The China Model: Political Meritocracy and the Limits of Democracy, Paperback - Daniel A. Bell

Reducere. Westerners tend to divide the political world into "good" democracies and "bad" authoritarian regimes. But the Chinese political model does not fit...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Daniel A. BellIllustration(s): 2 b/w illus.Number of pages: 296Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 14...

Democracy and the Limits of Self-Government - Adam Przeworski

This book explores the fundamental shift that has occurred in America and Britain as elites accumulate unprecedented capital and influence and a me...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): John (University of Wolverhampton, UK) RobertsNumber of pages: 264Publication date: 2021Dimensions: ...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): John (University of Wolverhampton, UK) RobertsNumber of pages: 264Publication date: 2021Dimensions: ...

Presenting a critique of moral theory from Kant onwards, the author, one of the greatest philosophers of his generation, reorients ethical theory t...

Develops a general theory of inheritance and shows how it is essential to democratic actionPublisher: Indiana University PressAuthor(s): Samir Hadd...

How we understand our responsibilities as citizens in a democratic society committed to political equality is connected to the standards of our new...

A trenchant defense of hierarchy in different spheres of our lives, from the personal to the politicalAll complex and large-scale societies are org...

DescriptionIn October 1911 the governor of Oaxaca, Mexico, ordered a detachment of approximately 250 soldiers to take control of the town of Juchit...

Through in-depth interviews with the presidents of major Chinese universities, this text explores the changing demands on leaders in Higher Educati...

A new edition of the important work of philosophy from the late Williams. With a new foreword by Jonathan Lear and commentary on the text by A.W. M...

Sandel locates modern liberalism in the tradition of Kant, and focuses on its most influential recent expression in the work of John Rawls. In the ...

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Reducere. No winners, no losers, and no end the Game of Life, also known simply as Life, is no ordinary computer game. Created by British mathematician John ...

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Reducere. "Kagan, faithful to his lifelong fascination with Pericles . . . gives us an accessible and invaluable account of his life and deeds."--Allan Bloom...

Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election produced the biggest political scandal in a generation. An essential guide for anyone int...

Publisher: Hatje CantzAuthor(s): Francesca BriaNumber of pages: 64Collection: Critical TheoryPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 209 x 141 x 13Cover ...

DescriptionThe United States has become ever more deeply entrenched in powerful, rival, partisan camps, and its citizens more sharply separated alo...

DescriptionPhilosophy has inherited a powerful impulse to embrace either dualism or a reductive monism--either a radical separation of mind and bod...

"This bold, intellectually ambitious, and wholly original book challenges the way in which Western social science understands China.... It will set...

By exploring the little-known world of informal grassroots political action in Japan, Tessa Morris-Suzuki sheds light on a range of fascinating twe...

Reducere. Should we regulate artificial intelligence? Can we? From self-driving cars and high-speed trading to algorithmic decision-making, the way we live, ...

A New Statesman Best Book of the YearA Church Times Book of the YearWe are facing a crisis of civility, a war of words polluting our public sphere....

Reducere. Impossible Desire and the Limits of Knowledge in Renaissance Poetry examines the limits of embodiment, knowledge, and representation at a disregard...

A reappraisal of Lope's literary career, bringing out the complexities of his dramatic texts.Publisher: Boydell & Brewer LtdAuthor(s): Melveena McK...

Reducere. "Horesh's perceptive and thoughtful views on fascism are in the great tradition of past works by Orwell, Albert Camus, Hannah Arendt and Henry Thor...

Through a re-examination of the political thought of Max Weber, Carl Schmitt and Hans Kelsen, this book offers a reflection on the nature of modern...

Reducere. The current U.S. immigration nightmare is a product of capitalism. The familiar, heartbreaking stories of dangerous treks, migrant exploitation, as...

The political institutions under which we live today evolved from a revolutionary idea that shook the world in the second part of the eighteenth ce...

DescriptionKeith Kahn-Harris argues that the controversy over antisemitism today is a symptom of a growing "selectivity" in anti-racism caused by a...

DescriptionThis bold, groundbreaking study of American political development assesses the presidency of Abraham Lincoln through the lenses of gover...

By examining the Second Seminole War through the lenses of race, Jacksonian democracy, media and public opinion, American expansion, and military s...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCNumber of pages: 344Collection: Modern Studies in European LawPublication date: 2017Dimensions: 166 x 241 x 26C...

Reducere. How do artistic experiments with artificial intelligence problematize human-centered notions of creative agency, authorship, and ownership? Offerin...

Reducere. In this bold and lyrical debut, Sondra weaves personal narrative with philosophical themes, crafting a story about love, solitude, and the unsayabl...