Political science and theory

This revised and updated edition of a core textbook one of the most well-established texts in the field of comparative politics offers a comprehensive introduction to the comparison of governments and political systems, helping students to understand not just the institutions and political cultures of their own countries but also those of a wide range of democracies and authoritarian regimes from around the world.

Everything in their respective positions divides them: Alain Badiou is the thinker of a revitalized communism and Alain Finkielkraut the mournful observer of the loss of values.

It is time for philosophy to return to the city.

In today s uncertain world, the concept of global governance has never been more relevant or widely discussed.

In this series of interviews and dialogues which took place between 1981 and 2003, Paul Ricoeur addresses some of the central questions of political philosophy and ethics: justice, violence, war, the environmental crisis, the question of evil, ethical and political action in the polis.

The interface of identity construction practices and the role of knowledge of the past in that continual process manifests itself in contemporary Hindu-Muslim relations and political governance.

Does a global economy render the traditional nation-state obsolete?

This third and final volume of the series of writings by Antonio Negri examines how Spinoza s thought constitutes a radical break with past ideas and an essential tool for envisaging a form of politics beyond capitalism.

George Bush leaves the White House in January 2009 and the United States goes back to normal , right?

This is a book about what we consider normal.

With the collapse of traditional parties around the world and with many pundits predicting a "e;crisis of democracy"e;, the value of elections as a method for selecting by whom and how we are governed is being questioned.

This volume analyses the crisis of democratic representation in liberal democracies and offers reforms for representative institutions.

A hard and unnerving look at how changing demographics will forever alter our countrys dialogue on race.

Globalization has been contested in recent times.

What does it mean for the people to actually rule?

Over the last several years, the debate about publics seems to have newly emerged.

These essays by political scientists provide “an effective snapshot of where the presidency appears to be heading in the 21st century .

The driving cultural force of that form of life we call modern is the desire to make the world controllable.

Christianity is often assumed to be pro-capitalist and socially conservative in short, necessarily aligned with the political Right.

This book offers a fresh, accessible and original interpretation of the modern state, concentrating particularly on the emergence and nature of democracy.

In Proud to Be Right, Jonah Goldberg, the New York Times bestselling author of Liberal Fascism, presents voices of the next Conservative generation.

Max Weber (1864-1920) is recognized throughout the world as the most important classic thinker in the social sciences there is simply no one in the history of the social sciences who has been more influential.

Marranos were Spanish or Portuguese Jews who converted to Christianity at the time of the Spanish Inquisition to avoid being massacred or forced to flee but who continued to practise Judaism in secret.

In this major new work, Thompson develops an original account of ideology and relates it to the analysis of culture and mass communication in modern Societies.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau is one of the most controversial philosophers of the eighteenth century, and his groundbreaking work still provokes heated debate in contemporary political theory.

This exciting new book is the first comprehensive and critical study of the relationship between the Pragmatist tradition and political theory.

Representative politics is in crisis.

With their remarkable electoral successes, Green parties worldwide seized the political imagination of friends and foes alike.

This is the compelling story of a former Jesuit who traveled to Ireland in order to better understand the IRA, its widespread support among Irish Catholics, and the country's continuing civil unrest.

For thousands of years, critics have attacked rhetoric and the actual practice of politics as unprincipled, insincere, and manipulative.

What is to be done?

Does democracy promote excellence?

This volume of especially commissioned essays explains what is meant by "e;civil society"e;, paying particular attention to the relationships between civil society and other social forces such as nationalism and populism.

After Japanese bombs hit Pearl Harbor, the American right stood at a crossroads.

Re-imagining Democracy in the Age of Revolutions charts a transformation in the way people thought about democracy in the North Atlantic region in the years between the American Revolution and the revolutions of 1848.

Should African and Muslim-majority countries be obliged to protect LGBT rights, or do such rights violate their cultures?

What is representation?

A collection of essays illuminating the historic Polish philosopher, economist, and activist’s tremendous contributions to revolutionary struggle.

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