Current Affairs

"This is something of a best seller and it is easy to understand why. It will serve the needs of both Level 1 and other students of social policy well...

This substantially revised 7th edition of a classic text includes a new chapter on globalization and regionalization and broader coverage of democratic politics, interests and movements; of the media; of...

From the BBC's cyber correspondent and foremost voice on cybercrime comes the insider expose of the global rise of teen hackers: Ctrl+Alt+Chaos.Cyber correspondent Joe Tidy has investigated and interviewed the...

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Meticulously sourced, merciless and revelatory. It is a closely observed study of power, and how it is gained, used and lost' FINANCIAL TIMES The unmissable...

In this provacative and ruthlessly frank book Ferdinand Mount argues that there is a new class divide in Britain which is just as vicious and hard to get rid of...

'A fascinating and disturbing investigation' Ian HislopThe behind-the-scenes story of a four-year investigation into Andrew Tate, exploring how a failed reality TV star turned accused organised criminal managed to become...

Stimulating, succinct and accessible, this textbook offers a comprehensive introduction to the study of politics, written from an international perspective. This second edition takes account of new developments such as...

'An important account of one of the defining moments of the modern world' PETER FRANKOPAN**Pre-order the paperback now!** Readers' praise for Escape from Kabul: 'It's rare for a book to...

For five years, journalist William Echikson has reported from Eastern Europe, travelling from Poland in the north to Yugoslavia in the south, documenting the daily struggle against the Communist system....

In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump and many around him, including certain other elected Republican officials, intentionally breached their oath to the US Constitution: they ignored...

In June of 2013, Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old former CIA employee, thrust himself into the spotlight when he leaked thousands of top secret National Security Agency (NSA) documents to the...

A unique publication exploring the opportunities for addressing ten of the most serious challenges facing the world today: Climate Change, Communicable Diseases, Conflicts, Education, Financial Instability, Corruption, Migration, Malnutrition and...

'I defy anyone who reads this powerful and urgently needed manifesto not to be galvanised into action' Sophie Morgan, TV host and author of Driving Forwards 'A call to arms,...

Winner of the 2025 Zocalo Book Prize 'A tremendous book that'll linger long after you've turned the last page' Raj Patel, author of InflamedThe face of hunger is changing. Since...

'Gripping . . . essential and captivating' BRADLEY HOPE'A sparkling read full of original observations and captivating insights' KATJA HOYER'Utterly compelling . . . jaw-dropping' BRIAN KLAAS'Fascinating, wide-ranging . ....

A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024'At a time when democracy feels threatened, Simon Kuper is fighting hard for a better vision of politics - he is brutally honest...

A WATERSTONES BEST POLITICS BOOK OF 2024This is an exceptional moment for democracy.In the year of elections, read Margaret Atwood, Mary Beard, Lea Ypi, Elif Shafak and more on what...

Israel's pulverization of Gaza since October 7, 2023 is not only a humanitarian crisis, but an environmental catastrophe. Far from the first event of its kind, the devastation Israel has...

Consent to the obliteration of Gaza has created an enormous gulf in the global moral order. History will record how Western governments and large sections of their elites have supported...

Women today are more equal than at any other time in American history. The #MeToo movement has transformed American workplaces. Christian power is weakening as the US grows increasingly secular....

How Labour took power and what they're doing with it 'Taken As Red stands out for its balance and the depth of its reporting' The Guardian 'Revelatory and insightful.' Tim...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, Get In is the definitive behind-the-scenes account of Labour's brutal reinvention and dramatic return to power.'The book about Keir Starmer we have all been waiting for'...

Spies and Lies by Alex Joske is a groundbreaking expose of elite influence operations by China's little-known Ministry of State Security. Revealing for the first time how the Chinese Communist...

A book for anyone interested to know more about how the world really works by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ronan Farrow. 'This is one of the most important books of our...

An unprecedented behind-the-scenes portrait of the Trump presidency from the anonymous senior official whose first words of warning about the president rocked the nation's capital.On September 5, 2018, the New...

The untold story of the crises and compromises that united a continent As financial turmoil in Europe preoccupies political leaders and global markets, it becomes more important than ever to...

* Dirty money, tax havens and the offshore system describe the ugliest and most secretive chapter in the history of global economic affairs.* Tax havens have declared war on honest,...

14 YEARS 5 PRIME MINISTERS THE PARTY IS OVER After decades in the hands of malevolent players and two years of disastrous leadership, the Conservative party stands at the edge...

Hugo Young was one of Britain's most influential, respected and trusted political journalists. For decades, until his death in 2003, he talked off the record to politicians from every party,...

The massive uprising following the police killing of George Floyd in the summer of 2020--by some estimates the largest protests in US history--thrust the argument to defund the police to...

'Laura Bates explains how they built the future - and forgot to put women in it' CAITLIN MORAN 'Fascinating and essential... I urge you to read every syllable' JO BRAND...

China's Communist Party is the largest, most powerful political machine in the world. Here, for the first time, Richard McGregor delves deeply into its inner sanctum, revealing how this secretive...

This sequel to The Reconstruction of Western Europe, 1945-51 gives the first detailed history of the early years of the European Community. On one level it is an original analysis...

In It's Your World: Get Informed, Get Inspired & Get Going, Chelsea Clinton tackles some of the biggest challenges facing our world today, especially for kids. Using data, charts and...

A Sunday Times bestseller and Financial Times Book of the Year.The unmissable inside story of the race against the virus.Catapulted into an international crisis, Kate Bingham knew the odds were...

Britain was once the leading economy in Europe; it is now the most unequal. In Shattered Nation, leading geographer and author of Inequality and the 1% shows that we are...

During the Conservative Party leadership contest in the summer of 2022, Kemi Badenoch made an immediate impression on the public as a politician with robust views and a strong personality....

In the high-stakes world of politics, there are superb highs and terrible lows - and never more so than in the period since 2010. Few are better placed to give...

An Evening Standard's Book of the Year'A tour de force.' David GoodhartAll over the West, party systems have shattered and governments have been thrown into turmoil. The embattled establishment claims...

The more we ponder, the odder the world can seem.How do footballers get their shirt numbers? Why does having daughters make couples more likely to divorce? How do you move...

Spin doctors are seldom out of the news for long. But who really understands what 'spin' is, or what spin doctors do? The media has moved on from a world...

The election of Donald Trump as US President in 2016 seemed to catch the world napping. Like the vote for Brexit in the UK, there seemed to be a new...

For humanity to survive there must always be people performing the minute-to-minute miracle of thought.'Excellent and beyond timely.' A. C. GraylingScientific advances and new technologies are letting others manipulate our...

Whatever the eventual outcome of the Brexit negotiations, the critical questions remain: what does the Referendum vote tell us about the sort of society we are? Why was the result...

In the middle of 2019, Rishi Sunak was an unknown junior minister in the local government department. Seven months later, at the age of thirty-nine, he was Chancellor of the...