Political science and theory

A study of Emerson''s political thought set in the context of the American Civil War.

This book, first published in 1986, presents a radical challenge to socialist orthodoxy, subjecting a key component of that orthodoxy - Marxism - to sustained criticism.

Politics can be a profitable business as can be found in Republican era Canton amidst a politically fragmented China.

This collection presents a political sociology of crisis in Europe.

Because authoritarian regimes like North Korea can impose the costs of sanctions on their citizens, these regimes constitute "e;hard targets.

From the fashion label Dior being accused of cultural appropriation after using American Indian imagery in an ad campaign for its "e;Sauvage"e; fragrance, to the backlash against Kendall Jenner's afro-esque hairstyle in Vogue, debates about cultural appropriation have reached a fever pitch.

A Half Century of Municipal Reform: The History of the National Municipal League provides an in-depth chronicle of the League's origins, programs, and contributions to municipal reform from 1894 to 1944, with occasional references extending to 1948.

Modern presidents are usually depicted as party "e;predators"e; who neglect their parties, exploit them for personal advantage, or undercut their organizational capacities.

This book tackles the 2014 European Parliamentary election as an event, phenomenon and process from an interdisciplinary but coherent perspective.

Leading authors in politics, law, sociology and theology discuss what the proper place of religion is in a liberal state.

At a time when the word "e;socialist"e; is but one of numerous political epithets that are generally divorced from the historical context of America's political history, The Socialist Party of America presents a new, mature understanding of America's most important minor political party of the twentieth century.

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Kant's Politics in Context is the first comprehensive contextual study of Kant's legal and political philosophy.

A group of Oxford graduates, influenced by Arnold and later by Comte, formed the core of a generation of academic radicals who attempted to define the role of an educated elite in an emerging industrial mass democracy.

Democratization in Taiwan in the last decade raises the question whether a similar process can happen in China, and dispels the old conception that democratization is incompatible with the Chinese/Confucian tradition.

This theoretically and empirically grounded book uses case studies of political graffiti in the post-socialist Balkans and Central Europe to explore the use of graffiti as a subversive political media.

Challenges and Focus This book focuses on three interdependent research initiatives designed to facilitate the management of transitions toward sustainable development.

Many jurisdictions in Asia have vested their courts with the power of constitutional review.

Langsam erobert Strategie die Politikwissenschaft.

Bringing together scholars from a diverse range of disciplines, The City as Target provides a sustained and critical response to the relationship between the concept of targeting (in its many forms) and notions of understanding, imagining and shaping the urban.

Has a new political ideology emerged in the aftermath of the Sixties?

First Published in 1990, The Analysis of Political Structure is a major work of theory by one of our leading political scientists.

The crisis of liberalism is in its claim to endorse neutral procedures that allow individuals and groups to pursue their own good, when the very possibility of such neutrality is affected by the growth of plural societies, and resulting divisions of loyalty.

This book illuminates several timeless principles of political philosophy that have come down to us through the ages in the writings of Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau, and the authors of the Federalist Papers, Madison, Hamilton, and Jay.

Mark Findlay's treatment of regulatory sociability charts the anticipated and even inevitable transition to mutual interest which is the essence of taking communities from shared risk to shared fate.

This book explores the concept of multi-species relationships and suggests   critical systemic  pathways to  protect shared habitats.

This is the first serious study to analyze Labour's approach to the Civil Service.

This book provides a fresh perspective on the state of global climate governance, offering innovative suggestions for improving its effectiveness and legitimacy.

One of leading figures of his day, Roger Sherman was a member of the five-man committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence and an influential delegate at the Constitutional Convention.

If there is one thing that people agree about concerning the massive, leaderless, spontaneous protests that have spread across the globe over the past decade, it's that they were failures.

Conventional wisdom warns that unaccountable political and business agents can enrich a few at the expense of many.

How do intellectuals engage with and affect their publics?

A political ethnography of the inner workings of Putin''s sistema, contributing to our understanding Russia''s prospects for future modernisation.

Daß die vorliegende Arbeit nicht nur Zustimmung finden, sondern auch Widerspruch und lebhafte Kontroversen auslösen wird, läßt sich unschwer voraussagen.

A fresh and sharp-eyed history of political conservatism from its nineteenth-century origins to today's hard RightFor two hundred years, conservatism has defied its reputation as a backward-looking creed by confronting and adapting to liberal modernity.

This book explores the interconnections between world politics and non-human nature to overcome the anthropocentric boundaries that characterize the field of international relations.

Jamaican Leaders: Political Attitudes in a New Nation by Wendell Bell explores the sociopolitical landscape of Jamaica during its transformative journey from colonial rule to full independence.

Die Welt ist in Aufruhr.

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This new textbook from best-selling politics author Andrew Heywood investigates the ideas that have dominated political thinking across the globe, and examines the different ways in which they have been interpreted and reinterpreted.

Leading political theorists demonstrate the transformative potential of de-centering Western traditions in the field of political theory.

This book focuses on issues concerning identity in terms of Balkan and non-Balkan cultures, and examines questions of modernity and the ever-present dread of primitivism which is highlighted in certain types of narratives.

This Element foregrounds Native American conceptions of sovereignty in order to elucidate settler colonialism in American colonial history.

In recent years the modern world has developed a brave new concept: 'soft power'.

Whereas many writers and scholars interested in the field of social democracy have focused on factors such as the role of economic globalization and electoral pressures, Ashley Lavelle explores the importance of the collapse of the post-war economic boom and lower growth rates since then.

The collapse of communism in 1989 paved the way for the reunification of the continent.

This book examines new member states' problems with the absorption of EU funds.

This book explores the political and ideological developments that resulted in the establishment of two separate states on the island of Ireland: the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland.