Centrist democratic ideologies

How self-directed democratic schooling builds fulfilling lives and can lead the way back to a civilized society Education is ripe for democratic disruption.

The story of modern conservatism through the lives of six leading figuresThe Rise and Fall of Modern American Conservatism tells the gripping story of perhaps the most significant political force of our time through the lives and careers of six leading figures at the heart of the movement.

By the mid-1920s the UFO had gone into a period of decline from which it never recovered.

This book offers comparative ontologies of both Islam and liberalism as discourses more broadly construed.

Most current analysis on Latin American politics has been directed at examining the shift to the left in the region.

Wer die Freiheit in Frage stellt, greift unser ganzes Leben anDie offenen Gesellschaften des Westens sind bedroht durch autoritäre, äußere Gegner, aber auch durch rechte, linke und religiöse Fundamentalisten im Inneren.

What are the underlying causes of chronic poverty?

In Portraits and Miniatures, Roy Jenkins brings his penetrating intelligence and elegant prose to subjects ranging from literature and political history to wine and croquet.

Revisiting the magnetic poles of Karl Polanyi and Friedrich Hayek on the utopian springs of political economy, this book seeks to provide a compass for questioning the market economy of the twenty-first century.

Enthusiasm has long been perceived as a fundamental danger to democratic politics, with many regarding it as a source of instability and irrationalism.

Capitalism and Inequality rejects the popular view that attributes the recent surge in inequality to a failure of market institutions.

Linking historiography and political history, Victor Feske addresses the changing role of national histories written in early twentieth-century Britain by amateur scholars Hilaire Belloc, Sidney and Beatrice Webb, J.

This book addresses the relationship between the 'liberal' values of Anglo-Saxon cultures and the way that they conduct themselves when they are fighting - or preparing to fight - wars.

Comprising essays by Michael W.

Few philosophers have garnered as much attention globally as Michel Foucault.

This comprehensive handbook examines relationships between religion, politics and ideology, with a focus on several world religions - Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism and Judaism - in a variety of contexts, regions and countries.

As the world economy slides into the worst recession since the 1930s, there is fear that hard times will ignite a backlash against free trade policies and globalization more generally.

This book advances a theory of personal, public and political justification.

International peace parks-transnational conservation areas established and managed by two or more countries-have become a popular way of protecting biodiversity while promoting international cooperation and regional development.

Why should America try to be more like countries that are worse in nearly every way?

In the presidential campaign of 1948, Henry Wallace set out to challenge the conventional wisdom of his time, blaming the United States, instead of the Soviet Union, for the Cold War, denouncing the popular Marshall Plan, and calling for an end to segregation.

An essential toolkit for all progressives- helping them to respond to the current sustained right-wing criticism of US domestic and foreign policy"e;The game is begun,"e; Rush Limbaugh said, the day after Barack Obama won the presidency; and he was right.

This book is a study of class formation at the top of the social hierarchies during the turbulent and changing early twenty-first century.

The story of modern conservatism through the lives of six leading figuresThe Rise and Fall of Modern American Conservatism tells the gripping story of perhaps the most significant political force of our time through the lives and careers of six leading figures at the heart of the movement.

In Assessing Multiculturalism in Global Comparative Perspective, a group of leading scholars come together in a multidisciplinary collection to assess multiculturalism through an international comparative perspective.

The longest serving Dutch Prime Minister (1982-94), Professor Lubbers is known for his support of liberal values, social equity, human rights, democratic governments, and spirituality.

The attitude we take to power is almost invariably one of distrust, never more so than when it claims to be sovereign.

The Morality of Politics addresses the issues of politics and morality.

Can open society survive?

Intertwining the stories of three leading early twentieth century radical Americans, this book presents the enthralling tale of the too-short lives of Inez Milholland, Randolph Bourne, and John Reed.

One of the keywords of our time, 'globalization' frames how we understand our interconnected world.

Following Labour's defeat at the polls in 2015, and at time when the Party is attempting to redefine its meaning, values and even identity, there is an urgent need for fresh thinking.

An argument that draws on empirical findings in psychology to offer a blueprint for cultivating a widespread commitment to public reason.

The contributions to this volume Politics, Social Movements and Extremism take serious the fact that populism is a symptom of the crisis of representation that is affecting parliamentary democracy.

How the political beliefs of Tea Party supporters are connected to far-right social movementsAre Tea Party supporters merely a group of conservative citizens concerned about government spending?

The question of toleration matters more than ever.

Adam Smith (1723-1790) is widely regarded as one of the great thinkers of the Enlightenment period.

Despite rich archives of work on race and the global economy, most notably by scholars of colour and Global South intellectuals, the discipline of Political Economy has largely avoided an honest confrontation with how race works within the domains it studies, not least within markets.

In addressing democracy, equality, and justice together, the book stimulates discussions that go beyond the sometimes increasingly technical and increasingly discrete literatures that now dominate the study of each concept.

First published in 1991, this is a reissue of the path-breaking Dictionary of Conservative and Libertarian Thought, the first book to examine the ideals and arguments produced by the intellectual traditions of both conservatism and classical liberalism.

Esta publicación es resultado de una investigación sobre el Ejército Guerrillero Tupak Katari (EGTK), realizada bajo la titularidad del CIS (Centro de Investigaciones Sociales) de la vicepresidencia del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia.

For more than a millennium, beginning in the early Middle Ages, most Western Christians lived in societies that sought to be comprehensively Christian--ecclesiastically, economically, legally, and politically.

Both in Greece in 2012 and Italy in 2013, it took two elections to form a government.

The surprising case for liberal nationalismAround the world today, nationalism is back-and it's often deeply troubling.

Germany is a central case for research on comparative political economy, which has inspired theorizing on national differences and historical trajectories.

This book offers a political economy analysis of the development and degradation of freedom of the press in Taiwan since 1949, exploring how state-business elites and foreign hegemons interacted to shape the evolution of Taiwan's media.

The seventeenth century English philosopher, John Locke, is widely recognized as one of the seminal sources of the modern liberal tradition.

This book explains why neoliberal economic ideas have not just survived, but thrived since the 1980s - taking Europe from boom to bust.

From acclaimed bestselling historian Jill Lepore, the story of the American historical mythology embraced by the far rightAmericans have always put the past to political ends.