This textbook covers the A/S-level government and politics syllabuses offered by the main examination boards. Clearly written, with checklists, bullet points, chapter summaries, boxes and charts, revision notes and sample examination questions, it should be an ideal information source for students.
Studies of Victorian governance have been profoundly influenced by Discipline and Punish , Foucault's genealogy of modern power. The author of this work shows, however, that Foucault's later essays provide better critical tools for understanding the 19th-century British state.
Argues that political scientists in a liberal democracy bear a special responsibility that goes beyond their academic pursuits. The author concludes with a case study - an analysis of the susceptibility of political culture to the influence of intellectuals and critics of the Constitution.
Offers a concise introduction to Jefferson's political philosophy, and aims to make a contribution to a prevailing historiographic controversy: was Thomas Jefferson a Lockean liberal or a classical republican? Sheldon claims that his thought followed a rich variety of theoretical traditions.
Offers a theory of disaster in modern and contemporary society and its impact on the construction of social and political life.
A defense of a civil government guided by moral principles that allow for freedoms. This book shows the early American understanding about the relationship between politics and faith and why it is essential for both liberty and piety to resist any attempt to unite government and Church.
This Reader brings together a generous selection of readings from the original texts of the three major classical sociological theorists: Karl Marx, Max Weber, Emile Durkheim. The readings are deliberately of a substantial length to allow students to gain a full understanding of the texts.
The distinctive feature of this book is its ingenious argumentative strategy: it takes on the political by developing a practice and a thought the authors call 'polemicization'.
David Harvey brings an exciting perspective to two of the principal themes of contemporary social discourse; globalization and the body.
This work asks, How do culturally determined political conflicts arise? , and suggests that most religions share core values, and that difference only leads to intolerance and violence when politically ambitious leaderships exploit it.
This work asks, How do culturally determined political conflicts arise? , and suggests that most religions share core values, and that difference only leads to intolerance and violence when politically ambitious leaderships exploit it.