Political Control & Freedoms

Dismal spending on government health services is often considered a necessary consequence of a low per-capita GDP, but are poor patients in poor co...

A groundbreaking and surprising look at contemporary censorship in ChinaAs authoritarian governments around the world develop sophisticated technol...

Cutting through the haze of hatred and polarizing politics of our time, The Freedom Paradox offers an unexpected solution to re-unite America. It ...

Our ability to make choices is fundamental to our sense of ourselves as human beings, and essential to the political values of freedom-protecting n...

Individualism is one of most criticized and least understood ideas in social and political thought. Is individualism the ability to act independent...

What is the role of intelligence agencies in strategy and policy? How do policymakers use (or misuse) intelligence estimates? When do intelligence-...

Through their dramatic stories, Gopal shows that the Afghan war, so often regarded as a hopeless quagmire, could in fact have gone very differently...

What is the role of intelligence agencies in strategy and policy? How do policymakers use (or misuse) intelligence estimates? When do intelligence-...

Since at least the Middle Ages, the laws of war have distinguished between combatants and civilians under an injunction now formally known as the p...

Survival Skills for the Fire Chief examines the management mistakes fire chiefs often make that compromise their effectiveness and ability to manag...

The eighteen-day revolt that ended Hosni Mubarak''s thirty years of rule marked a historic turning point in the political fortunes not only of Egyp...

In the aftermath of 9/11, few questioned the political narrative provided by the White House about Guantánamo and the steady stream of prisoners de...

The aim of this book is to highlight the role that the Black Consciousness Movement played in the transformation of South Africa from racial oppres...

This book analyses the regulatory regimes that are now having their day of dominance. The traditional ideal of democracy as governance by the peopl...

Everyone needs and deserves housing. But today our homes are being transformed into commodities, making the inequalities of the city ever more acut...