A historic tension defines American governance: the clash between presidents and the permanent, apolitical civil service. This book traces this power struggle from its origins to its explosive crisis during the Trump administration, exploring the future of the state.
12 Pipelines Across North America
This book is about why oil and gas pipelines in North America succeed or fail politically. Widespread acts of de-legitimation and incompetence explain why these projects are so difficult to complete, making their story an intriguing account for any observer.
Whistleblowing and Whistleblowers in Africa
This book examines whistleblowing’s crucial role in combating corruption in Africa. Drawing on case studies and lived experiences from across the continent, it provides deep insights into the challenges whistleblowers face and the mechanisms for promoting accountability.
Dialogue Across Divides
This is the untold story of the Pugwash Conferences, Nobel Peace Prize winners who played a behind-the-scenes role in the world’s most intractable conflicts, from the Iran nuclear issue to talking to the Taliban, carving out a niche as contributors to diplomatic breakthroughs.
Globalized Injustice
This volume unearths the pervasive injustices shaping our world. It highlights the lived experiences and resistance of marginalized groups while challenging readers to recognize oppression, foster solidarity, and embrace the possibility of transformation.
This book offers 180 actionable principles to empower new school leaders and inspire experienced ones. Drawing from the author’s extensive career, this guide is grounded in real-world challenges and equips you with practical strategies to drive meaningful, sustainable change.
Events, Issues, and Actions
This collection of contemporary essays mixes personal reflection and analysis to understand our troubled times. Exploring modern politics and recent events, the essays argue that by examining the world around us, we can build a better society—a Democratic Socialist world.
Coevolution of Mutualistic Species Assemblages
While new evidence suggests complex human societies preceded agriculture, little attention has been given to how humans extended cooperation to animals. This book provides a novel framework, offering insight into our coevolution with nonhuman animals.
The New Cold War
We are entering Cold War II. This time the fraught relationship is between China and America. With military build-ups, constant cyber attacks, and militarization of the South China Sea, what are the risks of this new Cold War descending into a hot war?
The Role of Sovereign Wealth Funds in Economic Diplomacy
Explore the pivotal role of the UAE’s sovereign wealth funds in its economic diplomacy. Discover how these powerful state investors shape international relations and soft power, with captivating case studies and insights from leading experts.
What makes a life worth living? This book argues that autonomy is the foundation of dignity and the source of the meaning we crave. A life poor in this meaning, regardless of its wealth or success, is a life lived in the cellar of human existence.
This book explores the role of NGOs in educating underprivileged children and the challenges they face. It covers curriculum development, collaboration with formal schools, CSR support, and the need for a sustainable model to help achieve the goal of ‘Education for all’.
Thinkers, Activists, and Politics
From Karl Marx to Che Guevara, these critical essays examine revolutionaries who fought for freedom. Their bold ideas reshaped political thought, and their legacy fuels debates today. People often interpret the world—real revolutionaries attempt to change it.
This book demonstrates that the Oromo national struggle for democracy and self-determination is complex and dangerous. It asserts that true liberation requires decolonizing the minds of the oppressed and the modern sciences that perpetuate domination and exploitation.
Human Rights in Everyday Life in India
This work uses field-based examples from India to show how human rights discourse is a double-edged sword. While oppressors manipulate the rights paradigm to justify oppression, the oppressed leverage the same language to contest marginalization and assert their dignity.
Iran, Turkey and the Levant
The endless wars in the Levant have allowed Iran and Turkey to shift toward militarized nationalism and reshape their authoritarian rule. This book offers new perspectives on the resilience of authoritarianism, highlighting its connection to the region’s protracted conflicts.
One Republic, Multiple Fiefdoms
This book argues that public administration reform is not a purely technical process. It highlights the socio-political and cultural barriers that must be surmounted to sustain gains. It reveals a ‘hard’ environment of informal fiefdoms gripping the formal, ‘soft’ state.
South Africa’s Foreign Policy Since 1994
This book discusses South Africa’s foreign policy before and after 1994. Once a pariah state, South Africa emerged as a pivotal power in Africa and an important player in global governance, seeking to reform the international order.
This book examines the tension between democratic governance and the aspirations of a developmental state in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic. It unveils the contradictions where democratic ideals clash with the realities of economic progress, highlighting the challenges Nigeria faces.
This book is a socialist study of radicals and revolutionaries since the French Revolution. It argues for their vital role in creating modern society, showing how their struggles for democracy, freedom, and socialism have changed the world for the better.