Major Works: Political Philosophy

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11. A History of Greek Political Thought (Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 34)

    By T. A. Sinclair

    This book gives a general survey of political thought from Homer to the beginning of the Christian era. To the evidence of the philosophers is added that of Herodotus, Euripides, Thucydides, Polybius and others whose writings illustrate the course of Greek political thinking in the Classical and...

    Published July 12th 2012 by Routledge
12. A Short History of Electoral Systems in Western Europe (Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 22)

    By Andrew McLaren Carstairs

    This book provides a concise and accessible account of the historical experience of European parliaments – why different electoral systems were adopted, how they have functioned, how they have affected the development of political parties, and in what respects they have been found over time to be...

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13. Marx's Ethics of Freedom (Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 49)

    By George G Brenkert

    This book reveals Marx’s moral philosophy and analyzes its nature. The author shows that there is an underlying system of ethics which runs the length and breadth of Marx’s thought. The book begins by discussing the methodological side of Marx’s ethics showing how Marx’s criticism of conventional...

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14. Locke's Two Treatises of Government (Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 17)

    By Richard Ashcraft

    This volume guides the reader through a detailed examination of the text to an understanding of Locke’s political ideas in relation to his writings on philosophy, education, religion and economics and the influence these ideas had upon eighteenth-century political theorists. The author shows how...

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15. Political Parties Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 54

    By J. Jupp

    In this book the author proposes that parties are indispensable to modern politics and that the absence of parties suggests that a system is governed by a traditional elite which has yet to come to terms with the modern world. Without them it would be impossible to legitimize modern systems, to...

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16. Studies in the Growth of Nineteenth Century Government (Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 33)

    Edited by Gillian Sutherland

    The main theme of this book is the complex relationship between government servants and the world around them and this is explored in a number of ways. The essays include studies of the people who played an important part in the development of 19th century government: there is a chapter on the...

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17. Socialism, Democracy and Industrialization Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 53

    By Amlan Datta

    Is it possible to evolve a form of socialism which, while promoting industrial development, will be merciful to the ideals of democracy? This book attempts to answer this question: first the author deals with the differing conceptions of socialism and democracy and discusses co-operative socialism....

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18. Socialism Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 57

    By Norman Mackenzie

    This book, originally published in 1949 (but here re-issuing the second edition of 1966) presents a history of international socialism, not just from the political but also the economic standpoint....

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19. Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France (Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 28)

    By F. P. Lock

    Edmund Burke’s Reflections on the Revolution in France is one of the major texts in the western intellectual tradition. This book describes Burke’s political and intellectual world, stressing the importance of the idea of ‘property’ in Burke’s thought. It then focuses more closely on Burke’s...

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20. Karl Marx and the Anarchists Library Editions: Political Science Volume 60

    By Paul Thomas

    This study examines Marx’s disputes with, and attacks upon, those anarchist theoreticians he encountered at various stages of his career. Marx’s attacks on Stirner, Proudhon and Bakunin are shown to be of vital importance to his career as a theorist and revolutionist. The formative influences upon...

    Published July 12th 2012 by Routledge