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France Emile Chabal 9781509530014
RRP: €53.55€35.02France is the most-visited country in the world. It attracts millions of tourists, most of whom come in search of beautiful architecture, good food, and fine art. But appearances can be deceptive. France is not only a place of culture and glamour; it... -
Portal: San Francisco's Ferry Building and the Reinvention of American Cities by John King 9781324020325
RRP: €29.74€23.99Conceived in the Gilded Age, the Ferry Building opened in 1898 as San Francisco's portal to the world-the terminus of the transcontinental railway and a showcase of civic ambition. In silent films and World's Fair postcards, nothing said "San Francisco"... -
Utopia and Modernity in China: Contradictions in Transition David Margolies (Goldsmiths, University of London) 9780745347394
RRP: €27.36€21.68The contradictions of modernisation run through the whole of modern Chinese history. The abundance of manufactured goods being sold in the west attests to China's industrial revolution, but this capitalist vision of 'utopia' sits uneasily with... -
De-centring Land Grabbing: Southeast Asia Perspectives on Agrarian-Environmental Transformations by Peter Vandergeest
RRP: €47.59€41.72Southeast Asia has been portrayed as a key site in the global land grab. Featuring leading scholars in the field, this collection critically examines the nature and extent of land grabbing in Southeast Asia, and seeks to locate this phenomena in broader... -
The Externalities and Public Expenditure Theory by James M. Buchanan 9780865972421
RRP: €13.03€11.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865972421Author James BuchananFormat PaperbackPage Count 502Imprint Liberty Fund IncPublisher Liberty Fund IncWeight(grams) 881g -
Blessed Are the Organized: Grassroots Democracy in America by Jeffrey Stout
RRP: €26.18€20.98In an America where the rich and fortunate have free rein to do as they please, can the ideal of liberty and justice for all be anything but an empty slogan? Many Americans are doubtful, and have withdrawn into apathy and cynicism. But thousands of... -
Feminist Activism in the 1990s Gabriele Griffin 9780748402908
RRP: €52.35€46.10Feminist activism is often taught as an historical phenomenon, and many students entering courses on women's studies are not familiar with current feminist work in the field. This book documents a wide variety of different forms of feminist activism in... -
Feeding the Hungry: Advocacy and Blame in the Global Fight against Hunger by Michelle Jurkovich
RRP: €23.79€21.19Food insecurity poses one of the most pressing development and human security challenges in the world. In Feeding the Hungry, Michelle Jurkovich examines the social and normative environments in which international anti-hunger organizations are working... -
Everyday Border Struggles: Segregation and Solidarity in the UK and Calais by Thom Tyerman
RRP: €45.21€39.72This book examines everyday borders in the UK and Calais as sites of ethical political struggle between segregation and solidarity.In an age of mobility, borders appear to be everywhere. Encountered more and more in our everyday lives, borders locally... -
This Land Is Our Land: How We Lost the Right to Roam and How to Take It Back by Ken Ilgunas
RRP: €28.56€19.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735217843Author Ken IlgunasFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 159gDimensions(mm) 188mm * 109mm * 15mm -
Open Door: NATO and Euro-Atlantic Security After the Cold War by Daniel S. Hamilton 9781733733922
€32.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733733922Author Daniel S. HamiltonFormat PaperbackPage Count 638Imprint Foreign Policy InstitutePublisher Foreign Policy InstituteWeight(grams) 1033g -
Immigration in the 21st Century: The Comparative Politics of Immigration Policy by Terri E. Givens
RRP: €52.35€46.10Immigration policy is one of the most contentious issues facing policy makers in the twenty-first century. Immigration in the Twenty-First Century provides students with an in-depth introduction to the politics that have led to the development of... -
Why Global Justice Matters: Moral Progress in a Divided World Chris Armstrong 9781509531875
RRP: €47.60€42.07While many are born into prosperity, hundreds of millions of people lead lives of almost unimaginable poverty. Our world remains hugely unequal, with our place of birth continuing to exert a major influence on our opportunities. In this accessible book,... -
Hemispheric Security And U.s. Policy In Latin America by Augusto Varas
RRP: €47.59€41.72This book analyzes the evolution of inter-American security relations in recent decades, providing a variety of views on these topics from the United States and Latin America. It includes an analysis of regional security interactions around Central... -
The Making of Political Identities by Ernesto Laclau 9780860916635
RRP: €24.98€21.65This lively book examines the major issues raised by the emergence and transformation of various political identities in the contemporary world. The contributors bring together many current trends of thought-Lacanian psychoanalysis, deconstruction,... -
The Future Is Ours: The Political Promise of India's Youth by Sudhanshu Kaushik 9789356995888
RRP: €19.03€15.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789356995888Author Sudhanshu KaushikFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint HarperCollins IndiaPublisher HarperCollins IndiaDimensions(mm) 215mm * 140mm * 20mm -
The China Challenge: Shaping the Choices of a Rising Power by Thomas J. Christensen 9780393352993
RRP: €16.65€14.65Many see China's rise as a threat to US leadership in Asia and beyond. Thomas J. Christensen argues instead that the real challenge lies in dissuading China from regional aggression while eliciting its global cooperation. Drawing on decades of... -
Foreign Policy Making in Taiwan: From Principle to Pragmatism Dennis V. Hickey 9780415647847
RRP: €52.35€45.74Following President Chen Sui-bian's victory in the controversial 2004 presidential election, this book examines the future direction of Taiwan's foreign policy, focusing on the internal and external forces that influence and shape the countries foreign... -
Intelligence Cooperation under Multipolarity: Non-American Perspectives by Thomas Juneau 9781487550752
€29.21While counterterrorism has been the primary focus of the defence and security policies of major Western countries in the last two decades, recent years have seen the re-emergence of states as the major threat. Intelligence Cooperation under Multipolarity... -
The Marketing of Rebellion: Insurgents, Media, and International Activism by Clifford Bob
RRP: €29.74€21.63How do a few Third World political movements become global causes celebres, while most remain isolated? This book rejects dominant views that needy groups readily gain help from selfless nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). Instead, they face a... -
Who Speaks for the Poor?: Electoral Geography, Party Entry, and Representation by Karen Long Jusko
RRP: €27.36€23.28Who Speaks for the Poor? explains why parties represent some groups and not others. This book focuses attention on the electoral geography of income, and how it has changed over time, to account for cross-national differences in the political and... -
Late Marx and the Russian Road: Marx and the Peripheries of Capitalism by Teodor Shanin 9780853456476
RRP: €22.60€18.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853456476Author Tedor ShaninFormat PaperbackPage Count 297Imprint Monthly Review Press,U.S.Publisher Monthly Review Press,U.S. -
Quiet Revolution in the South: The Impact of the Voting Rights Act, 1965-1990 by Chandler Davidson
RRP: €104.72€82.29This work is the first systematic attempt to measure the impact of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, commonly regarded as the most effective civil rights legislation of the century. Marshaling a wealth of detailed evidence, the contributors to this volume... -
Patriotism: Philosophical and Political Perspectives Igor Primoratz 9780754671220
RRP: €160.65€140.04Economic and cultural globalization and the worldwide threat of terrorism have contributed to the resurgence of patriotic loyalty in many parts of the world and made the issues it raises highly topical. This collection of new essays by philosophers and... -
The Great Escape: A True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America by Saket Soni 9781643755755
RRP: €19.03€13.01In late 2006, Saket Soni, a twenty-eight-year-old Indian-born community organizer, received an anonymous phone call from an Indian migrant worker in Mississippi. He was one of five hundred men trapped in squalid Gulf Coast "man camps," surrounded by... -
Environmental Security in Transnational Contexts: What Relevance for Regional Human Security Regimes? by Harlan Koff
RRP: €47.59€41.72Much of the discussion surrounding the definition of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the post-2015 global development agenda has contextualized sustainable development within the framework of 'transformation', specifically prioritizing... -
Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families--And How Abolition Can Build a Safer World by Dorothy Roberts 9781541675469
RRP: €23.79€14.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541675469Author Dorothy RobertsFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Basic BooksPublisher Basic BooksWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 137mm * 25mm -
Counterpunch by Floyd G Brown
RRP: €20.83€14.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781636411637Author Floyd G BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Charisma HousePublisher Charisma House -
American Protest Literature by Zoe Trodd
RRP: €33.26€26.72"I like a little rebellion now and then"-so wrote Thomas Jefferson to Abigail Adams, enlisting in a tradition that throughout American history has led writers to rage and reason, prophesy and provoke. This is the first anthology to collect and examine an... -
The Devil's Sandbags by Sheila Longman
RRP: €10.70€10.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398477858Author Sheila LongmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers -
The Political Economy of Tanzania: Decline and Recovery by Michael F. Lofchie
RRP: €69.02€59.70Since gaining independence, the United Republic of Tanzania has enjoyed relative stability. More recently, the nation transitioned peacefully from "single-party democracy" and socialism to a multiparty political system with a market-based economy. But... -
To Get Rich is Glorious: Challenges Facing China's Economic Reform and Opening at Forty by Jacques DeLisle 9780815737254
RRP: €41.65€36.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815737254Author Jacques deLisleFormat PaperbackPage Count 290Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 395gDimensions(mm)... -
When Sorry Isn't Enough: The Controversy Over Apologies and Reparations for Human Injustice by Roy L. Brooks
RRP: €29.74€26.98Leading scholars, activists, and political leaders on being victim's of the world's worst atrocities "How much compensation ought to be paid to a woman who was raped 7,500 times? What would the members of the Commission want for their daughters if their... -
Marxism (RLE Marxism): An Historical and Critical Study George Lichtheim 9781138888937
RRP: €44.02€39.48This book, first published in 1961 and revised in 1964, is both a critical study of a body of thought and an historical account of how Marxist theory arose from the context of European history in the 19th century. It traces the development of socialist... -
Manifesting Democracy?: Urban Protests and the Politics of Representation in Brazil Post 2013 Maite Conde 9781119331100
RRP: €23.79€23.28This volume explores the series of public protests - manifestacoes - that took place in a number of Brazilian cities in June and July 2013, when thousands of people took to the streets to demand improvements in urban infrastructures. Critically examines... -
The Great Yorkshire Election of 1807: Mass Politics in England Before the Age of Reform by Ellen Gibson Wilson 9781859362235
RRP: €23.79€18.60In 1807, 23,007 voters travelled to York to cast their votes for two county members in the general election. This study illustrates the working of the political process, with an account of what it meant to mobilise, convey, feed, lodge and deploy vast... -
Equity Policies in Global Higher Education: Reducing Inequality and Increasing Participation and Attainment by Orlanda Tavares
RRP: €53.54€47.90This book discusses and analyses global policies and practices aimed at promoting equity in higher education participation and attainment. Although the massification of higher education systems has facilitated the participation of students from deprived... -
Grave New World: Security Challenges in the 21st Century by Michael E. Brown 9780878401420
RRP: €57.12€50.94The optimism that arrived at the end of the cold war and marked the turn of the Millennium was shattered by September 11. In the aftermath of that event it is not unwarranted pessimism that lines the pages of "Grave New World", it is unavoidable reality... -
Into Russian Nature: Tourism, Environmental Protection, and National Parks in the Twentieth Century by Alan D. Roe 9780190914554
RRP: €46.40€42.78Since the early twentieth century, nations around the world have set aside protected areas for tourism, recreation, scenery, wildlife, and habitat conservation. In Russia, biologists and geographers had been intrigued with the idea of establishing... -
Religion, Democracy and Democratization by John Anderson
RRP: €160.65€139.56A new exploration of the troubled relationship between religion and democracy, focusing in on two key questions:* how has religion engaged with the democratization processes that have taken place over the last thirty years? * how can it contribute...