Major Works: Politics & International Relations

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21. Political Knowledge

    Edited by Jeffrey Friedman, Shterna Friedman

    Series: Critical Concepts in Political Science

    Since at least the time of Plato, political scientists and philosophers have been concerned about what citizens and rulers should know if they are to be governed—and govern—well. Moreover, the increasing complexity of modern societies has revivified thinking about and around the critical concept of...

    Published November 18th 2012 by Routledge
22. Al Qaeda

    Edited by Paul Cruickshank

    Series: Critical Concepts in Political Science

    This new Routledge Major Work collection of the best scholarly research and serious writing on Al Qaeda will be welcomed by researchers, students, and counter-terrorism specialists as the go-to resource. The gathered materials are mainly drawn from scholarly journals of the first rank and chapters...

    Published November 11th 2012 by Routledge
23. The Left and Rights Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 50

    A Conceptual Analysis of the Idea of Socialist Rights

    By Tom Campbell

    The book presents an analysis of the concept of rights and provides an illuminating expression of socialist ideals. The author outlines an analysis of fundamental human rights compatible with historical relativism and applies this to the political right of freedom of expression and the economic...

    Published August 12th 2012 by Routledge
24. Marx's Capital and Capitalism Today Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 52

    By Tony Cutler, Barry Hindess, Athar Hussain, Paul Q.Hirst

    This volume is concerned with the re-evaluation and criticism of Capital itself. It is in three parts, each covering a specific area of Marxist theory. The first part contains an investigation into Marx’s theory of value and considers the types of questions and modes of analysis to which this...

    Published August 1st 2012 by Routledge
25. Authority and Democracy (Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 5)

    By April Carter

    This book debates the nature and functions of authority: it examines how far our inherited images of authority derive from an aristocratic and traditional order and considers which models of authority are still relevant in a democratic and rationalist society. It discusses the characteristics of...

    Published August 1st 2012 by Routledge
26. The Nonconformist Conscience (Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 19)

    By D. W. Bebbington

    The ‘Nonconformist conscience’ was a major force in late Victorian and Edwardian politics. The well-attended chapels of England and Wales bred a race of Christian politicians who tried to exert a moral influence on public affairs. This book analyses the political impact of the Nonconformists at the...

    Published August 1st 2012 by Routledge
27. Health Security and Governance

    Edited by Nicholas Thomas

    Series: Critical Concepts in Military, Strategic, and Security Studies

    It is increasingly recognized that the pandemic potential of many diseases holds the power to wreck economies, divide societies, and, indeed, to jeopardize the viability of nation states. In consequence, there is a growing—and urgent—need to understand and address such threats. As research in and...

    Published July 18th 2012 by Routledge
28. A Fantasy of Reason (Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 29)

    By Don Locke

    This ‘philosophical biography’ gives an account of Godwin’s life and thought, and by setting his thoughts in the context of his life, brings the two into juxtaposition. It relates Godwin’s views on politics and morality, education and religion, freedom and society, to the events of his life,...

    Published July 12th 2012 by Routledge
29. 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
30. 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...

    Published July 12th 2012 by Routledge