Political Sciences
-
Undoing Multiculturalism: Turn to the Left, Resource Extraction an the Decline of Indigenous Rights in Ecuador [Hardback]
Carmen Martínez Novo (Author)
£39.00ISBN: 9780822946632
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Pitt Latin American Series
President Rafael Correa (2007-2017) led the Ecuadoran Citizens’ Revolution that claimed to challenge the tenets of neoliberalism and the legacies of colonialism. The Correa administration promised to advance Indigenous and Afro-descendant rights a... .... Learn More -
Happiness in the Nordic World [Paperback]
Christian Bjørnskov (Author)
£12.00ISBN: 9788772193250
Published by : Aarhus University Press
Series: The Nordic World
Many experts attribute the Nordic region’s high levels of happiness to factors such as greater relative national wealth, wellfunctioning institutions, or the welfare state model. Instead, economist Christian Bjørnskov argues that the true key to n... .... Learn More -
Climate Change: The Facts 2020 [Paperback]
Jennifer Marohasy (Editor)
£20.00ISBN: 9781925984941
Published by : Australian Scholarly Publishing
Not yet published - available for pre-order
On 24 September 2019 the 17-year-old activist Greta Thunberg addressed the United Nations Climate Action Summit saying, ‘People are suffering. People are dying. Entire ecosystems are collapsing. We are in the beginning of a mass extinction’. A da... .... Learn More -
Magna Carta: The Search for the Source of Freedom [Paperback]
Zachary Gorman (Author)
£18.00ISBN: 9781922454010
Published by : Australian Scholarly Publishing
Not yet published - available for pre-order
The story of Magna Carta is the essential prologue to the story of Western democracy. It is a foundation stone in the political culture and legal system of Australia and other countries that share a common law heritage. This book combines a most ... .... Learn More -
Clockwork Enemy: Intolerance in the Era of Neo-nationalism [Paperback]
Alfredo Alietti (Editor); Dario Padovan (Editor)
£22.99ISBN: 9788869772696
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Politics
The relationship among neo-nationalisms, populisms and racisms has long existed in the political landscape of western societies and, today, it is a key issue to understand current affairs and the popularity of racist, anti-Semite and Islamophobic ... .... Learn More -
A Simple Justice: Kentucky Women Fight for the Vote [Hardback]
Melanie Beals Goan (Author)
£30.00ISBN: 9780813180175
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
When the Declaration of Independence was signed by a group of wealthy white men in 1776, poor white men, African Americans, and women quickly discovered that the unalienable rights it promised were not truly for all. The Nineteenth Amendment event... .... Learn More -
Every Hill a Burial Place: The Peace Corps Murder Trial in East Africa [Hardback]
Peter H. Reid (Author)
£34.00ISBN: 9780813179988
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
On March 28, 1966, Peace Corps personnel in Tanzania received word that volunteer Peppy Kinsey had fallen to her death while rock climbing during a picnic. Local authorities arrested Kinsey's husband, Bill, and charged him with murder as witnesses... .... Learn More -
Military Agility: Ensuring Rapid and Effective Transition from Peace to War [Hardback]
Meir Finkel (Author); Moshe Tlamim (Author)
£32.00ISBN: 9780813178844
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: AUSA Books - Foreign Military Studies
The need to quickly enter into conflict and succeed in the initial engagements is an enduring demand on militaries around the world. Given today's dynamic geopolitical environment, the concept of successful, rapid transition or organizational and ... .... Learn More -
The Whigs' America: Middle-Class Political Thought in the Age of Jackson and Clay [Hardback]
Joseph W. Pearson (Author); Dick Gilbreath (Author)
£32.00ISBN: 9780813179728
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Leading one of the two great political parties in the United States between 1834 and 1856, the Whigs battled their opponents, the Jacksonian Democrats, for offices, prestige, and power. Boasting such famous members as Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, a... .... Learn More -
Police and Government in Australia: Who’s in Charge and Who Should be in Charge? [Paperback]
Ian Killey (Author)
£30.00ISBN: 9781925801804
Published by : Australian Scholarly Publishing
Ian Killey examines what should be a simple question of who controls the body exercising the policing power of the State and it finds the current understanding is both confused and concerning. This is because previous examinations and changes to A... .... Learn More
