Social & political philosophy books

This edited collection showcases the contribution of women to the development of political ideas during the Enlightenment,...  Read More >>

Recounting recent encounters between Latin American and Arab countries this unique volume explores how, despite...  Read More >>

The first book-length consideration of one of the major British left-wing writers of the twentieth century, this...  Read More >>

Drawing upon private papers, letters, financial records, diaries and memoirs, this book revisits the Monmouth Rebellion...  Read More >>

This volume examines the selection and promotion of bishops within ecclesiastical politics at the Elizabethan court,...  Read More >>

Most works written about the Jacobites have tended to look at the 1745 Rebellion, rather than the earlier attempt...  Read More >>

This collection, a testament to the work of Hilda L. Smith, confronts orthodoxy in social and cultural, scientific...  Read More >>

In 1948, British troops withdrew from the Palestinian lands, ending over 30 years of the British Mandate of Palestine....  Read More >>

Following on from Jeremy Black’s previous studies on eighteenth-century foreign policy, Politics and Foreign Policy...  Read More >>

In the context of global problems such as the economic downturn, escalating inequality, terrorism, resource depletion...  Read More >>

This book traces the evolution and changing course of the relationship between communists and Muslims from the emergence...  Read More >>

The years between 1744 and 1757 were a testing time for the British government as political unrest at home exploded...  Read More >>

Frequent discussions of Satan from the pulpit, in the courtroom, in print, in self-writings, and on the streets...  Read More >>

This book provides keen insights about emerging technological and financial developments in the way that presidential...  Read More >>

The early-sixteenth century was a turbulent time for the Italian peninsula as competing centres of power struggled...  Read More >>

Exploring the history and theories of political thought of international relations in the seventeenth century, this...  Read More >>

Roger Makins, British Ambassador to Washington 1953-1956, was one of the most prominent and powerful diplomats of...  Read More >>

This volume discusses how public cultural policies relate to the principle political issue of democracy. Contributors...  Read More >>

In this collection, the result of a lifetime’s study, Brendan Bradshaw provides an insight into how concepts of...  Read More >>

Aristocratic dynasties have long been regarded as fundamental to the development of early modern society and government....  Read More >>

How to Create Societies for Human Wellbeing presents a compelling new perspective on psychological wellbeing informed...  Read More >>

This book brings the political history of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries up-to-date through a series...  Read More >>

This book enquires into the views of national elites in South European countries about Europe and the different...  Read More >>

This volume gives further impetus to the recent trend of looking beyond the major figures of diplomats and foreign...  Read More >>

The book provides an original typology of religiously oriented parties that is a useful guide to understand their...  Read More >>