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Democratize Work: The Case for Reorganizing the Economy by Isabelle Ferreras
RRP: $25.20$21.34An urgent and deeply resonant case for the power of workplace democracy to restore balance between economy and society. What happens to a society-and a planet-when capitalism outgrows democracy? The tensions between democracy and capitalism are... -
Peremptory International Legal Norms and the Democratic Rule of Law Sonja Grover 9781032084060
RRP: $83.98$73.63Peremptory International Legal Norms and the Democratic Rule of Law explores the risks to the democratic State inherent in the attempt to divorce the notion of democratic rule of law from respect for and adherence to peremptory international legal norms... -
Forging Europe's Leadership: Global Trends, Russian Aggression and the Risk of a Regressive World by Giovanni Grevi 9781913019976
RRP: $41.98$37.42The world has been splintered by geopolitics and yet is still bound by inter dependence. As competition between the world's great powers surges, multiple trends point towards the collapse of the international order. Russia's aggression against Ukraine... -
Intellectual and Manual Labour: A Critique of Epistemology by Alfred Sohn-Rethel
RRP: $63.00$41.75Alfred Sohn-Rethel's Intellectual and Manual Labour is one of the major texts of post-war Marxist theory. A tremendous influence on the central figures of the Frankfurt School, with ongoing relevance to current debates about value, abstraction, and... -
Caligula: A Biography by Aloys Winterling
RRP: $75.60$59.83The infamous emperor Caligula ruled Rome from A.D. 37 to 41 as a tyrant who ultimately became a monster. An exceptionally smart and cruelly witty man, Caligula made his contemporaries worship him as a god. He drank pearls dissolved in vinegar and ate... -
An Open Door by Steven Lovatt 9781913640620
RRP: $21.00$14.95The history of Wales as a destination and confection of English Romantic writers is well-known, but this book reverses the process, turning a Welsh gaze on the rest of the world. This shift is timely: the severing of Britain from the European Union... -
Insider Threats by Matthew Bunn
RRP: $46.18$40.30"This compendium of research on insider threats is essential reading for all personnel with accountabilities for security; it shows graphically the extent and persistence of the threat that all organizations face and against which they must take... -
From the Secret Files of J. Edgar Hoover by Athan Theoharis 9780929587677
RRP: $39.88$30.91Documents from the late FBI director's secret files reveal for the first time the shocking extent of FBI activities in spying on prominent Americans and political groups. A grimly fascinating-and profoundly disturbing-self-exposure by one of the false... -
The Inheritance: America's Military After Two Decades of War by Mara E. Karlin 9780815738459
RRP: $63.00$56.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815738459Author Mara E. KarlinFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm)... -
War, Peace, and Populist Discourse in Ukraine Olga Baysha (National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia) 9781032455358
RRP: $104.98$91.35This book explores the detrimental effects on global peace of populism's tendency to present complex social issues in simplistic "good versus evil" terms. Analyzing the civilizational discourse of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky with respect to... -
The Hologram: Feminist, Peer-to-Peer Health for a Post-Pandemic Future Cassie Thornton 9780745343327
RRP: $31.48$20.58In an era when capitalism leaves so many to suffer and to die, with neoliberal 'self-care' offering little more than a bandaid, how can we take health and care back into our hands? In The Hologram, Cassie Thornton puts forward a bold vision for... -
Business and Populism: The Odd Couple? by Magnus Feldmann 9780192894335
RRP: $246.75$222.83Business and Populism analyses the relationship between right wing populism and business with a focus on business responses and strategies in the face of the global populist turn. In the neoliberal era business had become accustomed to favourable... -
Counterintelligence Theory and Practice by Hank Prunckun
RRP: $92.40$81.14Designed for university students in the burgeoning field of intelligence studies and professional training classes, Counterintelligence Theory and Practice provides all the elements required for a successful counterintelligence operation. Exploring... -
Patti Smith on Patti Smith: Interviews and Encounters by Aidan Levy 9780912777009
RRP: $56.60$43.74From the moment Patti Smith burst onto the scene, chanting "Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine," the irreverent opening line to Horses, her 1975 debut album, the punk movement had found its dissident intellectual voice. Yet outside the... -
When Ideas Matter: Speeches for an Ethical Republic by Michael D. Higgins
RRP: $20.98$14.93The President of Ireland since 2011, when he was elected by a final tally of almost 57% of the votes, Michael D. Higgins has used his time in office to setout a vision of what he calls 'an ethical Republic'. In a series of remarkable and urgent... -
Globalization: A Short History by Jurgen Osterhammel
RRP: $52.50$41.14"Globalization" has become a popular buzzword for explaining today's world. The expression achieved terminological stardom in the 1990s and was soon embraced by the general public and integrated into numerous languages. But is this much-discussed... -
Ollie's Ski Trip by Elsa Beskow 9781782508052
RRP: $27.28$19.09Ollie can't wait to use his first pair of real skis! Finally, the woods are blanketed in snow and Ollie sets off for a day of fun, where he meets cheerful Jack Frost and troublesome Mrs Thaw and visits King Winter's palace.Ollie has a wonderful time... -
Signs and Machines: Capitalism and the Production of Subjectivity by Maurizio Lazzarato
RRP: $35.68$25.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781584351306Author Maurizio LazzaratoFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Semiotext (E)Publisher AutonomediaDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 19mm -
Waste and the City: The Crisis of Sanitation and the Right to Citylife by Colin McFarlane 9781839760549
RRP: $41.98$41.54In an age of pandemics the relationship between the health of the city and good sanitation has never been more important. Waste and the City is a call to action on one of modern urban life's most neglected issues: sanitation infrastructure. The Covid-19... -
Sieyes: Political Writings: Including the Debate Between Sieyes and Tom Paine in 1791 by Emmanuel Sieyes 9780872204300
RRP: $31.48$26.44The abbe Emmanuel Joseph Sieyes (1748-1836) distinguished himself as the chief theoretician of the French Revolution--and as a revolutionary constitutional and social theorist in his own right--through his rigorously analytical theory of representative... -
Friedrich Engels for the 21st Century: Reflections and Revaluations Terrell Carver 9783030971373
RRP: $230.98$207.33This edited volume presents an interdisciplinary and international revaluation of Friedrich Engels as much more than "junior partner" to Karl Marx or "second fiddle" in the Marxist orchestra. The nineteen critical essays in this collection are the work... -
The Case for Gay Reparations by Omar G. Encarnacion
RRP: $49.33$35.72A compelling and timely vision for gay reparations in the United States In the last two decades many nations have adopted "gay reparations," or policies intended to make amends for a history of discrimination, stigmatization, and violence on the basis... -
Gender Hurts: A Feminist Analysis of the Politics of Transgenderism by Sheila Jeffreys 9780415539401
RRP: $100.78$87.80It is only recently that transgenderism has been accepted as a disorder for which treatment is available. In the 1990s, a political movement of transgender activism coalesced to campaign for transgender rights. Considerable social, political and legal... -
The Corbyn Colouring Book: Austerity-Free Edition by James Nunn
RRP: $16.78$15.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910400654Author James NunnFormat PaperbackImprint Old Street PublishingPublisher Old Street Publishing -
Chinese Espionage Operations and Tactics by Nicholas Eftimiades
RRP: $33.60$26.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997618815Author Nicholas EftimiadesFormat PaperbackPage Count 58Imprint Vitruvian PressPublisher Vitruvian Press -
Homeland Security in the UK: Future Preparedness for Terrorist Attack since 9/11 by Paul Wilkinson 9780415383752
RRP: $62.98$56.78This book is a detailed examination of whether domestic security measures are striking an appropriate balance between homeland security and civil liberties in the post-9/11 era.Professor Paul Wilkinson and the other contributors assess the nature of UK... -
Cold East (An Aidan Snow SAS Thriller, Book 3) by Alew Shaw 9780008310196
RRP: $27.28$21.61The clock is ticking. Will Aidan Snow be able to save the world, before it's too late? In Ukraine, MI6 operative Aidan Snow rescues a British national held by Russian insurgents. In the United States, a terrorist attack is thwarted... -
The Siege: Three Days of Terror Inside the Taj by Adrian Levy
RRP: $33.58$24.38The Siege by Adrian Levy & Cathy Scott-Clark - a searing account of the 2005 terrorist attacks at Mumbai's famous Taj HotelOn 26th November 2008 the Taj Mahal Palace hotel in Mumbai is besieged by Pakistani Islamists, armed with explosives and machine... -
Social Policy: A Critical Introduction Fiona Williams 9780745601502
RRP: $37.78$33.68This major introductory textbook in social policy breaks new ground in arguing for the centrality of race, gender and class in welfare theory and practice.About the AuthorFiona WilliamsReviews'... essential reading on any unbiased social policy course.' ... -
The Zapatistas' Dignified Rage: The Last Public Speeches of Subcommander Marcos by Nick Henck 9781849352925
RRP: $31.50$20.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781849352925Author Nick HenckFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint AK PressPublisher AK Press -
The Moscow Factor: U.S. Policy toward Sovereign Ukraine and the Kremlin by Eugene M. Fishel 9780674279186
RRP: $52.40$41.77In 2014, Russia illegally annexed Crimea, bolstered a separatist conflict in the Donbas region, and attacked Ukraine with its regular army and special forces. In each instance of Russian aggression, the U.S. response has often been criticized as... -
Rigged: America, Russia and 100 Years of Covert Electoral Interference by David Shimer
RRP: $20.98$13.94'This pioneering and judicious history of foreign intervention in elections should be read by everyone who wants to defend democracy now.' Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny The definitive account of... -
The Decline and Rise of Democracy: A Global History from Antiquity to Today by David Stasavage
RRP: $52.50$41.98"One of the most important books on political regimes written in a generation."-Steven Levitsky, New York Times-bestselling author of How Democracies DieA new understanding of how and why early democracy took hold, how modern democracy evolved, and what... -
The Three Languages of Politics: Talking Across the Political Divides by Arnold Kling
RRP: $25.18$20.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781952223280Author Arnold KlingFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint Libertarianism.org PressPublisher Cato Institute -
The Paradox of German Power by Hans Kundnani
RRP: $33.58$30.39A 'German Europe' seems to have emerged from the euro crisis. During the last few years, Chancellor Angela Merkel has been compared with Hitler in the European media and on the streets of European capitals. There has been much debate about German... -
Northern Ireland's Lost Opportunity: The Frustrated Promise of Political Loyalism by Tony Novosel
$59.60Rejecting the dominant narratives of the Troubles, this is a unique in-depth investigation into working-class Loyalism in Northern Ireland, as represented by the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), the Red Hand Commando (RHC) and their political allies. ... -
Democracy Hacked: How Technology is Destabilising Global Politics by Martin Moore 9781786074089
RRP: $35.68$33.29In the space of one election cycle, authoritarian governments, moneyed elites and fringe hackers figured out how to game elections, bypass democratic processes, and turn social networks into battlefields. Facebook, Google and Twitter - where our politics... -
China's Gilded Age: The Paradox of Economic Boom and Vast Corruption by Yuen Yuen Ang
RRP: $73.48$66.76Why has China grown so fast for so long despite vast corruption? In China's Gilded Age, Yuen Yuen Ang maintains that all corruption is harmful, but not all types of corruption hurt growth. Ang unbundles corruption into four varieties: petty theft, grand... -
Multi-party Politics in Kenya - The Kenyatta and Moi States and the Triumph of the System in the 1992 Election by David Throup
RRP: $62.98$62.24Detailed study of Kenya's 1992 election. The two authors of this work analyse the case of post-colonial Kenya under Kenyatta and Moi and show how, in spite of a multi-party system, the ruling elite has kept power and wealth to itself. North... -
Republics and Kingdoms Compared by Aurelio Lippo Brandolini
RRP: $62.90$49.69Aurelio Lippo Brandolini's Republics and Kingdoms Compared is the most fascinating and least-known work of humanist political theory before Machiavelli. A Socratic dialogue set in the court of King Mattias Corvinus of Hungary (ca. 1490), the work depicts...