Manchester University Press: 1049 books
Religion and Rights
The Oxford Amnesty Lectures
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2013
In this authoritative book, a number of eminent and respected figures in the fields of theology, sociology, anthropology and political activism set out their vision for a society in which the competing truths must be accommodated not peacefully but without violence.
by Beth Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2016
Creator of television series such as Shameless, Clocking Off, State of Play, Reckless, Linda Green and Children’s Ward, Paul Abbott is a British 'showrunner' and writer whose name and reputation for edgy, intelligent, successful and socio-political programmes holds significant weight both in the...
by Mary Venner
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
The reconstruction of Kosovo after 1999 was one of the largest and most ambitious international interventions in a post-conflict country. The United Nations, other major multinational organisations and many large bilateral aid donors all played a role in restoring stability and establishing governance...
More work! Less pay!'
Rebellion and repression in Italy, 1972–77
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
In the mid-1970s, a long wave of contentious radicalism swept through Italy. ‘Proletarian youth’, ‘metropolitan Indians’, ‘the area of Autonomy’: a shifting galaxy of groups and movements practised new forms of activism. Factories and universities were occupied; rent and utility payments...
Anarchy in Athens
An ethnography of militancy, emotions and violence
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
The battles between Athenian anarchists and the Greek state have received a high degree of media attention recently. But away from the intensity of street protests militants implement anarchist practices whose outcomes are far less visible. They feed the hungry and poor, protect migrants from fascist...
Migrants of the British diaspora since the 1960s
Stories from modern nomads
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2017
This is the first social history to explore experiences of British emigrants from the peak years of the 1960s to the emigration resurgence of the turn of the twentieth century. It explores migrant experiences in Australia, Canada and New Zealand alongside other countries. The book charts the gradual...
The VP Advantage
How running mates influence home state voting in presidential elections
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016
A widespread perception exists among political commentators, campaign operatives and presidential candidates that vice presidential (VP) running mates can deliver their home state's electoral votes in a presidential election. In recent elections, presidential campaigns have even changed their strategy...
by P. J. McLoughlin
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2013
The book, available at last in paperback, explores the politics of the most important Irish nationalist leader of his generation, and one of the most influential figures of twentieth-century Ireland: the Nobel Peace Prize winner, John Hume. Given his central role in the reformulation of Irish nationalist...
Rethinking right-wing women
Gender and the Conservative Party, 1880s to the present
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018
Rethinking Right-Wing Women explores the institutional structures for and the representations, mobilisation, and the political careers of women in the British Conservative Party since the late 19th century. From the Primrose League (est.1883) to Women2Win (est.2005), the party has exploited women’s...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018
This volume, the first scholarly study of Labour and the left in the age of Michael Foot and Neil Kinnock, opens up a whole new area of historical inquiry, and demonstrates why the 1980s political inheritance has become timely once more.
Waiting for the revolution
The British far left from 1956
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2018
A companion piece to 2014's Against the grain, this collection of essays explores trajectories in the British far left from 1956 to the present day.
Nostalgia and the post-war Labour Party
Prisoners of the past
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2018
Through a detailed examination of the party’s post-war development, this book outlines how nostalgia has shaped the party’s trajectory. It argues that Labour’s nostalgically-informed identity has determined the extent to which the party has been able to respond effectively to the changing nature of Britain.
British politics today: Essentials
6th Edition
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2013
Short, yet comprehensive. Completely up to date. Great value for money textbook by two established scholars .
Go home?
The politics of immigration controversies
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
In July 2013, the UK government arranged for a van to drive through parts of London carrying the message 'In the UK illegally? GO HOME or face arrest.' This book tells the story of what happened next.
The vans were short-lived, but they were part of an ongoing trend in government-sponsored...