Political Science & Theory

First published in English in 1935, this is a critical appraisal of contemporary thought in the post-World War One era. Written by a selection of l...

First published in 1989, this Routledge Revival is a major collection of essays on the competing traditions of social and political theory. The con...

Contemporary civil libertarians claim that their works preserve a worthy American tradition of defending free-speech rights dating back to the fram...

This book is the first monograph to systematically explore the relationship between citizenship and collective identity in the European Union, inte...

Open-access edition: DOI 10.6069/9780295804057Upon coming to power in 1949, the Chinese Communist government proclaimed that its stance toward ethn...

In the 1940s and 1950s The Review of Politics, under the dynamic leadership of Waldemar Gurian, emerged as one of the leading journals of political...

Since the onset of global crisis in recent years, academics and economic theorists from various political and cultural backgrounds have been drawn ...

An analysis of how the quality of social life should be evaluated and the strengths and weaknesses in Canada

Value theory, or axiology, looks at what things are good or bad, how good or bad they are, and, most fundamentally, what it is for a thing to be go...

Sabetti argues that poor government performance in contemporary Italy has been an unintended consequence of attempts to craft institutions for good...

This outstanding book is the first comprehensive introduction to the English School of International Relations. Written by leading ES scholar Barry...

This book is a compilation of the most recent theoretically and empirically oriented research on international warfare. Some of the chapters are up...

Traditionally, much of the work studying war and conflict has focused on men. Men commonly appear as soldiers, commanders, casualties, and civilian...

Until recently, "continental" philosophy has been tied either to the German tradition of phenomenology or to French post-structuralist concerns wit...

The relationship between politics and the public relations industry is controversial and, at times, polemic. However, one component of this relatio...

Political Constructivism is concerned with the justification of principles of political justice in the face of pluralism. Contemporary accounts of ...

Over the past two or three decades, all over the world, a formidable number of societies have sought to confront past evil—the injustices of commun...

Leo Strauss has perhaps been more cited—and alternately vilified or revered—in the last ten years than during the productive years of his scholarly...

A cutting-edge contribution to the aesthetic turn in international relations scholarship, this book exposes the role of poetic techniques in consti...

John T. Hogan’s The Tragedy of the Athenian Ideal in Thucydides and Plato assesses the roles of Pericles, Alcibiades, and Nicias in Athens’ defeat ...

The Annual Review, produced in association with JCMS, The Journal of Common Market Studies, covers the key developments in the European Union, its ...

"Under what conditions are obedience and disobedience required or justified? To what or whom is obedience or disobedience owed? What are the differ...

A proposal for renewed political dialogue in Canada that would attempt to realise the common good by giving significant place to conversation as a ...

Social Theory and the Political Imaginary: Practice, Critique, and History is an innovative work of synthesis, critique and analysis. It presages a...

The Italian philosopher and militant Antonio Negri has been a provocative and controversial figure for over forty years. He has been a professor of...

Blair’s community is an exciting and timely book which challenges the accepted wisdom about the role of communitarian thought in the development of...

In the late twentieth century many writers and activists envisioned new possibilities of transnational cooperation toward peace and global justice....

War is Hell is a study of the philosophy of war and peace, ranging critically from ancient peace thinking to today. The author uses a Socratic meth...

The Internet has been used to democratize public discourse in Malaysia and Singapore, two countries in the zone between liberal democracies and aut...

In this blistering book, David Andress shows how the West has abandoned its history and lost its memory. The former great powers of the historic 'W...

Over the past several decades, Italian revolutionary politics has offered a model for new forms of political thinking. Radical Thought in Italy con...

In the late twentieth century many writers and activists envisioned new possibilities of transnational cooperation toward peace and global justice....

Drawing on classical Husserlian resources as well as existentialist and hermeneutical approaches, this book argues that critique is largely a quest...

An innovative collaborative research project conducted jointly at Durham University and the Istitut für deutsche Sprache in Mannheim, Germany. It...

Modern societies currently lack positive alternative visions of the future. Many writers have claimed that the only option is a return to free-mark...

Toleration in Comparative Perspective is a collection of essays that explores conceptions of toleration and tolerance in Asia and the West. It test...