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Rastrear la historia del siglo xxi hasta ahora es rastrear una historia de lo inasequible y la escasez. Despues de anos de negarse a construir suficientes viviendas, Estados Unidos tiene una crisis nacional de vivienda. Tras anos de limitar la inmigracion, no tiene suficientes trabajadores. A pesar de ser advertidos durante decadas sobre las consecuencias del cambio climatico, no se ha construido nada cercano a la infraestructura de energia limpia que necesitamos. Los ambiciosos proyectos publicos se terminan tarde y por encima del presupuesto, si alguna vez se terminan. Abundancia explica que nuestros problemas de hoy no son los resultados de los villanos de ayer, sino que las soluciones de una generacion se han convertido en los problemas de la siguiente. Las reglas y regulaciones disenadas para resolver los problemas de la decada de 1970 a menudo evitan proyectos de densidad urbana y energia verde que ayudarian a resolver los problemas de la decada de 2020. Las leyes destinadas a garantizar que el Gobierno considere las consecuencias de sus acciones han hecho demasiado dificil para el gobierno actuar en consecuencia. En las ultimas decadas, nuestra capacidad de ver problemas se ha agudizado, mientras que nuestra capacidad de resolverlos ha disminuido. Klein y Thompson rastrean las barreras politicas, economicas y culturales para progresar y proponen un camino hacia una politica de abundancia.

Sherpas en huelga. Feministas que clavan la bandera sufragista en lo alto de un pico. Alpinistas veganos, alpinistas ciegos, alpinistas a la fuerza en las sierras del maquis, alpinistas trans ondeando el estandarte rosa, blanco y azul en cada una de las Siete Cumbres, montañeros evangelicos en busca del Arca de Noe en la cima del Ararat. Anarquistas que van al monte a practicar esperanto o a buscar escondrijos para las armas de la accion directa. Montañeros fascistas, pacifistas, peronistas, liberales, conservadores. Papas y santos alpinistas, judios ortodoxos estudiando la Tora en las faldas del Everest.Las excursiones de Tolkien, las de Lenin, las de Helmut Kohl, el mountaintop soñado por Martin Luther King. Largas colas en el Everest del siglo xxi para ondear dos docenas de variopintas banderas. No hay no politica, todo es politica, se dicen dos personajes de La montaña magica, de Thomas Mann, en un balneario de los Alpes suizos, y con esa referencia literaria empieza este libro sobre las mil maneras en que se ha hecho politica desde los afilados pulpitos de los picos del mundo, desde los albores del alpinismo.

Una investigación definitiva sobre el nacionalismo que disecciona los patrones y las dinámicas que lo han convertido en un fenómeno mundial en auge.El historiador Eric Storm arroja luz sobre los movimientos nacionalistas contemporaneos explorando su evolucion global, desde el auge en el siglo XVIII hasta el resurgimiento de las ideas nacionalistas en la actualidad. El nacimiento del Estado nacion otorgo derechos de ciudadania a algunos excluyendo a una multitud de "otros", mientras sus ideas se expandieron a traves de la politica y la cultura. Storm muestra como el nacionalismo ha calado en todos los ambitos de la sociedad, mapeando su difusion a traves de la prensa, la television o las redes sociales. Al rastrear estas tendencias en diferentes paises, se demuestra que los momentos determinantes de este fenomeno se han producido de forma global. Esta tendencia ideologica ha impactado en la nacionalizacion tanto de la cultura como de otros sectores importantes como la diplomacia o el ejercito, siendo decisiva a lo largo de los siglos en la trasformacion tanto de la geopolitica como la vida cotidiana de la gente.

Palestina es un microcosmos del mundo: miserable, furiosa, tensa y fragmentada. En llamas. Obstinada. Digna. Mientras el estado colonial de Israel continúa infligiendo una violencia devastadora, las verdades esenciales se ocultan de forma deliberada: se mima a los perpetradores, mientras que a las victimas se las culpa y se las lleva a juicio. El mundo sigue siendo testigo a traves de las pantallas; miembros rotos, hogares y futuros destrozados impregnan los sueños. ¿Por que deben los palestinos demostrar su humanidad? ¿Cuales son las implicaciones de una tarea tan exasperante como imposible?Con una prosa intrepida y precision lirica, el-Kurd rechaza que su vida se consuma entre interrogatorios. Disecciona la humanizacion de los marginados como una tactica profundamente erronea, revelando la logica desconcertante que la sustenta: el deseo de convertir a los seres humanos en seres humanos.En lugar de pedir a los oprimidos que se comporten como victimas perfectas, el autor de este libro pide a amigos y enemigos que miren a los palestinos a los ojos, renunciando tanto a la deferencia como a la condena.La solidaridad con Palestina requiere reconocerla como causa universal. Sin embargo, la lente con que miramos a los palestinos revela como nos vemos unos a otros; como vemos todo lo demas.

A quarter of a century in power has allowed Vladimir Putin to enrich himself. He has done this by plundering Russias resources, confiscated private businesses and persecuted those who stood against him including Boris Berezovsky, Vladimir Gusinsky, Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Bill Browder. Putin put their assets under the control of his friends and cronies, who creamed off billions from nominally-state owned corporations.In 2022 Fortune Magazine estimated Putins personal fortune at $200 billion. The revenues he stole allowed Putin to build up an unparalleled war chest and this he used to pay for the invasion of Ukraine.The people Putin robbed he tortured and murdered. Some tried to fight back. Of these original oligarchs only Roman Abramovich survives.This is the fascinating story of what has happened to the men that Putin dispossessed and where their money went. But revenge is best served with cool heads and sharp minds. A small team of legal experts has spent the last twenty years pursuing Putin in the courts of the world. These legal experts are based in London and they are set on reclaiming this enormous wealth.The effect on the War in Ukraine will be just one result of their determined efforts.

In 2019, it looked like the electoral map of Britain had been changed for ever, with once solidly Labour constituencies voting Conservative for the first time. An epochal realignment seemed to be in train that saw the Conservative electoral coalition become much more northern and working class and Labour depending more on middle-class voters in the south. Only a few years later, the realignment lies in ruins.The Red Wall has returned to Labour, and its clear 2019 was a blip. Tories are now jostling amongst themselves to be seen as the heirs to Thatcher. Its almost like the promise of change and levelling up was a fever dream as political parties and voters revert to type.What happened? And what can be done? The Conservatives made a big promise to Red Wall voters in 2019, speaking openly about first-time Conservative voters lending their support and promising that this trust wouldnt be forgotten. They swept the Red Wall with a promise of big economic change.In reality, that was quickly forgotten and the realignment was put in the too-difficult box, in favour of Thatcherite cosplaying that appealed to a tiny core of Tory members but didnt address the real problems the country faced. But the politics behind it cannot be ignored.This book will address what went wrong with the so-called realignment and what needs to be done to revive it.

Enduring Hope: Ethnographic Insights into Long-Term Racial Justice AdvocacyMany White Christians feel convicted when they hear of racial injustice but arent sure what they can do. They often become overwhelmed by deep divisions, conflicting priorities, and historical burdens. They need a clearer vision for engagement with racial justice and reconciliation that goes beyond easy answers or simplistic optimism. Isnt there anyone who has found a way forward?Anthropologist Christine Jeske has studied precisely this question. Her one-of-a-kind research started by asking people of color about their work and experience with White advocates of racial justice. She then studied the postures, ideas, and actions of those they recommended as positive examples.In Racial Justice for the Long Haul, Jeske presents her findings on what makes for an effective, enduring approach, revealing shared threads in the lives of White Christians who have faithfully embraced the call to advocate for justice. By abandoning simplistic answers and confronting the depths of suffering and injustice, they discover a bold way of hope that perseveres. This book features a unique methodology of interviews with Christian leaders of color and White advocates makes qualitative ethnographic research accessible, and provides concrete examples of how White Christians can growand persistin working for racial justice. This book invites readers to engage deeply, reflect thoughtfully, and grow authentically as allies in the work of racial justice. White Christians must learn the nature of true hope as they encounter the depths of injustice and of lamentand of grace. Racial Justice for the Long Haul offers the clarity, inspiration, and tools needed to persevere in the pursuit of a more just world.

In this extraordinary new book, former Secretary of State Penny Mordaunt and co-author Chris Lewis build on the success of their Sunday Times bestseller Greater: Britain After the Storm to serve up a paean to the traditions and values that underpin British life, strengthen communities and help navigate the future.Far from being a brake on progress, our traditions offer a predictable rhythm to life, promote values, encourage reflection and create a sense of continuity while allowing room for innovation and growth. Nations, organisations and communities that have traditions thrive. Where they are absent, it is harder to adapt to the fast-changing world.Pomp and Circumstance explores Britains traditions the ancient and the new. From coronations and national events to local customs, they provide stability, reinforcing identity and fostering resilience to help us steer a course through the uncertainties of tomorrow.At a time of great worry about our ability to adapt to an uncertain world, this unique and moving perspective from someone who has had a ringside seat at our national events and crises over many years aims to give every Briton confidence and courage.Mordaunt, who in her ceremonial role as Lord President of the Privy Council famously carried the Sword of State and presented the Sword of Offering to King Charles III at his coronation, examines areas of traditional British culture including the monarchy, Parliament, the law, sport and local traditions, as well as values including sacrifice, courage and remembrance to show how a country often thought of as old-fashioned actually uses its unique historical conventions to navigate the future.

From the Mangrove Nine to Notting Hill Carnival, writer and social commentator Chanté Joseph takes us through the formative, radical histories of Black British activism. When the Windrush generation arrived in Britain, the concept of Black Britishness or Black British Culture did not yet exist. Fast forward to the present day, where a distinct and influential Black British identity exists. This concise and informative book traverses the crucial topics within Black British history and culture: exploring community activism, protests, Notting Hill Carnival, the Black British Panthers, Women of the movement, the Mangrove Nine and the Black British Arts. Celebrating and chronicling the fusion of social, political and artistic elements within Black activism in Britain, A Quick Ting On: British Black Power provides an insightful look at how the British Black Power movement first emerged and has developed since.

Between 2016 and 2019, a unique coalition assembled within British politics. Combining Corbynite campaigners and Conservative Cabinet ministers, celebrities and grassroots activists, seasoned political veterans and novice political amateurs, this disparate assemblage of forces was brought together by one aim: stopping Brexit. What began as the unfocused, often deeply emotional belief that Britain must not leave the EU morphed, fleetingly, into a mass movement: the Peoples Vote campaign, a mess of organisations united by the call for a second referendum on Europe.From the stunts of youth campaigners and the online antics of new pro-EU influencers to the million-person marches of 2019 and the launch of new centrist parties, many people, serious and unserious alike, dedicated themselves to securing a new vote. A campaign premised on telling the nation that they had gotten it catastrophically wrong was always going to be hard, and it was only made more so by parliamentary maths that never seemed to quite add up. Based on interviews with the people who were there, No Second Chances tells the dramatic, bizarre, and (at times) embarrassing story of one of recent British historys most feted roads not taken.

A comprehensively updated new edition of the essential guide to the qualities and vulnerabilities of political leaders.As the party that championed trade union rights, the creation of the NHS and the establishment of a national minimum wage, Labour has undoubtedly played a crucial role in the shaping of contemporary British society. And yet the leaders who have stood at its helm from Keir Hardie to Sir Keir Starmer, via Clement Attlee, Tony Blair and Jeremy Corbyn have steered the party vessel with enormously varying degrees of success.With the widening of the franchise, revolutionary changes to social values and the growing ubiquity of the media, the requirements, techniques and goals of the Labour leadership since the partys inception at the turn of the twentieth century have been forced to evolve almost beyond recognition and not all its leaders have managed to keep up.This comprehensive and enlightening book considers the attributes and achievements of each leader in the context of their respective time and diplomatic landscape, offering a compelling analytical framework by which they may be judged, alongside detailed personal biographies from some of the countrys foremost political critics, and exclusive interviews with former leaders themselves.An indispensable contribution to the study of party leadership, British Labour Leaders is essential to understanding British political history and governance through the prism of those who created it.

A comprehensively updated new edition of the essential guide to the qualities and vulnerabilities of political leaders.As the party that has won wars, reversed recessions and held prime ministerial power more times than any other, the Conservatives have played an undoubtedly crucial role in the shaping of contemporary British society. And yet the leaders who have stood at its helm from Sir Robert Peel to Rishi Sunak, via Benjamin Disraeli, Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher have steered the party vessel with enormously varying degrees of success, particularly latterly, when the short but destructive tenures of Boris Johnson and Liz Truss did much to damage the partys reputation for competence.With the widening of the franchise, revolutionary changes to social values and the growing ubiquity of the media, the requirements, techniques and goals of Conservative leadership since the partys nineteenth-century factional breakaway have been forced to evolve almost beyond recognition and not all its leaders have managed to keep up.This comprehensive and enlightening book considers the attributes and achievements of each leader in the context of their respective time and diplomatic landscape, offering a compelling analytical framework by which they may be judged, alongside detailed personal biographies from some of the countrys foremost political critics, and exclusive interviews with former leaders themselves.

A parliamentary by-election happens when a seat in the House of Commons becomes vacant between general elections, whether because the sitting MP dies, resigns, goes bankrupt, is convicted of a crime or is subject to a recall petition. By-elections can often appear to break the mould of British politics, signify the seemingly terminal decline of a particular political party or indicate the end of a premiership. Some take on iconic status or attract celebrity candidates and are remembered several decades after they take place. Others quickly disappear into the depths of our memories. As these pages will testify, however, theres rarely a dull contest.In this latest anthology, Iain Dale picks the most consequential by-elections of the modern era and presents a series of thoroughly researched and absorbing essays by some of our finest political writers, including Sir Vernon Bogdanor, Sir John Curtice, Simon Heffer, Julia Langdon, Lord Lexden, Andrew Marr, Tim Shipman and many others.This remarkable book uncovers unique stories of political tragedy, triumph, success and failure, set against the backdrop of some of the most dramatic moments in British parliamentary history.

Peter Cardwell is a broadcaster, author, academic and international political commentator. He served as a special adviser in the UK government for three and a half years, working across four departments. Peter has worked on three continents for the BBC, Sky News and ITV and has written for publications including The Times, the Sunday Independent and Your Cat magazine. He is currently a presenter on Talk and, occasionally, Times Radio.After being educated in Northern Ireland, Peter studied at St Hughs College, Oxford, before winning a Fulbright scholarship to the Columbia School of Journalism, New York.He lives in London with his rescue cat Jack.

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Based on Philip Cowleys entertaining columns in The House magazine, this collection of political oddities and fascinating research, discussing the politics of fights, cockroaches, riots, potholes, beards and much more, is perfect for reading in multiple sittings. Discover the electoral relevance of chip shops and football grounds, what your lawn tells you about your voting, why politicians need to pay extra care in Scunthorpe, what MPs think of voters, why they all claim to be local and why they are all now so inexperienced.Equal parts witty and thought-provoking, and with additional grumpy complaints about bats, overly long constituency names and giving the vote to sixteen-year-olds, its a book that will appeal to the sort of person who likes to tell you that, actually, its all a bit more complicated than that