Politics and Government

Will our addiction to profit destroy the world we live in? The profit motive now exercises an effective tyranny over our lives: in the private as w...

Your handy guide to the British political system New for this edition: * Updated throughout to reflect the outcome of the 2010 General Election * A...

A new edition of the first systematic reading of Hegel's political philosophy Elements of the Philosophy of Right is widely acknowledged to be one ...

What role should the idea of evil have in contemporary moral and social thought? The concept of 'evil' has long been a key idea in moral discourse....

This title analyses European Muslim communities' developing involvement in their political environment. Muslims are making themselves noticed in th...

Despite being proven ineffective as a coercive tool or deterrent, the international community has actively withheld recognition in numerous instanc...

Over his long and illustrious career, Knud Haakonssen has explored the role of natural law in formulating doctrines of obligation and rights in acc...

Defining an institution as a public system of rules that sets out positions, rights and duties, this book uses a philosophical argument to analyse ...

Saitya Brata Das argues that in Kierkegaard's work we find a radical eschatological critique, not only of the liberal-humanist pathos of modernity ...

Marking the first twenty years of the Scottish Parliament, this collection of essays assesses its impact on Scotland, the UK and Europe, and compar...

This introduction to the study of political communication covers the following subjects: *The history of the media in the UK and the USA including ...

Why, in the years around 1920, did the concept of 'minority' suddenly become prominent in public affairs worldwide? Within a decade after World Wa...

12 new essays evaluating Agamben's work from a postcolonial perspective. Svirsky and Bignall assemble leading figures to explore the rich philosoph...

Near the end of the Second World War, the United States made a bold strategic gambit that rewired the international system. Empires were abolished ...

Compares the political development of four Maghreb countries: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and MauritaniaThe past few years have been a period of unpr...