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Europe - Giving Shape to an Idea

Council of the European Union,
Anthem 2009
Hardback Illustrated
 
For centuries before the idea of Europe took on institutional reality in the form of the EU, the continent's thinkers reflected on how to bring peace and unity to its warring nations. Lavishly illustrated with colour photographs, manuscript pages, prints and posters, this volume presents excerpts from writings by philosophers and political theorists from Dante to Immanuel Kant, Jeremy Bentham to Jean Monnet, setting each in its context to present an absorbing narrative of this little-known aspect of European history. ...more
 
£21.99
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Stock code: 91582

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A Political Biography of Richard Steele

Knight, Charles A
Pickering & Chatto 2009
Hardback 
 
An early writer of sentimental drama and essayist (with Joseph Addison), Richard Steele (1672-1729) became the leading political propagandist for the Whigs in 1713-14, campaigning in particular for the succession of the house of Hanover. Expelled from Parliament for sedition during Anne's reign, he later returned to Parliament, became manager of Drury Lane Theatre and was knighted. This scholarly biography places Steele and his work 'within the political discourse of his very political age'. No jacket. ...more
 
£60.00
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Stock code: 89748

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A Political Biography of Delarivier Manley

Carnell, Rachel
Pickering & Chatto 2008
Hardback 
 
A Tory pamphleteer, playwright and satirical historian, Delarivier Manley (c.1670-1724) was regarded by contemporaries Jonathan Swift and Robert Harley as a key member of the Tory propaganda team. Her best-selling political scandal chronicle The New Atlantis helped bring down the Whig ministry in 1710. Carnell's study takes account of all known information about Manley's life, exploring in particular the delicate verbal negotiations required for a woman to enter early 18th century political debate. No jacket....more
 
£60.00
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Stock code: 89558

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The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Jonathan Swift
English Political Writings, 1711-1714
Goldgar, Bertrand A; Gadd, Ian;, Gadd Ian (Edited by)
Cambridge University Press 2008
Hardback 
 
The years 1711 to 1714 saw some of Swift's most brilliant and powerful political pamphleteering for the Tory government. This volume collects together major defences of the goverment's position, including The Conduct of the Allies and The Publick Spirit of the Whigs, vigorous attacks on Swift's opponents, short satirical broadsides and brief contributions to periodicals. The editors present the first fully annotated edition of these works, with an introduction, explanatory notes and textual histories....more
 
£90.00
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Stock code: 89317

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The Scottish Secretaries

Torrance, David
Birlinn 2006
Hardback 
 
From humble beginnings as a branch of the Home Office created in 1885 to quell discontent north of the border, the Scottish Office grew to become a mini-Whitehall by the 1930s. Shedding light on the complex machinations of pre-devolution Scottish politics, this biographical history charts the trials and tribulations of the 40 influential and often colourful personalities, from AJ Balfour to Donald Dewar, who held the office of Scottish Secretary. Introduction by James Naughtie....more
 
£30.00
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Stock code: 88480

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Parties, Polls and Riots
Politics in Nineteenth-Century Radnorshire
Parker, Keith
Logaston 2009
Paperback Illustrated
 
This study explores three aspects of political life in Radnorshire during the 'long' 19th century, from the mid 1790s to 1914: the gentry-dominated politics of the first two-thirds of the century; the development of party politics after 1868; and the politics of popular protest. As well as local issues, the book covers local engagement in wider political debates such as the Corn Laws, the Disestablishment of the Church in Wales, Home Rule for Ireland and electoral reform. ...more
 
£10.00
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Stock code: 86860

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British-Egyptian Relations
from Suez to the Present Day
Brehony, Noel; El-Desouky, Ayman (Edited by)
SOAS 2007
Paperback Illustrated
 
Deriving from the first major forum to review relations between Britain and Egypt, held in London in 2006, this volume of essays demonstrates how political, economic and cultural interaction between the countries has developed since the Suez invasion of 1956. Topics range from the lessons learned from Suez to the restoration of the Gayer-Anderson Museum in Cairo, and in addition to providing an historical assessment, the book suggests ways forward in both bilateral and international contexts. ...more
 
£16.99
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Stock code: 86527

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Politics
Antiquity and its Legacy
Vlassopoulos, Kostas
Oxford University Press 2009
Paperback 
 
The contrasting political systems of Athens, Sparta and Rome lie behind the modern Western powers' rallying cry of 'democracy'. Discussing 'the relationship between ancient and modern political thought and practice', Vlassopoulos considers the political theories of Greek and Roman thinkers such as Plato, Aristotle and Cicero, showing how analysis of their work (and the effects of its rediscovery in the Renaissance) can help us to reassess modern debates on politics, liberty and democratic governance. ...more
 
$24.95
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Stock code: 86451

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Discourses on Livy (1883)

Machiavelli, Niccolo; Hill Thompson, Trans. Ninian
Dover 2007
Paperback 
 
Published in 1531, Machiavelli's Discourses on the First Decade of Livy is a response to the Roman historian's account of the early years of the Roman republic. Whereas The Prince gives advice on the maintenance of monarchy, these complementary Discourses explore the benefits of the checks and balances which make a republic superior to a principality. This edition is a reprint of Ninian Hill Thomson's 1883 translation. ...more
 
£9.99
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Stock code: 86414

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David and Winston

George, Robert Lloyd
Overlook 2008
Hardback Illustrated
 
Allies, rivals, sparring partners: despite the difference in their backgrounds, the bootmaker's son from a Welsh village and the aristocrat from Blenheim Palace became firm and lifelong friends, even when on opposite sides of the House. This fascinating book by Lloyd George's great-grandson shows how the unlikely friendship between these two political mavericks, forged in the crucible of the First World War, helped to shape the outcome of the Second. Felt-tip mark on lower trimmed edge....more
 
$29.95
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Stock code: 86352

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Liberty and Civilization
The Western Heritage
Scruton, Roger (Edited by)
Encounter 2009
Hardback 
 
These ten essays by academics and journalists originally appeared in the American Spectator during 2008. They examine the Western world's cultural, religious and intellectual Judaeo-Christian and Enlightenment inheritance, with a special focus on the place of individual liberty, which Roger Scruton says we are under a 'special obligation' to defend today, in the face of 'militant atheism at home and militant Islam abroad'. ...more
 
£13.99
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Stock code: 85262

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Political Systems of the World
(Two volumes)
Derbyshire, J Denis; Derbyshire, Ian
Helicon 1999
Hardback 
 
This clearly presented, comprehensive guide to world politics up to 1999 is in three sections: Part 1 makes a comparative assessment of systems of government and political ideologies around the world; Part 2 sets out the political systems of each of the world's 192 sovereign states, arranged alphabetically within nine regions; Part 3 covers semi-sovereign states, colonies and dependencies, and regional and global organizations such as the United Nations and European Union....more
 
£80.00
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Stock code: 84264

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Time for Revolution

Negri, Antonio
Continuum 2004
Paperback 
 
Written in prison two decades apart, these two essays reflect Negri's abiding interest in the philosophy of time and resistance. The Constitution of Time (1981) is a central work in Negri's oeuvre, tracing the fracture lines which force capitalism into perpetual crisis; while Kairos, Alma Venus, Multitudo (2000), written immediately after his global best-seller, Empire, deepens our understanding of the two key concepts of empire and multitude. Translated by Matteo Mandarini. ...more
 
£29.99
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Stock code: 83551

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Politicians at War

Buckton, Henry (Edited by)
Leo Cooper 2003
Hardback Illustrated
 
In the years following the Second World War, the majority of politicians in Parliament had served in the armed forces during the war. Describing the wartime careers and bringing together the recollections of men such as Sir Edward Heath, Roy Jenkins, Tony Benn and John Smith, this book offers a new perspective on the careers of 55 politicians grouped, not by their political ideology, but by the branch of the armed forces in which they served. ...more
 
£19.95
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Stock code: 77696

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Pistols at Dawn
Two Hundred Years of Political Rivalry, from Pitt & Fox to Blair & Brown
Campbell, John
Jonathan Cape 2009
Hardback 
 
'They tend to come in pairs. In an adversarial political system every significant shift in ideas throws up its opposing champions'. John Campbell focuses on eight of these epic confrontations - Pitt and Fox, Castlereagh and Canning, Disraeli and Gladstone, Asquith and Lloyd George, Aneurin Bevan and Gaitskell, Macmillan and Rab Butler, Heath and Thatcher, and Brown and Blair - and explores both the transformations in causes and ideology over 200 years and the inner continuity of the political process. ...more
 
£25.00
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Stock code: 76753

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