Political Theory

A textbook anthology of important works of political thought revealing the development of ideas from the 12th to the 15th centuries. Includes new translations of both well-known and ignored writers, and an introductory overview...

Michael Shapiro has been one of the most important thinkers and writers over the past two decades whose work has been extremely influential in fields as varied as political theory, international relations and cultural studies. This collection contains his seminal writings on such topics as discourse..

This book sets out, with remarkable clarity and insight, the contradictions of mobile societies and of mobile lives. Such mobilities are full of dilemmas, for individuals, for corporations, for states and in a way for the globe itself. 'Mobile Lives' is an up-to-date, provocatively written book whic..

This collection of landmark essays attempts to explain how deliberation is contributing to the democratisation of policy making and policy implementation, fields which in the past were reserved to restricted professional groups having the right expertise...

This anthology offers students a carefully edited selection of the most enduring and influential interpretations of key political theorists. Each section has an introduction and guide to further reading...

The war on terror cannot be truly understood without investigating the legitimacy of modernity, the challenge that religion presents to modernization, the inescapable conflicts attending the emergence and expansion of modernity, and the post-colonial predicament from which Islamist reaction arises. ..

This title was first published in 2002: By means of a number of case studies, this book provides a discussion of ministerial ethics. Countries covered include Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Scotland, the UK and Germany and the areas covered range from a consideration of illegal party financing in G..

This innovative volume brings a selection of leading political theorists to the debate on multiculturalism and political legitimacy, and confronts issues including rights, liberalism, cultural pluralism and power relations...

A new approach to problems of liberal democracies and of modern liberal political theory. Zvesper looks at internal problems of the regime in America and proposes a political theory that embraces nature as its guide...

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

Focusing on democratization, flexibilization, ethnic diversity and restructuring of transitional and emerging states, this volume analyzes the changes and challenges for administrative structures at the beginning of the 21st century, from a geographical perspective...

Non-Western Encounters with Democratization offers diverse perspectives on democracy and transition spanning the Middle East and North Africa to East Asia. This unique collection of essays, drawn from contextually rich case studies, presents readers with a variety of non-western encounters with demo..