A handbook for how to organize to meet immediate needs in your community and work toward lasting change.

This volume explores the essential arguments of all the major theoretical interpretations of nationalism, from the modernist approaches of Gellner to the alternative paradigms of Geertz and Smith.

This volume aims to question the recent revival of neo-nationalist policies in the light of what unconscious fantasies are involved in these developments. It examines both recent movements of right-wing extremism and the way in which rearticulated neo-ethnic ideas have been adopted by mainstream politicians and in mainstream public discourse.

Nationalism, ethnicity and citizenship lie at the heart of many of the societal changes that are currently transforming countries across the world.

For the last two centuries, nationalism has been a central feature of society and politics. Few ideologies can match its power and resonance, and no other political movement and symbolic language has such worldwide appeal and resilience.

This updated edition of Ernest Gellner's classic exploration of the roots of nationalism includes an extended introduction from John Breuilly, tracing the way the field has changed over the past two decades. * As pertinent today as it was when it was first published in 1983.

This book is about the (pre)accession process of the Western Balkans countries, 2000 - 2010. It provides a post-mortem insider reconstruction of the formal and informal decision making dynamics in Europe's primary negotiating arena.

How do we organize in a world after both Occupy and the Sanders campaign?

Neoclassical realism is a major theoretical approach to the study of foreign policy. In Neoclassical Realist Theory of International Relations, Norrin M. Ripsman, Jeffrey W. Taliaferro, and Steven E. Lobell argue that it can explain and predict a far broader range of political phenomena in international politics.

Examines the development of the far right in Britain against the backdrop of changing public attitudes toward race and immigration in Britain. Focusing on the British National Party which has been the most electorally successful far right party in British history, this book also examines the worrying rise in support for extremist and racist ideas.

From Orwell-reading centrists to right-wing extremists, there have been countless attempts in recent decades to reimagine the feudal nation that was once England. But there is a strong case for saying that `England' doesn't exist at all in the twenty-first century.

A far-reaching deconstruction of neoliberalism's economic agenda, political imposition and mystifying techniques

Who is working class today and how do political parties gain their support? This insightful book proposes what needs to be done to address the issues of the 'new working class'. It provides practical recommendations for political parties to reconnect with the electorate and regain trust.

Exposing the liberal media as cheerleaders for government, business and war

The ideas about political organization that have animated the new radical movements worldwide

Nonviolent political action has played a significant role in achieving social and political change in the last century. Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King were prominent proponents of nonviolence. This book examines the relevance of nonviolent tactics to the debates about political action and political thought.

Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time. From Athens to Rhaetia, Jamestown to Delhi, and Putney to Pretoria, this book shows how democratic systems are always a reflection of culture and history of their birthplaces, and come about through seizing fleeting opportunities.

Volume III of the Official History of Britain and The European Community covers the divisions over Europe of the Labour Government (1975-79) and the controversies surrounding Britain's relations with her EEC partners under Margaret Thatcher.