Political Theory
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Rules For Radicals
by Saul D Alinsky
Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals is the last book written by community organizer Saul D. Alinsky before his death in 1972. Published in 1971, it was Alinsky's attempt to impart his theory and methods of organizing to the current generation of young activists, largely drawing upon his own experiences. Alinsky wrote in the book's prologue: "What I have to say in this book is not the arrogance of unsolicited advice.
The Theory Of the Proletarian Revolution
by Vladimir Ilich, Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Josef Stalin V Bystryansky and M Mishin Lenin
The Dominant Ideas Of the Nineteenth Century and Their Impact On the State Vol 2
by Jbozsef; Jones, D Mervyn Ehtvhos
Political Theory Books & Ephemera
Counterrevolution and Revolt
by Marcuse, Herbert
Herbert Marcuse (1898-1979) was born in Berlin and educated at the universities of Berlin and Freiburg. He fled Germany in 1933 and arrived in the United States in 1934. Marcuse taught at Columbia, Harvard, Brandeis, and the University of California, San Diego, where he met Andrew Feenberg and William Leiss as graduate students. He is the author of numerous books, including One-Dimensional Man and Eros and Civilization.
Peace Research: The Canadian Journal of Peace Studies, Vol. 33 (2)
by Naidu, M.V. (editor)
Brandon, MB: M.V. Naidu, Brandon University, 2001. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo. November 2001. Soft cover. 153 pp., 12 pp. newsletter. Light chafing to edges, slight yellowing to covers.
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Perestroika: New Thinking for Our Country and the World
by Gorbachev, Mikhail
New York: Harper & Row, 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Full navy cloth. 254 pp. Lightly foxed to top edge. Dust jacket is bumped to spine head, rubbed to covers.
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Power Shift: From Party Elites to Informed Citizens
by Lyon, Vaughan
Bloomington: iUniverse Inc, 2011. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo. SIGNED with inscription from author to ffep. Soft cover. xxiii, 321 pp. Foreward by Alan Cairns, former head of the Political Science department at the University of British Columbia. Fine condition. Fed up with politics as usual? Most Canadians are. They want their MP to represent them and not a party in the House of Commons. Political parties, however, do not consider reforms that would shift significant power from them to citizens. Professor...
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The Idea of Civil Society
by Seligman, Adam B
Princeton: Princeton University Press. 1995. Very Good+ condition - Card Covers. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 241 pages. Two centuries after its origins in the Enlightenment, the idea of civil society is being revived to provide an answer to the question of how individuals can pursue their own interests while preserving the greater good of society and, similarly, how society can advance the interests of the individuals who comprise it. However, as Seligman shows,...
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Not Without Cause: A Cautionary Tale for Voters and Politicians Everywhere
by Gagnon, Georgette and Dan Rath
Toronto: Harper Collins, 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. First edition stated. Quarter tan cloth, mustard paper boards. 408 pp., [8] pp. B&W photo plates. Light bumping to spine ends. Dust jacket is price clipped, lightly bumped to extremities. Gagnon and Rath's Not Without Cause is the gripping ccount of how the David Peterson Liberals did not anticipate or prepare for the new trends emerging in Canada's electoral process: the increasing power of special-interest groups,...
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The Nature and Function of International Organization
by Goodspeed, Stephen S
New York: Oxford University Press, 1964. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Fourth printing. Orig teal cloth. Map endpapers. xi, 676 pp. About fine.
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What About Communism
by Schlesinger, Arthur M. Jr
New York: The Public Affairs Committee, 1950. Soft cover. Very Good. 5.5" x 8.5" Public Affairs Pamphlet No. 164. Orig. printed green paper wrappers, staple bound. 32 pp. Wrappers are age toned, rubbed to extremities, ink date stamps to covers, a few small ink stains. Ink ownership inside front cover.
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Anarchists Adrift: Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman
by Wenzer, Kenneth C
St. James, New York: Brandywine Press, 1996. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First printing stated. Soft cover. xiii, 114 pp. Spine and extremities sunned, some rubbing to covers.
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Social and Political Theory
by Barker, Ernest
Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1951. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Orig. navy cloth. viii, 284 pp. Dust jacket is price clipped, sunned to extremities, some damp staining to spine, a few short tears and some creasing to top edge at rear.
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Non-Violent Action: A Christian Appraisal. A report commissioned for the United Reformed Church
by (Commission on Non-Violent Action.; United Reformed Church in England and Wales.; British Council of Churches. Department of International Affairs)
London: SCM Press Ltd, 1973. Soft cover. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. xi, 84 pp. Covers are age toned, else fine. Is violence the only effective response to injustice? Or can civil and international tensions be resolved by non-violent methods which are both morally right and effective in practical terms? This report, produced by a working party originally set up by the Presbyterian Church of England, pursues the practical possibilities of non-violence. After some theological...
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Theories of Imperialism
by Mommsen, Wolfgang J
University of Chicago Press, 1982. Paperback. Good. Some writing on facing page.
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World Ethics The New Agenda (Edinburgh Studies in World Ethics)
by Dower, Nigel
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. 1998. Very Good condition. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 214 pages. Presented in two parts: Part I. Theories; Part II. Applications. . 1st thus. Trade Paperback.
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NZ$20.03
Civil Society. Old Images, New Visions
by Keane, John
Cambridge: Polity Press. 1998. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine condition - an excellent copy. 201 pages. This book looks at the distinction bewteen civil society and the state and the views of politicians, business leaders, academics, relief agencies and citizen's organisations. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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NZ$22.25
Politics of Ideocracy
by Piekalkiewicz, Jaroslaw and Alfred Wayne Penn
Albany: State University of New York Press, 1995. 1st Edition Thus. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First paperback edition. Soft cover. x, 274 pp. Significant sunning to covers, light edge wear. Some soiling to pages at rear. Neat pencil notation to first ~30 pages. Expanding upon the concept of totalitarianism, this study introduces the concept of ideocracy to encompass all those political systems that legitimize their actions by reference to an all inclusive utopian ideology.
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Millennium
by Bey, Hakim
Brooklyn, NY: Autonomedia, 1996. Soft cover. Near Fine. 18mo. Soft cover. 112 pp. Spine tilted, sunned, lightly worn at ends.
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Which Kind of Revolution
by Herridge, W.D
Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo. Orig. red cloth, 162pp. Light foxing, some bruising to spine ends o/w very good in a good but soiled d/w, tear to edges and extremities of jacket, with front inner flap clipped. Contents: Statement of the Problem, Failure of Democracy, The Second World War, Democracy Unrepentant and Unchanged, the Third World War and Total Use.
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Politics: The Master Science
by Wiseman, Victor
New York: Pegasus, 1969. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo. Full red paper boards. ix, 105 pp. Tiny spots of staining to spine head. Dust jacket is price clipped, moderately soiled, torn at spine foot and top edge of front cover. Politics: The Master Science is an exploration of the world of the political scientist and an informal introduction to politics as both a practical art and an academic discipline.
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NZ$43.62
Israeli-Soviet Relations. 1953-1967. From Confrontation to Disruption
by Gorvin, Yosef
London: Frank Cass, 1998. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First English Edition. xxxvi 347 p.p., [8] p.p. of b/w photographs. Light rubbing to jacket, with black marker drawn over ISBN barcode on rear cover. Small bump to head of rear board, but otherwise in near fine condition. The book was first published in Hebrew in 1990 by the Magnes Press of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and was the recipient of Israel's Prime Minister's Prize in 1991.
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NZ$124.64
When the Iron is Hot
by Moore, William Henry
Pickering, Ontario: Printers Guild Limited, 1943. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 18mo. Orig. blue cloth. 112 pp. Spine slightly cocked. Bookplate to front pastedown. O/w fine in fine jacket.
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NZ$186.96
Statistics, Science, and Public Policy: XVI. Risks, Rights, and Regulations. Proceedings of the Conference on Statistics, Science and Public Policy held at Herstmonceux Castle, Halisham, U.K., April 17-20, 2011
by Herzberg, A.M. (editor)
Kingston, Ontario: A.M. Herzberg, 2011. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Full red cloth, gilt lettering to spine and front board. xvi, 192 pp. Fine.
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NZ$62.32
Politics of the Kula Ring: An Analysis of the Findings of Bronislaw Malinowski
by Singh Uberoi, J.P
Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1962. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Orig. blue cloth. xv, 162 pp. B&W maps, incl. one fold-out. Light damp staining to lower front board, tail edge of text block, and one spot to rear board. Ink ownership inscription to ffep. Dust jacket is sunned to spine and edges, chip to head of front joint, a few short closed tears, damp staining to rear.
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NZ$37.39
Authority and the Individual
by Russell, Bertrand
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. The First Reith Lectures for 1948-9. Orig. green cloth boards. 125 pp. Spine tilted, foxing to cloth. Dust jacket is sunned and rubbed to extremities, open tears to head of rear cover.
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Enquiries concerning the Human Understanding and Concerning the Principles of Morals
by Hume, David; Selby-Bigge, L.A
London: Oxford University Press, 1936. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Reprinted from the Posthumous Edition of 1777 and Edited with Introduction, Comparative Table of Contents, and Analytical Index. Reprint of 1902 second edition. Orig. navy cloth. xl, 371 pp. Spine cocked, chafing to spine ends and corners. Foxed to edges of text block. Dust jacket is age toned, scuffed to spine, chipped at spine ends, joints reinforced tor reverse with tape.
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NZ$342.76
The Power Elite and the State: How Policy is Made in America
by Domhoff, G. William
Hawthorne, New York: Aldine de Gruyter, 1990. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo. Social Institutions and Social Change Series. Soft cover. xix, 315 pp. Fine. This volume presents a network of social power, indicating that theories inspired by C. Wright Mills are far more accurate views about power in America than those of Mills' opponents. Dr. Domhoff shows how and why coalitions within the power elite have inovlved themselves in such policy issues as the Social Security Act and the Employment Act, and how the...
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A Short History of Communism
by Harvey, Robert
New York: Thomas Dunne Books. 2004. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Sticker to front free endpaper. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 422 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st US Edition. Hardback.
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