Politics Catalogue 2009
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Politics UK Catalogue 2009
Politics US Catalogue 2009
Polity is one of the world's leading publishers in politics, political theory and international relations. We publish many of the key scholars in the field and our list has earned a reputation for innovative, cutting-edge publications. We also have a strong list of textbooks in politics which are widely adopted at colleges and universities around the world.
Our authors include internationally renowned political theorists and political scientists such as Brian Barry, David Miller, Quentin Skinner, Carole Pateman, Anne Phillips, Jürgen Habermas, David Held, Andrew Gamble, Norberto Bobbio, Zygmunt Bauman, Anthony Giddens, John Gray, Claus Offe, David Beetham, John Keane, Alex Callinicos, Richard Rose, Paul Hirst, Mary Kaldor, Ken Booth, Steve Smith, Richard Falk and Andrew Linklater. We also publish books by leading political figures and commentators, such as Will Hutton and Romano Prodi, which make a significant contribution to current political debate.
Visit our highlights page for more information on our new and forthcoming general interest titles.
Bellamy and Williams: Understanding Peacekeeping 2nd ed
"The first edition was a real gem, strong on the each of conceptual, theoretical, and case study dimensions. If anything, this new edition is even better. New chapters on gender and privatization, among others, ensure that the book remains cutting edge."
Paul F. Diehl, University of Illinois
Kendra King: African American Politics
African-American Politics is a cutting-edge introduction to the political successes, failures, and persistent challenges of African-American political participation in the United States. Exploring both historic and present day political phenomena, the book draws on a wide range of sources, including U.S. Census data, Gallup Polls, landmark court opinions, speeches and first-hand interviews to provide the reader with a comprehensive and up-to-the-minute analysis of what often appear to be "irreconcilable differences" between the American political system and one of its most historically subjugated constituency groups..
Cordell and Wolff: Ethnic Conflict
"This very readable and passionate analysis of ethnic conflict, its sources and management in the post-Cold War world represents a significant and valuable contribution to the literature on the study of politics and ethnicity."
Adrian Guelke, Queen’s University of Belfast
Ramsbotham, Woodhouse and Miall, Contemporary Conflict Resolution 2/e (NEW EDITION!)
The book has been extensively revised and expanded, with new chapters added on peace-building from below; reconciliation; responding to terror; gender issues; the ethics of intervention; dialogue, discourse and disagreement; culture and conflict resolution; and future directions for the field.
Please also see the accompanying Contemporary Conflict Resolution website, which contains sample chapters, author information, and more.
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Held: Models of Democracy 3/e (NEW EDITION!)
'The great global struggles today are not over democracy versus other forms of government but over the meanings and practices of democracy themselves. There is no better critical and engaged survey of the complex histories and contemporary struggles over this deeply contested concept than David Held's third and improved edition of Models of Democracy , precisely because it is written in awareness of its own contestability.'
James Tully, University of Victoria
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Jones: Globalization Key Thinkers
"This book offers a rather unique and original means of understanding the different perspectives on globalization. It cuts through jargon and presents in a clear fashion the arguments of the key thinkers."
Stephen D. Morris, University of South Alabama
Held & McGrew, Globalization/Anti-Globalization (NEW EDITION!)
The second edition of this successful book tests the claims of those who dismiss the continuing significance of globalization through a comprehensive assessment of contemporary global trends. In the aftermath of September 11th, and the war in Iraq, there has been much talk of the end of globalization. Held and McGrew argue that these post-mortems for globalization are entirely premature. They focus upon the primary structures of world order namely: patterns of governance, organized violence, and cultural, ecological and economic exchange with particular emphasis given to global patterns of inequality, exclusion and domination.
Viotti: American Foreign Policy
"With its focus on the policymaker, Paul Viotti’s new book is both engaging and distinctive; this approach gives students a sense of the range of policy options to consider in particular cases and it allows those familiar with IR theory to make connections between those theories and policymaking."
Daniel G Lang, Lynchburg College
Wright-Neville Dictionary of Terrorism
Introduced by an essay exploring the complex nature of terrorism and with more than 250 entries, each containing suggestions for further reading, the Dictionary of Terrorism provides an overview of the key themes, individuals, organizations and tactics that have shaped terrorism throughout history and into the contemporary world.
Davies Global Politics of Health
Despite a growing interest in the relationship between health and international relations there has yet to be a systematic study of the links between them. Global Health Issues aims to fill this gap – ultimately showing how world politics can be good, or bad, for your health.
Elbe Security and Global Health
Every era, it is said, has its defining malady. What will be ours? In this cutting-edge book Stefan Elbe explores a whole host of diverse global health issues from pandemics and bio-weapons to endemic and ‘lifestyle’ diseases, which are now being tackled by governments and international institutions through the prism of security.
Swift, Political Philosophy : A Beginners' Guide for Students and Politicians 2/e (NEW EDITION!)
‘A triumph of a book that illuminates the last two decades of politics and points the way to the next…How does philosophy affect politics? Through books like this.'
James Purnell, MP
These concise books offer authoritative overviews of conflicts in some of the world’s most notorious political ‘hot spots’. Written for a broad audience of students and general readers, they provide invaluable introductions to key regional and sub-regional conflict zones.
This ground-breaking series provides intellectually rigorous introductions to core topics in War and Conflict Studies, drawing on a wide range of modern examples. Written by internationally renowned scholars, the books will aim to provide new empirical and/or analytical insight and make a clear contribution to public debate.
This series makes available to a wide audience the ideas of some of the most influential thinkers of our time. Cutting across the boundaries between academic disciplines and between different traditions of thought, the series addresses European as well as Anglo-American thinkers. The books are written in a clear and concise way, making them suitable for students and for the interested general reader.
New and published titles of particular interest to politics students and lecturers are listed below. Please check other subject pages for further titles in this series.
Forthcoming
Key Concepts is a series of concise and accessible textbooks exploring core concepts in the social sciences. The books focus on concepts that are central to each discipline and have a high degree of complexity surrounding them. For more information on individual titles please see the series webpage: www.polity.co.uk/keyconcepts.
Political Profiles is a new series of books providing authoritative introductions to major political figures of the modern world. Each volume will integrate a biographical and historical treatment of the leader’s life and career with a comprehensive analysis of his/her contribution to political developments and debates on a national, regional and international level.
A major new series of innovative and lively short introductions to the main areas of the social sciences and humanities. For information on individual volumes please go to the series webpage: www.polity.co.uk/shortintroductions.
This ground-breaking series sets a new agenda for debates in the social sciences and humanities. Each volume in the series sheds light on a particular issue or theme shaping social, political, economic, and cultural life in the new millennium. Written by internationally renowned scholars who are leaders in their field, books in this series provide original and accessible overviews of some of the most important topics of our age.
