General Politics


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    After Independence: The State Of The Scottish Nation Debate
    Gerry Hassan - Paperback - Birlinn
    'After Independence' draws together over two dozen leading thinkers, academics and commentators to offer the most comprehensive and detailed examination of the terrain and possibilities of Scottish independence and self-government, both constitutionally and beyond.
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    Agamben And The Politics Of Human Rights: Statelessness, Images, Violence
    John Lechte - Hardback - Edinburgh University Press
    Can human rights protect the stateless? Or are they permanently excluded from politics? This book reveals the paradoxes central to the politics of human rights by exploring questions of statelessness, exclusion, the violence of security and the visual representation of refugees and illegal migrants in the media.
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    An Anarchist FAQ
    Iain McKay - Paperback - AK
    Anarchism has been in the news recently and many people have been politicised and radicalised due to the widespread shift in public consciousness about the failing political and economic system in the West. This book speaks to all those curious about other models and serves as a resource for readers wanting to learn more.
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    Anarchists Against The Wall: Direct Action And Solidarity With The Palestinian Popular Struggle
    - Paperback - AK
    Part of a small but growing phenomenon in Israel since 2003, Anarchists Against the Wall have been boldly challenging the Segregation Barrier and generalised violence against occupied Palestine. The reflections herein offer a window into some of the most dynamic direct action activism today. Includes contributions from several well-respected journalists and political commentators, including: Bill Templer, Adar Grayevsky, Yanai Israeli, Kobi Snitz, Anat Guthmann, Anat Matar, Neve Gordon, Yossi Bartal, Sarah Assouline, Basel Mansour and the editors themselves.
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    Arguing For Independence: Evidence, Risk And Tackling The Wicked Issues
    Stephen Maxwell - Paperback - Luath
    Following an introductory chapter exploring why political argument deals in probability and plausibility across interdependent areas of social activity, this book offers a case for independence under six main headings - the democratic case, the economic case, the social case, the international case, the cultural case and the environmental case.
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    The Accumulation Of Freedom: Writings On Anarchist Economics
    - Paperback - AK
    This volume brings together economists, historians, theorists and activists for a study of anarchist economics. It suggests that the time has come to toss credit default swaps, bailouts, environmental externalities and the private ownership of production into the dustbin of history.
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    Auld Stirling Punishments
    David Kinnaird - Paperback - History
    Richly illustrated, and filled with victims and villains, nobles, executioners and torturers, this book explores Stirling's criminal heritage and the many grim and ancient punishments exacted inside the region's churches, workhouses and schools.
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    Autonomy, Solidarity, Possibility: The Colin Ward Reader
    Colin Ward - Paperback - AK
    Drawing inspiration from the everyday creativity of ordinary people, the late Colin Ward long championed a unique social and environmental politics that is premised on the possibilities of democratic self-organisation and self-management from below. This collection gives a wide-ranging overview of Ward's earliest journalism.
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    Active Citizenship: What Could It Achieve And How?
    - Paperback - Edinburgh University Press
    Active citizenship states that members of the community have certain roles and responsibilities to society and the environment. This text considers the possibilities for active citizenship within areas of broad concern in UK politics, including young people and justice, parliaments with the people, and multiculturalism.
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    Anarchism And The City: Revolution And Counter-Revolution In Barcelona, 1898-1937
    Chris Ealham - Paperback - AK
    'Anarchism in the City' looks at the four decades of tension which preceded the Spanish Civil War, and the actors in competition for control of social and economic space in the expanding industrial city of Barcelona.

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