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Einstein on Politics: His Private Thoughts and Public Stands on Nationalism, Zionism, War, Peace, and the Bomb by Albert Einstein 9780691160207
RRP: $42.00$34.21The most famous scientist of the twentieth century, Albert Einstein was also one of the century's most outspoken political activists. Deeply engaged with the events of his tumultuous times, from the two world wars and the Holocaust, to the atomic bomb... -
Text Analysis in Python for Social Scientists: Discovery and Exploration by Dirk Hovy
RRP: $35.70$30.91Text is everywhere, and it is a fantastic resource for social scientists. However, because it is so abundant, and because language is so variable, it is often difficult to extract the information we want. There is a whole subfield of AI concerned with... -
Studies in Diplomacy and Statecraft: Essays in Honour of Erik Goldstein by T. G. Otte 9781032222905
RRP: $83.98$73.63The chapters in this edited volume, individually and collectively, pay homage to Erik Goldstein's contribution to contemporary scholarship in the fields of international history, diplomatic studies and international security. The book offers insights... -
The Streetwise Guide To The British Economy: The Politics Of Britain's Present And Future by Eamonn Butler 9781911454571
RRP: $27.28$26.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911454571Author Eamonn ButlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Edward Everett RootPublisher Edward Everett Root -
Infinitely Demanding: Ethics of Commitment, Politics of Resistance by Simon Critchley
$34.97The clearest, boldest and most systematic statement of Simon Critchley's influential views on philosophy, ethics, and politics, Infinitely Demanding identifies a massive political disappointment at the heart of liberal democracy. Arguing that what is... -
The American Age: U.S. Foreign Policy at Home and Abroad by Walter LaFeber 9780393964745
$113.25In the Second Edition, LaFeber has revised nearly every chapter in the book. In the early chapters, there is more attention to the origins of foreign policy institutions and practices, including precedents for the executive agreement, and new discussions... -
Jihad in Saudi Arabia: Violence and Pan-Islamism since 1979 by Thomas Hegghammer
RRP: $54.58$46.18Saudi Arabia, homeland of Osama bin Laden and many 9/11 hijackers, is widely considered to be the heartland of radical Islamism. For decades, the conservative and oil-rich kingdom contributed recruits, ideologues and money to jihadi groups worldwide. Yet... -
Territory, Authority, Rights: From Medieval to Global Assemblages by Saskia Sassen
RRP: $73.50$59.09Where does the nation-state end and globalization begin? In Territory, Authority, Rights, one of the world's leading authorities on globalization shows how the national state made today's global era possible. Saskia Sassen argues that even while... -
Doing History From The Bottom Up: On E.P. Thompson, Howard Zinn, and Rebuilding the Labor Movement from Below by Staughton Lynd
RRP: $35.68$24.51In the 1960s, historians on both sides of the Atlantic began to challenge the assumptions of their colleagues and push for an understanding of history from below.' In this collection Staughton Lynd, himself one of the pioneers of this approach, laments... -
Democracy without Shortcuts: A Participatory Conception of Deliberative Democracy by Cristina Lafont
RRP: $85.03$81.96This book articulates a participatory conception of deliberative democracy that takes the democratic ideal of self-government seriously. It aims to improve citizens' democratic control and vindicate the value of citizens' participation against... -
The United Nations and Changing World Politics: Revised and Updated with a New Introduction by Thomas G. Weiss
RRP: $94.48$83.33The revised and updated Introduction to this classic text situates the UN in substantially changing world politics, including: The election of the ninth Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres; The burgeoning of "new nationalisms" worldwide, including most... -
On Power and Ideology: The Managua Lectures Noam Chomsky (Massachusetts Institute Of Technology) 9780745335445
RRP: $52.48$34.40In the late 1980s, in the midst of Reagan's interventions in Central America, Chomsky travelled to Nicaragua and gave the lectures that became On Power and Ideology. The lectures provide a master class in foreign policy analysis from an intellectual... -
Sub-Saharan Africa: Architectural Guide: Volume 2: Western Africa. From the Atlantic Ocean to the Sahel by Philipp Meuser 9783869220826
RRP: $73.50$60.52Originally part of a set, now sold separately, Volume 2 of Sub-Saharan Africa Architectural Guide is dedicated to Western Africa, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Sahel and includes Cabo Verde, The Gambia, Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, and... -
The International Monetary Fund (IMF): Politics of Conditional Lending by James Raymond Vreeland
RRP: $77.68$68.31This is a clear and concise introduction to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and an overview of its debates and controversies. Where did the IMF come from? What does it do? Why do so many governments participate in its programs and what are their... -
What We Won: America's Secret War in Afghanistan, 1979 89 by Bruce Riedel
RRP: $41.98$36.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815725954Author Bruce RiedelFormat PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 299gDimensions(mm)... -
Ever Wonder Why?: and Other Controversial Essays by Thomas Sowell
RRP: $31.40$30.66Thomas Sowell takes aim at a range of legal, social, racial, educational, and economic issues in this latest collection of his controversial, never boring, always thought-provoking essays. From "gun control myths" to "mealy mouth media" to "free lunch... -
Hong Kong: Global China's Restive Frontier by Ching Kwan Lee
RRP: $35.70$30.91How did Hong Kong transform itself from a 'shoppers' and capitalists' paradise' into a 'city of protests' at the frontline of a global anti-China backlash? CK Lee situates the post-1997 China-Hong Kong contestation in the broader context of 'global China... -
Soldiers, Spies, and Statesmen: Egypt's Road to Revolt by Hazem Kandil
$50.78One of the most momentous events in the Arab uprisings that swept across the Middle East in 2011 was the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak. As dramatic and sudden as this seemed, it was only one further episode in an ongoing power struggle between... -
A Political Economy of Behavioural Public Policy by Adam Oliver
RRP: $48.28$41.08Behavioural public policy has thus far been dominated by approaches that are based on the premise that it is entirely legitimate for policymakers to design policies that nudge or influence people to avoid desires that may not be in their own self-... -
Winning French Minds: Radio Propaganda in Occupied France, 1940–42 by Denis Courtois
RRP: $83.90$58.00World War II was very much a war of the radios. A relatively new technology, radio as a tool was exploited by all of the participants of the war to win the hearts and minds of the people and to steer public opinion.The period 1940 to 1942 was the most... -
Hard At Work In Factories And Mines: The Economics Of Child Labor During The British Industrial Revolution Carolyn Tuttle 9780367156992
RRP: $79.78$70.10Children have worked for centuries and continue to work. The history of the economic development of Europe and North America includes numerous instances of child labor. Manufacturers in England, France, Belgium, Germany, and Prussia as well as the United... -
Lucas Twigg's Truly Terrible Luck Andy Rigden 9781913230388
RRP: $14.68$10.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Write Blend Book Awards 2022.Book InformationISBN 9781913230388Author Andy RigdenFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Tiny TreePublisher Andrews UK... -
Divine Democracy: Political Theology after Carl Schmitt by Miguel Vatter
RRP: $65.08$47.99How secular are the political and legal concepts that underpin liberal democracy? Carl Schmitt first coined the term political theology to show the dependency of modern western jurisprudence and political science on Christian theological discourse, and... -
The Public Opinion Process: How the People Speak Irving Crespi 9780805826654
RRP: $52.48$45.80What is public opinion? How can we best study it? This work presents a "process model" that answers these questions by defining public opinion in a way that also identifies an approach to studying it. The model serves as a framework into which the... -
Improvement Science in Evaluation: Methods and Uses: New Directions for Evaluation, Number 153 Christina A. Christie 9781119378662
RRP: $46.18$40.61While improvement science has experienced a surge of interest over the past 30 years, applications of it are rare in the evaluation literature. This issue promotes the cross-fertilization of ideas, techniques, and tools between evaluation and improvement... -
Urban Political Geographies: A Global Perspective by Ugo Rossi 9780857028846
RRP: $94.48$77.68"Ugo Rossi and Alberto Vanolo take us on a journey around the ascent and crisis of urban liberalism, providing a clear and highly readable analysis of key issues and debates in the field of urban political geography." - Ola Soederstroem, Universite de... -
International Organizations John McCormick (Indiana University, USA) 9781350337336
RRP: $62.98$56.39* -What role do humanitarian organizations play in crises such as those in Ukraine and the Middle East? * - How does policing work at an international level? * - Why has the US only ratified three of the seven major human rights... -
Paradigm Lost: From Two-State Solution to One-State Reality by Ian S. Lustick
RRP: $138.60$120.39Why have Israelis and Palestinians failed to achieve a two-state solution to the conflict that has cost so much and lasted so long? In Paradigm Lost, Ian S. Lustick brings fifty years as an analyst of the Arab-Israeli dispute to bear on this question and... -
The Snow Leopard Project: And Other Adventures in Warzone Conservation by Alex Dehgan
RRP: $46.20$35.97Post-war Afghanistan is fragile, volatile, and perilous. It is also a place of extraordinary beauty. Evolutionary biologist Alex Deghan came to Afghanistan and created a startup, Conservation X Labs, to save Afghanistan's unique and extraordinary... -
Berlin Blockade by Gerry Van Tonder 9781526708267
RRP: $31.48$23.00When the world held its breath It is 25 years since the end of the Cold War, now a generation old. It began over 75 years ago, in 1944 long before the last shots of the Second World War had echoed across the wastelands of Eastern Europe with the brutal... -
Crises and Challenges for the European Union Mark Rhinard (Stockholm University, Sweden) 9781350342903
RRP: $69.28$61.82The crises of the European Union extend beyond the challenges of Covid-19, Brexit, the Eurozone, and mass migration, cutting to the core of the EU itself. Taking a structural rather than event-based approach, this text unpacks all aspects of the EU in... -
The Righteous of the Armenian Genocide by Gérard Dédéyan 9781805260172
RRP: $52.50$46.26Shines long-overdue light on the heroic individuals who took action in the face of the Armenian genocide. This book tells the stories of the Muslims, Christians, Jews and others who made a courageous stand against the mass slaughter of Ottoman Armenians... -
The Assault On Intelligence by Michael V. Hayden
RRP: $33.58$22.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525558606Author Michael V. HaydenFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint The Penguin PressPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency by Andrew C. McCarthy 9781641770255
RRP: $54.58$36.44The real collusion in the 2016 election was not between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin. It was between the Clinton campaign and the Obama administration. The media-Democrat "collusion narrative," which paints Donald Trump as cat's paw of Russia,... -
Perilous Medicine: The Struggle to Protect Health Care from the Violence of War by Leonard Rubenstein
RRP: $63.00$48.91Pervasive violence against hospitals, patients, doctors, and other health workers has become a horrifically common feature of modern war. These relentless attacks destroy lives and the capacity of health systems to tend to those in need. Inaction to stop... -
My Sister's Mother: A Memoir of War, Exile, and Stalin's Siberia by Donna Solecka Urbikas 9780299308544
RRP: $41.90$30.30In the 1950s, baby boomer Donna Solecka Urbikas grew up in the American Midwest yearning for a ""normal"" American family. But during World War II, her Polish-born mother and half sister had endured hunger, disease, and desperate escape from slave labor... -
Engineers of Jihad: The Curious Connection between Violent Extremism and Education by Diego Gambetta 9780691178509
RRP: $42.00$33.37The violent actions of a few extremists can alter the course of history, yet there persists a yawning gap between the potential impact of these individuals and what we understand about them. In Engineers of Jihad, Diego Gambetta and Steffen Hertog... -
The Routledge Handbook of Terrorism Research by Alex Schmid
RRP: $130.18$114.68This major new Handbook synthesises more than two decades of scholarly research, and provides a comprehensive overview of the field of terrorism studies.The content of the Handbook is based on the responses to a questionnaire by nearly 100 experts from... -
In the Shadows of a Presidency by Daniel Estulin 9781634242028
RRP: $46.10$31.71On November 8, 2016, the seemingly impossible became real: Donald Trump-billionaire tycoon with fundamentally xenophobic, savage, and populist speech-won the presidency and began endangering values like democracy and world peace. Author Daniel Estulin... -
Profiles in Corruption: Abuse of Power by America's Progressive Elite by Peter Schweizer 9780062897909
RRP: $52.50$34.80NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!Washington insiders operate by a proven credo: When a Peter Schweizer book drops, duck and brace for impact.For over a decade, the work of six-time New York Times bestselling investigative reporter Peter Schweizer has sent...