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Presents a study which represents an example of an approach to political theory that stresses the importance of authorial intentions and of the political, social, and economic influences that structure a particular political debate. This book also provides historical evidence on the political life of Restoration England.

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The Rhetorical Function of Humor in the Public Sphere advances an understanding about how humor functions persuasively in the public sphere as a means to ignite deliberative democracy, a tradition that dates back to Socrates and continues with Stephen Colbert.

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The Rhetorical Function of Humor in the Public Sphere advances an understanding about how humor functions persuasively in the public sphere as a means to ignite deliberative democracy, a tradition that dates back to Socrates and continues with Stephen Colbert.

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Few deny that the work of economists has often embodied or stimulated significant contributions to political thought. Smith, Keynes, Hayek, and Friedman are good examples. However, the work of the great classical economist David Ricardo is not usually placed in such company. Despite Ricardo's affiliations with philosophical radicals like Bentham an

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Presents an overview of Paine's career as political theorist and pamphleteer, and supplies background material to "Rights of Man". This book discusses how Paine created a language of modern politics that brought various issues to the common man and the working classes and assesses the debt owed to Paine by American and British radical traditions.

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In 1941, RG Menzies delivered to war-time Australia what was to be his richest, most creative speech, and one of his most influential. Taking us deep into both the man and the culture Menzie represented and well beyond the restraints of conventional biography, this work reveals the ambivalence that lay at the heart of the Australian self-image.

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This volume examines the social and political role of the armed forces in the emergent countries of Latin America, Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Middle East. The contributors include such distinguished historians and political scientists as Belmont Brice, James S. Coleman, and Lucian W. Pye. They offer here some searching observations

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Alexander examines interest group involvement in direct democracy. Current research suggests that economic interest groups are best able to mobilize monetary resoures, while citizen groups are best able to mobilize personnel resources.

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Romanticism and Civilization examines romantic alternatives to modern life in Rousseaus foundational novel Julie. It argues that through the novel's drama and characters, Rousseau seeks to recover the sincerity and longing of the heart and the unity of life.

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This book is a thorough examination and fresh interpretation of Shakespeares presentation of the final throes of republican Romes decay and demise and the rise of Caesarism. Speech by speech and line by line, it brings out Shakespeares understanding of the political substance and the historical significance of republican Romes collapse.

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Volume 12 in the Major Conservative and Libertarian Thinkers series focuses on Russell Kirk's conservative philosophy. >

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Combines interviews with international figures - including Mikhail Gorbachev - with insights gleaned from declassified archives in East Germany and her own understanding of Russian-German relations. This book shows how German strength and Russian weakness have governed the delicate dance of power between unified Germany and democratized Russia.

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Leslie Dale Feldman's Rustics and Politics: The Political Theory of The Beverly Hillbillies
looks at the political and economic themes in the classic post-World War II television show TheBeverly Hillbillies. This book analyzes the show's handling of social status, social mobility, work, the American dream, and the idea of earned wealth versus wealth achieved by luck.

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Why did the Soviet Union squander the political leverage afforded by its trade subsidy to Eastern Europe Why did Soviet officials fail to bargain with resolve, to link subsidies to salient political issues, to make credible commitments, and to monitor the satellites' policies This book answers these questions and others.

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A high-quality textbook which has earned a strong reputation and is cited by senior academics and undergraduates alike. It is essential reading for anyone who wishes to view Nordic politics and policy-making in a wider comparative perspective. -- .

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A high-quality textbook which has earned a strong reputation and is cited by senior academics and undergraduates alike. It is essential reading for anyone who wishes to view Nordic politics and policy-making in a wider comparative perspective. -- .

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This edited collection uses works of science fiction to illustrate and explore the fundamental themes and concepts of political philosophy, including freedom, justice, and the advantages and disadvantages of progress.

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This edited collection uses works of science fiction to illustrate and explore the fundamental themes and concepts of political philosophy, including freedom, justice, and the advantages and disadvantages of progress.

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As the philosophical successor of de Maistre, Donoso kept de Maistre's ideas on authority and infallibility alive in the midst of the ideological and political controversies and the revolutionary tumult of Europe in the mid-19th century.