Contemporary Japan

What have been the fundamental shifts in Japanese society over the past decade? And what has remained the same? What will the country look like in five years from now? Introducing you to all aspects of Japanese society, culture, politics, economy, geography and history, this ...

Fascism in Europe and beyond

a history of the first hundred years

Fascism in Europe and Beyond examines fascism from its origins to the present. It begins in the fin-de-siècle era when the various ideas that eventually coalesced into fascism first emerged and concludes with the re-emergence of fascist ideas in recent times. Historiographical discussions, illustrations, biographical ...

The age of change

how urban youth are transforming African politics

Africa is undergoing an astounding transformation that will usher in a new era of political volatility and experimentation in the coming years. The region is in the midst of a historically unprecedented demographic surge that has skewed the median age in most countries to below ...

Understanding the European Union

This is the must-have introduction to the European Union. A primer on the EU's history, institutions, and politics, this brief and engaging textbook reviews the challenges and opportunities faced by the EU, from the democratic deficit and the potential of future enlargement to the ...

Women and politics

paths to power and political influence

Women and Politics: Paths to Power and Political Influence examines the role of women in politics from the early women's movement to the female politicians in power today. Focusing on women whose stories have not yet been told, this book includes new analysis and ...

America & Islam

soundbites, suicide bombs, and the road to Donald Trump

FINALIST, RELIGION NEWS ASSOCIATION "EXCELLENCE IN RELIGION REPORTING" BOOK AWARD Donald Trump's weaponization of Islamophobia in his first campaign for U.S. president shocked the world. Yet his promise to end the Gaza war rallied many American Muslims to his side in the 2024 ...

Chain of ideas

great replacement theory and the origins of our authoritarian age

In Chain of Ideas, Ibram X. Kendi examines the historical development and global dissemination of the concept commonly referred to as the "great replacement" theory. The work traces the term's origins in early 21st-century Europe and analyzes how related ideas have been adapted and ...

Campaign of chaos

Trump, Biden, Harris, and the 2024 American election

Larry Sabato, one of the leading experts in American politics, brings together respected journalists and academics from across the political spectrum to examine every facet of the 2024 election, and what its development and outcome will mean for the nation moving forward. In frank, accessible ...

The U.S.-Mexico border

a reference handbook

This book offers answers to essential questions about the border between the United States and Mexico and connected issues that are accessible to readers interested in immigration, border security, and international relations.Readers will learn about the political, social, and economic contexts in which the ...

Global terrorism threat assessment 2025

Terrorism remains a threat to U.S. citizens, assets, and interests despite the national security community's decreasing focus on counterterrorism.In 2025, domestic terrorism represents a greater threat to the United States than do international terrorist organizations. Most domestic terrorist attacks in the United ...

El club de las modernas

Una apasionante investigación sobre el Lyceum Club, la primera asociación feminista de España, en el centenario de su creación. En 1926, en plena dictadura de Primo de Rivera, un grupo de mujeres decidió sacudir los cimientos de una sociedad que las quería relegadas al hogar ...

Referendums as representative democracy

In referendums on fundamental constitutional issues, do the people come together to make decisions instead of representatives? This book argues no. It offers an alternative theory of referendums whereby they are one of many ordinary ways that voters give direction to their representatives. In this ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Propaganda in the digital age

global conflicts, media, politics, and fake news

Exploring the highly interconnected global media landscape and the rapidly changing modes of communication and human interaction, Propaganda in the Digital Age presents a multi-faceted, global discussion and analysis of propaganda, war, media, information, misinformation, and disinformation. Twenty-six accomplished scholars and media professionals come together ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Patologías sociales y terapias fallidas

Una teoría de la democracia como fármaco

En la sociedad actual, el malestar ya no se expresa en términos de neurosis o represión, sino como fatiga y depresión. El sujeto contemporáneo aparece como un cuerpo que se autoexplota bajo una lógica de positividad constante, asumiendo voluntariamente formas de violencia orientadas al rendimiento ...