Political science and theory

How people construct their idea of home influences the types of nationalisms that emerge in various parts of the world.

Before the fall of the Berlin Wall many East German writers were praised in the Western world as dissident voices of truth, bravely struggling with the draconian constraints of living under the GDR's communist regime.

"e;From the death of John Quincy Adams through the Civil War to the tragedy of Reconstruction, Wineapple tells the American story brilliantly.

Fascinated by the idea of Western civilization as being a sequence of numerous misinterpretations and misrepresentations, these nineteen essays cover a broad range of topics with the unifying theme being the crossroads where politics and the imagination meet.

At its core, politics is all about relations of rule.

This new volume traces the normative, legal, institutional, and political responses to the challenges of assisting and protecting internally displaced persons (IDPs).

This book discusses the radical transformation of Rwanda, focusing on the dynamics of its society before and after the genocide against theTutsis in 1994.

In this book, John Ehrenberg argues that Donald Trump, as both candidate and president, represents a qualitatively new stage in the evolution of the Republican Party's willingness to exploit American racial tensions.

The governance of health care in Ontario has long provided opportunities for citizens and stakeholders to participate, deliberate, and influence health care policy and investment decisions.

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.

'Thatcherism', as attitude of mind and style of action, has dominated the agenda and tone of British politics during the 1980s.

On 27 February 1900, the Labour Representation Committee was formed to campaign for the election of working class representatives to parliament.

This is a practical guide to the historical study of international politics.

Critical Theory and Film brings together critical theory and film to enhance the critical potential of both.

In 1910 Mexicans rebelled against an imperfect dictatorship; after 1940 they ended up with what some called the perfect dictatorship.

​Die Studie wurde im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums des Innern (BMI) bereits zum zweiten Mal durchgeführt.

Current events related to energy policy - skyrocketing gasoline prices, the 2003 Northeast Blackout, the Kyoto Protocol's enactment, passage of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, and the influence of recent Gulf Coast hurricanes on energy supplies and prices - demand innovative approaches towards conceptualizing the relationship between energy and American society.

This book analyzes the negotiation of socio-political concepts, such as citizenship, republicanism, and representation, between "e;ordinary"e; French citizens and their representatives in parliament during the early twentieth century.

Central to discussions of multiculturalism and minority rights in modern liberal societies is the idea that the particular demands of minority groups contradict the requirements of equality, anonymity, and universality for citizenship and belonging.

Faith in Empire is an innovative exploration of French colonial rule in West Africa, conducted through the prism of religion and religious policy.

De Vries argues that it is possible to explain when and in what direction policy change is likely to occur.

Dieses Handbuch schließt eine zentrale Forschungslücke, denn das Thema „Staat“ ist heute wichtiger denn je.

This book questions when, why, and how it is just for a people to go to war, or to refrain from warring, in a post-9/11 world.

Interest in citizenship has never been greater.

Debates about contemporary Islam and Muslims in the West have taken some negative turns in the depressing atmosphere of the war on terror and its aftermath.

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The US's once-enthusiastic commitment to restore trustworthy relations with the Muslim world has dwindled considerably since Obama's 2009 Cairo speech.

What sort of ethos does democratic politics demand?

This book, first published in 1977, presents for the first time a serious and systematic assessment of Marx primarily as a philosopher.

The cornerstone of the American republic is an educated, active, and engaged citizenry; however, the multifaceted inner workings of government and the political forces that shape it are incredibly complex.

During World War I the U.

This book, the first of two monographs exploring Thucydides, consists of contributions by world-class scholars on political order, using the Peloponnesian War to explore the historiography and political development of the ancient world.

This book provides a critical account of federal asymmetry in India - its origins, context, forms and functioning - by taking into account the institutional effectiveness of asymmetric institutions in the regions for identity fulfillment, development and governance.

This book explores the role played by families in the Russian revolutionary movement and the first decades of the Soviet regime.

Reflecting the growing interest of historians in memory studies, this edited collection examines the relationship between memory and global social movements from 1848 to the present.

In The Ethics of Immigration, Joseph Carens synthesizes a lifetime of work to explore and illuminate one of the most pressing issues of our time.

This book examines the nature of unmasking in social theory, in revolutionary movements and in popular culture.

The course of German philosophy in the twentieth century is one of the most exciting and controversial in the history of human thought.

Following the American Revolution, it was a cliche that the new republic's future depended on widespread, informed citizenship.

This book explores and problematises the war discourse regarding Egypt's victory in the 1973 War.

American democracy owes its origins to the colonial settlement of North America by Europeans.

With essays by today's leading leftist social critics, Identity Trumps Socialism presents a rigorous and persuasive primer on the problems generated by postmodern and neoliberal challenges to the legacy of emancipatory universality.

Why have states in general been slower to incorporate the international diffusion of women's human rights norms domestically than other human rights norms and why has the diffusion of these norms varied so greatly between states?