Politics category: 19839 books
The New Politics of Class
The Political Exclusion of the British Working Class
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2017
This book explores the new politics of class in 21st century Britain. It shows how the changing shape of the class structure since 1945 has led political parties to change, which has both reduced class voting and increased class non-voting. This argument is developed in three stages. The first is...
Eating Anxiety
The Perils of Food Politics
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2013
Debates about obesity are really about the meaning of responsibility. The trend toward local foods reflects the changing nature of space due to new communication technologies. Vegetarian theory capitalizes on biotechnology’s challenge to the meaning of species. And food politics, as this book makes...
Publics, Politics and Power
Remaking the Public in Public Services
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2009
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"Very stimulating and intellectually exciting. In fact, I think it is one of the best books I have read for a long time." - Professor Carsten Greve, International centre for Business and Politics at the Copenhagen Business...
Tax Politics in Eastern Europe
Globalization, Regional Integration, and the Democratic Compromise
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2011
“This is the first book to systematically examine the variation in policies of Eastern European countries. There is a theoretical contribution to understandings of variation in tax policies, but just as impressive is the in-depth empirical analysis and in particular the data from interviews with...
The Primacy of the Political
A History of Political Thought from the Greeks to the French and American Revolutions
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2010
The conflict between politics and antipolitics has replayed throughout Western history and philosophical thought. From the beginning, Plato's quest for absolute certainty led him to denounce democracy, an anti-political position challenged by Aristotle. In his wide-ranging narrative, Dick Howard puts...
Politics and Letters
Interviews with New Left Review
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2015
Raymond Williams made a central contribution to the intellectual culture of the Left in the English-speaking world. He was also one of the key figures in the foundation of cultural studies in Britain, which turned critical skills honed on textual analysis to the examination of structures and forms...
by Diana Coole
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2007
In this important new book, Diana Coole shows how existential phenomenology illuminates and enlivens our understanding of politics. Merleau-Ponty's focus on embodied experience allows us to approach political life in a manner that is both critical and engaged. With breadth of vision and penetrating...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2008
This inter-disciplinary edited volume critically examines the dynamics of the War on Terror, focusing on the theme of the politics of response.
The book explores both how responses to terrorism - by politicians, authorities and the media - legitimise particular forms of sovereign politics,...
by John Jefferies
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2018
Written by experienced teacher John Jefferies this Student Guide for Politics:
-Identifies the key content you need to know with a concise summary of topics examined in the A-level specifications
-Enables you to measure your understanding with exam tips and knowledge check questions, with answers...
Transgender Rights and Politics
Groups, Issue Framing, and Policy Adoption
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
To date, media and scholarly attention to gay politics and policy has focused on the morality debates over sexual orientation and the legal aspects of rights for non-heterosexuals. However, transgender concerns as such have received little attention. As transgender activism has become more visible,...
Britain and European Integration since 1945
On the Sidelines
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2009
This book provides both a comprehensive introduction and a perceptive examination of Britain’s relations with the European Community and the European Union since 1945, combining an historical account with political analysis to illustrate the changing and multifaceted nature of British and European...
The Beginning of Politics
Power in the Biblical Book of Samuel
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2017
New insights into how the Book of Samuel offers a timeless meditation on the dilemmas of statecraft
The Book of Samuel is universally acknowledged as one of the supreme achievements of biblical literature. Yet the book's anonymous author was more than an inspired storyteller. The author was...
The Politics and Civics of National Service
Lessons from the Civilian Conservation Corps, VISTA, and AmeriCorps
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2013
In 1933 President Franklin D. Roosevelt created America's first domestic national service program: the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). As part of this program-the largest and most highly esteemed of its kind-nearly three million unemployed men worked to rehabilitate, protect, and build the nation's...
Performing the Northern Ireland Peace Process
In Defence of Politics
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2018
“Performing the Northern Ireland Peace Process offers a nuanced and stimulating analysis which goes beyond standard explanations by exploring the motives and means used by those who made peace in Northern Ireland.” (Professor Timothy White, Xavier University, USA)
“Paul Dixon has produced...