The American Polity Reader
Author : Ann Gostyn Serow
Publisher : W. W. Norton
Page : 740 pages
File Size : 50,94 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780393956122
The American Polity Reader
Author : Ann Gostyn Serow
Publisher : W. W. Norton
Page : 765 pages
File Size : 17,4 MB
Release : 1993
Category : United States
ISBN : 9780393963052
Book Description
U. S. American Politics Reader
Author : Mark Joslyn
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 MB
Release : 2021-07-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781524925451
Book Description
The American Polity Reader
Author : Everett C. Ladd, Jr.
Publisher : R.S. Means Company
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 41,64 MB
Release : 1993-02-01
Category : United States
ISBN : 9780393963069
Book Description
The Modern African American Political Thought Reader
Author : Angela Jones
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 38,97 MB
Release : 2013
Category : African Americans
ISBN : 9780415895736
Book Description
The Modern African American Political Thought Reader compiles the work of great African American political thinkers throughout the twentieth century and up through today to show the development of black political thought and trace the interconnectedness of each person's ideas through their own words. From abolition, through civil rights, Black nationalism, radical feminism, neo-conservativism, and the new Black Moderate, Angela Jones has collected the key readings of the most important figures in black political history. Each chapter includes an introduction to the themes of the chapter, a biographical sketch of the person profiled, and some of their greatest works, chosen to show the range of political subjects of interest to African Americans. From Radicals like Angela Y. Davis to Conservatives such as Michael Steele, this anthology showcases the diversity of political thought within the African American community. It is a must for anyone interested in African American history and politics.
Why America Needs a Left
Author : Eli Zaretsky
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 28,17 MB
Release : 2013-04-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0745656560
Book Description
The United States today cries out for a robust, self-respecting, intellectually sophisticated left, yet the very idea of a left appears to have been discredited. In this brilliant new book, Eli Zaretsky rethinks the idea by examining three key moments in American history: the Civil War, the New Deal and the range of New Left movements in the 1960s and after including the civil rights movement, the women's movement and gay liberation.In each period, he argues, the active involvement of the left - especially its critical interaction with mainstream liberalism - proved indispensable. American liberalism, as represented by the Democratic Party, is necessarily spineless and ineffective without a left. Correspondingly, without a strong liberal center, the left becomes sectarian, authoritarian, and worse. Written in an accessible way for the general reader and the undergraduate student, this book provides a fresh perspective on American politics and political history. It has often been said that the idea of a left originated in the French Revolution and is distinctively European; Zaretsky argues, by contrast, that America has always had a vibrant and powerful left. And he shows that in those critical moments when the country returns to itself, it is on its left/liberal bases that it comes to feel most at home.
States and Power
Author : Richard Lachmann
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 47,93 MB
Release : 2013-04-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0745659012
Book Description
States over the past 500 years have become the dominant institutions on Earth, exercising vast and varied authority over the economic well-being, health, welfare, and very lives of their citizens. This concise and engaging book explains how power became centralized in states at the expense of the myriad of other polities that had battled one another over previous millennia. Richard Lachmann traces the contested and historically contingent struggles by which subjects began to see themselves as citizens of nations and came to associate their interests and identities with states, and explains why the civil rights and benefits they achieved, and the taxes and military service they in turn rendered to their nations, varied so much. Looking forward, Lachmann examines the future in store for states: will they gain or lose strength as they are buffeted by globalization, terrorism, economic crisis and environmental disaster? This stimulating book offers a comprehensive evaluation of the social science literature that addresses these issues and situates the state at the center of the world history of capitalism, nationalism and democracy. It will be essential reading for scholars and students across the social and political sciences.
The People
Author : Margaret Canovan
Publisher : Polity
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 17,72 MB
Release : 2005-09-16
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780745628219
Book Description
This groundbreaking study sets out to clarify one of the most influential but least studied of all political concepts. Despite continual talk of popular sovereignty, the idea of the people has been neglected by political theorists who have been deterred by its vagueness. Margaret Canovan argues that it deserves serious analysis, and that it's many ambiguities point to unresolved political issues. The book begins by charting the conflicting meanings of the people, especially in Anglo-American usage, and traces the concept's development from the ancient populus Romanus to the present day. The book's main purpose is, however, to analyse the political issues signalled by the people's ambiguities. In the remaining chapters, Margaret Canovan considers their theoretical and practical aspects: Where are the people's boundaries? Is people equivalent to nation, and how is it related to humanity - people in general? Populists aim to 'give power back to the people'; how is populism related to democracy? How can the sovereign people be an immortal collective body, but at the same time be us as individuals? Can we ever see that sovereign people in action? Political myths surround the figure of the people and help to explain its influence; should the people itself be regarded as fictional? This original and accessible study sheds a fresh light on debates about popular sovereignty, and will be an important resource for students and scholars of political theory.
The Future of Human Rights
Author : Alison Brysk
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 15,39 MB
Release : 2018-06-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1509520619
Book Description
Human rights have fallen on hard times, yet they are more necessary than ever. People all over the world – from Amazonian villages to Iranian prisons – need human rights to gain recognition, campaign for justice, and save lives. But how can we secure a brighter future for human rights? What changes are required to confront the regime’s weaknesses and emerging global challenges? In this cutting-edge analysis, Alison Brysk sets out a pragmatic reformist agenda for human rights in the twenty-first century. Tracing problems and solutions through contemporary case studies – the plight of refugees, declining democracies such as Mexico and Turkey, the expansion of women’s rights, new norms for indigenous peoples, and rights regression in the USA – she shows that the dynamic strength of human rights lies in their evolving political practice. This distinctive vision demands that we build upon the gains of the human rights regime to construct new pathways which address historic rights gaps, from citizenship to security, from environmental protection to resurgent nationalism, and to globalization itself. Drawing on the author’s extensive experience as a leading human rights scholar and activist, The Future of Human Rights offers a broad and authoritative guide to the big questions in global human rights governance today.
The Welfare State Reader
Author : Christopher Pierson
Publisher : Polity
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 34,43 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0745635555
Book Description
Includes 20 selections, reflecting the thinking and research in welfare state studies, these readings are organized around a series of debates - on welfare regimes, globalization, Europeanization, demographic change and political challenges.
