P O L I T I C S & I N T E R N A T I O N A L R E L A T I O N S – US & UK Politics
FDR
This is Only the Beginning
Iwan Morgan, UCL, UK
Michael Chessum, Independent Researcher
Transforming the Presidency and Renewing America Iwan Morgan takes a fresh look at FDR, showing how his leadership enabled the United States of America to become the most successful country of the twentieth century. This astute and original assessment of a highly consequential presidency explains how Roosevelt enhanced the governing capacity of his office, promoted a constitutional revolution through his dealings with the Supreme Court, and forged a new intimacy between the president and the American people. In fluid, immensely readable prose, Morgan focuses on the ways in which FDR transformed the presidency into an institution of domestic and international leadership. UK July 2022 • US July 2022 • 360 pages • 30 bw illus HB 9780755637164 • £30.00 / $40.00 ePub 9780755637171 • £27.00 / $38.46 ePdf 9780755637195 • £27.00 / $38.46 Bloomsbury Academic
Edith Summerskill
The Life and Times of a Pioneering Feminist Labour MP Mary Honeyball, Former Labour MEP, UK Edith Summerskill was a remarkable politician, feminist, physician, campaigner and writer. Dr. Edith, as she was known, served in Clement Attlee's transformational post-war Labour government and oversaw the National Insurance scheme which solidified the welfare state in Britain. Labour MEP Mary Honeyball, provides the first biography of this remarkable pioneer for women in politics. Honeyball shows how Summerskill's direct campaigning was instrumental in promoting women's causes throughout her life, and lays out her remarkable achievements in securing the equal rights of housewives and divorced women over property. UK July 2022 • US July 2022 • 288 pages HB 9781350252424 • £25.00 / $35.00 ePub 9781350252431 • £22.50 / $31.59 ePdf 9781350252448 • £22.50 / $31.59 Bloomsbury Academic
The Liberal Unionist Party A History
Ian Cawood, University of Stirling, UK Here, Ian Cawood uses previously unpublished archival material to provide the first complete study of the Liberal Unionist party. He examines how the party became a genuinely successful political movement with widespread activist and popular support, resulting in the development of an authentic Liberal Unionist culture across Britain in the mid-1890s. The issues Cawood explores are central to an understanding of the development of the 20th century Conservative party; the emergence of a 'national' political culture, and the problems, both organisational and ideological, of a sustained period of coalition in the British parliamentary system.
The Making of a New Left, From AntiAusterity to the Fall of Corbyn Looking for answers to problems ignored by the political class - low-wages, un-achievable house prices, global warming - a new global, young and left-wing movement was born from student Occupy campaigning. This is the inside story of how and why that happened, from the man who helped start it all - featuring unparalleled insider access and a range of interviews with key left-wing figures such as Paul Mason, Ash Sarkar, Grace Blakeley and Owen Jones. Journalist and activist, Michael Chessum explains how this movement was built and why it has failed to bring about lasting change (so far). UK September 2022 • US September 2022 • 272 pages HB 9780755641284 • £20.00 / $27.00 ePub 9780755641291 • £18.00 / $26.09 ePdf 9780755641307 • £18.00 / $26.09 Bloomsbury Academic
Decriminalizing Abortion in Northern Ireland Legislation and Protest
Edited by Fiona Bloomer, Ulster University, UK & Emma Campbell, Ulster University, UK Abortion remains one of the most politicized issues globally and whilst some countries such as the USA continue to experience restrictions to access to abortion, Northern Ireland stands out as having enacted historical positive change in abortion law, from an almost complete ban to decriminalization achieved in 2019. This edited collection sets out to document and analyze how this historical change was achieved. Each chapter is written by those directly involved in the long fought battle to change abortion law - including those with personal experience of seeking abortions, activists, academics, legal experts, political actors, NGOs, and volunteers. Academic and theoretical framings will sit alongside first-hand experience of abortion travel and organizing, framing the narrative of the combined contributions to this seismic change. This interdisciplinary text will be of relevance to academics and students in the disciplines of law, policy, political science, and sociology, but also to organizers and policy makers in other global contexts and across other social justice campaigns. UK September 2022 • US September 2022 • 288 pages HB 9780755642571 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9780755642588 • £76.50 / $105.78 ePdf 9780755642595 • £76.50 / $105.78 Bloomsbury Academic
UK May 2022 • US May 2022 • 376 pages • 50 integrated bw PB 9780755647545 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781848859173 ePub 9780857736529 • £99.00 / $137.39 ePdf 9780755631124 • £90.00 / $125.02 I.B. Tauris
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