Political science and theory

The concept of well-being is one of the oldest and most important topics in philosophy and ethics, going back to ancient Greek philosophy.

This book takes up the stimuli of new international historiography, albeit focusing mainly on the two regimes that undoubtedly provided the model for Fascist movements in Europe, namely the Italian and the German.

This book explores the significance of rhetoric from the perspective of its complex relationship with philosophy.

Brings scholarly attention to the least studied of Spinoza''s major works, from a range of different scholarly perspectives.

A comparative analysis of the dominant ideologies and modes of legitimization in communist Yugoslavia and post-Communist Serbia and Croatia.

This book, first published in 1978, examines the local and international aspects of the struggle for Greek union with Cyprus - Enosis.

Das Buch schildert die Grundproblematik des Regierens in Ballungsräumen und gibt einen Überblick über die dominierenden Paradigmen und Leitideen der letzten 60 Jahre, die jeweils die konkrete Gestaltung von Organisationsformen anleiteten.

This book studies those who, in various domains of life, are resisting the increasingly harsh day-to-day pressures of "e;late capitalism,"e; centering mainly on French examples.

A new and original analysis of the mission undertaken by FDR's Secretary of State during the Phoney War, Rofe's work explains the motivations and goals of Roosevelt through an analysis of the president's foreign policy and of the nature of the Anglo-American relationship of the time.

Das Buch bietet eine systematische und allgemeinverständliche Einführung in die Volkswirtschaftslehre und gibt dem Leser das wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Wissen an die Hand mit dem er die nationalen und globalen Wirtschaftsprozesse und -zusammenhänge verstehen kann.

Diese Studie untersucht die dynamische Beziehung zwischen Wissenschaft, Zahlen und Politik.

Nils Petter Gleditsch International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO) & Department of Sociology and Political Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trond- heim This book could hardly have happened but for the end of the Cold War.

Sierra Leone came to world attention in the 1990s when a catastrophic civil war linked to the diamond trade was reported globally.

39 One of the main challenges facing the member states of the European Union (EU) is 40 the fundamental need to accept the strategic importance of entrepreneurship as a force 41 for regional development and economic growth.

This textbook presents political sociology as a connective social science that studies political phenomena by creating fruitful connections with other perspectives.

Mit dem Subjektbegriff wird auf eine logisch nicht hintergehbare Entität verwiesen, die sich aus den Überlegungen einer konstruktivistischen Erkenntnistheorie ableiten lässt.

This book examines the relationship between Britain and Oman since the end of the Second World War up until the Iranian revolution.

This book is an introduction to and translation of the 1938 Walter Lippmann Colloquium held in Paris, which became known as the intellectual birthplace of "e;neo-liberalism.

Civilization, Modernity, and Critique provides the first comprehensive, cutting-edge engagement with the work of one of the most foundational figures in civilizational analysis: Johann P.

Preferences and Procedures presents and tests game-theoretic models of European Union legislative decision-making.

In so-called post-factual societies, where public debates are undermined by their false or misleading premises, philosophers who have reflected on diversity and pluralism can offer a critical and clarifying perspective through which to evaluate the statements of politicians and the media.

This book shows how, through a series of fierce battles over Sabbath laws, legislative chaplains, Bible-reading in public schools and other flashpoints, nineteenth-century secularists mounted a powerful case for a separation of religion and government.

Guided by genius engineer Hideo Itokawa, Japan's space program began with small scientific satellites more than 50 years ago.

The book liberates James Madison from Madisonian Constitutionalism and focuses on Madison''s treatment of the problem of constitutional imperfection.

This book explores the significance of the establishment of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), as well as some of the issues brought into sharper focus by the Seattle demonstrations of 1999.

This timely text reevaluates the contemporary political economy of Africa in the light of continuing economic and ecological crises, changing perceptions and prescriptions, and transformations in global economic and strategic relations.

This work provides a sweeping historical analysis of the political development of Western Europe in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.

This book analyses the strategies and narratives of Non-State Armed Actors (NSAAs), principally relying on primary material and interviews conducted by the author.

Aylan, Isis, Begum, Grenfell, Trump.

The book provides a unique examination of the relationship between the state and market in China's economic development over several centuries.

In today's increasingly globalized environment, many economic fundamentals need to be reconsidered in order to regain stability in the global marketplace.

The novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand was one of the most influential 20th century advocates of free market capitalism.

The essays in this volume (22 in English, 5 in French), examine themes important to the late Professor Paltiel, including individual vs.

En las primeras décadas del siglo XXI se han producido tal cantidad de crisis, cambios y convulsiones en nuestra vida social y política que apenas queda en pie alguna de las certezas y de los pronósticos que, sobre el porvenir de la democracia, el Estado o la globalización, sosteníamos hasta entonces.

The volume examines how in the twenty-first century narratives built around connectivity have become a structural component of international politics expanding into a wider array of policy fields i It examines the significance of this emerging narrative from an Indian perspective with particular reference to Eurasian alternatives.

The Campaigns and History of the Royal Irish Regiment 1684-1902 by Lt.

This book sheds light on modern populism and discusses the link between populism and identity politics against the backdrop of populist leaders asserting the identity of their own group, while maintaining the separation from others.

Political, social, and economic transformation is a complex historical phenomenon.

The book systematically presents Derrida's views on hospitality, as reflected in his texts and lectures from 1995 until his death in October 2004.

Kantianism, Postmodernism and Critical Legal Thought presents a challenging alternative theory of legal philosophy.

The premise of this book is that a shift of vantage will help elucidate various important issues of law related to judging, to bills of rights and to more abstract questions of legal philosophy.

Throughout much of the history of political philosophy, many of the great philosophers begin their work with an investigation of private law.

From data-rich infographics to 140 character tweets and activist cell phone photos taken at political protests, 21st century journalism is awash in new ways to report, display, and distribute the news.

Translated from the original German Lenin Neuentdecken and available in English for the first time, this volume rediscovers Lenin as a strategic socialist thinker through close examination of his collected works and correspondence.

The first modern scholarly edition of the published writings of 18th-century historian and political pamphleteer Catharine Macaulay.

African Americans have long been the backbone of the Democratic Party.