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English Nationalism A Short History
ISBN: HB: 9781849049856, Hurst Publishers, June 2018
224 pp., 19.2x13.2 cm
For sale in CIS only! There is no English state within the UK – no English passport, Parliament or currency; nor is there any immediate prospect of one. But that does not mean that England lacks an identity. The extent to which English nationalism...
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£16,99
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Justice of Contradictions Antonin Scalia and the Politics of Disruption
ISBN: HB: 9780300228649, Yale University Press, May 2018
248 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 3 black&white illus.
Engaging but caustic and openly ideological, Antonin Scalia was among the most influential justices ever to serve on the United States Supreme Court. In this fascinating new book, legal scholar Richard L. Hasen assesses Scalia's complex legacy as a c...
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£25,00
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Heart of the Declaration The Founders' Case for an Activist Government
ISBN: PB: 9780300234626, ISBN: HB: 9780300216189, Yale University Press, May 2018
224 pp., 21x14 cm
An eye-opening, meticulously researched new perspective on the influences that shaped the Founders as well as the nation's founding document From one election cycle to the next, a defining question continues to divide the country's political parties:...
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Reclaiming Accountability Transparency, Executive Power, and the U.S. Constitution
ISBN: PB: 9780226565675, ISBN: HB: 9780226191638, University of Chicago Press, May 2018
272 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
Americans tend to believe in government that is transparent and accountable. Those who govern us work for us, and therefore they must also answer to us. But how do we reconcile calls for greater accountability with the competing need for secrecy, esp...
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£27,00
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£36,00
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Emotions of Protest
ISBN: PB: 9780226561783, ISBN: HB: 9780226561646, University of Chicago Press, May 2018
304 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 4 tables
In Donald Trump's America, protesting has roared back into fashion. The Women's March, held the day after Trump's inauguration, may have been the largest in American history, and resonated around the world. Between Trump's tweets and the march's popu...
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£23,00
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£68,00
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Government of Desire A Genealogy of the Liberal Subject
ISBN: HB: 9780226547374, University of Chicago Press, May 2018
320 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
Liberalism, Miguel de Beistegui argues in "The Government of Desire", is best described as a technique of government directed towards the self, with desire as its central mechanism. Whether as economic interest, sexual drive, or the basic longing for...
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£34,00
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Increasingly United States How and Why American Political Behavior Nationalized
ISBN: PB: 9780226530376, University of Chicago Press, May 2018
336 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 69 line drawings, 9 tables
In a campaign for state or local office these days, you're as likely today to hear accusations that an opponent advanced Obamacare or supported Donald Trump as you are to hear about issues affecting the state or local community. This is because Ameri...
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£26,00
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Core Europe and Greater Eurasia A Roadmap for the Future
ISBN: PB: 9783593507842, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, May 2018
226 pp., 21.6x13.9 cm, 2 tables, 2 figures
In today's world, interstate wars are fairly rare – but when they happen, they tend to be more complicated than in the past, combining regional causes with the involvement of external actors as well. This book looks at that problem in the wake of the...
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£28,50
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Public Good and the Brazilian State Municipal Finance and Public Services in Sao Paulo, 1822-1930
ISBN: HB: 9780226535074, University of Chicago Press, May 2018
288 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 5 line drawings, 32 tables
Who and what a government taxes, and how the government spends the money collected, are questions of primary concern to governments large and small, national and local. When public revenues pay for high-quality infrastructure and social services, cit...
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Despot's Accomplice How the West is Aiding and Abetting the Decline of Democracy
ISBN: PB: 9781849049306, ISBN: HB: 9781849046879, Hurst Publishers, May 2018
296 pp., 19.8x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! For the first time since the end of the Cold War, the world is steadily becoming less democratic. Though the true culprits are dictators and counterfeit democrats, the West is often complicit in contributing to the global decli...
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