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Citizenship and ImmigrationThis incisive book provides a succinct overview of the new academic field of citizenship and immigration, as well as presenting a fresh and original argument about changing citizenship in our contemporary human rights era. Instead of being nationally resilient or in "postnational" decline, citizenship...
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Globalization / Anti-Globalization: Beyond the Great DivideIs globalization being eclipsed by a resurgent geopolitics? Does the war on terror denote the end of globalization or a new phase of militarized globalization? Empire or globalization - are these the right terms to describe the current global order? The second edition of...
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Globalization / Anti-Globalization: Beyond the Great DivideIs globalization being eclipsed by a resurgent geopolitics? Does the war on terror denote the end of globalization or a new phase of militarized globalization? Empire or globalization - are these the right terms to describe the current global order? The second edition of...
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The Original AccidentThe future once promised the certainty of a better life for all but now it is full of uncertainty, danger and fear. Our lives are surrounded by the threats, imaginary or real, posed by terrorist outrages, natural catastrophes and disasters of all kinds. The...
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After Terror: Promoting Dialogue Among CivilizationsAfter Terror presents sustained reflections by some of the world's most celebrated thinkers on the most pressing question of our time: how can we find ways to defuse the ticking bombs of terrorism and excessive interventions against it? It offers an antidote to the...
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The Abuse of Evil: The Corruption of Politics and Religion Since 9/11Since 9/11 politicians, preachers, conservatives and the media are all speaking about evil. In the past the dicourse about evil in our religious, philosophic and literary traditions has provoked thinking, questioning and inquiry. But today the appeal to evil is being used as a...
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Political Justice: Foundations for a Critical Philosophy of Law and the StateOtfried H ffe is one of the foremost political philosophers in Europe today. In this major work, already a classic in continental Europe, he re-examines philosophical discourse on justice - from Classical Greece to the present day. H ffe confronts what he sees as...
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State Power: A Strategic-Relational ApproachBob Jessop presents an up-to-date account of his distinctive approach to the dialectics of structure and strategy in the exercise of state power. While his earlier work critically surveys other state theories, this book focuses on the development of his own 'strategic-relational approach'.Author: Bob...
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Post-Democracy: A Sociological IntroductionPost-Democracy is a polemical work that goes beyond current complaints about the failings of our democracy and explores the deeper social and economic forces that account for the current malaise. Colin Crouch argues that the decline of those social classes which had made possible...
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The PeopleThis groundbreaking study sets out to clarify one of the most influential but least studied of all political concepts. Despite continual talk of popular sovereignty, the idea of the people has been neglected by political theorists who have been deterred by its vagueness. Margaret...
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Taking Responsibility for the Past: The Future of European GovernanceInjustices of the past cast a shadow on the present. They are the root cause of much harm, the source of enmity, and increasingly in recent times, the focus of demands for reparation. In this groundbreaking philosophical investigation, Janna Thompson examines the problems raised...
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The Political Theory of Recognition: A Critical IntroductionAuthor: Simon ThompsonPublisher: Polity PressPublished: 10/06/2006Pages: 224Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 8.80h x 6.00w x 0.70dISBN: 9780745627625About the AuthorSimon Thompson is a lecturer in politics at the University of the West of England, Bristol.This title is not returnable
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Sovereignty, Rights and Justice: International Political Theory TodaySovereignty, Rights and Justice surveys the relationship between international relations theory and political theory, showing the way in which these two discourses, once considered separate, are now intertwined. In the first part of the book an historical overview of the international political theory on...
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Understanding NationalismThis book offers the most up-to-date survey of current perspectives and debates in the fields of nations and nationalism. It brings together a selected group of leading scholars in each of the sub-fields who offer a comprehensive and challenging approach to the study of...
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Human Rights in Another KeyThis is a refreshingly original analysis of human rights, past and present, which sets out major new terms of reference for political debate, it will become a standard text in the human rights field.Author: Johan GaltungPublisher: Polity PressPublished: 10/01/1994Pages: 192Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 9.00h...
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The Machine at Work: Nihilism and Hermeneutics in Post-Modern CultureThis highly topical book is a concise and accessible account of the relationship between technology and work. Firstly, it reviews and critically assesses a variety of recent approaches to the social and cultural dimensions of technology. Secondly, it examines the implications of these new...
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Hope Lies in the Proles: George Orwell and the LeftFew figures on the left are as widely heralded as George Orwell. Yet his actual politics are poorly understood. Hope Lies in the Proles corrects that, offering a sympathetic yet critical account of Orwell's often muddied political thinking and its continued relevance today. John...
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Which Socialism?: Marxism, Socialism and DemocracyCan democracy provide a path to socialism? Can civil rights and democratic institutions be protected and developed in a socialist society? Does our view of the nature and value of democracy affect our understanding of socialism itself? In a world with regimes which profess...
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A People's History of the Russian RevolutionThe Russian Revolution may well be the most misunderstood event in modern history. In this fast-paced introduction, Neil Faulkner debunks the myths that continue to shroud it, showing how a mass movement of millions, organised in democratic assemblies, mobilised for militant action and destroyed...
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Cabin Crew Conflict: The British Airways Dispute 2009-11In 2009, cabin crew in the BASSA union embarked on a historic, two-year battle against British Airways which was seeking to impose reduced crew levels and to transform working conditions. In the face of employer hostility, legal obstruction, government opposition and adverse media coverage,...
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