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Routledge Handbook of Pan-Africanism (Paperback): Reiland Rabaka Routledge Handbook of Pan-Africanism (Paperback)
Reiland Rabaka
R1,415 Discovery Miles 14 150 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The Routledge Handbook of Pan-Africanism provides an international, intersectional, and interdisciplinary overview of, and approach to, Pan-Africanism, making an invaluable contribution to the ongoing evolution of Pan-Africanism and demonstrating its continued significance in the 21st century. The handbook features expert introductions to, and critical explorations of, the most important historic and current subjects, theories, and controversies of Pan-Africanism and the evolution of black internationalism. Pan-Africanism is explored and critically engaged from different disciplinary points of view, emphasizing the multiplicity of perspectives and foregrounding an intersectional approach. The contributors provide erudite discussions of black internationalism, black feminism, African feminism, and queer Pan-Africanism alongside surveys of black nationalism, black consciousness, and Caribbean Pan-Africanism. Chapters on neo-colonialism, decolonization, and Africanization give way to chapters on African social movements, the African Union, and the African Renaissance. Pan-African aesthetics are probed via literature and music, illustrating the black internationalist impulse in myriad continental and diasporan artists' work. Including 36 chapters by acclaimed established and emerging scholars, the handbook is organized into seven parts, each centered around a comprehensive theme: Intellectual origins, historical evolution, and radical politics of Pan-Africanism Pan-Africanist theories Pan-Africanism in the African diaspora Pan-Africanism in Africa Literary Pan-Africanism Musical Pan-Africanism The contemporary and continued relevance of Pan-Africanism in the 21st century The Routledge Handbook of Pan-Africanism is an indispensable source for scholars and students with research interests in continental and diasporan African history, sociology, politics, economics, and aesthetics. It will also be a very valuable resource for those working in interdisciplinary fields, such as African studies, African American studies, Caribbean studies, decolonial studies, postcolonial studies, women and gender studies, and queer studies.

Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Rousseau and the Social Contract (Hardcover): Christopher Bertram Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Rousseau and the Social Contract (Hardcover)
Christopher Bertram
R3,183 Discovery Miles 31 830 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Rousseau's Social Contract is a benchmark in political philosophy and has influenced moral and political thought since its publication. Rousseau and the Social Contract introduces and assesses:

*Rousseau's life and the background of the Social Contract
*The ideas and arguments of the Social Contract
*Rousseau's continuing importance to politics and philosophy

Rousseau and the Social Contract will be essential reading for all students of philosophy and politics, and anyone coming to Rousseau for the first time.

Critical Political Ecology - The Politics of Environmental Science (Hardcover): Timothy Forsyth Critical Political Ecology - The Politics of Environmental Science (Hardcover)
Timothy Forsyth
R5,399 Discovery Miles 53 990 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Critical Political Ecology brings political debate to the science of ecology. As political controversies multiply over the science underlying environmental debates, there is an increasing need to understand the relationship between environmental science and politics. In this timely and wide-ranging volume, Tim Forsyth uses an innovative approach to apply political analysis to ecology, and demonstrates how more politicised approaches to science can be used in environmental decision-making.

Critical Political Ecology examines:
*how social and political factors frame environmental science, and how science in turn shapes politics
*how new thinking in philosophy and sociology of science can provide fresh insights into the biophysical causes and impacts of environmental problems
*how policy and decision-makers can acknowledge the political influences on science and achieve more effective public participation and governance.

The Rights of Man (Paperback): Thomas Paine The Rights of Man (Paperback)
Thomas Paine
R219 R171 Discovery Miles 1 710 Save R48 (22%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Autonomy and Democratic Governance in Northeast India (Hardcover): M. Amarjeet Singh Autonomy and Democratic Governance in Northeast India (Hardcover)
M. Amarjeet Singh
R3,846 Discovery Miles 38 460 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This volume studies the various forms of ethnic autonomy envisioned within and outside the purview of the Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution. It explores the role of the British Indian administration and the Constituent Assembly of India in the introduction and inclusion of the schedule and the special provisions granted under it. Drawing on case studies from the states of Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, and Sikkim in Northeast India and Darjeeling in West Bengal, it examines whether the practice of granting autonomy has been able to fulfil the political aspirations of the ethnic communities and how far autonomy settles or eases conflict. It also discusses sub-state nationalism and if it can be accommodated within autonomy, and studies the views of the central government and state governments towards such autonomy. An important contribution towards understanding India's federal structure, the volume will be indispensable to students and researchers of politics, democracy, Indian Constitution, law, self-governance, political theory and South Asian studies.

Succession in Saudi Arabia 2001 (Paperback, 1st ed. 2001): Joseph A Kechichian Succession in Saudi Arabia 2001 (Paperback, 1st ed. 2001)
Joseph A Kechichian
R2,865 Discovery Miles 28 650 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The stability of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia remains critical to Western security and economic interests. This crucial study focuses on generation change and identifies individuals with greatest leadership potential; examines their political, social, and religious views.

Social Movements - An Introduction, 3rd Edition (Paperback, 3rd Edition): D Della Porta Social Movements - An Introduction, 3rd Edition (Paperback, 3rd Edition)
D Della Porta
R950 Discovery Miles 9 500 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A new, fully-revised and updated edition of the leading introduction to social movements and collective action - covers a broad range of approaches in the social sciences. Now in its third edition, Social Movements is the market-leading introductory text on collective action in contemporary society. The text draws from theory-driven, systematic empirical research from across the social sciences to address central questions and concepts in the field. Sophisticated yet reader-friendly chapters offer critical analyses of relevant literature whilst exploring important issues and debates. The global political landscape has undergone significant changes in the years since this book's initial publication, such as the spread of online protests, the resurgence of nationalist and right-wing activity, global revolts, and increased social and economic polarization. This thoroughly updated edition offers fresh discussions of recent social movements against austerity from around the world, new empirical examples, references to recent episodes of contention, an expanded comparative approach to social movement theory in the scientific literature, and more. Positioned at the intersection of sociology and political science, this book: Presents an empirical and engaging exploration of contemporary social movements Discusses topics such as organizing within social movements, eventful protests, political opportunities, symbolism and identity in collective action, and social change Highlights how core mechanisms of collective action operate in different movements, past and present Provides a conceptual methodology useful for social science students and researchers alike Highlights how core mechanisms of collective action operate in different movements in the past and present Written by two internationally recognized experts in sociology and political science, the third edition of Social Movements: An Introduction is an essential course text and a must-read for students and scholars of sociology, political sociology, political science, and social movement studies.

Theory and History in International Relations (Paperback): Donald J. Puchala Theory and History in International Relations (Paperback)
Donald J. Puchala
R1,363 Discovery Miles 13 630 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


A plea to scholars of global politics to turn away from the "manufacture" of data and to return to a systematic study of history as a basis for theory. While the modest use of empiricism is always important, Puchala rejects the logical positivism of the so-called "scientific revolution" in the field in favor of a more complex, even intuitive, vision of global politics. He addresses the potential uses of history in studying some of the major debates of our time.

Marx and Wittgenstein - Knowledge, morality and politics (Hardcover): Gavin Kitching, Nigel Pleasants Marx and Wittgenstein - Knowledge, morality and politics (Hardcover)
Gavin Kitching, Nigel Pleasants
R3,931 Discovery Miles 39 310 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


At first sight, Karl Marx and Ludwig Wittgenstein may well seem to be as different from each other as it is possible for the ideas of two major intellectuals to be.
Despite this standard conception, however, a small number of scholars have long suggested that there are deeper philosophical commonalities between Marx and Wittgenstein. They have argued that, once grasped, these commonalities can radically change and enrich understanding both of Marxism and of Wittgensteinian philosophy. This book develops and extends this unorthodox view, emphasising the mutual enrichment that comes from bringing Marx's and Wittgenstein's ideas into dialogue with one another.
Essential reading for all scholars and philosophers interested in the Marxist philosophy and the philosophy of Wittgenstein, this book will also be of vital interest to those studying and researching in the fields of social philosophy, political philosophy, philosophy of social science and political economy.

eBook available with sample pages: 0203453409

Moral Sense (Hardcover): Bonar James Moral Sense (Hardcover)
Bonar James
R6,861 Discovery Miles 68 610 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Reissue from the classic Muirhead Library of Philosophy series (originally published between 1890s - 1970s).

Guild and State - European Political Thought from the Twelfth Century to the Present (Paperback, Revised Ed.): Antony Black Guild and State - European Political Thought from the Twelfth Century to the Present (Paperback, Revised Ed.)
Antony Black
R1,426 Discovery Miles 14 260 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Guild and State examines the values of social solidarity and fraternity that emerged from medieval guilds and city-communes, and the effect of traditional corporate organization of labor on socioeconomic attitudes and theories or the state. What ordinary guildsmen and townsmen thought about these issues can be gleaned from chronicles, charters, and reported slogans. But in tracing attitudes toward the guilds of early Germanic times to today's equivalent -- trade unions -- a distinction must be made between popular "ethos" and learned "philosophy."

In Europe, from the twelfth to the seventeenth centuries, the corporate organization of labor and of town-market communities developed side-by-side with the ideals of personal liberty, market freedom, and legal equality. Both affected the ideology of the European commune and city-state in specific and discernible ways. Self-governing labor organizations and civil freedom developed together as coherent practices. The values of mutual aid and craft honor on the one hand, and of personal freedom and legal equality on the other, formed the moral infrastructure of our civilization. Alternate ideals balanced, harmonized, and even cross-fertilized one another -- as in the principle of freedom of association.

Contrary to preconceptions, however, corporate values were seldom expressed philosophically in the Middle Ages. Political theory and the world of learning from the start emphasized liberal values. It was only after the Reformation that guild and communal values found expression in political theory. Even then only a few philosophers acknowledged that solidarity and exchange -- the poles around which the values of guild and civil society,respectively, rotate -- are not opposites but complementary, and attempted to weave these together into a texture as tough and complex as that of urban society itself.

The Enlightenment and industrialization led to an apotheosis of liberal values. Guilds disappeared and were only in part replaced by labor unions; the values of market exchange have since been in the ascendant -- though Hegel, Durkheim, and more recently, advocates of liberal corporatism maintain the possibility of a symbiosis between corporate and liberal values. In Guild and State there emerges an alternative history of political thought, which will be fascinating to the general as well as the specialist reader.

Refugees, Democracy and the Law - Political Rights at the Margins of the State (Paperback): Dana Schmalz Refugees, Democracy and the Law - Political Rights at the Margins of the State (Paperback)
Dana Schmalz
R1,208 Discovery Miles 12 080 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The book provides an in-depth discussion of democratic theory questions in relation to refugee law. The work introduces readers to the evolution of refugee law and its core issues today, as well as central lines in the debate about democracy and migration. Bringing together these fields, the book links theoretical considerations and legal analysis. Based on its specific understanding of the refugee concept, it offers a reconstruction of refugee law as constantly confronted with the question of how to secure rights to those who have no voice in the democratic process. In this reconstruction, the book highlights, on the one hand, the need to look beyond the legal regulations for understanding the challenges and gaps in refugee protection. It is also the structural lack of political voice, the book argues, which shapes the refugee's situation. On the other hand, the book opposes a view of law as mere expression of power and points out the dynamics within the law which reflect endeavors towards mitigating exclusion. The book will be essential reading for academics and researchers working in the areas of migration and refugee law, legal theory and political theory.

John Rawls - Critical Assessments of Leading Political Philosophers (Hardcover): Chandran Kukathas John Rawls - Critical Assessments of Leading Political Philosophers (Hardcover)
Chandran Kukathas
R22,330 Discovery Miles 223 300 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


John Rawls (1921-2002) is, arguably, the most important political philosopher of our time. It is commonly observed that the publication in 1971 of his treatise A Theory of Justice initiated a return to political questions among Anglo-American philosophers and is largely responsible for the vigorous health of contemporary political philosophy. Rawls' ideas and approach have transformed philosophical inquiry in this area, and political theorists nowadays are obliged to make clear where they stand in relation to Rawls if they wish to be involved in mainstream discussions.
Yet Rawls' influence has also extended beyond philosophy and has had a substantial impact on work in law, economics, and political science. Since the publication of A Theory of Justice, Rawls has written two other major works: Political Liberalism (1993) and The Law of Peoples (1999) and also issued a collection of his essays: Collected Papers (1999).
This collection provides a thorough analysis of Rawls' work. In addition to a general introduction, the set includes introductions to each volume which help guide the reader through the material.

The Last of the President's Men (Paperback): Bob Woodward The Last of the President's Men (Paperback)
Bob Woodward
R475 R395 Discovery Miles 3 950 Save R80 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
From Revolution to Revolution - England 1688-1776 (Hardcover): John Carswell From Revolution to Revolution - England 1688-1776 (Hardcover)
John Carswell
R2,729 Discovery Miles 27 290 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

From Revolution to Revolution (1973) examines England, Scotland and Wales from the revolution of 1688 when William became King, to the American Revolution of 1776. In this period lies the roots of modern Britain, as it went from being underdeveloped countries on the fringe of European civilization to a predominating influence in the world. This book examines the union of the island, development of an organized public opinion and national consciousness, as well as Parliament and its factions, the landed and business classes. Views on religion, art, architecture and the changing face of the countryside are also examined, as is the tension between London and the rest of the island. The important issues of colonial expansions in Ireland, America, India and Africa are also analysed.

The Court and the Country - The Beginning of the English Revolution (Hardcover): Perez Zagorin The Court and the Country - The Beginning of the English Revolution (Hardcover)
Perez Zagorin
R3,184 Discovery Miles 31 840 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Court and the Country (1969) offers a fresh view and synthesis of the English revolution of 1640. It describes the origin and development of the revolution, and gives an account of the various factors - political, social and religious - that produced the revolution and conditioned its course. It explains the revolution primarily as a result of the breakdown of the unity of the governing class around the monarchy into the contending sides of the Court and the Country. A principal theme is the formation within the governing class of an opposition movement to the Crown. The role of Puritanism and of the towns is examined, and the resistance to Charles I is considered in relation to other European revolutions of the period.

A Nation of Change and Novelty - Radical Politics, Religion and Literature in Seventeenth-Century England (Hardcover):... A Nation of Change and Novelty - Radical Politics, Religion and Literature in Seventeenth-Century England (Hardcover)
Christopher Hill
R2,735 Discovery Miles 27 350 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A Nation of Change and Novelty (1990) ranges broadly over the political and literary terrain of the seventeenth century, examining the importance of the English Revolution as a decisive event in English and European history. It emphasises the historical significance of the English Revolution, exploring not only its causes but also its long term consequences, basing both in a broad social context and viewing it as a necessary condition of England's having nurtured the first Industrial Revolution.

Reflections on the Puritan Revolution (Hardcover): A.L. Rowse Reflections on the Puritan Revolution (Hardcover)
A.L. Rowse
R2,734 Discovery Miles 27 340 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Reflections on the Puritan Revolution (1986) examines the damage done by the Puritans during the English Civil War, and the enormous artistic losses England suffered from their activities. The Puritans smashed stained glass, monuments, sculpture, brasses in cathedrals and churches; they destroyed organs, dispersed the choirs and the music. They sold the King's art collections, pictures, statues, plate, gems and jewels abroad, and broke up the Coronation regalia. They closed down the theatres and ended Caroline poetry. The greatest composer and most promising scientist of the age were among the many lives lost; and this all besides the ruin of palaces, castles and mansions.

A History of Political Thought in the English Revolution (Hardcover): Perez Zagorin A History of Political Thought in the English Revolution (Hardcover)
Perez Zagorin
R2,728 Discovery Miles 27 280 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A History of Political Thought in the English Revolution (1954) examines the large range of political doctrines which played their part in the English revolution - a period when modern democratic ideas began. The political literature of the period between 1645, when the Levellers first seized upon the revolution's wider implications, and 1660, when Charles II restored the monarchy to power, is here studied in detail.

Cromwell and Communism - Socialism and Democracy in the Great English Revolution (Hardcover): Eduard Bernstein Cromwell and Communism - Socialism and Democracy in the Great English Revolution (Hardcover)
Eduard Bernstein; Translated by H.J. Stenning
R2,735 Discovery Miles 27 350 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Cromwell and Communism (1930) examines the English revolution against the absolute monarchy of Charles I. It looks at the economic and social conditions prevailing at the time, the first beginnings of dissent and the religious and political aims of the Parliamentarian side in the revolution and subsequent civil war. The various sects are examined, including the Levellers and their democratic, atheistic and communistic ideals.

Allegiance in Church and State - The Problem of the Nonjurors in the English Revolution (Hardcover): L.M. Hawkins Allegiance in Church and State - The Problem of the Nonjurors in the English Revolution (Hardcover)
L.M. Hawkins
R2,727 Discovery Miles 27 270 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Allegiance in Church and State (1928) examines the evolution of ideas and ideals, their relation to political and economic events, and their influence on friends and foes in seventeenth-century England - which witnessed the beginning of both the constitutional and the intellectual transition from the old order to the new. It takes a careful look at the religious and particularly political ideas of the Nonjurors, a sect that argued for the moral foundations of a State and the sacredness of moral obligations in public life.

Leveller Manifestoes of the Puritan Revolution (Hardcover): Don M Wolfe Leveller Manifestoes of the Puritan Revolution (Hardcover)
Don M Wolfe
R3,484 Discovery Miles 34 840 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Leveller Manifestoes (1944) is a collection of primary manifestoes issued by the Levellers, the group which played an active and influential role in the English revolution of 1642-49. This book collects together rare pamphlets and tracts that are seldom available, and certainly not in one place for ease of research.

Peace Education - The Concept, Principles, and Practices Around the World (Hardcover): Gavriel Salomon, Baruch Nevo Peace Education - The Concept, Principles, and Practices Around the World (Hardcover)
Gavriel Salomon, Baruch Nevo
R3,930 Discovery Miles 39 300 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"Peace Education: "
* presents views on the nature of peace education, its history, and relationships to neighboring fields;
* examines relevant psychological and pedagogical principles, such as the contact experience, conciliation through personal story telling, reckoning with traumatic memories, body-work, and the socio-emotional aspects of reconciliation; and
* introduces an array of international examples from countries, such as Croatia, Northern Ireland, Israel, South Africa, Rwanda, and the United States in order to generalize lessons learned.
A "must have" for all those thinking, planning, conducting, and studying peace education programs, it is intended for scholars, students, and researchers interested in peace and conflict resolution in higher education and volunteer and public organizations. Its cross disciplinary approach will appeal to those in social and political psychology, communication, education, religion, political science, sociology, and philosophy.

On Nixon's Madness - An Emotional History (Hardcover): Zachary Jacobson On Nixon's Madness - An Emotional History (Hardcover)
Zachary Jacobson
R844 R711 Discovery Miles 7 110 Save R133 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Was Richard Nixon actually a madman, or did he just play one? When Richard Nixon battled for the presidency in 1968, he did so with the knowledge that, should he win, he would face the looming question of how to extract the United States from its disastrous war in Vietnam. It was on a beach that summer that Nixon disclosed to his chief aide, H. R. Haldeman, one of his most notorious, risky gambits: the madman theory. In On Nixon's Madness, Zachary Jonathan Jacobson examines the enigmatic president through this theory of Nixon's own invention. With strategic force and nuclear bluffing, Nixon attempted to coerce his foreign adversaries through sheer unpredictability. As his national security advisor Henry Kissinger noted, Nixon's strategy resembled a poker game in which he "push[ed] so many chips into the pot" that the United States' foes would think the president had gone "crazy." From Vietnam, Pakistan, and India to the greater Middle East, Nixon applied this madman theory. Foreign relations were not a steady march toward peaceful coexistence but rather an ongoing test of mettle. Nixon saw the Cold War as he saw his life, as a series of ordeals that demanded great risk and grand gestures. For decades, journalists, critics, and scholars have searched for the real Nixon behind these acts. Was he a Red-baiter, a worldly statesman, a war criminal or, in the end, a punchline? Jacobson combines biography and intellectual and cultural history to understand the emotional life of Richard Nixon, exploring how the former president struggled between great effusions of feeling and great inhibition, how he winced at the notion of his reputation for rage, and how he used that ill repute to his advantage.

States of Exception - Law, History, Theory (Paperback): Cosmin Cercel, Simon Lavis, Gian Giacomo Fusco States of Exception - Law, History, Theory (Paperback)
Cosmin Cercel, Simon Lavis, Gian Giacomo Fusco
R1,243 Discovery Miles 12 430 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book addresses the relevance of the state of exception for the analysis of law, while reflecting on the deeper symbolic and jurisprudential significance of the coalescence between law and force. The concept of the state of exception has become a central topos in political and legal philosophy as well as in critical theory. The theoretical apparatus of the state of exception sharply captures the uneasy relationship between law, life and politics in the contemporary global setting, while also challenging the comforting narratives that uncritically connect democracy with the tradition of the rule of law. Drawing on critical legal theory, continental jurisprudence, political philosophy and history, this book explores the genealogy of the concept of the state of exception and reflects on its legal embodiment in past and present contexts - including Weimar and Nazi Germany, contemporary Europe and Turkey. In doing so, it explores the disruptive force of the exception for legal and political thought, as it recuperates its contemporary critical potential. The book will be of interest to students and scholars in the field of jurisprudence, philosophy and critical legal theory.

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