The second edition of this intellectually and practically engaging book, includes a valuable new section on justice and updated material throughout. While integrating the insights of ancient, modern and postmodern political thought, Thiele offers a thorough exploration of the art and craft of political theory.
Who are the most influential thinkers, and which are the most important
concepts, events, and documents in the study of the American political
tradition? How ought we regard the beliefs and motivations of the
founders, the debate over the ratification of the Constitution, the
historical circumstances of the Declaration of Independence, the rise
of the modern presidency, and the advent of judicial supremacy? These
are a few of the fascinating questions canvassed by George W. Carey in A Student's Guide to American Political Thought.
Carey's primer instructs students on the fundamental matters of
American political theory while telling them where to turn to obtain a
better grasp on the ideas that have shaped the American political
heritage.
Edward Said makes one of the strongest cases ever for the aphorism, "the pen is mightier than the sword." This is a brilliant work of literary criticism that essentially becomes political science. Culture and Imperialism demonstrates that Western imperialism's most effective tools for dominating other cultures have been literary in nature as much as political and economic. He traces the themes of 19th- and 20th-century Western fiction and contemporary mass media as weapons of conquest and also brilliantly analyzes the rise of oppositional indigenous voices in the literatures of the "colonies." Said would argue that it's no mere coincidence that it was a Victorian Englishman, Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton, who coined the phrase "the pen is mightier . . ." Very highly recommended for anyone who wants to understand how cultures are dominated by words, as well as how cultures can be liberated by resuscitating old voices or creating new voices for new times.
The writings of Luigi Einaudi (1874-1961) testify to the author's
outstanding contribution to economics during his long career as
economist, historian and policy-maker. Of special note is his work on
the taxation of consumption rather than income.
Throughout his career Einaudi argued the economic and political case
for European unity, anticipating the need for a common market and
monetary union. His writings on money and on political and economic
liberalism are enlivened by a down-to-earth conception of the market
and grounded in profound historical and institutional knowledge. This
book makes an important selection of his works available in English for
the first time.
Cities of the World represents a compilation of government reports and
original research on the social, cultural, political, and industrial
aspects of the nations and cities of the world.