This engaging book draws on all of Shakespearea s plays to show they can still be used as a guide to life. * Introduces beginning students and general readers... Læs mere
* Poggi is a prominent figure in the sociology of politics* The book is written in a clear and accessible way* This book is international (drawing on sources in four languages) and interdisciplinary, covering political philosophy, political science, history, law and sociology. .
This new textbook provides a concise but comprehensive guide to quantitative research methods for undergraduate and postgraduate students in all of the social sciences, as well as established researchers.
* A collection of essays on Stalinism by both eminent and younger scholars. * Discusses both the origins and consequences of Stalinism. * Provides an overview of the... Læs mere
* Gives an up--to--date analysis of the relations between gender and technology * Deals with popular themes such as Donna Harraway's work on "cyborgs" * Provides a continuation to the arguments that Wajcman made in her previous Polity book Feminism Confronts Technology.
This volume brings together a collection of essays which examines fundamental issues in social and political theory. Each essay provides a map to the history of the issue at hand and an assessment of the main arguments that have been brought to bear upon that issue.
Undertakes a study of the implications of post-communism for sociological theory. This book discusses the thesis that the fall of communism has decimated alternative... Læs mere
* Provides a convincing exploration of a central theme of our times: human suffering. The author writes well; his remarks on the brute fact of suffering are very... Læs mere
In this innovative work, Alan Ward uses the pivotal event in twentieth-century Irish history as a prism through which to survey Irish history from the twelfth century to the present.
Addresses the most pressing question in the study of religion today: are new forms of spirituality overtaking traditional forms of... Læs mere
What is the field Public Choice Political Economy all about? How did it originate? Who were the main... Læs mere
America's origins are inextricably linked to warfare. In Struggle for a Continent, author John Ferling tells the complex story of conquest and... Læs mere