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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767914123Author Joe KleinFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 191gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

In this magnificent and encyclopedic overview, James T. Kloppenberg presents the history of democracy from the perspective of those who struggled to envision and achieve it. The story of democracy remains one without an ending, a dynamic of progress and...

'This elegantly written, erudite book is essential reading for all of us, whatever our identifications' - Lynne Segal Antisemitism is one of the most controversial topics of our time. The public, academics, journalists, activists and Jewish people...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Mailer Prize for Distinguished Biography 2012 and Mark Lynton History Prize 2013 and National Book Critics Circle Awards 2013 and New York Historical Society...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060590048Author David WallechinskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 626gDimensions(mm)...

CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE 2015 Do women national leaders represent a breakthrough for the women's movement, or is women's leadership weaker than the numbers imply? This unique book, written by an experienced politician and academic, is the first...

Despite the last days of Rome being around 1,500 years ago, the shadow of its empire - and what those who lived in it had to say - still looms large over modern politics. Indeed, we would not think of `politics' as it is without our Classical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for L.A. Times Book Prize (Biography) 2012.Book InformationISBN 9780307475152Author H. W. BrandsFormat PaperbackPage Count 752Imprint Random House USA...

In 1977, Johnson's best-selling How Long Will South Africa Survive? offered a controversial and highly original analysis of the survival prospects of apartheid. Now, after more than two decades of the ANC in government, he believes the question must be...

Why has Libya fallen apart since 2011? The world has largely given up trying to understand how the revolution that toppled Muammar Gaddafi has left the country a failed state and a major security headache for Europe. Gaddafi's police state has been...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307464293Author Matthew LatimerFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 244gDimensions(mm) 201mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345490322Author Edward KleinFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 510gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812975703Author Ronald C. White, Jr.Format PaperbackPage Count 816Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 754gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316159197Author Frances FitzGeraldFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Little, Brown & CompanyPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams)...

According to republican theory, we are free persons to the extent that we are protected and secured in the same fundamental choices, on the same public basis, as one another. But there is no public protection or security without a coercive state. Does...

'I have not become the King's First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire.' These notorious words, spoken by Churchill in 1942, encapsulate his image as an imperial die-hard, implacably opposed to colonial freedom - a...

Historian and political thinker Ellen Meiksins Wood argues that theories of "postmodern" fragmentation, "difference", and contingency can barely accommodate the idea of capitalism, let alone subject it to critique. In this book she sets out to renew the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781565846753Author Adolph L. Reed, Jr.Format PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint The New PressPublisher The New PressWeight(grams) 269g

Building and sustaining solidarity is a compelling challenge, especially in ethnically and religiously diverse societies. Recent research has concentrated on forces that trigger backlash and exclusion. The Strains of Commitment examines the politics of...

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...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812976212Author Joe BidenFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Random House Trade PaperbacksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

Many Americans believe that their own government is guilty of shocking crimes. Government agents shot the president. They faked the moon landing. They stood by and allowed the murders of 2,400 servicemen in Hawaii--or 3,000 civilians in New York. In...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913026882Author Vladimir LeninFormat HardbackPage Count 164Imprint Wellred BooksPublisher Wellred BooksWeight(grams) 322gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865978409Author Alexis de TocquevilleFormat PaperbackPage Count 1688Imprint Liberty Fund IncPublisher Liberty Fund IncWeight(grams) 2240g

The study of Regal and Republican Rome presents a difficult and yet exciting challenge. The extant evidence, which for the most part is literary, is late, sparse, and difficult, and the value of it has long been a subject of intense and sometimes heated...

Interrupted Time Series Analysis develops a comprehensive set of models and methods for drawing causal inferences from time series. It provides example analyses of social, behavioral, and biomedical time series to illustrate a general strategy for...

Separate sections for AS and A2 ensures students have the information they need at the right depth. Exam preparation and advice at the end of each section help students understand what examiners are looking for and what style questions your exam board...

Who preceded whom? Who wore what? Which form of address should one use? One of the most striking aspects of the early modern period is the crucial significance that contemporaries ascribed to such questions. In this hierarchical world, status symbols did...

Can cities solve the biggest problems of the twenty-first century better than nations? Is the city democracy's best hope? In the face of the most perilous challenges of our time-climate change, terrorism, poverty, and trafficking of drugs, guns, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250092328Author Tim WeinerFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 208mm...

After dozens of books and articles by anonymous sources, here, finally, is a history of the Trump White House, with the President and his staff talking openly and on the record. In Inside Trump's White House, Doug Wead offers a sweeping, eloquent history...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781944855369Author Edward L BernaysFormat PaperbackPage Count 142Imprint Adagio PressPublisher Adagio PressWeight(grams) 218gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

A groundbreaking new historical analysis of how global capitalism and advanced democracies mutually support each otherIt is a widespread view that democracy and the advanced nation-state are in crisis, weakened by globalization and undermined by global...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679762898Author Nicholas DawidoffFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 380gDimensions(mm)...

The Oxford Handbook of Governance presents an authoritative and accessible state-of-the-art analysis of the social science literature on governance. The volume presents the core concepts and knowledge that have evolved in the study of governance in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781956887204Author Erwin ReitmannFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint Antelope Hill PublishingPublisher Antelope Hill PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501111877Author Chris MatthewsFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 213mm *...

A scholarly edition of the letters of Junius. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus.Book InformationISBN 9780198124559Author John CannonFormat HardbackPage Count 678Imprint...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909890442Author Patrick DunleavyFormat PaperbackPage Count 522Imprint LSE PressPublisher LSE Press