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This invaluable, easy-to-understand guide to world politics and government offers an accessible introduction to more than 80 of the most important theories and big ideas of leaders and politicians throughout history. The Politics Book makes government and politics easy to understand by...

Are you among the millions of Americans who believe our government no longer represents its citizenry? It’s time to consider the following questions. Should we demand that Washington DC stop using identity politics to divide our citizens into political tribes? Should we end campaign contributions from cooperate lobbyists, and special interest groups, that use their money to influence the laws of our nation?

LDR reporter Lucy Aston and Business Editor for The Sheffield Star talk all things politics and business in Sheffield.

Brought to you by Penguin. Hope is in short supply right now, things aren’t working and many of us feel stuck… What’s the answer? It’s all of us. With curiosity rather than authority, by resisting the pull towards just one strong voice and opening up meaningful debate with many...

Politics in the European Union is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the EU. Unique in its in-depth coverage of the history of the EU, the book explores a wide range of topics, including institutions and policies, making it a complete guide to understanding the complex nature of the EU.

Famines are becoming smaller and rarer, but optimism about the possibility of a famine-free future must be tempered by the threat of global warming. That is just one of the arguments that Cormac Ó Gráda, one of the world's leading authorities on the history and economics of famine, develops in this wide-ranging audiobook, which provides crucial new perspectives on key questions raised by famines around the globe between the 17th and 21st centuries.

When our species first learned how to farm and build permanent settlements, things may have gone well at first. All those who worked to grow food (instead of having to find it, as we did for about 200,000 years before) got to consume it themselves and trade any left over for other goods or services. Then, one day, someone with a big club said to most everyone else, “I'm no longer doing all this hard work; you grow the food for me and, if you do as I say, I’ll let you have some of it back so you won’t starve…or else!”

Vivimos acorralados por los precios y a veces no entendemos el porqué de los aumentos. Augusto Costa, exsecretario de Comercio de la nación, explica por qué las cosas valen lo que valen, cómo influyen los formadores de precio y qué puede hacer un Estado para controlar «la mano invisible del mercado».

In State Capitalism, Joshua Kurlantzick ranges across the world - China, Thailand, Brazil, Russia, South Africa, Turkey, and more - and argues that the increase in state capitalism across the globe has, on balance, contributed to a decline in democracy. He isolates some of the reasons for state capitalism's resurgence: the fact that globalization favors economies of scale in the most critical industries and the widespread rejection of the Washington Consensus in the face of the problems that have plagued the world economy in recent years.

Discover the intriguing concept of industrial democracy and explore its intricate relationship with capitalism in this enlightening discussion. (Summary by progressingamerica)

In this unapologetically controversial book, Axelman explains the many forms of taxation, the mechanisms behind them, and what politicians spend the money on. Taxation is not moral, because it is pure theft. It is not practical, because it discourages production. And it is not even necessary. Governments—and more importantly—essential services can be funded without theft, extortion, or coercion of any type.

In the twenty-first century, it has become clear to most that there is no divine right or imperative for the existence of an empire on the Earth. As such an ever-increasing number of peoples have thrown off the yoke of empire in favor of what has become known as a democratic model of collective governance.