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The Third Option: Covert Action and American Foreign Policy by Loch K. Johnson
RRP: €33.31€31.20Loch Johnson's new book explores the subject of covert action, often referred to as a "Third Option" between America's use of diplomacy and warfare---a shadowy approach to international affairs based on the controversial use of secret propaganda,... -
America, Inc: The 400-Year History of American Capitalism by Bhu Srinivasan
RRP: €23.80€16.35How and why did the US become the most successful economy in history? One of The Economist's Best Books of 2017, America, Inc explains the rise of America's economic power and how so many US businesses have succeeded. In a winning, accessible style,... -
Advanced Introduction to Comparative Constitutional Law: Second Edition Mark Tushnet 9781786437204
RRP: €22.55€20.60Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of... -
African Politics: A Very Short Introduction by Ian Taylor 9780198806578
RRP: €10.70€7.68Africa is a continent of 54 countries and over a billion people. However, despite the rich diversity of the African experience, it is striking that continuations and themes seem to be reflected across the continent, particularly south of the Sahara... -
New World In Our Hearts: Michael Albert Interviews Noam Chomsky by Noam Chomsky 9781629638683
RRP: €19.03€13.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629638683Author Noam ChomskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint PM PressPublisher PM Press -
The Welfare State: A Very Short Introduction by David Garland
RRP: €10.70€7.68Welfare states vary across nations and change over time. And the balance between markets and government; free enterprise and social protection is perennially in question. But all developed societies have welfare states of one kind or another - they are a... -
The Populist Moment: The Left After the Great Recession by Anton Jäger 9781804292488
RRP: €13.08€10.64After thirty years of retreat, the last decade has witnessed a resurgent left in the United States and Western Europe. This upsurge of anti-establishment candidates was not only left-wing but also populist. Though in most cases these movements ran out of... -
War for Peace: Genealogies of a Violent Ideal in Western and Islamic Thought by Murad Idris 9780190658014
RRP: €60.69€49.42Peace is a universal ideal, but its political life is a great paradox: "peace" is the opposite of war, but it also enables war. If peace is the elimination of war, then what does it mean to wage war for the sake of peace? What does peace mean when some... -
Shadow Empires: An Alternative Imperial History by Thomas J. Barfield 9780691181639
RRP: €35.70€27.72An original study of empire creation and its consequences, from ancient through early modern timesThe world's first great empires established by the ancient Persians, Chinese, and Romans are well known, but not the empires that emerged on their margins... -
Dangerous Instrument: Political Polarization and U.S. Civil-Military Relations by Michael A. Robinson 9780197611562
RRP: €24.98€21.35As increasingly contentious politics in the United States raise concerns over the "politicization" of traditionally non-partisan institutions, many have turned their attention to how the American military has been--and will be--affected by this trend... -
Orban: Europe's New Strongman by Paul Lendvai 9781787382206
RRP: €19.03€17.22A no-holds-barred biography of Viktor Orban, the most successful--and arguably most dangerous--politician in Hungarian history. Through a masterly and cynical manipulation of ethnic nationalism, and deep-rooted corruption, Prime Minister Orban has... -
Unity through Division: Political Islam, Representation and Democracy in Indonesia by Diego Fossati 9781009203036
RRP: €89.25€80.61Indonesia, like many other countries around the world, is currently experiencing the process of democratic backsliding, marked by a toxic mix of religious sectarianism, polarization, and executive overreach. Despite this trend, Indonesians have become... -
China: The Bubble that Never Pops by Thomas Orlik 9780190877408
RRP: €32.71€22.94The Chinese economy appears destined for failure, the financial bubble forever in peril of popping, the real estate sector doomed to collapse, the factories fated for bankruptcy. A banking system more than twice the size of the U.S. and an economy still... -
Social Protection Under Authoritarianism by Huang
RRP: €33.90€31.26Why would an authoritarian regime expand social welfare provision in the absence of democratization? Yet China, the world's largest and most powerful authoritarian state, has expanded its social health insurance system at an unprecedented rate,... -
State-Directed Development: Political Power and Industrialization in the Global Periphery by Atul Kohli 9780521545259
RRP: €36.88€31.93Why have some developing country states been more successful at facilitating industrialization than others? An answer to this question is developed by focusing both on patterns of state construction and intervention aimed at promoting industrialization... -
Every Breath You Take: China's New Tyranny by Ian Williams
RRP: €20.22€13.78'one of the year's most exciting releases' - The Herald China is building the world's first digital totalitarian state, a system of hitherto unimaginable social and political control. Internet freedom has been eliminated and ubiquitous surveillance... -
The Albanians: A Modern History by Miranda Vickers
RRP: €29.74€27.19This is the first full account of a country that, following decades of isolation, has undergone unprecedented changes to its political system: the collapse of communism, the progression to multi-party elections and the upheaval that followed the March... -
Gambling with Violence: State Outsourcing of War in Pakistan and India by Yelena Biberman 9780190929978
RRP: €36.28€26.62In Gambling with Violence, Yelena Biberman tackles a global problem that is particularly consequential for Pakistan and India: state outsourcing of violence to ordinary civilians, criminals, and ex-insurgents. Why would these countries gamble with their... -
The Great Betrayal by Rod Liddle
RRP: €17.84€11.66'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... -
Politics in Minutes Marcus Weeks 9781784293253
RRP: €13.08€8.81Quick, accessible, compact guide to understanding key political concepts. Contents include: Liberty, Justice, Equality, Human rights, Social contract, Democracy, Monarchy, Anarchism, Capitalism, Socialism, Nationalism and Globalisation.About the... -
Governance: A Very Short Introduction by Mark Bevir
RRP: €10.70€7.68The word 'governance' is ubiquitous. The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund make loans conditional on 'good governance'. Climate change and avian flu appear as issues of 'global governance'. The European Union issues a White Paper on... -
The Other One Percent: Indians in America by Sanjoy Chakravorty 9780190050771
RRP: €30.93€26.17One of the most remarkable stories of immigration in the last half century is that of Indians to the United States. People of Indian origin make up a little over one percent of the American population now, up from barely half a percent at the turn of the... -
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty by Professor Daron Acemoglu 9780307719218
RRP: €39.27€23.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307719218Author Daron AcemogluFormat HardbackPage Count 544Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 833gDimensions(mm) 239mm *... -
The European Union: A Citizen's Guide by Chris Bickerton
RRP: €13.08€9.25'An indispensable book for these times' - Big Issue'A lucid, helpful guide to the EU's structures and operating methods' - Financial TimesFor most of us today, 'Europe' refers to the European Union. At the centre of a seemingly never-ending crisis, the... -
The World in Conflict: Understanding the world's troublespots by John Andrews
RRP: €13.08€9.25Revised and updated fourth edition The world today rests on increasingly unstable fault lines. From the conflict in Ukraine or fresh upheavals in the Middle East to the threats posed to humanity by a global pandemic, climate change and natural... -
Popular Politics in the Making of the Modern Middle East by John Chalcraft 9780521189422
RRP: €32.12€27.61The waves of protest ignited by the self-immolation of Muhammad Bouazizi in Tunisia in late 2010 highlighted for an international audience the importance of contentious politics in the Middle East and North Africa. John Chalcraft's ground-breaking... -
The Real North Korea: Life and Politics in the Failed Stalinist Utopia by Andrei Lankov
RRP: €16.65€11.60Andrei Lankov has gone where few outsiders have ever been. A native of the former Soviet Union, he lived as an exchange student in North Korea in the 1980s. He has studied it for his entire career, using his fluency in Korean and personal contacts to... -
Beef, Bible and Bullets: Brazil in the Age of Bolsonaro by Richard Lapper
RRP: €17.84€13.03Backed by Brazil's wealthy agribusiness groups, a growing evangelical movement, and an emboldened military and police force, Jair Bolsonaro took office in 2019. Driven by the former army captain's brand of controversial, aggressive rhetoric, the divisive... -
Defeating the Dictators: How Democracy Can Prevail in the Age of the Strongman Charles Dunst 9781399704434
RRP: €29.75€19.49' Charles Dunst's deeply researched, timely and powerful book offers a blueprint for how democracies should fight back.' - Sir Kim Darroch'Remarkable. A thoughtful and perceptive book.' - Rt. Hon. Jeremy Hunt, MPThe world is currently experiencing the... -
The Ethics of Influence: Government in the Age of Behavioral Science by Cass R. Sunstein
RRP: €27.37€21.53In recent years, 'nudge units' or 'behavioral insights teams' have been created in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and other nations. All over the world, public officials are using the behavioral sciences to protect the environment,... -
Moscow Rules: What Drives Russia to Confront the West by Keir Giles
RRP: €35.70€31.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815735748Author Keir GilesFormat PaperbackPage Count 258Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 376gDimensions(mm) 223mm... -
Governance in Turbulent Times by Christopher K. Ansell 9780198739517
€131.44What are the conditions for political development and decay, and the likelihood of sustained political order? What are the limits of established rule as we know it? How much stress can systems tackle before they reach some kind of limit? How do... -
Inequality, Grievances, and Civil War by Lars-Erik Cederman 9781107603042
RRP: €27.36€23.28This book argues that political and economic inequalities following group lines generate grievances that in turn can motivate civil war. Lars-Erik Cederman, Kristian Skrede Gleditsch, and Halvard Buhaug offer a theoretical approach that highlights... -
Bureaucracy and Society in Transition: Comparative Perspectives by Haldor Byrkjeflot 9781787432840
RRP: €109.47€91.33New Public Management has held a central position within public administration over the past few decades, complemented by various models promoting post-bureaucratic organization. But 'traditional' bureaucracy has not disappeared, and bureaucracy is in... -
End of an Era: How China's Authoritarian Revival is Undermining Its Rise by Carl Minzner 9780190056346
RRP: €23.79€22.98China's reform era is ending. Core factors that characterized it-political stability, ideological openness, and rapid economic growth-are unraveling. Since the 1990s, Beijing's leaders have firmly rejected any fundamental reform of their authoritarian... -
Governing Britain: Parliament, Ministers and Our Ambiguous Constitution by Philip Norton 9781526145451
RRP: €23.79€17.28Who governs Britain? Is Parliament sovereign? Who chooses the Prime Minister? And who enforces the rules?The United Kingdom is in the throes of political and constitutional conflict. Tensions between different Westminster and Holyrood, and between the UK... -
Learning from the Germans: Confronting Race and the Memory of Evil by Susan Neiman
RRP: €13.08€9.25'An ambitious and engrossing investigation of the moral legacies which stubbornly refuse to pass' Brendan Simms As the western world struggles with its legacies of racism and colonialism, what can we learn from the past in order to move forward?Susan... -
Coalitional Presidentialism in Comparative Perspective: Minority Presidents in Multiparty Systems by Paul Chaisty
RRP: €38.07€34.93This book provides the first cross-regional study of an increasingly important form of politics: coalitional presidentialism. Drawing on original research of minority presidents in the democratising and hybrid regimes of Armenia, Benin, Brazil, Chile,... -
Turkey: What Everyone Needs to Know (R) by Andrew Finkel 9780199733040
RRP: €13.08€9.78Turkey occupies a strategic position in today's world: culturally, historically, and geographically, it is the link between Islam and Western democracy, between Europe and the Middle East. The only predominantly Muslim nation to be a member of NATO and... -
Vexed: Ethics Beyond Political Tribes by James Mumford
RRP: €20.22€14.61Across the democratic West, politics has become deeply polarised and profoundly personal. Challenge someone's political views and increasingly you challenge their very being. And yet, do our political tribes even make sense? Look carefully, and on...