Lee and George question what a human person is and the ethical and political controversies of issues such as abortion and hedonism.

If confronted with a democratic result they regard as intolerable, should citizens revolt or pursue democratic means of social change?

The Prince offers - some believe with satirical intent - advice on how a ruler should best preserve his power, conduct warfare and maintain his reputation. The Art of War provides a practical handbook for the conduct of Renaissance warfare covering every military contingence that affects the state.

Richard Bedford Bennett was Canada's 11th prime minister. Defeated in 1935, he lived the rest of his life in England and is the only deceased Canadian prime minister not buried on Canadian soil. This book includes contributions from R B's nephew, William R Herridge, and David Asper, chair of the National Post .

A reproduction of Samuel Huntington's 1993 article The Clash of Civilizations? , with critics' reponses and his rebuttal. Huntington states that world politics is entering a new phase and argues that the fundamental sources of conflict will be cultural.

Offering a critique of the primary traditions of both political theory and international relations theory, this book provides an analysis of the relationship between claims about sovereignty and the spatiotemporal articulation of boundaries, borders and limits.

Features the central principles of what is broadly known as political liberalism.

Offers an exploration of the theoretical implications of the Internet and related information and communication technologies (ICTs) for democratic theory. This book argues that the Internet's impact on democratic politics seems destined repeat the history of other innovative ICTs.

Rousseau's explosive cry for human liberty helped to spark the French Revolution and has haunted our discussions of how we should rule one another ever since - seen as both a blue-print for political terror and as a fundamental statement of democracy.

Knowledge grows as ideas are tested against each other. Agreement is not resolved simply by naming concepts but in the dialectical process of thesis, antithesis and synthesis. This book includes many echoes of these debates. It offers a comprehensive treatise on evidence based policy.

Discusses the nature of political inquiry. This book focuses on alternative approaches to and visions of core political ideas: equality, power, revolution, childhood, and community.

Contains 140 helpful readings covering the debates in the Western political tradition and presents samples of the political ideologies. Issues discussed in this title include: the role of human nature in determining social arrangements; the political significance of gender differences; the justification for the powers of the state; and more.

How can a leader be strong and decisive, yet still inspire loyalty in his followers? How do you keep your enemies in check? Is it better to be feared than loved? When is it necessary to break the rules? This book answers these questions by examining regimes and their rulers around the world and throughout history.

The world is increasingly taken to be divided between religions (or 'cultures' or 'civilizations'), ignoring the relevance of other ways in which people see themselves through class, gender, profession and language. This book argues that conflict and violence are sustained today, no less than the past, but by the illusion of a unique identity.

'The Palgrave Macmillan Dictionary of Political Thought', Third edition, is a profound and incisive guide to political ideas. It has been thoroughly updated and revised with extensive new entries on political thinkers, international politics, Islam and politics, neoconservatism and the EU.

Yukichi Fukuzawa rose from low samurai origins to become one of the finest intellectuals and social thinkers of modern Japan. Through his best-selling works, he helped transform an isolated feudal nation into a full-fledged international force. In Outline of a Theory of Civilization, the author's most sustained philosophical text, Fukuzawa translates and adapts a range of Western works for a ...

Examines the character, source, and persistence of foreign attitudes toward the United States. This title shows how foreign publics balance the political, social, and cultural dimensions of the US in their own perceptions of the country.