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How Informal Institutions Matter: Evidence from Turkish Social and Political Spheres by Zeki Sarigil 9780472076383
Booksplease Price: £55.25In How Informal Institutions Matter, Zeki Sarigil examines the role of informal institutions in sociopolitical life and addresses the following questions: Why and how do informal institutions emerge?... -
Culture, Innovation, and Growth Dynamics: A New Theory for the Applicability of Ideas by Elias G. Carayannis 9783030149024
RRP: £119.99Booksplease Price: £112.12This book argues that ideas in the social realm are the context-bound products of distinct histories and cultures and thus cannot be co-opted across place and time. When ideas are used out of... -
Decision Economics: In the Tradition of Herbert A. Simon's Heritage: Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence, 14th International Conference by Edgardo Bucciarelli 9783319608815
Booksplease Price: £92.16The special session on Decision Economics (DECON) is a scientific forum held annually and intended to share ideas, projects, research results, models and experiences associated with the complexity of... -
Cool Careers by Carolyn Boyes 9780007263523
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £6.60Find a job that fits you perfectly: don't settle for anything less. You could make money as a City Trader - or make a difference as a Carbon Trader. You could be a Museum Curator or a Spa Reviewer -... -
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest by Stieg Larsson 9780857054050 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £2.41***********************Lisbeth Salander returns to take her revenge in the most explosive novel of the series - 100 million copies of the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo series sold worldwide"Complex,... -
Political Parties, Party Manifestos and Elections in India, 1909-2014 R. K. Tiwari 9780367733339
RRP: £41.99Booksplease Price: £39.69In the parliamentary system of government, manifestos constitute and represent an important aspect of the democratic electoral politics as statements of a party's ideology, response and policy. This... -
Global Urban Politics: Informalization of the State Julie-Anne Boudreau 9780745685502
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £15.34In what ways has global urbanization affected the political process? This book offers a reflection on the transformations of urban politics worldwide in the past four decades, from interpersonal... -
Controlling Corruption: The Social Contract Approach by Bo Rothstein 9780192894908
RRP: £105.00Booksplease Price: £100.10This book presents a radically new approach of how societies can bring corruption under control. Since the late 1990s, the detrimental effects of corruption to human well-being have become well... -
The Internal Market as a Legal Concept by Stephen Weatherill 9780198794813
Booksplease Price: £51.63What does the 'internal market' mean? The EU is committed to the construction of an internal market, and in this analysis Stephen Weatherill explains that the EU's internal market is an ambiguous... -
Everybody Knows: Cynicism in America by William Chaloupka 9780816633111
Booksplease Price: £28.32A witty take on what's wrong--and right--with cynicism today, now in paperback!We are now living in the midst of the most cynical era in American history. Disaffection from government institutions is... -
The Films of Charles and Ray Eames: A Universal Sense of Expectation Eric Schuldenfrei (University of Hong Kong) 9781138229334
RRP: £54.99Booksplease Price: £51.59The Films of Charles and Ray Eames traces the history of the Eameses' work, examining their evolution away from the design of mass-produced goods and toward projects created as educational... -
American Indian Constitutional Reform and the Rebuilding of Native Nations by Eric D. Lemont 9780292713178
RRP: £26.99Booksplease Price: £23.21Since 1975, when the U.S. government adopted a policy of self-determination for American Indian nations, a large number of the 562 federally recognized nations have seized the opportunity to govern... -
Object-Oriented Analysis and Design for Information Systems: Modeling with UML, OCL, and IFML by Raul Sidnei Wazlawick 9780124186736
RRP: £39.99Booksplease Price: £37.72Object-Oriented Analysis and Design for Information Systems clearly explains real object-oriented programming in practice. Expert author Raul Sidnei Wazlawick explains concepts such as object... -
Controlling Corruption: The Social Contract Approach by Bo Rothstein 9780192894915
RRP: £35.49Booksplease Price: £35.00This book presents a radically new approach of how societies can bring corruption under control. Since the late 1990s, the detrimental effects of corruption to human well-being have become well... -
Modern Iran in Perspective by Ali Pirzadeh 9783030257071
Booksplease Price: £46.28This book highlights fundamental, but often neglected, issues important for a better understanding of present-day Iran. It underlines the idea that the most effective means for a nation to meet... -
Gandhi: Naked Ambition Jad Adams 9780857381613
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.26The pre-eminent political and spiritual leader of India's independence movement, pioneer of non-violent resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience (satyagraha), honoured in India as... -
Human Rights as Human Independence: A Philosophical and Legal Interpretation by Julio Montero 9780812253948
RRP: £36.00Booksplease Price: £30.53Can human rights be claimed against agents other than states, such as transnational corporations and global governance institutions? Does the authority of human rights depend on international... -
Tropical Despotisms: Enlightened Reform in the French Caribbean David Allen Harvey 9781501776670
RRP: £54.00Booksplease Price: £42.90Tropical Despotisms reveals the alarm that spread among France's Caribbean possessions during the period between the Seven Years' War and the Revolution and the determination to cultivate a new... -
Stand Cory Booker 9781250436733
RRP: £26.99Booksplease Price: £18.27Cory Booker captivated Americans across the political spectrum in early 2025 with his remarkable 25-hour speech on the Senate floor, when he spoke out forcefully against the Trump administration's... -
Principles of Contemporary Corporate Governance Jean Jacques du Plessis 9781009287388
RRP: £74.99Booksplease Price: £66.88Corporate governance plays a key role in ensuring that companies act responsibly and legally in the pursuit of long-term, sustainable growth. Now in its fifth edition, Principles of Contemporary... -
Out and Running: Gay and Lesbian Candidates, Elections, and Policy Representation by Donald P. Haider Markel 9781589016996
RRP: £26.50Booksplease Price: £25.51"Out and Running" is the first systematic analysis of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) political representation that explores the dynamics of state legislative campaigns and the... -
Corporate Governance in Central Europe and Russia: Framework, Dynamics, and Case Studies from Practice by Maria Aluchna 9783030395032
Booksplease Price: £91.98This book examines corporate governance through a holistic lens that integrates financial, social and environmental goals, e.g. increasing transparency and disclosure. In addition, it investigates... -
Corporate Governance in Central Europe and Russia: Framework, Dynamics, and Case Studies from Practice by Maria Aluchna 9783030395063
Booksplease Price: £91.98This book examines corporate governance through a holistic lens that integrates financial, social and environmental goals, e.g. increasing transparency and disclosure. In addition, it investigates... -
American Politics: The Promise of Disharmony by Samuel P. Huntington 9780674030213
RRP: £30.95Booksplease Price: £26.38This stunningly persuasive book examines the persistent, radical gap between the promise of American ideals and the performance of American politics. Samuel P. Huntington shows how Americans,... -
Behavioral Corporate Governance in Practice: New Models for Leadership and Oversight by Jan Stolker 9781041035916
RRP: £58.99Booksplease Price: £54.98Behavioral Corporate Governance in Practice provides readers with a comprehensive understanding of corporate governance and its challenges.While covering the key aspects of any board's agenda, the... -
Comparing the Ptolemaic and Seleucid Empires: Integration, Communication, and Resistance by Christelle Fischer-Bovet
RRP: £29.00Booksplease Price: £28.58The Ptolemaic and Seleucid empires are usually studied separately, or else included in broader examinations of the Hellenistic world. This book provides a systematic comparison of the roles of local... -
The Politics of Controlling Organized Crime in Greater China by Sonny Shiu-Hing Lo
RRP: £48.99Booksplease Price: £45.63In China, the central government has the political will to control organized crime, which is seen as a national security threat. The crux of the problem is how to control local governments that have... -
The Jury and Democracy: How Jury Deliberation Promotes Civic Engagement and Political Participation by John Gastil 9780195377316
Booksplease Price: £38.25Alexis de Tocqueville, John Stuart Mill, and the U.S. Supreme Court have all alleged that jury service promotes democratic civic attitudes and political engagement. The Jury and Democracy is the... -
Public Justice and the Anthropology of Law by Ronald Niezen 9780521152204
RRP: £26.00Booksplease Price: £24.60In this powerful, timely study Ronald Niezen examines the processes by which cultural concepts are conceived and collective rights are defended in international law. Niezen argues that cultivating... -
Public Justice and the Anthropology of Law by Ronald Niezen 9780521767040
RRP: £62.00Booksplease Price: £56.92In this powerful, timely study Ronald Niezen examines the processes by which cultural concepts are conceived and collective rights are defended in international law. Niezen argues that cultivating... -
Education, Globalisation and the State: Essays in Honour of Roger Dale by Xavier Bonal 9781433181658
RRP: £76.05Booksplease Price: £67.50This book pays tribute to an intellectual giant. The twenty-one succinct chapters comprising the volume, and the variety of scholars who have authored them, are indicative of his intellectual,... -
Risk and Health Communication in an Evolving Media Environment by H. Dan O'Hair 9781032178813
RRP: £45.99Booksplease Price: £43.08Broadcast media has a particular fascination with stories that involve risk and health crisis events-disease outbreaks, terrorist acts, and natural disasters-contexts where risk and health... -
What's Good for Business: Business and American Politics since World War II by Kim Phillips-Fein 9780199754014
Booksplease Price: £75.08This volume showcases the most exciting new voices in the fields of business and political history. While the media frequently warns of the newfound power of business in the world of politics, the... -
Media and Democracy in the Middle East Nael Jebril 9781032102900
RRP: £41.99Booksplease Price: £39.69This edited volume examines the current challenges to media freedom and democratisation in the Middle East. The book revisits the relationship between media consumption and activism in the region,... -
The Cleft Care Framework in India: A CCIS Report Panchali Batra 9789819989676
RRP: £119.99Booksplease Price: £116.33The Cleft Care India study (CCIS) comprehensively evaluates the treatment and care provided to patients with non-syndromic unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP) in India, at five, twelve, and twenty... -
Islamic Public Value: Theory, Practice, and Administration of Indigenous Cooperative Institutions Wolfgang Drechsler 9781035333653
RRP: £38.95Booksplease Price: £36.39This insightful book examines the public value aspects of Non-Western Public Administration (NWPA) and establishes the presence of Islamic Public Administration in NWPA. It investigates how Islamic... -
Shots in the Dark: Experimentation, Success, and Failure in the Second World War Jadwiga Biskupska 9781531512019
RRP: £84.00Booksplease Price: £68.32Brings together geographies and methodologies often kept apart by the difficulties of researching such a broad-ranging topic as the war Shots in the Dark offers cutting-edge scholarship across... -
Beyond Good Friday: Governance Possibilities in Post-Brexit Northern Ireland Paul S. Adams 9781666946529
Booksplease Price: £90.57The impact of Brexit on Northern Ireland's governing institutions has pushed consideration of the constitutional future and status of the region to a level of salience unthinkable just a decade ago... -
Land Grabbing and Global Governance Matias E. Margulis (University of Northern British Columbia, Canada) 9780415628341
RRP: £59.99Booksplease Price: £55.84Land grabbing per se is not a new phenomenon, given its historical precedents in the eras of imperialism. However, the character, scale, pace, orientation and key drivers of the recent wave of land... -
Rethinking Corporate Governance: The Law and Economics of Control Powers Alessio Pacces 9781138191259
RRP: £48.99Booksplease Price: £45.93The standard approach to the legal foundations of corporate governance is based on the view that corporate law promotes separation of ownership and control by protecting non-controlling shareholders...