Political Science

This book discusses the contribution of philosophers and thinkers whose ideas have recently begun to permeate international relations theory. It provides an introduction to the contemporary debates regarding theories and methodologies used to study...

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. The number of people experiencing homelessness is rising in the majority of advanced western economies. Responses to these rising numbers are variable but broadly include elements of congregate emergency...

For fascism, myth was reality-or was realer than the real. Fascist notions of the leader, the nation, power, and violence were steeped in mythic imagery and the fantasy of transcending history. A mythologized primordial past would inspire the heroic...

Global Terrorism, 4th edition continues to provide students with the most comprehensive introduction to terrorism as a global phenomenon. It introduces students to history, politics, ideologies, and strategies of both contemporary and earlier terrorist...

Diplomacy does not take place simply between states but wherever people live in different groups. Paul Sharp argues that the demand for diplomacy, and the need for the insights of diplomatic theory, are on the rise. In contrast to conventional texts...

We know of the blood and tears provoked by the projects of transformation of the world through war or revolution. Starting from the essay published in 1921 by Walter Benjamin, twentieth century philosophy has been committed to the criticism of violence,...

With violent policing, inhumane detention and imprisonment, community surveillance and loss of civil rights, the criminal legal system is unjust; and it is crucial for social workers to understand and take steps toward change. Under the guise of helping...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781604860580Author Paul GoodmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 500Imprint PM PressPublisher PM PressWeight(grams) 673g

Scandinavian countries have been praised for their high levels of welfare provision and their economic and social outcomes. It is true that they are successful by most reasonable measures. However, Scandinavia's success story predated the welfare state...

Are social practices actions, or institutional frameworks of interaction structured by common rules? How do social practices such as signing a cheque differ from international practices such as signing a peace treaty? Traversing the fields of...

Relations between the EU and East Asia have consistently expanded in recent years, particularly between the EU and Japan. Against the background of negotiations on an economic and strategic partnership agreement, the EU-Japan relationship is set to...

The problem of social order is the question of what holds complex and diverse societies together. Today, this question has become increasingly urgent in the world. Yet our ability to ask and answer the question in a helpful way is constrained by the...

These new Set 6A (Blue) Storybooks are designed to give children extra practice, and to develop their fluency and vocabulary further before moving on from the Read Write Inc. Phonics programme. The books are matched to the phonic progression of the...

How does representative government function when public administration can reshape democracy? The traditional narrative of public administration balances the accountability of managers, a problem of control, with the need for effective administration, a...

As the UK leaves the European Union and as the multilateral order is increasingly under stress, bilateral security links are more important than ever. Among such relationships, the UK-France partnership has become particularly critical in the past...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781604881455Author Jack BarnesFormat PaperbackPage Count 147Imprint Pathfinder PressPublisher Pathfinder Press

The unexpected outcome of the 2017 UK general election means that the UK Government lacks a clear mandate on Brexit and also that the Scottish Government lacks a clear mandate on holding a second Independence Referendum consequent to the material change...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865971424Author Algernon SidneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 645Imprint Liberty Fund IncPublisher Liberty Fund IncWeight(grams) 1073g

A concise, readable, and novel interpretation of the history of communist states. Sixteen states came to be ruled by communist parties during the 20th century. One, the Soviet Union, was geographically the largest nation in the world and a superpower...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845402624Author Ivo MosleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint SocietasPublisher Imprint AcademicWeight(grams) 300g

NATO's war on Yugoslavia in the spring of 1999 was unleashed in the name of democracy and human rights. This view was challenged by the world's three largest countries, India, China and Russia, who saw the bombing of Serbia and Kosovo as a naked attempt...

Hercules Young has always been strong - perhaps a bit too strong. Just when his classmates have had enough of him accidentally breaking things, can Hercules win them over and use his strength to help instead? Reflect is a series of emotionally...

Data and marketing consultant and statistical sage to presidential candidates, governors, businesses, and the real powers-that-be, epidemiologists, Justin Hart catalogs in a terrifying-but-sprightly manner the folly and psychosis produced by the pandemic...

First published in 2004. WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE SOCIAL CONTRACT IN MODERN POLITICAL THOUGHT? The concept of a social contract has been central to political thought since the seventeenth century. Contract theory has been used to justify political...

Not One More Death examines the record of US and UK troops in Iraq, questions Bush and Blair's position under international law, and considers the responsibilities of artists, writers and the wider public in a time of war and occupation.Published in...

Many scholars perceive ethnic politics in China as an untouchable topic due to lack of data and contentious, even prohibitive, politics. This book fills a gap in the literature, offering a historical-political perspective on China's contemporary ethnic...

As seen on Tucker Carlson Murder, rape, sex trafficking, and hate-Crime Inc. explains how the Political Left utilized these tactics of organized crime to gain and maintain power in America.Vince Everett Ellison has written another massive takedown of the...

On 16th August 2012, thirty-four black mineworkers were gunned down by the police under the auspices of South Africa's African National Congress (ANC) in what has become known as the Marikana massacre. This attempt to drown independent working-class...

This text provides a systematic review of the reform of local government since the election of New Labour in 1997. Modern Local Government: " provides the relevant historical context for the predicted 'death of local government' in the Thatcher era...

Winner of the Ray Allen Billington PrizeWinner of the Ellis W. Hawley PrizeWinner of the Sally and Ken Owens AwardWinner of the Vincent P. DeSantis Book PrizeWinner of the Caroline Bancroft History Prize"A powerful argument about racial violence that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262539814Author Andres Luque-AyalaFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Law is the most sacred fetish of our time. From radicals to conservatives, there is no militant, activist or thinker who would consider doing without it. But the history of our fascination with law is long and complex, and reaches deeper into our culture...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807055403Author Robin BroadFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press

Globalization has reconfigured both the external institutional framework and the intrinsic operating mechanisms of capitalism. The global triumph of capitalism implies the embracing of the market by the state in all its variants, and that global...

What makes the city of the future? How do you heal a divided city? In Radical Cities, Justin McGuirk travels across Latin America in search of the activist architects, maverick politicians and alternative communities already answering these questions...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781602397156Author Leonard A ColeFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Skyhorse PublishingPublisher Skyhorse PublishingWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm)...

The entangled threat of crime, corruption, and terrorism now deserves high-level policy attention because of its growth trajectory. Using lively case studies, this book analyzes the transformation of crime and terrorism and the business logic of...

The poetry and plays of William Shakespeare continue to provide inspiration for designers in all aspect of media. Shakespearean Wig Styling offers detailed historical guidance on the styles and fashions of the day, and guides yo through twelve different...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781328624383Author Michael McFaulFormat PaperbackPage Count 560Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 132mm...

In Urban Sprawl and Public Health, three of the nation's leading public health and urban planning experts explore an intriguing question: How does the physical environment in which we live affect our health? For decades, growth and development in our...