Politics category: 19839 books
by Phil Gunson, Andrew Thompson, Greg Chamberlain
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
First published in 1989, The Dictionary of Contemporary Politics of South America provides a guide to the most important organizations, figures, events and themes in the contemporary politics of South America. The countries covered are Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru, Chile, Argentina,...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2018
Over the last few decades, politics in India has moved steadily in a pro-business direction. This shift has important implications for both government and citizens. In Business and Politics in India, leading scholars of Indian politics have gathered to offer an analytical synthesis of this vast topic....
by Robert Barylski
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
If Russia is to become a viable democracy, it will need a viable state to make and enforce decisions that nurture societal cohesion and sustain complex economic activity. Armed forces are essential attributes of viable modern states, but what happens when states undergo major structural changes? What...
Sacred Matters, Stately Concerns
Faith and Politics in Asia, Past and Present
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Politics and religion have been major forces throughout history, and they still are as anyone who pays attention to current events can see. Understandably, the relationship between religion and politics calls for careful and ongoing scholarly exploration. At the same time, global centers of economic...
by Richard D. Ryder
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2016
Machiavelli almost succeeded in removing morality from European politics and, indeed, since his day it has sometimes been assumed that morality and politics are separate. Ryder argues that the time has come for public policies to be seen to be based upon moral objectives. Politicians should be expected...
by Garrett W Brown, Iain McLean, Alistair McMillan
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2018
This bestselling dictionary contains over 1,700 entries on all aspects of politics and international relations. Written by a leading team of political scientists, it embraces the multi-disciplinary spectrum of political theory including political thinkers, history, institutions, theories, and schools...
by M. Duverger
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
If the study of politics is to be rewarding both intellectually and practically it must. by definition. concern itself with the great issues which arise in the real world and with the fundamental arguments which occur about their nature and the possible solutions to them. Abstract political philosophy...
Counterrevolution and Repression in the Politics of Education
At the Midnight of Dissent
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2013
Counterrevolution and Repression in the Politics of Education revisits the ideas of Herbert Marcuse in order to examine how his observations on counterrevolution are applicable to present conditions in politics, particularly those pertaining to the politics of education. While Marcuse’s influence...
Body Politics in Development
Critical Debates in Gender and Development
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
Body Politics in Development sets out to define body politics as a key political and mobilizing force for human rights in the last two decades. This passionate and engaging book reveals how once-tabooed issues, such as rape, gender-based violence, and sexual and reproductive rights, have emerged into...
Ecological Politics and Democratic Theory
The Challenge to the Deliberative Ideal
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2007
This volume examines the reasons why some despair at the prospects for an ecological form of democracy, and challenges the recent ‘deliberative turn’ in environmental political thought.
Deliberative democracy has become popular for those seeking a reconciliation of these two forms of politics....
Politics, Hollywood Style
American Politics in Film from Mr. Smith to Selma
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2017
This book analyzes major films about the American political process from the 1930's through the 2010's. Films are grouped historically and analyzed for their portrayal of American politicians and the political system, uncovering patterns and trends regarding the ways that American politics is portrayed....
Politics of Violence
Militancy, International Politics, Killing in the name
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
Critical thinkers like Foucault, Benjamin, Derrida and Žižek have long challenged the liberal separation of violence and politics by highlighting the implicit violence within political and economic structures. But in an era of international terrorism and counter-terrorism, should we not also reverse...
by Thomas L. Pangle
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
With Aristotle’s Teaching in the “Politics,” Thomas L. Pangle offers a masterly new interpretation of this classic philosophical work. It is widely believed that the Politics originated as a written record of a series of lectures given by Aristotle, and scholars have relied on that fact to explain...
Common Good Politics
British Idealism and Social Justice in the Contemporary World
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2016
This book examines the British tradition of common good politics, both historically and in the contemporary world. We live in a time when many anti-Conservative parties and voters feel a profound sense of crisis and disorientation over political principles and policy directions. As a result, many...