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Blunder: Britain's War in Iraq by Patrick Porter 9780198807964
RRP: $56.10$55.74Why did Britain go to war in Iraq in 2003? Existing accounts stress dodgy dossiers, intelligence failures, and the flaws of individual leaders. Deploying the large number of primary documents now available, this book puts ideas at the centre of the story... -
Selected Political Writings: The Great Moving Right Show and Other Essays by Stuart Hall
RRP: $33.53$26.88Selected Political Writings gathers Stuart Hall's best-known and most important essays that directly engage with political issues. Written between 1957 and 2011 and appearing in publications such as New Left Review and Marxism Today, these twenty essays... -
Ordinary People: LGBTQ Russia by Ksenia Kuleshova 9781620977934
RRP: $20.63$14.24An inspiring and beautifully produced series of photo-portraits of LGBTQ Russians living in an increasingly homophobic Russia Do we want children from elementary school to be imposed with things that lead to degradation and extinction? Do we want them to... -
Preventing Palestine: A Political History from Camp David to Oslo by Seth Anziska 9780691202457
RRP: $24.50$19.60A groundbreaking history that shows how peace between Egypt and Israel ensured lasting Palestinian statelessnessThe 1978 Camp David Accords and the signing of the Egypt-Israel peace treaty are widely viewed as a triumph of U.S. diplomacy in the Middle... -
The Referendum that Changed a Nation: Scottish Voting Behaviour 2014-2019 by Ailsa Henderson
RRP: $51.59$45.42Drawing on data from the Scottish Referendum Study and subsequent Scottish Election Studies, this book provides the first in depth analysis of how voters engaged with the independence referendum in 2014 and what impact this has had on vote choice,... -
What Next for Britain in the Middle East?: Security, Trade and Foreign Policy after Brexit by Michael Stephens 9780755617166
RRP: $32.24$28.10As the UK enters a period of intense public introspection in the wake of Brexit, this book takes on one of the key questions emerging from the divisive process: what is Britain's place in the world? The Middle East is one of the regions the UK has been... -
Russia and the Western Far Right: Tango Noir by Anton Shekhovtsov
RRP: $49.01$43.06The growing influence of Russia on the Western far right has been much discussed in the media recently. This book is the first detailed inquiry into what has been a neglected but critically important trend: the growing links between Russian actors and... -
And the Weak Suffer What They Must?: Europe's Crisis and America's Economic Future by Yanis Varoufakis
$36.62A #1 Sunday Times bestseller [UK] A titanic battle is being waged for Europe's integrity and soul, with the forces of reason and humanism losing out to growing irrationality, authoritarianism, and malice, promoting inequality and austerity. The whole... -
Protecting Human Rights in Occupied Palestine: Working Through the United Nations by Richard Falk 9781949762549
RRP: $34.82$25.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781949762549Author Richard FalkFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Clarity PressPublisher Clarity PressWeight(grams) 159gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 150mm *... -
Pathways of Autocratization: The Tumultuous Journey of Bangladeshi Politics by Ali Riaz 9781032711997
RRP: $64.49$56.12Pathways of Autocratization addresses contemporary global politics' one of the most important questions: how does a country regress from a democracy to an autocracy?This book offers a novel framework for understanding the processes that erode democracy... -
Russia's Foreign Policy: Change and Continuity in National Identity by Andrei P. Tsygankov 9781538161494
RRP: $38.70$34.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorAndrei P. Tsygankov is professor in the Departments of Political Science and International Relations at San Francisco State University.Book InformationISBN... -
The Political System of the European Union by Simon Hix
RRP: $42.56$37.98Starting from the observation that the European Union now possesses many of the attributes of modern political systems, Hix and Hoyland take an innovative approach to analysing, researching and teaching the EU. Using the general theories of political... -
Ukraine Over the Edge: Russia, the West and the ""New Cold War by Gordon M. Hahn 9781476669014
RRP: $37.40$31.45The Ukrainian drama, which burst onto the headlines in autumn 2013, was one long and complex in its making. In contrast to other studies of the Ukrainian conflict, the present study examines in detail its historical background and complex causality-from... -
The New Middle East: What Everyone Needs to Know (R) by James L. Gelvin
RRP: $14.18$12.37Since Muhammad Bouazizi set himself on fire in Tunisia on December 17, 2010, galvanizing the Arab uprisings that continue today, the entire Middle East landscape has changed in ways that were unimaginable years before. In spite of the early hype... -
What is Iran?: Domestic Politics and International Relations in Five Musical Pieces by Arshin Adib-Moghaddam
RRP: $39.98$29.48What is Iran? What are its domestic politics? Its history? Its international relations? Here, Arshin Adib-Moghaddam sheds fresh light on these questions, offering a general introduction to everything there is to know about this country. Uniquely, he uses... -
Refuge: Rethinking Refugee Policy in a Changing World by Paul Collier 9780190659158
RRP: $28.37$17.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780190659158Author Fellow Paul CollierFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint OUP IndiaPublisher OUP IndiaWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 206mm * 137mm * 18mm -
The Rift: A New Africa Breaks Free by Alex Perry
RRP: $16.76$11.09Taking the Great Rift Valley - the geological fault that will eventually tear Africa in two - as his central metaphor, Alex Perry explores the split between a resurgent Africa and a world at odds with its rise. Africa has long been misunderstood - and... -
The Dumbing Down of Britain by Duncan Barkes 9781783960941
RRP: $11.60$8.02If they could see us today, our forefathers would be spluttering into their pint glasses, wondering where it all went wrong. Happy to be spoon-fed on a diet of blandness, buzzwords and uniformity, in the last 20 years our society has become more insular,... -
International Relations in the Middle East: Hegemonic Strategies and Regional Order by Ewan Stein
RRP: $30.95$26.28Developing an original theoretical approach to understanding the roots of regional conflict and cooperation, International Relations in the Middle East explores domestic and international foreign policy dynamics for an accessible insight into how and why... -
The EU's Response to Brexit: United and Effective by Brigid Laffan 9783031262623
RRP: $141.89$127.36This book is the first detailed analysis of how the EU responded to Brexit. It is an important reference point for future studies of the Brexit negotiations. The authors conducted in-depth interviews with key institutional players in Brussels and in... -
1809 Thunder on the Danube: Napoleon's Defeat of the Hapsburgs, Volume II by John H. Gill
$25.88In the second volume of this epic work, John H. Gill traces Napoleon's progress as he sought to complete his victory over the Habsburgs. The war had erupted on April 10th with Austria's invasion of Germany and Italy. After just two weeks, Napoleon had... -
The Foreign Policy of the European Union by Stephan Keukeleire
RRP: $43.85$39.41Keukeleire and Delreux demonstrate the scope and diversity of the European Union's foreign policy, showing that EU foreign policy is broader than the Common Foreign and Security Policy and the Common Security and Defence Policy, and that areas such as... -
Politics in Pacific Asia: An Introduction by Xiaoming Huang
$60.19This lively and accessible new edition provides a uniquely broad-ranging introduction to the governance and politics of Pacific Asia. Thematically structured around the key institutions and issues, it is genuinely comparative in its approach to the... -
Establishment and Meritocracy by Peter Hennessy
RRP: $10.31$7.46Like so many of the postwar generation in Britain, Peter Hennessy climbed the ladders of opportunity set up by the 1944 Education Act designed to encourage a more meritocratic society. In this highly personal book, Hennessy examines the rise of... -
China as a Polar Great Power by Anne-Marie Brady 9781316631256
RRP: $32.24$27.32China has emerged as a member of the elite club of nations who are powerful at both global poles. Polar states are global giants, strong in military, scientific, and economic terms. The concept of a polar great power is relatively unknown in... -
LGBTI Rights in Turkey: Sexuality and the State in the Middle East by Fait Muedini
RRP: $30.95$26.28The LGBTI community in Turkey face real dangers. In 2015, the Turkish police interrupted the LGBTI Pride march in Istanbul, using tear gas and rubber bullets against the marchers. This marked the first attempt by the authorities to stop the parade by... -
Security Politics in the Gulf Monarchies: Continuity Amid Change by David B. Roberts
RRP: $38.70$30.04The Gulf monarchies-Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates-play crucial roles in world markets and politics. Their economies, which have traditionally been driven by oil revenues, have simultaneously propelled... -
Mo(ve)ments of Resistance: Politics, Economy and Society in Israel/Palestine, 1931-2013 by Lev Luis Grinberg 9781618113788
RRP: $32.24$30.66In Mo(ve)ments of Resistance , Grinberg summarizes both his own work and that of other political economists, providing a coherent historical narrative covering the time from the beginning of Socialist Zionism (1904) to the Oslo Accords and the... -
Umbrellas in Bloom: Hong Kongs Occupy Movement Uncovered by Jason Y. Ng 9789881376534
$18.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789881376534Author Jason Y NgFormat PaperbackPage Count 356Imprint Blacksmith BooksPublisher Blacksmith BooksWeight(grams) 432g -
Women and Gender in Iraq: Between Nation-Building and Fragmentation by Zahra Ali
RRP: $30.95$26.79Since the US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq in 2003, the challenges of sectarianism and militarism have weighed heavily on the women of Iraq. In this book, Zahra Ali foregrounds a wide-range of interviews with a variety of women involved in women's... -
Domicide: Architecture, War and the Destruction of Home in Syria by Dr Ammar Azzouz 9781350248106
$132.19The city of Homs, like so many places in Syria, has suffered mass destruction since the war began in 2011. So far, the architectural response to the crisis has focused on 'cultural heritage', ancient architecture, and the external displacement of... -
The Great Brexit Swindle: Why the Mega-Rich and Free Market Fanatics Conspired to Force Britain from the European Union by T. J. Coles 9781905570812
RRP: $14.18$12.37'If you voted to Leave the European Union, the chances are you've been swindled...' In his urgent new book, T. J. Coles uncovers the forces seeking to uncouple Britain from the European Union. Allied to an expanding core of free market fanatics in the... -
Untraceable by Sergei Lebedev 9781800246614
RRP: $11.60$9.12'A thriller dipped in poison... Lebedev shares some of le Carre's fascination with secret worlds and the nature of evil' New York Times An extraordinary and angry Russian novel about poisons of all kinds: physical, moral and political. Professor... -
New Order in the Gulf: The Rise of the UAE by Dina Esfandiary
RRP: $32.24$28.10For over a decade now, thinking on regional relations in the Gulf has focused on the competition for regional hegemony between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Today, this perspective is outdated. The smaller Gulf Arab states, led by the United Arab Emirates, are... -
A Political Economy of the Middle East by Melani Cammett 9780813349381
$60.98A Political Economy of the Middle East is the most comprehensive analysis of developments in the political economy of the region over the past several decades, examining the interaction of economic development processes, state systems and policies, and... -
Saudi Arabia in Transition: Insights on Social, Political, Economic and Religious Change by Bernard Haykel 9780521185097
RRP: $38.69$27.01Making sense of Saudi Arabia is crucially important today. The kingdom's western province contains the heart of Islam, and it is the United States' closest Arab ally and the largest producer of oil in the world. However, the country is undergoing rapid... -
The Origins of the Syrian Conflict: Climate Change and Human Security by Marwa Daoudy
RRP: $39.98$29.48Does climate change cause conflict? Did it cause the Syrian uprising? Some policymakers and academics have made this claim, but is it true? This study presents a new conceptual framework to evaluate this claim. Contributing to scholarship in the fields... -
China Reconnects: Joining A Deep-rooted Past To A New World Order by Gungwu Wang 9789811203602
RRP: $32.25$28.11'The book is engaging, informative, and provocative and can profitably be read by undergraduates and professors alike. You do not have to agree with the dean of China studies to learn from him.'China Review International The book shows how the Chinese... -
Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History by Lea Ypi
RRP: $28.37$22.47Family and nation formed a reliable bedrock of security for precocious 11-year-old Lea Ypi. She was a Young Pioneer, helping to lead her country toward the future of perfect freedom promised by the leaders of her country, the People's Socialist Republic... -
Syria 2011-2013: Revolution and Tyranny before the Mayhem by Azmi Bishara
$120.54Azmi Bishara's book on the Syrian Revolution is one of the most comprehensive and profound works on the subject published to date. Translated here into English for the first time, the study examines the complex roots of Syria's political and sectarian...