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Remapping Knowledge: Intercultural Studies for a Global Age by Mihai I. Spariosu 9781800739451
RRP: €18.98€15.83The growing interdependence of the local and the global demand innovative approaches to human development. Such approaches, the author argues, ought to be based on the emerging ethics of global intelligence, defined as the ability to understand, respond... -
Last Prime Minister: Being Honest About the U.K. Presidency by Graham Allen 9780907845416
€13.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780907845416Author Graham AllenFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Imprint AcademicPublisher Imprint AcademicWeight(grams) 200gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 135mm... -
Solving Public Problems: A Practical Guide to Fix Our Government and Change Our World by Beth Simone Noveck
€36.58How to take advantage of technology, data, and the collective wisdom in our communities to design powerful solutions to contemporary problems "Bursting with sage, practical advice for public sector officials and civil society actors who want to engage... -
Russia and the Question of World Order Elias Goetz 9781032085029
RRP: €47.59€42.04Russia and the Question of World Order engages with three sets of questions that cut to the heart of the ongoing debate about Russia's role in the present world order. Firstly, the book asks what are Russia's aims and objectives? Is Russia a highly... -
Fightback - the Revival of the Scottish Conservative Party by David Torrance
RRP: €26.17€23.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474455633Author David TorranceFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University Press -
Totalitarianism David D. Roberts 9781509532407
RRP: €17.84€16.16Less than a century old, the concept of totalitarianism is one of the most controversial in political theory, with some proposing to abandon it altogether. In this accessible, wide-ranging introduction, David Roberts addresses the grounds for skepticism... -
Fear: The History of a Political Idea by Corey Robin
RRP: €25.57€19.14For many commentators, September 11 inaugurated a new era of fear. But as Corey Robin shows in his unsettling tour of the Western imagination--the first intellectual history of its kind--fear has shaped our politics and culture since time immemorial. ... -
Antonio Negri Timothy Murphy (Oklahoma State University) 9780745643205
RRP: €20.22€18.40The Italian philosopher and militant Antonio Negri has been a provocative and controversial figure for over forty years. He has been a professor of law at the University of Padua, a labor organizer in the Veneto, a political prisoner in Rome, a member of... -
The Final Kingdom: Horizons of the Fourth Political Theory and Geopolitics of the Apocalypse by Pyotr Volkov 9781914337147
RRP: €38.07€27.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914337147Author Pyotr VolkovFormat PaperbackPage Count 412Imprint Orthodox LogosPublisher Orthodox LogosWeight(grams) 603gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *... -
Uncertain Future: The JCPOA and Iran's Nuclear and Missile Programmes Mark Fitzpatrick 9780367197056
RRP: €26.17€23.01In July 2015, eight parties - France, Germany and the United Kingdom, together with the European Union and China, Russia and the United States on the one side, and Iran on the other - adopted the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), better known... -
Humanitarian Intervention and the United Nations by Norrie MacQueen
RRP: €34.50€32.27Does humanitarian intervention 'work'? Could it work better if approached differently? Or should we just, in the words of one critic, 'give war a chance'? Since the end of the Cold War and the subsequent surge in civil and international conflicts, the... -
Microsociology: Discourse, Emotion and Social Structure by Thomas J. Scheff
RRP: €32.13€31.50Moving beyond the traditional boundaries of sociological investigation, Thomas J. Scheff brings together the study of communication and the social psychology of emotions to explore the microworld of thoughts, feelings, and moods. Drawing on strikingly... -
Contemporary Britain by John McCormick 9781137576781
RRP: €38.07€21.88A new edition of a popular introduction to all aspects of life in Britain. This version reflects on the ongoing fallout from the global financial and eurozone crises; the May 2015 General Election; the September 2014 referendum on Scottish independence;... -
Signal Crimes: Social Reactions to Crime, Disorder, and Control by Martin Innes 9780199684472
RRP: €45.21€45.08How do individuals, communities, and institutions react to crime, disorder, and social control events? How do such incidents shape the contours of social order and the make-up of society? Why do some crimes and disorders matter more than others in... -
Marx and Human Nature: Refutation of a Legend by Norman Geras 9781784782351
€16.41In this passionate and polemical classic work, Norman Geras argues that the view that Marx broke with all conceptions of human nature in 1845 is wrong. Rather, his later writings are informed by an idea of a specifically human nature that fulfills both... -
The Returned: They Left to Wage Jihad, Now They're Back David Thomson 9781509526918
RRP: €19.03€13.01Since 2012, hundreds of men and women have left Western countries to join jihadist groups fighting in Syria. Many are still there, many have been killed, but some have chosen to return to their countries of origin. French Journalist David Thomson met... -
Political and Legal Obligation by J. Roland Pennock
RRP: €54.73€48.23At a point in history marked by dramatic challenges to the existing political and social order, the question of legal and political obligation emerges as a focal point of international concern. Amid the clamor for radical change in the established order,... -
State of Repression: Iraq under Saddam Hussein by Lisa Blaydes 9780691180274
RRP: €41.65€33.26A new account of modern Iraqi politics that overturns the conventional wisdom about its sectarian divisionsHow did Iraq become one of the most repressive dictatorships of the late twentieth century? The conventional wisdom about Iraq's modern political... -
The Chinese Party-State in the 21st Century: Adaptation and the Reinvention of Legitimacy by Andre Laliberte 9780415692182
€12.60As the Chinese Communist Party continues to move away from socialism, it faces a growing number of challenges to the claim that it represents the sole legitimate governing body in China. In order to reaffirm itself as the most effective force for keeping... -
The Compassionate Imagination: How the Arts Are Central to a Functioning Democracy by Max Wyman 9781770866997
RRP: €15.46€10.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781770866997Author Max WymanFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Cormorant Books,CanadaPublisher Cormorant Books,CanadaWeight(grams) 259gDimensions(mm)... -
The New Western Way of War: Risk-Transfer War and its Crisis in Iraq Martin Shaw (University of Sussex) 9780745634111
RRP: €20.22€18.40In this seminal new work, Martin Shaw, a leading expert on the sociology of war, argues that the new Western way of war is in crisis. He charts the development of a new warfare, after Vietnam, through the Falklands, the Gulf, Kosovo and Afghanistan. He... -
Sinn Fein and the IRA: From Revolution to Moderation by Mathew Whiting
RRP: €28.55€26.00Mathew Whiting explores Irish republicanism's transformation from violence to political power. He examines their electoral participation and engagement in democratic bargaining, the role of Irish-America and British government policy to argue that... -
Nicaragua: Emerging From the Shadow of the Eagle Thomas W. Walker 9780813349862
RRP: €45.21€40.03Nicaragua: Emerging from the Shadow of the Eagle details the country's unique history, culture, economics, politics, and foreign relations. Its historical coverage considers Nicaragua from pre-Columbian and colonial times as well as during the... -
Making Sense of the Alt-Right by George Hawley 9780231185134
RRP: €20.22€16.24During the 2016 election, a new term entered the mainstream American political lexicon: "alt-right," short for "alternative right." Despite the innocuous name, the alt-right is a white-nationalist movement. Yet it differs from earlier racist groups: it... -
The Devil We Knew: Americans and the Cold War by H. W. Brands 9780195093773
RRP: €17.84€12.47In the late 1950s, Washington was driven by its fear of communist subversion: it saw the hand of Kremlin behind developments at home and across the globe. The FBI was obsessed with the threat posed by American communist party-yet party membership had... -
The Death of the Nation and the Future of the Arab Revolution by Vijay Prashad 9780520293267
RRP: €23.80€18.91This fast-paced and timely book from Vijay Prashad is the best critical primer to the Middle East conflicts today, from Syria and Saudi Arabia to the chaos in Turkey. Mixing thrilling anecdotes from street-level reporting that give readers a sense of... -
Youth and the Welfare State in Weimar Germany by Elizabeth Harvey 9780198204145
€62.50This is a detailed and scholarly study of social policy in Weimar Germany. The Weimar Republic gave German youth new social rights and a pledge of generous educational and welfare provision. Public social and welfare policies would, it was hoped, banish... -
Lessons Of October by Leon Trotsky
RRP: €17.84€11.88In this sharply polemical account, Leon Trotsky draws up a balance sheet of the world's first successful workers' revolution. Written primarily for members of the newly created Communist International, Trotsky focuses on the specific role played by the... -
Understanding the China Threat Lianchao Han 9781032255071
RRP: €47.59€41.72This book examines the contours of the Sino-American confrontation and its future trajectories. It delineates the two major causes of the friction in Sino-American relations-change in the balance of power in China's favor and the conf licting ideologies... -
The Birth of Capitalism: A 21st Century Perspective by Henry Heller
RRP: €35.69€27.39In the light of the deepening crisis of capitalism and continued non-Western capitalist accumulation, Henry Heller re-examines the debates surrounding the transition from feudalism to capitalism in Europe and elsewhere. Focusing on arguments about the... -
Conspiracy Theories: A Primer by Joseph E. Uscinski 9781538173251
RRP: €29.75€25.93The second edition of this popular text, updated throughout and now including Covid-19 and the 2020 presidential election and aftermath, introduces students to the research into conspiracy theories and the people who propagate and believe them. In doing... -
Manipulated: Inside the Cyberwar to Hijack Elections and Distort the Truth by Theresa Payton 9781538133507
RRP: €23.79€17.87Cybersecurity expert Theresa Payton tells battlefront stories from the global war being conducted through clicks, swipes, internet access, technical backdoors and massive espionage schemes. She investigates the cyberwarriors who are planning tomorrow's... -
Constructing Cassandra: Reframing Intelligence Failure at the CIA, 1947-2001 by Milo Jones 9780804793360
RRP: €33.31€29.18Constructing Cassandra analyzes the intelligence failures at the CIA that resulted in four key strategic surprises experienced by the US: the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, the Iranian revolution of 1978, the collapse of the USSR in 1991, and the 9/11... -
Routledge Handbook of African Politics Nic Cheeseman 9781138843752
€85.14Providing a comprehensive and cutting edge examination of this important continent, Routledge Handbook of African Politics surveys the key debates and controversies, dealing with each of the major issues to be found in Africa's politics today. Structured... -
The Water Defenders: How Ordinary People Saved a Country from Corporate Greed by Robin Broad
RRP: €19.03€14.03Apologies 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 -
The Sociology of Children′s Rights by Gran
RRP: €19.03€17.15Children's rights appear universal, inalienable, and indivisible, intended to advance young people's interests. Yet, in practice, evidence suggests the contrary: the international framework of treaties, procedures, and national policies contains... -
Dark Commerce: How a New Illicit Economy Is Threatening Our Future by Louise I. Shelley
RRP: €29.75€23.67A comprehensive look at the world of illicit trade Though mankind has traded tangible goods for millennia, recent technology has changed the fundamentals of trade, in both legitimate and illegal economies. In the past three decades, the most advanced... -
We Created Chavez: A People's History of the Venezuelan Revolution by George Ciccariello-Maher
RRP: €28.55€25.18Since being elected president in 1998, Hugo Chavez has become the face of contemporary Venezuela and, more broadly, anticapitalist revolution. George Ciccariello-Maher contends that this focus on Chavez has obscured the inner dynamics and historical... -
Britain Votes 2010 by Andrew Geddes 9780199603275
RRP: €19.03€16.54The 2010 General Election proved to be one of the most dramatic contests of recent times. Britain Votes 2010 provides a comprehensive analysis of the campaign and its remarkable aftermath. A team of experts assess the results, outline the new electoral... -
Republics of Myth: National Narratives and the US-Iran Conflict by Hussein Banai
RRP: €29.75€24.44Why does the rift between the US and Iran persist?Iran and the United States have been at odds for forty years, locked in a cold war that has run the gamut from harsh rhetoric to hostage-taking, from crippling sanctions to targeted killings. In Republics...