While offering an introduction to the concept of "afoundationalism", this text recognizes the collapse of traditional beliefs in the strong foundations of the political domain, and tackles such themes as social structure, ethical argumentation and political organization.
While offering an introduction to the concept of "afoundationalism", this text recognizes the collapse of traditional beliefs in the strong foundations of the political domain, and tackles such themes as social structure, ethical argumentation and political organization.
Are women still oppressed? Is paid employment the key to liberation? This study draws on a range of material to provide an account of feminist debates, analyze the situation of women in western societies and discuss underlying theoretical assumptions of political disagreement.
In a wide-ranging historical introduction to social theory, Alex Callinicos explores the controversies over modernity and examines the connections between social theory and modern philosophy, political economy and evolutionary biology since the Enlightenment.
Providing an investigation of contemporary politics, this text articulates a critical philosophical perspective with politically disposed treatments of contemporary cinema. It demonstrates what it means to think the political in terms of cinema studies and wider aesthetic contexts.
Providing an investigation of contemporary politics, this text articulates a critical philosophical perspective with politically disposed treatments of contemporary cinema. It demonstrates what it means to think the political in terms of cinema studies and wider aesthetic contexts.
Over the years local governments across America have increasingly turned specialized functions over to autonomous agencies. This book offers a comprehensive examination of the causes and consequences of special-purpose governments in more than 300 metropolitan areas in the United States.
A wide-ranging overview of the processes of democratization in post-Communist Europe, placing the transitions in these states within a broad European and global context. The authors introduce the concepts and theories of democracy and then look at the emerging politics of the new democracies in terms of: the formation of civil society; economic ......
To what extent are the techniques of campaigning and media management critical to the outcome of modern elections? This book brings together a group of leading scholars to provide a comprehensive analysis of the role and impact of political communications during election campaigns. They set the context of election campaigning in Britain, and the ......
