Political Science
Explore a comprehensive selection of political science books, including essential titles on the fundamentals and principles of the field. Discover the best political science booklist and best-selling books at our online bookstore.
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China and the Future of Globalization: The Political Economy of China's RiseAn FT SUMMER READ 2020 The forces of globalization have transformed the world economically, but in the West politics is becoming increasingly fractured as living standards stagnate for all but the very wealthy. As a result, alienation and nationalism are on the rise. China,...
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Croatia Under Ante Pavelic: America, the Ustase and Croatian Genocide in World War IIAnte Pavelic was the leader of the fascist party of Croatia (the Ustase), who, on Adolf Hitler's instruction, became the leader of Croatia after the Nazi invasion of 1941. Pavelic was an extreme Croatian nationalist who believed that the Serbian people were an inferior...
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Sufis, Salafis and Islamists: The Contested Ground of British Islamic ActivismThe terms 'Islamism', 'Salafism' and 'Jihadism' have acquired common currency in recent years, often being interchanged and applied to describe various forms of Muslim religiosity considered undesirable. But what do these terms mean? Why do Muslim religious conservatism and radicalisation appear to be on...
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Belt and Road: A Chinese World OrderChina's Belt and Road strategy is acknowledged to be the most ambitious geopolitical initiative of the age. Covering almost seventy countries by land and sea, it will affect every element of global society, from shipping to agriculture, digital economy to tourism, politics to culture....
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The Mountain That Eats MenFrom the 16th century, the mines of Potosí, perched high in the Andes, bankrolled the Spanish empire. During those years immense wealth allowed the city to grow larger than London at the time and the mountain was quickly given the epithet Cerro Rico -...
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The Great Firewall of China: How to Build and Control an Alternative Version of the Internet'Readers will come away startled at just how fragile the online infrastructure we all depend on is and how much influence China wields - both technically and politically' - Jason Q. Ng, author of Blocked on Weibo 'An urgent and much needed reminder about...
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Fascism and Dictatorship: The Third International and the Problem of FascismPoulantzas's book is the first major Marxist study of German and Italian fascism to appear since the Second World War. It carefully distinguishes between fascism as a mass movement before the seizure of power and fascism as an entrenched machinery of dictatorship. It compares...
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All-American Nativism: How the Bipartisan War on Immigrants Explains Politics as We Know ItAmerican history told from the vantage of immigration politics It is often said that with the election of Donald Trump nativism was raised from the dead. After all, here was a president who organized his campaign around a rhetoric of unvarnished racism and xenophobia....
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Against CreativityEverything you have been told about creativity is wrong. From line managers, corporate CEOs, urban designers, teachers, politicians, mayors, advertisers and even our friends and family, the message is 'be creative'. Creativity is heralded as the driving force of our contemporary society; celebrated as...
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How Will Capitalism End?: Essays on a Failing SystemOne of the "Best Books of the Year" Guardian - Financial Times - Times Higher Education A major collection of essays that questions whether contemporary capitalism will end with a bang or a whimper--from a leading political economist and the author of Buying Time....
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Speaking of UniversitiesA devastating analysis of what is happening to our academia In recent decades there has been an immense global surge in the numbers both of universities and of students. In the UK alone there are now over 140 institutions teaching more subjects to nearly...
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Police: A Field GuideIt doesn't take firsthand experience to learn the meaning of "pain compliance" or "rough ride" Police: A Field Guide is an illustrated handbook to the methods, mythologies, and history that animate today's police. It is a survival manual for encounters with cops and police...
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Decolonizing Feminism: Transnational Feminism and GlobalizationWhat does it mean to decolonize transnational feminist theory in the context of globalization? As a project concerned with multiple power structures, feminist theory must address the historical legacies of colonialism, postcolonialism, and more recently, decoloniality. This book offers essays organized around a coherent...
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Oil: A Beginner's GuideWorld acclaimed scientist Vaclav Smil reveals everything there is to know about nature's most sought-after resource Oil is the lifeblood of the modern world. Without it, there would be no planes, no plastic, no exotic produce, and a global political landscape few would recognise....
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Pride: The Unlikely Story of the True Heroes of the Miner's StrikeIn 1984, a small group of gay men and lesbian women stepped away from London's vibrant gay scene to support a beleaguered mining community in the remote valleys of South Wales. They did so in the midst of the 1984 miners' strike--the most bitter...
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Not Quite a Diplomat: A MemoirDescribed as Mrs Thatcher's favourite diplomat, Robin Renwick was at the centre of many of the key events in history over the past forty years. His account contains vivid first-hand portraits of Mandela, Mugabe, George Bush Sr, the Clintons and Margaret Thatcher. Not just...
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Grass-Fed Nation: Getting Back the Food We DeserveFor years we've been told that, thanks to their high saturated fat content, the foods for which evolution has adapted us -- grass-fed meat, grass-fed dairy products, eggs from hens running on pasture -- are unhealthy. In their place we eat processed factory foods...
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Leadership 2050: Critical Challenges, Key Contexts, and Emerging TrendsThe book begins with a section delving into foresight analysis, strategic foresight, and scenario planning. It then examines the pressing contexts and most wicked problems facing future leaders ranging from population growth and urbanization to climate change and resource competition. How can leaders create...
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PC Worlds: Political Correctness and Rising Elites at the End of HegemonyThis provocative work offers an anthropological analysis of the phenomenon of political correctness, both as a general phenomenon of communication, in which associations in space and time take precedence over the content of what is communicated, and at specific critical historical conjunctures at which...
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When Ideas Matter: Speeches for an Ethical RepublicThe President of Ireland since 2011, when he was elected by a final tally of almost 57% of the votes, Michael D. Higgins has used his time in office to set out a vision of what he calls "an ethical Republic." In a series...
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