Overcoming the crisis of democratic values in the European Union

Some years ago, the free world began to speak of rule of law backsliding to describe a series of surprising, isolated developments that challenged the principles we had taken for granted in recent decades, such as the separation of powers, the protection and balances, etc ...

Revolutions thwarted

Poland, South Africa, Iran, Brazil, and the legacies of Communism

Inspired by the Marxian idea that the emancipation of the working class must always be the act of the working class itself, John Rose has written a book that is itself a political inspiration. He offers a comparative analysis of four mass workers’ movements in ...

International organization

The fourth edition of this popular core textbook provides wide-ranging coverage of the structure, workings, policies and performance of international organizations such as the UN, EU, IMF and World Bank. Such organizations have never been so important in addressing the challenges that face our increasingly ...

Palestine, imperialism and the struggle for freedom

For over 100 years Palestinians have resisted colonial occupation, displacement, and dispossession. Yet much of Palestine’s long history of resistance has remained hidden. Palestine, imperialism, and the struggle for freedom follows their struggles against Britain, the Zionist settler movement, and the state of Israel ...

Israel and the Gaza Strip since 1967

a history of occupation, domination and unilateralism

Since 1967, Israeli decision-makers have opted to conquer, occupy, colonize and dominate the Gaza Strip. Why has this sliver of land – home and refuge to around 400,000 Palestinians at the time of the 1967 War – been so important? Why has it come to play ...

ISIS

the march to dystopia

How should we understand ISIS today? Despite its territorial defeat in Iraq and Syria in 2019, ISIS has evolved and expanded globally. This book is the most comprehensive study of ISIS to date, benefitting from Arabic sources previously unavailable to an English-speaking audience. Renowned scholar ...

Feminism, national identity and European integration in modern Spain

defining a democracy, 1960-present

This book explores the evolution of Spanish feminism in the context of European feminisms and institutions from the 1960s to recent times. Beginning with Sección Femenina, the official Francoist women's organization, Feminism, National Identity and European Integration in Modern Spain traces the interplay between ...

Silk mirage

through the looking glass in Uzbekistan

Silk Mirage is a compelling portrait of Uzbekistan, a country at the heart of the ancient Silk Road and now the centre of a power struggle between reformers and reactionaries for the soul of this strategic land in Central Asia. In 2016, the long-ruling dictator ...

El verano de nuestra desazón

Antirracismo, la plaga y Donald Trump

El verano de nuestra desazón es un intento de demostrar por qué debemos resistirnos a la destrucción mutua asegurada a la que nos conducen los movimientos identitarios —incluso los que aparecen con el seductor disfraz de causas justas, como el antirracismo— y volver a creer ...

Queridos camaradas

La Internacional Comunista y España, 1919-1939

La apertura de los archivos a partir de la desaparición de la URSS (1991) animó a los autores de esta obra a abordar una investigación sobre la influencia de la Comintern en el Partido Comunista de España, y cómo el poder soviético actuó en nuestro ...

Antifascismo Socialista en el sur de Europa

Movilización reformista e identidades cruzadas en el periodo de entreguerras (1919-1939)

Durante el periodo de entreguerras, Europa vivió intensamente la confrontación entre fascismo y antifascismo que terminó por resolverse a favor de este último a través de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. A lo largo de aquellos años, el antifascismo alcanzó la condición de movimiento de masas ...

Lutero, Maquiavelo y Erasmo

Visiones de la política, el Estado y la guerra

La Edad Moderna nace en gran medida como consecuencia de la fatiga y consiguiente abatimiento de los viejos principios que daban sentido a la convivencia entre el poder secular y el eclesiástico en la Edad Media. Los nuevos postulados, que desde tiempo venían anunciándose, surgen ...

Masas, clases, ideas

Estudios sobre política y filosofía antes y después de Marx

Publicado originalmente en 1994, Masas, Clases, Ideas, marca un giro decisivo en la obra de Étienne Balibar: una revisión crítica del marxismo que cuestiona la idea del proletariado como 'sujeto de la historia'. Frente a toda teleología, Balibar propone pensar al proletariado no como sujeto ...

How to survive a hostile world

power, politics, and the case for realism

The oldest ideas are the best. This book is a defense of an ancient way of thinking about international politics: realism. Patrick Porter, a scholar of international relations, defends the realist approach to understanding the world by addressing head-on the most robust critiques of the ...

Europe's populist condition

Challenging the notion that populism is an anomaly in European politics, this book argues that the main threat to democracy is the exclusionary nature of European democratic traditions. Drawing on decolonial studies, feminist theory, psychoanalysis, and democratic theory, the book reveals how liberal democracy in ...

Ignorance

What We Do Not Know, Cannot Know, Must Not Know, and Refuse to Know

Does the lack of evidence mean that aliens don't exist? Why does an unproven mathematical hypothesis have profound consequences? Are humans capable of grasping the nature of divinity? Is it ethical to give a patient a placebo? Why do people persist in demonstrably false ...

Autocracy 2.0

how China's rise reinvented tyranny

In Autocracy 2.0, Jennifer Lind reveals how China's leaders defied expectations and propelled the country to innovation-superpower status - and what that means for the balance of power and global struggle between democracy and authoritarianism. In 2008, the world watched in awe as 2 ...

Paranoid publics

psychopolitics of truth

Facts and established truths are regularly denied in contemporary life. This situation has brought paranoid politics into the mainstream, from conspiracy theories like QAnon, to sex panics and assaults on public health measures, to election denialism and the rise of vigilante militias. Paranoid Publics analyzes ...

Demagogues, populism and misinformation

a guide to combating dark ideas

Today's volatile political and social climate, is characterised by demagogues, populism, and increasingly AI driven misinformation, combined with growing global crises ranging from obesity to the environment. This eclectic collection brings together a diverse array of international contributors to tackle these crucial issues. These ...

The land where nothing works

how Britain lost the plot

Tracing the origins of Britain's current malaise to the abandonment of social democracy What has happened to Britain? As drivers on its roads can attest, it is the pothole capital of Europe. Once-beautiful towns now feature peeling paint, weeds, and broken railings. Public services ...