Political science and theory

This Companion offers a state-of-the-art survey of the work of John Stuart Mill one which covers the historical influences on Mill, his theoretical, moral and social philosophy, as well as his relation to contemporary movements.

The persistent failure of public schooling in low-income communities constitutes one of our nation's most pressing civil rights and social justice issues.

This book features mathematical and formal philosophers' efforts to understand philosophical questions using mathematical techniques.

The publication of Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America has kindled interest across disciplines to appraise the exceptional nature of U.

This book examines the political economy of devolution in Britain from the postwar period to the present.

This book examines the outcome of the British commitment to reconstitute a sovereign Polish state and establish a democratic Polish government after the Second World War.

This book enables analysts in government and the private sector as well as policy advisors and decision makers to assess global risks and opportunities systematically, make well-founded and informed decisions, and anticipate the unanticipated.

In this inquiry into Marx's method of theorising, originally published in 1979, Roslyn Bologh analyses theory in the same way that Marx analyses the production of capital, and provides a set of rules for reproducing Marx's method.

This thoroughly researched, highly perceptive and utterly gripping study deals with an important aspect of Spanish and British history - Churchill's policy of appeasement toward the Franco regime in Spain.

Across seventeen volumes to date, the Collected Works of F.

Dieses Lehrbuch führt in die ökonomischen Theorien der Politik ein.

In the spring of 1989, Chinese workers and students captured global attention as they occupied Tiananmen Square, demanded political change, and were tragically suppressed by the Chinese army.

Choice Outstanding Book African American intellectual thought has long provided a touchstone for national politics and civil rights, but, as Kimberly Smith reveals, it also has much to say about our relationship to nature.

This book gives a picture of an important religious reform group in action during the period of the French Revolution, Napoleon, and the Industrial Revolution.

For centuries Japan, although a totalitarian dictatorship, was ruled by figureheads who signed laws formulated 'behind the screen'.

A collection of articles on topics and individuals within the history of heterodox economic thought, approached from a heterodox perspective.

A FINANCIAL TIMES AND TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020The acclaimed new book from the celebrated author of The Road to Somewhere'Brilliant, will become a classic' Daily Telegraph'Utterly compelling .

More than 200 major river basins are shared by two or more countries and, together, these basins account for about 60% of the earth's land area, constituting a significant portion of the world's fresh water resources.

This edited collection explores the role of Euroscepticism in the European Parliament (EP) elections of 2014 both in particular EU Member States and across broader regions.

This volume, incorporating the work of scholars from various parts of the globe, taps the wisdom of the Westphalian (and post-Westphalian) world on the use of federalism and secession as tools for managing regional conflicts.

According to the Duvergerian theories, in the long run, only viable parties are expected to stand for elections.

Hegel has had a remarkable, yet largely unremarked, role in Canada's intellectual development.

As the son of a noble family which was nearly wiped out in the Revolution and as an ambitious politician during the July Monarchy and the Second Republic, Alexis de Tocqueville had a front seat at the revolutionary drama of his time.

What happens when we consider Africa through a feminist lens and feminism through an African one?

This book is a systematic analysis of the trade interconnectivity, logistics, urbanization, and economic development among countries along the Silk Road.

The Theory of Contestation advances critical norms research in international relations.

Leading scholars assess the transformations in energy security policy that flow from recognition of global climate change.

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility.

The euro crisis, rising Euroscepticism, and Brexit have once again highlighted the European Union's unresolved legitimacy deficit.

Value theory, or axiology, looks at what things are good or bad, how good or bad they are, and, most fundamentally, what it is for a thing to be good or bad.

In this accessible and sophisticated exploration of the nature and workings of social and political power, Mark Haugaard examines the interrelation between domination and empowerment.

This book confronts the difficulty of theorizing progressive politics during radical state transformation.

By the end of the nineteenth century, William Gladstone was arguably the most popular statesman in America since Lincoln.

Reflections on, and interviews with, US presidents from Nixon to George W.

Dieser Band behandelt systematisch die Kommunalpolitik und -verfassung in allen deutschen Bundesländern.

How the entertainment narrative of upward mobility distorts the harsh economic realities in AmericaIn an age of growing wealth disparities, politicians on both sides of the aisle are sounding the alarm about the fading American Dream.

In this sweeping look at political and philosophical history, Linda M.

A roadmap to improve corporate social responsibility The 2016 U.

Shakespeare was fascinated by power throughout his career but also understood its dangers and limits.

Decision making is certainly a very crucial component of many human activities.

China hat einen rasanten Aufstieg zu einem zentralen Akteur der globalen Politik vollzogen.

This volume offers one of the first systematic analyses of the rise of modern social science.

This book describes what an "e;art of multiculturalism"e; could be and how in turn multiculturalism could be conceived as a form of art.

Using original documents, the Allied Occupation of southern Italy, particularly Sicily and Naples, is illustrated by examining crime and unrest by Allied soldiers, deserters, rogue troops and Italian civilians from drunkenness, theft, rape, and murder to riots, demonstrations, black marketeering and prostitution.