Political Theory

To mark the centenary of its first publication in 1848, the Labour Party issued this important special edition of the Communist Manifesto. In his (then) new historical introduction, harold Laski discussed the authors of the Manifesto, their background and the development of their ideas. He outlined ..

Drawing on case studies and social movement theory Claire Nettle provides a new empirical and theoretical understanding of community gardening by applying a contextual framework that considers the activity as a way for people to engage in collective social action. Through this a richer, more complet..

This book addresses the impact of an increasingly complex environment on the legitimacy and transparency of polities, on the role of leadership and political personality, and on motivated images, rhetoric and communication. Examining how these issues interact at a macro and theoretical level, the ty..

Provides a critical review of the political theory of compromise and disagreement using a historical and philosophical analyses that explain and assess the meaning, use, and value of compromise in politics...

Consequentialism is the view that the rightness or wrongness of actions depend largely on their consequences. It is one of the most influential, and controversial, of all ethical theories. In this book, Julia Driver introduces and critically assesses consequentialism in all its forms...

Consequentialism is the view that the rightness or wrongness of actions depend largely on their consequences. It is one of the most influential, and controversial, of all ethical theories. In this book, Julia Driver introduces and critically assesses consequentialism in all its forms...

From Algeria to Zimbabwe, Constitutions of the World is a guide to the constitutions and constitutional histories of eighty nations. Each chapter concentrates on a particular country in an easy-to-use format...

This book highlights the recent rise in interest in anarchist theory and practice attempting to bridge the gap between anarchist activism on the streets and anarchist studies in the academia. Bringing together some of the most prominent voices in contemporary anarchism in the academy, it includes pi..

This new study presents a fresh and coherent framework for students to understand today's key political ideas. It introduces students to the theoretical context of contemporary political ideas through a historical approach that brings them to life._x000D_..

This new study presents a fresh and coherent framework for students to understand today's key political ideas. It introduces students to the theoretical context of contemporary political ideas through a historical approach that brings them to life._x005F_x000D_..

_x005F_x000D_ This book is a comparative, historical analysis of dissident thought and practice for contemporary debates on cosmopolitanism. Divided into two parts, the editors and contributors explore the contribution of ‘paradigmatic’ dissidents like Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Havel, Sakharov, Ma..

This timely read provides students and scholars with innovative analyses of the councils. It offers new analytic frameworks for conceptualising the relationship between politics and the economy and contributes to emerging debates within political theory on workplace, economic and council democracy...