Politics/Current Affairs

The definitive biography of one of the most influential and controversial political figures of the Brexit age.

The Honorary Jew sheds new light on significant events, influences and people hitherto unexplored in the career of Margaret Thatcher.

Biteback Publishing is delighted to announce a major new project, a two volume series of biographies of every female MP ever to be elected to the House of Commons.

The Secret Art of Lobbying reveals how professional lobbyists go about their business.

In this book, Bernie Sanders details the core values of the progressive movement and translates them into the actions that will truly uplift the nation and the world.

An essential guide to voting Green in the 2015 General Election.

In Communicate for Change, Genelle Aldred explores how to recognise bias and the way it impacts every area of life, and how to communicate in a way that works to create meaningful and effective change.

Taylor Schumann survived a school shooting, yet she was left with permanent wounds, both visible and invisible. Weaving her own incredible story into a larger conversation about gun violence in America, Taylor shares another painful truth: Christians have largely been silent on this issue. With compassion and honesty, she encourages readers to join her in taking action for a safer future.

A new generation of Marxian scholars discusses the modern age of development under neoliberalism in this collection of essays.

Quillette magazine has provided a forum for thinkers of all political stripes to push back against the forces of intellectual conformity. Panics and Persecutions brings together a collection of especially compelling Quillette narratives, spanning subcultures from computer science to romance literature.

Modern Britain is obsessed with immigration. Politicians make promises about it. Journalists write countless stories about it. We gossip about it on the bus and in the pub. Everyone has an opinion. Drawbridge Britain tells the story of that obsession, from panic in Whitehall when the Windrush docked ...

The New York Times bestseller about the urgent decision our nation faces - and how to choose the right path for America.

A consideration of the ways that technology has led to an irreversible transition in power distribution, political journalism, and public discourse. Discussing how the military-industrial complex of the 1950s gave way to today's celebrity-distribution complex, Bill Fox examines the amount of power accorded to people well-known for being well-known.

Across the democratic West, politics has become deeply polarised and profoundly personal. Challenge someone's political views and increasingly you challenge their very being.

And yet, do our political tribes even make sense? Look carefully, and on the most important ethical issues of the age - assisted ...

Written accessibly with a wealth of contemporary case studies, this book explores the theory of populism. It provides a critical and timely update to the literature on populism by exploring how populists responded to the Covid-19 pandemic and assesses the resiliency of liberal democracy in the wake of unprecedented challenges.

In this first major biography of John Oliver Killens, Keith Gilyard examines the life and career of the man who was perhaps the premier African American writer-activist from the 1950s to the 1980s. Gilyard extends his focus to the broad boundaries of Killens's times and literary achievement-from the Old Left to the Black Arts Movement and beyond.

The first title in a new series of short, accessible books on the politics of the world's most intriguing countries.The Inside World Politics series fills a gap for accurate, enlightening, intelligent analysis - avoiding both the subjectivity of journalistic accounts and the nuts-and-bolts coverage of textbooks.

An original history of ideas, and an unforgettable portrait of power, The Economists' Hour by New York Times editorial writer Binyamin Appelbaum tells the story of the people who sparked four decades of economic revolution. Before the 1960s, American politicians had never paid much attention to economists. ...

The moving biography of a frail woman with a heart for the lost boys of Africa.