Political Science
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Spaces of Global Capitalism: A Theory of Uneven Geographical DevelopmentFiscal crises have cascaded across much of the developing world with devastating results, from Mexico to Indonesia, Russia and Argentina. The extreme volatility in contemporary political economic fortunes seems to mock our best efforts to understand the forces that drive development in the world...
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The Knowledge EconomyRevolutionary account of the transformative potential of the knowledge economyAdam Smith and Karl Marx recognized that the best way to understand the economy is to study the most advanced practice of production. Today that practice is no longer conventional manufacturing: it is the radically...
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Who Killed Berta Caceres?: Dams, Death Squads, and an Indigenous Defender's Battle for the PlanetA deeply affecting-and infuriating-portrait of the life and death of a courageous indigenous leader The first time Honduran indigenous leader Berta C ceres met the journalist Nina Lakhani, C ceres said, 'The army has an assassination list with my name at the top. I...
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The Force of Nonviolence: An Ethico-Political Bind"Judith Butler is the most creative and courageous social theorist writing today. - Cornel West "Judith Butler is quite simply one of the most probing, challenging, and influential thinkers of our time." - J. M. Bernstein Judith Butler's new book shows how an ethic...
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A Massacre in Mexico: The True Story Behind the Missing Forty-Three StudentsThe definitive account of the disappearance of forty-three Mexican studentsOn September 26, 2014, a party of students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College were en route to a protest when intercepted by local police. A confrontation ensued. Come the morning, the students were nowhere...
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Burkina Faso: A History of Power, Protest, and RevolutionIn October 2014, huge protests across Burkina Faso succeeded in overthrowing the long-entrenched regime of their authoritarian ruler, Blaise Compaoré. Defying all expectations, this popular movement went on to defeat an attempted coup by the old regime, making it possible for a transitional government...
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Betraying Big Brother: The Feminist Awakening in ChinaA feminist movement clashing with China's authoritarian government. Featured in the Washington Post and the New York Times.On the eve of International Women's Day in 2015, the Chinese government arrested five feminist activists and jailed them for thirty-seven days. The Feminist Five became a...
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Between the Bells: Stories of Reconciliation from CorrymeelaCorrymeela - a Christian community committed to reconciliation, is bounded by bells. Twice a day - morning and evening - a large bell sounds out over the site. This is a call to attention, a call to pause, a space to reflect on God,...
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The Philosophy of MarxA rich and accessible introduction to Marx's fundamental concepts from a key intellectual--now updated Written by one of political theory's leading thinkers, The Philosophy of Marx examines all the key areas of Marx's writings in their wider historical and theoretical context--including the concepts of...
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Direct Action: Protest and the Reinvention of American RadicalismA longtime insider explores the origins of modern protest movements like Black Lives Matter and Occupy Wall Street, offering a groundbreaking history of disruptive protest and American radicalism since the Sixties As Americans take to the streets in record numbers, L.A. Kauffman's timely, trenchant...
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Politics in a Time of Crisis: Podemos and the Future of Democracy in EuropeA manifesto for a new, democratic left: a political programme poised to transform Europe Since 2011, Pablo Iglesias has led Podemos, a new radical left party in Spain that is reframing the nature of modern politics. Under his guidance, the party has unmasked the...
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Grand Hotel Abyss: The Lives of the Frankfurt School"Marvelously entertaining, exciting and informative." --Guardian"An engaging and accessible history." --New York Review of Books This group biography is "an exhilarating page-turner" and "outstanding critical introduction" to the work and legacy of the Frankfurt School, and the great 20th-century thinkers who created it (Washington...
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Drones and Terrorism: Asymmetric Warfare and the Threat to Global SecurityIn warzones, ordinary commercially-available drones are used for extraordinary reconnaissance and information gathering. They can also be used for bombings - a drone carrying an explosive charge is potentially a powerful weapon. At the same time asymmetric warfare has become the norm - with...
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Africa: Why Economists Get It Wrong'A valuable corrective to the fraying narrative of [African] failure.'Foreign Affairs Not so long ago, Africa was being described as the hopeless continent. Recently, though, talk has turned to Africa rising, with enthusiastic voices exclaiming the potential for economic growth across many of its...
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Rethinking Racial Capitalism: Questions of Reproduction and SurvivalHow has capitalism created or enhanced racism? In what ways do the violent histories of slavery and empire continue to influence the allocation of global resources? Rethinking Racial Capitalism: Questions of Reproduction and Survival proposes a return to analyses of racial capitalism - the...
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Marxism in the United States: Remapping the History of the American LeftA crown jewel of New Left historiography, this overview of U.S. Marxism was hailed on its first publication for its nuanced storytelling, balance and incredible sweep. Brimming over with archival finds and buoyed by the recollections of witnesses and participants in the radical movements...
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Silent Accomplice: The Untold Story of France's Role in the Rwandan GenocideFULLY REVISED AND UPDATED The massacre of 1 million Rwandan Tutsis by ethnic Hutus in 1994 has become a symbol of the international community's helplessness in the face of human rights atrocities. It is assumed that the West was well-intentioned, but ultimately ineffectual. But...
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The Anatomy of Organized Hate: Stories of Former White Supremacists - and America's Struggle to Understand the Hate MovementThe Anatomy of Organized Hate looks behind the curtain of the modern-day hate movement. The book merges two conflicting universes: the world that exists inside hate groups and the external sphere of government agencies and research organizations working to monitor and stop hate crimes....
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FBI Myths and Misconceptions: A Manual for Armchair DetectivesHow much do you really know about the FBI? Do you know who the FBI is? Do you know what the FBI does? This manual debunks FBI myths and misconceptions for those who read, watch, and write crime dramas about the FBI or have...
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Stronger Than Steel: Forging a Rust Belt RenaissanceStronger than Steel is the story of a company town, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, that used alternative economic development strategies, including arts, tourism, and a casino to propel its way out of devastation of deindustrialization. Bethlehem's strategies have been rewarded with dramatic results.In 2016, among Pennsylvania...
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