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How Ireland Voted 2011: The Full Story of Ireland's Earthquake Election by M. Gallagher 9780230348820
RRP: $94.48$94.44The collapse of the Irish 'Celtic Tiger' economy, in the wake of a banking disaster, provoked a joint EU/IMF rescue plan in late 2010. The election that followed saw Europe's most successful ever party lose more than half of its vote and almost three... -
The Abandoned Generation: Democracy Beyond the Culture of Fear by Henry A. Giroux 9781403961389
RRP: $94.48$69.05Henry Giroux continues his critique of American culture and the way it impinges on the lives of our children. This time, Henry goes further, looking at the 'Bush Restoration' years, the attacks of September 11th and the way the world has been transformed... -
The Oxford Handbook of French Politics by Robert Elgie
$103.15The Oxford Handbook of French Politics provides a comprehensive and comparative overview of the French political system through the lens of political science. The Handbook is organized into three parts: the first part identifies foundational... -
Ten Years of New Labour by Matt Beech 9780230574434
RRP: $94.48$94.44Evaluates the Blair government from 1997-2007 conducting high quality research into aspects of British politics with particular emphasis on parties, policies and ideologies. With contributions from key figures in the field further topics include New... -
Presidentializing the Premiership: The Prime Ministerial Advisory System and the Constitution by Sue Pryce 9780333681855
RRP: $188.98$188.73Has the presidentialization of British electoral politics now penetrated other institutional and governmental relationships? This book argues it has in respect of the prime ministerial advisory system. The prime minister has become a president in the... -
Syriza Wave: Surging and Crashing with the Greek Left by Helena Sheehan 9781583676257
RRP: $35.68$29.65Utterly corrupt corporate and government elites bankrupted Greece twice over. First, by profligate deficit spending benefitting only themselves; second, by agreeing to an IMF bailout of the Greek economy, devastating ordinary Greek citizens who were... -
Theoretical Approaches to European Integration by Sabine Saurugger 9780230251434
$80.09This major new text provides a uniquely broad ranging introduction to, and assessment of the contribution of, the whole range of theoretical approaches that have been applied to the analysis of European integration. It provides tools for understanding... -
Britain Post Brexit: A Practical Guide to Moving On by Peter McGarrick 9780750989961
RRP: $20.98$15.86What will happen when the ties are cut? Whatever view you take on Brexit, innovative ideas are needed to thrive. The UK needs to get itself into shape. This book suggests how. We consider radical ideas to reform the voting system, transform the economy... -
Elections and Voters in Britain by David Denver 9783030864910
RRP: $136.48$122.12How do voters in Britain decide which party to vote for in elections? Have age and education replaced class as the social basis for voting? Are elections now 'presidentialised', with voters simply choosing between party leaders? What role do the media,... -
Collective Emotions and Political Violence: Narratives of Islamist Organisations in Western Europe by Maéva Clément 9781526167699
RRP: $52.50$45.76How do collective actors move from moderate politics to (violent) extremism? Faced with high risks of repression and implosion, they need to legitimate such radical change to keep members and followers committed to collective action. Drawing on the... -
Cameron and the Conservatives: The Transition to Coalition Government by Timothy Heppell 9780230314108
RRP: $94.48$94.44Specialists in Conservative Party politics examine the effectiveness of the Cameron led coalition. The contributors examine Cameron as leader and Prime Minister; the Conservatives' modernisation strategy; the level of ideological coherence in 'liberal... -
Fiction, Fact and Future: The Essence of EU Democracy by James Elles
RRP: $16.78$12.14Since its' inception, the European Union has developed to become an open and transparent system which is democratically accountable to more than five hundred million European citizens. James Elles explains how the EU functions, emphasising the emerging... -
The Core Executive in Britain by Martin J. Smith
$90.34The study of central government has been dominated by the recurring questions of Prime Ministerial versus Cabinet government and civil service versus ministerial power. Using the idea of 'power dependence' this book challenges these simplicities to... -
The Greens in British Politics: Protest, Anti-Austerity and the Divided Left by James Dennison 9783319426723
RRP: $104.98$104.69This book explains how the Greens went from obscurity to England's third largest party in just one year, quadrupling their vote share and securing their place in Britain's refigured party system on the way. Sophisticated quantitative analyses of the... -
Europe Entrapped by Claus Offe 9780745687520
RRP: $20.98$18.80Today Europe finds itself in a crisis that casts a dark shadow over an entire generation. The seriousness of the crisis stems from one core political contradiction at the heart of the European project: namely, that what urgently needs to be done is also... -
Extremism and Violent Extremism in Serbia: 21st Century Manifestations of an Historical Challenge by Valery Perry
RRP: $54.60$44.25This volume explores the issues of extremism and violent extremism in Serbia through research from a multitude of different interdisciplinary perspectives. The topic of violent extremism and radicalization leading to terror (VERLT) has grown as a field... -
Setting Signs for Europe: Why Diacritics Matter for European Integration by Bernd Kappenberg 9783838206639
RRP: $58.59$47.36More than 20 years have passed since the introduction of the Universal Character Set. However, legacy applications still cannot even render German umlauts correctly. Part of this problem is a hidden political agenda: Consciously or unconsciously,... -
Squaring the Circle on Brexit: Could the Norway Model Work? by John Erik Fossum 9781529200300
RRP: $29.38$23.94This important book provides the first systematic assessment of the so-called Norway Model, suggested as an off-the-shelf option for the UK to 'square the circle' after Brexit. Two preeminent Norwegian scholars of politics and law offer a... -
Mrs Thatcher's First Administration: The Prophets Confounded by Jock Bruce-Gardyne 9780333377147
RRP: $94.48$94.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780333377147Author Jock Bruce-GardyneFormat PaperbackPage Count 199Imprint Palgrave MacmillanPublisher Palgrave MacmillanWeight(grams) 278g -
Key Controversies in European Integration by Hubert Zimmermann
$79.11Is the EU a success or a failure? Should It Stay or Should It Go? Britain and the EU The Big Waste or Essential to Feed Europe? The Common Agricultural Policy Observers of the European Union could be forgiven in thinking that since its inception the... -
The European Commission by Neill Nugent 9780230220591
$93.22The European Commission is at the very heart of the European integration process and, with the Council, is one of the two central institutions of the European Union. Its activist role under Jacques Delors led to a dramatic increase in its activity and... -
Europe's Classical Balance of Power: A Case History of the Theory and Practice of One of the Great Concepts of European Statecraft by Edward V. Gulick 9780393004137
RRP: $45.15$37.97What was the origin of the idea of the balance of power? How did European leaders apply its principles in actual practice? Widespread as the term "balance of power" has been, and vital as its principles have been in European statecraft, nevertheless... -
The European Enterprise: Geopolitical Essays by Robert Steuckers 9780994595829
RRP: $39.80$35.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780994595829Author Robert SteuckersFormat PaperbackPage Count 314Imprint Manticore PressPublisher Manticore PressWeight(grams) 463g -
Contemporary British Fascism: The British National Party and the Quest for Legitimacy by Nigel Copsey 9780230574373
RRP: $94.48$94.44No other political party in the history of Britain's fascist tradition has been as successful at the ballot box as today's British National Party (BNP). This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Contemporary British Fascism offers an in-depth study... -
The Triple Challenge for Europe: Economic Development, Climate Change, and Governance by Jan Fagerberg 9780198747413
$237.24Europe is confronted by an intimidating triple challenge - economic stagnation, climate change, and a governance crisis. This book demonstrates how these three challenges are closely inter-related. A return to economic growth cannot come at the... -
Kin Majorities: Identity and Citizenship in Crimea and Moldova by Eleanor Knott
RRP: $207.90$180.05In Moldova, the number of dual citizens has risen exponentially in the last decades. Before annexation, many saw Russia as granting citizenship to-or passportizing-large numbers in Crimea. Both are regions with kin majorities: local majorities claimed as... -
Economic Strategy and the Labour Party: Politics and policy-making, 1970-83 by Mark Wickham-Jones 9780333693728
RRP: $96.60$96.52Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Economic Strategy and the Labour Party: Politics and policy-making, 1970-83 by Mark Wickham-Jones 9780333693728 [USED COPY]
RRP: $96.60$5.00Economic Strategy and the Labour Party examines the nature and development of the Labour party's economic policy between 1970 and 1983. Drawing on extensive archival research, Mark Wickham-Jones analyses the radical nature of the new proposals adopted by... -
The Trade Policy of the European Union by Sieglinde Gstohl
$80.09This comprehensive and clearly written textbook offers a long-awaited introduction to the trade policy of the European Union, the world's largest trading entity. Gstoehl and De Bievre provide a comprehensive assessment of the common commercial policy,... -
A National Health Service?: The Restructuring of Health Care in Britain since 1979 by John Mohan
RRP: $104.98$104.69This book contrasts the proposals of the Royal Commission of the late 1970s with the very different set of priorities enshrined in the 1989 White Paper and describes how the changes between the two documents came about. It argues that the NHS reforms... -
Phantoms of War in Contemporary German Literature, Films and Discourse: The Politics of Memory by A. Fuchs 9780230279650
RRP: $94.48$84.19Phantoms of War in Contemporary German Literature, Films and Discourse offers an up-to-date and comprehensive analysis of fundamental shifts in German cultural memory. Focusing on the resurgence of family stories in fiction, autobiography and in film,... -
The Antimafia: Italy's Fight against Organized Crime by A. Jamieson 9780333801581
$92.42This exploration of the full diversity of the Italian Antimafia draws on primary sources and interviews to provide the first complete analysis of social, political and grassroots efforts since 1992. This fascinating study looks at Antimafia initiatives... -
The Politics of Public Sector Reform: From Thatcher to the Coalition by M. Burton 9780230363656
RRP: $94.48$94.44The first comprehensive 'bird's eye' account of public sector reform supported by references from over 400 official sources, this book is an invaluable guide to all those in the public, private and voluntary sectors grappling with the twin challenges of... -
Resolving the Cyprus Conflict: Negotiating History by M. Michael 9780230116740
RRP: $94.48$94.44By placing the conflict in its historical, ideological, ethno-political and geostrategic context, the book extends beyond conventional realist approaches and lays bare those less visible dimensions that are often ignored by analysts and policy-makers... -
How Sick Is British Democracy?: A Clinical Analysis by Richard Rose 9783030731229
RRP: $209.98$188.73Forecasts of the death of democracy are often heard and the United Kingdom is on the death watch list. This book challenges such a gloomy view by carefully examining the health of the British body politic from Tony Blair's time in Downing Street to the... -
Can Labour Win?: The Hard Road to Power by Patrick Diamond 9781783485444
RRP: $37.78$33.47After its disastrous defeat in 2015, Labour is at grave risk of throwing away the 2020 general election. The party has to understand why it suffered such a devastating defeat and learn crucial lessons if it is to recover. The reasons appear obvious... -
The European Union and Global Capitalism: Origins, Development, Crisis by Magnus Ryner
$90.38This book draws on critical theory to introduce readers to ways of exploring questions about the EU from a political economy perspective, questions like: -Does the EU help or hinder Europe's 'social models' to face the challenges of globalization? -... -
Shooting Niagara And After? The Second Reform Act And Its World by Robert Saunders 9781119387923
RRP: $43.58$38.47Shooting Niagara - And After? is a wide-ranging examination of Britain's Second Reform Act of 1867 and its impact, which doubled the electorate and propelled the country into the age of mass politics. Discusses the political world that the Second Reform... -
The European Union and Russia by Tuomas Forsberg
$90.38This important text provides readers with a systematic and comprehensive overview of the historic and ever-evolving relationship between Russia and the European Union, and on that basis discusses what the future of relations could look like. The EU's... -
Ruling Ideas: How Global Neoliberalism Goes Local by Cornel Ban 9780190600396
RRP: $88.18$74.84Neoliberal economic theories are powerful because their domestic translators make them go local, hybridizing global scripts with local ideas. This does not mean that all local translations shape policy, however. External constraints and translators'...