Brand new collection of the essential essays from one of the founders of cultural studies, Raymond Williams.

Offers knowledge about the origins of suicide terrorism and strategies to stop it. This title examines every suicide terrorist attack worldwide from 1980 to 2009. It provides insights that challenge how we understand the root causes of terrorist campaigns - and reveals why the War on Terror has been ultimately counterproductive.

A Marxist analysis of the increasing mechanisation of computerisation of our methods of working.

A fascinating examination on how restricting speech has continuously shaped our culture, and how - regardless of political leanings - every individual can act as both the suppressors and the suppressed.

The rise of China on the international stage is one of the most significant developments in contemporary geopolitics. Mainstream Western international relations theories argue that the rise of a new global power invariably leads to worrisome instability.

This textbook provides a comprehensive collection of influential essays that present a balanced survey of the major ideas that have come out of political philosophy in the last two decades.

This text draws together all the debate surrounding Hardt and Negri's "Empire", which has been hailed as a latter day "Communist Manifesto" and as a turning point for the left, with the authors responding to their questions and criticisms.

Leading scholars in the field of governance examine the effectiveness of the different non-institutional strategies at the disposal of modern governments in tackling issues of urban decline, public administrations, governmental regionalization, budget deficits and global economics.

This book is the first attempt to assess systematically the potential of the Multiple Streams Framework that has attracted substantial interest in public policy analysis recently. It brings together a group of international scholars to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the framework, theoretically as well as empirically.

The book uses both environmental movements and political theory to help define what is meant by environmental and ecological justice. It will be attractive to anyone interested in environmental politics, environmental movements, and justice theory.

Looks at the history of both the theory and practice of democracy, and the fierce opposition it has often provoked. This book argues that democracy remains a relevant ideal and a challenge to much conventional political thinking, as well as to the centralizing tendencies of global power.

An urgent exploration of the challenges facing democracy today

Democracy on demand is a most comprehensive analysis of the good, the bad, and the ugly aspects of referendums and the challenges to modern democracy. It shows how democracy is vulnerable, and how it can be saved from demagogues. -- .

The 2,500 year story of democracy, from ancient Greece to the twenty-first century

A collection of essays, this book chronicles the history of dissent in the British Isles, since Magna Carta. It covers such milestones as the age of revolution, industrialisation and the foundation of the Labour Party.

Democratic leadership is the most familiar form of leadership and yet the least well understood by people in democratic countries. This book explores the tensions and dilemmas that beset such leadership in order to explain why democracies produce simultaneously the strongest and weakest of leaders.

This unique book should be valuable for political leaders, civil society activists, journalists, scholars, and all who want to support democratic transitions.

In 1760 no polity in the world was democratic in any way we would now recognize. In 1995 there were democratic states on every continent and in every region. The struggle to create, sustain, and entrench democratic political systems is one of the central narratives of modernity.

Democratization is the most comprehensive volume on this critical field of contemporary politics, with insightful coverage of all the key theories, actors, dynamics, and developments. Unrivalled in its up-to-date empirical material and range of expert contributors, this text is an invaluable resource to all students of democratization.

Development and the State in the 21st Century provides a comprehensive analysis of the state's role in contemporary development.

From Tahrir Square to the Kremlin, downtown Caracas to the Forbidden City, we have witnessed a moment in the war between dictators and democracy. The problem is that today's authoritarians are not like the frozen-in-time, ready-to-crack regime of North Korea. This title explains this historic moment and offers hope for the future of freedom.