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A Return to Normalcy?: The 2020 Election that (Almost) Broke America by Larry J. Sabato 9781538148525
RRP: £25.00£21.79Up close, Inauguration Day 2021 looked like any other-the chief justice of the US Supreme Court administering the oath of office to the new president on the steps of the U.S. Capitol. But pull the lens back and this was anything but a typical election... -
The Democrats: A Critical History (Updated edition) by Lance Selfa 9781608461929
RRP: £16.99£11.21Offering a broad historical perspective, Selfa shows how the Democratic Party has time and again betrayed the aspirations of ordinary people while pursuing an agenda favorable to Wall Street and U.S. imperial ambitions. He examines the relationship... -
Lobbying and Society: A Political Sociology of Interest Groups by John C. Scott 9781509510351
RRP: £15.99£14.41Lobbying and political interest groups occupy an ambivalent place in advanced democracies. Lobbying is viewed with suspicion, but is also a critical avenue for voices in policy debates. This insightful book injects a new sociological understanding of... -
The Digital Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Information Technology and Political Islam by Philip N. Howard 9780199736423
RRP: £37.99£23.80Around the developing world, political leaders face a dilemma: the very information and communication technologies that boost economic fortunes also undermine power structures. Globally, one in ten internet users is a Muslim living in a populous Muslim... -
Irony and Outrage: The Polarized Landscape of Rage, Fear, and Laughter in the United States by Dannagal Goldthwaite Young 9780190913083
RRP: £25.99£20.94For almost a decade, journalists and pundits have been asking why we don't see successful examples of political satire from conservatives or of opinion talk radio from liberals. This book turns that question on its head to argue that opinion talk is the... -
Blood and Honor: The History of the 12th SS Panzer Division "Hitler Youth" by Craig W. H. Luther 9780764342677
RRP: £45.99£34.49The 12th SS Panzer Division "Hitler Youth" was formed in early 1943 following the German disaster at Stalingrad in Russia, and was trumpeted by German propaganda as a symbol of the willingness of German youth to make the ultimate sacrifice for... -
Shut It Down: Stories from a Fierce, Loving Resistance by Lisa Fithian
RRP: £15.99£14.28A veteran activist's guide to direct action and strategic civil disobedience as the most radical and rapid means to social change For decades, Lisa Fithian's work as an advocate for civil disobedience and nonviolent direct action has put her on the... -
The Performance of Politics: Obama's Victory and the Democratic Struggle for Power by Jeffrey C. Alexander 9780199926435
RRP: £29.99£23.32Contemporary observers of politics in America often reduce democracy to demography, and presidential elections are no exception. But do differences in class, gender, race, and religion really determine the vote? The Performance of Politics develops a new... -
Eyewitness To Power: The Essence of Leadership Nixon to Clinton by David Gergen 9780743203227
RRP: £18.99£13.18Leadership: The Ultimate Guide Few Americans have observed the ups and downs of presidential leadership more closely over the past thirty years -- from Nixon to Clinton and Watergate to Whitewater -- than David Gergen. A White House adviser to four... -
Understanding Revolutions: Opening Acts in Tunisia by Azmi Bishara
£98.86Based on empirical and theoretical investigation, and original insight into how a local protest movement developed into a revolution that changed a regime, this book shows us how we can understand political revolutions. Azmi Bishara critically explores... -
The Populist Signal: Why Politics and Democracy Need to Change by Claudia Chwalisz 9781783485420
RRP: £18.99£16.78The social and economic shifts of the past few decades have hardened deeply held scepticism and distrust of 'the establishment'. In an age of historically low party membership and identification, voter volatility, rising abstentionism and greater... -
The Ralph Nader Reader by Ralph Nader
RRP: £11.99£8.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Firecracker Alternative Book Award 2001.Book InformationISBN 9781583220573Author Ralph NaderFormat PaperbackPage Count 441Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S... -
Political Choice in Britain by Harold D. Clarke 9780199266548
£63.71Why do people vote as they do? Indeed, why do they vote at all? What do they think about elections and democracy? This book addresses these questions by focusing on the explanatory power of rival sociological and "individual rationality" models. Data... -
What's Wrong with Labour? by Paul Allender 9780850364972
RRP: £12.95£11.93This book is a critique of the Labour Party from the independent left. It draws upon academic analysis and extensive practical experience of the labour movement, to provide a characterization that intends to account for the party's ineffectiveness during... -
My Own Story by Emmeline Pankhurst 9781513219387
RRP: £15.99£12.37Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781513219387Author Emmeline PankhurstFormat HardbackPage Count 234Imprint Mint EdPublisher Mint EdWeight(grams) 127g -
The Psychological Assessment of Political Leaders: With Profiles of Saddam Hussein and Bill Clinton by Jerrold M. Post 9780472068388
£42.04In an age when world affairs are powerfully driven by personality, politics require an understanding of what motivates political leaders such as Hussein, Bush, Blair, and bin Laden. Through exacting case studies and the careful sifting of evidence,... -
Cultural Sexism: The politics of feminist rage in the #metoo era by Heather Savigny
RRP: £21.99£17.21How does gendered power work? How does it circulate? How does it become embedded? And most importantly, how can we challenge it? Heather Savigny highlights five key traits of cultural sexism - violence, silencing, disciplining, meritocracy and... -
100% Democracy: The Case for Universal Voting by E.J. Dionne
RRP: £17.99£12.30A timely and paradigm-shifting argument that all members of a democracy must participate in elections, by a leading political expert and Washington Post journalist Americans are required to pay taxes, serve on juries, get their kids... -
It's Time To Fight Dirty: How Democrats Can Build a Lasting Majority in American Politics by David Faris 9781612197739
RRP: £16.99£9.76Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781612197739Author David FarisFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Melville House PublishingPublisher Melville House PublishingWeight(grams) 210g -
Madmen, Intellectuals, and Academic Scribblers: The Economic Engine of Political Change by Edward J. Lopez
RRP: £21.99£19.19Madmen, Intellectuals, and Academic Scribblers presents a simple, economic framework for understanding the systematic causes of political change. Wayne A. Leighton and Edward J. Lopez take up three interrelated questions: Why do democracies generate... -
British Political Parties Today by Robert W. Garner
RRP: £19.99£14.52Combines historical analysis with a sharp commentary upon the modern political scene. Reflects the key, recent developments in British Party Politics, such as the 1997 general election, 'New Labour' and the emergence of William Hague as Conservative... -
Votes for Women: The Struggle for Suffrage Revisited by Jean Harvey Baker 9780195130171
RRP: £40.99£27.89Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Bitter End: The 2020 Presidential Campaign and the Challenge to American Democracy by John Sides 9780691243733
RRP: £16.99£13.72What an intensely divisive election portends for American politicsThe year 2020 was a tumultuous time in American politics. It brought a global pandemic, protests for racial justice, and a razor-thin presidential election outcome. It culminated in an... -
Fake News: Understanding Media and Misinformation in the Digital Age by Melissa Zimdars
£37.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262538367Author Melissa ZimdarsFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 25mm -
Reframing 1968: American Politics, Protest and Identity by Martin Halliwell
RRP: £28.99£26.91The assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr and Robert Kennedy; gay rights, women's rights and civil rights; the Black Panthers and the Vietnam War; the New Left and the New Right: 1968 was a tumultuous year for US politics. 50 years on, 'Reframing 1968'... -
Researching Internet Governance by Laura DeNardis
RRP: £33.00£28.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262539753Author Laura DeNardisFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd -
Hacks: The Inside Story of the Break-ins and Breakdowns That Put Donald Trump in the White House by Donna Brazile
RRP: £13.99£9.20In the fallout of the Russian hacking of the Democratic National Committee--and as chaos threatened to consume the party's convention--Democrats turned to a familiar figure to right the ship: Donna Brazile. Known to millions from her frequent TV... -
Ratf**ked: Why Your Vote Doesn't Count by David Daley
RRP: £12.99£11.27With Barack Obama's historic election in 2008, pundits proclaimed the Republicans as dead as the Whigs of yesteryear. Yet even as Democrats swooned, a small cadre of Republican operatives began plotting their comeback with a simple yet ingenious plan... -
I love Trump Adult coloring book: Donald Trump coloring book (Off-Color Coloring Books) by Underground Team 9781535000444
RRP: £8.44£7.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781535000444Author Underground TeamFormat PaperbackPage Count 46Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
Machiavelli on Modern Leadership: Why Machiavelli's Iron Rules Are as Timely and Important Today as Five Centuries Ago by Michael A Ledeen 9780312263560
RRP: £19.99£12.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312263560Author Michael Arthur LedeenFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm)... -
The Motivation to Vote: Explaining Electoral Participation by Andre Blais
RRP: £29.99£26.50Elections are at the heart of our democracy. Understanding citizens' decisions to vote or to abstain in elections is crucial, especially when turnout in so many democracies is declining.In The Motivation to Vote, Andre Blais and Jean-Francois Daoust... -
Future on Fire: Capitalism and the Politics of Climate Change by David Camfield
RRP: £15.99£9.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629639376Author David CamfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint PM PressPublisher PM Press -
Mexico's Drug War and Criminal Networks: The Dark Side of Social Media by Nilda M. Garcia
RRP: £39.99£35.06Mexico's Drug War and Criminal Networks examines the effects of technology on three criminal organizations: the Sinaloa cartel, the Zetas, and the Caballeros Templarios.Using social network analysis, and analyzing the use of web platforms Facebook,... -
German Social Democracy by Bertrand Russell 9780851245713
RRP: £12.99£12.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780851245713Author Bertrand RussellFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Spokesman BooksPublisher Spokesman Books -
Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville 9780872204942
RRP: £14.99£12.59This new abridged translation of Democracy in America reflects the rich Tocqueville scholarship of the past forty years, and restores chapters central to Tocqueville's analysis absent from previous abridgments-including his discussions of enlightened... -
War of Visions: Conflicts of Identities in the Sudan by Francis Deng 9780815717935
RRP: £25.00£22.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815717935Author Francis M. DengFormat PaperbackPage Count 592Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 916gDimensions(mm)... -
The Message Matters: The Economy and Presidential Campaigns by Lynn Vavreck
RRP: £35.00£27.74The economy is so powerful in determining the results of U.S. presidential elections that political scientists can predict winners and losers with amazing accuracy long before the campaigns start. But if it is true that "it's the economy, Stupid," why do... -
The Dixiecrat Revolt and the End of the Solid South, 1932-1968 by Kari Frederickson 9780807849101
RRP: £37.95£35.28The movement that forged the way for the rise of the Republican Party in the South In 1948, a group of conservative white southerners formed the States' Rights Democratic Party, soon nicknamed the ""Dixiecrats,"" and chose Strom Thurmond as their... -
Scotland's Future: The Economics of Constitutional Change by Andrew Goudie 9781845861629
RRP: £90.00£81.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845861629Author Andrew GoudieFormat HardbackPage Count 329Imprint Discovery PressPublisher Dundee University Press LtdDimensions(mm) 147mm * 218mm * 30mm -
The Case for Greatness: Honorable Ambition and Its Critics by Robert Faulkner 9780300209730
£21.31The Case for Greatness is a spirited look at political ambition, good and bad, with particular attention to honorable ambition. Robert Faulkner contends that too many modern accounts of leadership slight such things as determination to excel, good...