Politics category: 19839 books
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Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2008
'Anybody who thinks the study of urban politics is stagnating needs to pick up a copy of Theories of Urban Politics. Insightful analysis of scholarship on traditional topics is supplemented by chapters on nontraditional topics, including the new institutionalism, network governance, and urban leadership…...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2009
Politics of Globalization presents an up-to-date perspective on the kaleidoscopic politics of globalization. The authors analyze the existing definitions of capitalism and argue that globalization and the consequent growing multi-polarity in world politics is not a crisis but a proliferation of capitalisms....
Defying the Odds
The 2016 Elections and American Politics
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017
Bitterness and joy, outrage and satisfaction, shame and pride, escapes to safe places and displays of celebration—these were just a few of the conflicting reactions that greeted the election of Donald Trump. One point lays beyond dispute: Donald Trump defied the odds, whether set by bookmakers or...
by Nigel Jackson, Stephen D Tansey
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2014
Now in its fifth edition, Politics: The Basics explores the systems, movements and issues at the cutting edge of modern politics. A highly successful introduction to the world of politics, it offers clear and concise coverage of a range of issues and addresses fundamental questions such as:
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Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
The Routledge Handbook of Politics in Asia is designed to serve as a comprehensive reference guide to politics in Asia. Covering East, South, Southeast, and Central Asia, this handbook brings together the work of leading international academics to cover the political histories, institutions, economies,...
Out of Line
Essays on the Politics of Boundaries and the Limits of Modern Politics
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2015
A collection of essays on the politics of boundaries, this book addresses a broad range of cases, some geographical, some legal, and some involving less tangible practices of inclusion and exclusion. The book begins by exploring the boundary between modern Western forms of international relations...
The Politics of Belgium
Institutions and Policy under Bipolar and Centrifugal Federalism
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
For too long Belgium remained an unexplored terrain by comparative political scientists. Belgium's politics were best known through the writings of Arend Lijphart, who considered it a model case of consociationalism. Over the past ten to fifteen years, the analysis of consociationalism has been complemented...
by Robert J. Mckeever
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2014
A Brief Introduction to American Politicsprovides a coherent and succinct account of how contemporary American politics blends enduring principles with the realities and demands of the present day.
Beginning with a brief overview of American society today, the book introduces the constitutional...
by Anthony Wohl
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2017
This volume joins the preceding volumes in this distinguished series in presenting contemporary research by leading political scientists addressing topics of interest to those concerned with African-American affairs. It captures the expanding boundaries of black politics and the persistent interests...
International Politics of the Arctic
Coming in from the Cold
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2013
This book offers a wide-ranging account of the emerging issues of international politics in the Artic, and the emerging Geopolitical debates that surround the region.
In this thorough but accessible book covering environmental issues, the author examines the Geopolitics of emerging land and...
by David Covin
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
Black Politics in a Time of Transition appears at an historic point in American politics. From the vantage point of the maturation of the study of black politics, this volume provides a framework for current and future discussion of this critical time. Incorporating the expanded stream of work on...
Emergency Politics
Paradox, Law, Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2009
This book intervenes in contemporary debates about the threat posed to democratic life by political emergencies. Must emergency necessarily enhance and centralize top-down forms of sovereignty? Those who oppose executive branch enhancement often turn instead to law, insisting on the sovereignty of...
The Disclosure of Politics
Struggles Over the Semantics of Secularization
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2013
Postmodern political critiques speak of the death of ideology, the end of history, and the postsecular return of religious attitudes, yet radical conservative theorists such as Mark Lilla argue religion and politics are inextricably intertwined. Returning much-needed uncertainty to debates over the...
Politics and Vision
Continuity and Innovation in Western Political Thought - Expanded Edition
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
Politics and Vision is a landmark work by one of the great thinkers of the twentieth century. This is a significantly expanded edition of one of the greatest works of modern political theory. Sheldon Wolin's Politics and Vision inspired and instructed two generations of political theorists after its...