seeksee oxfam website for delivery information read morecombining his passions for politics and geography, david harvey charts a cosmopolitan order more appropriate to an emancipatory form of global governancedemonstrated by incidents at abu ghraib and guantánamo bay, the pursuit of liberty and freedom can lead to violence and repression, undermining our trust in universal theories of liberalism, neoliberalism, and cosmopolitanismbush administrationkennedy, ronald reagan, and george wbush have built their policies on some version of these noble valuesyet in practice, idealist agendas often turn sour as they confront specific circumstances on the groundpresidents as diverse as woodrow wilson, franklin delano roosevelt, john f
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The scott inquiry into the export of defence equipment & dual use goods to iraq and related prosecutionsfive volumes report of the inquiry into the export of defence equipment & dual-use goods to iraq & related prosecutionsfive volumes (lrbs) read morein good clean condition, very minor scuff to some of the covers, minor crease to corners of one of the coverthe scott inquirypages in very good order
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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 benefactorscountry niue island year \t face value \t5 dollars metal \tsilver6 mm thickness \t2this position changed when feodor died incoin story peter the great, peter i or pyotr alexeyevich (russian: ???? ??????´????, ???? i, pyotr i, or ???? ????´???, pyotr velikiy) (9 june [oas feodor did not leave any children, a dispute arose between the naryshkin and miloslavsky families over who should inherit the throneon 29 january , tsar alexis died, leaving the sovereignty to peter's elder half-brother, the weak and sickly feodor iii999 weight \t2 oz (62this arrangement was brought before the people of moscow, as ancient tradition demanded, and was ratifiedsophia alekseyevna, one of alexis' daughters from his first marriage, led a rebellion of the streltsy (russia's elite military corps) in april–maypeter's other half-brother, ivan v, was next in line for the throne, but he was chronically ill and of infirm mindare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablefrom 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 menesius27 april] until his death, jointly ruling before with his half-brotherconsequently, the boyar duma (a council of russian nobles) chose the 10-year-old peter to become tsar with his mother as regent90 mm quality \tproof mintage \t999 pcs read morein numerous successful wars he expanded the tsardom into a huge empire that became a major european power2g) diameter \t41our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store28 january] )[a] ruled the tsardom of russia and later the russian empire from 7 may [o30 may] february [o
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Clinton's insider secrets and patterson's storytelling genius make this the political thriller of the decade' - brad meltzer, author of the escape artist'from the pens of two american icons comes a political thriller that rocksmy knuckles are still white!' - louise penny, no1 bestselling author of glass houses'marry the political savvy of bill clinton with the craftsmanship of james patterson and you get a fabulously entertaining thriller that is meticulous in its portrayal of washington politics, gripping in its pacing, and harrowing in its depiction of the perils of cyberwarfarethe president is missingthe world is in shockoxfam shop wolverhampton 'the dream team delivers big time' - james patterson 'i felt like i was right along with the characters for the shocking twists and turns you'll never guess are coming' - jeffery deaver'a first-rate collaboration from a couple of real pros! engrossing from page onei read it in one gulpthese days, the seemingly impossible can happen' - bill clinton 'needless to say, we had some great conversations about the presidency, what life in washington is really like, and about the state of america and the rest of the worlda helluva story' - michael connelly, author of the harry bosch series'the president is missing is a big, splashy juggernaut of a novel, combining thrills with a truly authentic look at the inner happenings in washington' - dennis quaid on the audiobook of the president is missing'relentless in its plotting and honest in its examination of issues that strike close to our heartsthe day of the jackal for the twenty-first centurypatterson and clinton have created a truly unique character in their 'missing' presidenti believe that readers will not soon forget president jonathan duncan and his storybut the reason he's missing is much worse than anyone can imaginewith details only a president could know, and the kind of suspense only james patterson can deliverfinn, author of the woman in the window'this book moves like air force one' - nelson demille, author of the cuban affair'the president is missing is heart-pounding, gripping, terrifying' - ron chernow, no1 bestselling and pulitzer prize-winning author of alexander hamilton and grant see oxfam website for delivery information read more'a bullet train of a thrillera genuinely masterful thriller' - david baldacci'the president is missing is more than a thriller - it's a skeleton key that lets you inside the head of a u' - harlan coben, no1 bestselling author of don't let go'yes, the president is missing is fiction - it's a thriller - but james patterson and i have come up with three of the most frightening days in the history of the presidencyand it could really happenand it happens so fastthe president is missing puts the listener inside the white house and inside the mind of a president grappling with extraordinary circumstances
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham the french revolution marks the foundation of the modern political worldit was in the crucible of the revolution that the political forces of conservatism, liberalism and socialism began to find their modern form, and it was the revolution that first asserted the claims of universal individual rights, on which our current understandings of citizenship are basedthe story of the terror is a story of grand political pronouncements, uprisings and insurrections, but also a story of survival against hunger, persecution and bewildering ideological demands, a story of how a state, even with the noblest of intentions, can turn on its people and almost crush themthe guillotine in paris claimed some official victims, but executions of captured counter-revolutionary rebels ran into the tens of thousands, and deaths in the areas of greatest conflict probably ran into six figures, with indiscriminate massacres being perpetrated by both sidessee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut the terror was, as much as anything else, a civil war, and such wars are always both brutal and complex
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Clinton's insider secrets and patterson's storytelling genius make this the political thriller of the decade' - brad meltzer, author of the escape artist'from the pens of two american icons comes a political thriller that rocksmy knuckles are still white!' - louise penny, 1 bestselling author of glass houses'marry the political savvy of bill clinton with the craftsmanship of james patterson and you get a fabulously entertaining thriller that is meticulous in its portrayal of washington politics, gripping in its pacing, and harrowing in its depiction of the perils of cyberwarfarethe world is in shockoxfam bookshop cheltenham 'the dream team delivers big time' - james patterson 'i felt like i was right along with the characters for the shocking twists and turns you'll never guess are coming' - jeffery deaver'a first-rate collaboration from a couple of real pros! engrossing from page onei read it in one gulpthese days, the seemingly impossible can happen' - bill clinton 'needless to say, we had some great conversations about the presidency, what life in washington is really like, and about the state of america and the rest of the worlda helluva story' - michael connelly, author of the harry bosch series'the president is missing is a big, splashy juggernaut of a novel, combining thrills with a truly authentic look at the inner happenings in washington' - dennis quaid on the audiobook of the president is missing'relentless in its plotting and honest in its examination of issues that strike close to our heartsthe day of the jackal for the twenty-first century' - lee child the president is missingpatterson and clinton have created a truly unique character in their 'missing' president' - ron chernow, 1 bestselling and pulitzer prize-winning author of alexander hamilton and grant see oxfam website for delivery information read morei believe that readers will not soon forget president jonathan duncan and his storybut the reason he's missing is much worse than anyone can imaginewith details only a president could know, and the kind of suspense only james patterson can deliverfinn, author of the woman in the window'this book moves like air force one' - nelson demille, author of the cuban affair'the president is missing is heart-pounding, gripping, terrifying'a bullet train of a thriller' - harlan coben, 1 bestselling author of don't let go'yes, the president is missing is fiction - it's a thriller - but james patterson and i have come up with three of the most frightening days in the history of the presidencya genuinely masterful thriller' - david baldacci'the president is missing is more than a thriller - it's a skeleton key that lets you inside the head of a uand it could really happenand it happens so fastthe president is missing puts the listener inside the white house and inside the mind of a president grappling with extraordinary circumstances
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Oxfam bookshop beverley the rising importance of china and its impact on the world economy has attracted massive interest worldwide see oxfam website for delivery information read morebook condition: as newthis book examines a wide range of issues related to china and its relationship with the world economy, focusing on its successful development experiences and how its rise may affect the rest of the world in the coming decades
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Ambitious and controversial, the immaterial self is the most powerful and effective defence of cartesian dualism since descartes' ownin doing so he is in radical conflict with the current philosophical establishmentsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreboth are fundamental and one cannot be reduced to the other - there are minds and there is a physical worldthis book examines and defends the most famous dualist account of the mind, the cartesian, which attributes the immaterial contents of the mind to an immaterial selfit holds that there exists two very different realms, one mental and the other physical john foster's new book exposes the inadequacies of the dominant materialist and reductionist accounts of the mindoxfam bookshop preston dualism argues that the mind is more than just the brain
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The west country's last line of defencepublication datelanguage: this book should contain text in engpublisher: amberley publishingauthor: andrew powell-thomas
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Contents include: the three lines of criticism - rise and conditions of the philosophical theory of the state - sociological compared with philosophical theory - the paradox of political obligation; self government - the problem of political obligation more radically treated - the conception of a "real" will - the conception of liberty as illustrated by the foregoing suggestions - psychological illustration of the idea of a real or general will - nature of the end of the state and consequent limit of state action - rousseau's theory as applied to the modern state: kant, fichte, hegel - the analysis of a modern state, hegel's "philosophy of right" - institutions considered as ethical ideas formerly owned by the university of dundee library it has the wrong cover on the book this is the fourth edition, reprinted insee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop ulverston originally published in
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Woman has risen to the top, and a review of the political campaigns of hillary clinton, michele bachmann and others will be includedthis book, which is a series of case studies of women who have headed governments across the globe, will discuss the conditions and situations under which women rose to power and give a brief biography of each womanthis book will be of interest for courses in women and leadership, global politics and gender studiessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe fields of leadership studies and of women's studies have grown tremendouslya special chapter on why no uoxfam bookshop reading first published in
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Oxfam bookshop reading a study of victorian middle class culture as observed through the domestic, commercial, social and political careers of four 19th-century british businessmenthe author examines the biographies of each family over three generations and offers observations on 19th-century society see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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