Political Science

In 1517, Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the wall of Wittenberg church. He argued that the Church's internally consistent but absurd doctrines had pickled into a dogmatic structure of untruth. It was time for a Reformation. Half a millennium later,...

Some would argue that scarcely a day passes without a new assault on our privacy. In the wake of the whistle-blower Edward Snowden's revelations about the extent of surveillance conducted by the security services in the United States, Britain, and...

The Hopkins Touch offers the first portrait in over two decades of the most powerful man in Roosevelt's administration. In this impressive biography, David Roll shows how Harry Hopkins, an Iowa-born social worker who had been an integral part of the...

For much of the twentieth century improvement in the situation of disadvantaged communities was a focus for urban planning and policy. Yet over the past three decades the ideological triumph of neoliberalism has caused the allocation of spatial,...

"My aim is to get you to read a book by Karl Marx called Capital, Volume 1, and to read it on Marx's own terms."The biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression has generated a surge of interest in Marx's work in the effort to understand the...

Tanks on the streets, local regiments confined to barracks and the imposition of martial law.This was not Petrograd, but Glasgow in 1919.Revolt on the Clyde is William Gallacher's eye witness account of these tumultuous events - and more - in an era that...

This ground-breaking and compelling book takes us deep into the world of a public housing estate in Dublin, showing in fine detail the life struggles of those who live there. The book puts the emphasis on class and gender processes, revealing them to be...

Once a young girl in Somalia who wanted to be in films and escape the domineering grasp of her father, Adua is now an "Old Lira," a woman who immigrated to Italy during the first wave in the 1970's. With the end of the Somalian civil war, Adua begins to...

What is the EU for? In light of the current state of European integration, EU law cannot meaningfully be appreciated without understanding the political, social and cultural context within which it operates. This textbook proposes a fresh, accessible and...

Based on interviews with Islamic State insiders, Abdel Bari Atwan reveals the origins and modus operandi of the fastest-growing and richest terrorist group in the world. Outlining its leadership structure and strategies, Atwan describes the group's...

Many in the United States and Israel believe that Hamas is nothing but a terrorist organization, and that its social sector serves merely to recruit new supporters for its violent agenda. Based on Sara Roy's extensive fieldwork in the Gaza Strip and West...

Does the UK still have an industrial strategy? How should we understand the renewed interest within government in industrial policy - and now its apparent reversal - in recent years? This collection of essay by leading academics and practitioners...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780854482160Author Gary LachmanFormat HardbackPage Count 88Imprint The Swedenborg SocietyPublisher The Swedenborg Society

During the past forty years, thousands of studies have been carried out on the subject of happiness. Some have explored the levels of happiness or dissatisfaction associated with typical daily activities, such as working, seeing friends, or doing...

'Essential reading for anyone anxious to understand the background to the Brexit debate' TabletWith all the political infighting in British politics over Brexit dominating the news cycle, we almost forgot who we were negotiating with. Now, in Blind Man's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Kirkus Prize (Nonfiction) 2018.Book InformationISBN 9780735223608Author Shane BauerFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Prentice Hall PressPublisher Prentice...

Continuing Joel Spring's reportage and analysis of the intersection of global forces and education, this text offers a comprehensive overview and synthesis of current research, theories, and models related to the topic. Written in his signature clear,...

Started in the wake of George Zimmerman's 2013 acquittal in the death of Trayvon Martin, the #BlackLivesMatter movement has become a powerful and uncompromising campaign demanding redress for the brutal and unjustified treatment of black bodies by law...

Although the French Revolution is associated with efforts to dechristianize the French state and citizens, it actually had long-term religious-even Christian-origins, claims Dale Van Kley in this controversial new book. Looking back at the two and a half...

"Avoiding sensationalism or self-pity, what Mr. Wu has given us is the unemotional and authoritative reference work long needed to complement the vivid but anecdotal accounts of individual prisoners. . . . a comprehensive . . . expose, laying out, in the...

How do statesmen become aware of unfavorable shifts in relative power, and how do they seek to respond to them? These are puzzles of considerable importance to theorists of international relations. As national decline has become an increasingly prominent...

In this urgent and timely book, Patrick Cockburn writes the first draft of the history of the current crisis in the Middle East.Here he charts the period from the recapture of Mosul in 2017 to Turkey's attack on Kurdish territory in November 2019, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250192455Author James ComeyFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's Press

The first textbook to explain the full range of operations in Welsh governance and politics for AS, A2 and undergraduate studentsThis new textbook explains Welsh devolution through the use of case studies, critical analysis and clear explanations of...

For much of recorded history, China was a leading science and technology power. But just as the West rose, China turned in on itself, and missed the Industrial Revolution. The result was the 'Hundred Years of Humiliation', and a long struggle for a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910010013Author Angus CarlyleFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint UniformbooksPublisher UniformbooksDimensions(mm) 234mm * 142mm * 16mm

Written by the world's leading experts and campaigners, Modern Slavery: A Beginner's Guide blends original research with shocking first-hand accounts from slaves themselves around the world to reveal the truth behind one of the worst humanitarian crises...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637631850Author Harold HammFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Forefront BooksPublisher Forefront BooksWeight(grams) 590gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 165mm *...

An inspiring manual for navigating humanity's collective dark night and enacting personal and planetary transformation* Explores how Sacred Activism--specifically, creative, wise, sacredly inspired action--offers an antidote to the crises facing our...

This is the first in-depth study of the secret society called CUP (Committee of Union and Progress), based on their own papers. It pays special attention to the Young Turks as an intellectual movement which continues to influence the thinking of Turkish...

Investigating areas as diverse as travel literature, fiction, dialect, the stage, radio, and television, feature film, music and sport, this fascinating book assesses the attitudes and portrayal of the North of England within the national culture and how...

In the endless series of United States military interventions, the 'humanitarian' bombing of Yugoslavia played a key role in gaining support of the centre left for war as an instrument of policy. Thanks to massive deception and self-deception by...

Overtime is about the politics of time, and specifically the amount of time that we spend labouring within capitalist society. It argues that reactivating the longstanding demand for shorter working hours should be central to any progressive trajectory...

Why has Libya fallen apart since 2011? The world has largely given up trying to understand how the revolution that toppled Muammar Gaddafi has left the country a failed state and a major security headache for Europe. Gaddafi's police state has been...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781608193424Author Victor Davis HansonFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Bloomsbury PressPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PlcWeight(grams) 301g

A spirit is haunting contemporary thought - the spirit of Hegel. All the powers of academia have entered into a holy alliance to exorcize this spirit: Vitalists and Eschatologists, Transcendental Pragmatists and Speculative Realists, Historical...

Join two best friends as history is made in 1585. When Nell and Kat - who work in rivalling courts - meet by chance, an unlikely friendship blossoms. But tensions are high and the rivalry between Elizabeth I and Mary...

Global food price spikes in 2008 and again in 2011 coincided with a surge of political unrest in low- and middle-income countries. Angry consumers took to the streets in scores of nations. In some places, food riots turned violent, pressuring governments...

New York Times Bestseller! Kayleigh McEnany describes her path to the White House podium, bringing the reader behind the scenes in the world's most powerful building and illuminating how faith got her through.If you would have told me that in the year...

Helped by a group of friendly jungle animals, children can develop their multiplying skills. The activities in this book build confidence in understanding multiplication, including by repeated addition, counting and identifying multiples.Inviting...