Political Science & Theory

An intimate, insightful portrait of an extraordinarily private leader WALTER ISAACSON From the bestselling author of Enemies of the Peopl...

An intimate, insightful portrait of an extraordinarily private leader WALTER ISAACSON From the bestselling author of Enemies of the Peopl...

'The general uncertainty as to what is really happening makes it easier to cling to lunatic beliefs'Biting and timeless reflections on patriotism, ...

The BBC is one of the most important institutions in Britain; it is also one of the most misunderstood. Despite its claim to be independent and i...

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. We have declared before that it is not only exp...

Judith Butler's new book shows how an ethic of nonviolence must be connected to a broader political struggle for social equality. Further, it argue...

In the 21st century we face innumerable material and existential challenges both now and in the future, from religious fanaticism, mass migration, ...

Long regarded as the most accurate rendering of Plato's Republic that has yet been published, this widely acclaimed work is the first strictly li...

In our brave new world of Big Tech, work is automated and money melts into air. What comes next as the global capitalist edifice crumbles? Slavoj...

The updated edition of this classic treatise on the behavior of great powers takes a penetrating look at the question likely to dominate internatio...

'One of the most influential economists in the world' WiredEven before the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, capitalism was stuck. It had no answers to a ...

A new type of Cold War is emerging between China and the West. . The global order is being simultaneously shaken by climate change and the shale re...

'I could not recommend this more. If you're looking for a sense of optimism, a sense of political possibility, this book is very important' Owen Jo...

In 1845 two thinkers from the American hemisphere--the Argentinean statesman Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, and the fugitive ex-slave, abolitionist le...

This is a brilliant and hardheaded book. It will frighten those who prefer not to dwell on the unthinkable and infuriate those who have taken refug...

The New Machiavelli is a gripping account of life inside 'the bunker' of Number 10. In his twenty-first century reworking of Niccolo Machiavelli's ...

Mossad is universally recognised as the greatest intelligence service in the world. It is also the most enigmatic, shrouded in a thick veil of secr...

A major reappraisal, by the Nobel-prizewinning economist, of the relationship between capitalism and freedomDespite its manifest failures, the narr...

'The Debordian analysis of modern life resonates more deeply and darkly than perhaps even its creator thought possible...' - The New Yorker'Never b...

The quest for social justice is a powerful crusade of our time, with an appeal to many different people, for many different reasons. But those who ...

The New York Times-bestselling skeptical environmentalist argues that panic over climate change is causing more harm than goodHurricanes batter our...

What does Fascism mean at the beginning of the twenty-first century? When we pronounce this word, our memory goes back to the years between the two...

For all men are persuaded by considerations of where their interest lies... Aristotle's Art of Rhetoric is the earliest systematic treatment of th...

A compact, incisive history of a war that was an ominous prelude to Russias invasion of UkraineLeaving almost half a million dead and displacing an...

An argument for the classical realist approach to world politics An Unwritten Future offers a fresh reassessment of classical realism, an enduring ...

An authoritative introduction to ISISnow expanded and revised to bring events up to the presentThe Islamic State stunned the world with its savager...

In Utopia, Thomas More gives us a traveller's account of a newly discovered island where the inhabitants enjoy a social order based on natural reas...

Marranos were Spanish or Portuguese Jews who converted to Christianity at the time of the Spanish Inquisition to avoid being massacred or forced to...