Political science and theory

From discussions on democracy, to attempts to widen the scope of citizenship beyond the confines of the nation-state, Western thinking of the political community has continued to assume a unifying principle of sameness, reflected in history, space, language, or reason, as the condition of possibility of the community.

The establishment of democracy on both sides of the Atlantic has not been a smooth evolution towards an idealized presumed endpoint.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

This book discusses the interrelationship between practices of collective self-interpretation, in this case national identity construction, and integration policies, using the example of Denmark and Sweden.

This book provides a critical interpretation of the construction of Irish national identity in the longer perspective of history.

Europe's long sixteenth century-a period spanning the years roughly from the voyages of Columbus in the 1490s to the English Civil War in the 1640s-was an era of power struggles between avaricious and unscrupulous princes, inquisitions and torture chambers, and religious differences of ever more violent fervor.

This edited volume presents a new, grand and global narrative for international relations (IR) history in the pivotal nineteenth century.

This book addresses core questions about the nature and structure of contemporary capitalism and the social dynamics and countervailing forces that shape modern life.

Rethinking the Roots of Terrorism seeks to explain why terrorism occurs.

The World of Political Science - New volumes The book traces the disciplinary development of political sociology and the transdisciplinary research into the overlapping issues involving politics and society.

This book explores the origins of the so-called 'punitive turn' in penal policy across Western nations over the past two decades.

Is resilience simply a fad, or is it a new way of thinking about human-environment relations, and the governance of these relations, that has real staying power?

The Oxford Handbook of the History of Political Philosophy presents fifty original essays, each specially written by a leading figure in the field, covering the entire subject of the history of political philosophy.

This volume brings together an interdisciplinary team of established and emerging scholars from the disciplines of history, political science and communication studies, to provide a historical reappraisal of Cambodia's relationships with the West.

This is a new introductory text providing an up-to-date account of leading theories of development.

Alibis of Empire presents a novel account of the origins, substance, and afterlife of late imperial ideology.

This book discusses the interrelationship between practices of collective self-interpretation, in this case national identity construction, and integration policies, using the example of Denmark and Sweden.

This book explores the new types of political organization that emerged in Western Europe and the United States during the nineteenth century, from popular meetings to single-issue organizations and political parties.

No one wants to be treated merely as a means-"e;used,"e; in a sense.

"e;Kehinde Andrews is a crucial voice walking in a proud tradition of Black radical criticism and action"e; Akala"e;An uncompromising account of the roots of racism today"e; Kimberl Crenshaw "e;This clear-eyed analysis insists upon the revolutionary acts of freedom we will need to break out of these systems of violence"e; Ibram X.

This book is dedicated to the study of Paraguayan film, particularly small cinemas and movies which represent a socio-politically charged perspective that has until now been overlooked in Latin American Studies.

The growing interest in the history of Indonesia has made it desirable to have an English summary of the principal works of the Dutch historian Dr H.

This book is about all our futures and demonstrates how essential insights from political psychology can nurture and safeguard democracy.

This book is one of three volumes that provide a systematic overview of public administration, public management and public governance in Italy.

Following the controversy stirred by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Africa, Clark analyses its multi-level impact on national politics and ordinary communities.

This book focuses on the historical configuration of the territorial borders and functional boundaries of the European nation state.

This book offers fresh insights to enhance and diversify our understanding of the modern history of the state and societies in today's Jordan, while also providing examples of why and how scholars can challenge the static and discursively government-minded approaches to minorities and minoritisation - especially the traditional emphasis on demographic balances.

This book, first published in 1973, examines seven revolutionary armies ranging from Cromwell's New Model Army to the Red Army of Mao Zedong.

"e;This is a radical, thought-provoking book, which brings together debates that are often kept separate about basic income and 'sovereign money'.

This volume explores how the process of European integration has influenced collective memory in the countries of the Western Balkans.

First published in Spanish in 2006, Twenty Theses on Politics is a major statement on political philosophy from Enrique Dussel, one of Latin America's-and the world's-most important philosophers, and a founder of the philosophy of liberation.

Ireland's Celtic Tiger economy has been held up as a model of successful development in a globalized world, offering lessons for other late developing countries.

​​Dietmar Klumpp untersucht die Transformation von Rechtssystemen in Brasilien anhand von Fallbeispielen aus den Favelas von Rio de Janeiro.

The Ancient Greek notion of agonism, meaning struggle, has been revived in radical legal and political theory to rethematize class conflict and to conceptualize the conditions of possibility of freedom and social transformation in contemporary society.

This edited collection represents the first comprehensive volume in English on the crucial, but under-explored, late period in the history of East European communism.

In this book, a new general model of delayed transitions to democracy is proposed and used to analyze Mexico's transition to democracy.

Communal Riots have been a complete problem for our politicians, thinkers, scholars and administrators alike.

In diesem Sammelband werden Erkenntnisse der Rechtsextremismusforschung über die Akzeptanz menschenverachtender Ideologien der Ungleichheit aufgegriffen und mit Ansätzen der Politischen Bildung, der Pädagogik und der Präventionsarbeit in Beziehung gesetzt.

What is the power of the Treasury in controlling the policies and development of the welfare state?

Governments and NGOs (non-governmental organizations) in Asia face critical development challenges.

A timely defense of liberalism that draws vital lessons from its greatest midcentury proponentsToday, liberalism faces threats from across the political spectrum.

This analysis of US policy towards Indonesian nationalism concludes that Truman's support for independence was based on his Cold War priorities and not principled backing for self-determination.

This book fills a growing gap in the literature on international development by addressing the debates about good governance and institution-building within the context of political development.