Books in the Routledge Library Editions: Political Science series

This book considers the environmental and other reasons for the apparent political inertness of American labour. It shows how the original cautious approach towards political engagement on the part of American labour was changed during the New Deal.

This book, originally published in 1959, makes explicit the social principles which underlie the procedures and political practice of the modern democratic state.

Discusses the characteristics of authority relationship, whether political authority differs from other kinds of authority, how authority relates to power and whether authority should be distinguished from the concept of legitimate rule. This book considers which models of authority are relevant in a democratic and rationalist society.

Focuses on the nature of direct action in relation to contemporary movements, and considers the role of direct action methods in past campaigns for constitutional and social rights. This study examines boycotts, sit-ins, obstructions, civil disobedience and other unconstitutional forms of protest to see whether they necessarily lead to violence.

Offers an overview of the complex relationship between bureaucracy and the politics of democracy. This book presents case histories of the actual relationship between bureaucrats and politicians in democratic societies. It is suitable for students of sociology, political science and public administration.

Discusses the prospects and methods of human political survival. This book presents the central theme in the context of problems which cause most anxiety: the mounting arms race, the unstable balance of power, the rapid growth of population, racial conflicts and ideological incompatibilities.

Explores the political and legal institutions necessary for a democratic socialism in advanced industrial societies. This book argues that a democratic socialist society needs a firm framework of public law, and a formal constitution. It maintains that radical reforms in political institutions are necessary in order to effect social change.

This book discusses the general problems of approach, classification, typology and terminology, and examines ancillary fields of study and the methods of teaching comparative government.

Analyzes and assesses theories of democracy emanating from studies in a variety of disciplines, and proposes answers to a wide range of questions in moral and political philosophy, philosophy of law and democratic theory.

Deals with key aspects of the political system in Britain and contains sections on class and voting, candidate selection, campaigning, communications, representational theories, from Greek to Victorian, the role of pressure groups and influential twentieth-century critiques.

Examines how effectively in Britain, central government is equipped to secure efficiency and responsiveness and argues, that the British system of government is neither as efficient nor as responsive to popular will as a strong democracy requires.

The nineteenth century was a time of great economic, social and political change. This book summarizes on a pan-European basis, the major techniques of repression such as the denial of popular franchise and press censorship. It presents a chronological survey of these techniques from 1815 - 1914 in each European country.

Defines the relationship between humanism and liberalism by comparing the two Victorian figures who were most concerned with the preservation of humanistic values in a free and democratic society: Matthew Arnold and John Stuart Mill.

This presentation of the main phases and features of political thought in the sixteenth century is based on an exhaustive study of contemporary writings in Latin, English, French, German and Italian.

Helps you understand Locke's political ideas in relation to his writings on philosophy, education, religion and economics and the influence these ideas had upon eighteenth-century political theorists. This book shows how Locke constructed his political perspective as a defense of the principles of natural rights, and constitutional government.

Once interpreted as a revolutionary of the left, and a prophet of Socialism, Plato has been interpreted as a revolutionary of the Right and a forerunner of Fascism. This book features Plato who appears as himself - a revolutionary of the pure idea of the Good, and an authoritarian of the pure reason, unattached either to the Right or the Left.

The 'Nonconformist conscience' was a major force in late Victorian and Edwardian politics. This book analyses the political impact of the Nonconformists at the peak of their strength when they were near the centre of key debates of the time over such matters as the growth of the British Empire and state provision of social services.

What is the nature of political judgement? This book examines Kant's concept of taste and Aristotle's concept of prudence, as well as the works of political philosophy by Arendt, Gadamer and Habermas, crucially influenced by Kant and Aristotle.

Presents an account of the historical experience of European parliaments - why different electoral systems were adopted, how they have functioned, how they have affected the development of political parties, and in what respects they have been found over time to be either suitable or unsatisfactory.

Charts the development and character of the political forms that grew out of the age of Greek immigration into the Aegean, and establishes the forms which in the course of history were decisive.

The return to the "ancestral constitution" was a major issue in Athenian politics in the period of the revolution of 411 and 404 B.C. This book examines the scope and import of the question of the "ancestral constitution".

Presents a fresh interpretation of Macchiavelli's career and writings. This English translation.

Describes Edmund Burke's political and intellectual world, stressing the importance of the idea of 'property' in Burke's thought. This book focuses on Burke's personal and political situation in the late 1780s to explain how the Reflections came to be written.

A philosophical biography that gives an account of Godwin's life and thought, and by setting his thoughts in the context of his life, brings the two into juxtaposition.