Political science and theory

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AN ORIGIN STORY BOOK'Provides clarity, scholarship, wit and essential insight into why our world is the way it is' Adam Rutherford'I wish I could make Ian and Dorian's work mandatory' Sathnam SangheraA coherent political philosophy or a vacuous cop-out?

In recent years, scholars have noted the rise of a particular type of authoritarianism worldwide, in which rulers manipulate institutions designed to implement the rule of law so that they instead facilitate the exercise of arbitrary power.

Government are governed by laws.

History is interesting and so is geography.

Thought of as one of the world's greatest political theorists, Antonio Gramsci's writings push readers to interpret and change the world.

Hirsch asume en esta obra las expresiones justificación y exculpación , como todas aquellas causas que deben excluir el injusto o la culpabilidad relevante y estudia la necesidad de diferenciar dentro de los presupuestos del delito entre la cuestión de la justificación y la de la exculpación, lo cual equivale a decidir a favor de la necesidad de un sistema dogmático que tome como punto de referencia esencial la existencia de escalones valorativos, pues se trata de diferenciar entre injusto y culpabilidad, es decir, de distintos planos de valoración.

The founding father of modern political philosophy, Thomas Hobbes, living in an era of horrific violence, saw human life as meaningless and cruel; here, he argues the only way to escape this brutality is for all to accept a 'social contract' that acknowledges the greater authority of a Sovereign leader.

Borderline Justice describes the exclusionary policies, inhumane decisions and obstacles to justice for refugees and migrants in the British legal system.

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has been the subject of intense scrutiny in the West.

De la misma manera como el concepto de la verdad ha sido uno de los temas más controvertidos de la filosofía, desde la definición clásica sobre la verdad objetiva hasta la completa negación de la posibilidad de acceder a ella, la pretensión de verdad en el derecho constituye un punto central de la filosofía jurídica.

Revolutionaries, despots and tyrants - over 40 of the most totalitarian leaders in the world.

Enter the world of Modern History and meet the people who braved the open seas in search of new lands and adventures.

Thought of as one of the world's greatest political theorists, Antonio Gramsci's writings push readers to interpret and change the world.

La presente publicación se caracteriza por la actualidad de los temas que aborda: la restitución de tierras y la memoria de los graves y masivos vejámenes a la dignidad humana que ha dejado una historia contemporánea de múltiples violencias en Colombia, donde la complejidad de los acontecimientos se suma al carácter difuso, opaco o subrepticio de algunos de los actores y responsables.

Inspiring and practical, BE THE CHANGE is the essential handbook for the budding activist.

How did the United States of America become a powerful nation?

Government are governed by laws.

Why is it important to go back to the past?

To Save Everything, Click Here, the new book by the acclaimed author of The Net Delusion, Evgeny Morozov, is a penetrating look at the shape of society in the digital age, of the direction in which the 21st Century may take us, and of the alternate paths we can still chooseOur society is at a crossroads.

Esta Cartilla constituye una apuesta por una ruta académica y científica para realizar con rigor y vigor –como lo afirman sus autores– un trabajo de investigación capaz de expresar en él la formación y los conocimientos adquiridos sobre los fenómenos y los problemas de gobierno, los avatares de la gobernanza democrática, la acción pública, la gestión gubernamental y sus relaciones con la sociedad; todo ello reflejado en la claridad en la formulación de un problema, las preguntas en torno al mismo y las hipótesis o afirmaciones provisionales que configuran la propuesta de investigación.

Nigeria is famous for "e;419"e; e-mails asking recipients for bank account information and for scandals involving the disappearance of billions of dollars from government coffers.

Unfinished at the time of Marx's death in 1883 and first published with a preface by Frederick Engels in 1894, the third volume of Das Kapital strove to combine the theories and concepts of the two previous volumes in order to prove conclusively that capitalism is inherently unworkable as a permanent system for society.

Jakobs aborda en esta obra el problema de la autodescripción de la ciencia del Derecho como humanística debido a la connotación positiva del adjetivo.

The internet is not a product of a few years.

Coming in the wake of intense political and academic debate on the nature and development of the Arab Uprisings, Gramsci on Tahrir zeroes in on the complex dynamic of Egypt's revolution and counter-revolution.

Borderline Justice describes the exclusionary policies, inhumane decisions and obstacles to justice for refugees and migrants in the British legal system.

Through the stories in this collection, Iraqi writer Sabiha Shabar has managed to present women and men as two equals in their suffering and struggle, and in their times of happiness and triumph.

Building the American Republic combines centuries of perspectives and voices into a fluid narrative of the United States.

History is interesting and so is geography.

This major collection demonstrates the extent to which Thomas Paine (1737-1809) was an inspiration to the Americans in their struggle for independence, a passionate supporter of the French Revolution and perhaps the outstanding English radical writer of his age.

Quick, accessible, compact guide to understanding key political concepts.

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FINALIST FOR THE 2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARDCHOSEN BY BARACK OBAMA AS ONE OF HIS FAVOURITE BOOKS OF 2019 LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCEA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'An informed, moving and kaleidoscopic portrait.

'WITTY, HUMANE, LEARNED' NEW YORK TIMESThe New York Times-bestselling author offers a stirring defence of liberalism against the dogmatisms of our timeNot since the early twentieth century has liberalism, and liberals, been under such relentless attack, from both right and left.

Human society is full of would-be 'change agents', a restless mix of campaigners, lobbyists, and officials, both individuals and organizations, set on transforming the world.

Political risk - the probability that a political action could significantly affect an organisation - is changing fast, and it's more widespread than ever before.

Published in 1859, John Stuart Mill s On Liberty presented one of the most eloquent defenses of individual freedom in nineteenth-century social and political philosophy and is today perhaps the most widely-read liberal argument in support of the value of liberty.

Adolescence is an age stage that varies from one individual to another, from one geographical environment to another, from one race to another, and from one lineage to another.

Building the American Republic combines centuries of perspectives and voices into a fluid narrative of the United States.

'A gripping work, and a gripping translation' Nicholas Lezard, GuardianNiccol Machiavelli's brutally uncompromising manual of statecraft, The Prince is translated and edited with an introduction by Tim Parks in Penguin Classics As a diplomat in turbulent fifteenth-century Florence, Niccol Machiavelli knew how quickly political fortunes could rise and fall.