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Messenger Lectures eBook Series

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  • State-Building

    Governance and World Order in the 21st Century

    by Francis Fukuyama ...
    Series series Messenger Lectures
    Francis Fukuyama famously predicted "the end of history" with the ascendancy of liberal democracy and global capitalism. The topic of his latest book is, therefore, surprising: the building of new nation-states. The end of history was never an automatic procedure, Fukuyama argues, and the well-governed polity was always its necessary precondition. "Weak or failed states are the source of many of ... Read more

    $11.39 USD

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  • Mandela's Way

    Lessons for an Uncertain Age

    by Richard Stengel, Nelson Mandela ...
    A compact, profoundly inspiring book that captures the spirit of Nelson Mandela, distilling the South African leader’s wisdom into 15 vital life lessonsWe long for heroes and have too few. Nelson Mandela, who died in 2013 at the age of ninety-five, is the closest thing the world has to a secular saint. He liberated a country from a system of violent prejudice and helped unite oppressor and ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Human Manipulation

    A Handbook

    by Malcolm Coxall ...
    We have all experienced that sinking feeling that somehow, someone else just took control of our lives and that we are powerless to do anything about it. Maybe, we just accepted a heap of lies from a politician, we bought something we didn't really want, we agreed to do something we really didn't want to do, or we lost an argument because we let our words be twisted against us. We feel helpless ... Read more

    $8.90 USD

  • Corruption

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Leslie Holmes ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Corruption is one of the biggest global issues, ahead of extreme poverty, unemployment, the rising cost of food and energy, climate change, and terrorism. It is thought to be one of the principal causes of poverty around the globe. Its significance in the contemporary world cannot be undervalued. In this Very Short Introduction Leslie Holmes considers why the international community has only ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Leadership the Eleanor Roosevelt Way

    Timeless Strategies from the First Lady of Courage

    by Robin Gerber ...
    Eleanor Roosevelt's remarkable ability to confront and overcome hurdles-be they political, personal, or social-made her one of the greatest leaders of the last century, if not all time. In Leadership the Eleanor Roosevelt Way, author and scholar Robin Gerber examines the values, tactics, and beliefs that enabled Eleanor Roosevelt to bring about tremendous change-in herself and in the world. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • A United Ireland

    Why Unification Is Inevitable and How It Will Come About

    by Kevin Meagher ...
    For over two centuries, the 'Irish question' has dogged UK politics. Though the Good Friday Agreement carved a fragile peace from the bloodshed of the Troubles, the Brexit process has shown a largely uncomprehending British audience just how uneasy that peace always was – and thrown new light on Northern Ireland's uncertain constitutional status.Remote from the British mainland in its politics, ... Read more

    $6.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Corruption and Criminal Justice

    Bridging Economic and Legal Perspectives

    by Tina Søreide ...
    Criminal law efficiency is a concept often referred to but seldom defined. Clarity, the author argues, is necessary for finding practical solutions to fundamental challenges in this area of law, especially with the criminal justice system itself at risk.Tina Søreide offers views in contrast to mainstream ideas on optimal criminal law responses to corruption, with emphasis on the fundamental role ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • The Little Black Book of Political Wisdom

    by Sanford L. Jacobs ...
    Series series Little Red Books
    Politics. It’s a word that carries a great deal of weight, and there have been many words spoken about it ever since human beings decided it might be a good idea to come down from the trees and form some kind of government. The Little Black Book of Political Wisdom is an engaging collection of the wisest, funniest, and most insightful words ever said about the world of politics. Gathered here are ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Political Logic of Poverty Relief

    Electoral Strategies and Social Policy in Mexico

    by Alberto Diaz-Cayeros, Federico Estévez, Beatriz Magaloni ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
    Poverty relief programs are shaped by politics. The particular design which social programs take is to a large extent determined by the existing institutional constraints and politicians' imperative to win elections. The Political Logic of Poverty Relief places elections and institutional design at the core of poverty alleviation. The authors develop a theory with applications to Mexico about how ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • Governing Modern Societies

    Towards Participatory Governance

    by Hubert Heinelt ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Governance and Public Policy
    Is the ‘golden age’ of democracy really over due to the pressures of globalisation and the erosion of the nation state?Within this book, Heinelt seeks to address the democratic deficit in political systems linked to limited Citizen Participation reflecting on the notion of democracy and participatory governance and how they relate to each other. Exploring democracy beyond the governmental ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Jack Lynch, A Biography

    The Life and Times of Irish Taoiseach Jack Lynch (1917–1999)

    by Dermot Keogh ...
    Jack Lynch is one of the most important and perhaps most underrated Irish political leaders of the twentieth century.A sportsman who won six All-Ireland medals in a row with Cork, he was also a civil servant and a barrister before being elected to Dáil Éireann in 1948. During his thirty-one years as a parliamentarian, he held the ministries of Education, Industry and Commerce, and Finance before ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Politics in the Pews

    The Political Mobilization of Black Churches

    by Eric McDaniel ...
    Series series The Politics Of Race And Ethnicity
    "Politics in the Pews probes the internal dynamics of political decision making within the Black church."---William E. Nelson, Jr., Research Professor, Department of African American and African Studies, Ohio State UniversityAs Eric McDaniel demonstrates in his study of Black congregations in the U.S., a church's activism results from complex negotiations between the pastor and the congregation. ... Read more

    $21.59 USD