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Must freedom be sacrificed to achieve ecological sustainability - or vice versa? Can we be genuinely free and live in sustainable societies? This book argues that we can, if we recognise and celebrate our ecological embeddedness, rather than seeking to...

This magisterial work is a comparative history of three important revolutions in the Americas: the American Revolution in 1776, the 1791 slave revolt in the French colony that became Haiti, and the prolonged Spanish-American struggle for independence...

Many feminists have engaged with the man-made concepts and approaches of traditional political analysis to produce an increasingly sophisticated and wide-ranging body of thought. The starting point of this book is the belief that such work is not simply...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780142196953Author James CarvilleFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 263g

Ideas that are employed to legitimize and make us consent to authority and its hierarchies also disempower us, leaving us anxious, depressed, and discontent. They are constantly hammered into us by the media, by our friends and family, and by...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780972061674Author Augustin CochinFormat PaperbackPage Count 233Imprint Chronicles Press/The Rockford InstitutePublisher Chronicles Press/The Rockford...

Recent years have seen the development of a substantial literature on cosmopolitan political thought and the idea of world citizenship. In this book Derek Heater offers a concise and accessible survey of this complex debate. He aims both to interpret...

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Introduction to Political Theory makes political theory approachable for students, pairing classical exercises with contemporary examples to engage readers and give them a strong foundation for future study.

This book explores the long-term origins of populist Euroscepticism.Taking a historical perspective to move beyond explaining present-day expressions of opposition to the European Union in isolation, this book reveals the historical sedimentation of the...

From award-winning writer Sarah Schulman, a longtime activist and critic of the Israeli war on Gaza, comes a brilliant examination of the misunderstood concept of solidarity which seeks to provide a new vision of what it means, and why it matters.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781806770007Author Natalie BennettFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Wilton Square BooksPublisher Wilton Square Books

What is the nature of mass opinion on public policies? And what role do citizens' positions on policy issues play in their political choices? This book re-examines these questions, which lie at the heart of fundamental debates about whether democratic...

The doctor who leads the movement to restore sanity to American medicine explains why we must rid it of identity politics.Wokeness has taken over the medical establishment of the United States-and the future of healthcare hangs in the balance. So does...

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What shapes political behavior more: the situations in which individuals find themselves, or the internal psychological makeup-beliefs, values, and so on-of those individuals? This is perhaps the leading division within the psychological study of...

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'A new understanding of history' Danny Dorling, author of Inequality and the 1% 'If you think progress will take us to the promised land, this is a must-read' Alpa Shah, author of The Incarcerations ...

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'Stimulating and provocative' The Times The once-dominant philosophy of the West, defined by free expression, equal treatment of individuals, national solidarity and scientific rationality, is under threat. ‘Cultural socialism’ – which advocates harsh...

First published in 1983, Recapitalizing America (now with a new preface by Donald Tomaskovic-Devey) identifies, criticizes, and offers alternatives to the accepted wisdoms of recapitalization, whose variants include not only Reaganomics and Thatcherism...

Authoritarianism in All its Guises provides an interdisciplinary assessment of contemporary experiences of authoritarianism.Drawing on psychoanalysis and critical theory, contributors from a range of academic backgrounds consider authoritarianism as it...

Big ideas matter in politics, and they spark fierce debates about the future of our society. This pathbreaking new textbook examines the key political ideas that shape our lives today. Political Theory: Why Big Ideas Matter takes a unique disruptive...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916936126Author Vladmir Ilyich LeninFormat PaperbackImprint Wellred BooksPublisher Wellred Books

Shifting attention away from policy achievements and effects on democracy, this book focuses on the charismatic function of populist discourse – comprising antagonistic narratives, transgressive style and appeals to the common people.The book puts...

As various contemporary groups use the language of motherhood to advance their political causes, maternal rhetoric has become very visible in the American political discourse of late. Yet while it has long been recognized that women have invoked their...

How can the left win elections when it can’t decide what a woman is? How can antiracists persuade people about equality if they promote racial fictions? If identity politics is the answer, why are so many Western left campaigns and organisations being...

An updated edition of David Boaz's timeless primer on libertarianism, with a new preface by the author. Libertarianism-the philosophy of personal and economic freedom-has deep roots in Western civilization and in American history, with increasing appeal...

A timely and updated second edition, this version of Crises and Popular Dissent moves on from a focus on the causes of populism to a wider analysis of the global struggle between liberal democracy and authoritarianism, including the continuing impact of...

This book provides a definitive guide to the value of reflective thinking in the modern world, showing how today's most fundamental problems are, to an important degree, based on citizens' thinking styles.The authors highlight the importance of...

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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 a definitive guide to the value of reflective thinking in the modern world, showing how today's most fundamental problems are, to an important degree, based on citizens' thinking styles.The authors highlight the importance of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781032226958Author James Greenwood-ReevesImprint Taylor & Francis LtdPublisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

More than thirty years ago we decided to collect readings from primary sources into an anthology for courses in political ideologies and modern political thought. We knew that we faced difficult choices-what to put in, what to leave out-but we believed...

This work provides an authoritative survey of America's long and turbulent history of rebellions against laws and institutions of the state, ranging from violent acts of sedition and terrorism to acts of nonviolent civil disobedience against...

How can the left win elections when it can't decide what a woman is? How can antiracists persuade people about equality if they promote racial fictions? If identity politics is the answer, why are so many Western left campaigns and organisations being...

This book weaves the past with the present to trace and analyse the distinctive but reiterative evocations of Hindutva ideology in the modern-colonial period. It studies the concept of Hindutva as understood by its first major spokesperson Chandranath...

Now in its twelfth edition, Political Ideologies and the Democratic Ideal continues the book's tradition of offering a clear, concise and comprehensive introduction to the ideas and ideals that shake and shape our political world. The text outlines a...