著者:H. G. Wells
出版社: The Floating Press
発売日: 2014年06月02日
One of the primary motivations behind H. G. Wells most popular science fiction works was his exploration of the factors that could help or harm society. As a result, many of his novels and short sto……続きを見る
著者:Mahatma Gandhi
出版社: The Floating Press
発売日: 2014年06月02日
Activist Mahatma Gandhi is best remembered as the freedom fighter who brought the concepts of passive resistance and civil disobedience to the world's attention in his quest for Indian independence ……続きを見る
著者:Mahatma Gandhi
出版社: The Floating Press
発売日: 2014年06月02日
Indian activist Mahatma Gandhi dedicated his life to fighting British imperialism in his native country. The essays collected in Freedom's Battle offer a detailed account of Gandhi's political ideal……続きを見る
This title is a collection of essays evaluating Elie Kedourie's work and his legacy to scholarship. Of his own work, three pieces are included, and one of his essays: "The Jews of Babylon and Baghda……続きを見る
著者:Alan Patten
出版社: Princeton University Press
発売日: 2014年07月27日
Conflicting claims about culture are a familiar refrain of political life in the contemporary world. On one side, majorities seek to fashion the state in their own image, while on the other, cultura……続きを見る
The Prospects of Industrial Civilization provides a rare glimpse into areas of Russell's political thought which are often ignored. Written with Dora Black (who became Russell's second wife) on a tr……続きを見る
First published in 1977 this book is both expository and critical and concentres on Hobbes' ethical and political theory, but also considering the effect on these of his metaphysics. Updated, with a……続きを見る
著者:Oscar Wilde
出版社: Wilder Publications, Inc.
発売日: 2014年06月01日
In The Soul of Man under Socialism Oscar Wilde expounds on an anarchist world view. Wilde argues that under capitalism the majority of people spoil their lives by an unhealthy and exaggerated altrui……続きを見る
A comprehensive reassessment of the relevance of Gramsci’s theory and practice at the beginning of the twenty-first century.
Whilst commentaries on Antonio Gramsci and arguments surrounding his poli……続きを見る
The Maastricht Treaty in 1992 was based on neoliberal ideas of a market-driven European economy and democracy, and continues to be seen as a step towards a new stage of unification: towards a more f……続きを見る
`This text provides an up to date account of how things currently stand in political philosophy, and will provide an excellent introduction for students from any background. It gives a lucid and car……続きを見る
The Communist Manifesto, is a 1848 publication written by the political theorists Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. It has since been recognized as one of the world's most influential political manusc……続きを見る
Hitherto, cultural theory and empirical work on culture have outstripped cultural policy. This book rectifies the peculiar imbalance in the field of Cultural Studies by offering the first comprehens……続きを見る
著者:Shaun Best
出版社: SAGE Publications
発売日: 2014年06月09日
Introduction to Politics and Society comprehensively demonstrates how key theoretical and concepts in political science have foretold, rationalized and shaped politics in the contemporary world.
Stu……続きを見る
著者:Robert E. Mutch
出版社: Oxford University Press
発売日: 2016年05月31日
Are corporations citizens? Is political inequality a necessary aspect of a democracy or something that must be stamped out? These are the questions that have been at the heart of the debate surround……続きを見る
Law and the Politics of Memory: Confronting the Past examines law’s role as a tool of memory politics in the efforts of contemporary societies to work through the traumas of their past. Using the ex……続きを見る
出版社: Johns Hopkins University Press
発売日: 2014年07月01日
Does nonprofit mean nonpolitical?
When the Susan G. Komen foundation pulled funding for Planned Parenthood’s breast exam program, the public uproar brought new focus to the high political and econom……続きを見る
Flexibility is usually seen as a virtue in today's world. Even the dictionary seems to dislike those who stick too hard to their own positions. The thesaurus links "intransigence" to a whole host of……続きを見る
著者:Naunihal Singh
出版社: Johns Hopkins University Press
発売日: 2014年07月01日
How coups happen and why half of them fail.
While coups drive a majority of regime changes and are responsible for the overthrow of many democratic governments, there has been very little empirical ……続きを見る
The success or failure of foreign policy initiatives in Latin America is heavily influenced by bureaucratic and military background players.
Rivalry and Alliance Politics in Cold War Latin America, ……続きを見る
The Supreme Court’s 5–4 decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which struck down a federal prohibition on independent corporate campaign expenditures, is one of the most controv……続きを見る
A majestic big-picture account of the Great Society and the forces that shaped it, from Lyndon Johnson and members of Congress to the civil rights movement and the media
Between November 1963, when ……続きを見る
This book presents the most complete set of analytical, normative, and historical discussions of majority decision making to date. One chapter critically addresses the social-choice approach to majo……続きを見る
著者:Karl Popper
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2005年07月26日
Written in political exile during the Second World War and first published in 1945, Karl Popper's The Open Society and Its Enemies is one of the most influential books of the twentieth century. Hail……続きを見る
著者:M.A.R. Graves
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2014年06月06日
A comparative survey of the emergence and development of Parliaments in Catholic Christendom from the thirteenth century, the chief focus of this work is the period between the fifteenth and sevente……続きを見る
Cultural citizenship is a recently developed concept in discussions on multicultural society, the media society, consumerism, and political theory. It addresses the various ways in which citizenship……続きを見る
Memories, both in individual and collective form, still have a significant impact on how people relate to political processes in Europe today. While much has been written about top-down attempts by ……続きを見る
On 13 and 14 September 1997, municipal elections took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This book extensively covers the findings of the 363 international observers on both polling days. Were the ele……続きを見る
Family Diversity and Family Policy describes the dimensions of diversity which characterize the contemporary American family and discusses the implications for public policy and associated intervent……続きを見る
The papers for this special issue were selected from a pool of nearly 700 presentations which were made at the 10th Congress of the World Council of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES), which wa……続きを見る