Political science and theory Books

Since the 1960s, German scholars have developed distinctive methods for writing the history of political, social, and philosophical concepts. Applied to France as well as Germany, their work has set new standards for the historical study of political and...

An ideal source for general readers and students, "The Rush to German Unity" explores whether solving the old German problem (by bringing down the Berlin Wall) has merely created new difficulties for Germany and challenges to overcome.

'The Rise of the Gunbelt' offers a compelling portrait of the geography of the military - industrial complex, its winners and losers, its troubling economic and political consequences, and the role of the gunbelt in America's uncertain economic and...

In this insightful study of Israel's founding period from 1948 to 1967, Peter Medding address these issue, providing a lucid account of the political and historical conditions that gave rise to this distinctive period, as well as the changes which...

"The New Class" created a sensation was published in the United States in 1957, because it was the first time that a ranking Communist had publicly analyzed his disillusionment with the system. Djilas, a former associate of Tito's who had traveled from...

As a talk-show host for more than four decades, Larry King has encountered the most powerful and influential people in the world. Now, in "Future Talk," he converses with some of today's most provocative thinkers to get their perspectives on what's in...

The Cold War period witnessed competition from political, economic, ideological, diplomatic, military and social dimensions between the United States of America (USA), and the then Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). In the superpower rivalries,...

It always comes as a surprise to many that the British-administered UN Trust Territory of the Southern Cameroons was not granted independence like other colonial territories but was allowed to fall prey to the territorial expansionism of the contiguous...

In an ever-evolving global landscape, the foundations and principles of democracy are constantly being challenged by a myriad of ideologies, some of which are deemed controversial by standards of liberal democratic traditions. "Controversial Ideologies...

"The Enigma of Liechtenstein's Secret Banking System" delves deep into the corridors of the Principality of Liechtenstein's famed financial institutions, unraveling the mystique surrounding one of the world's most discreet banking systems. With...

"Behind the Controversy" offers a comprehensive exploration into the complex, multifaceted history and operational intricacies of the U.S. Guantanamo Naval Base, commonly known as Guantanamo Bay or Gitmo. Situated on the southeastern tip of...

It is hard to imagine a more timely and readable contribution to the current debate over policy towards Iran and the Middle East. Said Shams provides the essential theoretical outlook and historical context, explaining and examining the specific...

Towards a New Pacific Historiography argues for a re-imagining of Pacific History using the idea of cultural theorist Hayden White that the historical text is a literary artefact. The book discusses the ...

The author approaches the idea of deliberative democracy with reservation, attempting to expose the vain hopes rooted in the Enlightenment tradition, and encourages reflection on the appeal of deception in a world which has become the media's ‹grazing...

This book analyzes the growing influence of China in Angola. Cooperation of China and Angola in the core economic areas has started with a relationship based on interdependency in which both sides stand on mutual economic and political necessities. China...

Memory in postcolonial Italy and Libya has been widely used, reinterpreted and staged by political powers and the media. This book investigates the roots of myth, colonial amnesia and censorship in postwar Italy, as well as Colonel Gaddafi's deliberate...

The book is about the evolution and transformation of knowledge and knowledge systems in the context of cultural contact, taking Korea as an example. Combining philological and social sciences approaches, it deals with the configuration, dissemination...

Was macht europäische Identität historisch wie gegenwärtig und zukunftsweisend aus? Dieser Band umfasst Beiträge zu den theoretischen Grundlagen, die für ein Europastudium wichtig sind. So werden vielfältige interdisziplinäre Perspektiven auf Europa...

ForewordBy BillThis is an unusual and valuable book in many respects. Its author, of course, is an economist - but not one devoted to the prevailing theology of his profession. Economists mostly work with the dedication of beavers or bees toward the...

An engaging, illustrated book looking at the centuries old custom of charivari (the mock serenade using pots and pans, meant to shame someone) from the traditional British skimmington to contemporary versions in such places as Buenos Aires, Montréal, and...

2011 Reprint of 1947 Second Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Originally Published as Part II of Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy [1947]. " Can capitalism survive? No. I do not think it...

The majority of Americans know that there is a drug epidemic, but only a small minority is aware that it was inflicted upon our society by the "rulers of darkness, the wicked men in high places, who prefer darkness rather than light because their deeds...

"The enemy in Washington is more to be feared than the enemy in Moscow." This is a sentiment I have expressed over and over again. Communism did not destroy tariff protection erected by President George Washington. Communism did not force the United...

The history of how the United Nations was created is a classic case of Diplomacy by deception. The United Nations is the successor to the defunct League of Nations, the first attempt to set up a One World Government in the wake of the Paris Peace...

The Republic is a Socratic dialogue, written by Plato around 380 BC, concerning justice, the order and character of the just city-state, and the just man. It is Plato's best-known work, and has proven to be one of the world's most influential works of...

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Conway presents a landmark text on the history of German churches during the Nazi era.

Civil Disobedience argues that citizens should not permit their governments to overrule their consciences, and that they have a duty to avoid allowing their acquiescence to enable the government to make them the agents of injustice. Thoreau was motivated...

Collected here are nineteen essays by Henry David Thoreau. Thoreau was on of America's best known and most influential writers. His work has helped shape the American Discourse and had a lasting effect on the environmental movement in America. Included...

Collected here in one omnibus edition are Niccolò Machiavelli's most import works, The Art of War and The Prince. It was Niccolò Machiavelli who essentially removed ethics from government. He did it with The Prince, when he asserted that The Prince...

Schumpeter's Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy is perhaps the most important and influential book on the subject ever writtenThis volume is the result of an effort to weld into a readable form the bulk of almost forty years' thought, observation and...

"A Modern Utopia is one of H.G. Wells' explorations of social problems set in the form of a novel, but it is more a complex investigation of what might be than a mere fictional story.The unnamed narrator and a traveling companion find themselves on a...

Ideological Violence is dedicated to the enraged mobs who try to destroy everything that is decent and right with this world through any means necessary. Islamofascist Jihadists use bombs. So have many environmentalists, animal rights activists, college...

WE (millions of Americans) are fed up with 'special interests' and GREED that are destroying our beloved country. It seems that satisfying the lobbyists who financed their elections is the only thing that a multitude of legislators consider important.It...

For Charles Comte and Charles Dunoyer, industrialism was a kind of philosophy of history, the purpose of which was to identify the tortuous stages through which the idea of liberty had developed. In doing this, as Robert Leroux explains, they shared a...

Hervé's evolution toward French national socialism sympathetic to fascism involved ongoing rivalries within the French Left. Hervé's marginal interwar national socialist parties sought to employ patriotism and religion to solve French problems. Losing...

Through the last century, Catholic fraternity alumni have served as German chancellors, presidents, federal ministers, state executives, and leading voices in Germany's parliament. This book considers the ideas that many of these Catholic leaders...

Designed to instill deeper thought and reflection, Terrorism, the Origin and the Sources presents a collection of fables, poetry, short stories, essays, scientific papers, and letters written to world leaders. Through these literary forms, author Dr. M.T...