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There Is Nothing for You Here: Opportunity in an Age of Decline by Fiona Hill
RRP: €26.18€20.05"This book has a miraculous quality.... As a memoir this is hard to put down; if you are seeking a better American future you should pick it up."-Timothy Snyder, New York Times best-selling author of On TyrannyINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | A... -
The Revenge of Power: How Autocrats Are Reinventing Politics for the 21st Century by Moisés Naím
RRP: €20.22€13.73Named one of the New Yorker's Best Books of 2022 "An authoritative and intelligent portrait of the global spread of authoritarianism and its dangers...what sets [this] work apart from books like Timothy Snyder's On Tyranny and Michiko Kakutani's The... -
Political ideas for A Level: Liberalism, Socialism, Conservatism, Multiculturalism, Nationalism, Ecologism 2nd Edition by Richard Kelly
€22.21These Student's Books will help students understand the core ideas and principles behind the political ideologies, and how they apply in practice to human nature, the state, society and the economy.- Comprehensive coverage of the ideologies of... -
The Arms of the Future: Technology and Close Combat in the Twenty-First Century Jack Watling (Royal United Services Institute, UK) 9781350352957
RRP: €26.17€21.54From sensor-fuzed munitions and autonomous weapons, to ground moving target indication radar, laser vibrometers and artificial intelligence, the weapons of warfare are undergoing a rapid transformation, with modern technologies reshaping how armies... -
There Is Nothing for You Here: Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century by Fiona Hill
RRP: €15.46€10.09"This book has a miraculous quality.... As a memoir this is hard to put down; if you are seeking a better American future you should pick it up.”—Timothy Snyder, New York Times best-selling author of On TyrannyINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | A... -
Why We Get the Wrong Politicians by Isabel Hardman 9781838958473
RRP: €13.08€8.71REVISED AND UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE EXPLOSIVE EVENTS OF 2021 and 2022Winner at the Parliamentary Book AwardsShortlisted for the Waterstones Book of the YearLonglisted for the Orwell Prize____________Daily Telegraph's Best Books of the YearGuardian's Best... -
My Revision Notes: Pearson Edexcel A Level UK Politics: Second Edition Neil McNaughton 9781398325531
RRP: €13.69€13.08Coverage of key up-to-date content is combined with study and exam tips and effective revision strategies to create a guide you can rely on to build both knowledge and memory.With My Revision Notes you can:- Consolidate your knowledge with clear, concise... -
How Democracy Ends by David Runciman
RRP: €11.89€8.46'Scintillating ... thought-provoking ... one of the very best of the great crop of recent books on the subject.' Andrew Rawnsley, Observer Democracy has died hundreds of times, all over the world. We think we know what that looks like: chaos descends... -
Pearson Edexcel A Level Politics 2nd edition: UK Government and Politics, Political Ideas and US Government and Politics by David Tuck
€57.39- Includes all core and non-core political ideas, with key thinkers integrated throughout the text- Builds confidence by highlighting key terms and explaining links between different topics in the specification- Provides opportunities to test your... -
Political ideas for A Level: Liberalism, Socialism, Conservatism, Feminism, Anarchism 2nd Edition by Richard Kelly
€22.21These Student's Books will help students understand the core ideas and principles behind the political ideologies, and how they apply in practice to human nature, the state, society and the economy.- Comprehensive coverage of the ideologies of... -
The Politics Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained by DK
RRP: €23.79€18.18Learn about how the world of government and power works in The Politics Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Politics in this overview guide to the... -
Dictators: The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth Century by Frank Dikoetter
RRP: €13.08€8.94A New Statesman, Financial Times and Economist Book of the Year 'Brilliant' NEW STATESMAN, BOOKS OF THE YEAR 'Enlightening and a good read' SPECTATOR 'Moving and perceptive' NEW STATESMAN Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin, Mao Zedong, Kim Il-sung,... -
Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present by Fareed Zakaria 9780241692417
RRP: €29.75€21.44The international best-selling author explores the revolutions, past and present, that define the chaotic, polarized and unstable age in which we live.Fareed Zakaria first warned of the threat of “illiberal democracy” two decades ago. Now comes Age of... -
The New Silk Roads: The Present and Future of the World by Peter Frankopan 9781526608246
RRP: €15.46€9.90From the internationally bestselling author of The Silk Roads: everything you need to know about the present and future of the world 'Masterly mapping out of a new world order' Evening Standard 'Frankopan is a brilliant guide to terra incognita' The... -
The Politics of English Nationhood by Michael Kenny 9780199608614
€55.35The Politics of English Nationhood supplies the first comprehensive overview of the evidence, research and major arguments relating to the revival of Englishness, exploring its varied, and often overlooked, political ramifications and dimensions. It... -
The Rise of the Roman Jurists: Studies in Cicero's Pro Caecina by Bruce W. Frier 9780691611563
RRP: €57.12€44.74Combining historical, sociological, and legal expertise, Bruce Frier discloses the reasons for the emergence of law as a professional discipline in the later Roman Republic. Originally published in 1985. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest... -
In the Long Run: The Future as a Political Idea Jonathan White 9781800812307
RRP: €23.80€17.01Democracy is future-oriented and self-correcting: today's problems can be solved, we are told, in tomorrow's elections. But the biggest issues facing the modern world - from climate collapse and pandemics to recession and world war - each apparently... -
Why Politics Fails: The Five Traps of the Modern World & How to Escape Them by Ben Ansell 9780241992753
RRP: €13.08€9.25From the 2023 Reith lecturer Politics is failing us. This is why. 'Brilliant . . . a must-read' Daron Acemoglu, co-author of Why Nations FailWhen it comes to politics, there are five goals that voters generally agree upon. We all want a say in how we're... -
Ancien Regime and the Revolution by Alexis de Tocqueville
RRP: €13.08€9.25The Ancien Regime and the Revolution is a comparison of revolutionary France and the despotic rule it toppled. Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-59) is an objective observer of both periods - providing a merciless critique of the ancien regime, with its... -
Pearson Edexcel A Level Politics: UK Government and Politics, Political Ideas and Global Politics David Tuck 9781398369153
€57.39- Includes all core and non-core political ideas, with key thinkers integrated throughout the text- Provides complete guidance to the Global route of the specification- Strengthens understanding by interweaving both historical context and contemporary... -
How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division: The powerful, pocket-sized manifesto Elif Shafak 9781788165723
RRP: €8.32€6.10'Elegant ... calm and generous' Mary Beard, Guardian The must-read, pocket-sized Big Think book of 2020 One of the Guardian's 'Best Books to Inspire Compassion' One of Independent's Books of the Month A Cosmopolitan 'Revolutionary Read' Ours... -
Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy by Daniel Ziblatt
RRP: €30.93€24.24How do democracies form and what makes them die? Daniel Ziblatt revisits this timely and classic question in a wide-ranging historical narrative that traces the evolution of modern political democracy in Europe from its modest beginnings in 1830s Britain... -
Religion's Sudden Decline: What's Causing It, and What Comes Next? by Ronald F Inglehart
RRP: €30.93€22.66Mass attachment to religion is rapidly declining in most of the world; Why, and What comes next? The world is becoming less religious. Since 2007, there has been a pervasive decline in religious belief and most of the world's people now say that God... -
Memory Makers: The Politics of the Past in Putin's Russia by Jade McGlynn
RRP: €23.80€18.23Why aren't ordinary Russians more outraged by Putin's invasion of Ukraine? Inside the Kremlin's own historical propaganda narratives, Russia's invasion of Ukraine makes complete sense. From its World War II cult to anti-Western conspiracy theories, the... -
Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History by Kurt Andersen 9781785038679
RRP: €17.84€13.03You're entitled to your own opinion but not your own factsFantasy is the USA's primary product. From the Pilgrim Fathers onward America has been a place where renegades and freaks came in search of freedom to create their own realities with little... -
The Revenge of Power: How Autocrats Are Reinventing Politics for the 21st Century by Moises Naim 9781250279200
RRP: €28.55€21.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250279200Author Moises NaimFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 488gDimensions(mm) 243mm *... -
The Death of Expertise: The Campaign against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters by Tom Nichols 9780197763834
RRP: €16.65€14.61Building on his enormously successful first edition, Tom Nichols confirms his thesis that events, such as the COVID pandemic, prove that the assault on expertise has only intensified. Fully updated chapters continue to address how technology and... -
What Went Wrong With Brexit: And What We Can Do About It by Peter Foster 9781805301257
RRP: €17.84€11.66ONE OF 2023'S BIGGEST NEW BOOKS (GUARDIAN)A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2023A GUARDIAN 'IF YOU READ ONE BOOK ABOUT . . .' POLITICS PICKA WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2023: POLITICSA THE WEEK CHRISTMAS BOOK CHOICESix years after Brexit, it can feel like... -
Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund Burke 9780140432046
RRP: €13.08€9.25Burke's seminal work was written during the early months of the French Revolution, and it predicted with uncanny accuracy many of its worst excesses, including the Reign of Terror. A scathing attack on the revolution's attitudes to existing institutions,... -
The Nordic Theory of Everything: In Search of a Better Life by Anu Partanen
RRP: €13.08€9.25An optimistic account of how the Nordic countries can teach us to live easier, healthier, happier lives. From childcare to healthcare to provision for the elderly and the homeless, the Nordic countries are world leaders in organising society - no... -
The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East Robert Fisk 9781841150086
RRP: €23.79€16.34Robert Fisk's bestselling eyewitness account of the events that have shaped the Middle East is alive with vivid reporting and incisive historical analysis. The history of the Middle East is an epic story of tragedy, betrayal and world-shaking... -
The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution by Francis Fukuyama
RRP: €15.46€10.82Nations are not trapped by their pasts, but events that happened hundreds or even thousands of years ago continue to exert huge influence on present-day politics. If we are to understand the politics that we now take for granted, we need to understand... -
The West: A New History in 14 Lives by Naoise Mac Sweeney
RRP: €26.18€19.06*A BBC RADIO 4 Book of the Week*'A fantastic achievement' Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads'Bright, expansive, and iconoclastic, this deliciously witty book has the potential to upset the applecart of "Western Civilisation" itself... Magnificent'... -
A Revolution Betrayed: How Egalitarians Wrecked the British Education System by Peter Hitchens
RRP: €23.80€18.23There are few subjects these days that cause parents more stress than the education of their children. In his new book, Peter Hitchens describes the misjudgements made by politicians over the years that have led to the increase of class distinction and... -
The Government of No One: The Theory and Practice of Anarchism by Ruth Kinna
RRP: €13.08€9.25'The standard book on anarchism for the twenty-first century. Written with brio, quiet insight and clarity' Carl LevyA magisterial study of the history and theory of one of the most controversial political movementsAnarchism routinely gets a bad press... -
Shocking Contrasts: Political Responses to Exogenous Supply Shocks by Ronald L. Rogowski 9781316510704
RRP: €35.70€30.88In the fourteenth century, the Black Death killed as much as two thirds of Europe's population; in the fifteenth, the introduction of moveable-type printing rapidly expanded Europe's supply of human capital; between 1850 and 1914, Russia's population... -
Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalisation of Democracy by Francis Fukuyama
RRP: €17.84€13.03In The Origins of Political Order, Francis Fukuyama took us from the dawn of mankind to the French and American Revolutions. Here, he picks up the thread again in the second instalment of his definitive account of mankind's emergence as a political... -
Aiming for an A in A-level Politics Sarra Jenkins 9781510424227
RRP: €14.88€14.09Exam Board: AQA, Edexcel, WJEC/Eduqas Level: A-level Subject: Politics First teaching: September 2017 First exams: Summer 2019 Master the skills you need to set yourself apart and hit the highest grades; this year-round course companion... -
The West: A New History of an Old Idea by Naoíse Mac Sweeney 9780753558935
RRP: €15.46€10.82*A BBC RADIO 4 Book of the Week*'A fantastic achievement' Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads'Bright, expansive, and iconoclastic, this deliciously witty book has the potential to upset the applecart of "Western Civilisation" itself... Magnificent'... -
The Green Shirts and the Others by Nicholas M. Nagy-Talavera 9781592110940
RRP: €37.49€34.57This book is a newly revised edition of Nicholas M. Nagy-Talavera's classic work The Green Shirts and the Others published by the Hoover Institution Press in 1970. This book is the standard work in English on the history of fascism in Romania and Hungary...