Political Theory: Tradition and Diversity

ISBN-13: 9780521575003 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 288 str.

Andrew Vincent; Terence Ball; Robert E. Goodin

Opis

Concerned with key debates in contemporary political theory, topics discussed in this text include: the relationship between history and theory; utilitarianism and rational choice; republicanism; and problems of difference, multiculturalism and postcolonial theory. Debates in current legal theory and international politics are considered along with issues in hermaneutics, feminism, communitarianism and poststructuralism. The essays reflect the state of political theory today, but also contemplte the state of the discipline more broadly.

Recenzje

"Upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty." Choice

Spis treści

Preface; Introduction Andrew Vincent; 1. Political theory and conceptual change Terence Ball; 2. Poltical theory and the problem of anachronism Conal Condren; 3. Utilitarianism as a public philosophy Robert E. Goodin; 4. Rational choice political theory Geoffrey Brennan; 5. Republican political theory Philip Pettit; 6. Liberalism multiculturalism and oppression Chandran Kukathas; 7. Postcolonialism and political theory Duncan Ivison; 8. Legal positivism and political power Tom D. Campbell; 9. Political theory international theory and the political theory of international relations David Boucher; 10. Method matters: feminism interpretation and politics Elizabeth Frazer; 11. Deleuze and Guattari's political philosophy Paul Patton; 12. The object of political theory Barry Hindness.