Political Science & Theory

The pace of modern life is undoubtedly speeding up, yet this acceleration does not seem to have made us any happier or more content. If acceleratio...

Being insulated by two immense oceans makes it hard for Americans to appreciate the concerns of more exposed countries. American democracy's rapid ...

Over the past century alone, Russia has lived through great achievements and deepest misery; mass heroism and mass crime; over-blown ambition and n...

Artificial Life After Frankenstein brings the insights born of Mary Shelley's legacy to bear upon the ethics and politics of making artificial life...

In recognition of Canada’s sesquicentennial, this two-volume set brings together previously published scholarship on Confederation into one collect...

Dotan Leshem recasts the history of the West from an economic perspective, bringing politics, philosophy, and the economy closer together and revea...

Russia is back as a major force in global politics, but what does this mean? Is Russia the dangerous revisionist foe that meddles in Western electi...

This book applies social and political theory to the field of environmental politics in Ireland. It offers both a substantive contribution to under...

The Hotel: Occupied Space explores the hotel as both symbol and space through the concept of “occupancy.” By examining the various ways in which th...

Canada's centennial anniversary in 1967 coincided with a period of transformative public policymaking. This period saw the establishment of the mod...

At the heart of the European integration process is the political economy debate over whether the EU should be a market-making project, or if it sh...

Drawing on surveys of diverse social science faculty, three acclaimed scholars develop a rich and sometimes surprising portrait of who produces res...

This book shows how early economic ideas structured Christian thought and society, giving crucial insight into why money holds such power in the We...

This important book reassesses a defining historical, political and ideological moment in contemporary history: the 1989 revolutions in Central and...

This is an unusual book, telling a story which has hitherto remained hidden from history: the surveillance by the British security service MI5 of a...

This is an unusual book, telling a story which has hitherto remained hidden from history: the surveillance by the British security service MI5 of a...

This book explores the transformation of the Japanese state in response to the challenges of governance by focusing on two case studies: ICT regula...

Across the Muslim world, religion plays an increasingly prominent role in both the private and public lives of over a billion people. Observers of ...

The thesis of liberal nationalism is that national identities can serve as a source of unity in culturally diverse liberal societies, thereby lendi...

In a world dependent on the constant sharing of information, central bankers increasingly communicate their policies to the mass public. Central ba...

This book explores citizens' perceptions and experiences of security threats in contemporary Britain, based on twenty focus groups and a large samp...

Political Philosophy, Here and Now honours David Miller's remarkable contribution to political philosophy. Over the last fifty years, Miller has pu...

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This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC 4.0 licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a ...

A central question in the debate on justice in immigration is whether immigrants have a right to stay; this book argues that liberal-democratic rec...

Memory and the future of Europe examines the role of collective memory in the origins and development of the European Union. It traces Europe’s pol...

Why Delegate? moves beyond the standard economic accounts of delegation to offer a fresh take on a wide variety of issues and shows how essential t...

This important book reassesses a defining historical, political and ideological moment in contemporary history: the 1989 revolutions in central and...