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ISBN: 9780199247516 - Containing Nationalism Containing Nationalism
MICHAEL, HECHTER

ISBN10: 9780191522864  ISBN13: 9780191522864
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Electronic Book
Nationalism has become the most prevalent source of political conflict and violence in the world. Scholarship has provided scant guidance about the prospects of containing the dark side of nationalism-its widely publicized excesses of violence... More

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ISBN: 9780415357289 - Contemporary Political Theorists in Context Contemporary Political Theorists in Context
Clohesy, Anthony M; Isaacs, Stuart; Sparks, Chris

ISBN10: 9780203003138  ISBN13: 9780203003138
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Routledge
Format: Electronic Book
This exciting new textbook presents a clear framework for students to understand how themes and issues in political thought have emerged and developed throughout the 20th Century. Charting the progression from the preoccupation with the... More

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ISBN: 9780415771993 - Welfare, Right and the State Welfare, Right and the State
Levine, David P

ISBN10: 9780203940501  ISBN13: 9780203940501
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Routledge
Format: Electronic Book
This book develops a creative theoretical framework for understanding the welfare state: the theory of the state and the idea of welfare connected to autonomy. Written by a well-known expert of political economy and welfare, it explores the... More

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ISBN: 9780415240406 - Social Relations and Social Exclusion Social Relations and Social Exclusion
Somerville, Peter

ISBN10: 9780203184974  ISBN13: 9780203184974
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Routledge
Format: Electronic Book
Examining the rational individual, this book develops a new approach to the theory of social relations. It explores how far we make sense of society on the assumption that people act as independent and free individuals, exercising rational choice. More

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ISBN: 9780521673907 - Diverse Communities Diverse Communities
Arneil, Barbara

ISBN10: 9780511243110  ISBN13: 9780511243110
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Electronic Book
Diverse Communities is a critique of Robert Putnam's social capital thesis, re-examined from the perspective of women and cultural minorities in America over the last century. Barbara Arneil argues that the idyllic communities of the past were... More

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ISBN: 9780415078405 - Power, Protest and Participation Power, Protest and Participation
Mitra, Subrata K

ISBN10: 9780203221686  ISBN13: 9780203221686
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Routledge
Format: Electronic Book
The attitudes of local elites - the hinge between Indian state and rural society - towards protest and participation in development. Illuminates arguments about the nature of the state as well as the development process. More

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ISBN: 9780198295730 - Justice and Punishment The Rationale of Coercion Justice and Punishment The Rationale of Coercion
MATT, MATRAVERS

ISBN10: 9780191522550  ISBN13: 9780191522550
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Electronic Book
This book aims to answer the question: 'why, and by what right,do some people punish others?' With his groundbreaking new theory, the author argues that the justification of punishment must be embedded in a larger political and moral theory. More

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ISBN: 9780300109733 - Leo Strauss and the Politics of American Empire Leo Strauss and the Politics of American Empire
Norton, Anne

ISBN10: 9780300130324  ISBN13: 9780300130324
Publisher: Yale University Press
Format: Electronic Book
The teachings of political theorist Leo Strauss (18991973) have recently received new attention, as political observers have become aware of the influence Strausss students have had in shaping conservative agendas of the Bush... More

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ISBN: 9780199273140 - New Labour at the Centre Constructing Political Space New Labour at the Centre Constructing Political Space
ANDREW, HINDMOOR

ISBN10: 9780191534164  ISBN13: 9780191534164
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Electronic Book
This radical new examination of Tony Blair's Labour party provides a key analysis of how the party has constructed its position at the centre-ground of British politics. Challenging conventinal analysis, it demonstrates how the Labour party has... More

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ISBN: 9780198294511 - Before the State Systemic Political Change in the West from the Greeks to the French Revolution Before the State Systemic Political Change in the West from the Greeks to the French Revolution
ANDREAS, OSIANDER

ISBN10: 9780191522291  ISBN13: 9780191522291
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Electronic Book
This book charts structural political change from the origins of western civilisation in the pre-christian Greek world to c1800. This ambitious reassesment of world political development draws on a wealth of historical material and seeks to change... More