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The Ascent Of Information by Caleb Scharf 9780593087251
RRP: €19.03€13.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593087251Author Caleb ScharfFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Riverhead Books,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
Fugitive Democracy: And Other Essays by Sheldon S. Wolin
RRP: €33.32€28.11An authoritative collection of the most important writings of an influential political thinkerSheldon Wolin was one of the most influential and original political thinkers of the past fifty years. In Fugitive Democracy, the breathtaking range of Wolin's... -
The Complete Infidel's Guide to Iran by Robert Spencer
RRP: €20.22€16.53"EITHER THE ISLAMIC STATE WILL DIE, OR WE WILL." New York Times bestselling author Robert Spencer details the meteoric rise and unheard-of brutality of ISIS ISIS is in the news every day. The Islamic State is spectacularly dangerous, and curiously... -
Why We Can't Wait by Dr. Martin Luther King
RRP: €13.08€9.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451527530Author Dr. Martin Luther KingFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint SignetPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 142gDimensions(mm) 192mm *... -
Modernization, Cultural Change, and Democracy: The Human Development Sequence by Ronald Inglehart
RRP: €41.64€35.81This book demonstrates that people's basic values and beliefs are changing, in ways that affect their political, sexual, economic, and religious behaviour. These changes are roughly predictable: to a large extent, they can be interpreted on the basis of... -
Despotism on Demand: How Power Operates in the Flexible Workplace by Alex J. Wood
RRP: €28.55€24.80Despotism on Demand draws attention to the impact of flexible scheduling on managerial power and workplace control. When we understand paid work as a power relationship, argues Alex J. Wood, we see how the spread of precarious scheduling constitutes... -
British Communism And The Politics Of Race by Tony Smith
RRP: €35.70€23.66British Communism and the Politics of Race explores the role that the Communist Party of Great Britain played within the anti-racism movement in Britain from the 1940s to the 1980s. As one of the first organizations to undertake serious anti-colonial and... -
Perfecting Parliament: Constitutional Reform, Liberalism, and the Rise of Western Democracy by Roger D. Congleton 9780521151696
RRP: €55.92€48.12This book explains why contemporary liberal democracies are based on historical templates rather than revolutionary reforms; why the transition in Europe occurred during a relatively short period in the nineteenth century; why politically and... -
The Dynamics of Ancient Empires: State Power from Assyria to Byzantium by Ian Morris 9780199758340
RRP: €53.54€34.25Transcending ethnic, linguistic, and religious boundaries, early empires shaped thousands of years of world history. Yet despite the global prominence of empire, individual cases are often studied in isolation. This series seeks to change the terms of... -
William Godwin: A Political Life Richard Gough Thomas 9780745338354
RRP: €20.22€13.93'Government by its very nature counteracts the improvement of original mind' - William Godwin William Godwin was the first major anarchist thinker in the Anglophone world, who rocked the establishment at the beginning of the nineteenth century... -
Change Your World: The Science of Resilience and the True Path to Success by Michael Ungar
RRP: €15.46€14.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999439521Author Michael UngarFormat PaperbackPage Count 265Imprint The Sutherland House Inc.Publisher The Sutherland House Inc. -
Power and Money: Marxist Theory of Bureaucracy by Ernest Mandel
€25.20Analyses of bureaucratic power and privilege have an academic pedigree but have also long preoccupied socialists. The collapse of communist rule in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe puts to a new test the classical theories concerning the relationship... -
The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War by Andrew J. Bacevich
RRP: €17.84€14.72In this provocative book, Andrew Bacevich warns of a dangerous dual obsession that has taken hold of Americans, both conservatives and liberals alike. It is a marriage of militarism and utopian ideology, of unprecedented military might wed to a blind... -
What Is Russia Up To in the Middle East? by Dmitri V. Trenin 9781509522316
RRP: €17.84€13.11The eyes of the world are on the Middle East. Today, more than ever, this deeply-troubled region is the focus of power games between major global players vying for international influence. Absent from this scene for the past quarter century, Russia is... -
Crouching Tiger: What China's Militarism Means for the World Peter Navarro 9781633881143
RRP: €22.60€16.67Will there be war with China? This book provides the most complete and accurate assessment of the probability of conflict between the United States and the rising Asian superpower. Equally important, it lays out an in-depth analysis of the possible... -
Agent of Change: My Life Fighting Terrorists, Spies, and Institutional Racism by Huda Mukbil
RRP: €33.31€28.73In Agent of Change Huda Mukbil takes us behind the curtain of a leading spy agency during a fraught time, recounting her experiences as an intelligence officer for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. Mukbil was the first Black Arab-Canadian... -
The Blind Guardians of Ignorance: Covid-19, Sustainability, and Our Vulnerable Future by Mats Larsson
€21.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788360487Author Mats LarssonFormat PaperbackImprint Imprint AcademicPublisher Imprint AcademicWeight(grams) 330gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 156mm * 14mm -
African Women And Feminism: Reflecting on the Politics of Sisterhood by Oyeronke Oyewumi 9780865436282
RRP: €35.64€23.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865436282Author Oyeronke OyewumiFormat PaperbackPage Count 274Imprint Africa Research & PublicationsPublisher Africa World PressWeight(grams) 459g -
Beautiful Trouble: A Toolbox for Revolution by Andrew Boyd
RRP: €21.41€21.05"Elegant and incendiary." Naomi Klein. Beautiful Trouble brings together dozens of seasoned artists and activists from around the world to distill their best practices into a toolbox for creative action. Sophisticated enough for veteran activists,... -
Disasters Without Borders: The International Politics of Natural Disasters John Hannigan (University of Toronto) 9780745650692
RRP: €20.22€18.40Dramatic scenes of devastation and suffering caused by disasters such as the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami, are viewed with shock and horror by millions of us across the world. What we rarely see, however, are the international politics of... -
Flourishing: Why We Need Religion in a Globalized World by Mr. Miroslav Volf
RRP: €17.84€15.51A celebrated theologian explores how the greatest dangers to humanity, as well as the greatest promises for human flourishing, are at the intersection of religion and globalization More than almost anything else, globalization and the great world... -
New Labour, Old Labour: The Wilson and Callaghan Governments 1974-1979 by Kevin Hickson 9780415312820
RRP: €49.97€44.21We are constantly told that New Labour forms an historic departure from the traditions of the Labour Party. This book, written by a distinguished selection of academics and commentators, provides the most detailed comparison yet of old and new Labour in... -
The Evolution of Modern Grand Strategic Thought by Lukas Milevski 9780198779773
€107.50In strategic studies and international relations, grand strategy is a frequently-invoked concept. Yet, despite its popularity, it is not well understood and it has many definitions, some of which are even mutually contradictory. This state of affairs... -
Bonded Labor: Tackling the System of Slavery in South Asia by Siddharth Kara 9780231158497
RRP: €29.75€23.31Siddharth Kara's Sex Trafficking has become a critical resource for its revelations into an unconscionable business, and its detailed analysis of the trade's immense economic benefits and human cost. This volume is Kara's second, explosive study of... -
Political Theory and the Displacement of Politics by Bonnie Honig 9781501768446
RRP: €33.31€28.73Political Theory and the Displacement of Politics, originally published in 1993, has been called a founding text of agonism, which treats political contestation not as a regrettably necessary way to correct political imperfections but as a necessary,... -
ZAP: Free Speech and Tolerance in the Light of the Zero Aggression Principle by Gerard Casey 9781788360173
€21.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788360173Author Gerard CaseyFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Imprint AcademicPublisher Imprint AcademicWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 210mm *... -
Freedom from Poverty as a Human Right: Who Owes What to the Very Poor? Co-published with UNESCO by Thomas Pogge
€25.31Collected here in one volume are fifteen cutting-edge essays by leading academics which together clarify and defend the claim that freedom from poverty is a human right with corresponding binding obligations on the more affluent to practice effective... -
The Histories, Volume VI: Books 28-39. Fragments by Polybius
RRP: €29.69€28.27Hellenistic history.The historian Polybius (ca. 200-118 BC) was born into a leading family of Megalopolis in the Peloponnese (Morea) and served the Achaean League in arms and diplomacy for many years, favoring alliance with Rome. From 168 to 151 he... -
A History of the American People by Paul Johnson 9780060930349
RRP: €32.12€22.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060930349Author Paul JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 1104Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)... -
War Power, Police Power by Mark Neocleous
RRP: €34.50€28.27Why is liberalism so obsessed with waste? Is there a drone above you now? Are you living in a no-fly zone? What is the role of masculinity in the 'war on terror'? And why do so many liberals profess a love of peace while finding new ways to justify... -
Applying social science: The role of social research in politics, policy and practice David Byrne (School of Applied Social Sciences, University of Durham) 9781847424501
RRP: €32.12€24.80In complex contemporary societies social science has become increasingly interwoven into the whole fabric of governance. At the same time there is an increasing recognition that attempts to understand the social world which seek to mimic the linear... -
Instituting Thought: Three Paradigms of PoliticalOntology by Roberto Esposito
RRP: €22.60€20.08This new book by the Italian philosopher Roberto Esposito addresses the profound crisis of contemporary politics and examines some of the philosophical approaches that have been used to try to understand and go beyond this crisis. Two approaches have... -
The Intimate Rembrandt by Christopher White 9781838395322
RRP: €47.60€32.82Christopher White explains why he chose this title for his new book: 'The often intimate, reflective and personal side to Rembrandt's work in treating subjects from history or the Bible reveals an increasingly more introspective interpretation than his... -
Ageing Giant: China's Looming Population Collapse by Timothy Beardson 9781909930988
RRP: €22.60€20.21Before the end of the present century the population of China - currently around 1.4 billion - is forecast to drop to around half that level as a major and unprecedented demographic crisis begins to bite. Its working-age population has already stopped... -
The Book of the Body Politic by Christine de Pizan
RRP: €29.74€25.92Christine de Pizan was born in Venice and raised in Paris at the court of Charles V of France. Widowed at the age of twenty-five, she turned to writing as a source of comfort and income, and went on to produce a remarkable series of books, including... -
Democratization by Christian W. Haerpfer 9780198732280
RRP: €57.11€53.99Democratization is the most comprehensive volume on this critical field of contemporary politics, with insightful coverage of the key theories, actors, dynamics, and developments. This authoritative guide brings together leading experts from diverse... -
Alienation, Spectacle, and Revolution: A crirical Marxist essay by Neil Faulkner 9780902869356
€7.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780902869356Author Neil FaulknerFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Resistance BooksPublisher Resistance Books -
Difference Without Domination: Pursuing Justice in Diverse Democracies by Danielle Allen
RRP: €36.89€35.93Around the globe, democracy appears broken. With political and socioeconomic inequality on the rise, we are faced with the urgent question of how to better distribute power, opportunity, and wealth in diverse modern societies. This volume confronts the... -
Anarchic Agreements: How to Build Durable Groups and Coalitions by Ruth Kinna 9781629639635
RRP: €19.03€13.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629639635Author Ruth KinnaFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint PM PressPublisher PM Press -
The Case for a Debt Jubilee Richard Vague 9781509548736
RRP: €11.89€11.25We were drowning in in record levels of debt before the COVID-19 crisis, and we are now deluged in it. U.S. private-sector loans have tripled relative to income since 1950 - and government debt is also at an all-time high. Soaring debt burdens...