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The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama by Gwen Ifill 9780767928908
RRP: €20.22€14.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsNominated for Hurston/Wright Legacy Award 2010.Book InformationISBN 9780767928908Author Gwen IfillFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House... -
No More Heroes: Grassroots Challenges to the Savior Mentality by Jordan Flaherty 9781849352666
RRP: €14.88€11.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781849352666Author Jordan FlahertyFormat PaperbackPage Count 175Imprint AK PressPublisher AK Press -
The Presidency of Barack Obama: A First Historical Assessment by Julian Zelizer 9780691160283
RRP: €109.48€85.45An original and engaging account of the Obama years from a group of leading political historiansBarack Obama's election as the first African American president seemed to usher in a new era, and he took office in 2009 with great expectations. But by his... -
Mandate: Will of the People by Vir Sanghvi 9789384030391
€14.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789384030391Author Vir SanghviFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint Westland Books Pvt LtdPublisher Westland Books Pvt LtdWeight(grams) 163gDimensions(mm)... -
Shamrocks and Oil Slicks: A People's Uprising Against Shell Oil in County Mayo, Ireland by Fred a Wilcox 9781583678466
RRP: €21.41€17.72County Mayo, Ireland, is spectacularly beautiful. Dolphins, whales, and seals frolic in bays, rivers teem with salmon. Into this tranquil, unspoiled region, in early 2002, came Shell Oil, announcing plans to build a gas refinery. Shell promised wonderful... -
Billionaires and Stealth Politics by Benjamin I Page
RRP: €28.56€27.41In 2016, when millions of Americans voted for Donald Trump, many believed his claims that personal wealth would free him from wealthy donors and allow him to "drain the swamp." But then Trump appointed several billionaires and multimillionaires to... -
Future Publics: Democracy, Deliberation, and Future-Regarding Collective Action by Michael K. MacKenzie
RRP: €83.30€75.85Scholars have often claimed that democracies, whatever their virtues, are functionally short-sighted. The evidence is clear: we have been unable to manage many long-term issues including climate change, nuclear waste disposal, natural disaster... -
Electoral Malpractice by Sarah Birch 9780199606160
RRP: €127.93€101.69Elections ought in theory to go a long way toward making democracy 'work', but in many contexts, they fail to embody democratic ideals because they are affected by electoral manipulation and misconduct. This volume undertakes an analytic and explanatory... -
Making up the Numbers: Smaller Parties and Independents in Irish Politics by Dan Boyle 9781845889548
RRP: €23.80€17.90At a time when global politics is being reshaped, the accountability of those we put in power has never been more vital. In Making Up the Numbers, Dan Boyle, former chairman of the Green Party, applies his first-hand experience of non-traditional... -
Checkbook Elections?: Political Finance in Comparative Perspective by Pippa Norris 9780190603618
€46.70Money is essential to the functioning of electoral politics, yet regulating its appropriate use raises complex and controversial challenges in countries around the world. Both long-established democracies and emerging economies have been continually... -
Cultural Sexism: The politics of feminist rage in the #metoo era Heather Savigny (De Montfort University) 9781529206456
RRP: €17.84€14.43How 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... -
Outside Lobbying: Public Opinion and Interest Group Strategies by Ken Kollman
RRP: €57.12€44.74In Outside Lobbying, Ken Kollman explores why and when interest group leaders in Washington seek to mobilize the public in order to influence policy decisions in Congress. In the past, political scientists have argued that lobbying groups make outside... -
Faith in the Masses: Essays Celebrating 100 Years of the Cpusa by Tony Pecinovsky
RRP: €24.99€20.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780717808267Author Tony PecinovskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 426Imprint International Publishers Co Inc.,U.S.Publisher International Publishers Co Inc.,U.S... -
The Rise of a New Left by Raina Lipsitz
RRP: €20.22€16.78A new progressive generation is on the rise in the United States, reflected in the mushrooming rolls of the Democratic Socialists of America (90,000 mostly twentysomething members), Marxist explainers in Teen Vogue, and perhaps most famously of all, the... -
Directly Elected Mayors in Urban Governance: Impact and Practice Alasdair Blair 9781447327028
RRP: €32.12€24.80Directly elected mayors are political leaders who are selected directly by citizens and head multi-functional local government authorities. This book examines the contexts, features and debates around this model of leadership, and how in practice... -
The Spirit of Compromise: Why Governing Demands It and Campaigning Undermines It - Updated Edition Amy Gutmann 9780691160856
RRP: €20.22€18.61To govern in a democracy, political leaders have to compromise. When they do not, the result is political paralysis--dramatically demonstrated by the gridlock in Congress in recent years. In The Spirit of Compromise, eminent political thinkers Amy... -
Give Me Liberty: A Handbook for American Revolutionaries by Dr Naomi Wolf 9781416590569
RRP: €29.74€20.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781416590569Author Dr Naomi WolfFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 208mm *... -
Spygate: The Attempted Sabotage of Donald J. Trump by Dan Bongino 9781642935370
RRP: €15.46€11.48As seen on The Ben Shapiro Show! The New York Times and Wall Street Journal Bestseller! "'Spygate: The Attempted Sabotage of Donald J. Trump,' is terrific. He's tough, he's smart, and he really gets it. His book is on sale now. I highly recommend!"... -
Follow the Leader?: How Voters Respond to Politicians' Policies and Performance Gabriel S. Lenz 9780226472140
RRP: €33.32€32.59In a democracy, we have come to assume that people know the policies they prefer and elect like-minded officials who are responsible for carrying them out. But does this actually happen? Do citizens consider candidates' policy positions when deciding... -
The Enemy Within: How the ANC Lost the Battle Against Corruption by Mpumelelo Mkhabela 9780624091226
RRP: €21.41€17.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780624091226Author Mpumelelo MkhabelaFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Tafelberg Publishers LtdPublisher Tafelberg Publishers LtdWeight(grams)... -
Unearthing Justice: How to Protect Your Community from the Mining Industry by Joan Kuyek 9781771134514
RRP: €16.60€14.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771134514Author Joan KuyekFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint Between the LinesPublisher Between the LinesWeight(grams) 680gDimensions(mm) 201mm *... -
The Hispanic Republican: The Shaping of an American Political Identity, from Nixon to Trump by Geraldo Cadava 9780062946355
RRP: €21.41€14.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062946355Author Geraldo CadavaFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 226mm *... -
Human Cargo: A Journey Among Refugees by Caroline Moorehead 9780312425616
RRP: €30.94€20.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312425616Author Caroline MooreheadFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm)... -
Hate Speech and Political Violence: Far-Right Rhetoric from the Tea Party to the Insurrection by Brigitte L. Nacos 9780231214353
RRP: €29.75€23.31How did the United States descend into crisis, with institutions frayed, political violence mounting, and democracy itself in peril? This timely book identifies how the Tea Party and its extremist narratives laid the groundwork for the rise of Donald... -
Max Weber and German Politics, 1890-1920 Wolfgang J. Mommsen (University of Dusseldorf) 9780226533995
RRP: €53.55€51.90A major work of German historiography, this comprehensive account of Weber's political views and activities reveals that, paradoxically, Weber was at once an ardent liberal and a determined German nationalist and imperialist. Wolfgang J. Mommsen shows... -
The Oxford Handbook of American Public Opinion and the Media by Robert Y. Shapiro 9780199673025
€41.65Public opinion and the media form the foundation of the United States' representative democracy. They are the subject of enormous scrutiny by scholars, pundits, and ordinary citizens. This Oxford Handbook takes on the 'big questions' about public opinion... -
The Timeline of Presidential Elections - How Campaigns Do (and Do Not) Matter Robert S. Erikson 9780226922157
RRP: €32.13€31.50With the 2012 presidential election upon us, will voters cast their ballots for the candidates whose platforms and positions best match their own? Or will the race for the next president of the United States come down largely to who runs the most... -
Reinventing Democrats: The Politics of Liberalism from Reagan to Clinton by Kenneth S. Baer 9780700610099
RRP: €70.21€59.23When Bill Clinton declared in 1996 that "the era of big government is over," Republicans felt that he was stealing their thunder. But in fact, it was the culmination of a decade-long struggle for the heart and soul of the Democratic party. This... -
That's Not Funny: How the Right Makes Comedy Work for Them by Nick Marx
RRP: €24.99€20.83A 2022 Best Comedy Book, VultureA rousing call for liberals and progressives to pay attention to the emergence of right-wing comedy and the political power of humor. "Why do conservatives hate comedy? Why is there no right-wing Jon Stewart?" These sorts... -
Robert's Rules of Order: The Brief and Easy Guide to Parliamentary Procedure for the Modern Meeting by Jim Slaughter
RRP: €17.84€10.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780744056976Author Jim SlaughterFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint AlphaPublisher DKWeight(grams) 140g -
Political Writings by Samuel Johnson 9780865972759
RRP: €13.03€11.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865972759Author Samuel JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 526Imprint Liberty Fund IncPublisher Liberty Fund IncWeight(grams) 806g -
Do-It-Yourself Democracy: The Rise of the Public Engagement Industry by Caroline W. Lee 9780199987269
RRP: €39.26€35.88Citizen participation has undergone a radical shift since anxieties about "bowling alone" seized the nation in the 1990s. Many pundits and observers have cheered America's twenty-first century civic renaissance-an explosion of participatory innovations... -
Time's Up! But what brought us to this? by David Ritchie
RRP: €11.89€10.61Our world has gone mad - politically and otherwise But why and how did it come to this? A wry look at the state of the UK (and beyond), focusing on the appalling standards of governance and leadership we see today, and the ineffectiveness of our... -
Paving the Third Way: The Critique of Parliamentary Socialism - a Socialist Register Anthology by David Coates 9780850365122
RRP: €23.80€21.23After the twenty year hiatus of Thatcherism, the character and politics of the British Labour Party are again centre stage. In the UK itself, a new generation of students, intellectuals and political activists are turning both their scholarship and their... -
Time to Emigrate?: Pre- and Post-Brexit Britain by George Walden 9781783341580
RRP: €11.89€6.93A gripping analysis of pre- and post-Brexit BritainBook InformationISBN 9781783341580Author George WaldenFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Gibson Square Books LtdPublisher Gibson Square Books Ltd -
Tactical Reading: A Snappy Guide to the Snap Election 2017 Todd Swift 9781911335955
RRP: €9.51€6.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911335955Author Todd SwiftFormat PaperbackImprint Eyewear PublishingPublisher Eyewear Publishing -
The Mothers of Manipur - Twelve Women Who Made History Teresa Rehman 9789384757762
RRP: €21.42€18.33July 15, 2004, Imphal (Manipur, India): An amazing scene unfolds in front of Kangla Fort, the headquarters of the Assam Rifles, a unit of the Indian army. Soldiers and officers watch aghast as twelve women, all in their sixties and seventies, position... -
The Media, Journalism and Democracy Margaret Scammell 9781138729599
RRP: €27.36€23.99This title was first published in 2000. Offering original insights into the relationship between media and democratic theory, this volume brings together a renowned collection of international specialists who examine media and democracy, professional... -
More Liberty Means Less Government: Our Founders Knew This Well by Walter E. Williams 9780817996123
RRP: €22.55€15.41In this collection of thoughtful, hard-hitting essays, Walter E. Williams once again takes on the left wing's most sacred cows with provocative insights, brutal candor, and an uncompromising reverence for personal liberty and the principles laid out in... -
@ is for Activism: Dissent, Resistance and Rebellion in a Digital Culture Joss Hands 9780745327006
RRP: €33.31€25.67How have politics and activism been transformed by digital media, including digital television, online social networking and mobile computing? Since the emergence of new technologies, new modes of cooperation, deliberation and representation have...