Political Science category: 78432 books
Political Communication and Leadership
Mimetisation, Hugo Chavez and the Construction of Power and Identity
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2015
The long-lasting hegemonic rule of President Hugo Chávez not only involved significant rearrangements in the control of political power in Venezuela but also shifts in the way its citizens constructed, connected and interacted with politics. In this book, Elena Block explores the political communication...
by Joseph S. Roucek
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 1963
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 1963
This book, long in preparation, is a survey of both the great and the infamous political ideas of history as reflected in the writings of the world’s foremost political thinkers. The editor has presented selections, each representing the core of the particular individual’s theories, so that the...
Flattery and the History of Political Thought
That Glib and Oily Art
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2018
Flattery is an often overlooked political phenomenon, even though it has interested thinkers from classical Athens to eighteenth-century America. Drawing a distinction between moralistic and strategic flattery, this book offers new interpretations of a range of texts from the history of political...
by Andrea Becker, Maren Reyelt
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2004
Seminar paper from the year 2001 in the subject Politics - Political Theory and the History of Ideas Journal, grade: 1 - (A-), University of Wyoming (Department of Political Science), course: Recent Political Thought, language: English, abstract: 'Man is born free and, and everywhere he is in chains....
Civil Society and Political Reform in Lebanon and Libya
Transition and constraint
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2016
Lebanon and Libya have undergone critical political events in recent years. However, demands for reform from civic institutions during these transitions have not led to concrete political decisions.
Civil Society and Political Reform in Lebanon and Libya reveals the deeply-entrenched historical...
Democracy and Pluralism
The Political Thought of William E. Connolly
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2009
William E. Connolly’s political theory forms a distinct and influential contribution to contemporary debates about the nature and prospects of democratic life in the twenty-first century. His original conceptualisations of pluralism, naturalism, the politics of the body, religion, secularism and...
Narratives of Justice
Legislators' Beliefs about Distributive Fairness
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2010
Narratives of Justice offers a provocative, contemporary look at the timeless questions of justice and fairness. Using face-to-face interviews, Grant Reeher plumbs the minds of legislators for their beliefs about distributive justice and attempts to discover the ways in which those beliefs influence...
The Owl and the Rooster
Hegel's Transformative Political Science
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
Since 1945, there have been two waves of Anglo-American writing on Hegel's political thought. The first defended it against works portraying Hegel as an apologist of Prussian reaction and a theorist of totalitarian nationalism. The second presented Hegel as a civic humanist critic of liberalism in...
Political Tone
How Leaders Talk and Why
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2013
It’s not what you say, but how you say it. Solving problems with words is the essence of politics, and finding the right words for the moment can make or break a politician’s career. Yet very little has been said in political science about the elusive element of tone.
In Political Tone,...
by John M. Carey, Richard G. Niemi, Lynda W. Powell
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2009
It has been predicted that term limits in state legislatures--soon to be in effect in eighteen states--will first affect the composition of the legislatures, next the behavior of legislators, and finally legislatures as institutions. The studies in Term Limits in State Legislatures demonstrate that...
by Alexander L. George, Juliette L. George, Stephen G. Walker
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
Woodrow Wilson’s presidential campaign in 1912 marked the beginning of a remarkable personal and political collaboration between Wilson and Colonel Edward M. House. The book traces the complexities of Wilson’s life and career along with his relationship with House, who for almost a decade was...
Dangerous Liaisons
Organized Crime and Political Finance in Latin America and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2013
The relationship between criminal syndicates and politicians has a long history, including episodes even from the earliest years of America's colonies. But while organized crime may not get the headlines it once did in North America, the resurgence of such criminal activity in Latin America, and in...
Enchanted America
How Intuition and Reason Divide Our Politics
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2018
America is in civic chaos, its politics rife with conspiracy theories and false information. Nationalism and authoritarianism are on the rise, while scientists, universities, and news organizations are viewed with increasing mistrust. Its citizens reject scientific evidence on climate change and...
Democratic Processes and Financial Markets
Pricing Politics
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2006
The authors examine the conditions under which democratic events, including elections, cabinet formations, and government dissolutions, affect asset markets. Where these events have less predictable outcomes, market returns are depressed and volatility increases. In contrast, where market actors can...