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Has Obama Made the World a More Dangerous Place?: The Munk Debate on U.S. Foreign Policy by Bret Stephens
RRP: €13.08€11.79The fourteenth semi-annual Munk Debate, which will be held in Toronto on November 5, 2014, pits Bret Stephens and Robert Kagan against Fareed Zakaria and Anne-Marie Slaughter to debate the legacy of President Obama.From Ukraine to the Middle East to... -
Uncovered: How the Media Got Cozy With Power, Abandoned its Principles, and Lost the People by Steve Krakauer
RRP: €29.75€19.49"Steve Krakauer's new book, Uncovered, is vital reading. It's the best and most perceptive deep dive into legacy media bias out there, from someone who knows where all the bodies are buried." Ben Shapiro"One of the most insightful critiques that has been... -
Alexander Calder: Minimal Maximal by Joachim Jaeger 9783791379296
RRP: €41.65€28.91Few artists are able to work successfully on both large and small scales, but throughout his career Calder brilliantly moved from the miniature to the monumental and back again. This publication focuses on the enormous stabiles he created mostly for... -
Improving the Sustainable Development Goals: Strategies and the Governance Challenge by Lars Niklasson 9780367730277
RRP: €26.17€23.01Improving the Sustainable Development Goals evaluates the Global Goals (Agenda 2030) by looking at their design and how they relate to theories of economic development. Adopted unanimously by the member states of the United Nations (UN) in 2015, the... -
Advantage China: Agent of Change in an Era of Global Disruption Jeremy Garlick 9781350252318
RRP: €26.17€21.54The influence of the People's Republic of China on world affairs is increasingly keenly felt: in Asia, in Africa, in Latin America and in Europe and North America too. But what are the reasons for China's rise and how can the West adapt? Advantage... -
Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here: Untold Stories from the Fight Against Muslim Fundamentalism by Karima Bennoune 9780393350258
RRP: €16.65€14.58Karima Bennoune interviewed journalists, doctors, musicians, museum curators, lawyers, street vendors and women's rights activists, among others, in her three-year investigation of opposition to the rising tide of Muslim fundamentalism from Lahore to... -
Oracles of God: The Roman Catholic Church and Irish Politics, 1922-37 by Patrick Murray 9781900621281
RRP: €28.56€27.69This volume presents a detailed account of the political outlook and activities of the Roman Catholic clergy, nationally and in the localities, during the 15 years after the Treaty. The author discusses the clerical response to the Treaty, the... -
Accidental Allies: The US-Syrian Democratic Forces Partnership Against the Islamic State by Dr Michael Knights
€25.35The U.S.-led effort to fight the Islamic State in northeastern Syria since 2014 has been as controversial and poorly understood as it has been significant. Advocates of fighting "by, with and through" the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) view... -
Can Democracy Survive Global Capitalism? by Robert Kuttner 9780393356892
RRP: €16.65€13.26In the years surrounding the Second World War, a serendipitous confluence of events created a healthy balance between the market and the polity-between the engine of capitalism and the egalitarian ideals of democracy. Yet, from the 1970s on, a power... -
Shit Is Fucked Up And Bullshit: History Since the End of History by Malcolm Harris
RRP: €20.22€13.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781612198361Author Malcolm HarrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Melville House PublishingPublisher Melville House Publishing -
Social Choice and Individual Values by Kenneth J. Arrow
RRP: €29.75€28.96Originally published in 1951, Social Choice and Individual Values introduced "Arrow's Impossibility Theorem" and founded the field of social choice theory in economics and political science. This new edition, including a new foreword by Nobel... -
The Business of America is Lobbying: How Corporations Became Politicized and Politics Became More Corporate by Lee Drutman 9780190677435
€24.53Corporate lobbyists are everywhere in Washington. Of the 100 organizations that spend the most on lobbying, 95 represent business. The largest companies now have upwards of 100 lobbyists representing them. How did American businesses become so invested... -
After Europe by Ivan Krastev 9780812249439
RRP: €19.03€16.53In this provocative book, renowned public intellectual Ivan Krastev reflects on the future of the European Union-and its potential lack of a future. With far-right nationalist parties on the rise across the continent and the United Kingdom planning for... -
The Struggle for a Decent Politics: On "Liberal" as an Adjective by Michael Walzer
RRP: €23.80€21.41A testament to what it means to be liberal by one of the most prominent political philosophers of our era "Walzer is perhaps our foremost pilot on these rocky shoals. In his preface, he writes that this may be his last book. One hopes not."-James... -
Predator Empire: Drone Warfare and Full Spectrum Dominance by Ian G. R. Shaw 9780816694747
RRP: €26.17€23.19What does it mean for human beings to exist in an era of dronified state violence? How can we understand the rise of robotic systems of power and domination? Focusing on U.S. drone warfare and its broader implications as no other book has to date,... -
Brazilian Authoritarianism: Past and Present by Lilia Moritz Schwarcz
RRP: €29.75€23.68How Brazil's long history of racism and authoritarian politics has led to the country's present crises and epidemic of violenceBrazil has long nurtured a cherished national myth, one of a tolerant, peaceful, and racially harmonious society. A closer look... -
Russia is Burning: Poems of the Great Patriotic War by Maria Bloshteyn 9781916012110
RRP: €16.65€11.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916012110Author Maria BloshteynFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Smokestack BooksPublisher Smokestack Books -
Zen Terror in Prewar Japan: Portrait of an Assassin by Brian Daizen Victoria 9781538131664
RRP: €35.70€28.42Can Buddhism, widely regarded as a religion of peace, also contribute to acts of terrorism? Through an insider's view of right-wing ultranationalism in prewar Japan, this powerful book follows a band of Zen Buddhist-trained adherents who ardently... -
The Invincible Family: Why the Global Campaign to Crush Motherhood and Fatherhood Can't Win by Kimberly Ells
RRP: €22.60€14.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684514267Author Kimberly EllsFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Regnery PublishingPublisher Regnery PublishingWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 208mm *... -
Cities and Communities Beyond COVID-19: How Local Leadership Can Change Our Future for the Better Robin Hambleton (Univesity of the West of England (Emeritus Professor)) 9781529215854
RRP: €11.89€9.63The COVID-19 virus outbreak has rocked the world and it is widely accepted that there can be no return to the pre-pandemic society of 2019. However, many suggestions for the future of society and the planet are aimed at national governments,... -
Relative Secrets by Helen Stancey 9781912054862
RRP: €10.70€7.78Mary has a secret that she mustn't tell. But in a care home, with her mind wandering, she's starting to slip up. Clearing out her grandmother's old room, Lucy finds something hidden that wasn't supposed to be found - a locket sheltering a shameful family... -
Fixer-Upper: How to Repair America's Crumbling Housing Policies by Jenny Schuetz
RRP: €29.75€25.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815739289Author Jenny SchuetzFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm)... -
Our Hindu Rashtra: What It Is. How We Got Here by Aakar Patel 9780143458517
€21.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143458517Author Aakar PatelFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint PenguinPublisher Penguin Random House India -
The Silk Road Trap: How China's Trade Ambitions Challenge Europe Jonathan Holslag 9781509534692
RRP: €17.84€16.16For almost two decades, China has claimed that its expanding economy benefits Europe, stimulating European growth, exports, and employment. But the reality is not so clear-cut. Whilst individual companies may have profited from China's economic... -
Homelessness Is a Housing Problem: How Structural Factors Explain U.S. Patterns by Gregg Colburn
RRP: €29.75€23.31Using rich and detailed data, this groundbreaking book explains why homelessness has become a crisis in America and reveals the structural conditions that underlie it. In Homelessness Is a Housing Problem, Gregg Colburn and Clayton Page Aldern seek to... -
International Organizations by Professor Clive Archer
RRP: €57.11€49.75What is the role of international organizations in the international political system?The fourth edition of Clive Archer's widely used textbook continues to provide students with an introduction to international organizations, exploring their rise and... -
Buddhism, Politics and Political Thought in Myanmar by Matthew J. Walton
RRP: €36.88€27.19This is the first book to provide a broad overview of the ways in which Buddhist ideas have influenced political thinking and politics in Myanmar. Matthew J. Walton draws extensively on Burmese language sources from the last 150 years to describe the... -
Migration and Political Theory by Brock
RRP: €19.03€17.15Migration dominates contemporary politics across the world, and there has been a corresponding surge in political theorizing about the complex issues that it raises. In a world in which borders seem to be solidifying while the number of displaced people... -
Patchwork States: The Historical Roots of Subnational Conflict and Competition in South Asia by Adnan Naseemullah
RRP: €32.12€27.13Patchwork States argues that the subnational politics of conflict and competition in South Asian countries have roots in the history of uneven state formation under colonial rule. Colonial India contained a complex landscape of different governance... -
The Burning Shores: Inside the Battle for the New Libya by Frederic Wehrey
RRP: €14.27€14.04The death of Colonel Muammar Qadhafi freed Libya from forty-two years of despotic rule, raising hopes for a new era. But in the aftermath, the country descended into bitter rivalries and civil war, paving the way for the Islamic State and a catastrophic... -
Debunking the Myth of America's Poodle: Great Britain Wants War Nu'man Abd al-Wahid 9781785359200
RRP: €15.46€13.64Most writing today by activists and opponents of foreign policy is rooted in the 1960s. Underpinning many of these books is the unquestioned assumption that contemporary British imperialism is an adjunct to American foreign policy. Wherever the United... -
The Machine Never Blinks: A graphic history of spying and surveillance Ivan Greenberg 9781683962823
RRP: €27.36€18.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683962823Author Ivan GreenbergFormat HardbackPage Count 136Imprint FantagraphicsPublisher Fantagraphics -
The Responsibility to Protect: From Promise to Practice Alex J. Bellamy (University of Queensland) 9781509512447
RRP: €21.41€19.09In 2005, the international community made a landmark commitment to prevent mass atrocities by unanimously adopting the UN's "Responsibility to Protect" (R2P) principle. As often as not, however, R2P has failed to translate into decisive action. Why does... -
Grief: The Biography of a Holocaust Photograph by David Shneer
RRP: €33.31€28.38In January 1942, Soviet press photographers came upon a scene like none they had ever documented. That day, they took pictures of the first liberation of a German mass atrocity, where an estimated 7,000 Jews and others were executed at an anti-tank... -
A Patriot's History of Globalism: Its Rise and Decline by Larry Schweikart 9781648210051
RRP: €23.80€15.30Larry Schweikart has won wide acclaim for his number one New York Times bestseller, A Patriot's History of the United States. Now, with A Patriot's History of Globalism, Schweikart shows that globalism, or the attempt to form a one-world government is... -
Taking Stock of Shock: Social Consequences of the 1989 Revolutions by Kristen Ghodsee
RRP: €27.95€23.76Kristen Ghodsee and Mitchell A. Orenstein blend empirical data with lived experiences to produce a robust picture of who won and who lost in post-communist transition, contextualizing the rise of populism in Eastern Europe. After the fall of the... -
A Very British Revolution: The Expenses Scandal and How to Save Our Democracy by Martin Bell
RRP: €10.70€7.35The revelations over MPs' expenses that began in May 2009 ranged from petty thieving to outright fraud and sparked a crisis in confidence unprecedented in modern times. This was a 21st-century Peasants' Revolt - an uprising of the people against the... -
Our Man in Warszawa: How the West Misread Poland by Jo Harper 9789633863954
RRP: €24.93€23.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789633863954Author Jo HarperFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Central European University PressPublisher Central European University PressWeight(grams)... -
Biological Weapons: From the Invention of State-Sponsored Programs to Contemporary Bioterrorism by Jeanne Guillemin 9780231129435
RRP: €26.18€20.56Until the events of September 11 and the anthrax attacks of 2001, biological weapons had never been a major public concern in the United States. Today, the possibility of their use by terrorists against Western states looms large as an international... -
The Ecological Hoofprint: The Global Burden of Industrial Livestock by Anthony Weis
RRP: €22.60€21.31The exploding global consumption of meat is implicated in momentous but greatly underappreciated problems, and industrial livestock production is the driving force behind soaring demand. Following his previous ground-breaking book The Global Food...