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Author: Catriona McKinnon
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780198784067
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis political theory textbook invites students to apply the concepts they encounter to real world politics. Each chapter includes a 2000 word case study to highlight the theories that have been discussed.
Author: Catriona McKinnon
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 404
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a unique political theory textbook that invites students to apply the concepts they encounter to real world politics. Each chapter includes a 2,000 word case study to highlight the theories that have been discussed. The lucid and elegant contributions by leading thinkers enables engagement with the subject at its sharp end without any compromise in accessibility. This is essential reading for all political theory students from beginners onwards. Online Resource CentreThe book is accompanied by the following resources:Student Site:Case studies for each chapterAnnotated web links for each chapterLinks to journal articlesInstructor Site:Essay questions, seminar questions and activities
Author: Katherine Smits
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2017-10-05
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 1137426845
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFully revised and extended, the new edition of this innovative and engaging textbook introduces the central elements of political theory from an applied perspective. Focusing on 12 high-profile contemporary social and political case studies, both domestic and global, this text shows how political theory illuminates and helps makes sense of important debates in public life. This is the perfect introduction for students interested in how political theory can be used to help us solve the political questions of our time, whether at a beginner's level, or building upon an introduction to theories and concepts. New to this Edition: - Draws on an even wider range of contemporary and historical political thinkers from different philosophical traditions - Updated to take recent important cases and controversies into account - Includes a new chapter which examines leaking classified information
Author: Paul Schumaker
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2010-02-22
Total Pages: 377
ISBN-13: 1405189975
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUtilizing 100 key readings, The Political Theory Reader explores the rich tradition of ideas that shape the way we live and the great issues in political theory today. Allows students to see how competing ideological viewpoints think about the same political issues Provides readers with direct access to authors covered in the From Ideologies to Public Philosophies text Facilitates discussions by having readings arranged thematically throughout text Extracts of works specifically chosen to focus on topics central to issues covered in chapters.
Author: Clayton Chin
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2018-08-28
Total Pages: 313
ISBN-13: 0231547994
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRecent political thought has grappled with a crisis in philosophical foundations: how do we justify the explicit and implicit normative claims and assumptions that guide political decisions and social criticism? In The Practice of Political Theory, Clayton Chin presents a critical reconstruction of the work of Richard Rorty that intervenes in the current surge of methodological debates in political thought, arguing that Rorty provides us with unrecognized tools for resolving key foundational issues. Chin illustrates the significance of Rorty’s thought for contemporary political thinking, casting his conception of “philosophy as cultural politics” as a resource for new models of sociopolitical criticism. He juxtaposes Rorty’s pragmatism with the ontological turn, illuminating them as alternative interventions in the current debate over the crisis of foundations in philosophy. Chin places Rorty in dialogue with continental philosophy and those working within its legacy. Focused on both important questions in pragmatist scholarship and central issues in contemporary political thought, The Practice of Political Theory is an important response to the vexed questions of justification and pluralism.
Author: John S Dryzek
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2008-06-12
Total Pages: 898
ISBN-13: 0199548439
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOxford Handbooks of Political Science are the essential guide to the state of political science today. With engaging contributions from 51 major international scholars, the Oxford Handbook of Political Theory provides the key point of reference for anyone working in political theory and beyond.
Author: Mark Bevir
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 2010-03-18
Total Pages: 1585
ISBN-13: 1412958652
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLooking at the roots of contemporary political theory, this three-volume set examines the global landscape of all the key theories and the theorists behind them, and provides concise, to-the-point definitions of key concepts, ideas, schools and figures.
Author: Peter Jones
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 1994-10-28
Total Pages: 268
ISBN-13: 1349236713
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book provides a comprehensive introduction to contemporary thought about rights. It examines what it is to have a right and what is distinctive about political moralities that give a fundamental place to rights. The varied grounds and implications of claiming rights to liberties, socio-economic rights and democratic rights are considered and the book concludes with an examination of the theoretical objections and the practical difficulties that proponents of rights have to confront.
Author: Jeremy Waldron
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2016-03-07
Total Pages: 369
ISBN-13: 0674970365
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPolitical theorists focus on the nature of justice, liberty, and equality while ignoring the institutions through which these ideals are achieved. Political scientists keep institutions in view but deploy a meager set of value-conceptions in analyzing them. A more political political theory is needed to address this gap, Jeremy Waldron argues.
Author: Elisabeth Ellis
Publisher: Penn State Press
Published: 2015-06-12
Total Pages: 266
ISBN-13: 0271059869
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPast interpreters of Kant’s thought seldom viewed his writings on politics as having much importance, especially in comparison with his writings on ethics, which (along with his major works, such as the Critique of Pure Reason) received the lion’s share of attention. But in recent years a new generation of scholars has revived interest in what Kant had to say about politics. From a position of engagement with today’s most pressing questions, this volume of essays offers a comprehensive introduction to Kant’s often misunderstood political thought. Covering the full range of sources of Kant’s political theory—including not only the Doctrine of Right, the Critiques, and the political essays but also Kant’s lectures and minor writings—the volume’s distinguished contributors demonstrate that Kant’s philosophy offers compelling positions that continue to inspire the best thinking on politics today. Aside from the editor, the contributors are Michaele Ferguson, Louis-Philippe Hodgson, Ian Hunter, John Christian Laursen, Mika LaVaque-Manty, Onora O’Neill, Thomas W. Pogge, Arthur Ripstein, and Robert S. Taylor.
