From Denali's majestic slopes to the Great Swamp of central New Jersey, protected wilderness areas make up nearly 20 percent ofthe parks, forests, wildlife refuges, and other public lands that cover
Ledford (political science, College of St. Rose) presents an analysis of group representation from the position of three feminist political theorists, which she describes in terms of insights and limi
In ThePromiseofPolitics, Hannah Arendt examines the conflict between philosophy and politics. In particular, she shows how the tradition of Western political thought, which extends from Plato and
Maintaining a balance throughout between the realist and idealist views of international law, this textbook is appropriate for an advanced undergraduate course in political science. Rochester (politic
Ukraine made headlines around the world during the winter of 2004-05 as the colorful banners ofthe Orange Revolution unfurled against the snowy backdrop of Kyiv, signaling the bright promiseof democ
Contending that it threatens the very foundation of democracy by deterring public participation, cultural critic Giroux examines neoliberalism both as a cultural politics and a public pedagogy. His wi
From U.S.-Mexico border walls to Flint's poisoned pipes, there is a new urgency to thepoliticsof infrastructure. Roads, electricity lines, water pipes, and oil installations promise to distribut
From U.S.-Mexico border walls to Flint's poisoned pipes, there is a new urgency to thepoliticsof infrastructure. Roads, electricity lines, water pipes, and oil installations promise to distribut
"ThePromiseof American Life is part ofthe bedrock of American liberalism, a classic that had a spectacular immediate impact on national politics when it was first published in 1909 and that has bee
This stunningly persuasive book examines the persistent, radical gap between thepromiseof American ideals and the performance of American politics. Samuel P. Huntington shows how Americans, through
Politics today is dominated by business news and the stock market. But those in support of green politics ask whether human profit should continue to be the bottom line of political deliberations or i
What do anti-colonial histories mean for politics in contemporary India? How can we understand a political terrain that appears crowded with the dead, heroic figures from past struggles who call the living to account and demand action? What role do these 'afterlives' play in the inauguration of new politics and the fashioning of possible futures? In this engaging and innovative analysis of anti-colonial afterlives in modern South Asia, Chris Moffat crafts a framework that takes the dead seriously - not as passive entities, ceremonially invoked, but as active interlocutors and instigators in the present. Focusing on the iconic revolutionary martyr Bhagat Singh (1907–1931), Moffat establishes the problem of inheritance as central to the forms and futures of democracy in this postcolonial polity. Tracing Bhagat Singh's revenant presence in India today, he demonstrates how living communities are animated by a sense of obligation, duty or debt to the dead.
New in paperbackWilderness is not only a place. It is also one ofthe most powerful and challenging ideas in American environmental thought, representing everything from sublime beauty to the overexte
The Tea Party. The Occupy Movement. Idle No More. Around the world, social movements have taken to new media and the streets to challenge the status quo. At the same time, most democratic countries ha
Aquinas, Aristotle, and thePromiseofthe Common Good, first published in 2006, claims that contemporary theory and practice have much to gain from engaging Aquinas's normative concept ofthe common good and his way of reconciling religion, philosophy, and politics. Examining the relationship between personal and common goods, and the relation of virtue and law to both, Mary M. Keys shows why Aquinas should be read in addition to Aristotle on these perennial questions. She focuses on Aquinas's Commentaries as mediating statements between Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics and Politics and Aquinas's own Summa Theologiae, showing how this serves as the missing link for grasping Aquinas's understanding of Aristotle's thought. Keys argues provocatively that Aquinas's Christian faith opens up new panoramas and possibilities for philosophical inquiry and insights into ethics and politics. Her book shows how religious faith can assist sound philosophical inquiry into the foundation and proper pu
Aquinas, Aristotle, and thePromiseofthe Common Good, first published in 2006, claims that contemporary theory and practice have much to gain from engaging Aquinas's normative concept ofthe common good and his way of reconciling religion, philosophy, and politics. Examining the relationship between personal and common goods, and the relation of virtue and law to both, Mary M. Keys shows why Aquinas should be read in addition to Aristotle on these perennial questions. She focuses on Aquinas's Commentaries as mediating statements between Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics and Politics and Aquinas's own Summa Theologiae, showing how this serves as the missing link for grasping Aquinas's understanding of Aristotle's thought. Keys argues provocatively that Aquinas's Christian faith opens up new panoramas and possibilities for philosophical inquiry and insights into ethics and politics. Her book shows how religious faith can assist sound philosophical inquiry into the foundation and proper pu
Paul RicIur, with Rawls, Walzer, and Habermas as some of his main interlocuters, has developed a substantial and distinctive body of political thought. On the one hand, it articulates a rich conceptio
