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New and Recommended: Politics

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Translated by Ben Fowkes and Joshua RahtzThe era of hyperglobalization once hailed as the 'end of history' was characterised by boundless capitalist expansion. The neoliberal revolution gave rise to a politics of scale aimed at the…

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An indispensable guide to understanding the Israel–Palestine conflict, and how we might yet still find a way out of it.'Ilan Pappe is the most original, radical and hard-hitting of Israel’s "new historians".' Avi Shlaim,…

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Vivid reportage from a war between two ancient peoples caught up in great power interests and clashing narratives of home.On 19 September 2023, war broke out once again in Nagorno-Karabakh, a tiny breakaway state nestled in the mountains at…

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Our feelings about housing are political, and a grasp of them is essential to solving the housing crisis – from the author of They Call It LoveHousing is more than bricks and mortar. The home is where our hopes and dreams play…

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Railway engineer and transport policy specialist Gareth Dennis shows why the railways are key to the fight for a better world for us all.The world's railways were almost entirely created by capital and empire for extraction and…

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Introduction by Elisabeth Burgos-DebrayEdited by Elisabeth Burgos-DebrayTranslated by Ann WrightThe best-selling account of the life of Latin American peasant woman and winner of the Nobel Peace PrizeNow a global bestseller, the…

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How a field built on the intellectual labor and expertise of women erased themThe academic field of international relations presents its own history as largely a project of elite white men. And yet women played a prominent role in the…

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‘A must-read’ THOMAS PIKETTY‘Captivating’ DARON ACEMOGLU‘Important’ FRANCIS FUKUYAMAAn award-winning political scientist shows that a society’s path to prosperity, sustainability, and equality…

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In this compelling dialogue, two of the world’s most influential thinkers reflect on the value of equality and debate what citizens and governments should do to narrow the gaps that separate us. Ranging across economics, philosophy,…

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Translated by Michael WolfersOne of the world's greatest revolutionary leaders, Amílcar Cabral's long and arduous campaign for the liberation of Portuguese-dominated Africa is explored in this vivid compilation of his most…

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Translated by Andy BlissA provocative, beautiful and defiant essay highlighting the pitfalls of integration in France by a talented young writer with North African rootsIs social integration all it’s cracked up to be? Not in the…

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Malm unearths the shared roots of colonial adventurism in Palestine and fossil fuelled warfare.Israel’s pulverization of Gaza since October 7, 2023 is not only a humanitarian crisis, but an environmental catastrophe. Far from the…

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Votes at 16 weaves together arguments and evidence to present a compelling case in favour of lowering the voting age in Britain to 16.By setting out the key reasons why the voting age should be reduced for all elections, this book…

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A moving, hard-hitting account of the Paris attacks trial by France’s leading non-fiction writer'Absolutely gripping' GUARDIAN'Magisterial' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH'Extraordinary and generous' WASHINGTON POST'A gripping…

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A revealing history of the future as a political idea, from the Enlightenment to the climate crisis and global warfare'Exhilarating' Financial Times'A profound meditation on how and why democracy must keep its faith in the future and…

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