Routledge Innovations in Political Theory

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31. European Integration and the Nationalities Question

    Edited by John McGarry, Michael Keating

    Series: Routledge Innovations in Political Theory

    A highly topical examination of the effect of European integration on relations between states and minority nations. This new collection brings together the leading specialists in the field, and covers a wide range of cases, from Northern Ireland in the West, to Estonia and Latvia in the...

    Published June 25th 2009 by Routledge
32. Political Reconciliation

    By Andrew Schaap

    Series: Routledge Innovations in Political Theory

    Since the end of the Cold War, the concept of reconciliation has emerged as a central term of political discourse within societies divided by a history of political violence. Reconciliation has been promoted as a way of reckoning with the legacy of past wrongs while opening the way for community in...

    Published February 26th 2009 by Routledge
33. Power and Politics in Poststructuralist Thought

    New Theories of the Political

    By Saul Newman

    Series: Routledge Innovations in Political Theory

    This book explores the impact of poststructuralism on contemporary political theory by focussing on problems and issues central to politics today. Drawing on the theoretical concerns brought to light by the ‘poststructuralist’ thinkers Foucault, Derrida, Lacan, Deleuze and Max Stirner, Newman...

    Published February 26th 2009 by Routledge
34. Capabilities Equality

    Basic Issues and Problems

    Edited by Alexander Kaufman

    Series: Routledge Innovations in Political Theory

    The capabilities approach to equality, developed by Amartyr Sen and Martha Nussbaum, seeks to answer the question: what is a proper measure of a person's condition for the purposes of determining what we owe each other, as a matter of justice? While the capabilities theory has avoided many of the...

    Published February 26th 2009 by Routledge
35. In Defense of Human Rights

    A Non-Religious Grounding in a Pluralistic World

    By Ari Kohen

    Series: Routledge Innovations in Political Theory

    The argument that religion provides the only compelling foundation for human rights is both challenging and thought-provoking and answering it is of fundamental importance to the furthering of the human rights agenda. This book establishes an equally compelling non-religious foundation for the...

    Published June 9th 2008 by Routledge
36. The International Political Thought of Carl Schmitt

    Terror, Liberal War and the Crisis of Global Order

    Edited by Louiza Odysseos, Fabio Petito

    Series: Routledge Innovations in Political Theory

    Presenting the first critical analysis of Carl Schmitt's The Nomos of the Earth and how it relates to the epochal changes in the international system that have risen from the collapse of the ‘Westphalian’ international order. There is an emerging recognition in political theory circles that core...

    Published March 27th 2008 by Routledge
37. Citizenship and Identity

    Towards a New Republic

    By John Schwarzmantel

    Series: Routledge Innovations in Political Theory

    Citizenship and Identity offers an analysis of contemporary politics and of the scepticism and apathy which characterise the political life of modern democracies. Starting from exploration of liberal-democracy and a critique of the fragmentation of contemporary politics, this book develops a...

    Published October 21st 2007 by Routledge
38. Logics of Critical Explanation in Social and Political Theory

    By Jason Glynos, David Howarth

    Series: Routledge Innovations in Political Theory

    The Social Science Wars have precipitated a renewed interest in the character, purpose and methods of social science. Positivists and naturalists are criticized by interpretivists and critical theorists, while quantitative researchers are challenged by those who favour qualitative and ethnographic...

    Published September 30th 2007 by Routledge
39. Political Pluralism and the State

    Beyond Sovereignty

    By Marcel Wissenburg

    Series: Routledge Innovations in Political Theory

    The concept of a sovereign nation-state is a central part in many of the debates discussing the salient issues in political science today. Yet the debate on the state is fragmented and while the sub-disciplines within political science address the various possible consequences of different...

    Published July 31st 2007 by Routledge
40. The Political Theory of Global Citizenship

    By April Carter

    Series: Routledge Innovations in Political Theory

    This book provides a comprehensive overview of the meaning of cosmopolitanism and world citizenship in the history of Western political thought, and in the evolution of international politics since 1500.Providing an invaluable overview of earlier political thought, recent theoretical literature and...

    Published July 12th 2006 by Routledge