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The House of Lords by Donald Shell 9780719054440
RRP: $25.79$22.72The House of Lords has undergone significant change in recent years. The exclusion of the great majority of the hereditary peers in 1999 was intended as the first step in a two-stage reform process. But further reform has proved difficult to achieve and... -
Evangelicals and Electoral Politics in Latin America: A Kingdom of This World by Taylor C. Boas 9781009275071
RRP: $96.75$87.90Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781009275071Author Taylor C. BoasFormat HardbackImprint Cambridge University PressPublisher Cambridge University Press -
The Battle for the Labour Party by David Kogan 9781448217359
RRP: $19.34$16.22The Battle for the Labour Party was first published in 1981 and was referenced by Tony Benn in his 1980-1990 diaries as 'a valuable guide to the developments within the Labour party at this time'. This 1982 updated edition is an essential resource for... -
Rethinking Chinese Politics by Joseph Fewsmith 9781108926607
RRP: $39.98$25.79Understanding Chinese politics has become more important than ever. Some argue that China's political system is 'institutionalized' or that 'win all/lose all' struggles are a thing of the past, but, Joseph Fewsmith argues, as in all Leninist systems,... -
China Horizon, The: Glory And Dream Of A Civilizational State by Weiwei Zhang
RRP: $25.80$22.73This is a book of China's own political narrative written by one of China's leading and best-known thinkers. It is the last part of the author's 'China Trilogy', which is a best-seller in China, with over one million copies sold. The book in itself is a... -
Global Sociology and the Struggles for a Better World: Towards the Futures We Want by Markus S. Schulz
RRP: $16.76$14.25The contemporary world has reached a pivotal moment of escalating injustices and apocalyptic risks, but also of unprecedented opportunities. Mounting pressures of social and ecological problems are met by a confluence of intellectual trends that allow... -
Inventing Al Gore by Bill Turque 9780618131600
RRP: $33.53$24.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780618131600Author Bill TurqueFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner BooksWeight(grams) 694g -
Business and Politics in India by Christophe Jaffrelot 9780190912468
RRP: $126.42$103.61Over the last few decades, politics in India has moved steadily in a pro-business direction. This shift has important implications for both government and citizens. In Business and Politics in India, leading scholars of Indian politics have gathered to... -
Spain: What Everyone Needs to Know (R) by William Chislett
RRP: $16.76$12.40Spain has undergone significant transformations over the past three decades, from a dictatorship to a democracy and from a mostly local and agriculture-based economy to one of the biggest financial systems in the EU and internationally. Until 2008, it... -
The New Politics of Russia: Interpreting Change by Andrew Monaghan
RRP: $25.79$18.42From the conflict in Syria to the crisis in Ukraine, Russia continues to dominate the headlines. Yet the political realities of contemporary Russia are poorly understood by Western observers and policy-makers. In this highly engaging book, Andrew... -
Democratic Innovations: Designing Institutions for Citizen Participation by Graham Smith
RRP: $29.66$25.23Can we design institutions that increase and deepen citizen participation in the political decision making process? At a time when there is growing disillusionment with the institutions of advanced industrial democracies, there is also increasing... -
Russia-Lost in Transition: The Yeltsin and Putin Legacies by Lilia Shevtsova 9780870032363
RRP: $24.45$17.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780870032363Author Lilia ShevtsovaFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Carnegie Endowment for International PeacePublisher Brookings Institution -
Reconstruction: A Very Short Introduction by Allen C. Guelzo
RRP: $11.60$8.32The era known as Reconstruction is one of the unhappiest times in American history. It succeeded in reuniting the nation politically after the Civil War but in little else. Among its chief failures was the inability to chart a progressive course for race... -
Power, Politics and Influence at Work by Tony Dundon 9781526146410
RRP: $19.34$17.60This book explores how power operates in workplace settings at local, national and transnational levels. It argues that how people are valued in and out of work is a political dynamic, which reflects and shapes how societies treat their citizens.Offering... -
Patriots, Traitors and Empires: The Story of Korea's Struggle for Freedom by Stephen Gowans 9781771861359
RRP: $32.19$20.38Patriots, Traitors and Empires is an account of modern Korean history, written from the point of view of those who fought to free their country from the domination of foreign empires. It traces the history of Korea's struggle for freedom from opposition... -
In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu's Congo by Michela Wrong 9780060934439
RRP: $25.79$18.37Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060934439Author Michela WrongFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 313g -
Irregular Armed Forces and their Role in Politics and State Formation by Diane E. Davis 9780521012188
RRP: $47.72$43.80Existing models of state formation are derived primarily from early Western European experience, and are misleading when applied to nation-states struggling to consolidate their dominion in the present period. In this volume, scholars suggest that the... -
A History of West Africa Toyin Falola (University of Texas at Austin, USA) 9781032055947
RRP: $46.43$41.40This book introduces readers to the rich and fascinating history of West Africa, stretching all the way back to the stone age, and right up to the modern day.Over the course of twenty seven short and engaging chapters, the book delves into the social,... -
National 4 & 5 Modern Studies: World Powers and International Issues, Second Edition Frank Cooney 9781510429161
$29.70Exam Board: SQALevel: National 5Subject: Modern StudiesFirst Teaching: September 2017First Exam: Summer 2018This second edition comprehensively covers the changes made to the course content and prepares students to cope with the increased emphasis on... -
Living Vote, The: Voting reform is the biggest issue of our time. Get that and everything changes. David Allen 9781803413150
RRP: $15.47$13.09The more power that rests with the people, the less there is for powerful minority global actors to wield. This remains true whether or not the people are right or wrong, because it's still the safest place for real power to reside. Unfortunately, the... -
Orwell: A Man Of Our Time by Richard Bradford 9781448217687
RRP: $25.80$20.18A vivid portrait of the man behind the writings, placing Orwell and his work at the centre of the current political landscape. One of the most enduringly popular and controversial writers of the twentieth century, George Orwell's work is as relevant... -
Nation of Devils: Democratic Leadership and the Problem of Obedience by Stein Ringen 9780300193190
$66.53Oxford University political theorist Stein Ringen offers a thought-provoking meditation on the art of democratic rule: how does a government persuade the people to accept its authority? Every government must make unpopular demands of its citizens, from... -
Democracy Disrupted: The Politics of Global Protest by Ivan Krastev
RRP: $20.63$18.37Since the financial meltdown of 2008, political protests have spread around the world like chain lightning, from the "Occupy" movements of the United States, Great Britain, and Spain to more destabilizing forms of unrest in Tunisia, Egypt, Russia,... -
Secession and State Creation: What Everyone Needs to Know (R) by James Ker-Lindsay
RRP: $16.76$11.73What makes a state? This question has attracted more and more attention in recent years with Catalan's illegal vote for independence from Spain and Palestine's ongoing search for international recognition. And while Scotland chose to remain with the... -
Comparative Policy Agendas: Theory, Tools, Data by Frank R. Baumgartner
$140.89This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. This book summarizes... -
The Transformation of British Welfare Policy: Politics, Discourse, and Public Opinion by Tom O'Grady 9780192898890
RRP: $132.23$119.61Since 2010 the UK has enacted radical welfare reforms that have led to greater poverty, homelessness, indebtedness, and foodbank use. It has diverged from other European countries experiencing similar economic and social trends, who have not enacted such... -
What Is Populism? by Jan-Werner Mueller 9780812248982
RRP: $21.92$20.10Donald Trump, Silvio Berlusconi, Marine Le Pen, Hugo Chavez-populists are on the rise across the globe. But what exactly is populism? Should everyone who criticizes Wall Street or Washington be called a populist? What precisely is the difference between... -
Don't Burn This Book: Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Unreason Dave Rubin 9781472134516
RRP: $19.34$12.64'Topical, engaging, personable, and above all, reassuring' Dr. Jordan B. PetersonFrom host of The Rubin Report, the most-watched talk show about free speech and big ideas on YouTube right now, a roadmap for free thinking in an increasingly censored world... -
Anti-Semitism and the Left by Ian Hernon 9781398102231
RRP: $25.80$18.43'Under Corbyn, the true Left of radical campaigning and genuine anti-racism has been bastardised into a hate cult distinguished by repellent self-righteousness. Corbyn's cronies, more than willing to act with venality when it suits them, have told... -
The Oxford Handbook of the Welfare State by Francis G. Castles
RRP: $45.14$45.01The Oxford Handbook of the Welfare State is the authoritative and definitive guide to the contemporary welfare state. In a volume consisting of nearly fifty newly-written chapters, a broad range of the world's leading scholars offer a comprehensive... -
Colonized by Humanity: Caribbean London and the Politics of Integration at the End of Empire by Dr Rob Waters 9780198879831
RRP: $45.15$39.35'Colonization through a process of affection', wrote the London-based Barbadian novelist George Lamming in 1960, was 'the worst form of colonization'. Lamming's London was marked by the violent currents of racism-some seen, many disavowed. But the... -
Yemen: What Everyone Needs to Know (R) by Asher Orkaby
RRP: $16.76$11.73A comprehensive introduction to Yemen's current crises, major players, and potential solutions to an ongoing civil war. In 2014, a tribal alliance from Yemen's northern regions seized the capital city of Sana'a and overthrew a republic that had ruled... -
Fighting Better: Constructive Conflicts in America by Louis Kriesberg 9780197674796
RRP: $119.97$108.70The people in the United States are experiencing an extreme degree of division, political partisanship, and civic disorder. Destructive fights are waged about matters such as misinformation, voting rights, school curriculum, government spending, and... -
Near Abroad: Putin, the West, and the Contest over Ukraine and the Caucasus by Gerard Toal 9780190069513
RRP: $33.53$25.23Before Russia invaded Ukraine, it invaded Georgia. Both states are part of Russia's "near abroad"--newly independent states that were once part of the Soviet Union and are now Russia's neighbors. While the Russia-Georgia war of 2008 faded from the... -
A Pandemic of Populists by Wojciech Sadurski 9781009224536
RRP: $29.66$25.23Over the last decade, the world has watched in shock as populists swept to power in free elections. From Manila to Warsaw, Brasilia to Budapest, the populist tide has shattered illusions of an inexorable march to liberal democracy. Eschewing simplistic... -
The Ex Men: How Our Former Presidents and Prime Ministers Are Still Changing the World by Giles Edwards
RRP: $25.80$18.68The men and women who created today's liberal, democratic, globalised world order may now have left public office, but they have not retired. So, what are they doing, and how does it affect the rest of us? Giles Edwards has interviewed more than... -
The Spirit of Democracy: The Struggle to Build Free Societies Throughout the World by Larry Diamond 9780805089134
RRP: $20.63$15.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805089134Author Larry DiamondFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Henry Holt & Company IncPublisher Henry Holt & Company IncWeight(grams) 335g -
Post Wall, Post Square: Rebuilding the World after 1989 by Kristina Spohr 9780008280116
RRP: $14.18$7.68'A gripping and compelling account.... The peaceful ending of the Cold War between West and East remains one of the greatest achievements of modern statecraft' CHRISTOPHER ANDREW, Literary Review This... -
Propaganda and the Public Mind: Interviews by David Barsamian by Noam Chomsky 9780745335650
RRP: $24.50$16.45First published in 2001, Propaganda and the Public Mind constitutes a series of discussions with the journalist David Barsamian and is the perfect complement to Chomsky's major works of media study such as Manufacturing Consent and Necessary llusions... -
Now We Have Your Attention: The New Politics of the People by Jack Shenker 9781847925404
$22.79"One of the most important and compelling books I've ever read, by one of Britain's most gifted writers. If you want to understand why we are in this crisis, listen to the voices all too often airbrushed from the political conversation" OWEN JONESNow We...