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.
-
Waging Insurgent Warfare: Lessons from the Vietcong to the Islamic StateSince the end of World War II, there have been 181 insurgencies around the world. In fact, most modern warfare occurs in the form of insurgencies, including in such high-profile countries as Iraq, Syria, Libya, Afghanistan, and Ukraine. However, in spite of their prevalence,...
- $68.58 AUD
- $68.58 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Network Propaganda: Manipulation, Disinformation, and Radicalization in American PoliticsThis is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Is social media destroying...
- $128.93 AUD
- $128.93 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
AssemblyIn recent years "leaderless" social movements have proliferated around the globe, from North Africa and the Middle East to Europe, the Americas, and East Asia. Some of these movements have led to impressive gains: the toppling of authoritarian leaders, the furthering of progressive policy,...
- $58.00 AUD
- $58.00 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
The Ideas Industry: How Pessimists, Partisans, and Plutocrats Are Transforming the Marketplace of IdeasThe public intellectual has a long and storied history. Previously, the public intellectual was always expected to opine on a broad array of topics, from foreign policy to economics. Yet in recent years a new kind of thinker has supplanted that archetype: the thought...
- $45.18 AUD
- $45.18 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
51 Imperfect Solutions: States and the Making of American Constitutional LawWhen we think of constitutional law, we invariably think of the United States Supreme Court and the federal court system. Yet much of our constitutional law is not made at the federal level. In 51 Imperfect Solutions, U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Jeffrey S....
- $89.70 AUD
- $89.70 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Conspiracy Theories and the People Who Believe ThemConspiracy theories are inevitable in complex human societies. And while they have always been with us, their ubiquity in our political discourse is nearly unprecedented. Their salience has increased for a variety of reasons including the increasing access to information among ordinary people, a...
- $136.10 AUD
- $136.10 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Reason in a Dark Time: Why the Struggle Against Climate Change Failed -- And What It Means for Our FutureFrom the 1992 Rio Earth Summit to the 2009 Copenhagen Climate Conference there was a concerted international effort to stop climate change. Yet greenhouse gas emissions increased, atmospheric concentrations grew, and global warming became an observable fact of life. In this book, philosopher Dale...
- $125.33 AUD
- $125.33 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Jihad and Death: The Global Appeal of Islamic StateHow has Islamic State been able to muster support far beyond its initial constituency in the Arab world and attract tens of thousands of foreign volunteers, including converts to Islam, and seemingly countless supporters online? In this compelling intervention into the debate about Islamic...
- $96.65 AUD
- $96.65 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Modern Latin AmericaNow thoroughly updated in its ninth edition, Modern Latin America is a vivid interpretive history and a leading interdisciplinary text in the field. Featuring stimulating, anecdotal boxes, it uses case studies to discuss the primary countries and patterns of development in the region over...
- $339.70 AUD
- $339.70 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Tribes and Politics in Yemen: A History of the Houthi ConflictTribes and Politics in Yemen tells the story of the Houthi conflict in Sa'dah Province, Yemen, as seen through the eyes of the local tribes. In the West the Houthi conflict, which erupted in 2004, is often defined through the lenses of either the...
- $173.95 AUD
- $173.95 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Marx, Capital, and the Madness of Economic ReasonKarl Marx's Capital is one of the most important texts written in the modern era. Since 1867, when the first of its three volumes was published, it has had a profound effect on politics and economics in theory and practice throughout the world. But...
- $56.50 AUD
- $56.50 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Out of Harm's Way: Creating an Effective Child Welfare SystemDespite many well-intentioned efforts to create, revise, reform, and establish an effective child welfare system in the United States, the system continues to fail to ensure the safety and well-being of maltreated children. Out of Harm's Way explores the following four critical aspects of...
- $84.43 AUD
- $84.43 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
The Paradox of German PowerSince the Euro crisis began, Germany has emerged as Europe's dominant power. During the last three years, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been compared with Bismarck and even Hitler in the European media. And yet few can deny that Germany today is very different...
- $139.68 AUD
- $139.68 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Contentious PoliticsRevolutions, social movements, religious and ethnic conflict, nationalism and civil rights, and transnational movements: these forms of contentious politics combine in Charles Tilly's and Sidney Tarrow's Contentious Politics. The authors present a set of analytical tools and procedures for study, comparison, and explanation of...
- $157.60 AUD
- $157.60 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Years of Peril and Ambition: U.S. Foreign Relations, 1776-1921Praised in the New York Times Book Review for its "Herculean power of synthesis," George C. Herring's 2008 From Colony to Superpower has won wide acclaim from critics and readers alike. Years of Peril and Ambition: U.S. Foreign Relations, 1776-1921 is the first volume...
- $42.93 AUD
- $42.93 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
One Child: Do We Have a Right to More?A compelling argument for the morality of limitations on procreation in lessening the harmful environmental effects of unchecked population We live in a world where a burgeoning global population has started to have a major and destructive environmental impact. The results, including climate change...
- $95.00 AUD
- $95.00 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Writing in Political Science: A Brief GuideWriting in Political Science: A Brief Guide applies the key concepts of rhetoric and composition--audience, purpose, genre, and credibility--to examples based in political science. It is part of a series of brief, discipline-specific writing guides from Oxford University Press designed for today's writing-intensive college...
- $113.20 AUD
- $113.20 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Age of Iron: On Conservative NationalismThe rise of a populist conservative nationalism in the United States has triggered unease at home and abroad. Riding the populist wave, Donald Trump achieved the presidency advocating a hardline nationalist approach. Yet critics frequently misunderstand the Trump administration's foreign policy, along with American...
- $128.93 AUD
- $128.93 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
First Raise a Flag: How South Sudan Won the Longest War But Lost the PeaceWhen South Sudan's war began, the Beatles were playing their first hits and reaching the moon was an astronaut's dream. Half a century later, with millions massacred in Africa's longest war, the continent's biggest country split in two. It was an extraordinary, unprecedented experiment....
- $125.33 AUD
- $125.33 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Governing the World: The History of an Idea, 1815 to the PresentA majestic narrative reckoning with the forces that have shaped the nature and destiny of the world's governing institutions The story of global cooperation is a tale of dreamers goading us to find common cause in remedying humanity's worst problems. But international institutions are...
- $52.85 AUD
- $52.85 AUD
- Unit price
- per
