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The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli 9780141442259
RRP: €9.51Booksplease Price: €7.31'A gripping work, and a gripping translation' Nicholas Lezard, GuardianNiccolo Machiavelli's brutally uncompromising manual of statecraft, The Prince is translated and edited with an introduction by Tim Parks in Penguin Classics As a diplomat in... -
The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
RRP: €17.84Booksplease Price: €13.19Niccolo Machiavelli's brutally uncompromising manual of statecraft, The Prince is translated and edited with an introduction by Tim Parks in Penguin Classics.As a diplomat in turbulent fifteenth-century Florence, Niccolo Machiavelli knew how quickly... -
The Machiavellian Moment: Florentine Political Thought and the Atlantic Republican Tradition by J. G. A. Pocock
RRP: €41.65Booksplease Price: €29.68Originally published in 1975, The Machiavellian Moment remains a landmark of historical and political thought. Celebrated historian J.G.A. Pocock looks at the consequences for modern historical and social consciousness arising from the ideal of the... -
King John: Treachery, Tyranny and the Road to Magna Carta by Marc Morris
RRP: €17.84Booksplease Price: €13.19The brilliantly compelling new biography of the treacherous and tyrannical King John, published to coincide with the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta.King John is familiar to everyone as the villain from the tales of Robin Hood - greedy, cowardly,... -
Four Chancellors and a Funeral: How to Lose a Country in Ten Days by Russell Jones 9781800183087
RRP: €29.75Booksplease Price: €22.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800183087Author Russell JonesFormat HardbackPage Count 464Imprint UnboundPublisher Unbound -
The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau 9780140442014
RRP: €13.08Booksplease Price: €9.78'Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains'These are the famous opening words of a treatise that has not ceased to stir debate since its publication in 1762. Rejecting the view that anyone has a natural right to wield authority over others,... -
Northern Ireland Government and Politics for CCEA AS Level by Lesley Veronica
Booksplease Price: €16.11This well-researched text was written specifically to address Unit AS1 of the current CCEA Government and Politics AS Level specification. It covers the Government and Politics of Northern Ireland and has been through a meticulous quality assurance... -
The Cambridge Companion to Plato's Republic by G. R. F. Ferrari
RRP: €42.84Booksplease Price: €35.35This Companion provides a comprehensive account of this outstanding work, which remains among the most frequently read works of Greek philosophy, indeed of Classical antiquity in general. The sixteen essays, by authors who represent various academic... -
Unspoken Politics: Implicit Attitudes and Political Thinking by Efren O. Perez
RRP: €38.08Booksplease Price: €30.93This book explains why people acquire implicit attitudes, how they affect political thinking, and where in the mass public they have their strongest - and weakest - influences. A theoretically ambitious book, Unspoken Politics establishes that implicit... -
Mao: The Unknown Story by Jon Halliday
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €14.91The most authoritative life of Mao ever written, by the bestselling author of Wild Swans, Jung Chang and her husband, historian Jon Halliday.Based on a decade of research, and on interviews with many of Mao's close circle in China who have never talked... -
Bill of Rights: The Origin of Britain's Democracy by Jonathan Sumption
RRP: €9.51Booksplease Price: €7.94In 2017, the Government's attempt to trigger Article 50 and so leave the European Union resulted in a judgement by the Supreme Court, which stated that the Government was unentitled to do so without the consent of Parliament, directly citing the Bill of... -
The New India: The Unmaking of the World's Largest Democracy Rahul Bhatia 9781408717882
RRP: €29.75Booksplease Price: €17.27The New India is the unforgettable account of the struggle between modern forces and ancient ideas to shape the young country's destiny. It reveals a picture of a nation on the precipice of dramatic change.'Remarkable... fascinating... brilliant'... -
The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli 9780486272740
RRP: €3.56Booksplease Price: €3.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486272740Author Niccolo MachiavelliFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Turning Points: Crisis and Change in Modern Britain Steve Richards 9781035015368
RRP: €13.08Booksplease Price: €9.56The Times - Best Politics and Current Affairs Books of the YearAn entertaining and revealing history of modern British politics - and the pivotal moments that got us where we are now. From Steve Richards, broadcaster, journalist, and author of The Prime... -
The U.S. Constitution: A Very Short Introduction by David J. Bodenhamer
RRP: €11.89Booksplease Price: €8.56Though the U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1788, its impact on our lives is as recent as today's news. Claims and counterclaims about the constitutionality of governmental actions are a habit of American politics. This document, which its framers... -
The Federalist Papers by James Madison
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €11.35Written at a time when furious arguments were raging about the best way to govern America, The Federalist Papers had the immediate pratical aim of persuading New Yorkers to accept the newly drafted Constitution in 1787. In this they were supremely... -
Emergency State: The Freedoms We Lost in the Pandemic and How to Get Them Back by Adam Wagner
RRP: €17.84Booksplease Price: €12.97'Superb... authoritative, thoughtful and terrifying in equal measure', The Secret Barrister'Astonishing. Detailed, dispassionate and definitive. An urgent warning and work of major importance', James O'Brien0n 26 March 2020, a new law appeared. In eleven... -
American Kompromat: how the KGB cultivated Donald Trump and related tales of sex, greed, power, and treachery by Craig Unger
RRP: €22.60Booksplease Price: €13.83THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. American Kompromat unravels the Russian-influenced operations that amassed the dirty little secrets of the richest and most powerful men on earth. American Kompromat is based on extended and exclusive interviews... -
The English Constitution by Walter Bagehot
RRP: €10.70Booksplease Price: €8.21'An ancient and ever-altering constitution is like an old man who still wears with attached fondness clothes in the fashion of his youth: what you see of him is the same; what you do not see is wholly altered.' Walter Bagehot's The English... -
Utopia by Saint Thomas More 9781853264740
RRP: €5.94Booksplease Price: €4.65With an Introduction by Mishtooni Bose. More's Utopia is a complex, innovative and penetrating contribution to political thought, culminating in the famous 'description' of the Utopians, who live according to the principles of natural law, but are... -
How to be a Politician: 2,000 Years of Good (and Bad) Advice by Vince Cable 9781529149661
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €11.35'Always forgive your enemies - but never forget their names.' JFK'What do you want to be a sailor for? There are greater storms in politics than you will ever find at sea. Piracy, broadsides, blood on the decks. You will find them all in politics.' David... -
Liberal Virtues: Citizenship, Virtue, and Community in Liberal by Stephen Macedo 9780198275565
RRP: €127.93Booksplease Price: €103.01Liberal democracy is often defended because it secures freedom, order, and prosperity. Without slighting these solid achievements, Liberal Virtues responds to those who worry that the theory and practice of free self-government neglect the importance of... -
Republic Plato 9781853264832
RRP: €5.94Booksplease Price: €4.65Translated by John Llewelyn Davies and David James Vaughan. With an Introduction by Stephen Watt. The ideas of Plato (c429-347BC) have influenced Western philosophers for over two thousand years. Such is his importance that the twentieth-century... -
Calvin and the Whigs: A Study in Historical Political Theology by Ruben Alvarado 9789076660479
Booksplease Price: €14.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789076660479Author Ruben AlvaradoFormat PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint Pantocrator PressPublisher Pantocrator PressWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 229mm *... -
The Constitution of the United States by Founding Fathers
RRP: €4.76Booksplease Price: €3.57Enshrining the fundamental rights and freedoms of its citizens in law, and curbing the power of those who rule them, the US constitution is one of the most significant documents in the history of democracy. New to Penguin's Little Black Classics series... -
Eight Days at Yalta: How Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin Shaped the Post-War World by Diana Preston
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €11.55Meticulously researched and vividly written, Eight Days at Yalta is a remarkable work of intense historical drama.In the last winter of the Second World War, Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin arrived in the Crimean resort of... -
India that is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution by J Sai Deepak
RRP: €29.74Booksplease Price: €26.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789354352492Author Deepak J. SaiFormat HardbackPage Count 484Imprint Bloomsbury IndiaPublisher Bloomsbury IndiaDimensions(mm) 250mm * 200mm * 50mm -
Fascism: 100 Questions Asked and Answered by Oswald Mosley 9781913176341
Booksplease Price: €19.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913176341Author Oswald MosleyFormat HardbackPage Count 58Imprint Sanctuary Press LtdPublisher Sanctuary Press LtdWeight(grams) 218gDimensions(mm) 216mm *... -
The Bonfire of the Decencies: Repairing and Restoring the British Constitution by Peter Hennessy 9781913368715
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €13.60The British constitution matters. Its observance is crucial to the well-being of all our people, to every state activity and deployment of government power. It is crucial to the face our society presents to itself as well as to those who observe us from... -
Clash of Empires: From 'Chimerica' to the 'New Cold War' by Ho-fung Hung
RRP: €21.42Booksplease Price: €18.42Many believe the recent deterioration in US-China relations represents a 'New Cold War' rooted in ideological differences. However, such differences did not prevent the two countries from pursuing economic integration and geopolitical cooperation in the... -
King James VI and I: Political Writings by James VI and I,King
RRP: €36.89Booksplease Price: €33.22James VI and I united the crowns of England and Scotland. His books are fundamental sources of the principles which underlay the union. In particular, his Basilikon Doron was a best-seller in England and circulated widely on the Continent. Among the most... -
Anarchy, State, and Utopia by Robert Nozick 9780465051007
Booksplease Price: €29.92Translated into 100 languages, winner of the National Book Award, and named one of the 100 Most Influential Books since World War II by the Times Literary Supplement , Anarchy, State and Utopia remains one of the most theoretically trenchant and... -
Rational Choice and British Politics: An Analysis of Rhetoric and Manipulation from Peel to Blair by Iain McLean 9780198295297
RRP: €69.02Booksplease Price: €64.81This engaging and original study, by one of Britain's leading scholars of rational choice theory, explores the course of British parliamentary politics over the last 150 years. McLean marries an appealing combination of social science and analytical... -
The Summer of 1787: The Men Who Invented the Constitution by David O Stewart 9780743286930
RRP: €23.79Booksplease Price: €15.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743286930Author David O StewartFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 231mm *... -
War and Diplomacy in the Napoleonic Era: Sir Charles Stewart, Castlereagh and the Balance of Power in Europe by Reider Payne 9781350196100
RRP: €38.07Booksplease Price: €33.00The lives and careers of Sir Charles Stewart and his brother Lord Castlereagh take in a grand stage, from Britain and Ireland to the kingdoms and empires of western and central Europe. Throughout his life Stewart played a key role in shaping Europe: his... -
Against Empire by Michael Parenti 9780872862982
RRP: €17.84Booksplease Price: €12.05Richly informed and written in an engaging style, Against Empire exposes the ruthless agenda and hidden costs of the U.S. empire today. Documenting the pretexts and lies used to justify violent intervention and maldevelopment abroad, Parenti shows how... -
Common Law & Natural Rights by Ruben Alvarado 9789076660073
Booksplease Price: €11.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789076660073Author Ruben AlvaradoFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint Wordbridge PubPublisher Wordbridge PubWeight(grams) 227g -
Magna Carta: A Very Short Introduction by Nicholas Vincent
RRP: €11.89Booksplease Price: €8.32The Magna Carta has long been considered the foundation stone of the British Constitution, yet few people today understand either its contents or its context. This Very Short Introduction introduces the document to a modern audience, explaining its... -
The Political Economy of Dictatorship by Ronald Wintrobe
RRP: €49.98Booksplease Price: €43.46Although much of the world still lives today, as always, under dictatorship, the behaviour of these regimes and of their leaders often appears irrational and mysterious. In The Political Economy of Dictatorship, Ronald Wintrobe uses rational choice... -
States and Citizens: History, Theory, Prospects by Quentin Skinner
RRP: €35.70Booksplease Price: €31.36The imminent demise of the nation-state in the face of global capitalism and supra-national agencies like the United Nations has often been predicted, yet in practice the death of the state seems unimaginable: indeed terrorist activity and corporate...