724 books (37 pages) in this category
by Mark Pack
<p><span style="line-height: 1.45em;">In politics, there are no prizes for second place. Packed with advice and practical examples, this new, fully updated edition of the classic political guide reveals the insider secrets and skills you need to
ISBN: 9781785900914
Binding: Paperback
The 50 most thought-provoking theories in politics, each explained in half a minute
by Steven L. Taylor
50 key political principles explained and illuminated. ...
ISBN: 9781743361474
Binding: Hardback
by Altman Dennis
Australian prime ministers since Harold Holt have all fostered close relationships with the United States, but John Howard has initiated economic and military policies that have bound the two countries even tighter. As a result, many ...
ISBN: 9781920769987
Binding: Paperback
A History of Chinese Political Thought - From Antiquity to the Present
by Youngmin Kim
China's rapid rise as a regional and global power is one of the most important political developments of the twenty-first century. Yet the West still largely overlooks or oversimplifies the complex ideas and ideals that have shaped China's ...
ISBN: 9780745652474
Binding: Paperback
A History of Modern Political Thought - Major Political Thinkers From Hobbes to Marx
by Iain Hampsher-Monk
Iain Hampsher-Monk?s lucid and accessible history of modern political thought is the introduction which many have been waiting for, providing a thorough guide to the ideas and writings of major political thinkers from Hobbes to Marx (including a
ISBN: 9781557861474
Binding: Paperback
by Jamal Mahjoub
<b>A moving portrait, part history, part memoir, of Sudan once the largest most diverse country in Africa and its self-destruction.</b><br>In 1956, Sudan gained Independence from Britain. On the brink of a promising future, it instead ...
ISBN: 9781408885475
Binding: Paperback
A Little History of the Australian Labor Party
by Nick Dyrenfurth
The Australian Labor Party is one of the oldest labour parties and was the first in the world to form a government. 2011 marks its 120th birthday. This short and lively book tells the story of the ALP’s numerous successes in winning government ...
ISBN: 9781742232843
Binding: Paperback
by Tom Engelhardt
<p>From the election from hell to the future according to Donald Trump, A Nation Unmade by War surveys American exceptionalism in the age of absurdity.</p> ...
ISBN: 9781608469017
Binding: Paperback
A Norwegian Tragedy - Anders Behring Breivik and the Massacre on Utøya
by Aage Borchgrevink
On 22 July 2011 a young man named Anders Behring Breivik carried out one of the most vicious terrorist acts in post-war Europe. In a carefully orchestrated sequence of actions he bombed government buildings in Oslo, resulting in eight deaths, ...
ISBN: 9780745672205
Binding: Hardback
A Responsibility to Protect - the Global Effort Toend Mass Atrocities
by Alex J. Bellamy
At the 2005 UN World Summit, world leaders endorsed the international principle of Responsibility to Protect (R2P), acknowledging that they had a responsibility to protect their citizens from genocide and mass atrocities and pledging to act in ...
ISBN: 9780745643489
Binding: Paperback
Women Fight the Islamic State
by Meredith Tax
<p></p><p><b style="line-height: 1.45em;">A secular feminist army courageously challenges the Islamic State</b><br></p><p>In wartorn <span style="line-height: 1.45em;">Syria, a Kurdish democratic society—based on secularism, ethnic ...
ISBN: 9781942658108
Binding: Paperback
The Rise and Fall of a Sporting Powerhouse
by Anthony Clavane
ISBN: 9781848665125
Binding: Hardback
Abbott's Right: The conservative tradition from Menzies to Abbott
by Damien Freeman
Tony Abbott may have been a Rhodes Scholar, but some commentators are convinced that he offered nothing more than three-word slogans. <i>Abbott's Right</i> challenges this perception, and presents Abbott as someone who rejoices in the political ...
ISBN: 9780522871883
Binding: Paperback
The Secret History of the NATO Exercise That Almost Triggered Nuclear War
by Nate Jones
<p>In November 1983, Soviet nuclear forces went on high alert. After months nervously watching increasingly assertive NATO military posturing, Soviet intelligence agencies in Western Europe received flash telegrams reporting alarming activity on
ISBN: 9781620972618
Binding: Hardback
Across the Seas: Australia's Response to Refugees: A History
by Klaus Neumann
ISBN: 9781863957359
Binding: Paperback
by Christine Milne
<i>An Activist Life</i> is the story of an apparently ordinary woman - a high-school English teacher from northwest Tasmania - who became a fiery environmental warrior, pitted against some of the most powerful business and political forces in ...
ISBN: 9780702259814
Binding: Paperback
Adolescent Country: A Lowy Institute Paper: Penguin Special,The
by Peter Hartcher
The great crises that threaten Australia's national prosperity come from abroad. So do the grandest opportunities. But in Australian politics the big matters are commonly crowded out by the small. International policy is used for domestic ...
ISBN: 9780143572435
Binding: Paperback
by Jean-Michel Severino
Translated by David Fernbach <p>The 21st century will be the century of Africa. This continent was once seen as empty, rural, animist, poor, and forgotten by the world. Now, fifty years after independence, it is full to bursting, urban and ...
ISBN: 9780745651583
Binding: Paperback