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Defending Democracy in an Age of Sharp Power by William J. Dobson 9781421448046
RRP: £29.00£26.08Explores how authoritarian regimes are deploying "sharp power" to undermine democracies from within by weaponizing universities, institutions, media, technology, and entertainment industries.The world's dictators are no longer content with shoring up... -
Tsar Bomba: Live Testing of Soviet Nuclear Bombs, 1949-1962 by Krzysztof Dabrowski 9781913336318
£22.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913336318Author Krzysztof DabrowskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
The Paradox of Democracy: Free Speech, Open Media, and Perilous Persuasion by Zac Gershberg
RRP: £24.00£20.52A thought-provoking history of communications that challenges ideas about freedom of speech and democracy. At the heart of democracy lies a contradiction that cannot be resolved, one that has affected free societies since their advent: Though freedom... -
Future Primitive Revisited by John Zerzan 9781936239290
RRP: £14.99£9.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781936239290Author John ZerzanFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Feral House,U.S.Publisher Feral House,U.S.Weight(grams) 280g -
The Clash of Fundamentalisms: Crusades, Jihads and Modernity by Tariq Ali 9781859844571
RRP: £27.99£18.97The aerial attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center, a global spectacle of unprecedented dimensions, generated an enormous volume of commentary. The inviolability of the American mainland, breached for the first time since 1812, led to... -
The French Revolution by Hippolyte Taine 9780865971271
RRP: £29.95£26.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865971271Author Hippolyte TaineFormat PaperbackPage Count 1600Imprint Liberty Fund IncPublisher Liberty Fund IncWeight(grams) 2940g -
The Democracy Sourcebook by Robert A. Dahl 9780262541473
£53.34The Democracy Sourcebook offers a collection of classic writings and contemporary scholarship on democracy, creating a book that can be used by undergraduate and graduate students in a wide variety of courses, including American politics, international... -
The Italian Far Right from 1945 to the Russia-Ukraine Conflict Nicola Guerra (University of Turku, Finland) 9781032566252
RRP: £36.99£32.53The Italian Far Right from 1945 to the Russia-Ukraine Conflict provides a comprehensive account of the postwar parliamentary and extra parliamentary far right in Italy. This book explores the ideology, movements and activism of the extreme right and neo-... -
Facing the Anthropocene: Fossil Capitalism and the Crisis of the Earth System by Ian Angus
RRP: £15.99£13.35Science tells us that a new and dangerous stage in planetary evolution has begun the Anthropocene, a time of rising temperatures, extreme weather, rising oceans, and mass species extinctions. Humanity faces not just more pollution or warmer weather, but... -
The Egyptians: A Radical Story by Jack Shenker
RRP: £17.99£12.95'I started reading this and couldn't stop. It's a remarkable piece of work, and very revealing. A stirring rendition of a people's revolution'- Noam Chomsky'The deepest and most comprehensive account of Egypt's revolution in the English language' - Paul... -
Right-Wing Resurgence: How a Domestic Terrorist Threat is Being Ignored by Daryl Johnson 9781442218963
RRP: £59.00£51.85In 2008 there were 149 militia groups in the United States. In 2009, that number more than tripled to 512, and now there are nearly 600. In Right-Wing Resurgence, author Daryl Johnson offers a detailed account of the growth of right-wing extremism and... -
Masters of the Lost Land: Murder and Corruption in the Amazon Rainforest by Heriberto Araujo 9781838951481
RRP: £10.99£7.32'Powerful and Important' Guardian'Powerful' Financial Times'More twists and turns than a Hollywood spy thriller' Spectator'A story we all need to hear' New Statesman'Gripping... Araujo's accretion of detail has a powerful effect' New York... -
Future of Democracy Norberto Bobbio (University of Turin) 9780745603094
RRP: £15.99£14.41Norberto Bobbio is the foremost political theorist in Italy today. Written with verve and passion as well as erudition, this important work will make a major contribution to current debates in social and political theory. It will be of great interest to... -
The Ministry of Nostalgia: Consuming Austerity by Owen Hatherley
£19.69In this brilliant polemical rampage, Owen Hatherley shows how our past is being resold in order to defend the indefensible. From the marketing of a 'make do and mend' aesthetic to the growing nostalgia for a utopian past that never existed, a cultural... -
Anarcho-Indigenism: Conversations on Land and Freedom Francis Dupuis-Deri 9780745349220
RRP: £14.99£9.80'Vigorously affirming anarchism's plurality, the authors make a powerful case for the reconfiguration of anticolonial struggle' Ruth Kinna, Professor, Loughborough University As early as the end of the 19th century, anarchists such as Peter Kropotkin... -
Why it's still kicking off everywhere: the new global revolutions by Paul Mason
RRP: £9.99£8.17Originally published in 2012 to wide acclaim, this updated edition, Why It's Still Kicking Off Everywhere, includes coverage of the most recent events in the wave of revolt and revolution sweeping the planet-riots in Athens, student occupations in the... -
The Slow Burning Fuse: The Lost History of the British Anarchists by John Quail 9781629635828
RRP: £26.99£17.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629635828Author John QuailFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint PM PressPublisher PM Press -
The Politically Incorrect Guide to Economics by Thomas J. DiLorenzo
RRP: £16.99£11.08Another entry in the best-selling, irreverent, hard-hitting Politically Incorrect Guide series! Economics from a rational, conservative viewpoint-that is, a refreshing look at how money actually works from an author who knows the score, and how the law... -
People's War People's Army: The Viet Cong Insurrection Manual for Underdeveloped Countries by Vo Nguyen Giap 9780898753714
RRP: £22.50£19.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780898753714Author Vo Nguyen GiapFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint University Press of the PacificPublisher University Press of the PacificWeight(grams)... -
Taking America Back for God: Christian Nationalism in the United States by Andrew L. Whitehead
RRP: £26.99£23.20Why do so many conservative Christians continue to support Donald Trump despite his many overt moral failings? Why do many Americans advocate so vehemently for xenophobic policies, such as a border wall with Mexico? Why do many Americans seem so... -
In Search of New Social Democracy: Insights from the South - Implications for the North by Olle Toernquist 9780755639779
RRP: £25.99£22.61Why is the classical social democratic vision of development based on social justice by democratic means losing ground? Why was it so difficult to renew, even in the context of the third wave of democracy in the South? How does this matter in the North... -
The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism by Katherine Stewart
RRP: £18.99£11.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635577877Author Katherine StewartFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USAWeight(grams) 364g -
The Cuban Missile Crisis: Thirteen Days on an Atomic Knife Edge, October 1962 by Phil Carradice 9781526708069
RRP: £14.99£10.95When the world held its breath It is more than 25 years since the end of the Cold War. It began over 75 years ago, in 1944 long before the last shots of the Second World War had echoed across the wastelands of Eastern Europe with the brutal Greek Civil... -
The Individualists: Radicals, Reactionaries, and the Struggle for the Soul of Libertarianism by Matt Zwolinski
RRP: £30.00£23.69A sweeping history of libertarian thought, from radical anarchists to conservative defenders of the status quoLibertarianism emerged in the mid-nineteenth century with an unwavering commitment to progressive causes, from women's rights and the fight... -
The International Significance of the Levellers and the English Democratic Tradition by Tony Benn 9780851246338
£3.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780851246338Author Tony BennFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Spokesman BooksPublisher Spokesman Books -
Time for Socialism: Dispatches from a World on Fire, 2016-2021 by Thomas Piketty 9780300268126
RRP: £12.99£9.86A chronicle of recent events that have shaken the world, from the author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century "What makes this manifesto noteworthy is that it comes from . . . an economist who gained his reputation as a researcher with vaguely... -
A History of the Scottish Liberals and Liberal Democrats by David Torrance 9781399506397
RRP: £20.99£17.19The Scottish Liberal Party was the dominant party of Victorian Scotland. While its electoral fortunes declined with the rise of the Labour and (Scottish) Unionist parties during the 1920s, it remained a significant 'third' force in an increasingly... -
War by Other Means: A General in the Trump White House by Keith Kellogg 9781684512461
RRP: £28.99£16.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684512461Author Keith KelloggFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Regnery PublishingPublisher Regnery PublishingWeight(grams) 152g -
Authoritarian Contagion: The Global Threat to Democracy Luke Cooper (London School of Economics) 9781529217797
RRP: £9.99£7.99The 21st century has not seen the triumph of democracy that some predicted but instead, in many cases, a turn towards authoritarian forms of government as an imagined solution to the many crises facing humanity. This innovative and important book draws... -
Global Civil War: Capitalism Post-Pandemic William L. Robinson 9781629639383
RRP: £16.99£11.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629639383Author William L. RobinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint PM PressPublisher PM Press -
Beyond Liberal Egalitarianism: Marx and Normative Social Theory in the Twenty-First Century by Tony Smith 9781608469970
RRP: £35.00£26.68Progressive theorists and activists insist that contemporary capitalism is deeply flawed from a normative point of view. However, most accept the liberal egalitarian thesis that the serious shortcomings of market societies could be overcome with proper... -
Marx's 'Capital' - Sixth Edition by Ben Fine
RRP: £24.99£19.39'This expert guide to the political economy of Marx's Capital has always been the very best available' - David Harvey This brilliantly concise book is the classic companion to Karl Marx's most well-known work, Capital. In print now for over a quarter... -
Social Movements: Ideologies, Interest, and Identities Anthony Oberschall 9781560008682
RRP: £42.99£37.99More than any other topic in social science, the study of social movements provides an opportunity to combine social theory with political action. Such study is a key to understanding the motivations, successes, and failures of thousands who aspire to... -
Reflections: Insights from the Founder of the Mondragon Cooperatives by José María Arizmendiarrieta 9781733716413
£18.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733716413Author Jose Maria ArizmendiarrietaFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Solidarity HallPublisher Solidarity HallWeight(grams) 159gDimensions(mm)... -
The Witches Are Coming by Lindy West
RRP: £17.99£10.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316449861Author Lindy WestFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Hachette BooksPublisher Hachette BooksWeight(grams) 218gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 138mm *... -
The Open Society and Its Enemies by Karl R. Popper
RRP: £25.00£19.93A landmark defense of democracy that has been hailed as one of the most important books of the twentieth centuryOne of the most important books of the twentieth century, The Open Society and Its Enemies is an uncompromising defense of liberal democracy... -
DiY Culture: Party and Protest in Nineties' Britain by George McKay
£22.42Collective youth up trees or down tunnels, protest camps and all-night raves across the land-these are the spectacular features of the politics and culture of nineties youth in Britain. DiY Culture lays to rest the myth of "Thatcher's children," for the... -
Unravelling Gramsci: Hegemony and Passive Revolution in the Global Political Economy by Adam David Morton 9780745323848
£35.22'Powerful and clarifying ... The book's combination of careful argument and cogent illustration will make this a landmark volume in Gramscian studies.' John Agnew, University of California, Los Angeles, and author of Hegemony: The New Shape of Global... -
Making the Arab World: Nasser, Qutb, and the Clash That Shaped the Middle East by Fawaz A. Gerges
RRP: £17.99£14.13How the conflict between political Islamists and secular-leaning nationalists has shaped the modern Middle EastIn Making the Arab World, Fawaz Gerges, one of the world's leading authorities on the Middle East, describes how the clash between pan-Arab... -
Marxisms in the 21st Century: Crisis, critique and struggle by Michelle Williams 9781868147533
RRP: £27.99£24.14This is the first publication in the Democratic Marxism Series, which seeks to elaborate the social theorising and politics of Democratic Marxism. Marx's writings on and ideas about social transformation have figured prominently in the global Left...