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Capital
Karl marx , Paul reitter , Paul north , Wendy brown , William clare robertsMarx for the twenty-first centuryThe first new English translation in fifty years—and the only one based on the last German edition revised by Marx himselfFeaturing extensive original commentary, including a foreword by acclaimed political theorist Wendy Brown“An astounding achievement.”—China Mi...
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Electoral capitalism
Jeffrey d. broxmeyerVast fortunes grew out of the party system during the Gilded Age. In New York, party leaders experimented with novel ways to accumulate capital for political competition and personal business. Partisans established banks. They drove a speculative frenzy in finance, real estate, and railroads. And...
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In the ruins of neoliberalism
Wendy brownWendy Brown explains the hard-right turn in Western politics. She argues that neoliberalism’s intensification of nihilism coupled with its accidental wounding of white male supremacy generates an apocalyptic populism willing to destroy the world rather than endure a future in which this supremacy...
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Enduring enmity
Hubertus buchsteinHow did the relationship between the politically very disparate theorists Carl Schmitt and Otto Kirchheim shape their political thinking? Hubertus Buchstein investigates the personal, political, and theoretical dimensions between the infamous legal theorist Schmitt and his former student Kirchhei...
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The selected writings of eqbal ahmad
Eqbal ahmad , Carollee bengelsdorf , Margaret cerullo , Yogesh chandrani , Noam chomskyActivist, journalist, and theorist, Eqbal Ahmad (1934–1999) was admired and consulted by revolutionaries and activists as well as policymakers and academics. In articles and columns published in such journals as the Nation, New York Review of Books, Monthly Review, and newspapers in Pakistan and ...
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America in the arctic
Mary thompson-jonesAmerica in the Arctic offers a timely and compelling case for why the United States must deepen its commitment to a region threatened by climate change and geopolitical rivalry.
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Resisting borders and technologies of violence
Mizue aizeki , Matt mahmoudi , Coline schupfer , Ruha benjaminThe border regimes of imperialist states have brutally oppressed migrants throughout the world. To enforce their borders, these states have constructed a new digital fortress with far-reaching and ever-evolving new technologies. This pathbreaking volume exposes these insidious means of surveillan...
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Furious minds
Laura k. field“[An] excellent new book.”—Michelle Goldberg, New York TimesThe story of the radical conservative intellectual movement shaping Donald Trump’s agenda—and how it threatens American freedoms, values, and democracyDonald Trump is not a big thinker, but his 2016 presidential victory presented a grand...
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Ai, automation, and war
Anthony kingWhy AI will not replace human strategic judgement in warIs AI about to automate war? Will autonomous drone swarms and killer robots controlled by AI dominate the battlespace and determine the winner? In AI, Automation, and War, Anthony King debunks this science fiction–tinged narrative of AI’s mi...
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New directions in women, peace and security
Anne marie goetz , Briana mawby , Christine chinkin , Gema fernández rodríguez , Marta bautista forcada , Anna stavrianakis , Jamie hagen , Toni haastrup , Sam cook , Louise chappell , Patricia viseur sellers , Elizabeth pearson , Marjaana jauhola , Minna lyytikäinen , Nicole george , Soumita basu , Paul c. kirby , Laura j. shepherdWhat does gender equality mean for peace, justice, and security? At the turn of the 21st century, feminist advocates persuaded the United Nations Security Council to adopt a resolution that drew attention to this question at the highest levels of international policy deliberations. Today the Wom...
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Out of many faiths
Eboo patelA timely defense of religious diversity and its centrality to American identityAmerica is the most religiously diverse nation on the planet. In today’s volatile climate of religious conflict and distrust, how do we affirm that the American promise is deeply intertwined with how each of us engages...
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Speculation as a mode of production
Marina vishmidtAn essential and detailed theorisation of capital's drive to self-expansion and the role of speculation in the shaping of subjectivity by value relations.
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An unwritten future
Jonathan kirshnerAn argument for the classical realist approach to world politics An Unwritten Future offers a fresh reassessment of classical realism, an enduring approach to understanding crucial events in the international political arena. Jonathan Kirshner identifies the fundamental flaws of classical realism...
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America transformed
Ronald j. pestrittoThe America of the modern administrative state is not the America of the original Constitution. This transformation comes not only from the ordinary course of historical change and development, but also from a radical, new philosophy of government that was imported into the American political tra...
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Against empire
Michael parentiRichly informed and written in an engaging style, Against Empire exposes the ruthless agenda and hidden costs of the U.S. empire today. Documenting the pretexts and lies used to justify violent intervention and maldevelopment abroad, Parenti shows how the conversion to a global economy is a victo...
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Strategic intelligence for american world policy
Sherman kentThe classic book that established the principles and methods of modern intelligence analysisWith the outbreak of the Second World War, historian Sherman Kent left his classroom at Yale to join the Office of Strategic Services—the forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency—where he adapted scho...
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The party and the people
Bruce j. dicksonHow the Chinese Communist Party maintains its power by both repressing and responding to its peopleSince 1949, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has maintained unrivaled control over the country, persisting even in the face of economic calamity, widespread social upheaval, and violence against it...
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U.s. foreign policy and the other
Michael patrick cullinane , David ryanInvestigates American identity and its effect on foreign relations. Systematic review of US foreign policy and their principal conceptions of the ‘Other’ that have animated US culture and discourse. Examines foreign relations over three centuries Excavates US cultural and diploma...
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Treachery and diplomacy
Sobukwe odingaTreachery and Diplomacy shines a light on US-Africa security partnerships, revealing their simmering internal tensions, hidden racial politics, and consequences for peace and democracy.
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Make china great again
Rongbin hanRongbin Han examines the production and consumption of online alt-history fiction in China, offering new insight into how authoritarian rule gains popular consent.
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Joy, reflections, resistance – lgbtiq+ lived realities in africa
Mariel reiss , Ayodele sogunroThis book brings together activist and scholarly perspectives from different African countries on the multifaceted lived realities of LGBTIQ+ persons.
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China's weaponization of trade
Victor d. cha , Ellen kim , Andy limThis groundbreaking book explores the weaponization of economic interdependence and its implications for the international order through a wealth of new and original data on China’s economic statecraft.
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Reform as process
Martin j. williamsThis book takes a fresh perspective on building an effective civil service by documenting and analyzing the implementation of more than one hundred reforms initiated by six African countries over the last thirty years.
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Learning with lenin
Derek r. ford , Curry malottThis book compiles Lenin's texts on education, accompanied by study guides. It aims to revitalize the revolutionary movement in the U.S. by focusing on Lenin's pedagogy. The book supports organizers, activists, and educators in applying Lenin's theories to contemporary issues like imperialism, wh...
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The battle for georgia
Frederic labarre , Ambassador marques-guedesThis timely volume examines whether NATO doctrine can counter large conventional forces like Russia’s, using the 2008 Battle of Tskhinvali as a test case. Frederic Labarre analyzes Georgia’s defense reforms, revealing key flaws in NATO-guided strategies through field research and eyewitness accou...
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The politics of names
R. urbatschThis book explores the politics of naming across American history, revealing the surprising ways parents’ choices shed light on public opinion past and present.
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Revolutionary science
Bruce h. jenningsAs climate and inequality deepen, this book shows how agroecology offers hope rooted in ecology, culture, and collective struggle.
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Delinking and global reparations
Ndongo samba sylla , Kai koddenbrockA collective effort making the case for delinking and global reparations – amid ongoing and overlapping global crises affecting the Global South.
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Extending the ground of public confidence
Janie hubbardThis book provides a resource for teaching civil liberties in K-12 social studies and teacher education. It covers issues like freedom of speech, privacy and voting rights, with historic and modern perspectives. Each chapter includes inquiry-based learning activities to help students develop crit...
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Fortius quo fidelius?
Maximilian ohle , Andrey makarychevThis book examines how the unrecognized “republics” of Transnistria and Abkhazia, despite their loyalty to Russia, have occasionally challenged Moscow's authority. Both regions have used economic and cultural leverage to influence Russian policies, revealing a more nuanced dynamic in their relati...
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Replaying the second world war
Oleksa drachewychOleksa Drachewych explores how Russia’s use of WWII memory fuels its war against Ukraine. She traces parallels in rhetoric, war crimes, and ideology, linking Soviet history to present violence through propaganda, policy, and historical reinterpretation.
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Adversary and ally
Harrison akinsConnecting international politics with domestic security, Harrison Akins shows how India and Pakistan’s engagement with China has shaped the two governments’ policies toward their strategic frontiers over the past seventy years.
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Regionalization as eu foreign policy
Tatia dolidze , Steven blockmansThe European Union (EU) is not only a model of integration but also a regionalizing actor. This book shows how, through a twofold approach of clustering states and promoting cooperation, the EU has shaped its engagement with the post-Soviet South Caucasus, offering insights into its wider foreign...
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Coronations and defenestrations
Lee david evansHow do Conservative Party leaders get the job? Lee Evans examines the Tories leadership election rules and asks whether they are the source of the party’s current decline, and what a more effective process might be for choosing and deposing their leader while in opposition or in office.
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Freedom shock
Ilko kowalczukIlko-Sascha Kowalczuk’s Freedom Shock examines East Germany’s 1989/1990 upheaval as a struggle for freedom. The book explores the legacy of the GDR, the rise of the AfD, and why many East Germans align with Putin, advocating for personal responsibility and a realistic view of history.
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Journal of soviet and post-soviet politics and society
Julie fedor , Andreas umland , Darya aspøy , Helge blakkisrud , Kristian lundby gjerde , Elena kochetkova , Petia mankova , Joakim aalmen markussen , Marianne neerland soleim , Artem spirinThis special issue explores the Kremlin-driven politics of war memories as they unfold in the northernmost parts of Norway and European Russia, two regions that share not only a border but also a long history of interaction.
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The political system of post-soviet ukraine
Galyna zelenko , Oleg rafalskiy , Rostyslav balaban , Tetyana bevz , Svitlana brekharya , Nataliia kononenko , Vladyslav kovalevskyi , Tetyana lyashenko , Oleksandr mayboroda , Vitaliy pereveziy , Oleg rafalskiy , Svitlana sytnyk , Yuriy yakymenko , Olena andrieievaThis volume offers an in-depth analysis of Ukraine’s political system, exploring its constitutional framework, semi-presidential model, and institutional functioning. It examines the role of informal mechanisms, non-political actors, and future resilience-building in post-war reconstruction.
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Contingencies in urban future-making
Joachim thiel , Monika grubbauer , Lucas pohlHow can cities be shaped in times of uncertainty? Through a range of case studies, this volume explores how contingency influences urban future-making.
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Dress rehearsal
Larisa kalik , Kate tsurkan , Kate tsurkan , Francis farrell , Andreas umlandThis book explores life in Transnistria, a Russian-backed breakaway region between Moldova and Ukraine. Journalist Larisa Kalik blends memoir and reportage to reveal how this frozen conflict shapes identity, daily life, and Russia’s strategies for hybrid warfare in Ukraine and beyond.
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States of emergency
Léopold lambert , Lara vergnaud , Zoé samudziStates of Emergency navigates the temporal and spatial dimensions of France’s states of emergency across three colonial space-times
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The language of terrorists
Julia ebnerHow can we tell the difference between online bluster and terrorist threats? Julia Ebner—an internationally acclaimed expert on online radicalization—shows how language patterns reveal the potential for political violence.
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Thin blue rage
Andrew crosby , Jeffrey monaghanThin Blue Rage analyzes police as a social movement through exploring policing’s ideological dimensions, communications practices, political campaigning, and violence work.
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Betrayal of the homeland
Samer abboudSamer Abboud argues that the Syrian regime sought to entrench its rule during wartime through bifurcating society into “loyal” and “disloyal” subjects—and punishing those it deemed treacherous.
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Civic refugee support
Clara van den bergThe aftermath of the 2015/16 refugee reception crisis in Germany – insights into the impact on the local infrastructure and a new perspective on the role of solidarity.
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Theorizing fallism
A. kayum ahmedA. Kayum Ahmed tells the powerful story of Rhodes Must Fall, tracing the emergence of a new decolonial framework, Fallism, and its trajectory from Africa to empire.
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The lavender bans
Dorian rhea debussyThe Lavender Bans is a comprehensive account of the evolution of anti-LGBTQ+ policies from World War I to the present.
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The age of revisionism
Serhiy korsunsky , Andreas umlandPolitical revisionism is reshaping global relations in an era marked by rising powers, nuclear threats, AI, migration, and climate change. Drawing on 30 years of diplomatic experience, the author revisits key concepts in international relations to provide a new understanding of today’s complex an...
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Growth, democracy or climate action?
Aidan regan , Hanna schwander , Cyril benoît , Tim vlandasGovernments are confronted with a tradeoff between growth, liberal democracy and effective climate action. They cannot achieve all three objectives at the same time. The authors consider which one has to give.
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The disorderly society
Bobo loIn a broad and erudite narrative, Bobo Lo argues that the future of global governance is not in a return to dominant US leadership and great power competition but in a more inclusive and flexible order, driven by a common purpose in meeting universal challenges.
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