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  • Sovereign of the Seas, 1637

    A Reconstruction of the Most Powerful Warship of Its Day

    by John McKay ...
    "McKay's artful renderings provide a fitting tribute to this amazing vessel and those who participated in her planning and construction." — Pirates and PrivateersSovereign of the Seas was the most spectacular, extravagant and controversial warship of the early seventeenth century. The ultimate royal prestige project, whose armament was increased by the King's decree to the unheard-of figure of 100 ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • International Development

    Issues and Challenges

    by Damien Kingsbury, John McKay, Dr Matthew Clarke, Kyoko Kusakabe ...
    How can a country industrialise without causing environmental damage? How do development professionals ensure they act in the interests of recipients, rather than their own donor country? And how is the humanitarian project of development complicated by ideological objectives?The fourth edition of this renowned textbook covers the most urgent issues facing the field of development. With the return ... Read more

    $40.49 USD

  • Contemporary Asia

    Continuities, Challenges and Transformations

    by John McKay ...
    Series series Contemporary States and Societies
    For the first time in the modern era, Asia is not dominated by an outside power. Is this the Asian Century? Will internal rivalries emerge between China, Japan and India? How will growing tensions between the United States and China shape the global economic, strategic and political system? Covering governance, culture, and society in East and South Asia, this book introduces:- Key economic ... Read more

    $33.19 USD

  • Foreign Aid in a World in Crisis

    Shifting Geopolitics in the Neoliberal Era

    by Viktor Jakupec, Max Kelly, John McKay ...
    Series series Routledge Explorations in Development Studies
    This book investigates the geopoliticisation of foreign aid in recent years, against a background of global overarching crises such as climate change, conflict, Covid-19, economic crisis, energy shortages and migration.Foreign aid has historically been understood as assisting both with the development objectives of the recipients and with the trade and geopolitical interests of the donors. In the ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Big Book of Civil War Sites

    From Fort Sumter to Appomattox, a Visitor's Guide to the History, Personalities, and Places of America's Battlefields

    by Eric Ethier, John Mckay ...
    The definitive travel reference for America'smost famous—and infamous—Civil War battle sites:a tribute to the war's 150th anniversary (2011–2015)With The Big Book of Civil War Sites, history-focused travelers finally have ready access to in-depth and thorough listings of all sites associated with the major battles of a devastating war that transformed the nation. Whether for exploring the Southern ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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  • Free and Equal

    A Manifesto for a Just Society

    by Daniel Chandler ...
    Imagine: You are designing a society, but you don't know who you'll be within it—rich or poor, man or woman, gay or straight. What would you want that society to look like? This is the revolutionary thought experiment proposed by the twentieth century's greatest political philosopher, John Rawls. As economist and philosopher Daniel Chandler argues in this hugely ambitious and exhilarating ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

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  • Globalization's Contradictions

    Geographies of Discipline, Destruction and Transformation

    Edited by Dennis Conway, Nik Heynen ...
    Since the 1980s, globalization and neoliberalism have brought about a comprehensive restructuring of everyone’s lives. People are being ‘disciplined’ by neoliberal economic agendas, ‘transformed’ by communication and information technology changes, global commodity chains and networks, and in the Global South in particular, destroyed livelihoods, debilitating impoverishment, disease pandemics, ... Read more

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  • Neoliberalism

    by Damien Cahill, Martijn Konings ...
    Series series Key Concepts
    For over three decades neoliberalism has been the dominant economic ideology. While it may have emerged relatively unscathed from the global financial crisis of 2007-8, neoliberalism is now - more than ever - under scrutiny from critics who argue that it has failed to live up to its promises, creating instead an increasingly unequal and insecure world.This book offers a nuanced and probing ... Read more

    $19.00 USD

  • After Occupy

    Economic Democracy for the 21st Century

    by Tom Malleson ...
    These days, it is easy to be cynical about democracy. Even though there are more democratic societies now (119 and counting) than ever before, skeptics can point to low turnouts in national elections, the degree to which money corrupts the process, and the difficulties of mass participation in complex systems as just a few reasons why the system is flawed. The Occupy movement in 2011 proved that ... Read more

    $20.89 USD

  • Cosmopolitanism

    Ideals and Realities

    by David Held ...
    This book sets out the case for a cosmopolitan approach to contemporary global politics. It presents a systematic theory of cosmopolitanism, explicating its core principles and justifications, and examines the role many of these principles have played in the development of global politics, such as framing the human rights regime. The framework is then used to address some of the most pressing ... Read more

    $24.00 USD

  • Global Political Economy

    Evolution and Dynamics

    by Robert O'Brien, Marc Williams ...
    Offering an accessible introduction to both the historical roots and the contemporary dynamics of today's world economy, this seventh edition equips students with the knowledge required to make sense of the fast-paced discipline of the global political economy. Illustrating the breadth of the subject, the authors show how the national and the international interact, while also placing an emphasis ... Read more

    $38.89 USD

  • Europe in the Global Age

    by Anthony Giddens ...
    Europe's social model – its system of welfare and social protection – is regarded by many as the jewel in the crown. It is what helps to give the European societies their distinctive qualities of social cohesion and care for the vulnerable. Over recent years, however, the social model has come under great strain in many states within the European Union – unemployment, for example, remains ... Read more

    $21.00 USD