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Routledge Handbook of Marxism and Post-Marxism (Paperback): Alex Callinicos, Stathis Kouvelakis, Lucia Pradella Routledge Handbook of Marxism and Post-Marxism (Paperback)
Alex Callinicos, Stathis Kouvelakis, Lucia Pradella
R1,411 Discovery Miles 14 110 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

In the past two decades, Marxism has enjoyed a revitalization as a research program and a growth in its audience. This renaissance is connected to the revival of anti-capitalist contestation since the Seattle protests in 1999 and the impact of the global economic and financial crisis in 2007-8. It intersects with the emergence of Post-Marxism since the 1980s represented by thinkers such as Jurgen Habermas, Chantal Mouffe, Ranajit Guha and Alain Badiou. This handbook explores the development of Marxism and Post-Marxism, setting them in dialogue against a truly global backdrop. Transcending the disciplinary boundaries between philosophy, economics, politics and history, an international range of expert contributors guide the reader through the main varieties and preoccupations of Marxism and Post-Marxism. Through a series of framing and illustrative essays, readers will explore these traditions, starting from Marx and Engels themselves, through the thinkers of the Second and Third Internationals (Rosa Luxemburg, Lenin and Trotsky, among others), the Tricontinental, and Subaltern and Post-Colonial Studies, to more contemporary figures such as Huey Newton, Fredric Jameson, Judith Butler, Immanuel Wallerstein and Samir Amin. The Routledge Handbook of Marxism and Post-Marxism will be of interest to scholars and researchers of philosophy, cultural studies and theory, sociology, political economics and several areas of political science, including political theory, Marxism, political ideologies and critical theory.

An Introduction to Politics (Works of Harold J. Laski) (Hardcover): Harold J. Laski An Introduction to Politics (Works of Harold J. Laski) (Hardcover)
Harold J. Laski
R2,725 R2,138 Discovery Miles 21 380 Save R587 (22%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume distils the themes expounded in "A Grammar of Politics" for the non-specialist reader. It is the best outline of Laski s views in his transitional period. "

Justice and World Order - Reassessing Richard Falk's Scholarship and Advocacy (Paperback): George Andreopoulos, Henry F.... Justice and World Order - Reassessing Richard Falk's Scholarship and Advocacy (Paperback)
George Andreopoulos, Henry F. Carey
R1,223 Discovery Miles 12 230 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Critically assesses the impact of Richard A. Falk's scholarship, which has spanned nearly six decades and addressed key issues at the intersections of international law and relations. Will be a useful book for scholars and students of international law, global governance, political theory and international relations theory, and for those studying human security, international organizations and transnational activism.

Underwater Battlespace (Paperback): Tony Simpson Underwater Battlespace (Paperback)
Tony Simpson
R198 Discovery Miles 1 980 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Evangelicals - The Struggle to Shape America (Paperback): Frances Fitzgerald The Evangelicals - The Struggle to Shape America (Paperback)
Frances Fitzgerald
R675 R587 Discovery Miles 5 870 Save R88 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Critical Security Studies - An Introduction (Paperback, 3rd edition): Columba Peoples, Nick Vaughan-Williams Critical Security Studies - An Introduction (Paperback, 3rd edition)
Columba Peoples, Nick Vaughan-Williams
R1,137 Discovery Miles 11 370 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This textbook introduces students to the sub-field of critical security studies through a detailed yet accessible survey of emerging theories and practices. This third edition contains two new chapters - on 'Ontological security' and '(In)Security and the everyday' - and has been fully revised and updated. Written in an accessible and clear manner, Critical Security Studies: offers a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to critical security studies locates critical security studies within the broader context of social and political theory evaluates fundamental theoretical positions in critical security studies against a backdrop of new security challenges. The book is divided into two main parts. Part I, 'Approaches', surveys the newly extended and contested theoretical terrain of critical security studies: constructivist theories, Critical Theory, feminist and gender approaches, postcolonial perspectives, poststructuralism and International Political Sociology, Ontological security, and securitisation theory. Part II, 'Issues', examines how these various theoretical approaches have been put to work in critical considerations of environmental and planetary security; health, human security and development; information, technology and warfare; migration and border security; (in)security and the everyday; and terror, risk and resilience. The historical and geographical scope of the book is deliberately broad and each of the chapters in Part II concretely illustrates one or more of the approaches discussed in Part I, with clear internal referencing allowing the text to act as a holistic learning tool for students. This book is essential reading for upper level students of critical security studies, and an important resource for students of international/global security, political theory and international relations.

Citizenship After Trump - Democracy versus Authoritarianism in a Post-Pandemic Era (Paperback): Bradley S. Klein, Scott G.... Citizenship After Trump - Democracy versus Authoritarianism in a Post-Pandemic Era (Paperback)
Bradley S. Klein, Scott G. Nelson
R1,114 Discovery Miles 11 140 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

In Citizenship After Trump, political theorists Bradley S. Klein and Scott G. Nelson explore the meaning of community in the context of intense political polarization, the surge of far-right nationalism and deepening divisions during the coronavirus pandemic. With both Trumpism and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic greatly testing American democracy, the authors examine the political, economic and cultural challenges that remain after the Trump Administration's exceedingly inept leadership response. They explore the promise and limits of democracy relative to long-standing traditions of American political thought. The book argues that all Americans should consider the claims of citizenship amidst the forces consolidating today around narrow conceptions of race, nation, ethnicity and religion-each of which imperils the institutions of democracy and strikes at the heart of the country's political culture. Chapters on the media, political economy, fascism and social democracy explore what Americans have gotten so wrong politically and considers what kind of vision can, in the years ahead, lead the country out of a truly dangerous impasse. Citizenship After Trump is an invaluable and timely resource for self-critical analysis and will stimulate focused discussions about as yet unexplored regions of America's political history.

The Marx Through Lacan Vocabulary - A Compass for Libidinal and Political Economies (Paperback): Christina Soto van der Plas,... The Marx Through Lacan Vocabulary - A Compass for Libidinal and Political Economies (Paperback)
Christina Soto van der Plas, Edgar Miguel Juarez-Salazar, Carlos Gomez Camarena, David Pavon Cuellar
R1,159 Discovery Miles 11 590 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

* Offers a practical overview of 28 crucial concepts in Marxist theory as developed and integrated by Jacques Lacan. * Opens up new possibilities of discourse within the academic field for considering Marxist economic, philosophical, epistemological, political and sociological concepts within the context of Lacan's readings. * Demonstrates the importance of Marxist concepts to Lacanian psychoanalytic practice. * Brings together a broad range of international contributors on the cutting edge of researching Marxist / Lacanian encounters. * Will appeal to psychoanalysts as well as academics and researchers in a broad range of fields.

Spheres of Influence in International Relations - History, Theory and Politics (Hardcover, New Ed): Susanna Hast Spheres of Influence in International Relations - History, Theory and Politics (Hardcover, New Ed)
Susanna Hast
R4,351 Discovery Miles 43 510 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Current events happening around the world, especially the 'humanitarian interventions' by NATO and the West within the context of the so-called Arab Spring, make the understanding of the role of spheres of influence in international politics absolutely critical. Hast explores the practical implications and applications of this theory, challenging the concept by using historical examples such as suzerainty and colonialism, as well as the emergence of a hierarchical international order. This study further connects the English School tradition, post-war international order, the Cold War and images of Russia with the concept of the sphere of influence to initiate debate and provide a fresh outlook on a concept which has little recent attention.

Theories of International Politics and Zombies - Apocalypse Edition (Paperback): Daniel W. Drezner Theories of International Politics and Zombies - Apocalypse Edition (Paperback)
Daniel W. Drezner
R465 R439 Discovery Miles 4 390 Save R26 (6%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

How international relations theory can be applied to a zombie invasion What would happen to international politics if the dead rose from the grave and started to eat the living? Daniel Drezner's groundbreaking book answers the question that other international relations scholars have been too scared to ask. Addressing timely issues with analytical bite, Drezner looks at how well-known theories from international relations might be applied to a war with zombies. Exploring the plots of popular zombie films, songs, and books, Theories of International Politics and Zombies predicts realistic scenarios for the political stage in the face of a zombie threat and considers how valid-or how rotten-such scenarios might be. With worldwide calamity feeling ever closer, this new apocalyptic edition includes updates throughout as well as a new chapter on postcolonial perspectives.

England Your England (Paperback): George Orwell England Your England (Paperback)
George Orwell
R152 Discovery Miles 1 520 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
International Relations and Identity - A Dialogical Approach (Paperback): Xavier Guillaume International Relations and Identity - A Dialogical Approach (Paperback)
Xavier Guillaume
R1,525 Discovery Miles 15 250 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

International Relations and Identity examines the issue of collective political identity formation and expands the concept of the international beyond the notion of states. Providing a dialogical approach to questions of identity and alterity in International Relations, the author considers how identity is formed, maintained and transformed in continuous processes with alterity. This innovative book seeks to broaden understanding of identity and difference by developing a process-based perspective. It shifts the attention from a dichotomising view of the international to the multiple ways by which identity and difference are related. It challenges traditional conceptions of the international and argues that it is constituted by the processes in which states and other actors participate and is more than a spatial dimension constituted by states. Guillaume illustrates this complex theory with a detailed case study of how Japanese political community has formed, performed and transformed in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, in light of the questions of empire and multiculturalism. International Relations and Identity will be of interest to students and scholars of international politics, international relations theory and Japanese studies.

Social Change - Globalization from the Stone Age to the Present (Paperback): Christopher Chase-Dunn, Bruce Lerro Social Change - Globalization from the Stone Age to the Present (Paperback)
Christopher Chase-Dunn, Bruce Lerro
R2,766 Discovery Miles 27 660 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

From the Stone Age to the Internet Age, this book tells the story of human sociocultural evolution. It describes the conditions under which hunter-gatherers, horticulturalists, agricultural states, and industrial capitalist societies formed, flourished, and declined. Drawing evidence from archaeology, ethnography, linguistics, historical documents, statistics, and survey research, the authors trace the growth of human societies and their complexity, and they probe the conflicts in hierarchies both within and among societies. They also explain the macro-micro links that connect cultural evolution and history with the development of the individual self, thinking processes, and perceptions. Key features of the text Designed for undergraduate and graduate social science classes on social change and globalization topics in sociology, world history, cultural geography, anthropology, and international studies. Describes the evolution of the modern capitalist world-system since the fourteenth century BCE, with coverage of the rise and fall of system leaders: the Dutch in the seventeenth century, the British in the nineteenth century, and the United States in the twentieth century. Provides a framework for analyzing patterns of social change. Includes numerous tables, figures, and illustrations throughout the text. Supplemented by framing part introductions, suggested readings at the end of each chapter, an end of text glossary, and a comprehensive bibliography. Offers a web-based auxiliary chapter on Indigenous North American World-Systems and a companion website with excel data sets and additional web links for students.

Religion in Public and Private Life (Routledge Revivals) (Hardcover): Clarke E. Cochran Religion in Public and Private Life (Routledge Revivals) (Hardcover)
Clarke E. Cochran
R1,250 Discovery Miles 12 500 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Religious crosses the spheres of both the private life and the public institution. In a liberal democracy, public and private interests and goals prove to be inseparable. Clarke Cochran's interdisciplinary study brings political theory and the sociology of religion together in a fresh interpretation of liberal culture. First published in 1990, this analysis begins with a reassessment of the nature of the "public" and the "private" in relation to the political. The controversy over religion and politics is examined in light of such contested issues of political life as sexuality, abortion, and the changing nature of the family. Clarifying a number of debates central to contemporary society, this timely reissue will be of particular value to students with an interest in the relationship between religious, society, and politics.

Matters of Revolution - Urban Spaces and Symbolic Politics in Berlin and Warsaw After 1989 (Paperback): Dominik Bartmanski Matters of Revolution - Urban Spaces and Symbolic Politics in Berlin and Warsaw After 1989 (Paperback)
Dominik Bartmanski
R1,123 Discovery Miles 11 230 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Symbols matter, and especially those present in public spaces, but how do they exert influence and maintain a hold over us? Why do such materialities count even in the intensely digitalized culture? This book considers the importance of urban symbols to political revolutions, examining manifold reasons for which social movements necessitate the affirmation or destruction of various material icons and public monuments. What explains variability of life cycles of certain classes of symbols? Why do some of them seem more potent than others? Why do people exhibit nostalgic attachments to some symbols of the controversial past and vehemently oppose others? What nourishes and threatens the social life of icons? Through comparative analyses of major iconic processes following the epochal revolution of 1989 in Berlin and Warsaw, the book argues that revolutionary action needs objects and sites which concretize the transformative redrawing of the symbolic boundaries between the "sacred" and "profane," good and evil, before and after, and "progressive" and "reactionary"-the symbolic shifts that every revolution implies in theory and formalizes in practice. Public symbols ensconced within actual urban spaces provide indispensable visibility to human values and social changes. As affective topographies that externalize collective feelings, their very presence and durability is meaningful, and so are the revolutionary rituals of preservation and destruction directed at those spaces. Far from being mere gestures or token signifiers, they have their own gravity with profound cultural ramifications. This volume will appeal to sociologists, anthropologists, geographers, and social theorists with interests in urban studies, public heritage, material culture, political revolution, and social movements.

The Routledge Handbook of Law and Society (Paperback): Mariana Valverde, Prabha Kotiswaran, Kamari M. Clarke, Eve Darian-Smith The Routledge Handbook of Law and Society (Paperback)
Mariana Valverde, Prabha Kotiswaran, Kamari M. Clarke, Eve Darian-Smith
R1,250 Discovery Miles 12 500 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This innovative handbook provides a comprehensive, and truly global, overview of the main approaches and themes within law and society scholarship or social-legal studies. A one-volume introduction to academic resources and ideas that are relevant for today's debates on issues from reproductive justice to climate justice, food security, water conflicts, artificial intelligence, and global financial transactions, this handbook is divided into two sections. The first, 'Perspectives and Approaches', accessibly explains a variety of frameworks through which the relationship between law and society is addressed and understood, with emphasis on contemporary perspectives that are relatively new to many socio-legal scholars. Following the book's overall interest in social justice, the entries in this section of the book show how conceptual tools originate in, and help to illuminate, real-world issues. The second and largest section of the book (42 short well-written pieces) presents reflections on topics or areas concerning law, justice, and society that are inherently interdisciplinary and that are relevance to current - but also classical - struggles around justice. Informing readers about the lineage of ideas that are used or could be used today for research and activism, the book attends to the full range of local, national and transnational issues in law and society. The authors were carefully chosen to achieve a diverse and non-Eurocentric view of socio-legal studies. This volume will be invaluable for law students, those in inter-disciplinary programs such as law and society, justice studies and legal studies, and those with interests in law, but based in other social sciences. It will also appeal to general readers interested in questions of justice and rights, including activists and advocates around the world.

Winning the Presidency 2012 (Paperback): William J. Crotty Winning the Presidency 2012 (Paperback)
William J. Crotty
R1,025 Discovery Miles 10 250 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In this first scholarly reflection on the 2012 elections, a distinguished cast of contributors enlightens students, scholars, and serious political readers about the issues involved in one of the most polarised presidential elections in history. The book includes groundbreaking research on e-politics and online fund-raising, the role of race, class, and gender, and the influence of the Tea Party, Occupy, the economic crisis, and other actors and factors in the election. Characterised by diversity, liveliness, and data-informed analysis, Winning the Presidency 2012 captures the highlights as well as looking ahead.

Rojava in View (Paperback): Tony Simpson Rojava in View (Paperback)
Tony Simpson
R198 Discovery Miles 1 980 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Transgender Issue - An Argument for Justice (Paperback): Shon Faye The Transgender Issue - An Argument for Justice (Paperback)
Shon Faye
R265 R212 Discovery Miles 2 120 Save R53 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Few books are as urgent as Shon Faye's debut ... Faye has hope for the future - and maybe so should we' Independent 'Unsparing, important and weighty ... a vitally needed antidote' Observer 'A moving and impressively comprehensive overview of trans life' Vogue Trans people in Britain today have become a culture war 'issue'. Despite making up less than one per cent of the country's population, they are the subjects of a toxic and increasingly polarized 'debate' which generates reliable controversy for newspapers and talk shows. This media frenzy conceals a simple fact: that we are having the wrong conversation, a conversation in which trans people themselves are reduced to a talking point and denied a meaningful voice. In this powerful new book, Shon Faye reclaims the idea of the 'transgender issue' to uncover the reality of what it means to be trans in a transphobic society. In doing so, she provides a compelling, wide-ranging analysis of trans lives from youth to old age, exploring work, family, housing, healthcare, the prison system and trans participation in the LGBTQ+ and feminist communities, in contemporary Britain and beyond. The Transgender Issue is a landmark work that signals the beginning of a new, healthier conversation about trans life. It is a manifesto for change, and a call for justice and solidarity between all marginalized people and minorities. Trans liberation, as Faye sees it, goes to the root of what our society is and what it could be; it offers the possibility of a more just, free and joyful world for all of us. 'Fundamentally not a culture-war book. It operates outside the narrow coverage of trans people in the mainstream, and lays bare the inarguable facts' New Statesman 'Monumental and utterly convincing - crystal clear in its understanding of how the world should be' Judith Butler

Creating an Ecosocial Welfare Future (Hardcover): Mary P. Murphy Creating an Ecosocial Welfare Future (Hardcover)
Mary P. Murphy
R2,247 Discovery Miles 22 470 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A uniquely hybrid approach to welfare state policy, ecological sustainability and social transformation, this book explores transformative models of welfare change. Using Ireland as a case study, it addresses the institutional adaptations needed to move towards a sustainable welfare state, and the policy of making such transformation happen. It takes a theoretical and practical approach to implementing an alternative paradigm for welfare in the context of globalisation, climate change, social cohesion, automation, economic and power inequalities, intersectionality, and environmental sustainability, as well as perpetual crisis, including the pandemic.

Human Rights and Constituent Power - Without Model or Warranty (Paperback): Illan Wall Human Rights and Constituent Power - Without Model or Warranty (Paperback)
Illan Wall
R1,527 Discovery Miles 15 270 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

With the emergence of modern human rights in the Universal Declaration, what remained of a radical political potential of the discourse withdrew: statism and individualism became its authorised foundations and the possibilities of other human rights traditions were denied. The strife that once lay at the heart of human rights was forgotten in an increasing juridification. This book seeks to recover the radical political pole of human rights. It looks to the debates surrounding constituent power - the 'power of the people' - in order to understand different possibilities for the discourse. Using continental political philosophy and critical legal theory, Human Rights and Constituent Power presents a very different conception of human rights, more at home on the riotous streets than in courtrooms and parliaments.

China's Belt and Road Initiative at Ten - Country Experiences in the Americas, Oceania and Asia (Hardcover): Robert Looney China's Belt and Road Initiative at Ten - Country Experiences in the Americas, Oceania and Asia (Hardcover)
Robert Looney
R1,415 Discovery Miles 14 150 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume assesses China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as it approaches its tenth year in operation. The programme has gone through a difficult transition since its inception in 2013, with an environment developing in a way utterly unanticipated by Chinese decision-makers. Despite pragmatic adjustments to the BRI, the lack of a firm empirical base has impeded the BRI and led to its demise in many countries. With the accumulation of nearly ten years of project and economic data, it is possible to make an in-depth assessment of the BRI. For this purpose, the study examines the infrastructure component of the BRI in 39 countries, stretching from the Americas to Oceania and, finally, South Asia. The study finds a strong relationship between a country's progress in improved governance and the quality of its infrastructure. Countries that have benefited from the BRI have simultaneously achieved progress in governance areas, such as the rule of law and control of corruption. By not emphasizing improved governance structures, China condemns many of its partners to failure. Researchers, students, and economic development specialists from Latin America to South Asia and Oceania will find this study a useful departure from the volumes of anecdotal BRI assessments.

Substandard - Eyewitness Reports Trident (Paperback): Tony Simpson Substandard - Eyewitness Reports Trident (Paperback)
Tony Simpson
R198 Discovery Miles 1 980 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Support-Bargaining, Economics and Society - A Social Species (Hardcover): Patrick Spread Support-Bargaining, Economics and Society - A Social Species (Hardcover)
Patrick Spread
R4,224 Discovery Miles 42 240 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Support-Bargaining, Economics and Society links support-bargaining to Darwin's theory of natural selection and traces the implications of support-bargaining and money-bargaining across society. It provides a wholly different account of the functioning of human societies from anything that has gone before. Social scientists, ever since there have been such people, have missed the crucial human characteristic - the propensity to seek support - that has given rise to group formation and the myriad activities that are feasible in groups.

A Political Theory of Identity in European Integration - Memory and policies (Paperback): Catherine Guisan A Political Theory of Identity in European Integration - Memory and policies (Paperback)
Catherine Guisan
R1,616 Discovery Miles 16 160 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book provides a theoretical and historical examination of the speech and deeds of European founders. Using a fresh and innovative approach, this monograph connects political theory with concrete political practices based on empirical evidence, and theorizes the internal process of European reconciliations as it has been experienced by those involved. The book draws upon over 100 interviews, memoirs, autobiographies and essays of elite and grassroot actors across the history of the European Union, from the founding of the European Coal and Steel Community in 1950-2 to the 2010 financial crisis. It introduces the reader to major contemporary Western political thinkers, Hannah Arendt, Jurgen Habermas, Charles Taylor and Paul Ricoeur, and examines how their theories develop the interpretation of political phenomena such as European integration. As one of the first studies of EU memories, this approach opens a unique window of analysis to view the development of the European community, and makes a fascinating contribution to our understanding of the political tradition born of 60 years of European integration. A Political Theory of Identity in European Integration: Memory and Policies will be of strong interest to students and scholars of European politics, contemporary democratic theory and EU studies.

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