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  • MORAL POLITICS. HOW LIBERALS AND CONSERVATIVES THINK
    LAKOFF, G.
    When Moral Politics was first published two decades ago, it redefined how Americans think and talk about politics through the lens of cognitive political psychology. Today, George Lakoff’s classic text has become all the more relevant, as liberals and conservatives have come to hold even more vigorously opposed views of the world, with the underlying assumptions of their respec...
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    33,70 €

  • ON THE SPIRIT OF RIGHTS
    DAN EDELSTEIN
    By the end of the eighteenth century, politicians in America and France were invoking the natural rights of man to wrest sovereignty away from kings and lay down universal basic entitlements. Exactly how and when did “rights” come to justify such measures? In On the Spirit of Rights, Dan Edelstein answers this question by examining the complex genealogy of the rights that regim...
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  • MARX'S DREAM :
    ROCKMORE, T.
    Two centuries after his birth, Karl Marx is read almost solely through the lens of Marxism, his works examined for how they fit into the doctrine that was developed from them after his death. With Marx's Dream, Tom Rockmore offers a much-needed alternative view, distinguishing rigorously between Marx and Marxism. Rockmore breaks with the Marxist view of Marx in three key ways. ...
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  • PHYLLOSTOMID BATS
    THEODORE H. FLEMING / LILIANA M. DÁVALOS / MARCO A. R. MELLO
    With more than two hundred species distributed across most of mainland Mexico, Central and South America, and islands in the Caribbean Sea, the Phyllostomidae bat family (American leaf-nosed bats) is one of the world's most diverse mammalian families in terms of its trophic, or feeding, diversity. From an insectivorous ancestry, extant species have evolved into several dietary ...
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  • PRESIDENTS AND PARTIES IN THE PUBLIC MIND
    GARY C. JACOBSON
    How is Donald Trump’s presidency likely to affect the reputation and popular standing of the Republican Party? Profoundly, according to Gary C. Jacobson. From Harry S. Truman to Barack Obama, every postwar president has powerfully shaped Americans’ feelings, positive or negative, about their party. The effect is pervasive, influencing the parties’ reputations for competence, th...
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  • THE FEDERAL IMPEACHMENT PROCESS
    MICHAEL J. GERHARDT
    Twenty years after President Clinton's impeachment proceedings, talk of impeachment is again in the air. But what are the grounds for impeaching a sitting president? Who is subject to impeachment? Is impeachment effective as a safeguard against presidential misconduct? What challenges does today's highly partisan political climate pose to the impeachment process, and what, if a...
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  • PHYLOGENY AND EVOLUTION OF THE ANGIOSPERMS
    SOLTIS, D. / SOLTIS, P. / ENDRESS, P. / CHASE, M. / MANCHESTER, S. / JUDD, W. / MAJURE, L. / MAVRODIEV, E.
    Although they are relative latecomers on the evolutionary scene, having emerged only 135?170 million years ago, angiosperms—or flowering plants—are the most diverse and species-rich group of seed-producing land plants, comprising more than 15,000 genera and over 350,000 species. Not only are they a model group for studying the patterns and processes of evolutionary diversificat...
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  • THE KEW TEMPERATE PLANT FAMILIES IDENTIFICATION HANDBOOK
    BRAMLEY, G. / TRIAS BLASI, A. / WILFORD, R.
    u003cbu003eA richly illustrated guide to the identification of temperate plants.u003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbru003e The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is a center of expertise for cultivating a range of plants from around the world. u003ciu003eThe Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbooku003c/iu003e draws on the combined knowledge of those ex...
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    41,60 €