Politics/Current Affairs

Globalization proceeds apace, taking on new forms that impact global economic, financial and social processes. Interdependence is not simply strengthening the range of possibilities for national economies to participate in, and advantage of, these developments, but expanding the opportunities that are ...

Liberal democracies of the West are in decline. A former editor of the Economist explains how they must change in order to recover and thrive.

The Armed Conflict Survey provides in-depth analysis of the political, military and humanitarian dimensions of all major armed conflicts, as well as data on fatalities, refugees and internally displaced persons. Compiled by the IISS, publisher of The Military Balance, it is the standard reference work ...

Author and academic John Sutherland having confronted the problem of old age now takes an acerbic look at an equally beleaguered age group, the millennial young. The treatment of this age group by assorted British governments may well become the defining political issue of the next two decades.

A path-breaking account of how Americans have used innovative legal measures to overcome injustice-and an indispensable guide to pursuing equality in our time.

How the European project is close to breaking point and the difficult decisions that have to be made for it to survive.

Reveals the transformation of modern-day Russia, examining a series of the bizarre deaths of dissidents beginning in 1999, Russia's emergence as a growing economic power, and the evolution of a state that is authoritarian, corrupt, and despotic.

This dynamic introduction to contemporary France analyzes the problems and possibilities of democracy in a globalizing world.

Building trust and professionalism in the management of electoral processes remains a major challenge for Electoral Management Bodies (EMBs), institutions and/or bodies responsible for managing elections. The 'credibility gap' -- the diminished public confidence in the integrity and diligence for many ...

Argues that governments across Europe need to devise labour market, welfare and immigration policies in an integrated fashion.

France is in crisis. In this provocative book, Timothy Smith argues that the French economic and social model is collapsing inward on itself, the result of good intentions, bad policies, and vested interests who employ the rhetoric of 'solidarity' and the specter of globalization to prevent change.

An insider's account of the British left and the Labour Party, past and future, by one of its figureheads

Challenges mainstream accounts of the 'Greek Crisis' and situates it within a regional context and ultimately a critique of the world economic system.

A compelling account of the years of political struggle in Egypt unfolding from January 2011 to the summer of 2015

A deep, cutting edge analysis of the politics and state mechanisms that perpetuate human rights abuses in South Asia.

A comprehensive examination of the contemporary mineworkers' movement in South Africa, in a vivid ethnographic narrative

An original ethnography looking at childhood socialisation in schools and in families, under the Welfare State

A completely revised third edition of a classic development studies textbook