Politics & Theories

This book examines the economic thought of Edmund Burke. By exploring Burke's understanding of the relation between commerce and manners, it raises timely ethical questions about capitalism and its limits relevant to contemporary debates over neoliberalism and globalization.

Provides a comprehensive introduction to China's political system, outlining the major features of the Chinese model and highlighting its claims and challenges.

How did we get from the end of the Cold War to Trump and Putin?

Identifies some the most powerful people in Ireland during the Celtic Tiger era, describes how they interacted with each other to mutual benefit, and reveals who are the few to retain their power amid the debris arising from the bursting of our economic bubble.

From the night when the Irish government guaranteed the debts of Irish banks in September 2008, to November 2010 when heavy hitters from the IMF and the ECB arrived in government buildings, Ireland was on a one-way road to ruin. This title describes the events of that period and assesses the fall-out and what it means for Ireland's future.

Diplomacy in the West from Richelieu to Kissinger: the great diplomats of history and what their achievements tell us about the most important issues of our time

The urgent, explosive story of Russia's espionage efforts against the West from the Cold War to the present - including their interference in the 2016 presidential election.

A commemoration of the 20th anniversary of 9/11 as told through stories and photographs from The Associated Press.

If you're already a Trump fan, Ann Coulter will help you defend and promote your position. If you're not, she might just change your mind.

This book captures the complex and often contradictory realities of the region's peace process. Across nine original essays, the authors provide a critical and comprehensive reading of a society that seems to have left its violent past behind but at the same time remains subject to its gravitational pull. -- .

On November 1, 2006, Alexander Litvinenko, a former KGB officer, sipped tea in the upmarket Millennium Mayfair hotel near the American Embassy in London - tea that had been spiked with a rare radioactive isotope called Polonium 210. Twenty two days later, he was dead. This title documents Litvinenko's life and death.

Why did the size of the U.S. economy increase by 3 percent on one day in mid-2013 - or Ghana's balloon by 60 percent overnight in 2010? Why did the U.K. financial industry show its fastest expansion ever at the end of 2008 - just as the world's financial system went into meltdown? This title deals with these questions.