Setting out on the task of rescuing "self determination from its nationalist misuse," Dahbour (philosophy, Hunter College) critically clarifies the philosophical justifications for national self-deter
Kook makes the provocative argument that membership in democracies is inherently exclusionary, and that national exclusion is a tacit requirement for successfully democratic regimes.
As an Israeli-American, Kook (politics and government, Ben-Gurion U. of the Negev) alternated between homes in New York and Tel Aviv throughout her childhood, which led her to see similarities in the
Van Niekerk (Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies, U. of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) examines the similarities and differences in the social and economic adjustment patterns of the Afro-Suriname
Originally published in 1976, this biography by Maki (emeritus, U. of Massachusetts at Amherst) follows the life of William Smith Clark (1826-1886), whose eight-month stint in Hokkaido advising the Me
Willmoore Kendall: Maverick of American Conservatives provides the first book-length study of a man long regarded as a founding father of American intellectual conservatism.
Arguing that the Western tradition of political thought and practice is shaped by two fundamentally different visions of politics that can, in essence, be traced back to Hobbes and Rousseau, Matthew (
Taking the friendly relations, at various times, between the United States and Iran, Israel, and Saudi Arabia as case studies, Miglietta (political science, Tennessee State U.) examines and critiques
Although Morgenthau, primarily known for his works on international relations such as Politics Among Nations (1948) and In Defense of the National Interest (1951), has been seen as a one-dimension
In Capitalism and Commerce, Edward Younkins provides a clear and accessible introduction to the best moral and economic arguments for capitalism. Drawn from over a decade of business school teaching,
For nearly a century, the Republican Party held an uncontested dominant place in the state politics of Vermont. Hand (emeritus, history, U. of Vermont) traces the story of that hundred years, explorin
Migration and the Externalities of European Integration analyzes the extra-European dimension of the European Union's migration policies and the mechanisms developed to enforce the EU's policy decisio
Taiwan's recent moves to democratize its political system have undermined the "one China" policy and demanded the redefinition of relations between Taiwan and China.Across the Taiwan Strait
Abraham Lincoln worried that the 'walls' of the constitution would ultimately be leveled by the 'silent artillery of time.' His fears materialized with the 1913 ratification of the Seventeenth Amendme
The human soul is for pre-modern philosophers the cause of both thinking and life. This double aspect of the soul, which makes man a rational animal, expresses itself above all in human action. Deadly
In The Scepter Shall Not Depart from Judah, Alan Mittleman looks at some of the central problems of political philosophy—such as fundamental rights and the common good—from the point of view of rabbin
Criminologists agree that crime has its roots at the level of the local neighborhood, but many criticize social disorganization theory for its fairly narrow view of the community dynamics related to c
