Political Theory

Author : David Leopold
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199230080
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Theory written by David Leopold and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2008-07-31 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political Theory: Methods and Approaches is one of the first books to analyze research methods in political theory and political philosophy. Drawing together a distinguished set of contributors, the book asks how political theory should be conducted today and examines the connections between political theory and a range of adjacent disciplines - including moral philosophy, the empirical social sciences, the history of political thought, the world of 'real' politics, critical social theory, and ideology.

Author : Jeremy Waldron
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674970365
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Political Theory written by Jeremy Waldron and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2016-03-07 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political theorists focus on the nature of justice, liberty, and equality while ignoring the institutions through which these ideals are achieved. Political scientists keep institutions in view but deploy a meager set of value-conceptions in analyzing them. A more political political theory is needed to address this gap, Jeremy Waldron argues.

Author : George Klosko
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019969544X
Total Pages : 583 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of Political Theory: An Introduction written by George Klosko and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-02-07 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of Political Theory: An Introduction is an engaging introduction to the main figures in the history of Western Political Theory and their most important works. The second volume traces the origin and development of liberal political theory, and so the foundations for contemporary views.

Author : Paul Schumaker
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1405189975
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Political Theory Reader written by Paul Schumaker and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-02-22 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Utilizing 100 key readings, The Political Theory Reader explores the rich tradition of ideas that shape the way we live and the great issues in political theory today. Allows students to see how competing ideological viewpoints think about the same political issues Provides readers with direct access to authors covered in the From Ideologies to Public Philosophies text Facilitates discussions by having readings arranged thematically throughout text Extracts of works specifically chosen to focus on topics central to issues covered in chapters.

Author : John S. Dryzek
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199548439
Total Pages : 898 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Political Theory written by John S. Dryzek and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-06-12 with total page 898 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oxford Handbooks of Political Science are the essential guide to the state of political science today. With engaging contributions from 51 major international scholars, the Oxford Handbook of Political Theory provides the key point of reference for anyone working in political theory and beyond.

Author : Jussi Parikka
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0745661394
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What is Media Archaeology? written by Jussi Parikka and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-04-23 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This cutting-edge text offers an introduction to the emerging field of media archaeology and analyses the innovative theoretical and artistic methodology used to excavate current media through its past. Written with a steampunk attitude, What is Media Archaeology? examines the theoretical challenges of studying digital culture and memory and opens up the sedimented layers of contemporary media culture. The author contextualizes media archaeology in relation to other key media studies debates including software studies, German media theory, imaginary media research, new materialism and digital humanities. What is Media Archaeology? advances an innovative theoretical position while also presenting an engaging and accessible overview for students of media, film and cultural studies. It will be essential reading for anyone interested in the interdisciplinary ties between art, technology and media.

Author : David Austen-Smith
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472022466
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Positive Political Theory I written by David Austen-Smith and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2010-09-23 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Positive Political Theory I is concerned with the formal theory of preference aggregation for collective choice. The theory is developed as generally as possible, covering classes of aggregation methods that include such well-known examples as majority and unanimity rule and focusing in particular on the extent to which any aggregation method is assured to yield a set of "best" alternatives. The book is intended both as a contribution to the theory of collective choice and a pedagogic tool. Austen-Smith and Banks have made the exposition both rigorous and accessible to people with some technical background (e.g., a course in multivariate calculus). The intended readership ranges from more technically-oriented graduate students and specialists to those students in economics and political science interested less in the technical aspects of the results than in the depth, scope, and importance of the theoretical advances in positive political theory. "This is a stunning book. Austen-Smith and Banks have a deep understanding of the material, and their text gives a powerfully unified and coherent perspective on a vast literature. The exposition is clear-eyed and efficient but never humdrum. Even those familiar with the subject will find trenchant remarks and fresh insights every few pages. Anyone with an interest in contemporary liberal democratic theory will want this book on the shelf." --Christopher Achen, University of Michigan David Austen-Smith is Professor of Political Science, Professor of Economics, and Professor of Management and Strategy, Northwestern University. Jeffrey S. Banks is Professor of Political Science, California Institute of Technology.

Author : Edward Bryan Portis
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791445921
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Theory and Partisan Politics written by Edward Bryan Portis and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2000-05-26 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political theorists typically define political action in terms of rational potential rather than conflict, and for this reason neglect the partisan nature of political experience. This volume redresses this neglect, focusing on the interrelated questions of whether the task of political theory is to find some means of containing partisan politics and whether political theory is itself separate from partisan politics.

Author : Norman P. Barry
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349202010
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to Modern Political Theory written by Norman P. Barry and published by Springer. This book was released on 1989-09-15 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This student textbook introduces the concept of political theory from various viewpoints, such as justice and the law, government and the state, and equality and human rights. It analyzes the concepts of power, liberty and a series of political principles.

Author : Gerald F Gaus
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1847871267
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Political Theory written by Gerald F Gaus and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2004-07-15 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: `This volume combines remarkable coverage and distinguished contributors. The inclusion of thematic, conceptual, and historical chapters will make it a valuable resource for scholars as well as students′ - Professor George Klosko, Department of Politics, University of Virginia This major new Handbook provides a definitive state-of-the-art review to political theory, past and present. It offers a complete guide to all the main areas and fields of political and philosophical inquiry today by the world′s leading theorists. The Handbook is divided into five parts which together serve to illustrate: - the diversity of political theorizing - the substantive theories that provide an over-aching analysis of the nature/or justification of the state and political life - the political theories that have been either formulated or resurgent in recent years - the current state of the central debates within contemporary political theory - the history of western political thought and its interpretations - traditions in political thought outside a western perspective. The Handbook of Political Theory marks a benchmark publication at the cutting edge of its field. It is essential reading for all students and academics of political theory and political philosophy around the world.