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The History of Political Thought: A Very Short Introduction£8.99 Richard Whatmore
9780198853725 Richard Whatmore examines the diverse, interconnected relationships between political history, theory, and action. Considering the work of Michel Foucalt, John Pocock, Quentin Skinner and other key theorists, this book highlights the connections between past and present political systems, and the ongoing relevance of the field today. |
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Introducing Political Philosophy: A Policy-Driven Approach£24.99 Will Abel, Elizabeth Kahn, Tom Parr, Andrew Walton
9780198783275 Offering a unique inside-out approach, Introducing Political Philosophy is the only text to showcase contemporary policy problems through the lens of key debates in political philosophy. |
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Neoliberalism: A Very Short IntroductionSecond Edition £8.99 Manfred B. Steger, Ravi K. Roy
9780198849674 In its heyday in the late 1990s, neoliberalism emerged as the world's dominant economic paradigm. Since then the global financial crash of 2008 and the recent emergence of more nationalist ideologies have challenged neoliberal assumptions and systems. This book examines the origins, core claims, and global variations of neoliberalism. |
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Socialism: A Very Short IntroductionSecond Edition £8.99 Michael Newman
9780198836421 Exploring the role of socialism over the last two hundred years, Michael Newman explains its major theories, and the key challenges facing it today. Drawing on case studies such as Bolivia and Cuba, he considers recent attempts to put socialism into practice, and argues that it remains ultimately relevant in today's world. |
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China, the UN, and Human Protection: Beliefs, Power, Image£25.00 Rosemary Foot
9780198843740 This book examines China's efforts to work within international institutions that have played a defining role in post-World War II global order. |
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Europe's Crisis of Legitimacy: Governing by Rules and Ruling by Numbers in the Eurozone£25.00 Vivien A. Schmidt
9780198797067 This volume examines the interrelationship between democratic legitimacy at the European level and the ongoing Eurozone crisis that began in 2010. |
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Issues in Political TheoryFourth Edition £34.99 Catriona McKinnon, Robert Jubb, Patrick Tomlin
9780198784067 The most engaging introduction to political theory and how it applies to real world issues. |
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Fascism: A Very Short IntroductionSecond Edition £8.99 Kevin Passmore
9780199685363 Fascism is notoriously hard to define. In the new edition of this Very Short Introduction, Kevin Passmore unravels the paradoxes of one of the most important phenomena in the modern world, to make sense of its ideology and place in the modern world. |
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An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice£12.99 William Godwin, Mark Philp
9780199642625 Godwin's Political Justice is the founding work of philosophical anarchism. Drawing on the principles of liberty and utility Godwin criticizes government and all forms of secular and religious authority, advocating the free exercise of individual judgement. He raises enduring questions about the nature of our duty to others. |
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Mao: A Very Short Introduction£8.99 Delia Davin
9780199588664 Mao Zedong was a giant of 20th century history. In this Very Short Introduction, Delia Davin provides an account of Mao the man. From his childhood as a peasant to ruler of the most populous nation on Earth, she considers the major events in his life, his revolutionary writing, and his utopian dreams that culminated in the Cultural Revolution. |
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History of Political Theory: An Introduction: Volume II: ModernSecond Edition £32.49 George Klosko
9780199695454 History of Political Theory: An Introduction is an engaging introduction to the main figures in the history of Western Political Theory and their most important works. The second volume traces the origin and development of liberal political theory, and so the foundations for contemporary views. |
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History of Political Theory: An Introduction: Volume I: Ancient and MedievalSecond Edition £29.49 George Klosko
9780199695423 History of Political Theory: An Introduction is an engaging introduction to the main figures in the history of Western Political Theory and their most important works. The first volume traces the development of political theory "from the beginning" in ancient Greece through to the Reformation. |
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The Political Theory of Possessive Individualism: Hobbes to Locke£29.99 C. B. Macpherson, Frank Cunningham
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Tocqueville: A Very Short Introduction£7.99 Harvey Mansfield
9780195175394 A study of the thought and works of Alexis de Tocqueville written by one of the premier political scientists of our time. Exploring his observations of contemporary democratic politics and his predictions for the triumph and pitfalls of democracy in the future, the volume features the new liberalism of Tocqueville's masterpiece, Democracy in America. |
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Progressivism: A Very Short Introduction£7.99 Walter Nugent
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Neoliberalism: A Very Short Introduction£8.99 Manfred B. Steger, Ravi K. Roy
9780199560516 In its heyday in the late 1990s, neoliberalism emerged as the world's dominant economic paradigm. But the global financial crisis of 2008-9 fundamentally shocked a globalized economy built on neoliberal assumptions. This VSI examines the origins, core claims, and considerable variations of neoliberalism with examples from around the world. |
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Communism: A Very Short Introduction£8.99 Leslie Holmes
9780199551545 The collapse of communism was one of the most defining moments of the twentieth century. This Very Short Introduction examines the history behind the political, economic, and social structures of communism as an ideology. |
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Discourse on the Origin of Inequality£7.99 Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Franklin Philip, Patrick Coleman
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Reflections on the Revolution in France£8.99 Edmund Burke, L. G. Mitchell
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Leviathan£8.99 Thomas Hobbes, J. C. A. Gaskin
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