Political Ideologies

Prophets Unarmed is an authoritative sourcebook on the Chinese Communist Party's main early opposition, the Chinese Trotskyists, who emerged from the Chinese Communist Party in reaction to its 1927 defeat. In spite of being Trotskyism's main section...

'D'Ancona makes his case well... The book is well written and thoughtful' -- The Times'A heartfelt attempt to renew liberal ideals for the coming decades... How sorely our public debate needs others to express themselves similarly.' -- Henry Mance,...

An SS colonel goes underground at the end of WWII Eugen Dollmann was a scholar and member of the SS whose connections among Italian society led to a posting as a liaison officer attached to Mussolini during World War II. In his work as a diplomat and...

There has been a tendency amongst scholars to view Switzerland as a unique case, and comparative scholarship on the radical right has therefore shown little interest in the country. Yet, as the author convincingly argues, there is little justification...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781849351201Author Deric ShannonFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint AK PressPublisher AK PressWeight(grams) 342g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312341169Author Patrick J BuchananFormat PaperbackPage Count 279Imprint St. Martins Press-3plPublisher St. Martins Press-3plWeight(grams) 431g

The fashioning of English gentlemen in the eighteenth century was modelled on French practices of sociability and conversation. Michele Cohen shows how at the same time, the English constructed their cultural relations with the French as relations of...

In the 1840s, the young journalist Karl Marx developed ideas about modern society that remain as relevant today as when they were first developed. Here, Lowy shows the lasting force of Marx's early writings on alienation and emancipation. This book is...

'This beautifully written and lucidly argued study is the most persuasive account of Bourdieu's work yet to be published. Lane illuminates much that can puzzle a foreign readership by expertly situating Bourdieu within a French context. At the same time...

The complete guide to debunking right-wing misinterpretations of the Bible-from economics and immigration to gender and sexuality.Jesus loves borders, guns, unborn babies, and economic prosperity and hates homosexuality, taxes, welfare, and universal...

Although dominant in West European politics for more than a century, Christian Democratic parties remain largely unexplored and little understood. An investigation of how political identities and parties form, this book considers the origins of Christian...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143038863Author John W. DeanFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 288gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 142mm *...

"Socialism" is a word that is now habitually taken to refer to a particular social system that prevailed in different parts of the globe during the twentieth century. This system was defined primarily by single-party rule with public (mainly state)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781604864830Author Joyce L. KornbluhFormat PaperbackPage Count 460Imprint PM PressPublisher PM PressWeight(grams) 861g

This volume examines the interrelationship between democratic legitimacy at the European level and the ongoing Eurozone crisis that began in 2010. Europe's crisis of legitimacy stems from 'governing by rules and ruling by numbers' in the sovereign...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398428959Author J.R. WordieFormat PaperbackPage Count 598Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781570271229Author Ron SakolskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 744Imprint AutonomediaPublisher AutonomediaWeight(grams) 977g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781604860931Author Brian MorrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 268Imprint PM PressPublisher PM PressWeight(grams) 321g

"Inspired to contribute to the symbiotic relationship between the academic and activist worlds, Day has decided to pick up the pen instead of the Molotov cocktail. The result is this brilliant book." Ann Hansen Ann was sentenced to life imprisonment...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815737193Author Richard MadsenFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 558gDimensions(mm)...

Originally founded as the theoretical journal of the Communist Party of Great Britain, during the 1980's Marxism Today was transformed into a 'glossy' left magazine of immense influence on the British Left. Inspired by Raymond Williams' cultural...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913934217Author Paul O'BrienFormat PaperbackPage Count 292Imprint Eastwood BooksPublisher Wordwell

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781568589947Author Vegas TenoldFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Bold Type BooksPublisher Bold Type BooksWeight(grams) 535gDimensions(mm) 244mm * 154mm *...

How referendums can diffuse populist tensions by putting power back into the hands of the peoplePropelled by the belief that government has slipped out of the hands of ordinary citizens, a surging wave of populism is destabilizing democracies around the...

Drawing on his experience in international systems and low-input agriculture, political ecologist Robert Biel explores the interactions of social and physical systems. In the process he reveals the early twenty-first century as a period when capitalism...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781599540979Author Antonio GramsciFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Bordighera PressPublisher Bordighera PressWeight(grams) 100g

Between 1917 to 1975 Germany, Italy, Portugal, the Soviet Union, and Spain shifted from liberal parliamentary democracies to authoritarian and totalitarian dictatorships, seeking total control, mass consensus, and the constitution of a ‘new man/woman’ as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781873176832Author Murray BookchinFormat PaperbackPage Count 86Imprint AK PressPublisher AK PressWeight(grams) 147g

It is 25 years since the end of the Cold War, now a generation old. 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 War. The battle...

The first systematic analysis of the efforts of a broad range of contemporary far-right thinkers to popularize their critiques of liberal democratic norms and institutions and make their ideas the subjects of sustained political and academic debate...

When the world held its breath It is 25 years since the end of the Cold War, now a generation old. 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...

The book explores the politics of the most important Irish nationalist leader of his generation, and one of the most influential figures of twentieth-century Ireland: the Nobel Peace Prize winner, John Hume. Given his central role in the reformulation of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865973947Author H B ActonFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Liberty Fund IncPublisher Liberty Fund IncWeight(grams) 498g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780902869929Author Leon D TrotskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint I.M.G.PublicationsPublisher Resistance BooksWeight(grams) 335gDimensions(mm) 140mm *...

An epic, moving graphic novel set in ancient Athens about the birth and the rise of democracy - from the illustrator behind the bestselling Logicomix 'Impressive ... Simultaneously a standout historical examination and a compelling story' Booklist ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997405705Author James DeMeoFormat PaperbackPage Count 78Imprint Natural Energy WorksPublisher Natural Energy WorksWeight(grams) 118gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

In 2010 in South Fulton, Tennessee, each household paid the local fire department a yearly fee of $75.00. That year, Gene Cranick's house accidentally caught fire. But the fire department refused to come because Cranick had forgotten to pay his yearly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781732503403Author Vohra ArvinFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Roland Media DistributionPublisher Roland Media DistributionWeight(grams)...

In this important and wide-ranging critique of Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919) Raya Dunayevskaya examines the life, political thought, and action of one of the most critical revolutionary figures of our time. Dunayevskaya sheds new light on the questions of...

In the twenty-first century, there has been a seismic shift in Indian political, religious and social life. The country's guiding spirit was formerly a fusion of the anti-caste worldview of B.R. Ambedkar; the inclusive Hinduism of Mahatma Gandhi; and the...