Politics, social theory, history of ideas
The Economic Origin of Political Parties Christopher Kam
This Element examines how the changing economic basis of parliamentary elections in nineteenth century England and Wales contributed to the development of modern parties and elections. We show how industrialization, the spread of literacy, and the rise of cheap newspapers, encouraged candidates to enter and contest constituencies. Elements in Political Economy 75pp 1. 2021 9781108828420 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108908726
The Logic of Capital An Introduction to Marxist Economic Theory Deepankar Basu | University of Massachusetts, Amherst
The book presents the main economic argument developed by Marx in the three volumes of Capital in a coherent and comprehensive manner. It will appeal to readers who are interested in critical social sciences, economics, sociology, political science, anthropology in general and Marxism in particular. • Introduction to the three volumes of Capital • No previous training in economics or Marxism is needed to read and understand this book • Accessible treatment to discussion of the so-called transformation problem, the Okishio theorem and theories of exploitation
370pp 9. 2021 9781108832007 Hardback GBP 90.00 / USD 120.00 eISBN 9781108937559
Political theory Apocalypse without God Apocalyptic Thought, Ideal Politics, and the Limits of Utopian Hope Ben Jones | Pennsylvania State University
Despite often being dismissed as bizarre, apocalyptic thought has persistent appeal in political life. This book explains apocalyptic thought’s political appeal by examining it through the eyes of secular thinkers and makes original contributions to both the history of political thought and contemporary political philosophy. • Examines the parallels between apocalyptic thought and ideal theory in political philosophy today • Offers a novel theory for the persistent appeal of apocalyptic thought and why it continually shows up in political life • Draws on insights from the apocalyptic tradition to clarify the challenges, dangers, and limits of utopian hope 200pp 3. 2022 9781316517055 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781009037037
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Compromise and the American Founding The Quest for the People’s Two Bodies Alin Fumurescu | University of Houston
Fumurescu reveals the connection between different understandings of the ‘people’ and attitudes toward compromise, offering valuable lessons on today’s worrisome polarization of politics. This book will appeal to students and researchers of political theory, American political development, the American founding, and modern intellectual history. • Proposes a new vision of the American founding by showing that at the foundation of America lies an overlooked uncompromising tendency and challenges both the ‘orthodox’ and the ‘revisionist’ interpretations of the founding • Reveals a peculiarly American understanding of ‘the people’, combining two diametrically opposed apprehensions: one a collection of individuals ruled by the will of the majority and the other as a corporation ruled by the reason of an aristocracy of merit • Offers an integrating and coherent vision of the theoretical foundations of the American political thought, thus incorporating and overcoming the disputes between the ‘liberal’ and the ‘republican’ schools
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266pp 7. 2021 9781108402453 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99 5. 2019 9781108415873 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108235358
Democratizing Global Justice Deliberating Global Goals John S. Dryzek | University of Canberra
Dryzek and Tanasoca examine how justice in the international system requires movement toward global democracy, and how such moves can be made in areas like climate governance and the formulation of the Sustainable Development Goals. For scholars and students in political theory, philosophy, international ethics, and global governance. • Integrates analysis in political theory, moral philosophy, international ethics, and global governance • The most sophisticated treatment of the connections between global justice and democracy to date • Develops ideas for better practice in global governance 280pp 6. 2021 9781108844987 Hardback GBP 74.99 / USD 99.99 6. 2021 9781108949347 Paperback GBP 24.99 / USD 32.99 eISBN 9781108954167
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Machiavelli and the Modern State The Prince, the Discourses on Livy , and the Extended Territorial Republic Alissa M. Ardito | Yale University, Connecticut
This work argues that Machiavelli had his own Madisonian impulse and deserves to be recognized as the first modern political theorist to envision the possibility of a republic with a large population extending over a broad territory. • Offers a significant reinterpretation of the history of republican political thought and of Niccolò Machiavelli’s place within it • Brings renewed attention to a critical period in the history of republican thought and illuminates its adaptation to the most consequential changes in the landscape of the modern state • Utilizes a wide variety of scholarship in history, political science, and political thought on both early modern Europe and the Founding of America 339pp 2 maps 2. 2021 9781107693708 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99
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