Political Science category: 78432 books
The Rise of the Social Sciences and the Formation of Modernity
Conceptual Change in Context, 1750–1850
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
This volume offers one of the first systematic analyses of the rise of modern social science. Contrary to the standard accounts of various social science disciplines, the essays in this volume demonstrate that modern social science actually emerged during the critical period between 1750 and 1850....
by Francis A. O'Connell
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
The theory of democratic pluralism has long provided the dominant ideal and description of politics in industrial societies with competing party systems. The purpose of this classic collection, including some of the leading theorists of the late 1960s, is to subject this theory to systematic scrutiny....
Social Movements
Ideologies, Interest, and Identities
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2017
More than any other topic in social science, the study of social movements provides an opportunity to combine social theory with political action. Such study is a key to understanding the motivations, successes, and failures of thousands who aspire to high ideals of justice, but who sometimes aid...
Citizenship and the Political Integration of Muslims
The Relational Field of French Islam
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
This book explores the political integration of Muslims and Islam across contemporary democracies. The author focuses on France, a country in which the integration of Muslims is usually seen as being problematic and controversial, and which is struggling with both Islamic radicalisation on the one...
by Donatella della Porta
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2015
Recent years have seen an enormous increase in protests across the world in which citizens have challenged what they see as a deterioration of democratic institutions and the very civil, political and social rights that form the basis of democratic life. Beginning with Iceland in 2008, and then forcefully...
Politics in Wired Nations
Selected Writings of Ithiel De Sola Pool
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Ithiel de Sola Pool was a pioneering social scientist, a distinguished scholar of the political process, and one of the most original thinkers in the development of the social sciences. Passionately engaged in politics, he continued his role of leadership throughout his life, building the MIT Political...
by Ian Jeffries
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2010
China’s role in global events today cannot be overestimated.
This book provides a comprehensive and detailed overview of contemporary political developments in China. Key topics covered include: China's international relations with its neighbours and with the international community more...
Political Participation in Asia
Typologies of Political Behavior across Democratizing States
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2015
This book examines types of political participation in ten Asian countries. The inquiry begins by building on past theories of types of political behavior and who participates in each type. Then six dimensions of political participation are constructed and tested using a survey dataset from the Asian...
by Ayo Peters
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016
Seminar paper from the year 2016 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Africa, grade: A-, , course: Political Science, language: English, abstract: In January 2006, insurgents in Nigeria's Niger-Delta kidnapped four foreign oil workers working for Shell Petroleum. Since then,...
Political Translation
How Social Movement Democracies Survive
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
At a time when the legitimacy of democracies is in question, calls to improve the quality of public debate and deliberative democracy are sweeping the social sciences. Yet, real deliberation lies far from the deliberative ideal. Theorists have argued that linguistic and cultural differences foster...
Creatures of Politics
Media, Message, and the American Presidency
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2012
It’s a common complaint that a presidential candidate's style matters more than substance and that the issues have been eclipsed by mass-media-fueled obsession with a candidate’s every slip, gaffe, and peccadillo. This book explores political communication in American presidential politics, focusing...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
Theories of performativity have garnered considerable attention within the social sciences and humanities over the past two decades. At the same time, there has also been a growing recognition that the social production of space is fundamental to assertions of political authority and the practices...
by Michael Brecher
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2009
International Political Earthquakes is the masterwork of the preeminent scholar Michael Brecher. Brecher, who came of age before World War II, has witnessed more than seven decades of conflict and has spent his career studying the dynamics of relations among nations throughout the world.
When...
Catastrophic Politics
How Extraordinary Events Redefine Perceptions of Government
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2012
Shocking moments in society create an extraordinary political environment that permits political and opinion changes that are unlikely during times of normal politics. Strong emotions felt by the public during catastrophes - even if experienced only vicariously through media coverage - are a powerful...