Политология

Глава из ранее опубликованной книги «Гидра». В фашистском обществе меняются моральные нормы. Ещё вчера неоправданная жестокость была бы немыслима, а п…

Thoroughly revised and updated, this third edition provides a comprehensive account of the major political ideologies of the past two centuries. Provi…

This concise and timely book, written by one of the world's leading authorities on China, argues that the country is at a crossroads in its developmen…

This volume develops a novel approach to state theory. It offers a comprehensive review of the existing literature on the state and sets a new agenda …

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…

This book provides seven studies that address major issues such as the human rights and human security nexus, gender aspects of human security, ethica…

What is representation? What does it mean when a politician represents citizens in government? How can citizens be represented beyond the boundaries o…

The idea of finding a 'third way' in politics has been widely discussed over recent months – not only in the UK, but in the US, Continental Europe and…

The turn of the century has seen the US greatly enhance its military supremacy across the world. It has also played a key role in shaping the internat…

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

When India was invented as a «modern» country in the years after Independence in 1947 it styled itself as a secular, federal, democratic Republic comm…

What is national identity? What are the main challenges posed to national identity by the strengthening of regional identities and the growth of cultu…

In his quest for the historical Muhammad, Zeitlin's chief aim is to catch glimpses of the birth of Islam and the role played by its extraordinary foun…

It is only a decade ago that the eighteenth-century distinction between civil society and the state seemed old-fashioned, an object of cynicism, even …

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

In recent years the mass murder of thousands of innocent civilians by al Qaeda terrorists has plumbed the depths of criminality and immorality. Yet it…

We live in a world which no longer questions itself, which lives from one day to another managing successive crises and struggling to brace itself for…

The idea of finding a 'third way' in politics has become a focus of discussion across the world. Political leaders, in the US, Europe, Asia and Latin …

Sovereign nation states, which were formed in the context of major war, have been deeply exclusionary in their dealings with minority cultures and ali…

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…

The range of global human rights institutions which have been created over the past half century is a remarkable achievement. Yet, their establishment…

In this book, Bruno Latour pursues his ethnographic inquiries into the different value systems of modern societies. After science, technology, religio…

Gathering among the best European specialists of welfare state comparisons, this book organises comprehensive and up to date information on European w…

In this lively and accessible book, Matt Matravers considers the role of responsibility in politics, morality and the law. In recent years, responsibi…

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

Those who work with children and young people have a responsibility to safeguard and promote their welfare. Recognizing and detecting signs of emotion…

Wars often spring out of nowhere with little warning. One need only look at the recent troubles at the Lebanon-Israeli border for evidence of this cla…

This book is a highly original and provocative contribution to democratic theory. Zolo argues that the increasing complexity of modern societies repre…

Since the end of the Cold War a significant number of peace agreements have been signed, many of them in bloody intra-state conflicts that were previo…

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

Strategy is not a modern invention. It is an essential and enduring feature of human history that is here to stay. In this original essay, Colin S. Gr…

This innovative new text is derived from a highly successful Open University course of the same title. It takes as a dominant theme the contested issu…

This book provides a highly original account of the changing meaning of democracy in the contemporary world, offering both an historical and philosoph…

Korea is one of the critical flashpoints in the world today. News of North Korea's recent nuclear tests, conducted in defiance of international pressu…

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…

Following the collapse of communism and the decline of Marxism, some commentators have claimed that we have reached the 'end of history' and that the …

This comprehensive introduction to the study of war and genocide presents a disturbing case that the potential for slaughter is deeply rooted in the p…

How should one understand the nature and possibilities of political radicalism today? The political radical is normally thought of as someone who stan…

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

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 …

At the end of the Cold War, there was much talk of a new world order in which the sovereign state would be held to democratic account, fundamental rig…

Politics was once a term with an array of broadly positive connotations, associated with public scrutiny, deliberation and accountability. Yet today i…

The ongoing interconnection of the world through modern mass media is generally considered to be one of the major developments underpinning globalizat…

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

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…