Human Nature and the Social Order
This work remains a pioneer sociological treatise on American culture. By understanding the individual not as the product of society...
Anti-Racism
This introductory text provides students for the first time with an historical and international analysis of the development of anti-racism....
When the People Speak: Deliberative Democracy and Public Consultation
All over the world, democratic reforms have brought power to the people, but under conditions where the people have little...
The Politics of Public Space
Why is public space disappearing? Why is this disappearance important to democratic politics and how has it become an international...
The Civil Sphere
What binds societies together and how can these social orders be structured in a fair way? Jeffrey C. Alexander's masterful...
Identities, Affiliations, and Allegiances
Where do political identities come from, how do they change over time, and what is their impact on political life?...
Critique, Norm, and Utopia: A Study of the Foundations of Critical Theory
Displaying an impressive command of complex materials, Seyla Benhabib reconstructs the history of theories from a systematic point of view...
Another Cosmopolitanism
In these two important lectures, distinguished political philosopher Seyla Benhabib argues that since the UN Declaration of Human Rights in...
Remaking Media: The Struggle to Democratize Public Communication
Political Communication in Postmodern Democracy: Challenging the Primacy of Politics
This edited collection examines the changing faces of political communication in contemporary democracy. Based on comparative investigations of recent trends in the...
On the Public
The media often talk about public opinion, the 'American' or 'British' public, or the movie-going public. A public can hold...
Democracy and Political Theory
This book examines the central questions of democracy and politics in modern societies. Through an analysis of some of the...