Political ideologies and movements

Many political theorists today deny that citizenship can be defended on liberal grounds alone.

A compelling case for why it's time for socialismIs socialism desirable?

The Christian Right is frequently accused of threatening democratic values.

The Godfather Doctrine draws clear and essential lessons from perhaps the greatest Hollywood movie ever made to illustrate America's changing geopolitical place in the world and how our country can best meet the momentous strategic challenges it faces.

The combustible mix of race and religion in American historyReligion has been a powerful political force throughout American history.

According to conventional wisdom in American legal culture, the 1870s to 1920s was the age of legal formalism, when judges believed that the law was autonomous and logically ordered, and that they mechanically deduced right answers in cases.

Conventional wisdom holds that the American military is overwhelmingly conservative and Republican, and extremely political.

Christian Political Ethics brings together leading Christian scholars of diverse theological and ethical perspectives--Catholic, Lutheran, Calvinist, and Anabaptist--to address fundamental questions of state and civil society, international law and relations, the role of the nation, and issues of violence and its containment.

Constitutional Patriotism offers a new theory of citizenship and civic allegiance for today's culturally diverse liberal democracies.

Has contemporary liberalism's devotion to individual liberty come at the expense of our society's obligations to children?

Hindu nationalism came to world attention in 1998, when the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won national elections in India.

Conflicts involving religion have returned to the forefront of international relations.

Why has shame recently displaced guilt as a dominant emotional reference in the West?

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Should the Supreme Court have the last word when it comes to interpreting the Constitution?

In 1960, Barry Goldwater set forth his brief manifesto in The Conscience of a Conservative.

The delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention blocked the establishment of Christianity as a national religion.

Emilio Gentile, an internationally renowned authority on fascism and totalitarianism, argues that politics over the past two centuries has often taken on the features of religion, claiming as its own the prerogative of defining the fundamental purpose and meaning of human life.

Covenantal Rights is a groundbreaking work of political theory: a comprehensive, philosophically sophisticated attempt to bring insights from the Jewish political tradition into current political and legal debates about rights and to bring rights discourse more fully into Jewish thought.

The emphasis on practical experience over ideology is viewed by many historians as a profoundly American characteristic, one that provides a model for exploring the colonial challenge to European belief systems and the creation of a unique culture.

This book represents the first systematic research by a social scientist on the radical right-wing movements in Italy since 1945.

Liberalism, the founding philosophy of many constitutional democracies, has been criticized in recent years from both the left and the right for placing too much faith in individual rights and distributive justice.

Why have radical political theorists, whose thinking inspired mass movements for democracy, been so suspicious of political plurality?

Acclaimed historian and New York Times bestselling author Craig Shirley delivers a compelling account of 1945, particularly the watershed events in the month of April, that details how America emerged from World War II as a leading superpower.

More than ever, politics seem to be driven by discord.

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What if you didn't have to read the 50 most important books on Politics to know the most important ideas?

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Covenants without Swords examines an enduring tension within liberal theory: that between many liberals' professed commitment to universal equality on the one hand, and their historic support for the politics of hierarchy and empire on the other.

Covenantal Rights is a groundbreaking work of political theory: a comprehensive, philosophically sophisticated attempt to bring insights from the Jewish political tradition into current political and legal debates about rights and to bring rights discourse more fully into Jewish thought.

Conflicts involving religion have returned to the forefront of international relations.

What a Confucian constitutional government might look like in China's political futureAs China continues to transform itself, many assume that the nation will eventually move beyond communism and adopt a Western-style democracy.

Has contemporary liberalism's devotion to individual liberty come at the expense of our society's obligations to children?

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*THE TOP-TEN BESTSELLER* From theNew York Timesbestselling author ofSorcery of ThornsandAn Enchantment of Ravenscomes a thrilling new YA fantasy about a teen girl with mythic abilities.

As the Cold War faded into history, it appeared to have been replaced by a new conflict - between Islam and the West.

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Mass movements and social protest forced mid-century Republicans to articulate their own form of liberalismAs poor and working people organized themselves on the job, in the streets, and at the polls during the mid-twentieth century, they forced Republicans to reckon with new demands for political and social citizenship in big cities across the Northeast, Midwest, and Pacific Coast.

Why churches in some democratic nations wield enormous political power while churches in other democracies don'tIn some religious countries, churches have drafted constitutions, restricted abortion, and controlled education.

A new account of modern Iraqi politics that overturns the conventional wisdom about its sectarian divisionsHow did Iraq become one of the most repressive dictatorships of the late twentieth century?

Liberal Languages reinterprets twentieth-century liberalism as a complex set of discourses relating not only to liberty but also to welfare and community.

In The Religious Left and Church-State Relations, noted constitutional law scholar Steven Shiffrin argues that the religious left, not the secular left, is best equipped to lead the battle against the religious right on questions of church and state in America today.

This volume illustrates the diversity of populism globally.

This volume illustrates the diversity of populism globally.

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

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

An urgent examination of the great wave of change breaking over today's world - from the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and New York Times bestselling author of The Death of Truth'A profoundly inspiring and prophetic perspective on the contemporary world' Ai WeiweiIn the twenty-first century, a wave of political, cultural and technological change has capsized our old certainties and assumptions, creating both opportunity and danger.