POLITICS, ECONOMICS & LAW

Prime Ministerial Exits from Lynne to Abbott By Norman Abjorensen The story of how all twenty-nine former Australian prime ministers lost their jobs.

This book is for those who want to understand Australian politics today. Why does Australia change its prime ministers so often? Has the job of prime minister become more difficult? It has certainly become more insecure, with six changes in the eleven years between 2007 and 2018. This volume presents the story of how all twenty-nine former prime ministers lost their jobs to explore these questions.

Australian Scholarly Publishing • 9781925984064 • Paperback 284 pages • February 2020 • £30.00

Being Left-Wing in Australia

Identity, Culture and Politics after Socialism By Geoff Robinson Explores various aspect of the left-wing movement in Australia.

This book examines the left-wing movement in Australia–from its rebirth as a force of government after the collapse of the socialist project in the eighties, to its issues grappling with the remnants of past radicalisms (such as Marxism and radical feminism) and new challenges (such as religious fundamentalism, right-wing populism, crisis in Indigenous communities, global economic crisis, and the rise of the Greens as a challenge to Labor).

Australian Scholarly Publishing • 9781925801798• Paperback 408 pages • February 2020 • £30.00

Markets, Misconduct and the Technological Age

Edited by David Chaikin How digital disruption is refashioning the legal services market.

In these essays, experts in financial crime, regulation, and markets provide an international analysis of the market for trusts and explain how digital disruption is refashioning the legal services market. They also explore how whistleblowing, as in the example of the Panama Papers, has undermined the offshore secrecy market; how technology has impacted insider-trading behaviour and the regulatory response, and why criminal risks posed by new technologies must be managed under global anti-money laundering standards.

Legal and Illegal Dimensions Edited by David Chaikin Explores the legitimate use and illegal exploitation of companies and trusts.

This collection of essays by experts in company law, trusts and financial crime explores the nature of companies and trusts, how they have been utilised for legitimate business purposes, and how they can be exploited by criminals for illegal purposes. Basic concepts relating to trusts and companies are considered together with recent developments in corporate liability; complex corporate structures are examined, and trusts and company structures that make them vulnerable and attractive for criminal abuse are examined.

Australian Scholarly Publishing • 9781925588866 • Paperback 148 pages • Available now • £30.00

Police and Government in Australia

Who’s in Charge and Who Should be in Charge? By Ian Killey A complete assessment of the constitutional relationship of Australian police. Ian Killey examines what should be a simple question of who controls the body exercising the policing power of the Australian State and it finds the current understanding is both confused and concerning. He undertakes a complete assessment of the constitutional relationship of Australian police, and of government and proposals for law reform for the establishment of a clear, coherent and constitutional relationship between them.

Australian Scholarly Publishing • 9781925801804 • Paperback 490 pages • Available now • £30.00

Bridging Troubled Waters

Australia and Asylum Seekers By Tony Ward

New insights into Australia's attitude to Asylum seekers. Australian discussion of asylum seekers is polarised between slogans of ‘Stop the Boats’ and ‘Bring them here’. Both sides have good arguments – and both have their blind spots. And both are ill-prepared for surprises that emerge from the details: in how most asylum seekers reach Australia; in changing public attitudes; in what policies work, and which do more damage than good. Surveying a wide range of evidence, it presents new insights on how best to approach a major issue for Australia’s future.

Australia and the European Union in the 21st Century Edited by Bruno Mascitelli An examination of the relationship between Australia and the EU.

This book is offered at a time of great global uncertainty, when Australia and the European Union seem determined to offer reliability and predictability in their own relationship, and in their influence on others. While there are strong grounds for optimism, only time will tell how successful they are with this objective. Included here are specialist commentaries on topics that are at the heart of the Australia–European Union relationship, revealing how interests have come to coincide more and more closely.

Australian Scholarly Publishing • 9781925801460 • Paperback 364 pages • May 2020 • £30.00

In Apartheid’s Shadow

Australian Race Politics and South Africa, 1945–1975 By Roger Bell Explores the struggles of Apartheid as white Australia negotiated its place in a post-colonial world. Race politics in post-war Australia was deeply affected by the fractious international struggle over apartheid. The movement against apartheid obliged white Australia to grapple with moral and political issues embedded in its own racialised history and sense of nationhood. Contests provoked by apartheid were played out on the world stage and, as Indigenous activists emphasised, in Australia’s own backyard. This pioneering book explores these struggles as white Australia negotiated its place in a post-colonial world.

Australian Scholarly Publishing • 9781925801675 • Paperback 370 pages • March 2020 • £30.00

Rising Subjects

The 1905 Revolution and the Origins of Modern Polish Politics By Wiktor Marzec Series: Russian & East European Studies Examines the unsuccessful 1905 revolution and the case of Russianruled Poland. The 1905 Revolution was one of the few bottom-up political transformations and general democratisations in Polish history. This study considers the 1905 Revolution as a tipping point for the ongoing developments of the public sphere. It addresses the question of Polish socialism, nationalism, and antisemitism. It demonstrates the difficulties in using the class cleavage for democratic politics in a conflict-ridden, multi-ethnic polity striving for an irredentist self-assertion against the imperial power.

Conceptualizing Power and Indentity in the Post-Soviet Realm By Diana T. Kudaibergenova Series: Central Eurasia in Context

A comparative study of Latvia and Kazakhstan.

The collapse of the Soviet Union famously opened new venues for the theories of nationalism and the study of processes and actors involved in these new nation-building processes. In this comparative study, Kudaibergenova takes the new states and nations of Eurasia that emerged in 1991, Latvia and Kazakhstan, and seeks to better understand the phenomenon of post-Soviet states tapping into nationalism to build legitimacy.

University of Pittsburgh Press • 9780822946175 • Hardback 229 x 152mm • 240 pages • June 2020 • £35.00

Fourteen Points for the Twenty-First Century

A Renewed Appeal for Cooperative Internationalism Edited by Richard H. Immerman and Jeffrey A. Engel Series: Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy, and Peace Challenges American leaders and policymakers to work with other nations with mutual respect.

This book brings together a diverse group of thinkers who take up Woodrow Wilson’s famous call for a new world order from his speech “The Fourteen Points” by exploring fourteen new directions for the twenty-first century. The contributors—scholars, policymakers, entrepreneurs, poets, doctors, and scientists—propose solutions to challenges such as migration, global warming, health care, and privacy in the digital age.

University Press of Kentucky • 9780813179001 • Hardback 3 figures, 1 table • 229 x 152mm • 352 pages • May 2020 • £37.50

Revolutionary Pairs

Marx and Engels, Lenin and Trotsky, Gandhi and Nehru, Mao and Zhou, Castro and Guevara

By Larry Ceplair

Examines strategic relationships between pairs of exceptional leaders. This book tells the stories of five revolutionary struggles through the lens of famous duos. While each relationship was unique—Castro and Guevara bonded like brothers while Mao and Zhou were like enemies—these leaders seized the opportunity for revolution and recognised they could not succeed without the other. The first cross-cultural exploration of revolutionary pairs, this book reveals the undeniable role of personality in modern political change.

Theories and Models

By Zhou Qing'an Studies contemporary public diplomacy in theory and reality.

This book explores the idea that that the formation of public diplomacy must be based on the background and ideological of global communication. It examines public diplomacy in its inseparable capacity from the decision of the basic unit of the nation-state, and the impact of recent disputes on globalisation on the survival and development environment of public diplomacy.

Bridge 21 Publications • 9781626430709 • Paperback 4 tables • 210 x 148mm • 352 pages • July 2020 • £60.00

The Sceptical Conservative

David Hume as Political Thinker

By Spartaco Pupo

Highlights the importance of a rediscovery of David Hume’s political thought. This book highlights the importance of a rediscovery of David Hume’s political thought, focusing on his ideas on the origin of government and political obedience and his vision of ideals such as liberty, property, political stability, and moderation—all topics that are a precious source of inspiration for the development of political conservatism. The author outlines the main features that characterise Hume’s counter-revolutionary conservatism.

Mimesis International • 9788869772757 • Paperback 208 x 140mm • 208 pages • March 2020 • £15.99

Targeted as a Spy

Surveillance of an American Diplomat in Communist Romania By Ernest Latham and Edited by Dennis Deletant and Vadim Guzun Surveillance reports revealing the extent of surveillance to which Western diplomats were subjected in the Communist bloc.

An often-overlooked aspect of the Cold War was the extent of diplomatic espionage that went on in the countries behind the Iron Curtain. This book is a collection of the surveillance reports that Dr. Latham was able to obtain from the Romanian archives following the collapse of the Communist regime. They reveal the extent of the surveillance to which Western diplomats were subjected and, more importantly, they reveal a great deal about the system and society that produced these materials.