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.

There is widespread concern that the Internet is exacerbating inequalities between the information rich and poor.

Liberal civilisation is in crisis - now is a time of monsters.

Discourse and Discrimination is a study of how racism, antisemitism and ethnicism are reflected in discourse. Drawing on a wide range of sources- Reisisl and Wodak question why even today, racism and antisemitism are still virulent.

Proposes a system of government that would uphold civic freedom and security by instilling the virtues of active citizenship, and that would also encourage citizens to put the needs of the state above selfish, personal interests. Ambitious in scope, but also pragmatic, this work creates a modern theory of republic politics.

World-renowned philosopher A. C. Grayling explores the messy politics of the 'culture wars'

What is the state? And what's it ever done for you? In this book, the author travels around Great Britain gathering the voices of the people who make up the state: nurses and patients, teachers and parents, policemen and civilians. It lays bare the deliberate dismantling of the public sector and its consequences.

Disorder: Hard Times in the 21st Century explains the historical origins of the political shocks of the past decade: why politics has been so difficult, why energy and debt are such a large part of these difficulties, and how two rather different kinds of democratic crises exist in Europe and the United States.

Despite the billions of dollars devoted to aboriginal causes, Native people in Canada continue to suffer all the symptoms of a marginalized existence - high rates of substance abuse, poverty. This title argues that the policies proposed to address these problems - land claims and self government - are in fact contributing to their entrenchment.

We feel more divided than ever.; This riveting analysis tells you why.

'If great books encourage you to look at the world in an entirely new way, then Dominion is a very great book indeed . . . Written with terrific learning, enthusiasm and good humour, Holland's book is not just supremely provocative, but often very funny' Sunday Times

Don't Let My Past Be Your Future, Harry Leslie Smith's follow-up to Harry's Last Stand, is both a survival guide for today's generations and a memoir about persevering through difficult times with one's dignity and optimism intact.

The entity known (in one of many variants) as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has come to feature regularly in the news, and in our imaginations.

It's easy to see how, from such a young age, he has been able to engage people on the issues he wants to tackle.' Evening Standard ____________________________________ I wanted to change the world, but the world I was born into changed me first. My name is Jeremiah Emmanuel.

This text identifies a radical shift in concepts that form the philosophical basis of modern politics, concepts such as sovereignty, nation and people - and links this philosophical transformation to cultural and economic changes in postmodern society.

An important new book by the author of the international bestseller Empire. Negri clarifies and elaborates the key themes and ideas that underpin his work in Empire and Multitude , including new political movements, the forms of order and resistance within Empire and the possibility of politics in our postmodern world.

The story of the Sackler dynasty, their company Purdue Pharma, its bestselling drug OxyContin, their immensely generous philanthropy and their involvement in the opioid crisis that has created millions of addicts, even as it generated billions of dollars in profit.

An insightful analysis examining race, the state, the media and criminalisation in Britain

Argues that in every field of endeavor - business, religion, politics, and all matters of war and peace - power is no longer what it used to be. The author deftly delineates the shifting global dynamics in control, authority and expertise between the traditionally dominant megaplayers and the newly ascendant micropowers.