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  • The Child in International Political Economy

    A Place at the Table

    by Alison M.S. Watson ...
    Series series RIPE Series in Global Political Economy
    This pioneering volume argues for the inclusion of children, and the structure known as ‘childhood’, as a permanent social category worthy of continued study within the discipline of international political economy (IPE). Fundamentally, and very simply, IPE is concerned with the dynamics of interaction across the economic and political domains; the relationship between the domestic and the ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

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  • The Third Way

    The Renewal of Social Democracy

    by Anthony Giddens ...
    The idea of finding a 'third way' in politics has been widely discussed over recent months - not only in the UK, but in the US, Continental Europe and Latin America. But what is the third way? Supporters of the notion haven't been able to agree, and critics deny the possibility altogether. Anthony Giddens shows that developing a third way is not only a possibility but a necessity in modern ... Read more

    $18.00 USD

  • Caring Democracy

    Markets, Equality, and Justice

    by Joan C. Tronto ...
    A rethinking of American democracy that puts caring responsibilities at the centerAmericans now face a caring deficit: there are simply too many demands on people’s time for us to care adequately for our children, elderly people, and ourselves.At the same time, political involvement in the United States is at an all-time low, and although political life should help us to care better, people see ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Social Reproduction Theory

    Remapping Class, Recentering Oppression

    Edited by Tithi Bhattacharya ...
    Series series Mapping Social Reproduction Theory
    This groundbreaking collection explores the profound power of Social Reproduction Theory to deepen our understanding of everyday life under capitalism. While many Marxists tend to focus on the productive economy, this book focuses on issues such as child care, health care, education, family life and the roles of gender, race and sexuality, all of which are central to understanding the relationship ... Read more

    $23.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Real World of Democracy

    by C.B. Macpherson ...
    Series series The CBC Massey Lectures
    In his 1964 CBC Massey Lectures C. B. Macpherson examines the rival ideas of democracy - the communist, Third World, and Western-liberal variants - and their impact on one another. He suggests that the West need not fear any challenge to liberal democracy if it is prepared to re-examine and alter its own values. ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Why We Hate Politics

    by Colin Hay ...
    Series series Short Introductions
    Politics was once a term with an array of broadly positive connotations, associated with public scrutiny, deliberation and accountability. Yet today it is an increasingly dirty word, typically synonymous with duplicity, corruption, inefficiency and undue interference in matters both public and private. How has this come to pass? Why do we hate politics and politicians so much? How pervasive is the ... Read more

    $20.00 USD

  • Globalization: The Key Concepts

    Edited by Annabelle Mooney, Betsy Evans ...
    Series series Routledge Key Guides
    Viewed as a destructive force or an inevitability of modern society, globalization is the focus of a multitude of disciplines. A clear understanding of its processes and terminology is imperative for anyone engaging with this ubiquitous topic. Globalization: the Key Concepts offers a comprehensive guide to this cross-disciplinary subject and covers concepts such as:homogenizationneo ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Planning in Divided Cities

    by Frank Gaffikin, Mike Morrissey ...
    Does planning in contested cities inadvertedly make the divisions worse? The 60s and 70s saw a strong role of planning, social engineering, etc but there has since been a move towards a more decentralised ‘community planning’ approach.The book examines urban planning and policy in the context of deeply contested space, where place identity and cultural affinities are reshaping cities. Throughout ... Read more

    $144.50 USD

  • Democracy and the Global Order

    From the Modern State to Cosmopolitan Governance

    by David Held ...
    This book provides a highly original account of the changing meaning of democracy in the contemporary world, offering both an historical and philosophical analysis of the nature and prospects of democracy today. ... Read more

    $26.00 USD

  • Making Sense of Corruption

    by Bo Rothstein, Aiysha Varraich ...
    Corruption is a serious threat to prosperity, democracy and human well-being, with mounting empirical evidence highlighting its detrimental effects on society. Yet defining this threat has resulted in profound disagreement, producing a multidimensional concept. Tackling this important and provocative topic, the authors provide an accessible and systematic analysis of how our understanding of ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Routledge Handbook of International Political Economy (IPE)

    IPE as a Global Conversation

    Edited by Mark Blyth ...
    The study of the International Political Economy (IPE), like the IPE itself, is plural and unbounded. Despite what partisans sometimes say, rather than there being ‘one way’ of studying the IPE that is the ‘right way’, we find across the world great variation in IPE scholarship in terms of focus, questions, and methods. How then can we make sense of this and understand the field as a whole rather ... Read more

    $84.99 USD

  • Comparative Politics

    Edited by Mark Pennington, Judith Linda Bara ...
    ′Bara and Pennington′s edited volume successfully fills a huge void in the market for introductory textbooks to comparative politics which previously offered either descriptions of political processes and systems or overviews of the methodology of comparative analysis. By applying major political science theories to overviews of the core elements of political systems, the authors both enhance our ... Read more

    $93.59 USD