Politics and Current Affairs

About the Book The British Parliament and Foreign Policy in the 20th Century explores the ways in which parliaments in Britain and internationally ...

About the Book From the start of Barack Obama's presidency in 2009, conservative populist groups began fomenting political fractiousness, dissent, ...

About the Book During the course of American history, wrongful events have occurred and certain Americans have stood up and spoken out against thes...

About the Book Surgery continues to be the most effective treatment of solid tumors in terms of recovery, while its combination with other treatmen...

About the Book Exploring the fury of the young in a world or crisis that seems to offer no alternatives "Only martyrs know neither pity nor fear. B...

About the Book Ronald Reagan's victory in the 1980 presidential election marked a watershed moment in the history of the United States, heralding t...

About the Book The causes and consequences of terrorism are matters of considerable debate and great interest. Spectacular events are recognized by...

About the Book We are inclined to see terrorist attacks as an aberration, a violent incursion into our lives that bears no intrinsic relation to th...

This book is a definitive work on agrarian change in colonial Bengal. It deals with a period which witnessed the first conflict between two alien s...

About the Book Temptations of Power examines the new security dilemma which confronted George W. Bush when terrorists proved on 9/11 that they coul...

About the Book This edited volume provides a convenient entry point to the cutting-edge field of the international politics of technology, in an in...

About the Book Today, the majority of sovereign states can be described as "democracies" Because they possess elected political leadership and some...

About the Book Few attempts have been made to understand the internal logic of Kim Jong-un's regime and why life in North Korea is so difficult. T...

About the Book Today Syria is a country known for all the wrong reasons: civil war, vicious sectarianism, and major humanitarian crisis. But how di...

About the Book This textbook introduces the key concepts that underpin sustainable energy transitions. Starting with the basic biophysical principl...

About the Book Gives you the scoop on how the Court reaches its decisions Get involved and track a case through the system This fun and easy guid...

About the Book First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, John Morrill's Very Short Introduction to Stu...

There is a sharp convergence in international relations in the global arena today. In fact, the nation states’ engagement in the present context ha...

Strangling Liberty: Media in Distress in Pakistan makes an attempt to trace the history of media during the last 66 years that shows as to how trem...

About the Book Black, opinionated, and with a distinctly working-class London accent, Gary Younge is not your typical foreign correspondent. Yet, i...

The book takes into account the commonalities across the boundaries at both, the micro and the macro levels, such as the expansion and intensificat...

About the Book This book ventures into the world beyond Lampedusa: the crisis belt that stretches from Kashmir across Pakistan and Afghanistan to t...

About the Book What is socialism? Does it have a future, or has it become an outdated ideology in the 21st century? This Very Short Introduction co...

About the Book Are social movement organizations euro-sceptical, euro-pragmatic, or euro-opportunist? Or do they accept the EU as a new level of go...

About the Book The idea of an alliance between Britain and its old Commonwealth colonies has recently made a remarkable comeback in the context of ...

About the Book Shackles on the Ladder of Light is a narrative poetry collection drawing the step-ahead journey of the main character from an ordina...

Selections on international left, politics, global economy, social theory, cinema, art and aesthetics. includes sections on India.

About the Book For most Western governments, defending against the threat of infectious disease is now an accepted security priority. Deciding what...

About the Book Russia is back as a major force in global politics, but what does this mean? Is Russia the dangerous revisionist foe that meddles in...

About the Book Unique and insightful, this book takes a look at Russia's development through the Tsarist and Soviet periods. Rather than make the m...

About the Book These essays by Petra Christine Hardt, head of the rights department at esteemed German publisher Suhrkamp Verlag, offer unique and ...

About the Book When closed authoritarian regimes reform and open up, they often fail, most eventually breakdown. The People's Republic of China sta...

About the Book Rethinking Global Governance casts fresh eyes upon a once poignant but now languishing concept. Its purpose is to disrupt the simple...

About the Book "There's never been a more pressing time to question every aspect of our inadequate democracy"- Polly Toynbee "This important book ...

About the Book Gathering field work from almost twenty countries along with in-depth analysis and case studies, Religious Radicalism after the Arab...

Reading books is a kind of enjoyment. Reading books is a good habit. We bring you a different kinds of books. You can carry this book where ever yo...

About the Book Muslim societies are struggling under the need for modernization and the drift towards Islamic fundamentalism. The balance between t...

About the Book Dissecting how facile accusations of "anti-Semitism" are used to stifle dissent Since the inception of the "War on Terror," Israel h...

About the Book The current legal and political context is perhaps more congenial than ever before to considering claims made by minorities for the ...

Political parties are more than just an idea or a representation. They are full-fledged organizations of committed grassroot-level workers helping ...

For the first time, the political story of India from the mid-1980s to the second decade of the present century is reconstructed through the first-...

About the Book With its content taken from only the very latest results, this is an extensive summary of the various polymeric materials used for b...

About the Book In this wide-ranging study Peter Custers seeks to highlight the importance of the production and consumption of arms as a form of so...

About the Book This volume considers the varied forms of parliamentary pressure in the period between the civil wars and the advent of universal su...

About the Book Power Beyond Scrutiny uncovers the forces which distort and limit public debate in the media. From the misuse of politicians' expens...