Political Parties

The international economic crisis has hit Europe, especially its 'periphery', remarkably hard, and has had deep consequences at the economic and political levels. Since its onset, parties in parliament (especially those in opposition) have found...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853458517Author Michael E. BrownFormat HardbackPage Count 330Imprint Monthly Review Press,U.S.Publisher Monthly Review Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 522g

The transformation of Southern politics after World War II changed the political life not just of this distinctive region, but of the entire nation. Until now, the critical shift in Southern political allegiance from Democratic to Republican has been...

The Politics of Ethnic Nationalism is the first significant local study of National Party and Afrikaner politics. By focusing on Stellenbosch as a university and a town, the book extends our understanding of the complex interaction between the GNP/HNP...

Mathew Whiting explores Irish republicanism's transformation from violence to political power. He examines their electoral participation and engagement in democratic bargaining, the role of Irish-America and British government policy to argue that...

Since 1952, the social bases of the Democratic and Republican parties have undergone radical reshuffling. At the start of this period southern Blacks favored Lincoln's Republican Party over suspect Democrats, and women favored Democrats more than...

A majority of Americans tell pollsters they want more government intervention to reduce the gap between high- and lower-income citizens, and less than one-third consider high taxes to be a problem. Yet conservative Republicanism currently controls the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905379750Author Mary MinihanFormat PaperbackPage Count 266Imprint Maverick HousePublisher Maverick HouseWeight(grams) 417g

On February 19, 2009, CNBC commentator Rick Santelli delivered a dramatic rant against Obama administration programs to shore up the plunging housing market. Invoking the Founding Fathers and ridiculing "losers" who could not pay their mortgages,...

With revitalized and stronger political parties should we see more effective and accountable government? Despite the resurgence of parties in America, charges of irresponsible and unreliable government remain. Why the disconnect? In Parties, Politics,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780472106202Author Paul F. WhiteleyFormat HardbackPage Count 264Imprint The University of Michigan PressPublisher The University of Michigan...

Political parties are the defining institutions of representative democracy and the darlings of political science. Their governing and electoral functions are among the chief concerns of the field. Yet most political theorists--including democratic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780670097890Author R KannanFormat HardbackPage Count 752Imprint PenguinPublisher Penguin Random House IndiaWeight(grams) 878g

The 2010s were a decade of foodbanks, riots, and the rebirth of political alternatives. Looking to escape a future of rising debt, falling living standards and climate meltdown, a set of movements were born across the globe, led by students, workers and...

In this authoritative book, Richard Wyn Jones traces the development of the political thought of Plaid Cymru from its birth in the winter months of 1924–5 to the establishment of the National Assembly for Wales in the summer of 1999. With a penetrating...

The explosive, definitive, behind-the-scenes account of Labour and its general election in 2024, from the authors of Left OutDrawing on their unrivalled access throughout the Labour party, the Times and Sunday Times investigative duo behind Left Out now...

A provocative exploration of how America’s democratic crisis is rooted in a dangerous mismatch between our Constitution and today’s nationalized, partisan politics. The ground beneath American political institutions has moved, with national politics...

An examination of the transformation of the Democratic Party since the late 1960s Who governs political parties? Recent insurgent campaigns, such as those of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, have thrust this critical question to the center of political...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063393721Author Steve BenenImprint HarperAudioPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Twenty-first-century America isn’t working the way it’s supposed to.This book explains why.Americans in the twenty-first century are becoming increasingly untethered from both reality and the essential principles and traditions that have shaped the...

From the first content creator to interview President Biden, leading progressive voice Brian Tyler Cohen takes a step back from the day-to-day news cycle to explain how American politics has turned into such a dumpster fire—and what Democrats need to do...

NUMBER 1 BESTSELLER IN THE IRISH NON-FICTION CHARTS "Rough Beast is shocking, important and unputdownable." Roddy Doyle Rough Beast is Máiría Cahill's harrowing story of her life and of what she went through at the hands of what is now Ireland’s largest...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781962551045Author Jeffrey M. StonecashFormat HardbackPage Count 410Imprint Lynne Rienner Publishers IncPublisher Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781529946000Author Patrick MaguireImprint Vintage DigitalPublisher Random House (Digital)

Hezbollah - Lebanon's 'Party of God' - is a multifaceted organisation: it is a powerful political party in Lebanon, a Shia religious and social movement, Lebanon's largest militia, a close ally of Iran, and a terrorist organisation. Drawing on a wide...

Northern Ireland's political system is dominated by an Irish Catholic nationalist versus British Protestant unionist faultline, based upon the long-running argument over whether the region should remain part of the United Kingdom or form part of a United...

Twenty-first-century America isn’t working the way it’s supposed to.This book explains why.Americans in the twenty-first century are becoming increasingly untethered from both reality and the essential principles and traditions that have shaped the...

Twenty-first-century America isn’t working the way it’s supposed to.This book explains why.Americans in the twenty-first century are becoming increasingly untethered from both reality and the essential principles and traditions that have shaped the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063392915Author Brian Tyler CohenImprint HarperAudioPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Impeccably researched yet written with pace and wit, Alex Nunns delivers the definitive account of how, and by whom, Jeremy Corbyn and his team were sabotaged."I work every single day in some small way to bring forward the end of Jeremy Corbyn's tenure,"...

The transformation of the Labour Party by 1997 is among the most consequential political developments in modern British history. Futures of Socialism overhauls the story of Labour's modernisation and provides an innovative new history. Diving into the...

This book introduces a new framework for understanding how the relationship between political parties and the state shapes the development of political parties, party systems, and democratic consolidation.Drawing on comparative case studies spanning the...

'BRILLIANT' ANDREW MARR'HAD ME OPEN-MOUTHED WITH AMAZEMENT' ED BALLS'ESSENTIAL' JON SOPEL'A GRIPPINGLY-WRITTEN, DETAILED BOOK THAT ANSWERS SO MANY QUESTIONS' ISABEL HARDMAN'SUPERB' EVAN DAVISThe explosive full story of the past dozen years of Tory rule,...

Originally published in 1974, this study concerns the politics of local government reform between 1942-1974 and describes the struggles between the Ministries, the Local Government Associations and political parties. The political manoeuvrings of the...

‘’F *** ing brilliant. I would describe it as like a bag of political nuts – moreish and fabulously salty’ JOE LYCETT A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR Planes, Trains and Toilet Doors is an entertaining and original romp through the highs and lows of British...