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Courage to Welcome
Between principles and pragmatism in international affairs
Av Catherine Ashton, Filippo Grandi
Häftad, 2026
101 kr
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What does it mean to lead with compassion in a world riven by fear, at a time when the responses to forced displacement hold the power to reshape communities? How can institutions and individuals sustain solidarity amid rising division?This moving reflection of Filippo Grandi’s ten years as UN High …
Establishment and Meritocracy
Häftad, 2014, 15+ år
104 kr
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Like so many of the postwar generation in Britain, Peter Hennessy climbed the ladders of opportunity set up by the 1944 Education Act designed to encourage a more meritocratic society. In this highly personal book, Hennessy examines the rise of meritocracy as a concept and the persistence of the …
Commons and Lords
A Short Anthropology of Parliament
Av Emma Crewe
Häftad, 2015, 15+ år
139 kr
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The Westminster Parliament is worth closer scrutiny not just for the sake of democracy, but on intellectual grounds because the surprises it contains challenge our understanding of politics. Based on anthropological fieldwork between 1998-2000 in the House of Lords and 2011-2013 in the House of …
European Identity
Historical and Cultural Realities We Cannot Deny
Häftad, 2015
107 kr
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Is there any such thing as a European identity? Amidst all the kaleidoscopic variety what - if anything - do 28 members of the European Union have in common? The facts of history have created shared interests and cultural connections that are in the end more important than the differences. We know …
Breaking Point
The UK Referendum on the EU and its Aftermath
Av Gary Gibbon
Häftad, 2016
113 kr
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Into a year teeming with global volatility, David Cameron introduced another giant unknown, rolling the dice on Britain’s most important economic relationship: its 43-year-old membership of the EU. In European capitals this was seen as an existential threat to the entire European project, while …
These Islands
A Letter To Britain
Häftad, 2018
136 kr
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Invented to integrate conflicting nationalisms in an ‘ever more perfect union,’ in recent years Britain has succumbed to particular resurgent nationalisms in a curious reversal of fortune. The idea of Britain as a political entity sits awkwardly in the margins of this discussion, which considers …
Power of Civil Servants
Av David Normington, Peter Hennessy m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
113 kr
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British civil servants are unique figure, required to be independent custodians of propriety and dedicated to Ministers’ priorities, yet ready to recalibrate their focus overnight when a new Minister is appointed. Often mistreated as pen-pushers or scapegoats, they are duty-bound against defending …
Fiction, Fact and Future
The Essence of EU Democracy
Av James Elles
Häftad, 2019
98 kr
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Since 1957, the EU has developed to become an open and transparent system which is democratically accountable to more than 500 million European citizens. But after decades of misrepresentation, and in the absence of coherent explanation, the British people have little awareness of this.Reviewing …
Integrity in Public Life
Av Vernon White, Claire Foster-Gilbert m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
101 kr
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Good governance is one of the UK's fundamental values, and citizens are entitled to expect that public officials, both elected and non-elected, behave according to the highest standards of ethical behaviour. However, such lofty aspirations are not enough to root out corruption. If integrity in …
Responsibilities of Democracy
Av Nick Clegg, John Major m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
95 kr
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Democracy depends on consent. That means politicians have to argue their causes and win consensus. But democracy has its flaws, not least in the lack of efficiency in the decision-making process.In this book, two leading figures of the British political establishment share their thoughts on where …
Truth in Public Life
Av Claire Foster-Gilbert, Stephen Lamport m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
98 kr
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How can we speak of truth in an era of lazy assertions and unstable facts? We must, these intelligent essays implore us. Discovering the truth and, indeed, telling it are vital if we are to enjoy a civilised society in which everyone is free to flourish.Vernon White shows that absolute truth exists …
We are the People
The rise of the AfD in Germany
Av Penny Bochum
Häftad, 2020
113 kr
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Recent years have seen a populist wave across the Western world, exposing the vulnerabilities of liberal democracy and driving the political agenda to the right. In 2017 the far-right populist party, the Alternative for Germany (AfD), swept into the Bundestag, claiming to be the voice of the people …
Secret Service
National security in an age of open information
Av Jonathan Evans, Claire Foster-Gilbert
Häftad, 2020
113 kr
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'It was only two days after I arrived that I realised I had actually joined MI5. It did not exactly throw the doors wide and welcome scrutiny. The existence of the service was avowed but very little else about it was. Who worked for it? Where were its offices? What was its budget? What did it do? …
Citizens of Everywhere – Searching for Identity in the Age of Brexit
Searching for Identity in the Age of Brexit
Av Peter Gumbel
Häftad, 2020
98 kr
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In 1939, with Europe on the brink of war, Peter Gumbel's grandparents fled Nazi Germany for England. In2019, appalled not only by the result of the Brexit referendum but by the ugliness it exposed in our politics and wider society, he became a citizen of Germany,the country that had persecuted his …
Unwritten Rule
How to Fix the British Constitution
Häftad, 2021
110 kr
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The integrity of the UK is under threat. In fact, is it too late to save the Union? Not yet, write Stephen Green, Thomas Legg, and Martin Donnelly – but to so will require extensive reform, crucially of the UK’s constitution. And the national discussion must begin now. In Unwritten Rule, the …
Trust in Public Life
Häftad, 2023
98 kr
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Is the self-trust that leaders need to rule borne out of a lack of self-knowledge? How can the virtues of honesty, humility, compassion, and competence help to rebuild trust in our institutions? Is trust in each other, between groups that make up 'the people', a choice?To trust is to risk, to …
Nonviolence
An Idea Whose Time Has Come
Häftad, 2023
113 kr
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The history of humanity is dominated by violence - it has oppressed and degraded us for centuries.Since Mahatma Gandhi's successful campaign for India's independence, nonviolence has been embraced by freedom fighters such as Martin Luther King Jr, Nelson Mandela, the Dalai Lama, and Václav Havel. …
Northern Ireland and the UK Constitution
Häftad, 2024
98 kr
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"Since the UK's withdrawal from the EU, the constitutional position of Northern Ireland within the Union has endured an unusual level of attention. An effort to understand or explain 'Brexit's Northern Ireland problem', and its consequences, has seen Northern Ireland given greater prominence than …
Noble Army
The Modern Martyrs of Westminster Abbey
Av James Hawkey
Häftad, 2024
98 kr
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In July 1998, ten statues of martyrs of the twentieth century were unveiled surmounting the Great West Door of Westminster Abbey. Ten figures were identified from different continents and different churches: victims of Nazi and Bolshevik oppression, state-sponsored violence, and religious hatred, …
Could it Happen Here?
The Day a Prime Minister Refuses to Resign
Av Peter Hennessy, Andrew Blick
Häftad, 2025
98 kr
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Does the UK’s constitution sufficiently protect our democracy from a rogue prime minister?In light of the resurgence of the far Right across Europe and some of the rhetoric of the 2024 General Election, which carried whiffs of political authoritarianism, Could It Happen Here? explores the possible …
Defence and the UK Constitution
Häftad, 2025
101 kr
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Defence and security policy lies at the heart of the British state, but can appear entirely untrammelled by the constitution. In fact, when political and military leaders exercise their executive powers, Parliament and the judiciary have limited oversight, let alone control, over their …
Prophecy in Politics
Or, the Wigram Aspect
Häftad, 2026
110 kr
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A useful guide to thinking about the past and present condition of prophecy.Few people remember Ralph Wigram. If he is known at all, it is as the Foreign Office official who warned Winston Churchill of the Nazi threat with such persistence, conviction, and hard evidence that Churchill had the …
Matters of Life and Death
Moral Responsibility, Care, and Dignity in Dying
Häftad, 2026
110 kr
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Rapid medical and technological developments continue to provide us with greater power over life and death. The question remains: who should wield that power, and who bears moral responsibility for the consequences? Drawing on healthcare ethics, case law, and contemporary debates surrounding …
Democracy in the Headwinds
The Rise, Erosion, and Defence of Liberal Democracy
Häftad, 2026
126 kr
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A mob storms the United States Capitol. A Hungarian strongman hollows out courts, media, and civil society for sixteen years before being voted out in a landslide. In Britain, Brexit exposes the fragility of a constitution built on unwritten conventions. One in five Germans vote for a party …
Greed
From Gordon Gekko to David Hume
Häftad, 2014, 15+ år
91 kr
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In a riveting scene in the film Wall Street, Gordon Gekko proclaims, 'Greed is good'. The great philosopher David Hume, on the contrary, describes greed as the most destructive of the vices. The banking debacle and the continuing row about bonuses has placed the controversial issue of greed at the …
Kingdom to Come
Thoughts on the Union before and after the Scottish Independence Referendum
Häftad, 2015, 15+ år
91 kr
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In The Kingdom to Come, Peter Hennessy records the run-up to the Scottish Independence Referendum in September 2014, its immediate aftermath and describes the enormous constitutional building site opened up for the whole of the United Kingdom by the result. This fourth volume in the Haus …
Brexit and the British
Who Do We Think We Are?
Häftad, 2017
91 kr
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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?We have not been wholly honest with ourselves about our past and this has allowed us to ignore uncomfortable truths. It is time to …
Power of Journalists
Av Nick Robinson, Claire Foster-Gilbert
Häftad, 2018
94 kr
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Journalism has never been under so much pressure. The journalist is an increasingly vital defender of facts in the age of ‘fake news,’ but new technology and information silos are reducing journalism’s perceived value and undermining its traditional business model. All the while, journalists …
Drawing the Line
The Irish Border in British Politics
Av Ivan Gibbons
Häftad, 2018
91 kr
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On the verge of its centenary, the Irish border is once again at the centre of British politics. Twenty years on from the landmark Good Friday Agreement, the already complex and controversial question of the border — which generations of Westminster politicians have sought to suppress— has now been …
London Problem
What Britain Gets Wrong About Its Capital City
Av Jack Brown
Häftad, 2021
98 kr
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The United Kingdom has never had an easy relationship with its capital. Far and away the wealthiest and most populous city in the country, London is the political, financial and cultural centre of the UK and it is responsible for almost a quarter of its economic output. Yet the city's insatiable …
