Polity

There is a specter haunting advanced industrial countries: structural unemployment. Recent years have seen growing concern over declining jobs, and...

There is a specter haunting advanced industrial countries: structural unemployment. Recent years have seen growing concern over declining jobs, and...

Wars often spring out of nowhere with little warning. One need only look at the recent troubles at the Lebanon-Israeli border for evidence of this ...

Wars often spring out of nowhere with little warning. One need only look at the recent troubles at the Lebanon-Israeli border for evidence of this ...

Everywhere, the twentieth century has been judged and condemned: the century of totalitarian terror, of utopian and criminal ideologies, of empty i...

Everywhere, the twentieth century has been judged and condemned: the century of totalitarian terror, of utopian and criminal ideologies, of empty i...

When the Treasury lost control of interest rates to the Bank of England in 1997, its status looked under threat. However, it quickly reasserted its...

When the Treasury lost control of interest rates to the Bank of England in 1997, its status looked under threat. However, it quickly reasserted its...

This remarkable book tells the story of how the British economy has been managed over the last 30 years. The story is told by those who should know...

This remarkable book tells the story of how the British economy has been managed over the last 30 years. The story is told by those who should know...

Family life in modern societies is being transformed by high rates of divorce. Such changes have given rise to concerns that the quality of family ...

Many attempts have been made to explain Russia’s fateful decision to invade Ukraine, but the argument of the distinguished political scientist Sabi...

Christianity is often assumed to be pro-capitalist and socially conservative – in short, necessarily aligned with the political Right. But can this...

Christianity is often assumed to be pro-capitalist and socially conservative – in short, necessarily aligned with the political Right. But can this...

This book is a fresh and engaging analysis of the city as a central concept in contemporary social thought. It probes the contested and negotiated ...

This book is a fresh and engaging analysis of the city as a central concept in contemporary social thought. It probes the contested and negotiated ...

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to Jeffrey C. Alexander’s Civil Sphere Theory (CST). It reconstructs the development and key featur...

From a tiny group of Germanic bands to the mightiest governmental system the world had ever known - what caused the momentous rise of the European ...

Is the goal of a transition to clean energy at all realistic? If so, how could it be accomplished? Climate change poses a formidable challenge for ...

Is the goal of a transition to clean energy at all realistic? If so, how could it be accomplished? Climate change poses a formidable challenge for ...

Inaction by governments in the face of climate change is often attributed to a lack of political will or a denial of the seriousness of the situati...

Inaction by governments in the face of climate change is often attributed to a lack of political will or a denial of the seriousness of the situati...