The democratic aspects of trade union recognition / Alan Bogg. by Bogg, Alan

Table of Contents: “…Reappraising Kahn-Freund : the coherence of collective laissez-faire -- The rise of the legal duty to bargain : the resilience of collective laissez-faire -- The Third Way and liberal labour law -- The Third Way and Republican labour law -- The political theory of union recognition campaigns I : liberal neutrality and the cultural marketplace -- The political theory of union recognition campaigns II : the problem of adaptive preferences -- The political theory of collective bargaining : pluralism, deliberation and the duty to bargain.…”
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Europe and the Eastern other : comparative perspectives on politics, religion and culture before the Enlightenment / Hassan Bashir. by Bashir, Hassan, 1971-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: towards a more inclusive discipline of political theory -- Between Euro-centrism and Euro-denial: the case for comparative political theory -- 'No people and a foolish nation': the thirteenth century Mongol Empire through western eyes -- 'Wise men of the Franks': Jesuit missionaries at the court of Indian Emperor Akbar the Great -- 'Delusions of celestial perfection': the encounter between Jesuit missionaries and the Chinese literati in early modern China -- Conclusions: otherness, canonicity and comparative political theory.…”
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Politics and the mass media / Mark Wheeler. by Wheeler, Mark C.

Table of Contents: “…The traditional paradigms: political theories of the mass media -- The development of the British press -- The contemporary British press -- The British public service broadcasting system -- Public service broadcasting?…”

Thinking things through : an introduction to philosophical issues and achievements / Clark Glymour. by Glymour, Clark N.

Table of Contents: “…The idea of proof -- Proofs -- Aristotle's theory of demonstration and proof -- Ideas, combinations, and the mathematics of thought -- The laws of thought -- Frege's new logical world -- Modern logic* -- Experience, knowledge, and belief -- Skepticism -- Bayesian solutions* -- Kantian solutions -- Knowledge and reliability -- Decisions and causes -- Minds -- Mind and meaning -- The computable* -- The computational concept of mind -- Ethics -- Moral issues, moral tools, and challenges to ethical theory -- Moral and political theories -- Ethics in the real world.…”
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The Routledge Companion to Social and Political Philosophy. by Gaus, Gerald F.

Table of Contents: “…The history of social and political theory -- pt. II. Political theories and ideologies -- pt. …”
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Prehistoric myths in modern political philosophy : challenging Stone Age stories / Karl Widerquist and Grant S. McCall. by Widerquist, Karl, McCall, Grant S.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Modern political philosophy and prehistoric anthropology: some preliminary issues -- The Hobbesian hypothesis: how a colonial prejudice became an essential premise in the most popular justification of government -- John Locke and the Hobbesian hypothesis: how a similar colonial prejudice became an essential premise in the most popular justification of private property rights -- The Hobbesian hypothesis in eighteenth-century political theory -- The Hobbesian hypothesis in nineteenth-century political theory -- The Hobbesian hypothesis in contemporary political theory -- The Hobbesian hypothesis in anthropology -- Nasty and brutish? …”
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The quest of the absolute : birth and decline of European romanticism / Louis Dupré. by Dupré, Louis K., 1925-2022

Table of Contents: “…The Beautiful and the Sublime ; The Romantic Image of the Person as Reflected in the Novel ; Romantic Ethics ; Political Theories after the French Revolution -- Syntheses of Romantic Thought. …”
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Presidents and political thought / David J. Siemers. by Siemers, David J.

Table of Contents: “…On presidents and ideas -- John Adams: defense of the mixed constitution -- Thomas Jefferson: notes from a prophet of progress -- James Madison: political theory must be made to counteract political theory -- Woodrow Wilson: keeping the world safe from philosophy -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt: a first-class trimmer -- Bill Clinton: flirtation with the social contract -- Dear Mr. …”
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The city on the hill from below : the crisis of prophetic Black politics / Stephen H. Marshall. by Marshall, Stephen H.

Table of Contents: “…Black Liberty in the City of Enmity: The Political Theory of David Walker; 2. "Glorious Revolution" in the City of Mastery: Frederick Douglass on the Corruption of the American Republic; 3. …”
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The propriety of liberty : persons, passions and judgement in modern political thought / Duncan Kelly. by Kelly, Duncan

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION: The Propriety of Liberty; CHAPTER ONE: 'That glorious fabrick of liberty': John Locke, the Propriety of Liberty and the Quality of Responsible Agency; CHAPTER TWO: Passionate Liberty and Commercial Selfhood: Montesquieu's Political Theory of Moderation; CHAPTER THREE: 'The True Propriety of Language': Persuasive Mediocrity, Imaginative Delusion and Adam Smith's Political Theory; CHAPTER FOUR: Taking Things as They Are: John Stuart Mill on the Judgement of Character and the Cultivation of Civilization.…”
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Dirty truths : reflections on politics, media, ideology, conspiracy, ethnic life and class power / Michael Parenti. by Parenti, Michael, 1933-

Table of Contents: “…Politics and issues -- Media and culture -- Conspiracy: phobia and reality -- Political theory and consciousness -- Miscellany and memorabilia.…”

Tragedy and international relations / edited by Toni Erskine, Richard Ned Lebow.

Table of Contents: “…Tragedy and international relations as political theory: tragic choices and contemporary international political theory / Chris Brown; the tragedy of tragedy / J. …”
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The political is political : conformity and the illusion of dissent in contemporary political philosophy / Lorna Finlayson. by Finlayson, Lorna, 1986-

Table of Contents: “…Nowhere to Run: The Real World in Political Theory / 6. Small and Unsexy: Political Theory in the Real World / Conclusion / Afterword / Bibliography / Index…”
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Parliament and parliamentarism : a comparative history of a European concept / edited by Pasi Ihalainen, Cornelia Ilie, Kari Palonen.

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Parliament and Parliamentarism -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Parliament as a Conceptual Nexus -- PART I The Conceptual History of Parliaments -- Chapter 1 European Parliamentary Experiences from a Conceptual Historical Perspective -- Chapter 2 Key Concepts for Parliament in Britain (1640-1800) -- Chapter 3 Discussing the First Age of French Parliamentarism (1789-1914) -- Chapter 4 From Monarchical Constitutionalism to a Parliamentary Republic -- Chapter 5 Passion and Reason -- Chapter 6 The Formation of Parliamentarism in the Nordic Countries from the Napoleonic Wars to the First World War -- Chapter 7 The Conceptual History of the Russian State Duma -- PART II The Discourse and Rhetoric of Modern Parliaments -- Chapter 8 Parliamentary Discourse and Deliberative Rhetoric -- Chapter 9 Rhetoric, Parliament and the Monarchy in Pre-revolutionary England -- Chapter 10 French Parliamentary Discourse, 1789-1914 -- Chapter 11 German Parliamentary Discourse since 1848 from a Linguistic Point of View -- Chapter 12 Central and Eastern European Parliamentary Rhetoric since the Nineteenth Century -- PART III Parliament and Parliamentarism in Political Theory -- Chapter 13 Political Theories of Parliamentarism -- Chapter 14 Thinking of Politics in a Parliamentary Manner -- Chapter 15 Theories of Representative Government and Parliamentarism in Italy from the 1840s to the 1920s -- Chapter 16 Parliamentarism and Democracy in German Political Theory since 1848 -- Chapter 17 Parliamentarism in Spanish Politics in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries -- Chapter 18 Towards a Political Theory of EU Parliamentarism -- Epilogue -- Index.…”
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Dictionary of Modern Politics. by Robertson, David Professor

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Bodies of Law. by Hyde, Alan

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In search of humanity ; the role of the Enlightenment in modern history. by Cobban, Alfred

Table of Contents: “…The problem of the twentieth century ; The decline of political theory -- The foundations of the Enlightenment. …”

How to save politics in a post-truth era : thinking through difficult times / Ilan Zvi Baron. by Baron, Ilan Zvi, 1978-

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The end of politics; Introduction; Political theory and the end of politics; The what and how of political theory; Conclusion; 2 Unlearning how we think; Introduction; Methodology and political knowledge; The limits of science; Between thinking and knowing; Conclusion; 3 Making sense of the results; Introduction; A vote for nothing?…”
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Allegories of America : narratives, metaphysics, politics / Frederick M. Dolan. by Dolan, Frederick Michael

Table of Contents: “…The fiction of America -- America's critique of reason -- Cold war metaphysics -- Fiction and the dilemma of postmodern politics -- Practicing political theory otherwise.…”

Philosophy and real politics / Raymond Geuss. by Geuss, Raymond

Table of Contents: “…-- Priorities, preferences, timing -- Legitimacy -- Tasks of political theory -- Rights -- Justice -- Equality -- Fairness, ignorance, impartiality -- Power.…”
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