Political category: 85882 books
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Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2015
Interpretive political science focuses on the meanings that shape actions and institutions, and the ways in which they do so. This Handbook explores the implications of interpretive theory for the study of politics. It provides the first definitive survey of the field edited by two of its pioneers....
Business Associations and the Financing of Political Parties
A Comparative Study of the Evolution of Practices in Germany, Norway and Japan
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Students of government and social power recognize that wherever governmental systems embrace popular elections, the functions and mechanisms of political finance constitute inevitable links of influence between economic structures and political processes. The transmu tation of economic power into...
by Anthony Anamgba
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2017
Pre-colonial political systems are the types of traditional government that existed before the advent of colonialism in Nigeria.
Pre-colonial political systems are the governments based on the customs and conventions of the indigenous people of Nigeria.
It is in this lucid manner that...
Political Religion and Religious Politics
Navigating Identities in the United States
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2015
Profound demographic and cultural changes in American society over the last half century have unsettled conventional understandings of the relationship between religious and political identity. The "Protestant mainline" continues to shrink in numbers, as well as in cultural and political...
Politics and Traditional Culture
The Political Use of Traditions in Contemporary China
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2014
This book examines the political use of China's traditions by the party-state in contemporary China. It argues that the party-state has taken an official Marxist stance in terms of the political use of tradition. Besides looking at the official Marxist stance, this book also looks at critiques of...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2017
Since its development shaped by the turmoil of the World Wars and suspicion of new technologies such as film and radio, political communication has become a hybrid field largely devoted to connecting the dots among political rhetoric, politicians and leaders, voters' opinions, and media exposure to...
by Matthew J. Moore
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
Despite the recent upsurge of interest in comparative political theory, there has been virtually no serious examination of Buddhism by political philosophers in the past five decades. In part, this is because Buddhism is not typically seen as a school of political thought. However, as Matthew Moore...
Political Alienation in Libya
Assessing Citizens' Political Attitude and Behaviour
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
In this book, Mabroka al-Werfalli examines the extent and effects of political alienation in Libya. Using a variety of measures, the author highlights links between legitimacy and alienation and underlines certain types of political behaviour commonly associated with political alienation, in an attempt...
In the Beginning Was the Deed
Realism and Moralism in Political Argument
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2009
Bernard Williams is remembered as one of the most brilliant and original philosophers of the past fifty years. Widely respected as a moral philosopher, Williams began to write about politics in a sustained way in the early 1980s. There followed a stream of articles, lectures, and other major contributions...
by Olin Bray
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2012
Our political system is in trouble. Myths and opinions often override facts, data, and analysis in determining policy and elections. This book identifies one of our problems, political incompetence in both the electorate and officials. It identifies critical political competence skills, such as political...
The Political Class
Why It Matters Who Our Politicians Are
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2018
Recent years have seen an intensification of discussion on the issue of Britain's political class. The question of who our politicians are is front and centre. Do they represent us? Are all politicians just in it for themselves? Are they disconnected from the lives of normal people? In The Political...
American Political Thought
An Alternative View
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
The twenty-first century presents unique political challenges, like increasing concern over racially based police brutality and mass incarceration, continuing economic and gender inequality, the rise of conservative and libertarian politics, and the appropriate role of religion in American politics....
Political Psychology
Critical Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2013
This book provides an introduction to political psychology through a focus on European politics and topics. It describes a style of doing political psychology in Europe that has developed out of dialogue with as well as critique of North American approaches. By emphasising the theoretical and methodological...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2018
Islam has become a potent political force around the world since it reemerged in the late 1960's and 1970's as a religio-political alternative to failed nationalist ideologies. In countries throughout the world, individuals and movements have attempted to reconstruct the political, economic, and social...