Politics category: 19839 books
Politics Lost
How American Democracy Was Trivialized By People Who Think You're Stupid
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2006
People on the right are furious. People on the left are livid. And the center isn’t holding. There is only one thing on which almost everyone agrees: there is something very wrong in Washington. The country is being run by pollsters. Few politicians are able to win the voters’ trust. Blame abounds...
Power and Politics in Poststructuralist Thought
New Theories of the Political
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2007
This book explores the impact of poststructuralism on contemporary political theory by focussing on problems and issues central to politics today.
Drawing on the theoretical concerns brought to light by the ‘poststructuralist’ thinkers Foucault, Derrida, Lacan, Deleuze and Max Stirner,...
by Walter Bagehot
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2017
'Physics and Politics’ is a description of the evolution of communities of men. The materials here are derived mainly from books, the surface to be observed being so extensive, but the attitude is precisely the same, that of a scientific observer. To a certain extent the 'Physics and Politics’...
The Politics of Aristotle
A Treatise on Government
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
The Politics of Aristotle is the second part of a treatise of which the Ethics is the first. It looks back to the Ethics as the Ethics looks forward to the Politics, as Aristotle did not separate the spheres of the statesman and the moralist. In the Ethics he has described the character necessary for...
by George Bernard Shaw
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
“Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.” —Bernard Shaw, 1903
Critical Shaw: Politics is a comprehensive selection of renowned Irish playwright and Nobel Laureate Bernard Shaw’s opinions on a wide range of political movements, ideologies,...
by Simon Lemieux
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2018
Exam board: AQA
Level: A level
Subject: Government and Politics
First teaching: September 2017
First exams: Summer 2019
Written by experienced teacher Simon Lemieux, this Student Guide for Politics:
-Identifies the key content you need to know with a concise summary of topics examined in the...
The Puzzles of Politics
Inquiries into the Genesis and Transformation of International Relations
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2010
Friedrich Kratochwil is the author of the classic book: Rules, Norms and Decisions (1989), which introduced constructivism to international relations and has had a profound and significant impact on the discipline.
The Puzzle of Politics brings together for the first time a collection of his...
Judgment, Imagination, and Politics
Themes from Kant and Arendt
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2001
Judgment, Imagination, and Politics brings together for the first time leading essays on the nature of judgment. Drawing from themes in Kant's Critique of Judgment and Hannah Arendt's discussion of judgment from Lectures on Kant's Political Philosophy, these essays deal with: the role of imagination...
Legitimacy and Power Politics
The American and French Revolutions in International Political Culture
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2009
This book examines the causes and consequences of a major transformation in both domestic and international politics: the shift from dynastically legitimated monarchical sovereignty to popularly legitimated national sovereignty. It analyzes the impact of Enlightenment discourse on politics in eighteenth-century...
The Politics of Eloquence
David Hume's Polite Rhetoric
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2012
History has shown us that the power of political speech can be put to both positive and manipulative ends - while rhetoric is a powerful tool for those who seek to persuade others to adopt their views, it can also be employed to foment factionalism and undermine the very basis of a democratic society....
by Steven Forde
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2013
In this groundbreaking book, Steven Forde argues that John Locke's devotion to modern science deeply shaped his moral and political philosophy. Beginning with an account of the classical approach to natural and moral philosophy, and of the medieval scholasticism that took these forward into early...
Winning Right
Campaign Politics and Conservative Policies
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2006
It's been nearly two decades since Chris Matthews' national bestseller Hardball opened a door onto the inner workings of Washington politics, and now the time is ripe for a sharp, new insider's perspective on how the game is played and on the challenges facing the Republican Party in the future. No...
Redmond – A Life Undone
The Definitive Biography of John Redmond, the Forgotten Hero of Irish Politics
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2015
Dramatic and immersive, Redmond is a provocative reassessment of John Redmond, Home Rule campaigner and one of Ireland’s most brilliant political minds.
‘A vivid portrayal of one of the great political campaigns in Irish history.’
Stephen Collins, Political Editor, The Irish Times
Redmond...
by Bob Plamondon
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2014
Full Circle tells the dramatic story of how the Canadian conservative movement was fractured in the 1990s and how it was restored to glory and was returned to power in 2006. It recounts the humiliating defeat of the Progressive Conservative Party, the rise of the Reform Party, and a decade-long sojourn...