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For a thousand years France has struggled to impose unity upon its diverse components.For most of the time its leaders have sought to define its identity by opposition to the 'Anglo-Saxons': first England, then Britain and the USA. The prologue explores France's...
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OUP Oxford
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2007-04-26
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Blending detailed contextual analysis with issues in modern-day international relations this book provides a major new analysis of the theory of Clausewitz and its relevance to contemporary society.
This book argues that Clausewitz developed a wide-ranging political...
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OUP Oxford
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2007-03-15
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Blending detailed contextual analysis with issues in modern-day international relations this book provides a major new analysis of the theory of Clausewitz and its relevance to contemporary society.
This book argues that Clausewitz developed a wide-ranging political...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2007-03-15
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Neoliberalism - the doctrine that market exchange is an ethic in itself, capable of acting as a guide for all human action - has become dominant in both thought and practice throughout much of the world since 1970 or so.
Its spread has depended upon a reconstitution of...
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OUP Oxford
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2007-01-04
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Since its publication twenty years ago, the first edition of this work has been the closest thing to a standard book on Plato's political theory. Like the first edition, this edition of The Development of Plato's Political Theory provides a clear, scholarly account of...
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OUP Oxford
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2006-12-07
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When George H. W. Bush asked Doro to write this memoir, she contacted hundreds of his friends and associates; conducted scores of interviews with dignitaries including Bill Clinton, Mikhail Gorbachev, and General Colin Powell; tapped the memories of family members,...
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Grand Central Publishing
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2006-10-06
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"Equality of opportunity for all" is a fine piece of political rhetoric but the ideal that lies behind it is slippery to say the least. Some see it as an alternative to a more robust form of egalitarianism, whilst others think that when it is properly understood it...
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OUP Oxford
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2006-10-05
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Iraq has dominated international headlines in recent years, but its controversial role in international affairs goes back much further. The key arena for these power politics overIraq has been the United Nations Security Council. Spanning the last quarter century,The...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2006-06-22
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Deliberative democracy has become the central reference point for democracy theorists over the last decade or so, influencing normative frameworks and the ways we conceptualize the workings of democratic societies. It has also been linked with a burst of experimentation...
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OUP Oxford
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2006-06-15
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Issues concerning the upbringing of children are among the most contested in modern political debate. How should childrearing rights and resources be distributed between families? To what extent are parents morally permitted to shape the beliefs and desires of their...
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OUP Oxford
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2006-04-06
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The Egalitarian Conscience pays tribute to the highly influential work of Professor G. A. Cohen. Professor Cohen is a philosopher of international stature and tremendous achievement, who has been vital to the flourishing of egalitarian political philosophy. He has a...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2006-04-06
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'Poverty itself is a violation of numerous basic human rights.' (Mary Robinson, former UN High Commissioner on Human Rights)
The idea that freedom from poverty is a basic human right that gives rise to moral and legal obligations of governments and other actors has...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2006-03-02
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These pioneering writings on the mechanics, tactics, and strategies of government were devised by the Roman Republic's most enlightened thinker.
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Penguin
Parution :
2006-02-23
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This volume explores the different ways that ethnic and religious diversity is conceptualized and debated in South and East Asia. In the first few decades following decolonization, talk of multiculturalism and pluralism was discouraged, as states attempted to...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2005-10-06
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This is the first survey of Unionism, the ideology of most of the rulers of the United Kingdom for the last 300 years. Because it was taken so much for granted, it has never been properly studied. Now that we stand in the twilight of Unionism, it is possible to see it...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2005-09-29
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Neoliberalism - the doctrine that market exchange is an ethic in itself, capable of acting as a guide for all human action - has become dominant in both thought and practice throughout much of the world since 1970 or so.
Its spread has depended upon a reconstitution of...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2005-09-23
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This book examines the political and moral challenges that face the vast majority of human beings who consider themselves to be members of various nations. It explores nationality through the difficulties and conflicts that have arisen throughout history, and discusses...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2005-09-08
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This book examines the political and moral challenges that face the vast majority of human beings who consider themselves to be members of various nations. It explores nationality through the difficulties and conflicts that have arisen throughout history, and discusses...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2005-09-08
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In The Composer as Intellectual, musicologist Jane Fulcher reveals the extent to which leading French composers between the World Wars were not only aware of but also engaged intellectually and creatively with the central political and ideological issues of the period....
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2005-08-25
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Political Obligations provides a full defense of a theory of political obligation based on the principle of fairness (or fair play), which is widely viewed as the strongest theory of obligation currently available. The work responds to the most important objections to...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2005-03-10
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