Political Philosophy

Russell on the threat of nuclear conflict, and how to avoid it. Crucial for understanding Russell's peace campaigning and involvement in the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament...

Presenting the edited proceedings of the 1997 ALSP conference, this book covers issues relating to Communitarianism and citizenship from socio-legal, philosophical and political perspectives. The papers are a collection drawn from international authors covering a wide variety of subjects such as tol..

This title was first published in 2001: This book examines the liberal-communitarian debate from a new perspective. Communitarians argue that liberal theory neglects the significance of communities for the lives of their members. An examination of that argument reveals that there are deficiencies in..

It is widely apparent in our hyper-globalized world that the epistemologies, institutions, and practices underwriting it have reached a state of profound crisis. Everything is inevitably brought into proximity and correlation. Wars, natural disasters, climate change, political and economic turmoil c..

It is widely apparent in our hyper-globalized world that the epistemologies, institutions, and practices underwriting it have reached a state of profound crisis. Everything is inevitably brought into proximity and correlation. Wars, natural disasters, climate change, political and economic turmoil c..

In what ways is conservatism developing in response to shifting electoral fortunes, financial crises and coalition government?_x005F_x000D_ This book will be published as a special issue of Global Discourse...

In what ways is conservatism developing in response to shifting electoral fortunes, financial crises and coalition government?_x005F_x005F_x000D_ This book will be published as a special issue of Global Discourse...

This book is a major contribution to the renewed interest in natural law. It provides the reader with a comprehensive overview of natural law, both from a historical and a systematic point of view. It ranges from the mediaeval synthesis of Aquinas through the early modern elaborations of natural law..

This book is a major contribution to the renewed interest in natural law. It provides the reader with a comprehensive overview of natural law, both from a historical and a systematic point of view. It ranges from the mediaeval synthesis of Aquinas through the early modern elaborations of natural law..

This book develops a ‘contestatory’ alternative to the standard cosmopolitan approach to global politics. Rather than invoking a sense of global community, abstracted from the particular and the conflictual, this ‘contestatory’ alternative roots cosmopolitanism in the particularity and conflict of g..

Current Controversies in Values and Science asks ten philosophers to debate five questions (two philosophers per debate) that are driving contemporary work in this important area of philosophy of science. The book is perfect for the advanced student, building up her knowledge of the foundations of t..

This textbook provides a comprehensive collection of influential essays that present a balanced survey of the major ideas that have come out of political philosophy in the last two decades...