Social & Political Philosophy


"Israel, Palestine and Terror"

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A collection of essays which introduce the issues faced by Israel and Palestine from a philosophical perspective. Hardback, 224 pages. Size: 198 x 129 mm. Weight: 391g.
Author:  Law, Stephen
ISBN:  0826497934
Publisher:  Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Date:  2008  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Social & Political Philosophy

"Motivation, Agency, and Public Policy"

Of Knights and Knaves, Pawns and Queens

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Provides a different perspective on policy design, emphasising the importance of analysing the motivation of professionals and others who work within the public sector, and both their and public service beneficiaries' capacity for agency or independent action. With 7 figures. New ed. Paperback, 256 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 392g.
Author:  Le Grand, Julian
ISBN:  0199298912
Publisher:  Oxford University Press
Date:  2006  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Social & Political Philosophy

"Naturalizing Jurisprudence"

Essays on American Legal Realism and Naturalism in Legal Philosophy

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Naturalizing Jurisprudence gathers together Brian Leiter's most influential essays on the subject of American Legal Realism. The essays provide an overview of Leiter's redefinition of Legal Realism and its relationship with other models of legal and philosophical thought, from naturalism in philosophy to Critical Legal Studies. Paperback, 300 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 468g.
Author:  Leiter, Brian
ISBN:  019920649X
Publisher:  Oxford University Press
Date:  2007  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Social & Political Philosophy

"Engaging Political Philosophy"

From Hobbes to Rawls

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This volume investigates the political philosophies of Hobbes, Rousseau, Locke, Mill, Rawls, and Marx and reveals the scope and limits of the philosophical tradition they helped to forge. A cohesive narrative about modern political philosophy emerges that helps create an accessible introduction. With 0. Paperback, 288 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 419g.
Author:  Levine, Andrew
ISBN:  0631222294
Publisher:  Blackwell Publishers
Date:  2001  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Social & Political Philosophy

"Solon the Thinker"

Political Thought in Archaic Athens

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Presents the hypothesis that Solon saw Athens as a self-governing, self-supporting system akin to the early Greek conceptions of the cosmos. Paperback, 192 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 306g.
Author:  Lewis, John David
ISBN:  0715637282
Publisher:  Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
Date:  2008  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  Undergraduate Social & Political Philosophy

"John Locke"

Political Writings

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Paperback, 479 pages. Size: 230 x 155 mm. Weight: 570g.
Author:  Locke, John (Wootton, David, ed.)
ISBN:  0872206769
Publisher:  Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Date:  2003  (United States)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Social & Political Philosophy

"The Constitution of England"

Or, an Account of the English Government

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"Natural Law Paper" series; Provides annotations to elucidate De Lolme's references to classical, medieval, and early-modern political practices, along with translations of his citations from sources in Latin and French. New. Paperback, 368 pages. Size: 230 x 155 mm. Weight: 642g.
Author:  Lolme, Jean Louis De
ISBN:  0865974659
Publisher:  Liberty Fund Inc.,U.S.
Date:  2006  (United States)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Social & Political Philosophy

"Hegel and the Freedom of Moderns"

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"Post-Contemporary Interventions" series; Rejuvenates discussion of the major political and philosophical tenets underlying contemporary liberalism through a revolutionary interpretation of G W F Hegel's thought. This work portrays a different side of Hegel - not just as a philosopher preoccupied with abstract ideas but a man enmeshed and active in the political issues of his time. Paperback, 416 pages. Size: 235 x 154 mm. Weight: 562g.
Author:  Losurdo, Domenico
ISBN:  0822332914
Publisher:  Duke University Press
Date:  2004  (United States)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Social & Political Philosophy

"The Prince"

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Focuses on adaptability as the key to success and that effective leadership is sometimes only possible at the expense of moral standards Hardback, 112 pages. Size: 203 x 138 mm. Weight: 258g.
Author:  Machiavelli, Niccolo (Constantine, Peter, ed.)
ISBN:  0099518481
Publisher:  Vintage
Date:  2008  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Social & Political Philosophy

"A World Beyond Politics?"

A Defense of the Nation-State

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"New French Thought Series" series; Lepain, Marc A. (trans.) Describes a few essential features of democracy and the nation-state, and then shows how these characteristics illuminate many aspects of our political circumstances. This book argues that both democracy and the nation-state are under threat - from apolitical tendencies such as the cult of international commerce. Hardback, 228 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 788g.
Author:  Manent, Pierre
ISBN:  0691125120
Publisher:  University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton
Date:  2006  (United States)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Social & Political Philosophy

"Aggression and Crimes Against Peace"

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In this volume, Larry May locates a normative grounding for the crime of aggression. Paperback, 368 pages. Size: 226 x 151 mm. Weight: 499g.
Author:  May, Larry
ISBN:  0521719151
Publisher:  Cambridge University Press
Date:  2008  (United States)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Social & Political Philosophy

"Republicanism in a Modern World"

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In response to the dominance of liberalism, some theorists have recently embraced the republican model as an attractive alternative. This work develops and extends the theoretical implications of a distinctive republican conception of liberty as non-domination. With 0. Paperback, 240 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 354g.
Author:  Maynor, John
ISBN:  0745628087
Publisher:  Blackwell Publishers
Date:  2003  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Social & Political Philosophy

"Democracy and the Political Unconscious"

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"New Directions in Critical Theory" series; Proposing a political theory for a post-9/11 world, this title addresses the root causes of our seemingly endless war on terror and considers the talking cures of testimony, such as South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission and other public deliberations that have helped societies work through, rather than act out, their conflicts. Hardback, 256 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 492g.
Author:  Mcafee, Noelle
ISBN:  0231138806
Publisher:  University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton
Date:  2008  (United States)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Social & Political Philosophy

"Utilitarianism"

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2 rev ed. Paperback, 72 pages. Size: 215 x 140 mm. Weight: 84g.
Author:  Mill, John Stuart
ISBN:  087220605X
Publisher:  Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Date:  2002  (United States)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Social & Political Philosophy

"Political Philosophy"

A Very Short Introduction

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"Very Short Introductions" series; Introduces readers to the concepts of political philosophy - authority, democracy, freedom and its limits, justice, feminism, multiculturalism, and nationality. This work explores the connections between political authority and justice, and the ways in which social justice can be used to regulate rather than destroy a market economy. With numerous halftones. Paperback, 160 pages. Size: 174 x 111 mm. Weight: 142g.
Author:  Miller, David
ISBN:  0192803956
Publisher:  Oxford University Press
Date:  2003  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Social & Political Philosophy

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