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This book offers a theory of democratic justice. According to the theory, justice emerges from collective agreement among political associates who enjoy approximate equality of power. Such situations can be seen as social contracts, and we find an empirical model for...
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OUP Oxford
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2013-08-15
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We live in a world which is characterised by both a radical inequality in wealth and incomes and the accelerating depletion of scarce natural resources. One of the things that prevents us from addressing these problems, perhaps even prevents us from seeing them as...
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OUP Oxford
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2013-08-15
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What does it mean to say that human beings think politically, and what is distinctive about that kind of thinking? That question is all-too infrequently asked by political theorists, or is dealt with through generalizations, abstractions, and dichotomies. This study...
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OUP Oxford
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2013-08-08
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Neben der Kategorie der Zeit bilden die Kategorien Raum und Grenze sowohl im materiellen als auch im spirituellen Sinne die wichtigsten Determinanten des menschlichen Lebens und Zusammenlebens. Im Umgang mit ihnen vollzieht und erfüllt sich unser Schicksal - als...
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Springer VS
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2013-07-27
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The debate between cosmopolitans and non-cosmopolitans flourishes. Contributors continue to disagree over at least fourteen core issues analyzed in this work, including these questions: What is distinctive about a cosmopolitan approach to matters of justice? What does...
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OUP Oxford
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2013-07-11
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Memories of the Second World War play an important role in contemporary politics and society across Eastern Europe. One of the most controversial yet least studied pages of Ukraine’s wartime history is that of the Waffen SS ‘Galicia’ Division, whose members are usually...
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-07-08
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Are animals worthy recipients of justice? If so, what do we owe them, and what is to be gained by using the language of justice when considering our duties toward them? This innovative book argues that not only are animals worthy recipients of justice, but that the...
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Oxford University Press
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2013-06-20
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"In Russian and French prisons is a 1887 essay by Piotr Kropotkin. It is more than a crude and detailed description of the Russian prison system and its comparison to Western European jails. It is also a very personal document by the famous Anarchist Prince, a...
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Les Editions de Londres
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2013-06-15
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Although the idea that politics is influenced by its cultural setting is so plausible as to be almost irresistible, political culture has remained a contested and controversial concept. Just what the cultural setting consists of and how its influence on politics is...
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OUP Oxford
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2013-06-13
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This book offers a concise history of US policy in Iraq since 1990 and how it has evolved over two decades. Examines US relations with Iraq from both a regional and international perspective Argues that the only way to clearly understand US policy toward Iraq is to see...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2013-06-11
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The "Magna Carta" is one of the most famous constitutional documents in the world. To the Americans, it has a sacrosanct bearing and it is seen as a major source of inspiration for the US Constitution. To the British, it is a 1215 charter which twenty-five feisty...
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Les Editions de Londres
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2013-06-10
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Die meisten Länder des Commonwealth sind vom Common Law geprägt. Dieses unterscheidet sich durch seine starre Präjudizienbindung auf den ersten Blick erheblich von dem kontinentalen System des kodifizierten Rechts. In der Praxis sorgt dies aufgrund des erheblichen...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-06-04
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This volume offers an incisive overview of central issues and controversies in political thought and analysis. It includes major discussions of the idea of the modern state, contemporary theories of the state, problems of power and legitimation, new forms of democratic...
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Polity
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2013-05-28
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This volume explores bilateral relations between Romania and Hungary and examines the entangled history of their two peoples. Going beyond traditional nation-centred narratives, the contributors approach the shared pasts of Romanians and Hungarians within a...
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-05-17
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The problem of value pluralism permeates modern political philosophy. Its presence can be felt even when it is not explicitly the central topic under investigation. Political thinkers such as Max Weber, Isaiah Berlin and Stuart Hampshire derive pessimistic, sometimes...
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Polity
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2013-04-26
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Inventing the Market: Smith, Hegel, and Political Theory analyses the constructions of the market in the thought of Adam Smith and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and discusses their relevance for contemporary political philosophy. Combining the history of ideas with...
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OUP Oxford
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2013-04-25
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'Taxpayers are complicit in the illegal wars waged by their governments.' 'Corporations are complicit in human rights abuses perpetrated by their suppliers.' 'Aid workers who compromise with militias are complicit in their reign of terror.' We hear such allegations all...
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OUP Oxford
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2013-04-25
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Exploitation and Economic Justice in the Liberal Capitalist State develops the first new, liberal theory of economic justice to appear since John Rawls and Ronald Dworkin proposed their respective theories back in the 1970s and early 1980s. It does this by presenting a...
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OUP Oxford
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2013-02-28
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History of Political Theory: An Introduction not only explores the great works of Western political theory but demonstrates their continuing relevance. Volume II traces the origin and development of liberal political theory, and so the foundations for contemporary...
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OUP Oxford
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2013-02-08
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This book presents a definition of terrorism that is broad and descriptive and much needed to prevent misunderstanding. The book identifies the features that make terrorism ‘wrong’, including coerciveness, the violation of rights and undermining of trust. Next, it...
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Springer
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2013-01-17
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