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Architecture and Biology of Soils: Life in Inner Space by Philippe Baveye
RRP: £115.15Booksplease Price: £110.40Soil is a fundamental and critical, yet often overlooked, component of terrestrial ecosystems. It is an extremely complex environment, supporting levels of diversity far greater than any ecosystem... -
American Government and Popular Discontent: Stability without Success by Steven E. Schier
RRP: £23.99Booksplease Price: £23.54Popular distrust and the entrenchment of government by professionals lie at the root of America's most pressing political problems. How did U.S. politics get to this point? Contemporary American... -
Building Collaborative Governance in Times of Uncertainty: Pracademic Lessons from the Basque Gipuzkoa Province by Xabier Barandiaran 9789462703674
RRP: £24.00Booksplease Price: £21.20Democratic societies are being challenged to look for new ways of doing politics that involve different stakeholders, particularly citizens. This book looks at public authorities' attempts to put... -
Policy Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic: An International Comparative Approach M. Jae Moon 9781032424392
RRP: £47.99Booksplease Price: £46.79This book examines why and how different countries developed different policy positions and responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, by surveying a sample of countries that are geographically,... -
Understanding the European Union John McCormick 9781350517066
Booksplease Price: £102.21This is the must-have introduction to the European Union. A primer on the EU's history, institutions, and politics, this brief and engaging textbook reviews the challenges and opportunities faced by... -
Constitutionalism and a Right to Effective Government? by Vicki C. Jackson
RRP: £88.00Booksplease Price: £83.49Nations around the world are facing various crises of ineffective government. Basic governmental functions-protecting rights, preventing violence, and promoting material well-being-are compromised,... -
Entrepreneurship in Emerging Domestic Markets: Barriers and Innovation by Glenn Yago 9780387728568
Booksplease Price: £92.14An often-overlooked aspect of entrepreneurship in American is its role in emerging domestic markets (EDM). These markets - low-to-moderate income communities, ethnic- and women-owned businesses,... -
Project Benefit Realisation and Project Management: The 6Q Governance Approach Raymond C. Young 9781119367888
RRP: £59.95Booksplease Price: £53.64PROJECT BENEFIT REALISATION AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT Dispels the confusion between project management success and project success, showing how project sponsors can govern their projects to succeed in... -
Facilitating Transition by Internationalization: Outward Direct Investment from Central European Economies in Transition by Matija Rojec 9781138264175
RRP: £35.99Booksplease Price: £34.59FDI has proved to be the most dynamic defensive and offensive response to globalization. This book provides an in-depth evaluation of the rationale as well as theoretical and empirical explanations... -
Lawless Capitalism: The Subprime Crisis and the Case for an Economic Rule of Law by Steven A. Ramirez 9780814776490
Booksplease Price: £90.57In this innovative and exhaustive study, Steven A. Ramirez posits that the subprime mortgage crisis, as well as the global macroeconomic catastrophe it spawned, is traceable to a gross failure of... -
The Case for Gridlock: Democracy, Organized Power, and the Legal Foundations of American Government by Marcus E. Ethridge 9780739142387
Booksplease Price: £44.76The Case for Gridlock explains how, in an effort to make the system more egalitarian and forward thinking, American Progressivism led to the creation of government institutions that increased the... -
Defenses Against the Dark Arts: The Political Education of Harry Potter and His Friends by John S Nelson 9781498592628
Booksplease Price: £37.42As the publishing sensation of the last half-century, Harry Potter dominates early education in politics. Children, tweens, teens, and adults love it; and most students come to college knowing at... -
Community Informatics Design Applied to Digital Social Systems: Communicational Foundations, Theories and Methodologies by Pierre-Leonard Harvey 9783319653723
Booksplease Price: £91.68This book introduces a Digital Social System Praxis Framework (DSSPF) integrating Computational Media, Evolutionary Systems Thinking and Design Thinking approaches to E-transformation practice, also... -
The Constitution of India: A Contextual Analysis Dr Arun K Thiruvengadam 9781841137360
Booksplease Price: £30.98This book provides an overview of the content and functioning of the Indian Constitution, with an emphasis on the broader socio-political context. It focuses on the overarching principles and the... -
Forest Policy and Governance in the United States: An Introduction by Jesse Abrams 9780367489557
RRP: £41.99Booksplease Price: £39.69This new textbook provides an up-to-date and comprehensive introduction to both the policy background and contemporary governance of forests in the United States. Starting with a history of the... -
Conversion Machines: Apparatus, Artifice, Body by Bronwen Wilson 9781399516006
RRP: £105.00Booksplease Price: £95.01Conversion machines are apparatuses, artfully-fashioned preparations, arrangements and things that demonstrate processes of change. They are paradoxical - at once intent on verifying what was... -
American Government and Popular Discontent: Stability without Success by Steven E. Schier 9780415893299
Booksplease Price: £46.49Popular distrust and the entrenchment of government by professionals lie at the root of America's most pressing political problems. How did U.S. politics get to this point? Contemporary American... -
True Green: Executive Effectiveness in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency by Gerald Andrews Emison 9780739190708
Booksplease Price: £51.70Drawing on the careers of senior executives of the US Environmental Protection Agency, True Green identifies the concrete actions that work in protecting our nation's environment. By examining the... -
Late Soviet Britain: Why Materialist Utopias Fail by Abby Innes 9781009373623
RRP: £80.00Booksplease Price: £76.70Why has the United Kingdom, historically one of the strongest democracies in the world, become so unstable? What changed? This book demonstrates that a major part of the answer lies in the... -
Imperial Institutions in Ancient Rome and Early China: A Comparative Analysis Michael Loewe 9781350445116
Booksplease Price: £75.81Written by the eminent sinologist Michael Loewe, this book gives an overview of the considerations and practices of two major world empires that together ruled one-half of the earth's population in... -
Building a Capable State: Service Delivery in Post-Apartheid South Africa by Ian Palmer 9781783609642
Booksplease Price: £33.44The sustainable development goals signed in 2016 marked a new phase in global development thinking, one which is focused on ecologically and fiscally sustainable human settlements. Few countries... -
National Security and Double Government by Michael J. Glennon 9780190206444
Booksplease Price: £50.63Why has U.S. security policy scarcely changed from the Bush to the Obama administrations? The theory of "double government" posed by the 19th century English scholar Walter Bagehot suggests a... -
Public Administration and Policy in Korea: Its Evolution and Challenges by Keun Namkoong 9780367350703
RRP: £44.99Booksplease Price: £42.54The present Korean public administration and policy system has shown very significant differences compared to the system in 1970s. This book provides a comprehensive and holistic view on the... -
Understanding the European Union John McCormick 9781350517059
RRP: £32.99Booksplease Price: £30.41This is the must-have introduction to the European Union. A primer on the EU's history, institutions, and politics, this brief and engaging textbook reviews the challenges and opportunities faced by... -
The Legitimacy Puzzle in Latin America: Political Support and Democracy in Eight Nations by John A. Booth
RRP: £88.00Booksplease Price: £80.25Political scientists have worried about declining levels of citizens' support for their regimes (legitimacy), but have failed to empirically link this decline to the survival or breakdown of... -
Continuity and Change in Public Policy and Management by Christopher Pollitt 9780857935434
RRP: £30.95Booksplease Price: £29.70Continuity and Change in Public Policy and Management offers a major reconsideration of patterns in long-term policymaking and organizational change. Christopher Pollitt and Geert Bouckaert use... -
How Autocrats Compete: Parties, Patrons, and Unfair Elections in Africa Yonatan L. Morse (University of Connecticut) 9781108474764
RRP: £105.00Booksplease Price: £99.43Most autocrats now hold unfair elections, yet how they compete in them and manipulate them differs greatly. How Autocrats Compete advances a theory that explains variation in electoral authoritarian... -
Continuity and Change in Public Policy and Management by Christopher Pollitt 9781848443082
Booksplease Price: £111.10Continuity and Change in Public Policy and Management offers a major reconsideration of patterns in long-term policymaking and organizational change. Christopher Pollitt and Geert Bouckaert use... -
The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: Cases, Materials, and Commentary by Sarah Joseph 9780198733744
Booksplease Price: £99.02Now in its third edition, this book is the authoritative text on one of the world's most important human rights treaties, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The Covenant is of... -
Improving Psychiatric Care for Older People: Barbara Robb's Campaign 1965-1975 by Claire Hilton 9783319548128
Booksplease Price: £21.99This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.This book tells the story of Barbara Robb and her pressure group, Aid for the Elderly in Government Institutions (AEGIS). In 1965, Barbara visited... -
The Bank War and the Partisan Press: Newspapers, Financial Institutions, and the Post Office in Jacksonian America by Stephen Campbell
RRP: £44.00Booksplease Price: £36.40President Andrew Jackson's conflict with the Second Bank of the United States was one of the most consequential political struggles in the early nineteenth century. A fight over the bank's... -
Cross-Cultural Design for Healthy Ageing by Lisa Scharoun
RRP: £34.00Booksplease Price: £31.52This book is based on many years of research and practical pedagogical experiences around cross-cultural and multidisciplinary design for healthy ageing. It provides important insight into origins,... -
Ambassadors at Sea: The High and Low Adventures of a Diplomat by Henry E. Catto, Jr.
RRP: £31.00Booksplease Price: £26.91In 1969, Henry Catto was selling insurance in San Antonio, Texas. Just twenty years later, he presented his credentials as ambassador to the Court of St. James's to Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II,... -
Mobility as Capability: Women in the Indian Informal Economy by Nikhila Menon
RRP: £75.00Booksplease Price: £71.97This book highlights accounts of women workers to capture the domains of gendered mobility, which challenges the exalted status conferred on women in the Kerala model of development. It contests and... -
Innovation Commons: The Origin of Economic Growth by Jason Potts 9780190937508
RRP: £31.49Booksplease Price: £31.43Innovation is among the most important topics in understanding economic sustained economic growth. Jason Potts argues that the initial stages of innovation require cooperation under uncertainty and... -
Artificial Intelligence in Forensic Science: An Emerging Technology in Criminal Investigation Systems Kavita Saini 9781032263366
RRP: £73.99Booksplease Price: £67.74Artificial Intelligence in Forensic Science addresses the current and emerging opportunities being utilized to apply modern Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies to current forensic and... -
ISO 26000 - A Standardized View on Corporate Social Responsibility: Practices, Cases and Controversies by Samuel O. Idowu 9783030064815
Booksplease Price: £91.98This book provides a comprehensive and detailed introduction to the ISO 26000 standard for social responsibility (SR) in businesses and corporations. In addition to discussing the standard's focus on... -
Transforming Healthcare with Big Data: A Practical Guide for Big Data in Healthcare Systems Ahmed Mohamed 9781041005391
Booksplease Price: £60.08Healthcare organizations are utilizing big data for improved data analytics and performance measurements. This book provides a comprehensive framework integrating 41 components, emphasizing data... -
How Autocrats Compete: Parties, Patrons, and Unfair Elections in Africa by Yonatan L. Morse
RRP: £38.00Booksplease Price: £37.44Most autocrats now hold unfair elections, yet how they compete in them and manipulate them differs greatly. How Autocrats Compete advances a theory that explains variation in electoral authoritarian... -
Educational Game Design Fundamentals: A Journey to Creating Intrinsically Motivating Learning Experiences George Kalmpourtzis 9781138631540
RRP: £52.99Booksplease Price: £50.19Can we learn through play? Can we really play while learning?Of course! But how?!We all learn and educate others in our own unique ways. Successful educational games adapt to the particular learning...