Политология

This volume offers an incisive overview of central issues and controversies in political thought and analysis. It includes major discussions of the id…

The terms 'global' and 'civil society' have both become part of the contemporary political lexicon. In this important new book, Mary Kaldor argues tha…

A new emphasis on diversity and difference is displacing older myths of nation or community. A new attention to gender, race, language or religion is …

At the 2005 UN World Summit, world leaders endorsed the international principle of Responsibility to Protect (R2P), acknowledging that they had a resp…

This book presents a clear and comprehensive introduction to the diverse and wide-ranging ethical aspects of war and peace. In a fair-minded and engag…

A good political community is one whose citizens are actively engaged in deciding their common future together. Bound together by ties of national sol…

Globalization is now widely discussed but the debates often remain locked within particular disciplinary discourses. This book brings together for the…

Many authors who discuss the idea of globalization see it as continuing pre-established paths of development of modern societies. Post-modernist write…

No matter what your political persuasion, The One-Hour Activist is your guide to influencing lawmakers, candidates, and reporters. The One-Hour Activi…

The social sciences have long been based upon contrasts drawn between the 'militaristic' societies of the past, and the 'capitalist' or 'industrial' s…

НЕЗАКОННОЕ ПОТРЕБЛЕНИЕ НАРКОТИЧЕСКИХ СРЕДСТВ, ПСИХОТРОПНЫХ ВЕЩЕСТВ, ИХ АНАЛОГОВ ПРИЧИНЯЕТ ВРЕД ЗДОРОВЬЮ, ИХ НЕЗАКОННЫЙ ОБОРОТ ЗАПРЕЩЕН И ВЛЕЧЕТ УСТАНО…

In the past 25 years, the distribution of income and wealth in Britain and the US has grown enormously unequal, far more so than in other advanced cou…

Political Theology II is Carl Schmitt's last book. Part polemic, part self-vindication for his involvement in the National Socialist German Workers' P…

According to politicians, we now live in a radically interconnected world. Unless there is international stability – even in the most distant places –…

Overstretched provides fresh perspectives on the reality of European family life where care and paid work need to be woven together on a daily basis, …

Politics was once regarded as an activity which could give human societies control over their fate. However, there is now a deep pessimism about the a…

We are told that this is a new world, with which old theories cannot cope. But the dynamic driving the current global transformation is not as new as …

George Bush leaves the White House in January 2009 and the United States goes back to “normal”, right? Wrong, argues Susan George in this fascinating,…

The purpose and location of frontiers affect all human societies in the contemporary world – this book offers an introduction to them and the issues t…

Europe's social model – its system of welfare and social protection – is regarded by many as the jewel in the crown. It is what helps to give the Euro…

Guibernau offers a comparative analysis of nationalist movements in nations without states.

В книге представлены ход и итоги трансформационного развития стран Центральной и Юго-Восточной Европы в конце XX – начале XXI вв. Эти страны в указанн…

The ideas of Hans Morgenthau dominated the study of international politics in the United States for many decades. He was the leading representative of…

East Asia has re-emerged after a long eclipse as a centre of world wealth creation and growth. Over the past four decades the region’s share of world …

This book provides a comprehensive view of women's political participation in Latin America. Focusing on the latter half of the twentieth century, it …

A unique approach to human behavior that integrates and interprets the latest research from cell to society Incorporating principles and findings from…

Almost three years after the first voluntary handover of power in Russian history, this book examines Putin's management of this complex agenda, and c…

Long regarded as an empty and inhospitable environment, the deep ocean is rapidly emerging as an ecological hot spot with a remarkable diversity of bi…

Since the end of the Cold War, activists and scholars alike have celebrated the phenomenal growth of transnational social movements across the globe. …

Seeking reason in the impassioned globalization debate, de la Dehesa examines who stands to win and who stands to lose from the process of globalizati…

Новые взгляды на историю развития человеческой цивилизации. О прошлом и настоящем. О новых путях духовного и культурного развития России. Создание нов…

In a world of transnational economics and mass communications, ethnic conflict and nationalism have recently re-emerged as major political forces. Is …

In Imperialism and Global Political Economy Alex Callinicos intervenes in one of the main political and intellectual debates of the day. The global po…

In this book Rajneesh Narula examines the interdependence of globalization and technological innovation at two levels: first, between locations, by ex…

This essential volume features John Locke's hand-corrected text with an outstanding introduction to Locke's life and role in intellectual history, his…

Wars throughout history have been fought in the name of ideology, religion and the pursuit of peace. Our thinking about war – when it is justified, ho…

In recent years there has been a tendency to intervene in the military, political and economic affairs of failed and failing states and those emerging…

With the growing challenges of economic globalization and national welfare state retrenchment, the development and future of EU social policy has beco…

Social activism and dissent have become global phenomena for our times. Ordinary people across the world are fighting back. This newly potent politica…

At a time when so many cracks have emerged within the imagined community of ‘the West', this important new book, by one of the leading social scientis…

Книга написана в необычном жанре научной мистификации. В ней Н. Макиавелли излагает свою знаменитую теорию политического искусства, иллюстрируя ее при…

In an age where film stars become presidents and politicians appear in pop videos, politics and popular culture have become inextricably interlinked. …

In this book, Amitai Etzioni, public intellectual and leading proponent of communitarian values, defends the view that no society can flourish without…

With the United States' superpower status rivalled by a rising China and emerging powers like India and Brazil playing a growing role in international…

The lifestyle, economic basis and political affiliations of the British upper class are the focus of this exciting new textbook. Combining a review of…