Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union by Vladislav M. Zubok
$30.95 AUD
Category: Politics
A major study of the collapse of the Soviet Union--showing how Gorbachev's misguided reforms led to its demise In 1945 the Soviet Union controlled half of Europe and was a founding member of the United Nations. By 1991, it had an army four-million strong, five-thousand nuclear-tipped missiles, and was t ...Show more
Capitalist Realism - Is There No Alternative? by Mark Fisher
$29.99 AUD
Category: Politics
After 1989, capitalism has successfully presented itself as the only realistic political-economic system - a situation that the bank crisis of 2008, far from ending, actually compounded. The book analyses the development and principal features of this capitalist realism as a lived ideological framework ...Show more
Raewyn Connell: Research, Politics, Social Change by Raewyn Connell
$40.00 AUD
Category: Politics
The 'greatest hits' of Australia's most decorated social scientistPainters have their Retrospective Exhibitions, poets their Selected Poems, chess masters their Best Games, singers their Greatest Hits. But a researcher? It seems bold, even vainglorious, to present my Greatest Hits and Best Games. So muc ...Show more
Twilight of Democracy: The Failure of Politics and the Parting of Friends by Anne Applebaum
$22.99 AUD
Category: Politics
A FINANCIAL TIMES, ECONOMIST AND NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 'The most important non-fiction book of the year' David Hare In the years just before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall, people from across the political spectrum in Europe and America celebrated a great achievement, felt a commo ...Show more
Silent Invasion : China's Influence in Australia by Clive Hamilton
$36.99 AUD
Category: Politics
Respected academic Clive Hamilton realised something big was happening when, in 2016, it was revealed that wealthy Chinese businessmen linked to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) had become the largest donors to both major Australian political parties. Hamilton began to investigate the Chinese governmen ...Show more
Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall
$24.99 AUD
Category: Politics
All leaders are constrained by geography. Their choices are limited by mountains, rivers, seas and concrete. Yes, to follow world events you need to understand people, ideas and movements - but if you don't know geography, you'll never have the full picture. If you've ever wondered why Putin is so obses ...Show more
This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein
$24.99 AUD
Category: Politics
The most important book yet from the author of the international bestseller The Shock Doctrine, a brilliant explanation of why the climate crisis challenges us to abandon the core "free market" ideology of our time, restructure the global economy, and remake our political systems. In short, either we em ...Show more