Terrorism: How to Respond by Richard English
52.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
The post-9/11 War on Terror has spectacularly failed and this book argues that we now need a radically new approach to dealing with international terrorism. Recent policies have ignored the lessons of the past.Terrorist : How to Respond seeks to remedy this lack of vision by looking at the long histor ...Show more
The India Economy: Problems and Prospects: Selected Writings of D.R Gadgil by Sulabha Brahme
115.00 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
D.R. Gadgil (1901-1971) was an eminent economist and an intellectual pioneer of planning in India. This volume, which comprises of his writings and speeches between 1951 and 1970, has both historical value as well as contemporary relevance. The writings provide a critical assessment of Indian economic p ...Show more
New Zealand Government and Politics by Raymond Miller
95.00 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
Provides an overview of the context, key institutions and processes of government in New Zealand. Includes detailed analysis of the 2008 New Zealand election and new national government. Author from University of Auckland, New Zealand.
New Zealand Government and Politics by Raymond Miller
85.00 NZD
96.00 (11% off)
Category: Current Affairs & Politics | Reading Level: good
Provides an overview of the context, key institutions and processes, written by leading academics and non-academics. This textbook is useful for students of New Zealand political science. It contains 22 chapters including an analysis of the 2005 election.
The Bottom Billion by Paul Collier
25.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
In the universally acclaimed and award-winning The Bottom Billion, Paul Collier reveals that fifty failed states--home to the poorest one billion people on Earth--pose the central challenge of the developing world in the twenty-first century. The book shines much-needed light on this group of small nati ...Show more
Guardians of the Revolution: Iran and the World in the Age of the Ayatollahs by Ray Takeyh
75.00 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
For over a quarter century, Iran has been one of America's chief nemeses. Ever since Ayatollah Khomeini overthrew the Shah in 1979, the relationship between the two nations has been antagonistic: revolutionary guards chanting against the Great Satan, Bush fulminating against the Axis of Evil, Iranian su ...Show more
State of the Native Nations: Conditions Under U.S. Policies of Self-determination by Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development
62.95 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
Media filters and personal preconceptions can make it hard to get a clear view of present-day Indian America. The reality is that the 500+ Native nations in the United States confront many of the same day-to-day challenges that are faced by other nations and communities--raising children with strong ide ...Show more
Reparations by Alfred L. Brophy
42.95 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
Today, the debate over reparations - whether African-Americans should be compensated for decades of racial subjugation - stands as the most racially divisive issue in American politics. In this short, definitive work, Alfred L. Brophy, an expert on racial violence, regards the debate over reparations fr ...Show more
Racism by Ali Rattansi
28.99 NZD
29.99 (3% off)
Category: Current Affairs & Politics | Series: Very Short Introductions S.
From subtle discrimination in everyday life and scandals in politics, to incidents like lynchings in the American South, cultural imperialism, and 'ethnic cleansing', racism exists in many different forms, in almost every facet of society. But what actually is race? How has racism come to be so firmly e ...Show more
Pity the Nation: Lebanon at War by Robert Fisk
39.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
Pity the Nation ranks among the classic accounts of war in our time, both as historical document and as an eyewitness testament to human savagery. Written by one of Britain's foremost journalists, this remarkable book combines political analysis and war reporting in an unprecedented way: it isan epic ac ...Show more
Sociology in Today's World by Brian Furze
104.95 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
Teaches students how to think sociologically, not just what to think, and shows how sociology can help us make sense of our lives. Authors from La Trobe University, Australia.
Untapped by John Ghazvinian
46.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
Although Africa has long been known to be rich in oil, extracting it hadn’ t seemed worth the effort and risk until recently. But with the price of Middle Eastern crude oil skyrocketing and advancing technology making reserves easier to tap, the region has become the scene of a competition between major ...Show more