Political Process

Transcending ethnic, linguistic, and religious boundaries, early empires shaped thousands of years of world history. Yet despite the global prominence of empire, individual cases are often studied in isolation. This series seeks to change the terms of...

The revelations over MPs' expenses that began in May 2009 ranged from petty thieving to outright fraud and sparked a crisis in confidence unprecedented in modern times. This was a 21st-century Peasants' Revolt - an uprising of the people against the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062439000Author Steve KornackiFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 381gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

The Manifesto Handbook describes the hidden life of an undervalued genre: the conduit for declarations of principle, advertisements for new "isms," and provocations in pamphlet form. Often physically slight and small in scale, the manifesto is...

"People may choose to ignore their animal heritage by interpreting their behavior as divinely inspired, socially purposeful, or even self-serving, all of which they attribute to being human, but they masticate, fornicate, and procreate, much as chimps...

Democratization is the most comprehensive volume on this critical field of contemporary politics, with insightful coverage of the key theories, actors, dynamics, and developments. This authoritative guide brings together leading experts from diverse...

Kalbir Shukra traces the course of black and anti-racist politics in Britain since the 1940s, offering a valuable historical perspective on black political organisation. Shukra assesses the aspirations and strategies of Asian and African-Caribbeans...

In this age of social justice, those who don't necessarily want to lead a movement or join a protest march are left wondering, "How can I make an impact?" In Micro Activism, former political consultant turned activism coach Omkari Williams shares her...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451691573Author Hunter S ThompsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 435gDimensions(mm) 215mm *...

The process of electoral change is accelerating in contemporary democracies, and this book explains why. The emergence of Green parties in the 1980s and recent far right parties, Brexit and Trump's 2016 victory are parts of this overall process...

With The Powers to Lead, Joseph S. Nye Jr. offers a sweeping look at the nature of leadership in today's world, in an illuminating blend of history, business case studies, psychological research, and more. As he observes, many now believe that the more...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780851248714Author Edd MustillFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint Spokesman BooksPublisher Spokesman Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780449223239Author Margaret TrumanFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint FawcettPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 369gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 140mm...

African Anarchism covers a wide range of topics, including anarchistic elements in traditional African socieites, African communalism, Africa's economic and political development, the lintering social, political, and economic effects of colonialism, the...

Internet entrepreneur Andrew Keen was among the earliest to write about the dangers that the Internet poses to our culture and society. His 2007 book The Cult of the Amateur was critical in helping advance the conversation around the Internet, which has...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984878090Author Edward-Isaac DovereFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint G.P.Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers'Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Richard Falk has dedicated much of his life to the study of the Israel/Palestine conflict. In Palestine's Horizon, he brings his experiences to bear on one of the most controversial issues of our times. After enduring years of violent occupation, the...

Violence in election campaigns is common across the African continent and beyond. According to some estimations, most African elections contain some degree of violence and most of this violence happens before elections, during the campaign. While...

This book articulates a participatory conception of deliberative democracy that takes the democratic ideal of self-government seriously. It aims to improve citizens' democratic control and vindicate the value of citizens' participation against...

"Fiery, but mostly peaceful protests after police shooting.""It's Not, Generally Speaking, Unruly."CHOP was an Important Experiment in Democracy."In the summer of 2020, America was under siege by radical ANTIFA actors across the country. But if you were...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541768253Author Samuel WoolleyFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint PublicAffairsPublisher PublicAffairsWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 241mm * 160mm *...

For more than a decade Mikhail Gorbachev has been engaged in working to protect the earth and its inhabitants via the organization he founded in 1992, Green Cross International. In an age when ecological crises, poverty and military conflicts are...

From the editor in chief of Breitbart News, the New York Times bestselling "must-read" (Sean Hannity) investigation into how the establishment media became weaponized against Donald Trump and his supporters on behalf of the political left.In this timely...

Political campaigns today are won or lost in the so-called ground war--the strategic deployment of teams of staffers, volunteers, and paid part-timers who work the phones and canvass block by block, house by house, voter by voter. Ground Wars provides an...

Over the past 25 years, Jurgen Habermas has presented what is arguably the most coherent and wide-ranging defence of the project of European unification and of parallel developments towards a politically integrated world society. In developing his key...

From data-rich infographics to 140 character tweets and activist cell phone photos taken at political protests, 21st century journalism is awash in new ways to report, display, and distribute the news. Computational journalism, in particular, has been...

We are living in a golden age of self-expression. The explosion of user-created content on blogs and social networking sites moved Time magazine to name You" their 2006 person of the year. But while we may be spending a lot more time in virtual worlds,...

Hyperpartisanship has gridlocked the American government. Congress's approval ratings are at record lows, and both Democrats and Republicans are disgusted by the government's inability to get anything done. In It's Even Worse than It Looks, Congressional...

From sites like Hollaback! and Everyday Sexism, which document instances of street harassment and misogyny, to social media-organized movements and communities like #MeToo and #BeenRapedNeverReported, feminists are using participatory digital media as...

Corporate lobbyists are everywhere in Washington. Of the 100 organizations that spend the most on lobbying, 95 represent business. The largest companies now have upwards of 100 lobbyists representing them. How did American businesses become so invested...

Women, Equality, Power is a celebration of an outstanding leader who continues to strive and work for change, and it's a rallying call for other women leaders, whether they are in positions of political, economic or social power.Helen Clark has been a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982116781Author Eitan HerschFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Scribner Book CompanyPublisher Scribner Book Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780984813278Author Rivera SunFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint Rising Sun Media, Inc,Publisher Rising Sun Media, Inc,Weight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm)...

If you wanted to build a machine that would distribute propaganda to millions of people, distract them from important issues, energize hatred and bigotry, erode social trust, undermine respectable journalism, foster doubts about science, and engage in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629638362Author Rebecca SubarFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint PM PressPublisher PM Press

Israeli anthropologist and activist Jeff Halper throws a harsh light on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from the point of view of a critical insider. While the Zionist founders of Israel created a vibrant society, culture and economy, they did so at a...

This book provides an integrated account of French political experience, explaining three key features: the role of political ideas, the nature of political movements, and the significance of history in creating and sustaining divisions among political...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262544047Author Janaki SrinivasanFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 152g

In recent decades, women's political empowerment has become an important foreign policy and assistance objective. Every year, donor governments and multilateral organizations partner with hundreds of civil society groups around the world to train women...

This will be the first volume to discuss the development of Plaid Cymru's political ideology from the early days to the party's present position as the chief opposition party in the National Assembly for Wales. The book will give authoritative answers to...