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Russia's Foreign Policy: Change and Continuity in National Identity by Andrei P. Tsygankov 9781538161494
RRP: $63.00$56.03Apologies 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 New Autocracy: Information, Politics, and Policy in Putin's Russia by Daniel Treisman 9780815732433
RRP: $63.00$56.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815732433Author Daniel TreismanFormat PaperbackPage Count 332Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & Littlefield -
Divided Armies: Inequality and Battlefield Performance in Modern War by Jason Lyall
RRP: $73.50$59.09How do armies fight and what makes them victorious on the modern battlefield? In Divided Armies, Jason Lyall challenges long-standing answers to this classic question by linking the fate of armies to their levels of inequality. Introducing the concept of... -
Return to the Shadows: The Muslim Brotherhood and an-Nahda Since the Arab Spring by Alison Pargeter 9780863561443
RRP: $35.68$24.23The Arab Spring heralded a profound shift in the Middle East, bringing to power Islamist movements which had previously been operating in the shadows. The Muslim Brotherhood stormed to victory in Egypt and emerged as a key player in Libya's nascent... -
The Rift: A New Africa Breaks Free Alex Perry 9781780226859
RRP: $27.28$18.06Taking 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... -
Tigran Gorgiev, Maestro of Practical Studies: A World Champion's Favorite Composers by Sergei Tkachenko
$32.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9785604071052Author Sergei TkachenkoFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Limited Liability Company Elk and Ruby Publishing HousePublisher Limited Liability... -
The Dumbing Down of Britain by Duncan Barkes 9781783960941
RRP: $18.88$13.06If 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,... -
Thatcher's Children?: Politics, Childhood And Society In The 1980s And 1990s Jane Pilcher 9780750704625
RRP: $102.88$89.59That childhood is a social construction is understood both by social scientists and in society generally. The authors of this book examine the political issues surrounding childhood, including law making, social policy, government provisions and... -
The EU's Response to Brexit: United and Effective by Brigid Laffan 9783031262623
RRP: $230.98$207.33This 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... -
Kenya: Between Hope and Despair, 1963-2012 by Daniel Branch 9780300194142
RRP: $63.00$61.43On December 12, 1963, people across Kenya joyfully celebrated independence from British colonial rule, anticipating a bright future of prosperity and social justice. As the nation approached the fiftieth anniversary of its independence, however, the... -
Chinese Soft Power by Maria Repnikova
RRP: $35.70$30.91This Element presents an overarching analysis of Chinese visions and practices of soft power. Maria Repnikova's analysis introduces the Chinese theorization of the idea of soft power, as well as its practical implementation across global contexts. The... -
African Women And Feminism: Reflecting on the Politics of Sisterhood by Oyeronke Oyewumi 9780865436282
RRP: $62.90$40.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865436282Author Oyeronke OyewumiFormat PaperbackPage Count 274Imprint Africa Research & PublicationsPublisher Africa World PressWeight(grams) 459g -
Establishment and Meritocracy by Peter Hennessy
RRP: $16.78$12.14Like 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... -
Ukraine and Russia: From Civilized Divorce to Uncivil War by Paul D'Anieri 9781009315548
RRP: $48.28$40.34In this fully revised and updated in-depth analysis of the war in Ukraine, Paul D'Anieri explores the dynamics within Ukraine, between Ukraine and Russia, and between Russia and the West that emerged with the collapse of the Soviet Union and eventually... -
Premodern Japan: A Historical Survey Mikiso Hane 9780813349657
RRP: $115.48$101.05Japanese historian Louis Perez brings Mikiso Hane's rich and beloved account of early Japanese history up-to-date in this thoroughly revised Second Edition of Premodern Japan. The text traces the key developments of Japanese history in the premodern... -
Games without Rules: The Often-Interrupted History of Afghanistan by Tamim Ansary
RRP: $31.48$26.50The history of modern Afghanistan is an epic drama, a thriller, a tragedy, a surreal farce. Every forty years or so, over the last two centuries, some great global power has attempted to take control of Afghanistan, only to slink away wounded and... -
Revolution for Dummies: Laughing through the Arab Spring by Bassem Youssef
$28.94"Hilarious and Heartbreaking. Comedy shouldn't take courage, but it made an exception for Bassem." --Jon Stewart "The Jon Stewart of the Arabic World"-the creator of The Program, the most popular television show in Egypt's history-chronicles his... -
The Trouble with Nigeria by Chinua Achebe
RRP: $24.97$21.15This novel about Nigeria prophesied the 1983 coup.Book InformationISBN 9780435906986Author Chinua AchebeFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint HeinemannPublisher Pearson Education LimitedWeight(grams) 60gDimensions(mm) 17mm * 10mm * 8mm -
Security Politics in the Gulf Monarchies: Continuity Amid Change by David B. Roberts
RRP: $63.00$48.91The 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: $52.48$49.92In 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
$29.34Apologies 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 -
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: $23.08$20.14'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... -
The Foreign Policy of the European Union by Stephan Keukeleire
RRP: $71.38$63.61Keukeleire 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... -
Russia Rising: Putin's Foreign Policy in the Middle East and North Africa by Dimitar Bechev
RRP: $50.38$43.97The war in Syria has put Russia at the centre of Middle Eastern politics. Moscow's return to the region following a prolonged period of absence has enhanced its geopolitical status at a time it has emerged as a rival to the West. Yet, contrary to the... -
Untraceable by Sergei Lebedev 9781800246614
RRP: $18.88$14.85'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... -
The British General Election of 2017 by Philip Cowley 9783030043018
RRP: $104.98$71.09The British General Election of 2017 is the definitive and authoritative account of one of the most dramatic elections in British history. Throwing aside her natural caution, Theresa May called a snap election and was widely expected to crush Jeremy... -
Blood and Belief: The PKK and the Kurdish Fight for Independence by Aliza Marcus
RRP: $50.38$43.76An in depth and scholarly report on the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), an essential actor on behalf of modern-day Kurds The Kurds, who number some 28 million people in the Middle East, have no country they can call their own. Long ignored by the West,... -
The Referendum that Changed a Nation: Scottish Voting Behaviour 2014-2019 by Ailsa Henderson
RRP: $83.98$73.94Drawing 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,... -
Freedom and Despair: Notes from the South Hebron Hills by David Shulman
RRP: $37.80$32.34Lately, it seems as if we wake up to a new atrocity each day. Every morning is now a ritual of scrolling through our Twitter feeds or scanning our newspapers for the latest updates on fresh horrors around the globe. Despite the countless protests we... -
The Oligarchy and the Old Regime in Latin America, 1880-1970 by Dennis Gilbert 9781442270909
RRP: $73.50$68.23In the last decades of the nineteenth century and early years of the twentieth, a new class-the oligarchy-consolidated its wealth and political power in Latin America. Its members were the sugar planters, coffee growers, cattle barons, and bankers who... -
Saudi Arabia in Transition: Insights on Social, Political, Economic and Religious Change by Bernard Haykel 9780521185097
RRP: $62.98$43.97Making 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 British Mandate in Palestine: A Centenary Volume, 1920-2020 Michael J Cohen 9781032174860
RRP: $83.98$73.63The British Mandate over Palestine began just 100 years ago, in July 1920, when Sir Herbert Samuel, the first British High Commissioner to Palestine, took his seat at Government House, Jerusalem. The chapters here analyse a wide cross-section of the... -
China Reconnects: Joining A Deep-rooted Past To A New World Order by Gungwu Wang 9789811203602
RRP: $52.50$45.76'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... -
The Chinese Economy by Stephen L. Morgan
RRP: $48.28$45.11China's transformation over the past four decades has been unprecedented. The vision of its leaders for the next three decades is unprecedented too, as China seeks to fashion an advanced economy without significant political and social liberalization. ... -
Syria 2011-2013: Revolution and Tyranny before the Mayhem by Azmi Bishara
$196.22Azmi 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... -
Congo Stories: Battling Five Centuries of Exploitation and Greed by John Prendergast
RRP: $46.20$43.87Congo is one of the most complex countries in the world, yet it is the most overlooked. It is one of the wealthiest in Africa as a result of its natural endowments, but its people are some of the poorest in the world. Congolese culture is informed by the... -
Choices: Inside the Making of India's Foreign Policy by Shivshankar Menon 9780815729105
RRP: $52.50$46.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815729105Author Shivshankar MenonFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 463gDimensions(mm)... -
Justice Denied: Friends, Foes and the Miners' Strike by David Allsop 9780850367300
RRP: $39.88$35.66TV portraits of the Miners' strike of 1984/5 stressed the violence of the pickets and responsible policing. This book challenges those images, looks at the impact of the strike on participants, and reflects on ongoing controversies and community pride... -
Digital Citizenship in Africa: Technologies of Agency and Repression by Tony Roberts
RRP: $46.18$40.49Since the so-called Arab Spring, citizens of African countries have continued to use digital tools in creative ways to ensure that marginalised voices are heard, and to demand for the rights they are entitled to in law: to freely associate, to form... -
The Japanese Economy by Hiroaki Richard Watanabe
RRP: $48.28$45.11Although still the world's third largest economy, Japan continues to feel the effects of the collapse of a massive asset price bubble in the early 1990s. In recent years further setbacks, including both the Asian and global financial crises, and the 2011...