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This book seeks to read the political thought of classic thinkers of the liberal tradition in the context of their metaphysical and theological writings. Sokolowski demonstrates that the political measures offered by political theorists to remedy the state of unrest and instability are intrinsically connected to their metaphysical conception of order, the self, and the interaction between the two.

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Milton's Socratic Rationalism focuses on the influence of Milton's years of private study of classical authors, chiefly Plato, Xenophon and Aristotle, on Paradise Lost. It examines the conversations of Adam and Eve as a mode of discourse closely aligned to practices of Socrates in the dialogues of Plato and eponymous discourses of Xenophon.

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Milton's Socratic Rationalism focuses on the influence of Milton's years of private study of classical authors, chiefly Plato, Xenophon and Aristotle, on Paradise Lost. It examines the conversations of Adam and Eve as a mode of discourse closely aligned to practices of Socrates in the dialogues of Plato and eponymous discourses of Xenophon.

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At the turn of the century, the United States is on the verge of losing its vote in the General Assembly for non-payment of its arrears. There are eerie parallels between the domestic debate over the United Nations in 1999 and the struggles over the League of Nations in 1919.

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Revisiting classic texts by writers such as Simone de Beauvoir, James Connolly and Paulo Freire, this book provides a series of rich reflections on the interaction between radical ideas and political action in Ireland. -- .

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Presents the history of Anglophone political science which argues that the field's transformation shouldn't be mistaken for a case of simple progress and increasing scientific precision. This book shows that political science is deeply historically contingent, driven both by its own inherited ideas and by the history in which it has developed.

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Offers a study of modern tyrants, both revealing the forces that allow them to come to power and helping us to predict where they may arise in the future.

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Explores basic features and issues of judgement using Hannah Arendt's Eichmann in Jerusalem as a case study. Sharpe examines Hannah Arendt's Eichmann in Jerusalem as a case study of judgement and in order to make sense of Arendt's theoretical work on judgement.

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In this chronicle of the ''American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009''--the largest economic recovery plan in American history--Grabell offers a perceptive, balanced, and dramatic story of what happened to the tax payers' money, pursuing the big question through behind-the-scenes interviews and on-the-ground reporting in more than a dozen states across the country.

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Gives an account of the political meaning of the "Essais" in the context of Montaigne's life and times. This work argues, Montaigne's "Essais" very much reflect his ongoing involvement and preoccupation with contemporary politics - particularly the politics of France's civil wars between Catholics and Protestants.

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The Spirit of the Laws is the canonical text of modern republicanism and the English translation always deficient heretofore is critical to an appreciation of those deliberations that led to adoption of the Constitution of the United States. The present update recovers the sense of the original French.

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Brings together a range of leading philosophers and social scientists to probe the political controversy surrounding multiculturalism. This work features K Anthony Appiah's commentary on the tensions between personal and collective identities, such as those shaped by religion, gender, ethnicity, race, and sexuality.

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As each power vies for its national interests on the world stage, how do its own citizens' democratic interests fare at home Alan Gilbert speaks to an issue at the heart of current international-relations debate.

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A comprehensive examination of the origins and outcome of the "Cold War," showing how Marxist-Leninist ideology made the war inevitable.

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Focusing on the problems of increased political participation as a vital aspect of the developmental process, the author compares the ways three different political systems--the monarchy of Morocco, the single-party state of Tunisia, and the alliance of military and civil officials of the Pakistani regime--have attempted to solve the problem at the

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An attempt to discover whether a foreign policy consensus can exist among the diverse groups in America, using data from 1,065 national leaders. Originally published in 1963. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton Un

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Proposes a fresh view of the political philosophy that lay behind the founding of the United States. This book looks at the Whig or opposition tradition as it developed in England. It argues that there were, in fact, three opposition traditions: Protestant, Grotian, and Lockean.

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This book examines the Greek political scene through Eleftherios Venizelos rise and fall from 1910 to 1936; as leader of the Liberal Party and Prime Minister of Greece Venizelos helped to create a modern Greek state.

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