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  • We Are Cuba!

    How a Revolutionary People Have Survived in a Post-Soviet World

    by Helen Yaffe ...
    The extraordinary account of the Cuban people’s struggle for survival in a post-Soviet worldIn the aftermath of the fall of the Soviet Union, Cuba faced the start of a crisis that decimated its economy. Helen Yaffe examines the astonishing developments that took place during and beyond this period. Drawing on archival research and interviews with Cuban leaders, thinkers, and activists, this book ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Disaster Preparedness and Climate Change in Cuba

    Management and Adaptation

    by Emily J. Kirk, Isabel Story, Anna Clayfield, Leidy Casimiro Rodríguez, Lauren Collins, Margarita Fernández, Shawn Harmon, Jessica Hirtle0, Hal P. Klepak1, Giraldo Martin Martin2, Guillermo Mesa Ridel3, Valerie Miller4, Luis L. Vázquez5, Helen Yaffe6 ...
    Series series Bloomsbury Studies on Cuba
    As a result of climate change, ocean temperatures are warming and sea levels are rising. Natural disasters have been increasing in frequency and ferocity. Yet, over six decades, Cuba has developed a world-leading model for disaster preparedness and risk reduction. Disaster Preparedness and Climate Change in Cuba: Management and Adaptation discusses the island’s ongoing resilience against the ... Read more

    $94.79 USD

  • Youth Activism and Solidarity

    The non-stop picket against Apartheid

    by Helen Yaffe, Gavin Brown ...
    Series series Routledge Spaces of Childhood and Youth Series
    From April 1986 until just after Nelson Mandela’s release from prison in February 1990, supporters of the City of London Anti-Apartheid Group maintained a continuous protest, day and night, outside the South African Embassy in central London. This book examines how and why a group of children, teenagers and young adults made themselves ‘non-stop against apartheid’, creating one of the most visible ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

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    On how our sense of balance has defined us as a nation and will safeguard our future.In the years that John Howard served in the national parliament he came to understand the special character of Australia; to appreciate its strengths and weaknesses; and most importantly to respect the sense of balance in the formulation of public policy that has long defined us as a nation and made Australia an ... Read more

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  • Fear of Abandonment

    Australia in the World since 1942

    by Allan Gyngell ...
    Updated edition, covering Brexit, Trump, Xi’s ambitions for China, and the geopolitical implications of the COVID-19 pandemicEverything Australia wants to achieve as a country depends on its capacity to understand the world outside and to respond effectively to it.In Fear of Abandonment, expert and insider Allan Gyngell tells the story of how Australia has shaped the world and been shaped by it ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Trivial Pursuit

    Leadership and the End of the Reform Era; Quarterly Essay 40

    by George Megalogenis ...
    Series Book 40 - Quarterly Essay
    In Trivial Pursuit George Megalogenis considers Australia's political dead zone.The Hawke, Keating and early Howard years were ones of bold reform; recently we have seen an era of power without purpose. But why? Is it down to powerful lobbies, or the media, or a failure of leadership, or all of the above? And whatever the case, how will hard decisions be taken for the future?In Trivial Pursuit, ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • The Rise of the Outsiders

    How Mainstream Politics Lost its Way

    by Steve Richards ...
    Something strange has been happening. All over the world, people are angry and rejecting the establishment like never before. Britain votes Brexit. Trump promises walls in America. Corbyn promises a new socialism in the UK. Tsipras in Greece. Podemos in Spain. Marine Le Pen in France. Norbert Hofer in Austria. The list goes on. Why has the mainstream lost support? Why are the outsiders flourishing ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Revolt on the Right

    Explaining Support for the Radical Right in Britain

    by Robert Ford, Matthew Goodwin ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Extremism and Democracy
    Winner of the Political Book of the Year Award 2015The UK Independence Party (UKIP) is the most significant new party in British politics for a generation. In recent years UKIP and their charismatic leader Nigel Farage have captivated British politics, media and voters. Yet both the party and the roots of its support remain poorly understood. Where has this political revolt come from? Who is ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Who Rules South Africa?

    Pulling the strings in the battle for power

    by Martin Plaut, Paul Holden ...
    In this timely work, WHO RULES SOUTH AFRICA?, highly regarded authors Paul Holden and Martin Plaut analyse the political elites that battle daily for power in South Africa. They argue that power does not reside in traditional institutions such as Parliament or even the Cabinet. Rather, power lies within the ANC-led Alliance which, with no founding document and no written constitution, is an ... Read more

    $8.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Au Revoir, Europe

    What if Britain left the EU?

    by David Charter ...
    Forty years ago, Britain joined the club of European nations. The idea was to guarantee peace and prosperity on the continent through 'ever closer union' following centuries of terrible wars. But after four decades of membership, costing the UK more than ?200 billion, public disenchantment with the European Union has never been so great. In Au Revoir, Europe David Charter, Europe Correspondent for ... Read more

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  • Sex, Lies and the Ballot Box

    50 Things You Need To Know About British Elections

    by Philip Cowley ...
    HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED... ... what emotions really influence where your cross goes on the ballot paper? ... whether people are claiming to vote when they haven't? ... which party's supporters are the kinkiest in bed? In the run-up to the most hotly contested and unpredictable election in a generation, this exhilarating read injects some life back into the world of British electoral politics. Sex, ... Read more

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  • A History of Britain

    1945 to Brexit

    by Jeremy Black ...
    A journey through the events of the postwar years that "makes the outcome of Britain's Brexit referendum much easier to comprehend" (Julian Lewis, member of Parliament).In 2016, Britain stunned itself and the world by voting to pull out of the European Union, leaving financial markets reeling and global politicians and citizens in shock. But was Brexit really a surprise, or are there clues in ... Read more

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