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Issues in Political Theory
Edited by Catriona McKinnon
400 pages
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Figures, tables and boxes
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246x189mm
978-0-19-921700-7
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Paperback
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13 March 2008
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- The book is organised around issues and each chapter includes a case study section, thereby tying theory to practice and enabling students to apply concepts to real world politics.
- The balance between national and international issues reflects political theory's extension into the international realm, offering students an up-to-date and contemporary perspective of the subject area.
- Assumes no background knowledge, making it accessible to beginning students.
- Carefully edited contributions from international experts who have shaped the debates they address in their chapters, providing students with authoritative and accessible content.
- Excellent learning features throughout to support student learning, including readers' guides; key points; questions; guide to further reading; key thinkers, key concepts and key texts boxes; and glossary.
- Online Resource Centre offers case studies for each chapter, web links, links to journal articles and questions.
- Visually appealing 2-colour text design.
This is a unique political theory textbook that invites students to apply the concepts they encounter to real world politics. Each chapter includes a 2,000 word case study to highlight the theories that have been discussed.
The lucid and elegant contributions by leading thinkers enables engagement with the subject at its sharp end without any compromise in accessibility. This is essential reading for all political theory students from beginners onwards.
Online Resource Centre
The book is accompanied by the following resources:
Student Site:
Case studies for each
chapter
Annotated web links for each chapter
Links to journal articles
Instructor Site:
Essay questions, seminar questions and activitiesReadership: All undergraduate and postgraduate students on courses involving political theory or political concepts.
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Edited by Catriona McKinnon, Reader in Political Theory, University of Reading Contributors:
Catriona McKinnon, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Reading
Andrew Shorten, University College London
Tony Coady, Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, University of Melbourne
Thomas Christiano, Department of Political Science, University of Arizona
Anna Elisabetta Galeotti, Department of Humanities, University of Piemonte Orientale, Vercelli
Andrew Williams, Department of Philosophy, University of Warwick
Paula Casal, Department of
Politics and International Relations, University of Reading
Jonathan Wolff, Department of Philosophy, University College London
Harry Brighouse, Department of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Clare Chambers, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Cambridge
Gillian Brock, Department of Philosophy, University of Auckland
Dale Jamieson, Institute for the Study of Environment and Society, Colorado Keith Hyams, University of Exeter Tom Campbell, Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, Charles Stuart University, Australia
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Catriona McKinnon: Introduction: Political theory and practice
1: Keith Hyams: Political authority and obligation
2: Andrew Shorten: Nation and state
3: C.A.J. (Tony) Coady: War and intervention
4: Thomas Christiano: Democracy
5: Jonathan Riley: Liberty
6: Anna Elisabetta Galeotti: Toleration
7: Paula Casal & Andrew Williams: Equality
8: Jonathan Wolff: Social justice
9: Tom Campbell: Human rights
10: Monica Mookherjee: Multiculturalism
11: Harry Brighouse: Citizenship
12: Clare Chambers: Gender
13: Gillian Brock: Global justice
14: Dale Jamieson: Environment
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