De-Facing Power

Clarissa Rile Hayward

• Hardcover | Engels | Contemporary Political Theory
• In this major contribution to the power debate, Clarissa Rile Hayward challenges the prevailing view of power as something powerful people have and us... Lees meer

Democracy Defended

Gerry MacKie

• Paperback | Engels | Contemporary Political Theory
• Is there a public good? A prevalent view in political science is that democracy is unavoidably chaotic, arbitrary, meaningless, and impossible. Such s... Lees meer

Global Civil Society?

John Keane

• Paperback | Engels | Contemporary Political Theory
• Amid fears of terrorism, rising tides of xenophobia, and protests, John Keane explores the contradictory arguments and traces the historical origins, ... Lees meer

The Moral Force of Indigenous Politics

Courtney Jung

• Paperback | Engels | Contemporary Political Theory
• Tracing the political origins of the Mexican indigenous rights movement, from the colonial encounter to the Zapatista uprising, and from Chiapas to Ge... Lees meer

Cosmopolitan Regard

Richard Vernon

• Paperback | Engels | Contemporary Political Theory
• Cosmopolitan theory suggests that we should shift our moral attention from the local to the global. Richard Vernon argues, however, that if we adopt c... Lees meer

Democracy's Edges

• Hardcover | Engels | Contemporary Political Theory
• Democracy's flexibility, its commitment to equality of representation, and its recognition of the legitimacy of opposition are all positive features o... Lees meer

The Politics of Moral Capital

John Kane

• Paperback | Engels | Contemporary Political Theory
• John Kane argues that, despite appearances, politicians and governments care deeply about people's moral judgments, for these provide the moral capita... Lees meer

Political Theory and Feminist Social Criticism

Brooke A Ackerly

• Hardcover | Engels | Contemporary Political Theory
• Drawing on theoretical insights from Third World women's activism, Political Theory and Feminist Social Criticism develops democratic theory as a crit... Lees meer

Political Theory and Feminist Social Criticism

Brooke Ackerly

• Paperback | Engels | Contemporary Political Theory
• Drawing on theoretical insights from Third World women's activism, Political Theory and Feminist Social Criticism develops democratic theory as a crit... Lees meer

Rejecting Rights

Sonu Bedi

• Hardcover | Engels | Contemporary Political Theory
• The language of rights is ubiquitous. It shapes the way we construct our debates over issues such as abortion, affirmative action and sexual freedom. ... Lees meer

After Identity

Georgia Warnke

• Hardcover | Engels | Contemporary Political Theory
• Social and political theorists have traced in detail how individuals come to possess gender, sex and racial identities. This book examines the nature ... Lees meer

The Moral Force of Indigenous Politics

Courtney Jung

• Hardcover | Engels | Contemporary Political Theory
• Tracing the political origins of the Mexican indigenous rights movement, from the colonial encounter to the Zapatista uprising, and from Chiapas to Ge... Lees meer

Violence and Democracy

John Keane

• Hardcover | Engels | Contemporary Political Theory
• John Keane offers an original account of the origins of violence, its consequences, its uses and remedies, and the relationship between violence and d... Lees meer

The Idea of the State

Peter J Steinberger

• Hardcover | Engels | Contemporary Political Theory
• Political theory has been characterized by a pronounced distrust of metaphysical or ontological speculation for more than a half-century. However, Pet... Lees meer

Freedom Is Power

Lawrence Hamilton

• Paperback | Engels | Contemporary Political Theory
• Using the history of political thought and real-world political contexts, including South Africa and the recent global financial crisis, this book arg... Lees meer

Justice Without Borders

Kok-Chor Tan

• Hardcover | Engels | Contemporary Political Theory
• Kok-Chor Tan argues that the cosmopolitan idea of global justice may be understood in such a way that it can accept nationalist and patriotic commitme... Lees meer

The Politics of Moral Capital

John Kane

• Hardcover | Engels | Contemporary Political Theory
• John Kane argues that, despite appearances, politicians and governments care deeply about people's moral judgments, for these provide the moral capita... Lees meer

Democracy's Edges

• Paperback | Engels | Contemporary Political Theory
• Democracy's flexibility, its commitment to equality of representation, and its recognition of the legitimacy of opposition are all positive features o... Lees meer

The Idea of the State

Peter J Steinberger

• Paperback | Engels | Contemporary Political Theory
• Political theory has been characterized by a pronounced distrust of metaphysical or ontological speculation for more than a half-century. However, Pet... Lees meer

Multicultural Jurisdictions

Ayelet Shachar

• Paperback | Engels | Contemporary Political Theory
• Can the state respect cultural differences while protecting the rights of vulnerable group members, in particular women? Shachar argues that it is bot... Lees meer

Global Civil Society?

John Keane

• Hardcover | Engels | Contemporary Political Theory
• Amid fears of terrorism, rising tides of xenophobia, and protests, John Keane explores the contradictory arguments and traces the historical origins, ... Lees meer

Democracy's Values

• Paperback | Engels | Contemporary Political Theory
• Democracy's flexibility, its commitment to equality of representation, and its recognition of the legitimacy of opposition are all positive features o... Lees meer

Democracy Defended

Gerry MacKie

• Hardcover | Engels | Contemporary Political Theory
• Is there a public good? A prevalent view in political science is that democracy is unavoidably chaotic, arbitrary, meaningless, and impossible. Such s... Lees meer

Stories of Peoplehood

Rogers M Smith

• Hardcover | Engels | Contemporary Political Theory
• How is a sense of belonging to a political community created? Rogers Smith suggests that Stories of Peoplehood, narratives which include racial, relig... Lees meer