Since the sudden collapse of the communist system in Eastern Europe in 1989, scholars have tried to explain why the Soviet Union stood by and watched as its empire crumbled.
Activist and curator Marco Baravalle shows how artists across the Global South and North are building alter-institutions - autonomous, collective infrastructures that challenge both state and market control.
The energy crisis of the early 2020s exposed the true nature of Britain's energy system: fragile, fragmented, comically complicated, and hopelessly dependent on imported fossil fuels.
As revolution raged in North America, James Aitken - house painter, highwayman, and escaped indentured servant - wandered the colonies formulating a dramatic plan to cripple the British navy by destroying Portsmouth dockyard and Bristol harbour.
Metaphors of Economic Exploitation in Literature, 1885-1914 explores the complex network of metaphors that emerged around late nineteenth-century conceptions of economic self-interest - metaphors that dramatised the predatory, conflictual, and exploitative basis of relations between nations, institutions, sexes, and people in a fin-de-siecle economy that was perceived by many as outwardly belligerent.
Metaphors of Economic Exploitation in Literature, 1885-1914 explores the complex network of metaphors that emerged around late nineteenth-century conceptions of economic self-interest - metaphors that dramatised the predatory, conflictual, and exploitative basis of relations between nations, institutions, sexes, and people in a fin-de-siecle economy that was perceived by many as outwardly belligerent.
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Iran: Political Development in a Changing Society represents a significant contribution to the study of non-Western political systems, offering an analytical lens that bridges formal academic theory and the lived reality of Iranian political life.
Iran: Political Development in a Changing Society represents a significant contribution to the study of non-Western political systems, offering an analytical lens that bridges formal academic theory and the lived reality of Iranian political life.
Martin King Whyte's Small Groups and Political Rituals in China examines how the Chinese Communist Party transformed Sun Yat-sen's lament about China as a "e;sheet of loose sand"e; into a system of remarkable social cohesion.
Martin King Whyte's Small Groups and Political Rituals in China examines how the Chinese Communist Party transformed Sun Yat-sen's lament about China as a "e;sheet of loose sand"e; into a system of remarkable social cohesion.
This new and expanded edition of Dragon in the Tropics the widely acclaimed account of how president Hugo Chavez (19992013) revamped Venezuela's political economy examines the electoral decline of Chavismo after Chavez's death and the policies adopted by his successor, Nicolas Maduro, to cope with the economic chaos inherited from previous radical populist policies.
Asia and the Road Ahead: Issues for the Major Powers examines the foreign policy trends and challenges facing six key Asian-Pacific societies: Japan, the People's Republic of China, India, Indonesia, the Soviet Union, and the United States.
Asia and the Road Ahead: Issues for the Major Powers examines the foreign policy trends and challenges facing six key Asian-Pacific societies: Japan, the People's Republic of China, India, Indonesia, the Soviet Union, and the United States.
This new and expanded edition of Dragon in the Tropics the widely acclaimed account of how president Hugo Chavez (19992013) revamped Venezuela's political economy examines the electoral decline of Chavismo after Chavez's death and the policies adopted by his successor, Nicolas Maduro, to cope with the economic chaos inherited from previous radical populist policies.
The political system established by the Chinese Communist Party in 1949 had its origins, in many respects, in the Chinese Soviet Republic of 1931-1934, based in southern Kiangsi province about 400 miles southwest of Shanghai.
The political system established by the Chinese Communist Party in 1949 had its origins, in many respects, in the Chinese Soviet Republic of 1931-1934, based in southern Kiangsi province about 400 miles southwest of Shanghai.
Painful Birth is the astounding story of how Chile narrowly escaped becoming a Leninist/Stalinist slave state in the early 1970s and over a relatively short historic period was transformed into the near paragon of freedom and prosperity that it is today.
Marxism, one of the few philosophies that turned into an effective movement, not so long ago was the official ideology in one form or another of much of humanity.
Painful Birth is the astounding story of how Chile narrowly escaped becoming a Leninist/Stalinist slave state in the early 1970s and over a relatively short historic period was transformed into the near paragon of freedom and prosperity that it is today.
Marxism, one of the few philosophies that turned into an effective movement, not so long ago was the official ideology in one form or another of much of humanity.
'David Torrance chronicles this decisive moment in British history with colourful, fascinating detail' - The TimesAuthor of the critically acclaimed The Wild Men, David Torrance explores another tumultuous and era-defining moment in British political history.
How Labour took power and what they're doing with it'Taken As Red stands out for its balance and the depth of its reporting' The Guardian'Revelatory and insightful.
The Chinese Communist Party, as the political leader of the world's largest country and second largest economy, plays an undeniably important role in global politics.
A behind-the-scenes look at how the United States aided the Velvet RevolutionDemocracy's Defenders offers a behind-the-scenes account of the little-known role played by the U.
The nearly forgotten story of Soviet dissidentsIt has been nearly three decades since the collapse of the Soviet Union enough time for the role that the courageous dissidents ultimately contributed to the communist system's collapse to have been largely forgotten, especially in the West.
How Putin's autocracy undercut Russia's economy and chances for democracyDuring his nearly twenty years at the center of Russian political power, Vladimir Putin has transformed the vast country in many ways, not all of them for the better.
How Putin's autocracy undercut Russia's economy and chances for democracyDuring his nearly twenty years at the center of Russian political power, Vladimir Putin has transformed the vast country in many ways, not all of them for the better.
