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The author argues that the Helsinki Final Act (1975) transformed East-West relations and provided a common platform around which opposition could mobilize. This text counters those who believe international norms do not affect domestic political change, and explains why and how they matter.

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An account of world affairs - from Communist Moscow to the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam and beyond - as seen by one of Australia's most successful diplomats.

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Alongside Georges Clemenceau and David Lloyd George, Giovanni Giolitti (1842-1928) stands out as one of the major liberal reformers of late 19th- and early 20th-century Europe.

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As the countries of East-Central Europe struggle to create liberal democracy and the United States and other Western nations attempt to rediscover their own tarnished civil institutions, this title identifies the neglect of the idea of 'civil society' as a central concern common to both cultures today.

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During the tumultuous closing decades of the nineteenth century, as the prospect of democracy loomed and as intensified global economic and strategic competition reshaped the political imagination, British thinkers grappled with the question of how best to organize the empire. This title analyzes this debate.

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Ashdown analyzes some of the mainstream theories that policy makers and global leaders use as templates in understanding the international system and measures their effectiveness in explaining the policies of nation-states, particularly in regard to trade and power.

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The possibilities for third-party intervention aimed at facilitating the non-violent termination of international crises are explored in this book. The author develops a theory of third-party intervention at a high level of abstraction and then presents a set of applications which focuses on the Secretary-General of the United Nations and a variety

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Here Warren Kimball explores Roosevelt's vision of the postwar world by laying out the nature and development of FDR's 'war aims'-his long-range political goals. As the face of eastern Europe and the world changes before our eyes, Roosevelt's goals, dismissed during the Cold War as impractical statesman facing of dilemmas that defied quick solution.

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A brilliant analysis of the transition in world economics, finance, and power as the era of globalization ends and gives way to new power centers and institutions.

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Internationally renowned communitarian leader Amitai Etzioni presents a controversial challenge to the fundamental American belief in personal privacy at all costs

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This is a systematic, full-length study of Locke's theory of rights and of its potential for making genuine contributions to contemporary debates about rights and their place in political philosophy. Simmons refers extensively to Locke's published and unpublished works.

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Knight and other liberal tinkers, Madison outlines the postmodern theory of reason that is presupposed within classical liberal theory and makes the case that as a political philosophy liberalism can be justified entirely within its own terms, without reference to arbitrary or absolute values.

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Focusing on the historical background to twentieth century totalitarianism, this book unravels the complexity and mystery behind ideas of domination, leadership, and human development.

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Focusing on the historical background to twentieth century totalitarianism, this book unravels the complexity and mystery behind ideas of domination, leadership, and human development.

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Crikey correspondent Bernard Keane explains capitalism, identity and Why Everything Is Awful

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This work reconsiders what early Americans meant by such basic political concepts as the public good, liberty and slavery. It questions whether 18th-century Americans understood these terms in an individualistic manner, revealing an understanding based on reformed Protestant communalism.

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This book presents a wide range of important, lively and engaging readings, aiming to capture the originality of Bauman's special way of doing sociology and all the complexity of his core ideas, in a way that connects with twenty-first century minds. -- .

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Some of the freshest and bravest thinking about government in decades.