Books in the International Library of Political Studies series

Presents a study of the British Left's response to the rise of international fascism in the 1930s. This title analyses how the Labour left reacted to threats from the fascist dictators, and argues that their responses were shaped above all by their constantly changing views of another dictatorship: the Soviet Union under Stalin.

Offers a portrait of Sean MacBride, Minister of External Affairs, during one of the most turbulent periods in Irish diplomatic history: the inter-party government of 1948. This book provides information on the political party founded by Sean MacBride, his time in government, his fall from power and his impact on Irish foreign policy.

Looks at a vital facet of Right-wing thought in the early twentieth century. Presenting an approach uniting intellectual history with political theory, this book is a contribution to the cultural debate on 'intellectuals and the masses'.

The life story of Will Crooks has a Dickensian resonance. This title presents a political biography of a significant Labour figure at both a local and national level and an important reinterpretation of the early trade union and labour movement from the 1880s to the 1920s.

Christian Zionists influence not only the Republican Party, but also the White House and Congress. Protestant fundamentalists anticipating the end of the world, they have long made common cause with the extreme political elements in the state of Israel. But why? This title offers the analysis of this dangerous and complex phenomenon.

At the turn of the 19th century, Hungarian-speaking Hungarians sought to assimilate Hungary's ethnic minorities into a new idea of nationhood, the country's Slavs instead imagined a proud multi-ethnic and multi-lingual state whose citizens could freely use their native languages. This book presents the story of how and why Slovakia came to be.

Formed out of a breakaway from the mainstream Liberal party in 1931, the Liberal National party preserved a separate identity for almost 40 years. This book shows readers how the National Liberals were a potent force in shaping the evolution of British politics in the middle decades of the twentieth century.

How do those living in diaspora form their own national and transnational identity? This work offers a critical paradigm from which to explore these identities. It addresses and analyses the cultural material that produced Greece's representation as both Europe's origin and 'other'.

Examines how throughout the twentieth century Labour's international policies have been influenced by domestic politics, and how in turn world events and Labour's response to them have helped to change the party's ideology, political culture and domestic agenda from the 1920s up to the Iraq War.

Examines Israel's shift to the right at the hands of Menachem Begin, the supposed 'disciple' of Vladimir Jabotinsky. This book demonstrates how Israel drifted away from Jabotinsky's ideas towards a maximalist Zionism. This is an addition to the study of Israel's political history that will appeal to both Middle Eastern and military historians.

Generally remembered as a notorious diarist rather than a serious political figure, Richard Crossman's imposing presence in Harold Wilson's Cabinet during the 1964-1970 Labour governments proved, not least to himself, a disappointment. This title intends to rescue Crossman's political achievements from obscurity.

Life in rural Britain has changed beyond recognition since the beginning of the 20th century. This title examines the historical background of the main controversies of contemporary rural life. It explores key elements of rural life, including the varying responses to animal disease from Biblical times to the 2001 outbreak of foot-and-mouth.

Radu Cinpoes here examines the reasons for the strength and resilience of nationalism in Romania, from the formation of the state to its accession in the EU.

Maurice Cowling was one of the most controversial historians and thinkers and a key figure in modern British Conservatism. This book presents Cowling's vision of British democracy and places it in its broader intellectual context.

The end of World War II intensified Morocco's nationalist struggle against French colonial rule, with the establishment of the Istiqlal ('independence') party and the Moroccan Sultan's emergence as a national leader. This book presents the background to the Istiqlal's establishment, its initial actions and demands.

Spring 2008 witnessed the first positive signs of a thaw in relations between the two sides of the divided island of Cyprus since the dramatic failure of the Annan Plan in 2004. This book focuses on the Annan Plan - the popular name for the UN initiative to find a 'Comprehensive Solution to the Cyprus Problem'.

Seeks to examine the key ideas emphasised by the twelve individuals whom the authors judge to have made the most significant development to the political thought of the Labour Party since the 1930s. This book also explores concepts, such as equality, liberty, community, power, the state, ownership and patriotism.

The means by which the Conservative Party have determined their party leadership has produced some of the dramatic political theatre of the last four decades. This book assesses the way in which the Conservative Party have determined their leadership since the 1960s. It explains how and why respective victors were elected.

Is New Labour more style than substance? Are its policies merely driven by pragmatism? Little has been published on the party''s core ideas, the very existence of which is contested. This book is a study of the political philosophy of New Labour. Matt Beech approaches the study of New Labour''s political philosophy in two ways. The first section of the book attempts to place New Labour in the intellectual history of the Labour Party and to set the context out of which New Labour has developed. It charts the intellectual history of the Labour Party from its nineteenth century origins in the Labour Movement, through the twentieth century, and into the 21st Century.The second section is an analysis of the basic ideas of New Labour and their contemporary interpretation of traditional values such as equality, liberty and community. This is then compared to New Right and various ''Old Labour'' or traditional social democrat perspectives on these values. Matt Beech claims that New Labour in power is a revisionist social democratic government.Beech argues that New Labour believes in positive as well as negative liberty, prioritarian conceptions of equality that focus on the poorest groups in society and believes in a communitarian social philosophy.

Presents a variety of experiences of civil society, looking at representation, participation and power relations in countries such as the Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, and the Caucasus area. This work is a combination of 'insider' perspectives of regional experts and the 'outsider' views of international experts.

Looks at the role of the media in fostering nationalism, with a comparative approach that shows the interactions between American, Russian and German nationalism. This book explores topics ranging from the War on Terror to Holocaust denial, from the 'sanctity' of Rasputin to the 'martyrdom' of Rudolf Hess.