Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Foundations of modern international thought Foundations of modern international thought Armitage, David "Between the early seventeenth and mid-nineteenth centuries, major European political thinkers first began to look outside their national borders and envisage a world of competitive, equal sovereign … OL16664476W
King, Governance, and Law in Ancient India King, Governance, and Law in Ancient India Kauṭalya King, Governance, and Law in Ancient India presents an English translation of Kautilya's Arthasastra (AS.) along with detailed endnotes. When it was discovered around 1905, the AS. was described as p… OL16688221W
The Art of War The Art of War Sun Tzu The original and bestselling leadership book!. Sun Tzu's ideas on survival and success have been read across the world for centuries. Today they can still be applied to business, politics and life. T… OL19780150W
The Pristine Culture of Capitalism The Pristine Culture of Capitalism Ellen Meiksins Wood La burguesía es también y sobre todo la hegemonía de su relato histórico. Según términos bien conocidos, se asegura que derrotó al absolutismo y trajo las libertades económicas y políticas que acabar… OL1994854W
The fourth revolution The fourth revolution John Micklethwait "From the bestselling authors of The Right Nation, a visionary argument that our current crisis in government is nothing less than the fourth radical transition in the history of the nation-state. Dy… OL19981805W
Political theory for mortals Political theory for mortals John Evan Seery Despite an abundance of violence occurring in political contexts, no liberal political theorist since Thomas Hobbes has talked directly and coherently about death. John E. Seery does. He contends tha… OL3262263W
Party government in 48 democracies (1945-1998) Party government in 48 democracies (1945-1998) J.J. Woldendorp,H. Keman,I. Budge,Jaap Woldendorp "This Handbook of Democratic Government is the first compact and comprehensive data collection which simultaneously provides comparative and complete information on the composition of governments bet… OL3947148W
State and society in the early Middle Ages State and society in the early Middle Ages Matthew Innes This book is a pioneering study of politics and society in the early middle ages. Whereas it is widely believed that the source materials for early medieval Europe are too sparse to allow sustained s… OL461284W
Tocqueville between Two Worlds Tocqueville between Two Worlds Sheldon S. Wolin "Alexis de Tocqueville may be the most influential political thinker in American history. He also led an unusually active and ambitious career in French politics. In this book, one of America's most … OL4772695W
Selected works of Herbert Blumer Selected works of Herbert Blumer Herbert Blumer xx, 378 p. ; 23 cm OL511130W
Public Man, Private Woman Public Man, Private Woman Jean Bethke Elshtain Focusing on the Western philosophical tradition and the work of contemporary feminists, Jean Elshtain explores the general tendency to assert the primacy of the public world—the political sphere domi… OL891981W
Development, crises, and alternative visions Development, crises, and alternative visions Gita Sen "Book synthesizes and analyzes three decades of economic, political, and cultural policies and politics toward third world women. Focusing on the impact of the current global economic and political c… OL96665W