Политология

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

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

In this pathbreaking book, one of the world’s leading analysts of globalization and global governance confronts the failures of international politics…

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

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

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

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…

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

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,…

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

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 …

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

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…

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…

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…

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

This book provides an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the major political thinkers of modern Germany. It includes chapters on the works o…

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, …

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…

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…

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…

Until the late 1980s, there were very few democratically elected governments in the developing world. These areas were characterized by a range of aut…

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

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

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…

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

The European Union seems incapable of undertaking economic reforms and defining its place in the world. Public apathy towards the EU is also increasin…

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 …

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…

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…

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…

'Globalization' is a word that is currently much in use. This book is an attempt to show that there is far more to globalization than its surface mani…

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

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…

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…

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…

This book provides an accessible account of popular political, social and economic movements in the Third World. Focusing on poor and marginalized gro…

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

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 …

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

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…

Many books have been written about war, but few have focused on how wars can be brought to an end. Wars are rarely inevitable however and this book is…

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…

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 …

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