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The Contested Idea of South Africa Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni (University of Bayreuth, Germany) 9781032134321
RRP: €47.59€42.52This book reflects on the complex and contested idea of South Africa, drawing on a wide range of disciplinary perspectives. Ever since the delineation of South Africa as a country, the many diverse groups of people contained within its borders have... -
Deceiving the Sky: Inside Communist China's Drive for Global Supremacy by Bill Gertz
RRP: €16.65€11.31The United States' approach to China since the Communist regime in Beijing began the period of reform and opening in the 1980s was based on a promise that trade and engagement with China would result in a peaceful, democratic state. Forty years later the... -
Sayfo - An Account of the Assyrian Genocide by Abed Mshiho Neman Qarabash
RRP: €24.98€23.26Translates and annotates a rare eyewitness account of the 1915 Assyrian genocide during the First World War Set in the context of the failing Ottoman state and rising Young Turk regime Discusses Armenians and Greeks as well as Assyrians in one... -
Networks in Contention: The Divisive Politics of Climate Change by Jennifer Hadden
RRP: €29.74€25.20How do civil society organizations mobilize on climate change? Why do they choose certain strategies over others? What are the consequences of these choices? Networks in Contention examines how the interactions between different organizations within the... -
British Politics Today: Essentials Bill Jones 9780719079399
RRP: €35.70€25.76Short, yet comprehensive. Completely up to date. Great value for money textbook by two established scholars .About the AuthorBill Jones is Research Fellow in the Department of Government at the University of Manchester. Dennis Kavanagh is Professor of... -
The UK Social Policy Process by Catherine Bochel
€50.03The UK Social Policy Process examines the wide range of factors that influence social policies and their outcomes. Devolution, 'modernisation', reform of the public services, emphases on public participation and on 'what works' in the delivery of... -
America Unrivaled: The Future of the Balance of Power by G. John Ikenberry
RRP: €34.50€30.18American power today is without historical precedent, dominating the world system. No other nation has enjoyed such formidable advantages in military, economic, technological, cultural, and political capabilities. How stable is this unipolar American... -
The Preobrazhensky Papers, Volume 3: Transversal Solidarities and Politics of Possibility by Evgeny A. Preobrazhensky 9781642599947
RRP: €53.55€42.36Evgeny A. Preobrazhensky was Russia's foremost economist in the 1920s. This volume editorially reconstructs his theory of socialist industrialisation in an agrarian country and relates it to previous socialist theories and to issues of political... -
The Empire at Home: Internal Colonies and the End of Britain by James Trafford 9780745340999
RRP: €101.15€78.39Modern Britain is forged through the redeployment of structures that facilitated and legitimized slavery, exploitation and extermination. This is the 'empire at home' and it is inseparable from the strategies of neo-colonial extraction and oppression of... -
The Socratic Way of Life: Xenophon's “Memorabilia” by Thomas L. Pangle
RRP: €23.80€23.09The Socratic Way of Life is the first English-language book-length study of the philosopher Xenophon's masterwork. In it, Thomas L. Pangle shows that Xenophon depicts more authentically than does Plato the true teachings and way of life of the citizen... -
Standardizing the World: EU Trade Policy and the Road to Convergence by Francesco Duina 9780197681886
RRP: €76.16€68.63The EU has pursued many trade pacts across the world. This is part of its foreign policy: as the third largest economy in the world and lacking hard power, the EU relies on trade agreements to project its interests. These are often complex and... -
Liar in a Crowded Theater: Freedom of Speech in a World of Misinformation by Jeff Kosseff 9781421447322
RRP: €29.75€24.31Thanks to the First Amendment, Americans enjoy a rare privilege: the constitutional right to lie. And although controversial, they should continue to enjoy this right.When commentators and politicians discuss misinformation, they often repeat five words:... -
Latin America Confronts the United States: Asymmetry and Influence by Tom Long
RRP: €29.74€24.92Latin America Confronts the United States offers a new perspective on US-Latin America relations. Drawing on research in six countries, the book examines how Latin American leaders are able to overcome power asymmetries to influence US foreign policy... -
Covenants without Swords: Idealist Liberalism and the Spirit of Empire by Jeanne Morefield 9780691171401
€27.11Covenants 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... -
The Secret History of Al Qaeda by Abdel-Bari Atwan 9780520255616
€49.02Drawing on unparalleled access to Osama bin Laden and his key associates, journalist Abdel Bari Atwan gives an incisive and timely account, the clearest we have so far, of the rise of the notorious terrorist organization, al Qaeda. In this lively... -
Totalitarianism: The Basics Phillip W. Gray 9781032183732
RRP: €22.60€20.08Totalitarianism: The Basics is an easy-to-read introduction into the main concepts, ideologies, and regimes associated with totalitarianism.Starting with an overview of how scholars have attempted to define totalitarianism, Phillip W. Gray begins with an... -
Global Norms with a Local Face: Rule-of-Law Promotion and Norm Translation by Lisbeth Zimmermann
RRP: €109.47€99.00To what extent are global rule-of-law norms, which external actors promote in post-conflict states, localized? Who decides whether global standards or local particularities prevail? This book offers a new approach to the debate about how the dilemma... -
Collective Emotions and Political Violence: Narratives of Islamist Organisations in Western Europe by Maéva Clément 9781526167699
RRP: €29.75€25.93How do collective actors move from moderate politics to (violent) extremism? Faced with high risks of repression and implosion, they need to legitimate such radical change to keep members and followers committed to collective action. Drawing on the... -
Democracy and the Rule of Law by Jose Maria Maravall
RRP: €35.69€30.87This book addresses the question of why governments sometimes follow the law and other times choose to evade the law. The traditional answer of jurists has been that laws have an autonomous causal efficacy: law rules when actions follow anterior norms;... -
The Politics of Attack: CommuniqueS and Insurrectionary Violence by Dr Michael Loadenthal 9781526114440
RRP: €35.70€25.36Since the early 2000s, global, underground networks of insurrectionary anarchists have carried out thousands of acts of political violence. This book is an exploration of the ideas, strategies, and history of these political actors that engage in a... -
The Great Derangement: A Terrifying True Story of War, Politics, and Religion by Matt Taibbi 9780385520621
RRP: €19.03€12.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385520621Author Matt TaibbiFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 236gDimensions(mm) 203mm... -
The Brothel Boy and Other Parables of the Law by Norval Morris 9780195093865
RRP: €35.09€13.60The mystery does not always end when the crime has been solved. Indeed, the most insolvable problems of crime and punishment are not so much who committed the crime, but how to see that justice is done. Now, in this illuminating volume, one of America's... -
Legitimating the Chinese Communist Party Since Tiananmen: A Critical Analysis of the Stability Discourse Peter Sandby-Thomas 9781138844643
RRP: €45.21€40.03The dominant view concerning the rule of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is that it is simply a matter of time before it comes to an end. This view has been dominant since the pro-democracy protests in 1989 and has only been strengthened by the... -
Blackbirds Singing: Inspiring Black Women’s Speeches from the Civil War to the Twenty-first Century by Janet Dewart Bell 9781620976289
RRP: €23.79€16.14An uplifting collection of speeches by African American women, curated by the civil and human rights activist, scholar, and author When Mary Ann Shadd Cary-the first Black woman publisher in North America-declared, "break every yoke . . . let the... -
Drone Warrior: An Elite Soldier's Inside Account of the Hunt for America's Most Dangerous Enemies by Brett Velicovich 9780062693938
€12.38“A must read for anyone who wants to understand the new American way of war.” — General Michael V. Hayden, former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency A former special operations member takes us inside America’s... -
Agamben and Politics: A Critical Introduction by Sergei Prozorov
RRP: €34.50€32.27This is a critical introduction to Giorgio Agamben's political thought that highlights its affirmative dimension. Rapidly becoming one of the most celebrated and controversial contemporary thinkers, Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben has made an... -
Out of the Dark: My Journey Through the Shadows to Find God's Joy by Mandisa 9781954201002
RRP: €32.07€19.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781954201002Author MandisaFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint K-LOVEPublisher K-LOVEWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 218mm * 145mm * 30mm -
Nationalism and Hegemony: The Consolidation of the Nation in Social and Political Life by Michaelangelo Anastasiou 9781032000848
RRP: €47.59€41.72This book develops a contemporary theory of nationalism that addresses 21st century political challenges, exploring theoretical and empirical understandings of the concepts of 'the nation' and 'nationalism' and the failure of various theoretical accounts... -
Regulatory Crisis: Negotiating the Consequences of Risk, Disasters and Crises by Bridget M. Hutter
RRP: €36.88€31.86Using a new concept - 'regulatory crisis' - this book examines how major crises may or may not affect regulation. The authors provide a detailed analysis of selected well-known disasters, tracing multiple interwoven sources of influence and competing... -
Security, Religion, and the Rule of Law: International Perspectives Tania Pagotto (University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy) 9781032591247
RRP: €44.02€38.71Security, Religion, and the Rule of Law argues that true, substantive, and sustainable national security is only possible through respect for the rule of law, human rights, and religious freedom.Despite the emphasis on national security and the war on... -
Adaptable Autocrats: Regime Power in Egypt and Syria by Joshua Stacher
RRP: €26.17€22.84The decades-long resilience of Middle Eastern regimes meant that few anticipated the 2011 Arab Spring. But from the seemingly rapid leadership turnovers in Tunisia and Egypt to the protracted stalemates in Yemen and Syria, there remains a common outcome:... -
The Falkland Islands as an International Problem (Routledge Revivals) Peter J. Beck 9781138018068
RRP: €45.21€39.72Although the Falklands War of 1982 had a decisive outcome in respect to the restoration of British control, it failed to resolve the basic cause of the war: the Anglo-Argentine dispute over sovereignty. Relations between the two countries remain... -
The Sayyid Qutb Reader: Selected Writings on Politics, Religion, and Society by Albert J. Bergesen
RRP: €54.73€47.75Anyone who wants to understand what militant Muslims think has to understand what they read-and they read Sayyid Qutb, the intellectual father of Islamic fundamentalism. Qutb, an Egyptian literary critic and philosopher who was appalled by American... -
Making Climate Change Work for Us: European Perspectives on Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies by Mike Hulme 9780521119412
RRP: €149.94€136.64Introducing the main challenges and opportunities of developing local, regional and global strategies for addressing climate change, this book explains the dilemmas faced when converting strategies into policies. Providing a synthesis of the findings of... -
Democracy Administered: How Public Administration Shapes Representative Government by Anthony Bertelli
RRP: €36.88€24.17How 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... -
Chinese Workers in Comparative Perspective by Anita Chan
RRP: €28.55€25.18As the "world's factory" China exerts an enormous pressure on workers around the world. Many nations have had to adjust to a new global political and economic reality, and so has China. Its workers and its official trade union federation have had to... -
Food Futures in Education and Society Gurpinder Singh Lalli (University of Wolverhampton, UK) 9781032280196
RRP: €44.02€39.01This book brings together a unique collection of chapters to facilitate a broad discussion on food education that will stimulate readers to think about key policies, recent research, curriculum positions and how to engage with key stakeholders about the... -
The Routledge Handbook of Biopolitics by Sergei Prozorov
RRP: €52.35€45.74The problematic of biopolitics has become increasingly important in the social sciences. Inaugurated by Michel Foucault's genealogical research on the governance of sexuality, crime and mental illness in modern Europe, the research on biopolitics has... -
The Rise of the Dutch New Right: An Intellectual History of the Rightward Shift in Dutch Politics by Merijn Oudenampsen 9780367547592
RRP: €47.59€41.72In the past 20 years, a wave of right-wing populist movements has swept over Europe, changing the face of European politics. The Netherlands has been one of the more iconic countries to partake in this shift. Known internationally as an emblem of... -
Rigged: Understanding 'the Economy' in Brexit Britain by Anna Killick 9781526159274
RRP: €29.75€25.93In Brexit Britain, talk of 'the economy' dominates; however, we know surprisingly little about how people understand this term. In the aftermath of the 2008 crash and decades of neoliberalism, how are understandings of 'the economy' changing, and is it...