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Hybridity and Ideology analyzes the structure, development, and significance of political perspectives that mix or fuse the distinct beliefs, practices, and identities found in other ideologies-for example, hybrid worldviews such as liberal nationalism,...

This book provides both an introduction to utopianism and a general perspective on radical political thought. Vigorously disputing the widespread conviction that utopianism is a fantasy with no relevance to modern political life and thought, the authors...

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Norberto 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...

Russian Liberalism charts the development of liberal ideas and political organizations in Russia as well as the implementation of liberal reforms by the Russian and Soviet governments at various points in time. Paul Robinson's comprehensive survey covers...

Looking beyond Putin to understand how today's Russia actually worksMedia and public discussion tends to understand Russian politics as a direct reflection of Vladimir Putin's seeming omnipotence or Russia's unique history and culture. Yet Russia is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374610197Author David GraeberFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Farrar, Straus and GirouxPublisher Farrar, Straus and GirouxWeight(grams)...

Winner of the 2007 Marshall Shulman Prize The 1956 Hungarian revolution, and its suppression by the U.S.S.R., was a key event in the cold war, demonstrating deep dissatisfaction with both the communist system and old-fashioned Soviet imperialism. But...

'No true Christian could vote for Donald Trump.' 'Real Christians are pro-life.' 'You can't be a Christian and support gay marriage.' Assertive statements like these not only reflect growing religious polarization but also express the anxiety over...

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a Somali-born former member of the Dutch Parliament and the author of the international bestseller "Infidel", was raised as a Muslim fundamentalist in Kenya. A feminist, political analyst, writer, and fierce critic of her former...

Although the French Revolution is associated with efforts to dechristianize the French state and citizens, it actually had long-term religious-even Christian-origins, claims Dale Van Kley in this controversial new book. Looking back at the two and a half...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782940252190Author RaelFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint Nova DistributionPublisher Nova DistributionWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 8mm

In late July 2011, Norway was struck by the worst terror attacks in its history. In a fertilizer-bomb attack on Government Headquarters in Oslo and a one-hour-long shooting spree at the Labour Party Youth Camp at Utoya, seventy-seven people, mostly...

This volume of essays and interviews by Polish, British, and American academics and journalists provides an overview of current Polish politics for both informed and non-specialist readers. The essays consider why and how PiS, Law and Justice, the party...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781604863024Author Andrej GrubacicFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint PM PressPublisher PM PressWeight(grams) 283g

Neoliberalism. Neoconservatism. Postmarxism. Postmodernism. Is there really something genuinely new about today's isms? Have we moved past our traditional ideological landscape? Combining political history, philosophical interpretation, and good...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385092609Author Alexis De TocquevilleFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing GroupPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell...

An urgent and galvanizing argument for an Economic Bill of Rights-and its potential to confer true freedom on all Americans. Since the Founding, Americans have debated the true meaning of freedom. For some, freedom meant the provision of life's...

Who votes for radical right parties and why? This book argues that the increasing popularity of the radical right in Europe originates in community bonds: strong ties to one's locality motivate support for the radical right. These parties use nostalgic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788119509836Format PaperbackPage Count 536Imprint Sabre and QuillPublisher Sabre and QuillWeight(grams) 708gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 27mm

With contributions from 22 scholars and empirical material from 29 countries within and beyond Latin America, this book identifies subtypes of populism to further understand right-wing populist movements, parties, leaders, and governments. It seeks to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307279194Author Michael KazinFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 312gDimensions(mm) 201mm *...

Populist Discourse: Recasting Populism Research offers a refreshingly innovative discourse theory perspective on populist phenomena. Reading this book will help you familiarize yourself with the historical genealogy of significant populist phenomena from...

This timely book explores the complexities of the rule of law - a well-used but perhaps less well understood term - to explain why it is so often appealed to in discussions of global politics. Ranging from capacity building and the role of the World Bank...

A unique critique of the new economic and military imperialism of the United States and its allies in the twenty-first century. Inspired by the anti-globalization and anti-war movements, in which the author himself has played a crucial role, this is also...

In the last decades of the nineteenth century and early years of the twentieth, a new class-the oligarchy-consolidated its wealth and political power in Latin America. Its members were the sugar planters, coffee growers, cattle barons, and bankers who...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692939178Author Daryl KaneFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Arjuna's Arrow PublishingPublisher Arjuna's Arrow PublishingWeight(grams)...

Ian Adams examines the tenets of liberalism, socialism, conservatism, Marxism, anarchism, and fascism. This new edition covers recent developments in religious and sexual politics, environmentalism, animal rights, post-Marxism, communitarianism,...

A key question for the contemporary world: What is Putin’s ideology? This book analyses this ideology, which it terms “Putinism”. It examines a range of factors that feed into the ideology – conservative thought in Russia from the nineteenth century...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262528627Author Nolan McCartyFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 14mm

An up-close look at the voters of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania who decisively swung the state for Donald J. Trump, examining the role of the President's base as the midterm elections loomLuzerne County Pennsylvania, as Ben Bradlee describes it, is a...

Intended for use in courses on political philosophy or the history of political philosophy, On the History of Political Philosophy provides a critical account of Western political philosophy from classical Greece to modern times. Demonstrating the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781616405281Author Charles Baron De MontesquieuFormat PaperbackPage Count 702Imprint Cosimo ClassicsPublisher Cosimo ClassicsWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781616405298Author Charles Baron De MontesquieuFormat HardbackPage Count 702Imprint Cosimo ClassicsPublisher Cosimo ClassicsWeight(grams)...

According to conventional periodization, a profound break in the continuity of Western political theory occurred around 1500 and marked the beginning of "modern" political thought. In Machiavelli to Marx Dante Germino examines the scholars of this period...

In this book, Anthony Williams investigates the history of Christian Socialist thought in Britain from the late nineteenth to mid-twentieth century. Through analysis of the writings of ten key Christian Socialists from the period, Williams reframes the...

Many have criticized liberalism for being too individualist, but few have offered an alternative that goes beyond a vague affirmation of the need for community. In this entertaining book, written in dialogue form, Daniel Bell fills this gap, presenting...

In the winter of 1878, Vera Zasulich shot the governor of St. Petersburg for his brutal treatment of a political prisoner. Her trial became Russia's first 'trial of the century' as the courtrooms filled with the cream of society. Vera was a celebrated...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957141698Author Fazal KarimFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Libredux PublishingPublisher Libredux PublishingWeight(grams) 667gDimensions(mm) 234mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782958822514Author Sebastien MoutonFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Sebastien MoutonPublisher Sebastien MoutonWeight(grams) 127gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...