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Who are refugees? Who, if anyone, is responsible for protecting them? What forms should this protection take? In a world of people fleeing from civil wars, state failure, and environmental disasters, these are ethically and politically pressing questions. In this book,...
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Polity
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2020-03-23
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Political Theory Today
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From the shores of Europe to the Mexican-US border, mass migration is one of the most pressing issues we face today. Yet at the same time, calls to defend national sovereignty are becoming ever more vitriolic, with those fleeing war, persecution, and famine vilified as...
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Polity
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2020-03-23
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Modern political revolutions since the 18th century have swept away traditional systems of domination by declaring that ‘all men are created equal’. This declaration of equal rights is a fundamental political act – it is the political act in which the political...
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Polity
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2020-03-20
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Populism is the key political phenomenon of the 21st century. From Trump to Brexit, from Chávez to Podemos, the term has been used to describe leaders, parties and movements across the globe who disrupt the status quo and speak in the name of ‘the people’ against ‘the...
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Polity
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2020-03-20
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Key Concepts in Political Theory
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Seit Jahren wird wieder aufgeregt über Flüchtlinge diskutiert – über offene und geschlossene Grenzen, berechtigte und unberechtigte Asylansprüche, über Aufnahme und Abschiebung. Welche Rechte Geflüchtete haben und welche Pflichten ihnen gegenüber bestehen, ist umkämpft....
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J.B. Metzler
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2020-03-10
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Struggles for LGBT rights and the security of sexual and gender minorities are ongoing, urgent concerns across the world. For students, scholars, and activists who work on these and related issues, this handbook provides a unique, interdisciplinary resource.
In...
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Oxford University Press
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2020-03-02
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This book is devoted to the studies of Karl Marx’s Paris Manuscripts and presents a new interpretation of early Marx, arguing that his transition to maturity can be found in these manuscripts, and specifically in Comments on James Mill, which was drafted between the...
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Springer
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2020-02-22
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How did science come to have such a central place in Western culture?How did cognitive values—and subsequently moral, political, and social ones—come to be modelled around scientific values? In Civilization and the Culture of Science, Stephen Gaukroger explores how...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2020-02-19
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How did science come to have such a central place in Western culture?How did cognitive values—and subsequently moral, political, and social ones—come to be modelled around scientific values? In Civilization and the Culture of Science, Stephen Gaukroger explores how...
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OUP Oxford
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2020-02-19
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This is the sixth volume of Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy. Since its revival in the 1970s political philosophy has been a vibrant field in philosophy, one that intersects with jurisprudence, normative economics, political theory in political science...
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OUP Oxford
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2020-02-05
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This is the sixth volume of Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy. Since its revival in the 1970s political philosophy has been a vibrant field in philosophy, one that intersects with jurisprudence, normative economics, political theory in political science...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2020-02-05
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Autonomy is one of the most foundational conditions of liberalism, a political philosophy that prizes individual freedom. Today, we still grapple with autonomy's value and its implications. How important is autonomy for a good life? Should people try to achieve autonomy...
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Oxford University Press
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2020-02-03
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Reading different or controversial intentions into Marx and Engels’ works has been a common but somewhat unquestioned practice in the history of Marxist scholarship. Engels’ Dialectics of Nature, a torso for some and a great book for others, is a case in point. The...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2020-01-27
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This third and final volume of the series of writings by Antonio Negri examines how Spinoza’s thought constitutes a radical break with past ideas and an essential tool for envisaging a form of politics beyond capitalism. Negri shows how Spinoza’s ideas have facilitated...
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Polity
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2020-01-23
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"A theory in the flesh means one where the physical realities of our lives all fuse to create a politic born of necessity," writes activist Cherríe L. Moraga. This volume of new essays stages an intergenerational dialogue among philosophers to introduce and deepen...
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Oxford University Press
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2020-01-23
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The original – and often continuing – sin of countries with a settler colonial past is their brutal treatment of indigenous peoples. This challenging legacy continues to confront modern liberal democracies ranging from the USA and Canada to Australia, New Zealand and...
Editeur :
Polity
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2020-01-17
Collection :
Political Theory Today
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Is democracy the best form of government? What does it mean to be ‘free’? Why should we obey the government? In this highly accessible and engaging new introductory textbook, Pete Woodcock examines all these questions and more in a compact outline of the basics of...
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Polity
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2020-01-17
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Claims to self-determination are rife in world politics today. They range from Scottish and Catalonian campaigns for independence to calls for the devolution of power to regions and cities. But is self-determination meaningful or desirable in the twenty-first century,...
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Polity
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2020-01-13
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Political Theory Today
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Paula Scholemann überträgt in einem Gedankenexperiment das begriffliche Netzwerk der Kreativitätsforschung auf die Politikwissenschaft. Politik definiert sie als das Ergebnis von Kreativität. Die innovative These ist, dass wir Kreativität brauchen, um die Demokratie...
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Springer VS
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2020-01-09
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The Good Friday Agreement of 1998 ended a protracted violent conflict in Northern Ireland and became an international reference point for peace-building. Negotiating a Settlement in Northern Ireland, 1969–2019 traces the roots and out-workings of the Agreement,...
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OUP Oxford
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2020-01-09
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