Political Parties

External Mission is the Winner of the Recht Malan Prize for Non-Fiction awarded by Media24 in South Africa. Nelson Mandela's release from prison in February 1990 was one of the most memorable moments of recent decades. It came a few days after the...

The Crisis of Conservatism 1880-1914 offers a new interpretation of Conservative politics in the period 1880-1914 and comes to the startling conclusion that, but for the intervention of the First World War, there may well have been a 'Strange Death of...

From an acclaimed musician comes an inside look at one of the most controversial and influential civil rights movements of our time.Nights in Tents is a memoir of the profoundly moving, and often hysterical, circumstances a fifty-one-year-old...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400054213Author Ann CoulterFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 260gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Though the SNP has existed since 1934, no full-length history of the Scottish National Party was written until the first edition of this book in 2002. With the SNP having governed Scotland since 2007, and with an outright majority since 2011, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143124214Author Mike LofgrenFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 210gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 130mm *...

While Greens in the UK have always suffered from a grossly unfair electoral system, in the European Union they have been able to flourish as part of a small but effective group of European Greens since their first election in 1999. Greens have had a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845402020Author Paul CairneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Imprint AcademicPublisher Imprint AcademicWeight(grams) 450g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684510542Author David HorowitzFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Regnery PublishingPublisher Regnery PublishingWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 236mm *...

Sinn Fein is a growing force in Irish politics. Now the country's third largest party, Sinn Fein have been one of the central architects of the peace process and are increasingly setting the terms of political debate in Ireland north and south. Despite...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909639546Author Martin ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 60Imprint Workers LibertyPublisher Phoenix PressWeight(grams) 148g

This major new work from the well-known team of Heath, Jowell and Curtice explores the emergence of New Labour from the ruins of old Labour's four successive defeats at the hands of the Conservatives. Based on the authoritative British Election Surveys...

The February 2020 general election in the Republic of Ireland sent shockwaves through the country's political system. Sinn Fein, ahead of all other parties in terms of first preference votes, secured its place as a potential coalition partner, a role it...

This book explores, at a time when several powers have become serious players on the continent, aspects of African agency, past and present, by African writers on foreign policy, representative of geography, language and state size.In the past, African...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781947492387Author Ryan GrimFormat PaperbackPage Count 434Imprint Strong Arm PressPublisher Strong Arm PressWeight(grams) 630gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

In recent years politics has seen an increasing role in economic policymaking for a technocracy of experts. How do politicians feel about this and how do they balance their political and ethical aims with economic expertise? Anna Killick offers an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474456982Author Malcolm PetrieFormat HardbackPage Count 218Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University PressWeight(grams) 156g

"Jeremy Corbyn has re-packaged socialism into something progressive and essential, something that isn't archaic as we've been told it is for so long. Striving for justice and fairness isn't a sign of our weakness but the sign of our great strength...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780029212509Author Robert MichelsFormat PaperbackPage Count 380Imprint The Free PressPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 306g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982116798Author Eitan HerschFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Scribner Book CompanyPublisher Scribner Book CompanyWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm)...

"My great friend and author of 'Dark Agenda,' David Horowitz, is out with a new book, 'Final Battle: The Next Election Could Be the Last.' It is great! Get your copy."-PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP"I could not be a bigger fan...David Horowitz has been...

This book charts the development of political thought within the British Liberal Party and its successor, the Liberal Democrats. Beginning with Jo Grimond's rise to the leadership in 1956, it follows the Liberal resurgence in the second half of the...

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...

The Republican Party was founded in 1854 to oppose slavery and its spread to new territories and states. Today, under the sway of Donald Trump, it is hardly recognizable as the party of Lincoln or even the party of Eisenhower. How and why has the...

A deeply researched account of how battles over civil rights in the 1960s shaped today’s partisan culture wars. In the late twentieth century, gay rights, immigration, gun control, and abortion debates all burst onto the political scene, scrambling the...

A deeply researched account of how battles over civil rights in the 1960s shaped today’s partisan culture wars. In the late twentieth century, gay rights, immigration, gun control, and abortion debates all burst onto the political scene, scrambling the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063393677Author Steve BenenFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 646g

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...

Party movements can be described as political organizations that both participate in the electoral process and have social movement qualities. They appear frequently in both Canada and the United States. Many of these movements face huge organizational...

For over two centuries, political parties have competed in encouraging, organizing, and directing political activity in the United States. This volume compiles the key concepts, terms, labels, and individuals central to identifying and comprehending...

This book examines the Democratic and Republican Governors Associations from their creation in the 1960s through the 2020 elections. The author argues that the creation of these partisan organizations marked an important moment in the nationalization of...

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...

Personalisation is the most relevant political phenomenon of our time. After the decline of structural and ideological foundations of Western democracies, a radical shift from collective to individual actors and institutions has occurred in several...

'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,...

Now in its seventh edition, The New Politics of the Old South is the best and most comprehensive analysis and history of political behaviors and shifting demographics in America's southern states. Edited by leading scholars Charles S. Bullock III and...

This book places the 2014 elections in Florida in historical perspective and provides an analysis of the outcomes of each of the state and federal races held in that year: Governor, State Constitutional Offices, the US Congress and the Florida State...

In August 1968, Democrats gather at their National Convention in Chicago to debate a platform for a deeply divided party. Factions are split over issues such as civil rights, infrastructure, and the war on poverty-not to mention the war in Vietnam...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780684825335Author Mario Matthew CuomoFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint TouchstonePublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 227g

The election of Donald Trump as President of the United States in November 2016 was a political earthquake, one supporters and detractors alike agree has changed the course of history. The policy implications have been stark and will continue well beyond...

The 2012 Republican nomination process went on longer than most pundits predicted early on. While Mitt Romney began the season as the prohibitive favorite, he was tested repeatedly by what was seemingly the Republican flavor of the week (including...