Books

Guardians of Power

The Myth of the Liberal Media

David Edwards and David Cromwell

'The most important book about journalism I can remember.' John Pilger

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The Rise of Nerd Politics

Digital Activism and Political Change

John Postill

A global anthropology of technology and politics, from WikiLeaks to Podemos.

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Green Books Guides

Eat Well, Waste Less

An A-Z guide to using up leftovers

Bish Muir

Do you have to throw away that single carrot? How can you make that cold chicken tasty? Can you use that yoghurt at the back of the fridge?

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Boomtown

Runaway Globalisation on the Queensland Coast

Thomas Hylland Eriksen

An anthropological study of a community 'marinated' in fossil fuels, fraught by ambivalence and conflict.

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Propaganda Blitz

How the Corporate Media Distort Reality

David Edwards and David Cromwell. Foreword by John Pilger

A powerful, forensic critique of the mainstream media in the era of 'Fake News'

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Modern European Thinkers

Pierre Bourdieu

A Critical Introduction

Jeremy F. Lane

A new major critical introduction to Bourdieu, looking at the full range of his work in its historical and intellectual context

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Imaginary Futures

From Thinking Machines to the Global Village

Richard Barbrook

This book is a history of the future. It shows how our contemporary understanding of the Net is shaped by visions of the future that were put together in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Tweets and the Streets

Social Media and Contemporary Activism

Paolo Gerbaudo

An exciting and invigorating journey through the modern politics of dissent

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A Theory of ISIS

Political Violence and the Transformation of the Global Order

Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou

A bold new theory of ISIS, revealing its profound impact on the very nature of contemporary political violence

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IIPPE

Theories of Social Capital

Researchers Behaving Badly

Ben Fine

Forcibly demonstrates how social capital has expanded across the social sciences only by degrading the different disciplines it touches.

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@ is for Activism

Dissent, Resistance and Rebellion in a Digital Culture

Joss Hands

Examines the transformation of politics through digital media, including digital television, online social networking and mobile computing.

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John Maclean

Hero of Red Clydeside

Henry Bell

A literary biography of one of the early heroes of radical Scottish Independence.

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