The London Underground Public Private Partnership 1997-2010
Confidential files reveal the bitter feud between Blair, Brown, and Livingstone for the London Underground. Uncover the political spin behind the spectacular collapse of the UK’s largest public-private deal—a staggering £450 million failure.
This overview of the debate on nationalism, globalisation, and secessionism in 21st century Catalonia explores the key socio-political questions facing sub-state nations seeking independence.
Citizens’ Trust in Public Institutions in Bangladesh
This book explores citizens’ trust in local government in Bangladesh. When institutions are viewed as partial, untrustworthy, and corrupt, citizens feel mistrust and suspicion. Good governance is fundamental for institutions to perform efficiently and earn public trust.
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.
Amid its greatest crisis, is the European Union doomed? This book reveals the EU’s revolutionary core: the historic overcoming of the nation state and the birth of a pioneering post-national democracy, a model for the future of global governance.
Interdisciplinarity in International Relations
This collection provides a unique, in-depth view of modern society’s problems using an interdisciplinary approach. It addresses issues in international relations, economics, law, and business, providing a better understanding and showcasing the potential of this method.
Global Shifts in Human Trafficking
The modern approach to human trafficking is limited in scope. This book offers a comprehensive analysis, reviewing exploitation over the millennia and examining the application of trafficking laws to broaden the fight to include all forms of modern-day slavery.
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.
2020 showed that the international system is always open to global crises. The COVID-19 pandemic initiated a transition whose effects still carry on. This book explores the pandemic’s significant effect on migration management, climate change, diplomacy, and globalisation.
Lessons from Political Leadership in Africa
Leadership is the blueprint to transform Africa into a global powerhouse. This book calls for a new generation of bold, passionate, inspiring leaders to fight corruption, make a difference, and change the future towards a bigger, better, and brighter tomorrow!
The American Lobby
To understand American lobbying today, look to the Gilded Age—a time with no rules, when a lobbyist’s only limit was their imagination. This work examines the controversial and scandalous tools that became the foundation of modern lobbying practice.
The complex security environment requires military leaders to adapt more rapidly than ever. This book is an analytic study of military leadership—a valuable reference for academics, students, and armed forces members. This second edition features two new chapters and updates.
Macedonian Foreign Policy
This book provides an overview of modern Macedonian political history, with a comprehensive analysis of the 1990s events that led to independence. It also determines the role of the political elite and the foreign policy significant to the creation of the young republic.
Democracy of the Oppressed
This book assesses the impact of India’s MGNREGA scheme on Adivasi/Indigenous people. It uncovers rampant corruption and inefficiency in the scheme’s implementation, while also providing new data showing the policy can be an important tool for mitigating violent conflict.
This book explores the ideological transformations of the Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafist Call in Egypt between 1981 and 2013. It studies how the regime’s power network shaped their views on democracy, women’s issues, freedoms, and systems of governance.
Political Communication in Japan
This book examines political communication in Japan, contrasting the short, disruptive terms of the DPJ (2009-12) with the long rule of Abe Shinzō’s LDP (2012-20). It focuses on campaign strategies, media systems, and new theories of persuasion and social influence.
Contemporary Issues in International Relations
Recent global crises have changed international relations, highlighting the discipline’s shortcomings and the need for a new study. This book provides an objective assessment of ongoing problems, making it a valuable resource for students, academics, and researchers.
The Access to Public Information
Information is a fundamental right and the pillar for exercising all others. It is the path to holding authorities accountable. This book explores how individuals can participate in public decision-making and reclaim their rightful ownership of public data.
Karl Marx’s Philosophy of Nature, Action and Society
This work analyses Marx’s philosophy of nature as the basis for his practical philosophy. Marx considered humans’ relationship to the world as natural, social, and material. This material feature of human action is the foundation for social critique.
This book defines EU development policy in Africa since the Cold War. It argues the EU fell short of its efforts to export its ‘paradise’ to Africa, limited by its inability to stand as a distinct and leading actor in international development.