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Psychology of a Superpower: Security and Dominance in U.S. Foreign Policy by Christopher Fettweis 9780231187718
RRP: £28.00£21.80With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States was left as the world's sole superpower, which was the dawn of an international order known as unipolarity. The ramifications of imbalanced power extend around the globe-including the country at... -
America and Political Islam: Clash of Cultures or Clash of Interests? by Fawaz A. Gerges 9780521639576
RRP: £25.99£21.99This book chronicles the policy debates on Islamism in the United States over the course of time, providing a comprehensive account of the origins of policy followed by a balanced critique and recommendations for change. It then delves deeper into the US... -
The Politics of the Real World: A Major Statement of Public Concern from over 40 of the UK's Leading Voluntary and Campaigning Organisations by Real World Coalition
RRP: £21.99£19.34Many people today feel that something has gone wrong with British society and British politics. The quality of like seems to be declining. Crime soars. Traffic and pollution spiral. Mass unemployment is undiminished, while many people experience... -
Street Citizens: Protest Politics and Social Movement Activism in the Age of Globalization by Marco Giugni 9781108469265
RRP: £32.99£28.43What are protest politics and social movement activism today? What are their main features? To what extent can street citizens be seen as a force driving social and political change? Through analyses of original survey data on activists themselves, Marco... -
Where Have All the Liberals Gone?: Race, Class, and Ideals in America by James R. Flynn
RRP: £31.00£27.18Professor James R. Flynn is renowned for his belief that the IQ gap between black and white Americans is not genetic, but environmental in origin. Flynn's controversial new book offers an alternative to the vision of American society popularized by... -
Liberty in Peril: Power and Democracy in American History by Randall G. Holcombe
RRP: £26.50£22.81When the United States was born in 1776, Americans viewed the role of government as the protection of their individual rights, or liberty. At that time, and now again 200 years later, the enemy of individual liberty is an intrusive and regulation... -
Neuropolitique by Timothy Leary 9781561840120
RRP: £35.99£22.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781561840120Author Timothy LearyFormat PaperbackPage Count 187Imprint New Falcon Publications,U.S.Publisher New Falcon Publications,U.S.Weight(grams) 278g -
Who's Looking Out for You? by Bill O'Reilly 9780767913805
RRP: £20.00£13.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767913805Author Bill O'ReillyFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)Publisher... -
When Soldiers Rebel: Ethnic Armies and Political Instability in Africa by Kristen A. Harkness
RRP: £30.99£22.85Military coups are a constant threat in Africa and many former military leaders are now in control of 'civilian states', yet the military remains understudied, especially over the last decade. Drawing on extensive archival research, cross-national data,... -
The Politics of Switzerland: Continuity and Change in a Consensus Democracy by Hanspeter Kriesi
RRP: £28.99£23.80Despite Switzerland's small size, its political system is one of the most complex and fascinating among contemporary democracies. The rich, complex mixture of centuries-old institutions and the refined political arrangements that exist today constitute a... -
Primary Elections in the United States by Shigeo Hirano 9781107440159
RRP: £30.99£26.77The direct primary stands as one of the most significant and distinctive political reforms of the Progressive era in American history. In this book, the authors provide the most comprehensive treatment available on the topic and utilize new data on... -
The Civil Rights Movement and the Logic of Social Change by Joseph E. Luders 9780521133395
RRP: £23.99£20.37Social movements have wrought dramatic changes upon American society. This raises the question: Why do some movements succeed in their endeavors while others fail? Luders answers this question by introducing an analytical framework that begins with a... -
Contemporary United States: Democracy at the Crossroads Joseph Goddard (University of Copenghagen, Denmark) 9781350342163
RRP: £31.99£28.57This sixth edition of a well-established introduction to life in the United States covers everything from US politics, society and culture, to the country's history, economy and place on the world stage. With extensive use of empirical data and... -
Piracy in Somalia: Violence and Development in the Horn of Africa by Awet Tewelde Weldemichael 9781108739283
RRP: £25.99£21.99Piracy in Somalia sheds light on an often misunderstood world, oversimplified and demonized in the media and largely decontextualized in scholarly and policy works. It examines the root causes of piracy in Somalia, its impact on coastal communities,... -
The Volatility Curse: Exogenous Shocks and Representation in Resource-Rich Democracies by Daniela Campello
RRP: £95.00£75.11The Volatility Curse examines the conditions under which economic voting can (and cannot) function as a mechanism of democratic accountability, challenging existing theories that are largely based on experiences in developed democracies. Drawing on... -
The Administrative Behavior of Federal Bureau Chiefs by Herbert Kaufman
RRP: £14.99£13.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815748434Author Herbert KaufmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 454g -
Democratic Resilience: Can the United States Withstand Rising Polarization? by Robert C. Lieberman
RRP: £30.99£27.17Politics in the United States has become increasingly polarized in recent decades. Both political elites and everyday citizens are divided into rival and mutually antagonistic partisan camps, with each camp questioning the political legitimacy and... -
The Legacies of Law: Long-Run Consequences of Legal Development in South Africa, 1652-2000 by Jens Meierhenrich 9780521156998
RRP: £36.99£31.71Focusing on South Africa during the period 1650-2000, this book examines the role of law in making democracy work in changing societies. The Legacies of Law sheds light on the neglected relationship between path dependence and the law. Meierhenrich... -
Electoral Politics and Africa's Urban Transition: Class and Ethnicity in Ghana by Noah L. Nathan
RRP: £36.99£27.40Two aspects of contemporary urban life in Africa are often described as sources of political change: the emergence of a large urban middle class and high levels of ethnic diversity and inter-ethnic social contact. Many expected that these factors would... -
Asian Americans in an Anti-Black World by Claire Jean Kim 9781009222259
RRP: £30.00£24.57Where do Asian Americans fit into the U.S. racial order? Are they subordinated comparably to Black people or permitted adjacency to whiteness? The racial reckoning prompted by the police murder of George Floyd and the surge in anti-Asian hate during the... -
The Political Theory of the American Founding: Natural Rights, Public Policy, and the Moral Conditions of Freedom by Thomas G. West 9781316506035
RRP: £30.99£22.19This book provides a complete overview of the American Founders' political theory, covering natural rights, natural law, state of nature, social compact, consent, and the policy implications of these ideas. The book is intended as a response to the... -
Just Sustainabilities: Development in an Unequal World Robert D Bullard 9781853837296
RRP: £49.99£43.90Environmental activists and academics alike are realizing that a sustainable society must be a just one. Environmental degradation is almost always linked to questions of human equality and quality of life. Throughout the world, those segments of the... -
Yankee Leviathan: The Origins of Central State Authority in America, 1859-1877 by Richard Franklin Bensel
RRP: £30.99£25.17This book describes the impact of the American Civil War on the development of central state authority in the late nineteenth century. The author contends that intense competition for control of the national political economy between the free North and... -
Arresting Citizenship: The Democratic Consequences of American Crime Control Amy E. Lerman 9780226137834
RRP: £24.00£23.03One-third of America's adult population has passed through the criminal justice system and now has a criminal record. Many more have never been convicted, but are still subject to surveillance by the state. Never before has the government maintained so... -
Ideology in America by Christopher Ellis
RRP: £25.99£21.99Public opinion in the United States contains a paradox. The American public is symbolically conservative: it cherishes the symbols of conservatism and is more likely to identify as conservative than as liberal. Yet at the same time, it is operationally... -
After the Terror by Ted Honderich
RRP: £105.00£95.39'To be on an airliner and look around and see the people and be able to stick to the plan of flying it into a skyscraper is to be hideous, and to persist if they come to know the plan is to be monstrous.' 'For the 3,000 deaths there are lines of... -
Homicidal Ecologies: Illicit Economies and Complicit States in Latin America by Deborah J. Yashar 9781316629659
RRP: £29.99£26.34Why has violence spiked in Latin America's contemporary democracies? What explains its temporal and spatial variation? Analyzing the region's uneven homicide levels, this book maps out a theoretical agenda focusing on three intersecting factors: the... -
Why Government Fails So Often: And How It Can Do Better by Peter H. Schuck 9780691168531
RRP: £20.00£15.89From healthcare to workplace and campus conduct, the federal government is taking on ever more responsibility for managing our lives. At the same time, Americans have never been more disaffected with Washington, seeing it as an intrusive, incompetent,... -
You Report to Me: Accountability for the Failing Administrative State by David Bernhardt 9781641773300
RRP: £21.99£14.83Only a short while ago, it was unimaginable that our nation would face a baby formula shortage facilitated by a bureaucratic delay, or witness the national massive embarrassment of flawed military and diplomatic action, such as the withdrawal from... -
It Takes a Revolution: Forget the Scandal Industry! by Larry Klayman 9781642936995
RRP: £17.99£10.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781642936995Author Larry KlaymanFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Post Hill PressPublisher Post Hill PressWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 137mm... -
Europe's Future: Decoupling and Reforming by Sergio Fabbrini 9781108723275
RRP: £23.99£20.37Sergio Fabbrini proposes a way out of the EU's crises, which have triggered an unprecedented cleavage between 'sovereignist' and 'Europeanist' forces. The intergovernmental governance of the multiple crises of the past decade has led to a division on the... -
Frustrated Majorities: How Issue Intensity Enables Smaller Groups of Voters to Get What They Want by Seth J. Hill
RRP: £25.99£21.99Democratic elections do not always deliver what majorities want. Many conclude from frustrated majorities a failure of democracy. This book argues the opposite may be true - that politicians who represent their constituents sometimes frustrate majorities... -
Religion and Brazilian Democracy: Mobilizing the People of God by Amy Erica Smith
RRP: £30.99£22.85As Brazilian democracy faces a crisis of legitimacy, political divisions grow among Catholic, evangelical, and non-religious citizens. What has caused religious polarization in Brazilian politics? Does religious politics shore up or undermine democracy?... -
Buying Audiences: Clientelism and Electoral Campaigns When Parties Are Weak by Paula Muñoz
RRP: £30.99£27.40Scholars typically emphasize the importance of organized networks and long-term relationships for sustaining electoral clientelism. Yet electoral clientelism remains widespread in many countries despite the weakening of organized parties. This book... -
The Space between Us: Social Geography and Politics by Ryan D. Enos
RRP: £24.99£18.54The Space between Us brings the connection between geography, psychology, and politics to life. By going into the neighborhoods of real cities, Enos shows how our perceptions of racial, ethnic, and religious groups are intuitively shaped by where these... -
Take Hold of Our History: Make America Radical Again Harvey J. Kaye 9781789043556
RRP: £10.99£9.37The eighteen essays and speeches in Take Hold of Our History render a manifesto - a call to remember, redeem, and embrace the American radical story and tradition in favor of cultivating American historical memory and imagination and making America... -
Democracy at Work: Pathways to Well-Being in Brazil by Brian Wampler 9781108717335
RRP: £36.99£25.45One of the greatest challenges in the twenty-first century is to address large, deep, and historic deficits in human development. Democracy at Work explores a crucial question: how does democracy, with all of its messy, contested, and, time-consuming... -
The Increasingly United States: How and Why American Political Behavior Nationalized by Daniel J. Hopkins
RRP: £31.00£30.19In a campaign for state or local office these days, you're as likely today to hear accusations that an opponent advanced Obamacare or supported Donald Trump as you are to hear about issues affecting the state or local community. This is because American... -
Total Lobbying: What Lobbyists Want (and How They Try to Get It) by Anthony J. Nownes 9780521547116
RRP: £28.99£24.42Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
German Politics Today by Geoffrey Roberts 9780719095702
RRP: £19.99£17.82This revised and updated third edition provides readers with a comprehensive description and analysis of the German political system, and of the political behaviour within the context of that system. It surveys the historical development of German...