Polity

For over a decade Will Hutton has been one of Britain's leading progressive voices. He has been at the centre of every significant economic and pol...

This book offers a fresh, accessible and original interpretation of the modern state, concentrating particularly on the emergence and nature of dem...

Debates about the role and nature of the state are at the heart of modern politics. However, the state itself remains notoriously difficult to def...

Debates about the role and nature of the state are at the heart of modern politics. However, the state itself remains notoriously difficult to def...

Politics in Japan is undergoing a major transformation. Under the leadership of Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party has,...

Politics in Japan is undergoing a major transformation. Under the leadership of Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party has,...

America’s Founding Fathers feared that a standing army would be a permanent political danger, yet the U.S. military has in the 250 years since beco...

The State in Africa is one of the important and compelling texts of comparative politics and historical sociology of the last twenty years. Bayart ...

Reproductive technology is typically discussed in the future tense. Yet doctors have always treated involuntary childlessness. This book looks at t...

The financial crisis seemed to present a fundamental challenge to neo liberalism, the body of ideas that have constituted the political orthodoxy o...

The financial crisis seemed to present a fundamental challenge to neo liberalism, the body of ideas that have constituted the political orthodoxy o...

The migration crisis of recent years has elicited a double response: on the one hand, many states have responded by tightening border controls, in ...

The migration crisis of recent years has elicited a double response: on the one hand, many states have responded by tightening border controls, in ...

What happens when the structures of oppression we live under seep into our very being, shaping how we think, feel, and relate to one another? The S...

What happens when the structures of oppression we live under seep into our very being, shaping how we think, feel, and relate to one another? The S...

The world economy is expanding rapidly despite chronic economic crises. Yet the majority of the world's population live in poverty. Why are wealth...

The world economy is expanding rapidly despite chronic economic crises. Yet the majority of the world's population live in poverty. Why are wealth...

In this book Axel Honneth re-examines arguments put forward by Hegel and claims that the 'struggle for recognition' should be at the centre of soci...

The Student’s Guide to European Integration is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the political, economic and legal aspects of the Euro...

The Student’s Guide to European Integration is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the political, economic and legal aspects of the Euro...

In this ambitious new book, Henrietta Moore draws on anthropology, feminism and psychoanalysis to develop an original and provocative theory of gen...

In this ambitious new book, Henrietta Moore draws on anthropology, feminism and psychoanalysis to develop an original and provocative theory of gen...

This book is a major contribution to our understanding of the condition of the immigrant and it will transform the reader’s understanding of the is...

This book is a major contribution to our understanding of the condition of the immigrant and it will transform the reader’s understanding of the is...