Political Theory in Transition

ISBN-13: 9781857288551 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 272 str.

Noel O'Sullivan

Opis

During the 1980s and 1990s there has been increasing dissatisfaction with established political categories, on the grounds that they no longer fit many of the facts of contemporary life, or adequately express many contemporary political ideals. This work explores the principle reasons for this dissatisfaction and outlines some of the most influential responses to it. The text covers many of the important areas in political theory including: communitarianism; identity; feminism; liberalism; citizenship; democracy; power; authority; legitimacy; nationalism; globalization; and the environment. Divided into four useful sections, beginning with the concept of the individual, and progressing to beyond the nation-state, this text should be of interest to those undergraduates and postgraduates who want to make sense of the state of contemporary political theory and political philosophy.

Recenzje

'As a snapshot of the current state of the art Political Theory in Transition has much to offer. Its title is extraordinarily apt.' - Political Theory, Vol 49, Number 1, March 2001

Spis treści

Part 1: The Concept of the Individual 1. Communitarianism and its Legacy 2. Identity, Diversity and the Politics of Recognition Part 2: Citizenship, Democracy, and the Nature of the Political in Conditions of Social Diversity 3. The New Feminism 4. Cultural Diversity and the Limits of Liberalism 5. Citizenship Beyond the Nation State: The case of Europe 6. For an Agonistic Model of Democracy 7. Power, Authority and Legitimacy: A critique of postmodern political thought Part 3: The Significance of National and Global Contexts 8. Nationalism and Political Theory 9. Globalization, the Nation State and Political Theory 10. The Borders of (International) Political Theory Part 4: The Nature and Limits of Political Theory 11. Political Theory and the Environment: The grey and the green (and the in-between) 12. Political Theory in Retreat?: Contemporary political theory and the historical order 13. Theorizing Political Theory

O autorze

Noel O' Sullivan is Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Hull