Political Science
Explore a comprehensive selection of political science books, including essential titles on the fundamentals and principles of the field. Discover the best political science booklist and best-selling books at our online bookstore.
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Private Security and the LawPrivate Security and the Law, Fifth Edition, is a singular resource that provides the most comprehensive analysis of practices in the security industry with respect to law, regulation, licensure, and constitutional questions of case and statutory authority.The book begins with a historical background of...
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Thinking About Victimization: Context and ConsequencesBringing together cutting-edge theory and research that bridges academic disciplines from criminology and criminal justice, to developmental psychology, sociology, and political science, Thinking About Victimization offers an authoritative, comprehensive, and refreshingly accessible overview of scholarship on the nature, sources, and consequences of victimization. Written...
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Understanding Cultural PolicyUnderstanding Cultural Policy provides a practical, comprehensive introduction to thinking about how and why governments intervene in the arts and culture. Cultural policy expert Carole Rosenstein examines the field through comparative, historical, and administrative lenses, while engaging directly with the issues and tensions that...
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Postcolonial PoliticsThis timely new four volume collection series enables users to make sense of the vast diversity of texts, generated across different continents and in different languages, and spanning numerous fields of intellectual and literary endeavour, that constitute the formative and central works of Postcolonial...
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Star Power: American Democracy in the Age of the Celebrity CandidateAre celebrity politics the spice of American public life or a pox on policy progress? This book identifies and measures the attributes of celebrities that make them well-equipped to win campaigns and yet poorly prepared to govern effectively. The framers of the U.S. Constitution...
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Suicide and Social Justice: New Perspectives on the Politics of Suicide and Suicide PreventionSuicide and Social Justice unites diverse scholarly and social justice perspectives on the international problem of suicide and suicidal behavior. With a focus on social justice, the book seeks to understand the complex interactions between individual and group experiences with suicidality and various social...
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Counselling Skills for Social WorkersCounselling skills are very powerful. Really listening and providing compassionate empathy without judging is a core part of social work practice with service users. This book provides a theoretically informed understanding of the core skills required to provide counselling interventions that work. It provides...
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The Far Right and the Environment: Politics, Discourse and CommunicationAt the beginning of the twenty-first century, both the crisis of liberal democracy, as visible in, for example, the rise of far-right actors in Europe and the United States, and environmental crises, from declining biodiversity to climate change, are increasingly in the public spotlight....
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Global Indigenous Politics: A Subtle RevolutionThis book examines how Indigenous peoples' rights and Indigenous rights movements represent an important and often overlooked shift in international politics - a shift that powerful states are actively resisting in a multitude of ways. While Indigenous peoples are often dismissed as marginal non-state...
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Women, Peace and Security: An IntroductionThis book offers an accessible overview of the multiple, interdependent issues related to the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) global agenda. The first introductory overview of the WPS agenda as articulated in multiple national and international resolutions, statements, and initiatives, the book provides a...
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Landscapes of Care: Comparative Perspectives on Family CaregivingGiven the increasing shift of care from state residential services to community-based support, this book examines the complex geographies of family caregiving for young adults with intellectual disabilities. It traces how family 'carers' are directly and indirectly affected by a broad array of law...
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Multipolar Globalization: Emerging Economies and DevelopmentLike a giant oil tanker, the world is slowly turning. The rapid growth of economies in Asia and the global South has led to a momentous shift in the world order, leaving much of the traditional literature on globalization behind. Multipolar Globalization: Emerging Economies...
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World Clothing and Fashion: An Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Social InfluenceTaking a global, multicultural, social, and economic perspective, this work explores the diverse and colourful history of human attire. From prehistoric times to the age of globalization, articles cover the evolution of clothing utility, style, production, and commerce, including accessories (shoes, hats, gloves, handbags,...
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Theory and Methods in Political ScienceA broad-ranging and pluralistic textbook which highlights the rich variety of approaches to studying politics. Written by an international team of experts, this fully revised fourth edition offers cutting-edge coverage from fundamental to contemporary issues. Integrating guides to further reading and clear examples of...
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Contemporary Southeast Asia: The Politics of Change, Contestation, and AdaptationAt the epicenter of the world's most dynamic economic continent, Southeast Asia provides a window into some of the most important contemporary global developments in politics, and plays a crucial role in determining the wider region's future. The 3rd edition of this highly-acclaimed text...
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Issues in 21st Century World PoliticsThe third edition of this popular textbook offers a comprehensive and authoritative introduction to the key questions that will confront anyone interested in world politics for decades to come. This text is a collation of topical chapters, each authored by experts in their own...
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The Palgrave Handbook of Disciplinary and Regional Approaches to PeacePART I: DISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES 1. History Peace in History; John Gittings 2. Politics and Governance: From Emergency to Emergence; David Chandler3. Philosophy: The Philosophy of Peace; Nick Rengger 4. International Relations: Peace in International Relations Theory; Oliver P. Richmond5. Anthropology: Implications for Peace; Geneviève...
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Development and the State in the 21st Century: Tackling the Challenges Facing the Developing WorldDevelopment and the State in the 21st Century provides a comprehensive analysis of the state's role in contemporary development. The book examines the challenges that states face in the developing world - from lasting poverty and political instability to disease and natural disasters -...
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The Settler Colonial PresentThe Settler Colonial Present explores the ways in which settler colonialism as a specific mode of domination informs the global present. It presents an argument regarding its extraordinary resilience and diffusion and reflects on the need to imagine its decolonisation.Author: L. VeraciniPublisher: Palgrave MacMillanPublished:...
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The Millennial Generation and National Defense: Attitudes of Future Military and Civilian LeadersThis study captures the attitudes and values of the youth generation of college students in the USA toward the military, war, national defence, and foreign policy matters. Providing a unique insight into civilian and military Millenials, the authors explore the impact of 9/11 and...
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