Unlike many other books about the American founding, this new work by two of the most prominent scholars of American political history emphasizes the coherence and intelligibility of the social compac
In Out of the Revolution, Delores P. Aldridge and Carlene Young collect thirty-one of the nation's top scholars to provide a complete reference for understanding the impetus for, the development of, a
The Inter-American Convention against Corruption was adopted by the Organization of American States in 1997 to fight corruption within the governments of the Western Hemisphere. Manfroni (law and poli
Organized by region, boasting an international roster of contributors, and including summaries of selected creative and critical works and a guide to selected terms and figures, Salhi's volume is an i
Comparative Political Philosophy: Studies Under the Upas Tree examines four major traditions of political philosophy and discusses similarities in their key ideas and assumptions. An intellectually da
Writing as Resistance charts the inner workings of apartheid, through the encounters - imprisonment, exile, and homecoming - that crucially defined its violent reign and ultimate overthrow. Author Pau
Designed for humanists and theists alike, this book provides concrete suggestions to help college and university professors handle a range of ethical issues related to university curriculum, as they a
Editors Joan Grossman and Ruth Rischin pose to their contributors an intriguing question: What happens when the ideas of a thinker like William James, who—despite his originality—was deeply rooted in
Schlueter (political science, St. Ambrose University) offers a critical historical, constitutional, and philosophical examination of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s understanding of justice from within the
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
This memoir is primarily concerned with Borton's engagement with Japan as a scholar and as a U.S. foreign policy planner. Bracketed by experiences teaching at Columbia U., as well as some discussion o
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,
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
Gathered in this one volume, But Not Philosophy provides useful and thought-provoking introductions to seven major 'schools' of non-Western thought: Mesopotamian, ancient African, Hindu, Confucian, Bu
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
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
