Explorations and Proposals toward Market Socialism and World Government
This book makes a compelling case for misunderstood concepts like market socialism, a Global Marshall Plan, and world government. Blending intellectual and personal history, it is a story of steadfast determination that will resonate with every person with an idealistic vision.
Jehovah’s Witnesses in Europe
The religious association of Jehovah’s Witnesses has existed for about 150 years in Europe. This volume investigates the effect of the differing circumstances in these various national societies on these religious societies, and the challenges they had to overcome.
From Utah Beach to Okinawa, they braved live bombs and enemy rockets. Nine from Aberdeen is the first history of the US Army’s Bomb Disposal Branch in WWII, the courageous forerunners of today’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) specialists.
When Courts Do Politics
Taking the phenomenon of public interest litigation as its primary focus, this text explores the manner in which the judicial branch of government in three East African countries has engaged with questions traditionally off-limits to adjudication and court-based resolution.
Discover the intricate geopolitics behind the Balfour Declaration. This book reveals how the interests of WWI powers intersected with the Jewish people’s march towards sovereignty, demonstrating how a precise alignment of forces altered the course of history.
Former cabinet minister and long-time Erdoğan aide Akdoğan provides valuable insights into the Turkish president’s leadership profile, and explains how he relates to centuries-old theories of leadership in Turkish and Islamic thought.
The Political History of Muslim Bengal
Though now predominantly Muslim, Bengal was once Buddhist. This book tells the story of successive religious and political transformations shaping Bengali Muslim identity, narrating a history from the Muslim Sultanate to the 1971 liberation war and the present day.
This collection explores creativity and the arts as vital to social movements and change. Leading academics and practitioners investigate how creative activism is deployed, taught, and critically analysed, defining the key parameters of this emerging field.
Inertia of History
This book predicts international changes between 2013-2023. It forecasts China’s rise as a superpower, creating a bipolar world in strategic rivalry with the US. This shift will move the world’s center to East Asia, see the UK withdraw from the EU, and Russia deteriorate.
Discover how America weaponized avant-garde art as propaganda against Nazi and Soviet threats. Art became ammunition and the canvas a battlefield in the epic ideological struggle between individualism and collectivism.
Making America Green and Safe
To build a resilient future, we must learn from the past. This book explores the history of climate science and policy, offering crucial insights on how to achieve strong economic growth while protecting our environment for generations to come.
Kissinger and the Invasion of Cyprus
Using the story of Kissinger’s behaviour regarding Cyprus, backed up by recently revealed government documents, Mallinson provides an incisive analysis of Kissinger’s approach, revealing a man who appears to have considered political strategy more important than law and ethics.
Manual elections are weakened by human interference, causing irregularities and delays. This book argues that electronic voting should be implemented in both mature and new democracies to ensure accurate, swift poll results.
The Crowe Memorandum
An “outsider” in the Foreign Office, Sir Eyre Crowe was one of Britain’s most significant public servants. His 1907 Memorandum on Germany had a profound influence on foreign policy for forty years, shaping events from WWI to the eve of WWII.
Preventing Radicalisation and Terrorism in Europe
This book compares the counter-terrorism and counter-radicalisation policies of Belgium, France, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom. It offers a critical assessment of their strengths and weaknesses, identifying evolutionary lines and proposing a series of recommendations.
This title adds to the existing literature on the Great Recession and the variety of current troubles in the European Union by providing the views of someone who has been in the trenches at national and international levels and who has extensive policy and academic experience.
The Japan Self-Defense Forces Law
The first book to examine the Japan Self-Defense Forces Law, this provides a historical overview of its function since 1954. It includes the first full English translation of the Law, incorporating all 160+ changes. Essential for students, scholars, and practitioners.
Democracy, the State and the Market
This text centres on the relationship between democracy, the State and the global market, demonstrating that their irreconcilability is merely a political choice. It proposes an agreement of cultural and economic cooperation aimed at spreading instruction and well-being for all.
Why Europe Will Not Run the 21st Century
What future awaits Europe? To halt its inexorable decline, the EU requires radical reform. This book argues only a federal Europe, with a common Constitution and central government, can overcome its inability to face internal and external threats.
From Autocracy to Democracy to Technocracy
Is political evolution a rational design, a random process, or an inevitable march from autocracy to democracy to technocracy? This book examines the social forces that shape governments and offers a compelling new framework for understanding our political future.