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Family Group Conferences in Child Welfare by Peter Marsh 9780632049226
RRP: $102.80$89.52Professionals must increasingly focus on the importance of family involvement in making decisions about the welfare of a child who is abused or needing care. Family Group Conferences has evolved as a positive means to encourage good links between these... -
The Politics of Care by Boston Review
RRP: $23.08$18.77From the COVID-19 pandemic to uprisings over police brutality, we are living in the greatest social crisis of a generation. But the roots of these latest emergencies stretch back decades. At their core is a politics of death: a brutal neoliberal... -
The Secret History of Al-Qa'ida by Abdel-Bari Atwan 9780349120355
RRP: $18.88$9.89Over the last ten years, journalist and al-Qa'ida expert Abdel Bari Atwan has cultivated uniquely well-placed sources and amassed a wealth of information about al-Qa'ida's origins, masterminds and plans for the future. In this book, Atwan reveals how... -
Global Civil Society: An Answer to War Mary Kaldor (London School of Economics and Political Science) 9780745627588
RRP: $35.68$31.96The terms 'global' and 'civil society' have both become part of the contemporary political lexicon. In this important new book, Mary Kaldor argues that this is no coincidence and that the reinvention of civil society has to be understood in the context... -
Popular Dictatorships: Crises, Mass Opinion, and the Rise of Electoral Authoritarianism by Aleksandar Matovski
RRP: $73.48$63.19Electoral autocracies - regimes that adopt democratic institutions but subvert them to rule as dictatorships - have become the most widespread, resilient and malignant non-democracies today. They have consistently ruled over a third of the countries in... -
Fixer-Upper: How to Repair America's Crumbling Housing Policies by Jenny Schuetz
RRP: $52.50$45.76Apologies 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)... -
Ancient Chinese Thought, Modern Chinese Power by Xuetong Yan
RRP: $42.00$33.37The rise of China could be the most important political development of the twenty-first century. What will China look like in the future? What should it look like? And what will China's rise mean for the rest of world? This book, written by China's most... -
Buddhism, Politics and Political Thought in Myanmar by Matthew J. Walton
RRP: $65.08$47.99This 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: $33.58$30.26Migration 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: $56.68$47.88Patchwork 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... -
Fascists Among Us: online hate and the Christchurch massacre Jeff Sparrow 9781912854691
RRP: $20.98$14.07The first book to unearth the Christchurch massacre's fascist roots and examine what it represents and threatens. The massacre of more than fifty worshippers at mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, shocked the world. The murders were not random. They... -
Hayek on Liberty by John Gray
RRP: $100.78$87.80Not available since the 1980s, this up-dated edition by the leading political philosopher, John Gray, outlines his new position on Hayek. In a substantial new chapter, Gray assesses how far the historical development of the last ten years can be deployed... -
Requiem for a Species Clive Hamilton 9781849710817
RRP: $77.68$68.31This book does not set out once more to raise the alarm to encourage us to take radical measures to head off climate chaos. There have been any number of books and reports in recent years explaining just how dire the future looks and how little time we... -
The Machine Never Blinks: A graphic history of spying and surveillance Ivan Greenberg 9781683962823
RRP: $48.28$31.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683962823Author Ivan GreenbergFormat HardbackPage Count 136Imprint FantagraphicsPublisher Fantagraphics -
Grief: The Biography of a Holocaust Photograph by David Shneer
RRP: $58.78$50.09In 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... -
Brexit: The Establishment Civil War Josh Hamilton 9781789044904
RRP: $44.08$37.28Wrapped up in a story of the British public's' rejection of the establishment is a much darker story about shady money, untoward digital campaign tactics, and a fraught battle exploding from the highest rungs of British politics and society. Brexit: The... -
Bread and Freedom: Egypt's Revolutionary Situation by Mona El-Ghobashy 9781503628151
RRP: $50.38$44.60A multivocal account of why Egypt's defeated revolution remains a watershed in the country's political history. Bread and Freedom offers a new account of Egypt's 2011 revolutionary mobilization, based on a documentary record hidden in plain sight-party... -
The Long Night of the Watchman: Essays by Vaclav Benda, 1977-1989 by F Flagg Taylor 9781587314780
RRP: $58.80$49.71The Long Night of the Watchman brings into English translation the writings of the renowned Czech anti-Communist dissident and Catholic thinker Vaclav Benda (1946-1999). An early signatory of Charter 77, the Czechoslovak human rights association, Benda... -
Rethinking Liberalism for the 21st Century: The Skeptical Radicalism of Judith Shklar by Giunia Gatta 9780367590369
RRP: $88.18$77.18Rethinking Liberalism for the 21st Century offers an indispensable reexamination of the life, work, and interventions of a prominent liberal political theorist of the 20th century: Judith Shklar.Drawing on published and unpublished sources including... -
Biological Weapons: From the Invention of State-Sponsored Programs to Contemporary Bioterrorism by Jeanne Guillemin 9780231129435
RRP: $46.20$35.18Until 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... -
European Spatial Planning A Faludi 9781558441538
RRP: $63.00$57.52Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781558441538Author A FaludiFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Lincoln Institute of Land PolicyPublisher Lincoln Institute of Land PolicyWeight(grams)... -
Nation Branding and International Politics by Christopher S. Browning 9780228018919
RRP: $65.10$56.01Nation branding is regarded as essential for competitiveness among countries, but the idea of branding nations is often derided as lacking seriousness. While nation branding has been on the radar of scholars of marketing, communication, and media... -
The Status and Recognition of Post-1992 Transnistria: An Investigation of the Case for de jure Independence by Richard Colbey
RRP: $41.98$31.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915054302Author Richard ColbeyFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint The University of Buckingham PressPublisher Legend Press LtdWeight(grams) 500g -
Foundations of Institutional Reality by Andrei Marmor 9780197657348
RRP: $157.50$143.24In Foundations of Institutional Reality, Andrei Marmor provides a novel account of the ontological foundations of institutional facts, and argues that there are important epistemic and methodological implications that follow from this ontology. Marmor... -
The Jewish Question: History of a Marxist Debate by Enzo Traverso
RRP: $63.00$41.75For figures ranging from Karl Marx to the luminaries of the Frankfurt School, the 'Jewish Question' - a set of problems related to emancipation and anti-Semitism, cultural assimilation and Zionism - raised significant controversies within Marxist theory... -
The Political Economy of Defence by Ron Matthews 9781108441018
RRP: $77.68$67.52Defence is the ultimate public good, and it thus falls to government to determine the appropriate amount of public revenue to commit to the defence of the realm. This will depend on history, strategic threat, international security obligations,... -
China's Western Horizon: Beijing and the New Geopolitics of Eurasia by Daniel S. Markey 9780197582015
RRP: $38.83$33.43A crucial assessment of how global and regional politics converge in the swath of Eurasia that includes South Asia, Central Asia, and the Middle East. Under the ambitious leadership of President Xi Jinping, China is transforming its wealth and... -
Urban Revolutions: Notes Towards a Systematic Investigation by Stefan Kipfer 9781642599954
RRP: $63.00$41.75What do struggles over pipelines in Canada, housing estates in France, and shantytowns in Martinique have in common? In Urban Revolutions, Stefan Kipfer shows how these struggles force us to understand the (neo-)colonial aspects of capitalist... -
The Return of Bipolarity in World Politics: China, the United States, and Geostructural Realism by Oystein Tunsjo
RRP: $130.20$101.26Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the international system has been unipolar, centered on the United States. But the rise of China foreshadows a change in the distribution of power. Oystein Tunsjo shows that the international system is moving... -
Capitalism for Realists: Virtues and Vices of the Modern Economy Tibor Rutar (University of Maribor, Slovenia) 9781032305929
RRP: $75.58$66.55In an age of extreme political polarization and waning of reasoned debate across political divides, Capitalism for Realists carefully explores the inner workings of capitalism in a consciously non-partisan and balanced way. Does the modern capitalist... -
Colin Powell: Imperfect Patriot by Jeffrey J. Matthews 9780268105099
RRP: $65.10$56.85This fascinating biography of the late Colin Powell brings to light his towering achievements and errors in judgment during a lifetime devoted to public service. Until he passed away in 2021, Colin Powell was revered as one of America's most trusted and... -
The Lure of Technocracy by Jurgen Habermas
RRP: $33.58$30.26Over the past 25 years, Jurgen Habermas has presented what is arguably the most coherent and wide-ranging defence of the project of European unification and of parallel developments towards a politically integrated world society. In developing his key... -
Inside Accounts, Volume II: The Irish Government and Peace in Northern Ireland, from the Good Friday Agreement to the Fall of Power-Sharing by Graham Spencer 9781526149176
RRP: $63.00$44.75Volume two of the most authoritative and revealing account yet of how the Irish Government managed the Northern Ireland peace process and helped broker a political settlement to end the conflict there. Based on nine extended interviews with key officials... -
Covenants without Swords: Idealist Liberalism and the Spirit of Empire by Jeanne Morefield 9780691171401
$47.10Covenants without Swords examines an enduring tension within liberal theory: that between many liberals' professed commitment to universal equality on the one hand, and their historic support for the politics of hierarchy and empire on the other. It does... -
Making Health Public: A Manifesto for a New Social Contract Peter Littlejohns (Kings College London) 9781447371267
RRP: $84.00$65.33A public health crisis is gripping the UK. Improvements in life expectancy have stalled, health inequalities have widened, obesity and alcohol misuse are placing an increasing strain on health services and urban air pollution is now widely recognised as... -
Political Geography by Professor Joe Painter 9781412901383
RRP: $107.10$86.81"A very good overview. Covers the key topics well and in an accessible and engaging style." - Dr Daniel Hammett, Department of Geography, Sheffield University This is a revised and updated edition of a core undergraduate resource for... -
Racism: A Critical Analysis Mike Cole 9780745334714
RRP: $58.78$45.30The book traces the legacy of racism across three continents, from its origins to the present day, bringing a sophisticated neo-Marxist analysis to bear on a muti-faceted and endemic topic. Mike Cole takes us through the racial histories of the United... -
The Routledge Handbook of Elections, Voting Behavior and Public Opinion by Justin Fisher 9780367500115
RRP: $92.38$82.82The study of elections, voting behavior and public opinion are arguably among the most prominent and intensively researched sub-fields within Political Science. It is an evolving sub-field, both in terms of theoretical focus and in particular, technical... -
Playing God: American Catholic Bishops and the Far Right by Mary Jo McConahay
RRP: $56.68$36.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781685890285Author Mary Jo McConahayFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Melville House PublishingPublisher Melville House Publishing -
Why We Hate: Understanding the Roots of Human Conflict by Michael Ruse 9780197621288
RRP: $44.08$37.67An insightful and probing exploration of the contradiction between humans' enormous capacity for hatred and their evolutionary development as a social species Why We Hate tackles a pressing issue of both longstanding interest and fresh relevance: why...