Political science and theory Books

This study argues that Aristophanes' Clouds offers a serious critique of Socrates and a coherent two part attack on Socratic philosophy. The first prong of the attack, that Socrates was a natural philosopher, provides the basis for the second prong, the...

Das Buch zeichnet Strukturen und Entwicklungslinien des aktuellen Linksextremismus nach. Die Autoren stellen alte und neue Feindbilder ebenso wie Hassbotschaften und politisch links motivierte Gewalt heraus.

Anhand tagesaktueller innen- und außenpolitischer Entwicklungen erläutern zahlreiche Türkei-Experten das Wesen der seit einem Jahrzehnt vom Staatschef Erdoğan geprägten Neuen Türkei und geben Einblicke in autoritäre Tendenzen und in die Beziehungen zur...

This book examines the construction of Euroscepticism in civil society discourse, focusing on Turkey's possible EU-membership, the ongoing political struggles between different political camps in Turkey and general Western discourse.

This volume reflects the discussions during the Princeton University Conference on Polish-Jewish Studies (April 2015). It focuses on the meaning of the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, on Polish politics of memory, and on the developments in...

Das Buch bietet eine Einführung in die islamisch-politische Ideengeschichte. Dabei werden Denker, die in der Tradition der griechischen Antike stehen, ebenso porträtiert wie islamische Theologen, moderne Denker des politischen Islams bzw. Islamismus und...

In 2012, the ERASMUS programme celebrated its 25th anniversary. It is one of the best-known initiatives of the EU. This interdisciplinary volume examines the role of student mobility within the European integration process and judges its impact on how...

WORK IS IN FRENCHThis book is a reproduction of a work published before 1920 and is part of a collection of books reprinted and edited by Hachette Livre, in the framework of a partnership with the National Library of France, providing the opportunity to...

WORK IS IN FRENCHThis book is a reproduction of a work published before 1920 and is part of a collection of books reprinted and edited by Hachette Livre, in the framework of a partnership with the National Library of France, providing the opportunity to...

WORK IS IN FRENCHThis book is a reproduction of a work published before 1920 and is part of a collection of books reprinted and edited by Hachette Livre, in the framework of a partnership with the National Library of France, providing the opportunity to...

During the spring of 2008, one of the media's feeding frenzies involved a United Church of Christ congregation in Chicago, pastored by the Reverend Dr. Jeremiah Wright. For days and weeks, all one could see on every news channel were a few very short...

本書是美國加州顧宜雄醫師將2011年以來在工作之餘自撰的政論文章整理成集，其中不少文章已經由洛杉磯當地的中文報紙《世界日報》讀者論壇欄目刊載過；其內容廣含自作者本人自1992年起在美國洛杉磯地區留學、工作，在科研、臨床一線奮鬥了30多年，對美國社會深入接觸後的心得，對美國政治體制和社會分配機制有其入木三分的觀察。顧宜雄，1987年畢業於北京大學醫學院牙科學院，2000年獲南加州大學牙科學院破骨細胞分子生物基因研究的博士學位，翌年考取了加州臨床牙醫博士行醫執照。筆者自1992年起留學、工作在美國洛杉矶地區，...

Here are exact reproductions of the secret memos on torture released by the U.S. Department of Justice on April 16, 2009.****A unique look at the outlook of the Bush administration, these memos make fascinating reading as they attempt to justify and...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and...

Charles Merriam is scarcely read today, and even among scholars he is probably more often cited than read seriously. His ambiguous position in the study of American democracy is unfortunate. Between the two world wars, Merriman was the doyen of American...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore,...

An interpretation of Xenophon's Anabasis of Cyrus, paralleling the text to Machiavelli's The Prince, and focusing on the question: How did the Socratic education help Xenophon reconcile morality with effectiveness, the noble with the good, as a ruler?

The studies gathered in this volume focus on Portuguese society, from the creative social and political experimentation by citizen and popular movements during the revolution of 1974/75 to more recent episodes of alternative economic organisation,...

This volume is limited to contributions by Professor Kedourie's previous students. It reveals the far-reaching range of his interests and the immense expanse of his horizons. The first part deals with philosophy, political thought and ideology and the...

This book familiarizes the English-speaking reader with the debate on the originality of Gramsci's thought and its importance for the development of Marxist theory. The contributors present the principal viewpoints regarding Gramsci's theoretical...

This collection examines changes in China's international role over the past century. Tracing the links between domestic and external expectations in the PRC's role conception and preferred engagement patterns in world politics, the work provides a...

Too often, observers of globalization take for granted that the common ground across cultures is a thin layer of consumerism and perhaps human rights. If so, then anything deeper and more traditional would be placebound, and probably destined for the...

This book highlights how temporary international civil servants play a crucial role in initiating processes of legal and institutional change in the United Nations system. These individuals are the "missing" creative elements needed to...

As a central component of contemporary culture, films mirror and shape political debate. Reflecting on this development, scholars in the field of International Relations (IR) increasingly explore the intersection of TV series, fiction film and global...

Conspiracy theorists claim impossible knowledge, such as knowledge of the doings of a secret world government. Yet they accept this impossible knowledge as truth. In effect, conspiracy theories detach truth from knowledge.Knowledge without power is...

Postcolonial Encounters in International Relations examines the social and cultural aspects of the political violence that underpinned the French colonial project in the Maghreb, and the multi-layered postcolonial realities that ensued. This book...

This book undertakes a serious assessment of the strategic partnership in the contemporary international set up. The seven chapters of the book attempt to address the myriad challenges through detailed analyses and evaluation of the partnership between...

Is voting out of fashion? Does it matter if voters don't show up at the polls? If yes, is legal enforcement of voting compatible with democracy? These are just a few of the questions linked to the thorny problem of electoral abstention. This book...