Democracy and Empire: Labor, Nature, and the Reproduction of Capitalism

Democracy and Empire: Labor, Nature, and the Reproduction of Capitalism

Democracy and Empire theorizes the material basis of popular sovereignty via the Black radical tradition. Popular sovereignty contains an affective attachment to wealth, secured through collective agreements to dominate others, […]


Squalor

Squalor

with Daniel Renwick British society is increasingly divided into the haves and the have-nots. Housing epitomizes this division with spiralling rents, exorbitant prices, lack of council provision, poorly maintained stock, […]


Segregated Time

Segregated Time

When Martin Luther King Jr. argued on behalf of civil rights he was told that he was “too soon.” Today, those demanding reparations for slavery are told they are “too […]


Globalization & War

Globalization & War

War doesn’t just tear nations apart―it brings peoples and places closer together, providing a new lens on globalization. This book offers a fresh perspective on globalization and war, topics rarely […]


Soldiers of Empire: Indian and British Armies in World War II

Soldiers of Empire: Indian and British Armies in World War II

How are soldiers made? Why do they fight? Re-imagining the study of armed forces and society, Barkawi examines the imperial and multinational armies that fought in Asia in the Second […]


Capitalist Economics

Capitalist Economics

Modern economics does not explain capitalism. Quite the reverse: both introductory texts and advanced scholarship presuppose capitalism as a universal, natural entity. Capitalist Economics is the first and only book […]


Dark Skies: Space Expansionism, Planetary Geopolitics, and the Ends of Humanity

Dark Skies: Space Expansionism, Planetary Geopolitics, and the Ends of Humanity

Space is again in the headlines. E-billionaires Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are planning to colonize Mars. President Trump wants a “Space Force” to achieve “space dominance” with expensive high-tech […]


The Imperial Presidency and American Politics: Governance by Edicts and Coups

The Imperial Presidency and American Politics: Governance by Edicts and Coups

Those who saw Donald Trump as a novel threat looming over American democracy and now think the danger has passed may not have been paying much attention to the political […]


Decolonizing Politics

Decolonizing Politics

Political science emerged as a response to the challenges of imperial administration and the demands of colonial rule. While not all political scientists were colonial cheerleaders, their thinking was nevertheless […]


A Middle-Quality Institutional Trap: Democracy and State Capacity in Latin America (Elements in Politics and Society in Latin America)

A Middle-Quality Institutional Trap:  Democracy and State Capacity in Latin America (Elements in Politics and Society in Latin America)

Latin America is currently caught in a middle-quality institutional trap, combining flawed democracies and low-to-medium capacity States. Yet, contrary to conventional wisdom, the sequence of development – Latin America has […]