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How Trump Stole 2020: The Hunt for America's Vanished Voters by Greg Palast
RRP: £13.99£9.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781644210567Author Greg PalastFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S. -
Small Wars, Big Data: The Information Revolution in Modern Conflict by Eli Berman 9780691177076
RRP: £25.00£19.99How a new understanding of warfare can help the military fight today's conflicts more effectivelyThe way wars are fought has changed starkly over the past sixty years. International military campaigns used to play out between large armies at central... -
International Norms and Local Politics in Myanmar by Yukiko Nishikawa 9781032213668
RRP: £39.99£35.06Nishikawa explores how international norms have been adopted in the local context in Myanmar to project a certain international image, while in fact the authorities are exploiting these norms to protect their own interests.In the liberal international... -
Politics in the Republic of Ireland by John Coakley
£42.55Politics in the Republic of Ireland is now available in a fully revised sixth edition. Building on the success of the previous five editions, it continues to provide an authoritative introduction to all aspects of the government and politics in the... -
Christopher Hitchens and His Critics: Terror, Iraq, and the Left by Simon Cottee 9780814716878
RRP: £24.99£21.67A provocative volume of the controversial radical thinker Christopher Hitchens-political journalist, cultural critic, public intellectual and self-described contrarian-is one of the most controversial and prolific writers of his generation. His most... -
The Political Samaritan: How power hijacked a parable by Nick Spencer
RRP: £14.99£10.95Nick Spencer sets out to rescue an innocent parable, mugged for political ends, ignored by passers-by, and then left for half-dead at the edge of the English language. The parable of the Good Samaritan has been used by almost every major British... -
The Social Sources of Financial Power: Domestic Legitimacy and International Financial Orders by Leonard Seabrooke 9780801443800
RRP: £58.00£50.17A state's financial power is built on the effect its credit, property, and tax policies have on ordinary people: this is the key message of Leonard Seabrooke's comparative historical investigation, which turns the spotlight away from elite financial... -
The Pivot: The Future of American Statecraft in Asia by Kurt M. Campbell
RRP: £23.99£18.49There is a quiet drama playing out in American foreign policy far from the dark contours of upheaval in the Middle East and South Asia and the hovering drone attacks of the war on terror. The United States is in the midst of a substantial and long-term... -
Humanitarian Imperialism: Using Human Rights to Sell War by Jean Bricmont 9781583671474
RRP: £15.95£13.32Since the end of the Cold War, the idea of human rights has been made into a justification for intervention by the world's leading economic and military powers-above all, the United States-in countries that are vulnerable to their attacks. The criteria... -
Neoliberal Apartheid: Palestine/Israel and South Africa After 1994 by Andy Clarno
RRP: £26.00£24.85In recent years, as peace between Israelis and Palestinians has remained cruelly elusive, scholars and activists have increasingly turned to South African history and politics to make sense of the situation. In the early 1990s, both South Africa and... -
We're All Climate Hypocrites Now: How Embracing Our Limitations Can Unlock the Power of a Movement by Sami Grover
RRP: £14.99£9.88A useful - and sprightly! - effort to get at the choice between individual and systemic action on the greatest problem we've ever faced. - Bill McKibben, author, The End of Nature Taking a tongue-in-cheek approach, self-confessed eco-hypocrite Sami... -
Game Changer: Our Fifty-Year Mission to Secure America's Energy Independence by Harold Hamm 9781637631850
RRP: £28.00£16.71Apologies 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 *... -
Franco-German Relations Alistair Cole (Cardiff University, UK.) 9780582319974
RRP: £49.99£47.84Suitable for use as a core text in courses of comparative European politics or in departments of Politics. Can also be used for courses that explore the Political Dynamics of the European Union.Franco-German relations lie at the heart of European... -
Socialism Goes Global: The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in the Age of Decolonisation by James Mark 9780192848857
RRP: £102.50£92.72This collectively written monograph is the first work to provide a broad history of the relationship between Eastern Europe and the decolonising world. It ranges from the late nineteenth to the late twentieth century, but at its core is the dynamic of... -
The Politics of Social Democracy: Issues, Dilemmas and Futures for the Centre-Left by Rob Manwaring 9780367135447
RRP: £36.99£32.53This book addresses the meaning of contemporary social democracy and how the centre-left is navigating through its current identity crisis, through a series of cases of social democratic and labour parties across Europe and the Anglosphere. The book... -
The Cold War: A Post-Cold War History by Ralph B. Levering 9781118848401
RRP: £24.95£21.78Now available in a fully revised and updated third edition, The Cold War: A Post-Cold War History offers an authoritative and accessible introduction to the history and enduring legacy of the Cold War. Thoroughly updated in light of new scholarship,... -
Data-Driven Campaigning and Political Parties: Five Advanced Democracies Compared by Katharine Dommett 9780197570234
RRP: £18.99£16.32What is data-driven campaigning? According to prevailing accounts, this idea describes the rise of increasingly sophisticated, highly targeted, and often invasive uses of data deployed to suppress votes, manipulate voter preferences, or boost a... -
No Farms, No Food: Uniting Farmers and Environmentalists to Transform American Agriculture Australia 9781642832310
RRP: £23.99£20.11America's farms are key to the preservation of vital ecosystems and a stable climate. Yet farmers and environmentalists have not always seen eye-to-eye about the best ways to manage agricultural landscapes. Since 1980, American Farmland Trust (AFT) has... -
The End of the Liberal Order? by Niall Ferguson
RRP: £6.99£5.13Is it time to reaffirm our liberal values? Or are we seeing the birth-pangs of a new era? Two great thinkers debate the question burning behind headlines across the world. 'No civilization, no matter how mighty it may appear to itself, is... -
The Symbolic State: Minority Recognition, Majority Backlash, and Secession in Multinational Countries by Karlo Basta
RRP: £29.99£25.76The nation-state is a double sleight of hand, naturalizing both the nation and the state encompassing it. No such naturalization is possible in multinational states. To explain why these countries experience political crises that bring their very... -
Straight Talk on Trade: Ideas for a Sane World Economy by Dani Rodrik 9780691196084
RRP: £15.99£11.62An honest discussion of free trade and how nations can sensibly chart a path forward in today's global economyNot so long ago the nation-state seemed to be on its deathbed, condemned to irrelevance by the forces of globalization and technology. Now it is... -
Routledge Handbook of Marxism and Post-Marxism by Alex Callinicos
RRP: £44.99£40.28In the past two decades, Marxism has enjoyed a revitalization as a research program and a growth in its audience. This renaissance is connected to the revival of anti-capitalist contestation since the Seattle protests in 1999 and the impact of the global... -
The Art of Political Manipulation by William H. Riker
RRP: £22.00£21.22In twelve entertaining stories from history and current events, a noted political scientist and game theorist shows us how some of our heroes we as well as ordinary folk have manipulated their opponents in order to win political advantage. The stories... -
The Afghan Papers: Committing Britain to War in Helmand, 2005-06 by Michael Clarke
RRP: £37.99£33.38In 2006, British forces entered the Helmand Province of Afghanistan in what would become one of the defining military campaigns of the decade. At great cost in blood and treasure, the UK waged a protracted counter-insurgency against a resurgent Taliban... -
Expanding Perspectives on Human Rights in Africa M. Raymond Izarali 9781032241432
RRP: £39.99£35.06This book draws attention to emerging issues around the rights of minorities, marginalized groups, and persons in Africa. It explores the gaps between human rights provisions and conditions, showing that although international human rights principles... -
World Politics: Progress and its Limits James Mayall 9780745625904
£16.18At the end of the Cold War, there was much talk of a new world order in which the sovereign state would be held to democratic account, fundamental rights would be respected, and conflict would be replaced by cooperation based on the rule of law. At the... -
The New British Politics by Ian Budge 9781405824217
£46.98The New British Politics is one of the most comprehensive and successful introductions to British politics ever published. Now available in a fully revised and updated fourth edition, this clear, lively and authoritative text has an emphasis on law and... -
Constitution in Crisis by Denis Galligan
£17.82The debates that began at St Mary's Church, Putney on 28 October 1647 pioneered the liberal, democratic settlement in England: a written constitution, universal suffrage, freedom of conscience and equality before the law. Four centuries later, the 2016... -
An Open World: How America Can Win the Contest for Twenty-First-Century Order by Rebecca Lissner
RRP: £22.50£22.38Two foreign policy experts chart a new American grand strategy to meet the greatest geopolitical challenges of the coming decade "Mandatory reading. At a moment of unprecedented change and upheaval, Rapp-Hooper and Lissner provide fresh thinking and a... -
Logics of Critical Explanation in Social and Political Theory by Jason Glynos
RRP: £43.99£38.44The Social Science Wars have precipitated a renewed interest in the character, purpose and methods of social science. Positivists and naturalists are criticized by interpretivists and critical theorists, while quantitative researchers are challenged by... -
The Great Experiment: Why Diverse Democracies Fall Apart and How They Can Endure by Yascha Mounk
RRP: £18.00£9.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593296837Author Yascha MounkFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 202mm * 134mm *... -
Politics and Rhetoric: A Critical Introduction by James Martin
RRP: £58.99£51.08Rhetoric is the art of speech and persuasion, the study of argument and, in Classical times, an essential component in the education of the citizen. For rhetoricians, politics is a skill to be performed and not merely observed. Yet in modern democracies... -
Totalitarianism, Globalization, Colonialism: The Destruction of Civilization Since 1914 Harry Redner 9781412853972
RRP: £135.00£117.68The century that began in 1914 with the outbreak of the First World War was catastrophic. Over the course of that one-hundred-year span, civilizations were destroyed in the Old World, the New World, and the Third World, the latter represented by China,... -
Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement by John Lewis
RRP: £20.00£13.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476797717Author John LewisFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 150mm... -
Inside the IRA: Dissident Republicans and the War for Legitimacy by Andrew Sanders 9780748646968
RRP: £24.99£20.29Who is the 'real' IRA? The Real IRA, the Continuity IRA, the Irish National Liberation Army, the Official IRA and the Provisional IRA have all assumed responsibility for the struggle for Irish freedom over the course of the late-twentieth century. Yet as... -
Stop The War: THE STORY OF BRITAIN'S BIGGEST MASS MOVEMENT Lindsey German 9781905192007
RRP: £15.99£11.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905192007Author Lindsey GermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Bookmarks PublicationsPublisher Bookmarks PublicationsWeight(grams) 855g -
The Tyranny of Silence by Flemming Rose
RRP: £11.99£11.02When the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published the cartoons of the prophet Mohammed nine years ago, Denmark found itself at the center of a global battle about the freedom of speech. The paper's culture editor, Flemming Rose, defended the decision... -
Revolution for the Hell of It: The Book That Earned Abbie Hoffman a Five-Year Prison Term at the Chicago Conspiracy Trial Abbie Hoffman 9781560256908
RRP: £15.99£11.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781560256908Author Abbie HoffmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 286Imprint Thunder's Mouth PressPublisher Thunder's Mouth PressWeight(grams) 338gDimensions(mm)... -
Untraceable by Sergei Lebedev
RRP: £18.99£17.59'A superb literary thriller' The Times, Book of the Week 'A thriller dipped in poison... Lebedev shares some of le Carre's fascination with secret worlds and the nature of evil' New York Times An extraordinary and angry Russian novel about poisons of... -
Arabia without Sultans by Fred Halliday 9780863563812
RRP: £17.95£15.25Fred Halliday writes: 'The Arab Middle East is the one with the longest history of contact with the west; yet it is probably the one least understood. Part of the misunderstanding is due to the romantic mythology that has long appeared to shroud the...