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Book SynopsisA Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and journalist examines the current world-wide rise of authoritarianism and explains how it appeals to citizens by using conspiracy theory, political polarization, social media and nostalgia.

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Book SynopsisThis book contains a succession of philosophical biographies. The subjects, located in the period 1850-2000, and even if later exiled, were chosen by virtue of birth and life in the American South on the assumption of the distinctiveness of Southern conditions. The 'foundational' figures in Black Southern social and political thought are all represented.Table of ContentsPreface 1. Theory in History: Foundations of Resistance and Non-Violence in the American South 2. Frederick Douglass and the Ideology of Resistance 3. Booker Washington: 'We Wear the Mask' 4. Ida Wells and the Management of Violence 5. Dangerous Memories and Redemptive Possibilities: Reflections on the Life and Work of Howard Thurman 6. Thurgood Marshall’s Pursuit of Equality Through Law 7. Richard Wright and Black Radical Discourse: The Advocacy of Violence 8. Martin Luther King: Resistance, Non-Violence and Community 9. Destroying Everything Segregated I Could Find Fred Gray and the Legal Campaign for Integration in Alabama 10. Barbara Jordan: The Politics of Insertion and Accommodation

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Book SynopsisThis is a major work of history and political theory that traces radical democratic thought in America across the twentieth century, seeking to recover ideas that could reenergize democratic activism today. The question of how citizens should behave as they struggle to create a more democratic society has haunted the United States throughout its hiTrade ReviewOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2010 "This is an excellent, evocative book examining often-ignored possibilities for American democracy. It adds richness and depth to analysis of American political thought and to continuing debate about the nature, content, and purpose of democracy."--Choice "[T]he book provides a fine primer on democratic theory in twentieth century America... [It] also offers a bold and terse read, important not just for historians but also for political activists and thinkers."--Kevin Mattson, Journal of American History "The bulk of Demanding Democracy is an interpretation of 60 years of American radical democratic thought and activism through the lens of these concerns. And it proves a most fruitful way of thinking about this history, particularly because Stears is acutely alert to the 'fiendishly difficult' task that his subjects set themselves."--Robert Westbrook, Perspectives on Politics "Graduate students and scholars interested in the connections between democratic thought, activism and new social movements in the U.S. will find this book informative, if professionally unsettling."--Jeffrey D. Hilmer, Political Studies ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 PART ONE 1900-1945 Chapter One: Making the Nation a Neighborhood 21 Chapter Two: After the Breach 56 Chapter Three: Radicalism Americanized 85 PART TWO: 1945-1972 Chapter Four: Doubt and the American Creed 119 Chapter Five: The Explosive Enclave 145 Chapter Six: "We Are Beginning to Move Again" 174 Conclusion: Renewing the American Radical Tradition 206 Bibliography 223 Index 243

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Book SynopsisThe political Left has had a turbulent relationship with religion, from outright hostility to attempts to meld religious faith with progressivism. Confronted with contemporary social ills, the progressive Left continues to disagree about the role that religion should play, whether in understanding social challenges and solutions, or stimulating social critique and reform. Radical Religion presents valuable insights, from both religious and secular perspectives, for progressives today as they struggle to formulate a coherent agenda and effective strategies for social change. This book presents arguments from a diverse group of scholars, and offers a snapshot of contemporary, progressive thinking about religion.Trade ReviewIn this volume renowned scholars and emerging authorities of wide-ranging perspectives offer fresh insights on the rich relationship between religion and the Left. By turns inspiring and thought-provoking, these essays remind us how vital religious thought and spiritual commitment have been to the progressive tradition-and how indispensable they remain to its renewal. -- Joseph A. McCartin, Georgetown UniversityThis book is strong evidence that progressives are far from bereft of challenging ideas, critical and self-critical analyses, and compelling visions of a more just and democratic society. It is a critical resource for people of good faith, secular and religious, who fight for social justice. It is a strong antidote to the superficial, mendacious, and ill-tempered public discourse that prevails today. It engages us at a profound nexus of religion and politics that can equip us with a more rooted and confident solidarity to face the difficult struggles ahead. -- Jim Sessions, President, Working America Education Fund and Executive Director, Interfaith Worker Justice of East TennesseeTable of Contents1 Acknowledgments 2 Introduction Part 3 Part 1. Theoretical and Historical Frameworks Chapter 4 Chapter 1. Religion and Secular Progress in America Chapter 5 Chapter 2. Religion and the Common Weal Chapter 6 Chapter 3.After Religion: Progressive Politics and the Ethics of Modernity Part 7 Part 2. Bridging the Personal and the Political Chapter 8 Chapter 4. The Nonduality of Personal and Social Transformation: Why Religion and the Left Need Each Other Chapter 9 Chapter 5. Religious but not Spiritual: Creating a New Communion Part 10 Part 3. Confronting Religious Conservatism Chapter 11 Chapter 6. The Politics of God in the Christian Tradition Chapter 12 Chapter 7. Against the Theocrats Chapter 13 Chapter 8. 'New' Evangelicals and the Post-Political Horizons of Neoliberalism Chapter 14 Chapter 9. Prophet or Priest: The Politics of Rev. Jim Wallis Part 15 Part 4. Ideas in Context Chapter 16 Chapter 10. A Sociopolitical Critique of Ethno-Religious Chauvinism in Contemporary Arab Societies Chapter 17 Chapter 11. All These Atheists and Rebels: Reflections on the Explosion of the Jewish Prophetic in Our Time 18 About the Contributors

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Book SynopsisThis introduction provides a critical survey of the dominant trends in Anglo-American feminist thought since 1968.Trade Review! a good introduction to thesubject for a general reader. -- Aine Ni Leime ! a good introduction to thesubject for a general reader.Table of ContentsPart 1 Generating the second wave: liberal feminism - the origins of the second wave; marxist/socialist feminism - reconstucting male radicalism; radical feminism - redefining politics; Lesbian feminism - exploding "Heteroreality"; black feminism - reimaging "Woman" and "Equality". Part 2 Crisis in feminism?: crisis in feminism? - feminist debates in the eighties and nineties; sites of fissure - putting the politics of personal to the test; men in feminism - feminism and postmodernism; identity crisis? - "Post-feminism", the media and "Feminist Superstars".

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Book SynopsisThis book attempts to reconfigure feminism in a way that responds to cultural diversity. The author contends that a discourse of rights can be formulated and that this task is crucial to negotiating a balance between women's interests and multicultural claims.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Exclusion, Internalisation, Harm: Contesting Human Rights from Feminist and Multicultural Perspectives; 2. Decolonizing the Other's Rights: Feminism, Multiculturalism and the Right to Mediation; 3. Consent by Right: Protecting the Rights of Women Cross-Culturally; 4. Learning Right Reason: Religious Exemptions and Gender Inequality in Education; 5. Rights, Reason, Affectivity? Feminist Multiculturalism and the case of the Hijab; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThis book attempts to reconfigure feminism in a way that responds to cultural diversity. The author contends that a discourse of rights can be formulated and that this task is crucial to negotiating a balance between women's interests and multicultural claims.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Exclusion, Internalisation, Harm: Contesting Human Rights from Feminist and Multicultural Perspectives; 2. Decolonizing the Other's Rights: Feminism, Multiculturalism and the Right to Mediation; 3. Consent by Right: Protecting the Rights of Women Cross-Culturally; 4. Learning Right Reason: Religious Exemptions and Gender Inequality in Education; 5. Rights, Reason, Affectivity? Feminist Multiculturalism and the case of the Hijab; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the relationship between democracy and republicanism, and its consequences; and articulates new theoretical insights into connections between liberty, law and democratic politics.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Andreas Niederberger & Philipp Schink; Part 1: Classic Republicanism and Democracy; 1. The Tension Between Law and Politics in the Modern Republican Tradition, Marco Geuna, Associate Professor of History of Political Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy of the University of Milan; 2. The Idea of a Kantian Republicanism, Matthias Lutz-Bachmann, Professor of Philosophy at the Johann Wolfang Goethe-University, Frankfurt/Main; 3. Impotence, Perspicuity, and a Government of Laws: Madison's Critique of Republican Legislation, Jack N. Rakove, W.R. Coe Professor of History and American Studies and Professor of Political Science at Stanford University; Part 2: Democracy and Politics; 4. Political Republicanism, John P. McCormick, Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago; 5. Alternative Conceptions of Republicanism: Legal Consequences, John Ferejohn, was Professor of Political Science at Stanford University and has been a regular visiting Professor at NYU Law School from 1993 to the present; 6. A Republican Conception of Justice, Rainer Forst, Professor of Political Theory and Philosophy at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt/M; 7. Legal Formations and Democratic Citizens in Republican Theory, Galya B. Ruffer, founder of the Center for Forced Migration Studies at the Buffet Center for International and Comparative Studies at Northwestern University and the Director of the International Studies Program; 8. Neorepublicanism and Global Justice: Extram rempublicam nulla iustitia?, Cecile Laborde, Professor of Political Theory at the University College London; Part 3: Democracy and Law; 9. A Republican Rule of Law?, Philipp Schink, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt/Main; 10. Should Republicans Believe in Rights Based Constitutional Judicial Review?, Richard Bellamy, Professor of Political Science, UCL; 11. Republicanism and Transnational Democracy, Andreas Niederberger, Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt/Main (Germany); 12. Living without Freedom: The Rule of Law, James Bohman, Danforth I Chair in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy and Professor of International Studies at St Louis University; Part 4: Conclusion; 13. Two Concepts of Republican Law, Liberty and Politics, Philip Pettit, Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Politics and Human Values at Princeton University.

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Book SynopsisContemporary democracy is in crisis. People believe less and less in a system of democratic institutions that can cope with today's social problems. The author sheds new light on this problem, using the ideas of M M Bakhtin and others to show that dialogue in democracy can transcend both antagonistic and consensual perspectives.

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Book SynopsisA new edition of the first systematic reading of Hegel''s political philosophy. Elements of the Philosophy of Right is widely acknowledged to be one of the most important works in the history of political philosophy. This is the first book on the subject to take Hegel''s system of speculative philosophy seriously as an important component of any robust understanding of this text.

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Book SynopsisA new and significantly expanded edition of the first systematic reading of Hegel's political philosophy.

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Book SynopsisDemocracy has been reduced to the consensual administration of economic necessity. How can we make sense of this form of depoliticisation? How does it manifest itself in different spheres of social life? And in what ways is it being challenged or subverted? This volume gives an overview of the literature on the post-political for beginners.

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Book SynopsisWhat divides and what unites an ethnically diverse citizenry? Do multicultural policies cause ethnic conflict or do they form the basis for wider loyalties? George Vasilev addresses these vexed questions. He argues against critics who claim that group representative measures are incompatible with solidarity. Instead, he explains how they provide the incentive structure needed for inter-ethnic cooperation. By looking beyond the representative institutions of the nation state, Vasilev shows us how NGOs, international institutions and opinion leaders are becoming increasingly important in cultivating interethnic openness.

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Book SynopsisNathan Coombs demonstrates that the Marxist science of history has been reimagined by a strand of contemporary French theory after Louis Althusser. Taking a comparative approach, he explores the technical details of both traditions'' historical sciences. He argues that their articulations of history and event affect how we approach political transformation and view the role of theoreticians in political practice. Coombs establishes the continuities and discontinuities between classical Marxism and Althusserian theory, bringing you new readings of Hegel, Marx, Lenin, Althusser, Badiou, Meillassoux and complexity theory.Trade Review"Coombs pays tribute to Marx as the master of historicization who challenged orthodoxies with rationalism. This absorbing study acknowledges the power of 'grand narratives' by considering how they are made to arise, and it shows us how crucial beauty, bravado and imagination are to a science of the event."-- Terrell Carver, Professor of Political Theory, University of Bristol; "This book is a timely intervention in both classical and post-Althusserian Marxist philosophies. Drawing upon both traditions, Coombs makes a compelling case for a nuanced rather than combative understanding of the relationship between historical necessity and the contingency of events."-- Iain MacKenzie, Centre for Critical Thought, University of KentTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: History and Event in Marxist Dialectics; 1. Hegel's Leaps and the Historicist Theory of Knowledge; 2. Marx's Idea of Communist Transformation; 3. Lenin's Philosophy: A New Dialectics of Revolution?; Part II: Events and Historical Judgement after Althusser; 4. Althusser's Science: Naming the Epistemological Break; 5. Badiou's Decision: To Give Up Leadership, Somewhat; 6. Meillassoux's Politics: Speculative Justice; Part III: Suggestions about Where this Road Might Take us; 7. Afterword: Towards a Complex Science of History; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisEven more than thirty years after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the role of the secret police in shaping culture and society in communist USSR has been difficult to study, and defies our complete understanding. In the last decade, the opening of non-Russian KGB archives, notably in Ukraine after 2015, has allowed scholars to explore state security organizations in ways not previously possible. Moving beyond well-known cases of high-profile espionage and repression, this study is the first to showcase research from a wide range of secret police archives in former Soviet republics and the countries of the former Soviet blocsome of which are rapidly closing or becoming inaccessible once again. Rather than focusing on Soviet leadership, The Secret Police and the Soviet System integrates the secret police into studies of information, technology, economics, art, and ideology. The result is a state-of-the-art portrait of one of the world's most notorious institutions, the legacies of w

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Book SynopsisWe all want freedom, we all want justice, yet few have given thought to how such a state could be organised. The author, an original thinker, has taken a multi-disciplinary approach which has led to some surprising insights, rising above the current obsession of political analysis into left and right.Trade Review"The author's greatest source of hope rests on generating widespread support for Henry George's proposed shift from taxation to the economic rent of land as the source of public revenue. He takes the time to explain what this would accomplish as well as offering a plan for how it would be implemented." Edward J. Dodson, Senior Researcher, The Henry George Birthplace Archive and Historical Research CenterTable of ContentsCapitalism; Freedom, Justice and the Market; Origins of the State; Natural Law; Raising Revenue without Taxation; The Minimal State; Justice - Finally!; Life without the State; Money, Banking and the Trade Cycle; Heaven on Earth; Wither the State; Appendix: Budget for Tax Abolition.

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Book SynopsisDiscusses contemporary debates within political Islam. This book argues that the evolution of political Islamic movements is essentially contextual rather than ideological and therefore, Islamic movements are best understood individually within their own historical, socio-political and cultural setting.Table of ContentsContributors include Khaled Hroub, Tariq Ramadan, Abdelwahab El-Affendi, Abdullah Baabood, Youcef Bouandel, Murad Batal al-Shishani, Sara Silvestri, Ibrahim Moussawi, Roel Meijer, Camille Tawil, Tilde Rosmer and Kamal Helbawy.

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Book SynopsisBringing together leading scholars from across the UK, North America and mainland Europe, this book provides a uniquely comparative exploration of daily life under dictatorship in 20th-century Europe. With coverage of well-known regimes and some that are relatively underrepresented in the literature from right across the continent, it examines the impact felt on people's lives amidst political administrations characterised by some or all of the following: a one-party state, in which opposition or multiple parties were banned; a cult surrounding the leader; the censorship of the press and other publications; the widespread use of propaganda and political persuasion; and the threat or use of force by the regime and its agents.The chapters investigate crucial questions in relation to life under dictatorships as follows: What was the impact of censorship on access to news or entertainment? How was leisure time conducted? What was the impact of the regime on working Trade ReviewLisa Pine’s latest edited volume will prove to be invaluable for scholars and students interested in the history of everyday life in dictatorships in Western and Eastern Europe. The transnational, comparative approach illuminates the diverse responses of ordinary citizens to these regimes, and the ways in which individuals conformed to, accommodated or evaded state control. With nuanced analysis of daily life in diverse societies, the chapters in this cohesive volume offer an extraordinary glimpse into the social and cultural history of coercion, consent, and dissent in some of the most violent regimes of the twentieth century. * Jason Crouthamel, Professor of History, Grand Valley State University, USA *This is an important book. Lisa Pine has assembled a fine team of historians to recreate the ebb and flow of daily life in such dictatorships as Hitler's Germany, Stalin's Soviet Union, Salazar's Portugal, or Ceausescu’s Romania. Packed with fascinating material and drawing on a wide array of sources, the chapters included here demonstrate how ordinary people built love-hate relationships with authoritarian and totalitarian regimes, both at the left and the right of the political spectrum, which kept them under strict surveillance and constantly deprived them of many personal and collective rights. This is an essential reading for all those interested in the history and politics of twentieth-century Europe. * Marius Turda, Professor, Oxford Brookes University, UK *Wide rangeing and ably constructed, this important collection provides multiple insights not only on the character of dictatorships, but also on social change in twentieth century Europe. The inclusion of Communism and Fascism invites readers to important comparisons. As Lisa Pine notes in her helpful conclusion, key elements included the length of the regime. * ?Jeremy Black, author of A History of Germany *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction, Lisa Pine (London South Bank University, UK) 1. Everyday Life in Fascist Italy, Kate Ferris (University of St Andrews, UK) 2. Daily Life in Hitler’s Germany, Lisa Pine (London South Bank University, UK) 3. Life in Franco’s Spain, Antonio Cazorla-Sánchez (Trent University, Canada) 4. Salazar’s Portugal: Living ‘By Habit’ in an Authoritarian Regime, António Costa Pinto (University of Lisbon, Portugal) and Duncan Simpson (University of Lisbon, Portugal) 5. Transnational Totalitarianism and the Building of a New Public Consciousness in Karlis Ulmanis’s Latvia, Jordan T. Kuck (Brevard College, USA) 6. Everyday Life in the Soviet Union under Stalin, Kees Boterbloem (University of South Florida, USA) 7. Life in Ceau?escu’s Romania, Dennis Deletant (Georgetown University, USA) 8. Between Barbed Wire and Country Garden Idyll: Dictatorship and Everyday Life in the German Democratic Republic (GDR), Stefan Wolle (GDR Museum, Germany) Conclusion, Lisa Pine (London South Bank University, UK) Index

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Book SynopsisIn 2011 Richard became the first playwright to win the Evening Standard Award for Best Play for two plays, The Heretic and One Man, Two Guvnors. The New York production of One Man, Two Guvnors was awarded the 2012 Outer Critics' Circle Award for Outstanding New Broadway Play. His recent credits include Kiss Me (Hampstead), The Nap (Sheffield Crucible), Great Britain (National Theatre), Made in Dagenham: The Musical (Adelphi Theatre) and Pitcairn (Chichester Minerva Theatre/Shakespeare's Globe). Richard's other work includes Under the Whaleback (Royal Court. George Devine Award 2002), The Heretic (The Royal Court. Evening Standard Best New Play 2011), Honeymoon Suite (Pearson Play of the Year), Harvest (Critic's Circle Best New Play), The House of Games (from David Mamet's film), a new version of Moliere's The Hypochondriac, The Big Fellah (Out of Joint), England People Very Nice (National Theatre), The Mentalists (National Theatre), The English Game (Headlong), Up on Roof and Pub QTrade ReviewRichard Bean is a popular writer who has maintained his intellectual integrity while entertaining theatregoers. * British Theatre Guide *

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Book SynopsisSince the 2007-8 financial crisis and its aftershocks, international capitalism has once again been in crisis. The crisis has been particularly marked in the UK and its outcome is currently unclear. Based upon a wealth of sources, from newspapers, journals, government, political party and polling organisation publications, as well as archival and secondary material, Neville Kirk examines the systemic crisis facing the nations of the UK. The book traces the crisis from the period following the 2016 EU referendum up to 2022, a period during which the crisis intensified and became more widespread. Kirk covers the elections of 2017 and 2019, political fragmentation, Scottish nationalism, Brexit, the coronavirus pandemic, continuing economic problems and conflicts around class, gender, race and nation. Finally, the book considers competing pathways out of the current impasse. Through his thorough examination of the UK's main political parties and players, Kirk offers the reader a new and orTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter One - A Political Earthquake: The 2017 General Election and its Aftershocks Chapter Two - The Brexit Crisis, 2018-2019 Chapter Three - The Triumphs, Trials and Troubles of Boris Johnson, 2019-2021 Chapter Four - Scotland: Another Way is possible? Chapter Five: To the Present Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisSince the 2007-8 financial crisis and its aftershocks, international capitalism has once again been in crisis. The crisis has been particularly marked in the UK and its outcome is currently unclear. Based upon a wealth of sources, from newspapers, journals, government, political party and polling organisation publications, as well as archival and secondary material, Neville Kirk examines the systemic crisis facing the nations of the UK. The book traces the crisis from the period following the 2016 EU referendum up to 2022, a period during which the crisis intensified and became more widespread. Kirk covers the elections of 2017 and 2019, political fragmentation, Scottish nationalism, Brexit, the coronavirus pandemic, continuing economic problems and conflicts around class, gender, race and nation. Finally, the book considers competing pathways out of the current impasse. Through his thorough examination of the UK's main political parties and players, Kirk offers the reader a new and orTrade ReviewNeville has been an important and leading voice in analysing the state of our society and this work is an important contribution to the permacrisis he describes. For all of us there has to be a debate about how we create the circumstances to change the political landscape and produce the roadmap that offers hope for our communities that there is a better alternative. Understanding how we got here is an essential part of this, importantly Neville presents a critical analysis of our times. -- Ian Blackford, MP for Ross, Skye and LochaberProfessor Kirk’s reputation as a leading historian of nineteenth century politics is based on meticulous examination of primary sources and sharp theoretical insight. He brings the same qualities to this important book. Unlike his previous work Professor Kirk’s subject here is contemporary British politics. Scholars and general readers alike will find his insights both compelling and convincing. They will find he has something new to say; you can’t ask for more than that. -- Paul Pickering, Director of the Australian Studies Institute and Professor in the School of Politics and International Relations, Australian National University, AUSNeville Kirk’s sharp, analytical narrative brings much-needed order to the political chaos of recent years, tracking the twists and turns of political elites with consummate skill. Lucidly written and persuasively argued, this book lays bare the multi-faceted crisis that confronts Britain still. -- Peter Gurney, Professor of History, University of Essex, UKThis clear, careful and considered account of political turmoil in the UK since 2017 is an essential read for anyone trying to understand the background to the current frenzy that marks contemporary politics -- Sheila RowbothamTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter One - A Political Earthquake: The 2017 General Election and its Aftershocks Chapter Two - The Brexit Crisis, 2018-2019 Chapter Three - The Triumphs, Trials and Troubles of Boris Johnson, 2019-2021 Chapter Four - Scotland: Another Way is possible? Chapter Five: To the Present Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisExamines how centralised authoritarian regimes upgrade their system of local governance

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Book SynopsisThis biography of Govan Mbeki (1910-2001), activist and intellectual, goes beyond the narrative details of his long life. Drawing on lengthy interviews with 'Oom Gov', it analyses his thinking, expressed in his writings over 50 years.

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