Politics/Current Affairs

The classic memoir of growing up in South Africa during the apartheid regime from literary tour de force, Christopher Hope.

The essential guide to understanding what populism is, why it's flourishing and what we should do about it

India has fallen far and fast from the runaway growth rates it enjoyed in the first decade of the twenty-first century. This book coincides with the 2014 Indian elections to spur a public debate about the program that the next government should pursue in order to return the country to a path of high growth.

The word security has a military connotation and refers to the activities involved in protecting or defending a country, in which the State has a central role. This book argues that the State provides as well as threatens security, and that by broadening the concept of security to include both military ...

Ten years since the death of the world-renowned and controversial intellectual, this stylish edition is one of twelve commemorating Christopher Hitchens' most wry and provocative works.

The linguistics and philosophy professor from MIT is an elder statesman of a resurgenct left. From meditations on human nature to strategic advice for the Trump era, Chomsky remains the thinker who shaped a generation and is a beacon of hope in the darkest of times. The book begins with his razor-sharp ...

An accessible, practical and ultimately inspiring book that not only serves as a much-needed call to arms to end the plastic pandemic, but gives useful tools on how to make meaningful change in our everyday lives and advice on how to demand long-lasting action.

The world looked on with astonishment as the bitter, bloody conflict in Northern Ireland came to an end. This [book] encompasses the historic power-sharing agreement of 2007 between Sinn Féin, politicla wingo of the IRA, and Ian Paisley's Democratic Unionist Party. --back cover.

Seeking a fresh perspective on one of the major issues of our day, global financial capitalism and its devastating effects on our democracies, this is an ideal text for students and teachers in the political sciences and philosophy; corporate and labor law; economic sociology; social and economic history; and industrial relations, business, and management.

Hennessy surveys the constitutional building site opened up for the whole of the UK by the Scottish referendum, offering personal impressions of the time when the 300-year-old Act of Union was called into question and when he, as the UK's foremost expert on our unwritten constitution, became an important voice in what may happen next.

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'It's all here in this stunning first draft of the history of the presidency of Donald Trump' Sydney Morning Herald

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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER"Grisham's book shows considerably more humility and self-reflection than that of any other Trump administration veteran I've read (and I've pretty much read them all)." -- Laura Miller, Slate"Salacious and score-settling." --The Guardian"Part ...

A close insight into the Moussaoui trial from an anthropological perspective

Explores the relevance of the Gramscian concept of passive revolution and Caesarism in the context of the Egyptian revolution and counter-revolution.

In twenty-five years of imperial adventure, America has laid waste to its principles of democracy. The self-glorifying march of folly steps off at the end of the Cold War, in an era when delusions of omnipotence allowed the market to climb to virtual heights, while society was divided between the selfish ...

Searing reportage and analysis of the new politics of immigration in both Europe and America

Bernie Sanders's campaign for the presidency of the United States has galvanized people all over the country, putting economic, racial, and social justice into the spotlight, and raising hopes that Americans can take their country back from the billionaires and change the course of history. In this ...

The stories behind the inequality crisis-a forty-year investigation by In These Times

What is the Green New Deal and How Can We afford it?

The return of British socialism: Where does it comes from? Why now? And where is it going?