Politics category: 19839 books
Politics of Inclusion
Castes, Minorities, and Affirmative Action
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2011
Post-Mandal, the demand for reservations by various groups has become a consistent feature of Indian politics. Yet, the focus remains on caste, with little attention paid to the under-representation of religious minorities in India. The book takes up the case of relative disadvantage and interogates...
The Developing World
Critical Issues in Politics and Society
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2012
Nation-states in the developing world have seen a renaissance in their political, social, and economic structures. Newly industrializing countries like Brazil, Mexico, China, and India are poised to claim the 21st century as their own. But economic conditions in many nations of the developing world...
by Dr John J Schwarzmantel
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2008
'Successfully challenges the notion that we live in a post-ideological age. John Schwarzmantel searchingly questions the thesis that only single issues and identities matter, providing a reliable compass to help students navigate through a world that has witnessed the death of Communism and the rise...
Politics of the Event
Time, Movement, Becoming
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
Despite occupying a central role and frequently being used in the study of international politics, the concept of the "event" remains in many ways unchallenged and unexplored. By combining the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze and his concept of the event with the example of 9/11 as an historical...
by Andrew Heywood
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2019
The fifth edition of this seminal textbook by best-selling author Andrew Heywood continues to lead the way in providing a comprehensive and authoritative introduction to politics. Renowned for its engaging and accessible style, this book helps students to understand the discipline’s foundational...
by Rowena Hammal, Simon Lemieux
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2019
Exam board: AQA
Level: A-level
Subject: Politics
First teaching: September 2017
First exams: Summer 2018 (AS); Summer 2019 (A-level)
With My Revision Notes, every student can:
- Plan and manage a successful revision programme using the topic-by-topic planner
- Consolidate subject knowledge...
Culture of Opportunity
Obama's Chicago: The People, Politics, and Ideas of Hyde Park
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2010
Rebecca Janowitz's portrait of Hyde Park-the Chicago South Side neighborhood long noted for its progressive politics-offers an expert, insider's social and political perspective on this intriguing community that in many ways nurtured Barack Obama's political career and made possible his run for the...
Law as Politics
Carl Schmitt’s Critique of Liberalism
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 1998
While antiliberal legal theorist Carl Schmitt has long been considered by Europeans to be one of this century’s most significant political philosophers, recent challenges to the fundamental values of liberal democracies have made Schmitt’s writings an unavoidable subject of debate in North America...
Politics of Catastrophe
Genealogies of the Unknown
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2011
This book argues that catastrophe is a particular way of governing future events – such as terrorism, climate change or pandemics – which we cannot predict but which may strike suddenly, without warning, and cause irreversible damage.
At a time where catastrophe increasingly functions as...
Moved to Action
Motivation, Participation, and Inequality in American Politics
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2009
Wealthy, educated, and more privileged people are more likely to participate and be represented in politics than their poorer, less educated, and less privileged counterparts. To reduce these inequalities, we need a better understanding of how the disadvantaged become motivated to participate. Moved...
Issues and Methods in Comparative Politics
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Building on the strengths of the third edition, this highly regarded textbook continues to provide the best introduction to the strategies of comparative research in political science. Divided into three parts, the book begins by examining different methods, applying these methods to dominant issues...
by Paul Luebke
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2000
Offering an insightful analysis of North Carolina political trends and personalities, Paul Luebke moves beyond the usual labels of Republican and Democrat, conservative and liberal. In Tar Heel Politics 2000, he argues that North Carolina's real political battle is between two factions of the state's...
Contesting Rurality
Politics in the British Countryside
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Rural issues have gained national prominence in Britain in recent years. The future of hunting, the Foot and Mouth outbreak, farm income and agricultural reform and housing development have all claimed political and media attention, promoted by a vocal rural lobby and headline-grabbing protests and...
The Street Politics of Abortion
Speech, Violence, and America's Culture Wars
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2013
The U.S. Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade stands as a historic victory for abortion-rights activists. But rather than serving as the coda to what had been a comparatively low-profile social conflict, the decision mobilized a wave of anti-abortion protests and ignited a heated struggle that continues...