Political Process

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474455633Author David TorranceFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University Press

The German Social Democratic Party was the world's first million-strong political party and was the main force pushing for the democratisation of Imperial Germany before the First World War. This book examines the themes around which the party organized...

Cybersecurity expert Theresa Payton tells battlefront stories from the global war being conducted through clicks, swipes, internet access, technical backdoors and massive espionage schemes. She investigates the cyberwarriors who are planning tomorrow's...

Throughout the contest for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, politicians and voters alike worried that the outcome might depend on the preferences of unelected superdelegates. This concern threw into relief the prevailing notion that - such...

The most unusual feature of Donald Trump's nationalist and populist campaign for the presidency of the USA was his obsessive use of Twitter. Like other social media, this form of communication has often been assumed to encourage the dissemination of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815724995Author Matthew EvangelistaFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams)...

The ascendancy of neo-liberalism in different parts of the world has put social democracy on the defensive. Its adherents lack a clear rationale for their policies. Yet a justification for social democracy is implicit in the United Nations Covenants on...

Many observers predicted the collapse of the Chinese Communist Party following the Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989, and again following the serial collapse of communist regimes behind the Iron Curtain. Their prediction, however, never proved true...

The revival of authoritarianism is one of the most important forces reshaping world politics today. However, not all authoritarians are the same. To examine both resurgence and variation in authoritarian rule, Karrie J. Koesel, Valerie J. Bunce, and...

The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) has moved from a religion-dominated protest party to a pragmatic party of government in Northern Ireland, the most popular in the region, with more votes, Assembly seats, and MPs than any of its rivals. This book draws...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743285148Author Bob WoodwardFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 625gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Discover the truth behind the headlines with this collection of Private Eye's popular reportage column Scene & Heard, including previously unseen sketches and reports. David Ziggy Greene travels the country asking questions and sketching scenes of modern...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781619029569Author Jared Yates SextonFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint CounterpointPublisher Counterpoint

"To discover who rules, follow the gold." This is the argument of this book, a history of modern American politics. Although the role big money plays in defining political outcomes has long been obvious to ordinary Americans, most pundits and scholars...

What makes your heart break for our broken world? You want to make a difference in the world. You're concerned about all the problems you see, the injustices and the suffering. But you don't know where to begin. Designed for the aspiring activist or...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781524731885Author Robert M. GatesFormat HardbackPage Count 464Imprint Alfred A. KnopfPublisher Alfred A. KnopfWeight(grams) 791gDimensions(mm) 240mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629635743Author Vyvian RaoulFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint PM PressPublisher PM Press

During the 2008 election season, politicians from both sides of the aisle promised to rid government of lobbyists' undue influence. For the authors of Lobbying and Policy Change, the most extensive study ever done on the topic, these promises ring hollow...

In recent decades, media outlets in the United States-most notably the Internet-have claimed to serve the public's ever-greater thirst for information. Scandals are revealed, details are laid bare because "the public needs to know." In Publicity's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781640092471Author Lucie GreeneFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint CounterpointPublisher CounterpointWeight(grams) 369gDimensions(mm) 219mm * 144mm * 21mm

A revealing look at how today's bureaucrats are finding their public voice in the era of 24-hour mediaOnce relegated to the anonymous back rooms of democratic debate, our bureaucratic leaders are increasingly having to govern under the scrutiny of a...

Non-Governmental Organisations and their networks are proliferating in all regions of the world. They address every transnational issue from population to peace, human rights to species rights, genocide to AIDS. Supporters claim NGOs are effective in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815735274Author Elaine C. KamarckFormat PaperbackPage Count 251Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams)...

A one-volume history of the most consequential political movements of our time-populism, nationalism, socialism-and how they are influencing the twenty-first centuryThe distinguished political analyst John Judis has brought out a book with Columbia...

This book provides a solid, encompassing definition of Internet memes, exploring both the common features of memes around the globe and their particular regional traits. It identifies and explains the roles that these viral texts play in Internet...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780851245652Author Ken CoatesFormat PaperbackPage Count 948Imprint Spokesman BooksPublisher Spokesman Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845402624Author Ivo MosleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint SocietasPublisher Imprint AcademicWeight(grams) 300g

The British General Election of 2017 is the definitive and authoritative account of one of the most dramatic elections in British history. Throwing aside her natural caution, Theresa May called a snap election and was widely expected to crush Jeremy...

During the Cold War Italy witnessed the existence of an anomalous version of a civil conflict, defined as a 'creeping' or a 'low-intensity' civil war. Political violence escalated, including bomb attacks against civilians, starting with a massacre in...

Since its first appearance fifteen years ago, "Why Parties?" has been essential reading for anyone wishing to understand the nature of American political parties, but in the interim, the party system has undergone some radical changes. In this landmark...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807056585Author An Xiao MinaFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press

In recent decades, left political projects in the United States have taken a strong legalistic turn. From affirmative action to protection against sexual harassment, from indigenous peoples' rights to gay marriage, the struggle to eliminate subordination...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735225046Author Joshua GreenFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 140mm *...

Same-sex marriage, #BlackLivesMatter, the Dream Act, the People's Climate March, End the New Jim Crow, Occupy Wall Street-these are just a few of the initiatives that have taken flight in the past decade, the most fertile and productive era of activism...

In Longshot, Andrew Yang's campaign manager takes you on a tour through the ups, the downs, and the math of Yang's 2020 campaign for president, and shares the playbook his team used to navigate the attention economy.Andrew Yang did not win the 2020...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307277800Author Ross DouthatFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 213gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | From "the FBI agent who started it all" (David Martin, CBS Sunday Morning), an epic, behind-the-scenes account of the biggest counterintelligence story of our time: Russia's war on American democracy, and the effort to...

Interest Groups and Lobbying shows how political organizations and their lobbyists play a crucial role in how policy is made in the United States. It cuts through the myths and misconceptions about interest groups and lobbyists with an accessible and...

Over 3 Million Copies Sold! Celebrate 50 years since the release of Phyllis Schlafly's monumental A Choice Not an Echo, the book that launched the conservative resurgence of the late 20th century. This special updated and expanded edition contains 50...

Over the past forty years, conservatives have mastered the art of pursuing policy change across the states, while similar liberal efforts have floundered. Using a diverse array of original evidence, including interviews, previously-unexamined archival...