Political Theory

There has been and continues to be a remarkable revival in academic interest in Carl Schmitt's thought within politics, but this is the first book to address his thought from an explicitly legal theoretical perspective, as it addresses the actual and potential significance of Schmitt's thought for d..

Chantal Mouffe’s writings have been innovatory with respect to democratic theory, Marxism and feminism. This work brings together her key writings, concluding with a new interview with Chantal Mouffe...

This innovative account of Charles de Gaulle as a thinker and writer on nationalism and international relations offers a view of him far beyond that of a traditional nationalist. Centring on the way de Gaulle regarded nations as individuals the author frames his argument by rationalising de Gaulle’s..

The rise of China on the international stage is one of the most significant developments in contemporary geopolitics. Kang argues for the understanding of and engagement with China, rather than containment and confrontation...

Citizenship is contested and re-produced across a range of spaces, be they neighbourhoods, nation states, symbolic public places, institutional spaces or private spaces. Boundaries (imagined or real) are frequently used to determine who is or is not seen as a citizen, particularly at the level of th..

Citizenship is contested and re-produced across a range of spaces, be they neighbourhoods, nation states, symbolic public places, institutional spaces or private spaces. Boundaries (imagined or real) are frequently used to determine who is or is not seen as a citizen, particularly at the level of th..

This book brings together some of the most prominent scholars in the field of citizenship studies to assess, critically and contextually, the ongoing significance of citizenship as an object of study._x005F_x000D_ This book was published as a special issue of Citizenship Studies...

China is poised to gain global importance as a growth engine for the world economy on a par with Europe and the US. This book presents current research and thinking on the significance of corporate Japan’s growing engagement with China...

Originally published in 1866, Civil Disobedience asks when – and in what circumstances – an individual should actively oppose government and its justice system...

Jens Borchert and Stephan Lessenich critically combine a reconstruction Claus Offe’s approach to state theory, deemed the most important contribution to Western state theory of the last decades, with an analysis of the current constellation of democratic capitalism based on that same theory. In doin..

Jens Borchert and Stephan Lessenich critically combine a reconstruction Claus Offe’s approach to state theory, deemed the most important contribution to Western state theory of the last decades, with an analysis of the current constellation of democratic capitalism based on that same theory. In doin..

This volume bases a clear and unbiased account of Communist philosophy on the Marxian Materialist Concept of History and Marxian Theory of Value. The spear-head of Marxism is its doctrine of class-struggle and from this Laski sets out on in his exposition of the Communist attitude...