Political Science / Political Theory & Methodology

This book introduces students to methodological, ethical, and epistemological foundations of research.

Drawing on the thought of Sheldon Wolin, a major American political theorist, this collection presents fresh understandings of contemporary democracy.

This book offers a comprehensive outline of the world’s political systems and regimes, classifying all 195 sovereign countries.

The Joy of Stats opens the door to statistics and quantitative analysis in the social sciences with a brief and accessible guide for students and professionals.

The Human Paradox shows how the nature of the human is structured by the conflicting human values and virtues that have shaped Western culture, and are visible across the world today.

This book analyses tensions that arise between the principles of social justice and the need for cooperation to advance collective goals.

In Wittgenstein and the Study of Politics, Michael Temelini outlines an innovative new approach to understanding the political implications of Wittgenstein’s philosophy.

Democracy Here and Now presents a detailed account of the 15M Movement in Spain – one of the important participatory democracies of the early twenty-first century.

Reconstructing the philosophy of T.W. Adorno, this book offers a critical theory of the human/animal distinction and its relation to politics.

Persons and Other Things looks closely at the Bible as a philosophical work, asking insightful questions about how to interpret the Hebrew Bible, what it means to be Jewish, and how to live a meaningful and moral life.

Zooming in on one single research question – "what is democracy?"– this book highlights the unique ways that different approaches and methodologies grapple with developing answers.

A History of Political Thought analyses market society by surveying the ideas of its most perceptive, thought-provoking observers – critics and defenders – from ancient Greece to the present day.

In this work, the authors employ a series of experiments to assess the strategies used to win elections and stay in power once elected.

This is the first book-length work to analyse Ontario’s Local Health Integration Networks

The book follows violence into the complex and hidden dimensions in and through which it eludes the collective comprehension and understanding of all who attempt to make sense of it.

Using ideas derived from the critical theory of the Frankfurt School, this book develops key elements of a radical theory of democracy that challenges both the assumptions and commitments of contemporary neo-liberalism.