Takes the position that US bureaucracy is neither a generalized failure not a sinkhole of waste as mythologized by anti-government ideologues. Rather, it is one of the most effective and innovative sets of administrative institutions of any government in the world today.

Including an examination of the 2008 financial crisis, this book looks at how the US political systems fares when put under pressure

Human security refers in its broadest sense to the protection of individuals from harm. Human Security: Theory and Action explores the theory and application of concepts central to this notion of security. It examines the conceptual roots of human security, connecting its origins to its applications and challenges in war and peacetime.

With a unique focus on the evolving notion of responsibility for security, the text introduces the critical questions and priorities that underpin policies and...

This textbook introduces state-of-the-art research in simple and accessible terms to make sense of populism as a major driving force of politics today. It is an essential companion for all undergraduate and postgraduate students interested in the empirical study of populism.

Provides in-depth examination and insight into how candidates plan and execute advertising campaigns, how the media covers these campaigns, and how American voters are ultimately influenced by them.

This is an exciting new edition of a core text that draws on a range of interwoven themes within the field of early childhood studies, clearly showing how these themes are reflected and played out in different contexts.

'Truly essential' MARGARET ATWOOD'Eye-opening and essential' BILL GATES‘I find it hard to express how much I love this book’ RUTGER BREGMAN'The climate and environmental crisis now has its Hans Rosling' DAVID WALLACE-WELLS'An unmissable myth-busting book to save our planet – read it' TIM SPECTORFeeling anxious, powerless or confused about the future of our planet? This book will transform how you see our biggest environmental problems -- and how we can solve themWe are bombarded by doom...

This book explores the concept of 'cognitive injustice': the failure to recognise the different ways of knowing by which people across the globe run their lives and provide meaning to their existence. Boaventura de Sousa Santos shows why global social justice is not possible without global cognitive justice. Santos argues that Western domination has profoundly marginalised knowledge and wisdom that had been in existence in the global South. She contends that today it is imperative to recover ...

“This handbook, for local party officers and other interested members, is an important new step … a valuable guide for the experienced and inexperienced alike.” Mark Pack, President of the Liberal Democrats & Caroline Pidgeon, Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group on the London Assembly

“a relevant, impactful and vital guide”, Toni Brodelle, Chair of the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidates Association

This book is a practical handbook for building a Local Party – all the way ...

Understand everything you need to know about our democratic system—from the Constitution to present-day elections—with The Everything American Government Book.

If the confusion following the last presidential election is any indication, the average citizen knows precious little about the democratic system and the laws that affect their daily lives. The Everything American Government Book unravels the complexities of our democracy and provides you with the knowledge necessary to make the r...