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    The History of Ideas

    David Runciman

    In this bold new follow-up to Confronting Leviathan, David Runciman unmasks modern politics and reveals the great men and women of ideas behind it.

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    The History of Ideas

    David Runciman

    What is the history of ideas - and how has it shaped our world today?

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    The Handover

    David Runciman

    Does it matter if we are ceding power to AI? Especially if we have been there before.

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    The Handover

    David Runciman

    Does it matter if we are ceding power to AI? Especially if we have been there before.

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    The Handover

    David Runciman

    "[W]itty and refined . . . Runciman's point is that the alliance between even a democratic government and a safe-ish A.I. could derail civilization." --Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker

    An eminent…

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    Pluralism and the Personality of the State

    David Runciman (University of Cambridge)

    Pluralism and the Personality of the State tells the history of English political thought from 1900-1933 and concentrates on the work of the political pluralists. It explores the background of…

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    The Confidence Trap: A History of Democracy in Crisis from World War I to the Present - Revised Edition

    David Runciman

    Why do democracies keep lurching from success to failure? The current financial crisis is just the latest example of how things continue to go wrong, just when it looked like…

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    The Handover

    David Runciman

    Does it matter if we are ceding power to AI? Especially if we have been there before.

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    The Confidence Trap: A History of Democracy in Crisis from World War I to the Present

    David Runciman

    Tells the story of modern democracy through the history of moments of crisis, from the First World War to the economic crash of 2008. This title looks at the confusion…

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    Politics: Ideas in Profile

    David Runciman

    An accessible introduction to politics from David Runciman, Professor of Politics at Cambridge University. The first title in the IDEAS IN PROFILE series - world class introductions to topics that…

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    The Handover

    David Runciman

    "[W]itty and refined . . . Runciman's point is that the alliance between even a democratic government and a safe-ish A.I. could derail civilization." --Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker

    An eminent…

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    The Politics of Good Intentions: History, Fear, and Hypocrisy in the New World Order

    David Runciman

    Dissects the way that politicians like Blair and Bush have used and abused history to justify the new world order they are creating. This book compares political events with other…

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    Political Hypocrisy: The Mask of Power, from Hobbes to Orwell and Beyond, Revised Edition

    David Runciman

    A critical assessement of the problems of sincerity and truth in politics argues that we should accept hypocrisy as a fact of politics without resigning ourselves to it or embracing…

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    How Democracy Ends

    David Runciman

    All political systems come to an end, even democracies - David Runciman shows us how to recognise the signs and how to think about what might come next.

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    Where Power Stops: The Making and Unmaking of Presidents and Prime Ministers

    David Runciman

    David Runciman grapples with how character defines and limits the holders of the highest offices in the UK and America.

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    Confronting Leviathan: A History of Ideas

    David Runciman

    A primer on political theory from bestselling author and host of Talking Politics David Runciman.

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    How Democracy Ends

    David Runciman (University of Cambridge)

    How will democracy end? And what will replace it? A preeminent political scientist examines the past, present, and future of an endangered political philosophy Since the end of World War…

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    Pluralism and the Personality of the State

    David Runciman (University of Cambridge)

    Pluralism and the Personality of the State tells the history of English political thought from 1900-1933 and concentrates on the work of the political pluralists. It explores the background of…

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    The Dark Side

    David f Runciman

    A compelling debut novel of nineteen short and diverse stories, touching a host of subjects including aliens, death and horror. With each story completely different from the last, it takes…

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    Representation

    David Runciman,Monica Brito Vieira

    What is representation? What does it mean when a politician represents citizens in government? How can citizens be represented beyond the boundaries of the nation-state? This book answers such questions…

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    Representation

    David Runciman,Monica Brito Vieira

    What is representation? What does it mean when a politician represents citizens in government? How can citizens be represented beyond the boundaries of the nation-state? This book answers such questions…

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    Maitland: State, Trust and Corporation

    F. W. Maitland

    Maitland’s essays on the historical origins of the state.

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    Maitland: State, Trust and Corporation

    F. W. Maitland

    Maitland’s essays on the historical origins of the state.

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