Social & political philosophy books

This edited volume seeks to contest prevailing assumptions about torture and to consider why, despite its illegality,...  Read More >>

This book employs a policy-based approach to examine the emerging governance structure in Taiwan, one of several...  Read More >>

Anti-Fascism, Gender, and International Communism provides a comprehensive history of the Comité mondial des femmes...  Read More >>

"Defensive Federalism presents an original contribution to the field of federalism and multinational democracies,...  Read More >>

This book analyses the conceptual and concrete relationships between rhythm and law.  Read More >>

This book studies India’s foreign policy through the lens of Kautilya’s Arthashastra, an ancient Indian treatise...  Read More >>

Violence against Women in and beyond Conflict explores the processes and structures that underlie sexual violence...  Read More >>

This book reassesses the relationship between human dignity, law and specifically the ‘personalist’ school of agency....  Read More >>

This book studies the history of intercultural human rights. It examines the foundational elements of human rights...  Read More >>

Affect and Belonging in Political Uses of the Past examines key political events of the past decade, to analyse...  Read More >>

This book examines how the European Convention of Human Rights system and the Strasbourg Court interact with states...  Read More >>

Peace Settlements and Political Transformation in Divided Societies examines what happened to Northern Ireland and...  Read More >>

This book offers a new approach for the future of democracy by advocating giving citizens the power to deliberate...  Read More >>

This book explores the discourses, attitudes, and behaviours of professional politicians and ordinary citizens alike...  Read More >>

Presenting case studies and comparisons across seven countries, this book addresses key questions as to the nature...  Read More >>

The Twilight of World Trotskyism analyzes the reasons behind the historic failure of the Trotskyist movement around...  Read More >>

This book provides the definitive account of the making of the 1942 Beveridge Report and its influence on wartime...  Read More >>

This book provides a comprehensive understanding of how, and under which conditions, regulators in the social sectors...  Read More >>

This book shows how a multidisciplinary approach combining conceptual and methodological tools from political history...  Read More >>

Featuring up-to-date and insightful analyses and comparative case studies from a plethora of countries, this timely...  Read More >>

This important new book introduces and discusses the underpinning of psychodynamic psychotherapy for torture survivors...  Read More >>

Isaiah Berlin’s liberalism seems both dated and essential in an era of ideological extremes. In this volume, ten...  Read More >>

This book reveals an ongoing hegemonic struggle over the representation of Europe among ‘many Europes’ involving...  Read More >>

This volume explores the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for the sustainability of the present global political...  Read More >>

Contributors to the volume discuss, inter alia, left Kantianism in historical context, the theological origins of...  Read More >>