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The Digital Silk Road: China's Technological Rise and the Geopolitics of Cyberspace David Gordon 9781032486871
RRP: $34.82$30.26Concerns about China's ambitions to return to global centre stage as a great power have recently begun to focus on the Digital Silk Road (DSR), an umbrella term for various activities - commercial and diplomatic - of interest to the Chinese government in... -
Fear Itself: The New Deal and the Origins of Our Time Ira Katznelson (Columbia University) 9780871407382
RRP: $21.92$18.85A work that "deeply reconceptualizes the New Deal and raises countless provocative questions" (David Kennedy), Fear Itself changes the ground rules for our understanding of this pivotal era in American history. Ira Katznelson examines the New Deal... -
The Rights Paradox: How Group Attitudes Shape US Supreme Court Legitimacy by Michael A. Zilis
RRP: $23.21$21.12The US Supreme Court is the chief institution responsible for guarding minority rights and equality under the law, yet, in order to function authoritatively, the Court depends on a majority of Americans to accept its legitimacy and on policymakers to... -
Defending Life: A Moral and Legal Case against Abortion Choice by Francis J. Beckwith 9780521691352
RRP: $37.40$28.24Defending Life is arguably the most comprehensive defense of the pro-life position on abortion - morally, legally, and politically - that has ever been published in an academic monograph. It offers a detailed and critical analysis of Roe v. Wade and... -
The Muslims are Coming! by Arun Kundnani
$36.11The new front in the War on Terror is the "homegrown enemy," domestic terrorists who have become the focus of sprawling counterterrorism structures of policing and surveillance in the United States and across Europe. Domestic surveillance has... -
Four Years in the Cauldron by Brian O'Donovan
RRP: $23.21$16.71SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2021The riveting story of a nation at a crucial crossroadsFrom the start of his stint as RTE's Washington Correspondent Brian O'Donovan's lively and authoritative reporting of a tumultuous period in American life has... -
Stakeholders: Government-NGO Partnerships for International Development Ian Smillie 9781853835896
RRP: $76.10$66.41This unique study from the OECD Development Centre presents a comprehensive review by independent experts of the relationships and division of responsibility between the 22 member governments of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC), and NGOs... -
Riding the Populist Wave: Europe's Mainstream Right in Crisis by Tim Bale
RRP: $39.98$34.53In spite of the fact that Conservative, Christian democratic and Liberal parties continue to play a crucial role in the democratic politics and governance of every Western European country, they are rarely paid the attention they deserve. This... -
The Idea of Greater Britain: Empire and the Future of World Order, 1860-1900 by Duncan Bell 9780691151168
RRP: $45.15$36.30During the tumultuous closing decades of the nineteenth century, as the prospect of democracy loomed and as intensified global economic and strategic competition reshaped the political imagination, British thinkers grappled with the question of how best... -
Big Break: The Gamblers, Party Animals, and True Believers Trying to Win in Washington While America Loses Its Mind by Ben Terris
RRP: $32.25$22.73"No one gets today's Washington like Ben Terris...THE BIG BREAK is the definitive accounting of 'how it works' in this ongoing post-Trump (pre-Trump?) maelstrom. I just imbibed this book." Mark Leibovich, author of This TownThe Big Break investigates how... -
Democratic Theory Naturalized: The Foundations of Distilled Populism by Walter Horn 9781793624970
RRP: $45.15$39.93To some, the word populism suggests the tyranny of the mob; to others, it suggests a xenophobic nativism. It is often even considered conducive to (if not simply identical to) fascism. In Democratic Theory Naturalized: The Foundations of Distilled... -
Shaped by the State: Toward a New Political History of the Twentieth Century by Brent Cebul
RRP: $39.99$38.95American political history has been built around narratives of crisis, in which what "counts" are the moments when seemingly stable political orders collapse and new ones rise from the ashes. No doubt the history of American politics is filled with such... -
The Culture of Public Problems: Drinking-driving and the Symbolic Order by Joseph R. Gusfield 9780226310947
RRP: $38.70$37.73"Everyone knows 'drunk driving' is a 'serious' offense. And yet, everyone knows lots of 'drunk drivers' who don't get involved in accidents, don't get caught by the police, and manage to compensate adequately for their 'drunken disability.' Everyone also... -
The Moscow Factor: U.S. Policy toward Sovereign Ukraine and the Kremlin by Eugene M. Fishel 9780674279186
RRP: $32.19$25.66In 2014, Russia illegally annexed Crimea, bolstered a separatist conflict in the Donbas region, and attacked Ukraine with its regular army and special forces. In each instance of Russian aggression, the U.S. response has often been criticized as... -
The Three Languages of Politics: Talking Across the Political Divides by Arnold Kling
RRP: $15.47$12.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781952223280Author Arnold KlingFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint Libertarianism.org PressPublisher Cato Institute -
Come On, Man!: The Truth About Joe Biden's Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Presidency by Joe Concha
RRP: $28.38$18.81NATIONAL BESTSELLEROpen borders, record inflation, and skyrocketing crime-Joe Biden's first term is one of the most craptastic in American history. But on Planet Brandon, it's all going according to plan . . .He received 81 million votes. His party... -
The Steal: The Attempt to Overturn the 2020 US Election and the People Who Stopped It by Mark Bowden
RRP: $19.34$12.64In the sixty-four days between November 3 and January 6, President Donald Trump and his allies fought to reverse the outcome of the vote. Focusing on six states - Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin - Trump's supporters claimed... -
Death in the Congo: Murdering Patrice Lumumba by Emmanuel Gerard
RRP: $42.51$34.88Death in the Congo is a gripping account of a murder that became one of the defining events in postcolonial African history. It is no less the story of the untimely death of a national dream, a hope-filled vision very different from what the war-ravaged... -
The Infographic Guide to American Government: A Visual Reference for Everything You Need to Know by Carissa Lytle 9781507210802
RRP: $16.76$13.12This vibrant, illustrated guide to the ins and outs of United States politics provides a clearer understanding of the current events and regular processes that shape this nation and the world.Decipher the American political system with this clear,... -
Government and Politics of the United States by Nigel Bowles 9780333948613
$44.67This extensively revised new edition offers a broad-ranging, systematic and sophisticated introduction contemplating the institutions and processes of government in the US set in a clear historical context.Book InformationISBN 9780333948613Author Nigel... -
Change We Can Believe In: Barack Obama's Plan to Renew America's Promise Barack Obama 9781847674890
RRP: $14.18$9.44The election of Barack Obama as President of the United States was a defining moment in American history. After years of failed policies, Barack Obama was given the chance to reclaim the American dream. He proved himself to be a new kind of leader - one... -
The Devil's Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea
RRP: $18.05$15.21The author of 'Across the Wire' offers brilliant investigative reporting of what went wrong when, in May 2001, a group of 26 men attempted to cross the Mexican border into the desert of southern Arizona. Only 12 men came back out. 'Superb . . . Nothing... -
Apollo 13: Anniversary Edition by Jim Lovell 9780618056651
$22.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780618056651Author Jim LovellFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Houghton Mifflin (Trade)Publisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 326g -
White Identity Politics by Ashley Jardina 9781108468602
RRP: $29.66$24.16Amidst discontent over America's growing diversity, many white Americans now view the political world through the lens of a racial identity. Whiteness was once thought to be invisible because of whites' dominant position and ability to claim the... -
Moscow in Movement: Power and Opposition in Putin's Russia by Samuel A. Greene
RRP: $30.95$26.88Moscow in Movement is the first exhaustive study of social movements, protest, and the state-society relationship in Vladimir Putin's Russia. Beginning in 2005 and running through the summer of 2013, the book traces the evolution of the relationship... -
How Party Activism Survives: Uruguay's Frente Amplio by Veronica Perez Bentancur
RRP: $39.98$24.56Political parties with activists are in decline due to various external shocks. Societal changes, like the emergence of new technologies of communication have diminished the role and number of activists, while party elites increasingly can make do... -
Social Media and Democracy: The State of the Field, Prospects for Reform by Nathaniel Persily
RRP: $39.98$29.48Over the last five years, widespread concern about the effects of social media on democracy has led to an explosion in research from different disciplines and corners of academia. This book is the first of its kind to take stock of this emerging... -
Our Ancient Faith: Lincoln, Democracy, and the American Experiment by Allen C. Guelzo 9780593534441
RRP: $38.70$28.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593534441Author Allen C. GuelzoFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Alfred A. KnopfPublisher Alfred A. KnopfWeight(grams) 420gDimensions(mm) 216mm *... -
The Right Nation: Why America is Different by Adrian Wooldridge 9780141015361 [USED COPY]
RRP: $21.92$2.95The Right Nation is the definitive portrait of the America that few outsiders understand: the America that votes for George Bush, that supports the death penalty and gun rights, that believes in minimal government and long prison sentences, that pulled... -
The Right Nation: Why America is Different by Adrian Wooldridge 9780141015361
RRP: $21.92$15.84The Right Nation is the definitive portrait of the America that few outsiders understand: the America that votes for George Bush, that supports the death penalty and gun rights, that believes in minimal government and long prison sentences, that pulled... -
You Can't Always Say What You Want: The Paradox of Free Speech by Dennis Baron
RRP: $25.80$17.52The freedom to think what you want and to say what you think has always generated a pushback of regulation and censorship. This raises the thorny question: to what extent does free speech actually endanger speech protection? This book examines today's... -
Understanding Trump by Newt Gingrich 9781478923060
$17.93The presidency of Donald Trump marks a profound change in the trajectory of American government, politics, and culture. Like his administration, the movement that put him in office represents a phenomenon that is worth studying.Donald Trump is unlike any... -
Ashes of Waco: An Investigation by Dick J. Reavis 9780815605027
RRP: $21.87$16.56Examined from both sides - the Bureau of Alcohol and Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) and the FBI on one hand, and David Koresh and his followers on the other - this text focuses on the events at Mt. Carmel, near Waco Texas. Dick J. Reavis contends that the... -
The March to the Majority: The Real Story of the Republican Revolution by Joe Gaylord
RRP: $32.25$22.03A NATIONAL BESTSELLER!The story of Gingrich's rise from college professor, to architect of the Contract with America, to Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives is historic. There were many adventures, personalities, missteps, and victories on the... -
American Politics: A Graphic History by Laura Locker
RRP: $16.76$11.04Following in the footsteps of the highly successful Queer: A Graphic History, illustrator Jules Scheele teams up with Dr Laura Locker in this comic-book introduction to the political history of the Land of Opportunity.How dida political outsider like... -
Defeating Big Government Socialism by Newt Gingrich
RRP: $32.25$22.02Now a National Bestseller!In communities across our country, Americans are debating Critical Race Theory, vaccine mandates, tax increases, rising inflation, online censorship, and a host of other important issues. We have serious decisions to make about... -
Fox Populism: Branding Conservatism as Working Class by Reece Peck 9781108721783
RRP: $32.24$25.10Fox Populism offers fresh insights into why the Fox News Channel has been both commercially successful and politically effective. Where existing explanations of Fox's appeal have stressed the network's conservative editorial slant, Reece Peck sheds light... -
The Victory Lab by Sasha Issenberg
RRP: $19.34$13.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307954800Author Sasha IssenbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)Publisher... -
A History of the American People by Paul Johnson 9780060930349
RRP: $34.82$22.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060930349Author Paul JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 1104Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)... -
Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us by Donald Trump Jr.
RRP: $32.25$24.01In Triggered, Donald Trump, Jr. will expose all the tricks that the left uses to smear conservatives and push them out of the public square, from online "shadow banning" to fake accusations of "hate speech." No topic is spared from political correctness...