Politics

'Incisive and scary. a wake-up call' Nick Fraser, Guardian

Crisis after crisis has beset the European Union in recent years - Greek sovereign debt, Russian annexation of Crimea, unprecedented levels of migration, and the turmoil created by Brexit.

When it became clear that Donald Trump would become the new US president on election night in 2016, the website for Citizenship and Immigration Canada crashed.

Bread for All explores and challenges our assumptions about what the welfare state was originally for, and the kinds of people who were involved in creating it. In doing so, it asks what the idea continues to mean for us today.

Simon Hewitt argues that Marxism and Christianity have much to learn from each other and explores four themes that can provide starting points and common ground for continuing the conversation.

The fight against the system that is destroying our planet, is the same as the fight against the system that is producing ever more mind-boggling inequalities.

Dare Not Linger is the story of Mandela's presidential years, drawing heavily on the memoir he began to write as he prepared to finish his term of office and finished by the acclaimed South African writer, Mandla Langa.

Very Short Introductionsb: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Democracy refers to both ideal and real forms of government. The concept of democracy means that those governed have a say in government.

This book challenges both the efficacy and wisdom of purely militarised responses to extremist movements, typified by the Global War on Terror.

“Zhun Xu’s careful analysis debunks the conventional wisdom about the supposed failure of agricultural collectives in China.