Political science and theory Books

The theory of democratic pluralism has long provided the dominant ideal and description of politics in industrial societies with competing party systems. The purpose of this classic collection, including some of the leading theorists of the late 1960s,...

During the 1970s, American foreign policy faced a predicament of clashing imperatives-US decision makers, already struggling to maintain stability and devise strategic frameworks to guide the exercise of American power during the Cold War, found...

Winner of the Society for History in the Federal Government's George Pendleton Prize for 2013The United States Senate has fallen on hard times. Once known as the greatest deliberative body in the world, it now has a reputation as a partisan,...

State-civil society relations in Africa have during recent decades been transformed in the context of economic liberalisation and state reform. This study explores state-civil society relations in contemporary Uganda, from 1986 to the present, in order...

Predatory subjugation based on economic status is nothing new in the annals of history. From the beginning of time, the greatest discriminatory factor of one person or group of people over another has been based on material wealth. In ancient and...

Development Partnership has been one of the principal pillars of Indian foreign policy which is based on the principle of "Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam" - the world is one family. Despite its own resource restraints, India has been one of the leading developing...

Al pueblo y congreso norteamericanos es una misiva dirigida por Apolinario Mabini a los Estados Unidos. Es una respuesta a una carta anterior del general norteamericano Joseph Wheeler con una serie de preguntas sobre el futuro de Filipinas.En este...

En Apuntes para servir a la historia del origen del ejército destinado a Ultramar en 1 de enero de 1820 Antonio María Alcalá Galiano analiza algunos de los sucesos principales del llamado Trienio liberal.Alcalá Galiano fue testigo protagonista clave de...

Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams once declared apropos provincial politics that "we can't allow things that are inaccurate to stand." Taking him at his word, Drew Brown presents an engaged analysis of the class interests and ideological...

Thomas Hobbes's era and ours are quite different, but upon closer re­view the strife that seemingly characterizes the 21st century appears similar to conflicts during the 16th and 17th centuries in Europe and more specifically England. Hobbes argued that...

What are the issues shaping contemporary African peasant movements? Are they fundamentally democratic or anti-democratic? Are they defensive and local in their organization and aspirations or should they be seen as taking a leading role in a wider...

Lo slogan dell'Agenda 21 dell'ONU, che mira a proteggere i diritti delle generazioni future e di tutte le specie dai potenziali crimini del presente, è al tempo stesso una cortina di fumo e una carta dei diritti. Sulla base di questo nobile principio, i...

Das Motto der Agenda 21 der Vereinten Nationen, die Rechte künftiger Generationen und aller Arten vor den potenziellen Verbrechen der Gegenwart zu schützen, ist sowohl eine Nebelwand als auch eine Erklärung von Rechten. Auf der Grundlage dieses edlen...

John Locke (1632-1704) remains a dominant figure in the history of political philosophy, and is rightly considered one of the 'Fathers' of the Enlightenment. Published in 1690, his 'Second Treatise of Government' was written as an...

THE CONTRADICTORY NATURE OF COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT.Written during a tense period of the Cold War, this study observed that Bolshevism was a system that embraces anarchism in theory and totalitarianism in practice. In order to survive the Bolshevist state...

This book is the only biography of the "Union Duke". It fully explores the principles and political life of Queensberry and the reasons for the Act of Union of 1707. It also addresses the issues of possible war between England and Scotland, the threat to...

LAUER SERIES IN RHETORIC AND COMPOSITION | Series Editors: PATRICIA SULLIVAN, CATHERINE HOBBS, THOMAS RICKERT, AND JENNIFER BAY | Political fights are not waged over who is speaking the truth but over whether any given claim seems to be authentic. EXPEL...

Let's Do battle is a call to arms for all people who feel that racism must end. The reader is given one black man's perspective of America.

"I agree with you on all the points you have listed. Yet, I still need the local congregation." -anonymous The Christian Right group of Churches have been consistently losing members for the last twenty years, and do not have an inkling of the cause...

Every American should read this book to return our country to the land of the free and the home of the brave. "America the Beautiful" "My American Dream" is the fourth in the series about the problems confronting the United States of America. The other...

""Heroic Characters of the Revolution"" is a historical book written by the French writer and politician Alphonse de Lamartine. The book was published in 1848, just a few years after the French Revolution of 1830, and it focuses on the heroic figures who...

The Handbook of the History, Diplomacy, and Government of the United States: For Class Use is a comprehensive guide written by Albert Bushnell Hart in 1902. This book is intended for students of American history and politics, providing a detailed account...

""Government of the Canal Zone"" is a book written by George Washington Goethals in 1915. The book provides a detailed account of the governance of the Panama Canal Zone, a territory controlled by the United States from 1903 to 1979. Goethals, who was...

""Government in Switzerland"" is a historical book written by John Martin Vincent in 1900. The book provides a comprehensive analysis of the Swiss political system, including its history, structure, and functioning. It examines the federal system of...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

France Under The Regency: With A Review Of The Administration Of Louis XIV is a historical book written by James Breck Perkins in 1892. The book provides a detailed account of the political and social conditions in France during the regency period, which...

Filippo Strozzi: A History Of The Last Days Of The Old Italian Liberty is a historical book written by Thomas Adolphus Trollope and first published in 1860. The book is a detailed account of the life of Filippo Strozzi, a prominent figure in the...

""Extracts From A Journal Kept During The Roman Revolution"" is a historical account of the events that occurred during the Roman Revolution of 1849. The author, Ernest Augustus Mount-Edgcumbe, was a British diplomat who was stationed in Rome during this...

""Europe Incapable Of American Democracy: An Outline Tracing Of The Irreversible Course Of Constitutional History"" is a book written by Charles Bowyer Adderley in 1867. The book explores the topic of American democracy and its differences from European...

The book will be of value to students, faculty, and analysts, as well as to practitioners who seek to learn about intellectual foundations of homeland and civil security across domains and boundaries, and how those apply to addressing real-world...

This book provides theory and research on political campaign messages. It adopts a communication perspective in relation to candidate and news media messages about campaigns. It focuses on U.S. presidential campaigns, but also discusses non-presidential...

Several of Lenin's basic theoretical essays on the national question are brought together in this volume. They analyze the national question specifically and historically in Russia, Norway, Poland, and Ireland and discuss national oppression,...

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The book is an introduction to new debates in international relations. It shows why anyone who wants the best answer to foreign policy problems, like how to deal with North Korea's nuclear arms program, must look at debates in IR theory, and also...

This book examines the post-Cold War Polish-German relationship and the puzzling rise of foreign and security policy differences between the two states during the 2000s. Through an investigation of four policy issues - NATO's out-of-area mandate,...

This is the first book on Royal Wills since 1780 and aims to take over where the previous ones (in 1775 and 1780) left off. Therefore the period 1509 to 2008 is covered. It aims to uncover the many dilemmas and conundrums they have had to deal with,...

This book examines Adam Smith's main principles in Wealth of Nations as the basis for effective policymaking. Adam Smith wanted to increase happiness through this formula for a good life: equality, liberty, and justice. Free market interpretations of...

This book analyzes George Orwell's politics and their reception across both sides of the Atlantic. It considers Orwell's place in the politics of his native Britain and his reception in the USA, where he has had some of his most fervent emulators,...

This volume brings together a fascinating selection of studies exploring the soft power tools used by heirs to the throne in order to enhance the communication of monarchies with their audiences during the nineteenth-century. How we perceive royals and...

This volume examines the impact of the wars in the Atlantic world between 1770 and 1830, focusing both on the military, economic, political, social and cultural demobilization that occurred immediately at their end, and their long-term legacy and memory.

This landmark book offers a comprehensive analysis of how development approaches have evolved since World War II, examining and also evaluating the succession of theories, doctrines, and practices that have been formulated and applied in the Third World...

The 'Cominternians' who staffed the Communist International in Moscow from its establishment in 1919 to its dissolution in 1943 led transnational lives and formed a cosmopolitan but closed and privileged world. The book tells of their experience in the...

Edited by François Depelteau and Christopher Powell, this volume and its companion, Applying Relational Sociology: Networks, Relations, addresses fundamental questions about what relational sociology is and how it works.

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