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This book provides a clear and concise introduction to the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze. It analyses his key theoretical concepts, such as differen...

This book provides a clear and concise introduction to the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze. It analyses his key theoretical concepts, such as differen...

Today, deliberative democracy is the most widely discussed theory of democracy. Its proponents argue that important decisions of law and policy sho...

Today, deliberative democracy is the most widely discussed theory of democracy. Its proponents argue that important decisions of law and policy sho...

Contending discourses underlie many of the worlds most intractable conflicts, producing misery and violence. This is especially true in the post-9/...

Contending discourses underlie many of the worlds most intractable conflicts, producing misery and violence. This is especially true in the post-9/...

Where are we today and what is to be done? Slavoj Zizek ponders these questions in this unique and timely book. Based on live interviews, the book...

Where are we today and what is to be done? Slavoj Zizek ponders these questions in this unique and timely book. Based on live interviews, the book...

From Afghanistan and Sierra Leone to East Timor, the aftermath of any armed conflict presents a complex set of challenges. Whatever political agree...

From Afghanistan and Sierra Leone to East Timor, the aftermath of any armed conflict presents a complex set of challenges. Whatever political agree...

This new textbook invites readers to explore their own responses to debates about democracy's meaning. It provides tools for thinking actively abou...

This new textbook invites readers to explore their own responses to debates about democracy's meaning. It provides tools for thinking actively abou...

It should not surprise anyone that democracies can become dangerously illiberal; indeed, it was one of the classical critiques of ancient democraci...

It should not surprise anyone that democracies can become dangerously illiberal; indeed, it was one of the classical critiques of ancient democraci...

In the "Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right,” the young Marx elliptically alludes to a "true democracy" whose advent would go hand in hand with...

In the "Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right,” the young Marx elliptically alludes to a "true democracy" whose advent would go hand in hand with...

This book provides an accessible account of popular political, social and economic movements in the Third World. Focusing on poor and marginalized ...

The concept of community is tainted by the events of the twentieth century, frequently appropriated by totalitarian regimes for the purposes of exc...

The concept of community is tainted by the events of the twentieth century, frequently appropriated by totalitarian regimes for the purposes of exc...

This book is a highly original and provocative contribution to democratic theory. Zolo argues that the increasing complexity of modern societies re...

This book calls into question the current western orthodoxy about the relationship of democracy and development, exploring the theoretical issues i...

In this important volume Norberto Bobbio examines some of the central themes of political theory and presents a systematic exposition of his views....

A new emphasis on diversity and difference is displacing older myths of nation or community. A new attention to gender, race, language or religion ...

This book is a wide-ranging analysis of the nature of economic planning in both capitalist and statist societies. It seeks to establish an alternat...