Modern Political Theory

Civil disobedience is a public, nonviolent, conscientious yet political act, contrary to law, carried out to communicate opposition to law and policy of government. This book presents a theory of civil disobedience that draws on ideas associated with deliberative democracy...

Civil disobedience is a public, nonviolent, conscientious yet political act, contrary to law, carried out to communicate opposition to law and policy of government. This book presents a theory of civil disobedience that draws on ideas associated with deliberative democracy...

This edited collection formalises Critical Border Studies (CBS) as a distinctive approach within the interdisciplinary border studies literature and will be of particular interest to scholars in anthropology, human geography, international relations, and political science. Critical Border Studies wa..

This book takes up the debates on culture and politics that have arisen in response to globalisation, multiculturalism, and consumerism, by exploring the concept of cultural citizenship from a range of political-philosophical angles. Issues of culture and cultural exclusion are at the core of contem..

This book presents a critical review of Philippe van Parijs’ theory of linguistic justice promoting English as a lingua franca at the global level, and the protection of vernacular languages through territorial separation at the local level. _x005F_x000D_ It was published as a special issue of Criti..

This unique collection – bringing together some of the most influential theorists engaged in the linguistic justice debate – presents a critical review of Philippe van Parijs’ recent and influential theory of linguistic justice promoting English as a lingua franca at the global level, and the protec..

This book is an inquiry into the history of the idea of popular sovereignty as it has been shaped by the struggles between rulers and ruled. It builds on the notion that a thorough analysis of how the idea of popular sovereignty emerges from, and interacts with, a political history of contention wit..

This book is an inquiry into the history of the idea of popular sovereignty as it has been shaped by the struggles between rulers and ruled. It builds on the notion that a thorough analysis of how the idea of popular sovereignty emerges from, and interacts with, a political history of contention wit..

In this collection, scholars of international relations, law, network analysis, political philosophy, and political science examine questions of societal complexity, the difficulties and problems of predicting the effects of our actions given the complexity of the modern world. _x000D_ This book was..

Where is the boundary line between civilization and barbarism drawn? When is the Other really Other, and thus no longer deserving of rights? Daniel R. Brunstetter expertly examines the place of inequality within the liberal thread of modernity by turning to the intellectual history surrounding the E..

Birgit Schippers provides a detailed exposition and analysis of Butler’s recent ideas, and it champions her efforts at articulating the possibilities for radical politics and ethical life in an era of global interdependence...

This volume addresses the contemporary core challenges of representative democracy in the EU from normative, theoretical and methodological perspectives._x000D_ This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of European Public Policy...