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Why is public debate increasingly polarised — and what can we do about it?Is our democracy corroding? In this original, eloquent essay, Waleed Aly and Scott Stephens explore the ethics...

An updated new edition that issues powerful challenge to the way we understand the politics of race and the history of anti-racist struggleWhether class or race is the more important...

The National Aboriginal Educational Committee and the development of Aboriginal educational policy By the late 1960s, Indigenous education in Australia was in crisis. When Whitlam swept to power in 1972,...

Singapore and the Invention of Modern AsiaLion City tells the extraordinary story of Singapore — the world's most successful city state.In 1965, Singapore's GDP per capita was on a par...

Taking African Agency Seriously Decolonisation has lost its way. Originally a struggle to escape the West’s direct political and economic control, it has become a catch-all idea, often for performing...

Changing our systems to value what matters A re-imagining of economic systems, drawing on thinking from outside the margins. In Hoodie Economics, Jack Manning Bancroft builds a values system revolution...

In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lady of the United...

The prizewinning author of The Ungrateful Refugee asks who is heard in our society, who is not — and why? 'I knew this from the beginning, when I was inside...

An Imprisoned Writer SpeaksIn Xinjiang, the large northwest region of China, the government has imprisoned more than a million Uyghurs in re-education camps. One of the incarcerated — whose sentence,...

The Movement for a Future Without Policing & Prisons Edited by activist and former San Francisco 49ers super bowl quarterback Colin Kaepernick, Abolition for the People is a manifesto calling...

Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care (Abolitionist Papers) What fuels and sustains activism and organizing when it feels like our worlds are collapsing? Let This Radicalize You is a...

The Buddha in the World From Pankaj Mishra, the Windham-Campbell Prize-winning author of The World After Gaza, a meditation on the life and legacy of the Buddha, refracted through one man's...

A groundbreaking, revelatory assessment of America’s broken two-party system. Rachel Maddow calls it "a brave firecracker of a book." In a country obsessed with blind loyalty to a two-party democratic system,...

An authoritative account of key geopolitical changes affecting Southeast AsiaSoutheast Asia was created by geopolitics; it might die with it.The end of the Cold War in the early 1990s marked...

From an 'indispensable voice on China' (Evan Osnos) comes a riveting, first-hand account of China's seismic progress America used to pride itself on ambition. Today, it looks stuck. Meanwhile, China...

This is the story of the British empire for readers aged 9+, told through the monumental journeys that shaped it - by award-winning, bestselling author of Empireland, Empireworld and Stolen History Sathnam Sanghera.The British...

A history of Iran's political underdevelopment, of how and why social movements emerged, and of how they blossomed into revolutions that ultimately betrayed their ideals. Triumph and Despair tells the dramatic...

The Genocide in World-Historical Perspective This vital volume places the Gaza catastrophe in its wider geopolitical and historical context The destruction that has been rained on Gaza has been seen...

HOW LABOUR TOOK POWER AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH IT In Taken As Red acclaimed political journalist Anushka Asthana takes us behind the scenes in the corridors of power to...

Speeches on Unity, Prosperity, and Development in a New Timor-Leste, 2017-2024 Published to support the accession of Timor-Leste to ASEAN in 2025 and commemorate last year’s 25th Anniversary of the...

What is Donald Trump trying to achieve and where does Australia end up in all of this?What we do now will affect our destiny for the rest of this century....

The Revolutionary Life and Selected Writings of W. A. Domingo “This astonishing compendium is a valuable corrective to parochial conceptions of the ‘black radical tradition’” - Paul Gilroy, Emeritus Professor,...

The Struggle for Freedom and Democracy in the Middle East How the Middle East can achieve political change and social progress The Middle East is in upheaval: a widening chasm...

The New York Times bestselling author of My Vanishing Country examines the modern political landscape and policies that are impacting Black families and communities and offers solutions for a better...

A Political History of Eritrea, 1941-1962 Like its African neighbors, Eritrea attained colonial statehood under a European power, in this case Italy. Yet, during decolonization, its people were singularly excluded...

Indian democracy is in trouble. A still widely popular, democratically elected leader stands athwart it, dangerously authoritarian and disrespectful of civil liberties, the independence of the courts and the press,...

In many Asian societies, the process of modernization often took place in a rapid and highly compressed fashion – not over centuries, as had happened in most Western societies, but...

THE MUST-READ GUIDE TO THE TRADE WAR 'A smart, vivid and humane account of the way the world really works' TIM HARFORD 'This is the book to read if you...

Why Global Civilization Will Survive the Decline of the West The epic story of the past, present, and future of world order, revealing how the decline of the West may...

The History of a Dangerous Idea A fresh and exciting approach to one of the most controversial subjects of our time 'Free Speech!' is a clarion call all over the...

The world cannot address its pressing environmental problems without China. But can China be relied upon as a steadfast steward of nature, as its leaders have claimed in recent years? Prominent...

At the Precipice of Armageddon The world is entering a new nuclear age. Nuclear weapons are returning to the fore of international statecraft in ways unseen since the Cold War....

Transnational Resistance and Political Evolution in the United States In recent years, attitudes in the United States toward the Palestinian cause have shifted dramatically. Although Palestinians have long been demonized...

A remarkable compilation of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s reflections on love and its transformative power—a stellar addition to Dr. King’s archives published exclusively by HarperCollins. “I have also decided...

Reveals how America is a nation founded on grievance. Grievance is an American mode of being that can be traced back to the Declaration of Independence, that is at the...

How the Islamic Republic has built a sphere of influence in the Middle East - and why it maintains it In recent decades, the Islamic Republic of Iran has poured...

'Free speech' has become central to discussions about racism, and is increasingly weaponised against anti-racist movements. This book argues that the weaponization of 'free speech' across the political spectrum, particularly...

Why the Indian Farmers went on strike The first responders to India's climate challenges Under colonial rule in India in 1917, Mohandas K Gandhi led a satyagraha alongside local farmers...

A beautiful commemorative edition of Dr. Martin Luther King's essay "Letter from Birmingham Jail,” part of Dr. King's archives published exclusively by HarperCollins. With an afterword by Reginald Dwayne Betts...

Why Our Environmental Politics Isn't Working Are radical climate activists hurting the cause? Germany should have been a global leader in combating climate change—its voters consider it a major issue...

Land, Development, Democracy A rigorously reported anthology on how local politics have fueled a generation-defining national emergency. An Atlantic Edition, featuring long-form journalism by Atlantic writers, drawn from contemporary articles...

Unity and Allegiance Across Tibetan Exile The Dalai Lama escaped from Tibet in 1959 after its occupation by China and established a government in exile in India. There, Tibetan leaders...

Decolonizing Histories, Extractivism, and Maya Resistance in Guatemala Based on more than a decade of ethnographic research, The Fourth Invasion examines an Ixil Maya community's movement against the construction of...

The Transformations of Modern Asia Why some of Asia’s authoritarian regimes have democratized as they have grown richer―and why others haven’t Over the past century, Asia has been transformed by...

And the Making of a New World Order A major new examination of the Indian Ocean, revealing how the region has become a hotly contested geopolitical flashpoint Throughout history, the Indian...

Political Martyrdom in South Africa (After the Postcolonial) What happens when death becomes the ultimate marker of one’s commitment to one’s freedom? What happens when the opposite of freedom is...

Seven Steps to Help You Create a More Just Workplace, Home, and World BEST BOOKS OUT THIS WEEK, KIRKUS CRITIC'S PICKS "Using stories and examples, David Moinina Sengeh presents seven...

The Interracial Politics of Sympathy, Suffering, and Solidarity A pioneering exploration of the unexamined roots and effect of racial sympathy within American politics. There is racial inequality in America, and...

Inside China's Quest to Launch a New Era of Social Control Where is the line between digital utopia and digital police state? Surveillance State tells the gripping, startling, and detailed...

The Great Global Rebalancing What if the sun truly is setting on the Western world's outsized influence over the rest of the planet? In Westlessness, former UK diplomat Dr Samir...