Political Science & Theory

Multiculturalism has come under considerable attack in political practice, yet the fact of diversity remains, and with it the need to establish fai...

Accounts of public intellectuals in France and French feminism have focused on a specific set of women thinkers overlooking some major women intell...

By examining the various policy subfields of European economic integration such as agriculture, trade, banking, economic governance and sustainabil...

This book gives a novel understanding of the globalization debate as well as the structure of world politics. Drawing on Foucault and Waltz it sugg...

This book gives a novel understanding of the globalization debate as well as the structure of world politics. Drawing on Foucault and Waltz it sugg...

This is the first English language volume to offer such a wide-ranging scholarly and intellectual perspective on Claude Lefort. It constitutes the ...

Democracy in Southeast Asia seems to be in crisis. The contributors to this volume argue that this is a crisis of democratic governance. They look ...

Learning from the successes and failures of others is a necessity in the field of public sector innovation. This book develops guidelines for polic...

Mark Findlay's treatment of regulatory sociability charts the anticipated and even inevitable transition to mutual interest which is the essence of...

Kaj Ilmonen was a pioneer in the third wave of the sociology of consumption. This book provides a balanced overview of the sociology of consumption...

Die politische Repräsentation von Frauen auf europäischer Ebene hat sich in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten leicht erhöht, gleichwohl sind Frauen in de...

Die Anforderungen an die Verwaltung sind in den letzten Jahrzehnten stetig gestiegen. Auch die Ausbildung wird deshalb anspruchsvoller und breiter....

Bei der vorliegenden Arbeit handelt es sich um meine Dissertationsschrift, die ich im Herbst 2008 abgeschlossen und eingereicht habe. Damit ging ei...

The author re-examines the concept of equality in international society, past and present. The view that equality necessarily flows from sovereignt...

In this dynamic and wide-ranging collection of essays, prominent scholars examine the condition of church-state relations in the United States, Fra...

Foucault saw the notion of parrhesia (truth-telling) as the most important factor for how governments could and should communicate with their peopl...

This book provides a historically-informed survey critically outlining sociological, psychological, political, and economic approaches to the role ...

Have you ever fallen out with someone close to you over your political ideas or convictions or felt that a personal relationship was damaged becaus...

This volume addresses questions such as: How do the unique experiences of Blacks in America influence their political psychology? What are the psyc...

On the basis of original, empirically rich, and theoretically sound social research, the chapters in this volume reveal and analyze the complex rel...

Freiner defines a new understanding of nationalism, with a focus on the ways in which the Japanese state has utilized Confucian philosophy to creat...