Politics category: 19839 books
How to save politics in a post-truth era
Thinking through difficult times
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2018
The rise of populism, Donald Trump's election and the result of the EU referendum in the UK have been widely interpreted as a rejection of the post-war liberal order – the manifestation of a desire to undermine the political system that people feel has let them down. Yet mainstream politicians and...
Imaginal Politics
Images Beyond Imagination and the Imaginary
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
Between the radical, creative capacity of our imagination and the social imaginary we are immersed in is an intermediate space philosophers have termed the imaginal, populated by images or (re)presentations that are presences in themselves. Offering a new, systematic understanding of the imaginal...
Challenging Euro-America's Politics of Identity
The Return of the Native
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2008
In this fascinating book, Jorge Luis Andrade Fernandes critically examines the impact of colonialism and postcolonial migration on the politics and identity of Euro-American imperial powers.
It considers how ‘outsiders’ are part of the construction of the ‘native’ identity of the nation-state,...
Politics on the Internet
A Student Guide
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2004
The Internet is revolutionizing the way we live and interact with the world and is also changing the way we study. When it comes to politics we are faced with an immense volume of information which is often overwhelming, but properly harnessed can be inspiring and enlightening.
This indispensable...
by John Cartwright
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1970
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1970
Sierra Leona is unique among African states in the extent of its commitment to competition between individuals and parties for political office. Until 1967 it maintained a political system marked by vigorous competition between parties and by numerous opportunities for the expression of diverse and...
The Politics of Sex
Public Opinion, Parties, and Presidential Elections
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2014
The American cultural landscape has shifted considerably since the 1990s. As church attendance has declined, seculars have increased in number and in political involvement. The economy was supposed to be the most important issue in the 2008 and 2012 elections, but social issues such as gay rights...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2001
This collection of essays seeks to shed light on the politics of those people who are normally thought of as being excluded from the political nation in early modern England. If by political nation we mean those who sat in parliament, the governors of counties and towns, and the enfranchised classes...
Psychoanalytic Reflections on Politics
Fatherlands in mothers' hands
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
Psychoanalytic Reflections on Politics: Fatherlands in mothers’ hands is a playful exploration of how people’s desires, fantasies, and emotions shape political events and social phenomena. It highlights the mythical sources of today’s political projects, the power of political imagination, and...
by Smita A. Rahman
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2014
In recent years, there has been an increased attention to temporality in political theory, and such attention is sorely needed. For too long political theory, with the exception of occasional phenomenological forays, has remained grounded in a particular experience of time as linear and sequential....
by James Corry
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1963
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1963
J.A. Corry, one of Canada's outstanding political scientists, in the Alan B. Plaunt Lectures for 1963 has contributed a brilliant and provocative analysis of the changed world in which politics and students of politics must operate today. He suggests first that political studies can no longer be confined...
Politics and Suicide
The philosophy of political self-destruction
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2015
Politics and Suicide argues that whilst the historical lineage of suicidal politics is recognised, the fundamental significance of autodestruction to the political remains under examined. It contends that practices like suicide-bombing do not simply embody a strange or abnormal ‘suicidal’ articulation...
by Steve Dustcircle
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2015
Politics are in our everyday lives. They affect everything and everyone. No matter if you're an elderly person or a young child, politics plays a role in what goes on around you.
Politics affects what meals you eat in school, and what textbooks you have. They affect what your house costs, and...
by Carlos Closa
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2013
Since its inception, the European Union (EU) has revised its foundational treaties several times, resulting in national ratification processes involving different actors, with varying success. This book focuses on the politics of ratification of EU Treaties and reviews the processes of ratification...
Black Politics 2.0
Status of Black Politics Prior to and During the Political Advent of President Barack Obama
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2016
Gary James explores electoral politics from the 1960s to present day, providing a portal to black American contemporary politics. His insightful book discusses the internal dynamic between the civil rights and black power juxtaposition. Two main characters animate the narrative, Spike and CadreUSA, who...