Political science and theory

Jeremy Bentham philosopher, theorist of law and of the art of government was among the most influential figures of the early nineteenth century, and the approach he pioneered utilitarianism remains central to the modern world.

The idea of finding a 'third way' in politics has become a focus of discussion across the world.

In this book, Amitai Etzioni, public intellectual and leading proponent of communitarian values, defends the view that no society can flourish without a shared obligation to the common good.

The renowned linguist and political activist offers penetrating reflections on language, human nature, and foreign policy in this essay collection.

'Fools or Charlatans' The Reading of Domesday Book is a statistical analysis of Domesday Book and an exposure of a hoax that appears to have poisoned higher education for over a century.

On 26 August 1974, Michel Foucault completed work on Discipline and Punish, and on that very same day began writing the first volume of The History of Sexuality.

The new study provides a fresh and timely reassessment of the political philosophy of Hannah Arendt.

We live in a world which no longer questions itself, which lives from one day to another managing successive crises and struggling to brace itself for new ones, without knowing where it is going and without trying to plan the itinerary.

For many Americans, the birth certificate is a mundane piece of paper, unearthed from deep storage when applying for a drivers license, verifying information for new employers, or claiming state and federal benefits.

Sovereign nation states, which were formed in the context of major war, have been deeply exclusionary in their dealings with minority cultures and alien outsiders.

The theory of justice is one of the most intensely debated areas of contemporary philosophy.

In this engaging and comprehensive introduction to the topic of toleration, Andrew Jason Cohen seeks to answer fundamental questions, such as: What is toleration?

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

The social sciences have long been based upon contrasts drawn between the 'militaristic' societies of the past, and the 'capitalist' or 'industrial' societies of the present.

The concept of democratic freedom refers to more than the kind of freedom embodied by political institutions and procedures.

Queer history is a living practice.

Max Weber's writings on the politics of Wilhelmine in Germany and the Russian revolutions of 1905 and 1917 are much less well known than his contributions to historical and theoretical sociology, yet they are essential to any overall assessment of his thought.

Bruno Latour s long term project is to compare the felicity and infelicity conditions of the different values dearest to the heart of those who have never been modern .

Volume two of the influential study of US foreign policy during the Cold War—and the media’s manipulative coverage—by the authors of Manufacturing Consent.

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.

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

We live in a time when we are overwhelmed with talk and images of violence.

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

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

An enlightening examination of the ways our capitalist system depends on three corrupt principles: greed, hatred and ignorance.

Does a hard-headed Realist approach to international politics necessarily involve skepticism towards progressive foreign policy initiatives and global reform?

Where are we today and what is to be done?

This book challenges the common image of the European Commission as an insulated technocracy immune to political pressures.

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

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

For many Americans, the birth certificate is a mundane piece of paper, unearthed from deep storage when applying for a drivers license, verifying information for new employers, or claiming state and federal benefits.

Politics was once regarded as an activity which could give human societies control over their fate.

The notion of immigrant integration is used everywhere by politicians, policy makers, journalists and researchers as an all-encompassing framework for rebuilding unity from diversity after large-scale immigration.

In the aftermath of the First World War, the poet Paul Val ry wrote of a crisis of spirit , brought about by the instrumentalization of knowledge and the destructive subordination of culture to profit.

Robin Douglass presents the first comprehensive study of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's engagement with Thomas Hobbes.

Democracy is the central political issue of our age, yet debates over its nature and goals rarely engage with feminist concerns.

Writings on War collects three of Carl Schmitt's most important and controversial texts, here appearing in English for the first time: The Turn to the Discriminating Concept of War, The Gro raum Order of International Law, and The International Crime of the War of Aggression and the Principle "e;Nullum crimen, nulla poena sine lege"e;.

The planet is sick.

How should one understand the nature and possibilities of political radicalism today?

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.

“A clever, even witty examination of the manipulation of language in these days of neoliberal or late stage capitalism” (Counterpunch).