How diversity and difference strengthen democracy and increase prosperityIt is clear that in our society today, issues of diversity and social connectedness remain deeply unresolved and can lead to crisis and instability.
Throughout American history, some social movements, such as organized labor and the Christian Right, have forged influential alliances with political parties, while others, such as the antiwar movement, have not.
The essential guide to the life, thought, and legacy of Adam SmithAdam Smith (1723-90) is perhaps best known as one of the first champions of the free market and is widely regarded as the founding father of capitalism.
A major new account of one of the leading philosopher-statesmen of the eighteenth centuryEdmund Burke (1730-97) lived during one of the most extraordinary periods of world history.
Why "e;the Muslim question"e; is really about the West and its own anxieties-not IslamIn the post-9/11 West, there is no shortage of strident voices telling us that Islam is a threat to the security, values, way of life, and even existence of the United States and Europe.
A groundbreaking exploration of how race in America is being redefinedThe American racial order-the beliefs, institutions, and practices that organize relationships among the nation's races and ethnicities-is undergoing its greatest transformation since the 1960s.
Este volumen recoge las actas del XII Congreso Internacional de la Asociación Colombiana de Juristas Católicos, acogido por la Universidad Católica de Colombia, y organizado como siempre por la Unión Internacional de Juristas Católicos (Roma), el Grupo Sectorial en Ciencias Políticas de la Federación Internacional de Universidades Católicas (París) y el Consejo de Estudios Hispánicos Felipe II (Madrid).
Generación idiota nos ofrece una inmersión profunda en la desaparición de la sociedad intergeneracional y el auge de la mentalidad adolescente, que ha causado un gran daño a la política y a la sociedad.
How to sustain an international system of cooperation in the midst of geopolitical struggleCan the international economic and legal system survive today's fractured geopolitics?
The American political reformer Herbert Croly wrote, "e;For better or worse, democracy cannot be disentangled from an aspiration toward human perfectibility.
Adam Smith was a philosopher before he ever wrote about economics, yet until now there has never been a philosophical commentary on the Wealth of Nations.
Why our workplaces are authoritarian private governments-and why we can't see itOne in four American workers says their workplace is a "e;dictatorship.
On the fortieth anniversary of the Camp David Accords, a groundbreaking new history that shows how Egyptian-Israeli peace ensured lasting Palestinian statelessnessFor seventy years Israel has existed as a state, and for forty years it has honored a peace treaty with Egypt that is widely viewed as a triumph of U.
This book documents and analyses Chilean university and school students' opposition to the Pinochet regime during the latter years of the 1970s and the 1980s.
The Times - Best Politics and Current Affairs Books of the YearAn entertaining and revealing history of modern British politics - and the pivotal moments that got us where we are now.
Axel Honneth has been instrumental in advancing the work of the Frankfurt School of critical theorists, rebuilding their effort to combine radical social and political analysis with rigorous philosophical inquiry.
Until now political scientists have devoted little attention to the origins of American bureaucracy and the relationship between bureaucratic and interest group politics.
The first known abolitionist critique of the death penalty-here for the first time in EnglishIn 1764, a Milanese aristocrat named Cesare Beccaria created a sensation when he published On Crimes and Punishments.
"Este libro constituye un balance anual que recoge las perspectivas de tomadores de decisión, diplomáticos, empresarios, representantes de gremios empresariales, periodistas, representantes de organizaciones no gubernamentales (ONG) y académicos, sobre las decisiones, las acciones y las estrategias que los gobiernos colombianos han tomado en materia de política exterior.
Seit Anbeginn der Zeit hat die Menschheit vom Ende der Welt erzählt – von Sintfluten und Feuerregen, von kosmischen Katastrophen und selbstverschuldeten Apokalypsen.
Madison & Adams press presents to you this meticulously edited Thomas Paine collection, formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices.
Seit Juni 2013 hat der US-Geheimdienstmitarbeiter Edward Snowden aufgedeckt, dass die US-Sicherheitsbehörde NSA die Gesamtbevölkerung des Globus geheim überwacht.
Die Kulturentwicklung des sogenannten Abendlands dreht sich um diese Achse des Verständnisses des Menschen, der immer klarer in seinem Wesen und in seiner Bedeutung im Rahmen der Wirklichkeit wurde und wird.
This book, the culmination of a lifelong career in French history, tackles head-on the central question of the French Religious Wars: Why did France prove so consistently hostile and resistant to Protestantism?
Friedrich Meinecke and German Politics in the Twentieth Century examines the evolution of Friedrich Meinecke's political thought against the backdrop of two world wars and the social and political upheavals in Germany.
In ›Die Erfindung des Ku-Klux-Klan‹ wird eine tiefgreifende Analyse der historischen Wurzeln, Entwicklung und Auswirkungen einer der kontroversesten Organisationen in der amerikanischen Geschichte präsentiert.
This book makes a powerful case that neoliberalism, the dominant economic and social policy paradigm of the post-1980 world, is hazardous to our health.
