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Cambridge University Press Climate Change Policy in the European Union
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Cambridge University Press A History of the Colonization of Africa by Alien Races
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Translations of Medieval Philosophical Texts
Book SynopsisThe eagerly-awaited second volume of The Cambridge Translations of Medieval Philosophical Texts offers first-time English translations of seventeen major texts in ethics and political thought. This is an important resource for scholars and students of medieval philosophy, history, political science, theology and literature.Table of ContentsGeneral Introduction; 1. Questions on Book X of the ethics Albert the Great; 2. Conscience and synderesis Bonaventure; 3. On the Rule of Princes Giles of Rome; 4. Commentary and questions on Book III of Aristotle's politics Peter of Auvergne; 5. Is it rational for someone without hope of a future life to choose to die for the Commonwealth? Henry of Ghent; 6. Does a human being following the dictates of natural reason have to judge that he ought to love God more than himself? Godfrey of Fontaines; 7. Does a human being have a greater natural love for God than for himself, or vice versa? James of Viterbo; 8. Is the science of theology a speculative science? Godfrey of Fontaines; 9. Is a subject bound to observe a statute even when it is not evident that it promotes the common unity? Henry of Ghent; 10. Are subjects bound to pay a tax when the need for it is not evident? Godfrey of Fontaines; 11. Is it better to be ruled by the best man than by the best laws? James of Viterbo; 12. May a Christian king use unbelievers for the just defense of his kingdom? John of Naples; 13. Using and enjoying William of Ockham; 14. Summa on ecclesiastical power (Selections) Augustine of Ancona; 15. Is an errant individual bound to recant at the rebuke of a superior? William of Ockham; 16. Questions on Book X of the ethics Jean Buridan; 17. On civil lordship John Wyclif.
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Cambridge University Press Tocqueville and the Frontiers of Democracy
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Cambridge University Press The Spatial Theory of Voting
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Cambridge University Press Democracy and the Capitalist State Testament Studies 62
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Cambridge University Press Nation State and the Economy in History
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Cambridge University Press Natural Rights Theories Their Origin and Development
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Cambridge University Press Participation and Political Equality
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Cambridge University Press Game Theory and Political Theory
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Cambridge University Press Democracy and Decision
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Cambridge University Press Seneca
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Cambridge University Press Cicero
Book SynopsisContains the Latin text of most of the surviving parts of Cicero's most elaborate philosophical dialogue.Table of ContentsIntroduction: 1. Context; 2. Composition, setting, form; 3. Argument, structure, sources; 4. Style; 5. Text; M. TVLLI CICERONIS DE RE PVBLICA LIBRI; Commentary.
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Cambridge University Press Bodin
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Cambridge University Press William of Ockham
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Cambridge University Press The Mind of John Locke
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Cambridge University Press William of Ockham
Book SynopsisThe Short Discourse is a passionate but compelling statement of Ockham's position on the most fundamental political problem of the medieval period.Trade Review"This book is enriched by an admirable introduction by McGrade, which places Ockham and his work in the framework of their time. Careful footnoting and a useful bibliography enhance the value of the book." H. Malcolm MacDonald, Social Science Quarterly"Ockham's argument combines lucidity with passion....it was the first complete Latin work I ever read. By the time I finished it I would gladly have followed Ockham out of Avignon and into the imperial entourage." David Burr, Church HistoryTable of ContentsPreface; Note on references; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Principal dates in Ockham's life; Suggestions for further reading; A Short Discourse on the Tyrannical Government over things; Divine and human, but especially over the Empire and those subject to the Empire; Usurped by some who are called Highest Pontiffs; Prologue; Book I; Book II; Book III; Book IV; Book V; Book VI; Appendix: text and translation; Bibliography; Index of references to the Bible; Index of references to canon law; Index of persons; Subject index.
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Cambridge University Press Diderot
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Cambridge University Press PreRevolutionary Writings
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Cambridge University Press Bossuet Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture
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Cambridge University Press Hobbes and the Social Contract Tradition
Book SynopsisThis major study of Hobbes''s political draws on recent developments in game and decision theory to explore whether the thrust of the argument in Leviathan, that it is in the interests of the people to create a ruler with absolute power, can be shown to be cogent. Professor Hampton has written a book of vital importance to political philosophers, political and social scientists, and intellectual historians.Trade Review'Hampton's ingenious argument … is the best that has yet been advanced to explain how Hobbesian persons could institute a sovereign.' David Gauthier, Philosophy and Public AffairsTable of ContentsAcknowledgments; A note on texts and references; Introduction; 1. 'Of Man': the foundation of Hobbe's political argument; 2. What is the cause of conflict in the state of nature?; 3. The shortsightedness account of conflict and the laws of nature; 4. The argument of absolute sovereignty; 5. Authorizing the sovereign; 6. Hobbe's social contract; 7. The failure of Hobbe's social contract argument; 8. Can Hobbe's argument be salvaged?; 9. How the traditional social contract argument works; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Diderot
Book SynopsisThis volume presents a selection of the political writings of one of the most significant figures of the French enlightenment.Trade Review'As there is no collection of Diderot's political writings available in English translation, this volume fills an obvious gap and will, one hopes, encourage further study of Diderot's contribution to political theory … These texts are prefaced by an elegant introduction, and accompanied by a chronology, a useful guide to further reading and an ample index.' French HistoryTable of ContentsAcknowledgements; Introduction; Chronology; Bibliography; Articles from the Encyclopedie; Supplement to Bougainville's 'Voyage' Observations on the Nakaz; Extracts from the Histoire des Deux Indes; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Political Discourse in Early Modern Britain 24 Ideas in Context Series Number 24
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Cambridge University Press Ideals as Interests in Hobbess Leviathan
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Cambridge University Press Lawson
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Cambridge University Press Reasoning and Choice
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Cambridge University Press Loyseau
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Cambridge University Press Reasoning and Choice
Book Synopsis'In sum this is a didactically, theoretically and methodologically impressive report on an important research project, scrupulously conducted over a number of years by a powerful group of scholars with a wide range of skills. It is now required reading for all who work on voting behaviour and/or political attitudes.' Michael Laver, Political StudiesTrade Review'In sum this is a didactically, theoretically and methodologically impressive report on an important research project, scrupulously conducted over a number of years by a powerful group of scholars with a wide range of skills. It is now required reading for all who work on voting behaviour and/or political attitudes.' Michael Laver, Political StudiesTable of ContentsList of tables and figures; Preface; 1. Introduction: major themes; 2. The role of heuristics in political reasoning: a theory sketch; 3. Values under pressure: AIDS and civil liberties; 4. The principle-policy puzzle: the paradox of American racial attitudes; 5. Reasoning chains; 6. The likability heuristic; 7. Democratic values and mass publics; 8. Ideological reasoning; 9. Information and electoral choice; 10. Stability and change in party identification: presidential to off-years; 11. The American dilemma: the role of law as a persuasive symbol; 12. Ideology and issue persuasibility: dynamics of racial policy attitudes; 13. The new racism and the American ethos; 14. Retrospect and prospect; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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Cambridge University Press Political Psychology
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Cambridge University Press The Politics of Africas Economic Recovery
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Cambridge University Press Citizens and Community
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Cambridge University Press The Limits of Hobbesian Contractarianism
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Cambridge University Press Belated Feudalism Labor the Law and Liberal Development in the United States
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Cambridge University Press The Book of the Body Politic Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
Book SynopsisChristine de Pizan was born in Venice and raised in Paris at the court of Charles V of France. Widowed at the age of twenty-five, she turned to writing as a source of comfort and income, and went on to produce a remarkable series of books, including poetry, politics, chivalry, warfare, religion and philosophy. She is considered to be France's first female professional writer. This was the first translation into modern English of Christine de Pizan's major political work, The Book of the Body Politic. Written during the Hundred Years' War, it discusses the education and behaviour appropriate for princes, nobility and common people, so that all classes can understand their responsibilities towards society as a whole. A product of a time of civil unrest, The Book of the Body Politic offers a medieval political theory of interdependence and social responsibility from the perspective of an educated woman.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Note on the text; Principal events in Christine de Pizan's life; Bibliography; The Book of the Body Politic; Part 1. On Princes: Part 2. On Nobles and Knights: Part 3. On the Common People: Glossary.
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Cambridge University Press Political Psychology
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Cambridge University Press Priestley Political Writings Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
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Cambridge University Press The Politics of Africas Economic Recovery
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Cambridge University Press An Approach to Political Philosophy
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Cambridge University Press Talking Politics
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Cambridge University Press Early Greek Political Thought from Homer to the Sophists
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Cambridge University Press Explaining Political Disagreement
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Cambridge University Press Politics and Rationality
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Cambridge University Press Sir John Fortescue
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Cambridge University Press Politics and Rationality
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Cambridge University Press An Approach to Political Philosophy Locke in Contexts 25 Ideas in Context
Book SynopsisAn Approach to Political Philosophy: Locke in Context brings together Professor Tully's most important and innovative statements on Locke in a systematic treatment of the latter's thought that is at once contextual and critical. Each essay has been rewritten and expanded for this volume, and each seeks to understand a theme of Locke's political philosophy by interpreting it in light of the complex contexts of early modern European political thought and practice. These historical studies are then used in a variety of ways to gain critical perspectives on the assumptions underlying current debates in political philosophy and the history of political thought. The themes treated include government, toleration, discipline, property, aboriginal rights, individualism, power, labour, self-ownership, community, progress, liberty, participation, and revolution.Trade Review'James Tully's analysis is scholarly in its historical detail, imaginative in its search for meaning, provocatively ambitious in its scope and thoroughly engaging at all levels.' Alsitais Edwards, Journal of Political StudiesTable of ContentsPart I. A Philosophy of Limited Government: 1. An introduction to Locke's political philosophy; Part II. Property Disputes: 2. After the Macpherson thesis; 3. The framework of natural rights in Locke's analysis of property; 4. Differences in the interpretation of Locke on property; 5. Rediscovering America: the two treatises and aboriginal rights; Part III. Governing Subjects: 6. Governing conduct: Locke on the reform of thought and behaviour; 7. Rights in abilities; 8. Progress and scepticism; Part IV. Freedom and Revolution: 9. Liberty and natural law; 10. Political freedom.
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Cambridge University Press Talking Politics
Book SynopsisThose who analyze public opinion have long contended that the average citizen is incapable of recounting consistently even the most rudimentary facts about current politics; that the little the average person does know is taken strictly from what the media report, with no critical reflection; and that the consequence is a polity that is ill prepared for democratic governance. And yet social movements, comprised by and large of average citizens, have been a prominent feature of the American political scene throughout American history and have experienced a resurgence. William Gamson asks, how is it that so many people become active in movements if they are so uninterested and badly informed about issues? The conclusion he reaches in this book is a striking refutation of the common wisdom about the public's inability to reason about politics.Trade Review"Talking Politics provides a kind of anatomy of political discourse, grounded in careful analysis of social-psychological processess. ... Gamson has pioneered new approaches to the study of popular consciousness, developing new conceptual and methodological tools for thinking about how groups actually formulate political understandings." Contemporary Sociology"...with a fine integration of findings from other studies, the book is a major contribution to our understanding of how people develop political consciousness." R. E. O'Connor, Choice"...with a fine integration of findings from other studies, the book is a major contribution to our understanding of how people develop political consciousness." R. E. O'Connor, ChoiceTable of ContentsList of figures and tables; Preface; 1. Political consciousness; 2. Conversations and media discourse; Part I. Collective Action Frames: 3. Injustoce; 4. Agency; 5. Identity; 6. Talk and action; Part II. How People Negotiate Meaning: 7. Media, popular wisdom, and experience; 8. Cultural resonances; 9. Proximity and engagement; 10. Developing political consciousness; Appendices; Notes; References; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Voltaire Political Writings Cambridge Texts in
Book SynopsisThis edition of Voltaire's political writings presents a varied selection of his most interesting and controversial texts, many of which have not previously been translated into English. They range over the nature and legitimacy of political power, law and the social order, crime and punishment, liberty and humanity, war and peace, and the growing disorder in the French economy. They also touch on specific issues and events in pre-Revolutionary France to which Voltaire responded and in which he was closely involved, including the Seven Years' War and relations with Frederick II, the Genevan quarrels of the 1760s, and the sensational trials of Jean Calas, Sirven and the Chevalier de La Barre. A comprehensive introduction explores the background to these texts, which together reflect the full range of Voltaire's responses to the most significant issues of his time.Table of ContentsList of abbreviations; Chronology; Introduction; Bibliographical note; Select bibliography; Biographical note; Editorial note; Note on translation; Articles from the Pocket Philosophical Dictionary; Articles from the Questions on the Encyclopaedia; The A B C, or Dialogues between A B C, translated from the English by Mr Huet; Other writings: Republican ideas. By a member of a public body; Thoughts on public administration; The rights of men and the usurpations of others; Commentary on the book On Crimes and Punishments; Dialogue between a philosopher and a comptroller-general of finance; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Western Political Theory in the Face of the Future Canto original series
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