Political science and theory

The freedom to take part in civic life--whether in the exercise of one's right to vote or congregate and protest--has become increasingly less important to Americans than individual rights and liberties.

On November 4, 1979, when students occupied the American Embassy in Tehran and subsequently demanded that the United States return the Shah in exchange for hostages, the deposed Iranian ruler's regime became the focus of worldwide scrutiny and controversy.

Our world is increasingly sceptical of happy endings.

The Social Contract, originally published as On the Social Contract; or, Principles of Political Rights by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, is a 1762 book in which Rousseau theorized about the best way to establish a political community in the face of the problems of commercial society, which he had already identified in his Discourse on Inequality (1754).

For over three decades, China exercised unprecedented control over the reproductive habits of its billion citizens.

Die Vorstellung, historische Prozesse würden sich durch exakte Datierungen begrenzen lassen, sorgt unter Historikern zumeist nur für Kopfschütteln.

Democracia y desplazamiento durante la guerra civil colombiana es uno de los pocos libros disponibles en inglés y en español que ofrecen una visión integral sobre la guerra civil colombiana y la guerra contra las drogas.

Hubo un tiempo en que la potencia de los discursos y los sermones irradiaba una energía avasalladora en su auditorio.

Der Putsch ist ein Mittel zur Machtergreifung.

Muslimaniac steht für europäische Fantasien und Sehnsüchte nach Homogenität und Kontrolle, die sich am Feindbild Islam ausbilden.

Una lectura adictiva sobre el poder en la sociedad actual.

From New York Times bestselling author Cass Sunstein, a timely and powerful argument for rethinking how the U.

Dieses Buch plädiert für einen Paradigmenwechsel in der Politik auf der Grundlage eines integralen Bewusstseins.

How the creation of money and monetary policy can be more democraticThe power to create money is foundational to the state.

La compilación de este libro retoma aquello que quedó esbozado, pero pendiente, en la obra de Poulantzas y profundiza el interesante contrapunto con autores que se han propuesto la vasta empresa de continuidad y reelaboración de sus categorías, como Robert Jessop, o la ruptura y reconfiguración de nuevas problemáticas y aproximaciones, como Fred Bock o Michael Mann.

Andrés Macaya sintetizó todos los defectos y virtudes de la generación de políticos conservadores de fines del siglo XIX y principios del XX.

Desde la posición de un simple espectador ordinario, el autor relata los acontecimientos de nuestro transcurso democrático, apoyándose en las sucesivas sensaciones de resignación y esperanzas a las que fuimos sometidos.

Muchos pensadores clásicos fueron perseguidos pero Platón no pertenece a ese grupo, y a diferencia de los anteriores contamos con su obra completa.

In der Forschung gilt es nicht nur, den angemessenen methodischen Zugang zu wählen, sondern auch, ihn zur Anwendung zu bringen.

Diese Sammlung enthält 28 der politischen Aufsätze Frantz Fanons.

A deliciously irreverent and humorous insider's account of 25 years working at the very top of British political television'What Rob Burley doesn't know about political interviewing isn't worth knowing' - Andrew Neil'A delicious read' - Emily Maitlis 'He writes beautifully' - Jeremy Paxman'Very funny' - Steve Coogan'An excellent book' - James O'Brien'He writes brilliantly' - Adam BuxtonWhy Is This Lying Bastard Lying to Me?

Este libro constituye un novedoso aporte a un viejo debate siempre presente en la agenda de investigacion de las ciencias sociales: la nacionalizacion de los sistemas politicos en las democracias de partidos.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, updated with a new PrefaceThe essential blueprint for a better future, by Labour's economic mastermind Stellar: brilliant, incredibly pragmatic Rory Stewart Refreshingly optimistic The Times No one has done more to re-inject sanity into our national policy Emily Maitlis'Everyone should read this book if they care about our country' Tom BaldwinGreat Britain?

How cable television upended American political life in the pursuit of profits and influenceAs television began to overtake the political landscape in the 1960s, network broadcast companies, bolstered by powerful lobbying interests, dominated screens across the nation.

How the Clinton administration betrayed its progressive principles and capitulated to the rightWhen Bill Clinton was elected president in 1992, he ended twelve years of Republican rule and seemed poised to enact a progressive transformation of the US economy, touching everything from health care to trade to labor relations.

The discriminatory logic at the heart of multilateralismMember selection is one of the defining elements of social organization, imposing categories on who we are and what we do.

This book makes the point for a paradigm shift in politics based on an integral consciousness.

Why efforts to moderate harmful content on social media fail to stop extremistsContent moderation on social media has become one of the most daunting challenges of our time.

A new account of global justice that recovers anticolonial thought for resisting a neocolonial agePoliticians and activists today turn to the language of decolonization to call attention to such issues as cultural and linguistic decline, exploitative foreign investment, and global institutions dominated by superpowers.

How do we define patriotism in a diverse society?

Descubre "El Derecho Monetario como Ordenador del Estado del Mercado" - Un Análisis Profundo de E.

In developing a new theory of political and moral community, J.

Este libro de Julio Pinto Vallejos examina uno de los problemas más atractivos y problemáticos de la historia latinoamericana a partir de la crisis del orden colonial y los consiguientes procesos de independencia que se desarrollaron.

Este libro se propone interesar al alumno, al docente y al investigador sobre aquellos textos clásicos de la poética, la historia, la tragedia y la comedia a fin de esclarecer la pertenencia de las palabras y el uso del lenguaje político abordado en la antigüedad griega.

A powerful case for democracy and how it can adapt and surviveif we want it toIs democracy in trouble, perhaps even dying?

A bold new perspective on the strategic logic of international human rights enforcementWhen a government violates the rights of its citizens, the international community can respond by exerting moral pressure and urging reform.

A bold new perspective on the strategic logic of international human rights enforcementWhen a government violates the rights of its citizens, the international community can respond by exerting moral pressure and urging reform.

Julien Freund es considerado uno de los más destacados filósofos políticos del siglo XX.

Is statecraft soulcraft?

The Age of Dissent argues that the defining feature of the Age of Revolutions in Latin America was the emergence of dissent as an inescapable component of political life.

How Social Security has shaped American politics-and why it faces insolvencySince its establishment, Social Security has become the financial linchpin of American retirement.

Amy Chua's remarkable and provocative book explores the tensions of the post-Cold War globalising world.

No es una novedad afirmar que nuestra democracia se encuentra plagada de descontentos.

A history of three transnational political projects designed to overcome the inequities of imperialismAfter the dissolution of empires, was the nation-state the only way to unite people politically, culturally, and economically?

El presente libro elabora una distinción conceptual entre proletariado y clase obrera a partir de una relectura de la obra de Karl Marx.

One of the great historians of our age asks: how far can a single leader alter the course of history?

The visionary behind the bestselling phenomenon The Fourth Turning looks once again to America's past to predict our future in this ';riveting and revelatory' (Tony Robbins) prophecy for how our present era of unrest will resolve over the next ten yearsand what our lives will look like afterward.

Dieses eBook: "Der Bürgerkrieg in Frankreich" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.

An intellectual history of sovereignty that reveals how the Habsburg Empire became a crucible for our contemporary world orderSprawled across the heartlands of Europe, the Habsburg Empire resisted all the standard theories of singular sovereignty.