Politics/Current Affairs

Policy-makers in Southern Africa are increasingly convinced that regional trade liberalization can improve growth performance and stimulate development throughout the region. The first of these is policy coordination - the broad range of domestic policies must be made compatible with the proposed trade reforms.

After standing as an independent MP in the 2010 general election, Hugh's challenging observations on life and human behaviour featured in his blog 'A Different Hat' on the marketing website Brand Republic and Huffington Post. Ideas for Britain, previously published as an ebook, is a compilation of some of these blog posts from 2009-2015.

The Middle East is now in the eye of a storm. But as this storm abates, an opportunity for peace and progress has emerged. In Imperfect Compromise, Michael Karpin, an Israeli broadcast journalist, presents a new thesis about the Middle East peace settlement. He lays out an optimistic forecast: The violent ...

The definitive volume for anyone interested in historical institutionalism and International Relations.

Members of Congress have increasingly embraced media relations to influence policymaking. In Congress and the Media, Vinson argues that congressional members use the media to supplement their formal powers or to compensate for their lack of power to explain why congressional members go public and when they are likely to succeed in getting coverage.

A unique primer on how to think intelligently about the thorniest public issues confronting us today Let's be honest, we've all expressed opinions about difficult hot-button issues without always thinking them through. With so much media spin, political polarization, and mistrust of institutions, it's ...

A timely and innovative call to arms, Paul Twivy attempts to overturn political disempowerment.

A colorful, behind-the-scenes journey through the past and present of the legendary, first-in-the-nation New Hampshire primary, one of the most idiosyncratic events on the road to the White House

This book examines Irish voting behaviour in the first decades of this century, with a particular focus on the 2011 election - an election held at a time of deep economic crisis.

From the mid-1500s to December 1999, Macao was the longest-standing site of economic, religious and political contact between the Chinese and European worlds. This book shows that as a rear window on China, Macao provides us with examples of marginality that allow us to study the limits of the systems that characterize the Chinese world.

Europe's social model - its system of welfare and social protection - is regarded by many as the jewel in the crown. It is what helps to give the European societies their distinctive qualities of social cohesion and care for the vulnerable.

A judicious and balanced account of Islam's engagement with issues of social justice, dispelling the misconceptions that stand in the way of genuine interfaith collaboration against injustice.

Mark Field's latest collection of contemporary essays, charts the simmering tensions of Coalition Government and the aftermath of the 2008 financial crash.

A clear-sighted, non-partisan analysis of Hillary Clinton's rise to power, tracing her path from Republican adolescent to First Lady, Senator, Secretary of State and Presidential candidate to uncover her core principles and her political ideology.

Pay Me Forty Quid and I'll Tell You - packed with shrewd and funny observations from real voters - proves that although most people have better things to do than follow every storyline in the political soap opera, nothing very important gets past them.

Revised and updated edition of the essential guide to what will happen if Britain leaves the EU, and how it will affect you.

A fully updated and revised edition of this influential polemic on the woeful realties of being young in Britain today.

German environmental organizations have doggedly pursued environmental protection through difficult times: hyperinflation and war, National Socialist rule, postwar devastation, state socialism in the GDR, and confrontation with the authorities during the 1970s and 1980s. The author recounts the fascinating and sometimes dramatic story of these...