Political Science

Why has China grown so fast for so long despite vast corruption? In China's Gilded Age, Yuen Yuen Ang maintains that all corruption is harmful, but not all types of corruption hurt growth. Ang unbundles corruption into four varieties: petty theft, grand...

Citizenship within our current international system signifies being fully human, or being worthy of fundamental human rights. For some vulnerable groups, however, this form of political membership is limited or missing entirely, and they face human...

This book of readings, meditations, rituals and workshop notes prepared on three continents helps us remember that environmental defense is nothing less than "Self" defense. Including magnificent illustrations of Australia's rainforests, Thinking Like a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629630984Author Raymond CraibFormat PaperbackPage Count 390Imprint PM PressPublisher PM PressWeight(grams) 449g

This book explains how people can be radically manipulated by extreme groups and leaders to engage in incomprehensible and often dangerous acts through psychologically isolating situations of extreme social influence. These methods are used in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781919604732Author Hannah PeckhamFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint little bodhi booksPublisher little bodhi booksDimensions(mm) 280mm * 216mm * 3mm

A History of the Manila Pact and the Southeast Asia Treaty Organisation (SEATO) from its establishment in 1954 until its dissolution in 1977.The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) has received meagre scholarly attention in comparison to other key...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"At a time when the meaning of America is up for grabs, Cody Keenan's new book chronicles ten days that tested us and ultimately showed us at our best. It's a captivating story about what's worth fighting for, an antidote to...

How have Arab political ideas and institutions evolved since the 1967 War? How have the Arabs contended with the external influences to which their wealth has exposed them? What are the implications of the rise of Islamic fundamentalism? Fouad Ajami...

**An Independent Book of the Month** 'Brilliant ... if you thought your brain was being gently warmed by the advertising industry, read this book and you'll realise it's being fried' - Jeremy Vine, BBC Radio 2 Advertising is selling us a dream, a...

Marx: Later Political Writings, first published in 1996, brings together translations of Marx's most important texts in political philosophy written after 1848. Marx challenged political theory to its very fundamentals, as his works do not follow...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781737415909Author Justus R HopeFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Hope Pressworks Intl LLCPublisher Hope Pressworks Intl LLCWeight(grams)...

From 1932 to 1972, the United States Public Health Service conducted a non-therapeutic experiment involving over 400 black male sharecroppers infected with syphilis. The Tuskegee Study had nothing to do with treatment. It purpose was to trace the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590177815Author Simone WeilFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams) 120gDimensions(mm)...

In this book, legal scholar Randy Barnett elaborates and defends the fundamental premise of the Declaration of Independence: that all persons have a natural right to pursue happiness so long as they respect the equal rights of others, and that...

From 'Best of the Booker' winner Salman Rushdie, an incisive and inspiring collection of non-fiction essays, criticism and speeches that takes readers on a thrilling journey through the evolution of language and culture.'One of the greatest writers of...

"Rooted in historical, site-based, narrative, and political accounts, Full Surrogacy Now is the seriously radical cry for full gestational justice that I long for. This kind of gestation depends on realizing the implications of knowing that we all...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 2018.Book InformationISBN 9781101971109Author Jeremy HeimansFormat PaperbackPage Count...

How to sustain an international system of cooperation in the midst of geopolitical struggleCan the international economic and legal system survive today's fractured geopolitics? Democracies are facing a drawn-out contest with authoritarian states that is...

The epic, disturbing story of how the FBI is America's real secret service'Such creatures of passion, disloyalty, and anarchy must be crushed out. The hand of our power should close over them at once' President Woodrow Wilson, 1919The United States is a...

A Guardian Best Book of the Year"A gripping study of white power...Explosive."-New York Times"Helps explain how we got to today's alt-right."-Terry Gross, Fresh AirThe white power movement in America wants a revolution.Returning to a country ripped apart...

'Very funny' Spectator Book of the Year'Robust and entertaining' Sunday Times Book of the Year'Betcha we don't leave.' I wrote that on the evening of 24 June 2016, once the euphoria had passed. A lot of us leavers, despite being elderly and thick, knew...

Exam Board: EdexcelLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Endorsed for EdexcelEnable your students to develop high-level skills in their Edexcel A level History breadth and depth studies through expert...

Aeron Davis takes a close look at the state of elites today. He argues that the Brexit vote and 2017 election outcome are signs of a deeper leadership crisis that has been developing over decades. The great transformations of the 1980s onwards have not...

Veering from the hilarious to the tragic, Andrew Mitchell's tales from the parliamentary jungle make for one of the most entertaining political memoirs in years. From his prep school years, straight out of Evelyn Waugh, through the Army to Cambridge,...

As housing supply in England reaches crisis point, Duncan Bowie provides a critical review of housing policy under successive UK Governments. Exploring the inter-relationship between housing, planning and land policies, Bowie puts forward a reform...

'Six days ago, a man blew himself up by the side of a road in northern Wisconsin . . .'The explosion that detonates the narrative of Paul Auster's remarkable novel also ends the life of its hero, Benjamin Sachs, and brings two FBI agents to the home of...

Exam board: AQALevel: A-levelSubject: PoliticsFirst teaching: September 2017First exams: Summer 2019Written by experienced teacher Simon Lemieux, this Student Guide for Politics:-Identifies the key content you need to know with a concise summary of...

Almost twenty years after the Soviet Unions' end, what are we to make of its existence? Was it a heroic experiment, an unmitigated disaster, or a viable if flawed response to the modern world? Taking a fresh approach to the study of the Soviet Union,...

Our revision resources are the smart choice for those revising for externally assessed Component 3 in the Health and Social Care BTEC Tech Award. This book contains four full-length practice assessments, helping you to: Prepare by familiarising...

'A superb book about the tribalism gripping British politics. Tribes is measured, searching, pitilessly self-scrutinising and would probably amaze anyone who knows its author only from his Twitter persona' Decca Aitkenhead, Sunday TimesDavid was the...

'Pulse-pounding' Sinclair McKay | 'Truly masterful' Damien Lewis | 'Who needs spy fiction, when fact can provide as thrilling a story as this?' Lindsey HilsumThe Spymaster of Baghdad is the gripping story of the top-secret Iraqi intelligence unit that...

'What Wales is doing today, the world will do tomorrow.' -Nikhil Seth, UN Assistant Secretary General '...the story of this revolutionary engine for change holds enormous possibility and is a true beacon of hope.' -Michael Sheen OBE, actor and UNICEF...

'A powerful, beautiful book. Its fierce love - of the land, the ocean, the elders and the ancestors - warms the heart and moves the spirit.' - Alice Walker, author of The Color PurplePart memoir, part manifesto, Chamorro climate activist Julian Aguon's...

'This extraordinary book is the roadmap for a new kind of effective activism' - Brian Eno 'This book is for people who are angry with the ways things are and want to do something about it; for people who are frustrated with the system, or worried...

"For historians, [Fascism] offers clear and provocative insights and arguments, and the very detailed notes are especially helpful.... Recommended." Choice What does it mean to label someone a fascist? Today, it is equated with denouncing him or her as...

One of the key foundation books of the English Reformation, The Obedience of a Christian Man (1528) makes a radical challenge to the established order of the all-powerful Church of its time. Himself a priest, Tyndale boldly claims that there is just one...

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China over 70 years ago, five paramount leaders have shaped the fates and fortunes of the nation and the ruling Chinese Communist Party: Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao, and Xi Jinping...

"The beautiful rolling hills and coastlines are for all of us. Together, we can reimagine the British countryside (and all it represents) and make space so that everyone is welcomed." Gathering brings together essays by women of colour across the UK...

The first account of one of the world's most pressing humanitarian catastrophes.This eye-opening book reveals how China has used the US-led Global War on Terror as cover for its increasingly brutal suppression of the Uyghur people. China's actions, it...