Political Science

Why 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...

The Politics of Congressional Elections is the most authoritative and accessible introduction available on congressional elections and the electoral process. By pairing historical data analysis and original research with fundamental concepts of...

How would it be if what we take for human advance were simply a technological progress that literally leaves us out of its equations? What if progress is not humanity striking out bravely towards the future, but an ultimately destructive force? In a...

In 2011, hundreds of thousands of Syrians marched peacefully to demand democratic reforms. Within months, repression forced them to take arms and set up their own institutions. Two years later, the inclusive nature of the opposition had collapsed, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781527286313Author David A. StroudFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Biodiversity PressPublisher NHBS LtdDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 7mm

In 2003, after two years of negotiations, a group of prominent Israelis and Palestinians signed a model peace treaty. The document, popularly called the Geneva Initiative, contained detailed provisions resolving all outstanding issues between Israel and...

Recent years have seen the rise of political figures with particularly abrasive, controversial, and aggressive personalities, who seem to take pleasure in introducing an uncivil tone into the political debate. From Trump in the USA to Bolsonaro in...

'This book re-addresses the concepts of neighbourhood and community in a refreshing and challenging way. It will be of immense benefit, not only to town planners but also to al those professional and voluntary groups and politicians who seek to create...

While it has often been recognised that counsel formed an essential part of the political discourse in early modern England, the precise role that it occupied in the development of political thinking has remained obscure. This comprehensive and rigorous...

The Logic of Connective Action explains the rise of a personalized digitally networked politics in which diverse individuals address the common problems of our times such as economic fairness and climate change. Rich case studies from the United States,...

This book examines the gender dimensions of a wide array of national and international security challenges.The volume examines gender dynamics in ten issue areas in both the traditional and human security sub-fields: armed conflict, post-conflict,...

Established in the 1940s, the Five Eyes intelligence network consists of Australia, Britain, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States. The alliance was integral to shaping domestic and international security decisions during the Cold War, yet much of...

If fundamental political categories were represented as geometric shapes, citizenship would be one of those rotating polyhedrons with reflective surfaces that together create effects of light and shade. With extraordinarily acute discernment, the leading...

First published in 1992 at the height of the furore over the Rodney King incident, Studs Terkel's Race was an immediate bestseller. Offering a rare and revealing look at how people in America truly feel about race, Terkel's candid interviews depict a...

The United States, a single country, locks up a quarter of the world's incarcerated population. More than 850,000 Americans are currently on parole. Yet the parole system is opaque, a confounding process riddled with inequities. Few understand parole as...

In the 1840s, the young journalist Karl Marx developed ideas about modern society that remain as relevant today as when they were first developed. Here, Lowy shows the lasting force of Marx's early writings on alienation and emancipation. This book is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645037095Author Lyle J RubinFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Bold Type BooksPublisher Bold Type BooksWeight(grams) 505gDimensions(mm) 238mm * 158mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781949762402Author Guy MettanFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Clarity PressPublisher Clarity PressWeight(grams) 399gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 152mm * 20mm

If you wanted to build a machine that would distribute propaganda to millions of people, distract them from important issues, energize hatred and bigotry, erode social trust, undermine respectable journalism, foster doubts about science, and engage in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374248833Author Dominic GreenFormat HardbackPage Count 464Imprint Farrar, Straus and GirouxPublisher Farrar, Straus and GirouxWeight(grams)...

Populists and Progressives alerts readers to dramatic changes in the ideological and political structure of America's Democratic and Republican parties roiling Washington and shaping the 2020 presidential election. America now has four distinct...

The Globalization of International Society re-examines the development of today's society of sovereign states, drawing on a wealth of new scholarship to challenge the landmark account presented in Bull and Watson's classic work, The Expansion of...

Al Gore leads the charge against climate change, the world's greatest threat, in an incendiary new foreword to this timeless classic that launched his environmental career. If you want to know Gore, you need this book!About the AuthorAl Gore is an...

The New Economic Diplomacy explains how states conduct their external economic relations in the 21st century: how they make decisions domestically, how they negotiate internationally and how these processes interact. Although the previous edition,...

This book provides an accessible introduction to the current debate about the changing form and political significance of global governance. It brings together original contributions from many of the best-known theorists and analysts of global politics...

Suzutsuki (Japanese large World War II destroyer) Akizuki type, in service from 1943 to the end of the war. "Suzutsuki" was the third ship in a series of large Akizuki-type destroyers specifically designed as anti-aircraft defense ships, whose main...

The complete guide to debunking right-wing misinterpretations of the Bible-from economics and immigration to gender and sexuality.Jesus loves borders, guns, unborn babies, and economic prosperity and hates homosexuality, taxes, welfare, and universal...

In The Tyranny of Experts, renowned economist William Easterly uncovers our failing efforts to fight global poverty. The expert approved, top-down approach to development has not only made little lasting progress, but has proven a convenient rationale...

Can a country be a democracy if its government only responds to the preferences of the rich? In an ideal democracy, all citizens should have equal influence on government policy--but as this book demonstrates, America's policymakers respond almost...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912926541Author Camilla RoyaleFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Bookmarks PublicationsPublisher Bookmarks Publications

The most common image of world politics involves states negotiating, cooperating, or sometimes fighting with one another; billiard balls in motion on a global pool table. Yet working through local proxies or agents, through what Eli Berman and David A...

This book examines the political power of dance, particularly its transgressive potential. Focusing on readings of dance pioneers Isadora Duncan and Martha Graham, Gumboots dancers in the gold mines of South Africa, the One Billion Rising movement, dabke...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780952749288Author Henk J. KeilmanFormat HardbackPage Count 464Imprint Ahimsa PublicationsPublisher Ahimsa PublicationsWeight(grams) 967gDimensions(mm)...

How America's global financial power was created and shaped through its special relationship with BritainThe rise of global finance in the latter half of the twentieth century has long been understood as one chapter in a larger story about the postwar...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913872045Author Rab FergusonFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Onwe PressPublisher Onwe Press

Although dominant in West European politics for more than a century, Christian Democratic parties remain largely unexplored and little understood. An investigation of how political identities and parties form, this book considers the origins of Christian...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629638362Author Rebecca SubarFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint PM PressPublisher PM Press

Mohandas Gandhi, icon of Indian liberation, remains an inspiration for anti-capitalists and peace activists globally. His campaigns for national liberation based on non-violence and mass civil disobedience were critical to defeating the power of the...

Exceptionalist ideas have long influenced British foreign policy. As Britain begins to confront the challenges of a post-Brexit era in an increasingly unstable world, a re-examination of the nature and causes of this exceptionalist bent is in order...

In command of the world's largest hydrocarbon reserves and occupying a central role in both Middle Eastern and global politics, the six traditional monarchies -- Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) -- that...