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Right-Wing Women Right-Wing Women

What does the Right offer to women? How does the Right mobilize women? Why is the Right succeeding in opposing...

 Feminism, Gender, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Politics Author: Andrea Dworkin
Pornography: Men Possessing Women Pornography: Men Possessing Women

This strongly argued feminist case against pornography stirred tremendous controversy when first published in 1979, and has lost none of...

 Feminism, Gender, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Politics Author: Andrea Dworkin
Nothing Mat(t)ers: A Feminist Critique of Postmodernism Nothing Mat(t)ers: A Feminist Critique of Postmodernism

Nothing Mat(t)ers is a feminist critique of the theories of Foucault, Derrida, and Lacan, among others. Somer Brodribb analyzes the...

 Feminism, Gender, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Politics Author: Somer Brodribb
Life and Death Life and Death

From Simon & Schuster, Life and Death by Andrea Dworkin is the unapologetic writing on the continuing war against women.

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 Gender, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Politics Author: Andrea Dworkin
Heartbreak: The Political Memoir of a Feminist Militant Heartbreak: The Political Memoir of a Feminist Militant

Always innovative, often provocative, and frequently polarizing, Andrea Dworkin has carved out a unique position as one of the women's...

 Feminism, Gender, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Politics Author: Andrea Dworkin
Civil Society and Democratic Theory Civil Society and Democratic Theory

This book introduces radically alternative models of civil society that have been developed outside the liberal democratic frame of reference,...

 Governments, Human Rights, Philosophy, Politics Author: Gideon Baker
Politics of Nature: How to Bring the Sciences into Democracy Politics of Nature: How to Bring the Sciences into Democracy

A major work by one of the more innovative thinkers of our time, Politics of Nature does nothing less than establish the...

 Enviroment, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Politics, Sociology Author: Bruno Latour; Catherine Porter
When the People Speak: Deliberative Democracy and Public Consultation 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...

 Human Rights, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Politics Author: James S. Fishkin
The Politics of Change: Globalization, Ideology and Critique The Politics of Change: Globalization, Ideology and Critique

Kant defined the Enlightenment as humanity's attempt to leave behind its self-imposed immaturity. Social theory is thus charged with enlightening...

 Democracy, Human Rights, Philosophy, Politics Author: Werner Bonefeld; Kosmas Psychopedis
Another Cosmopolitanism Another Cosmopolitanism

In these two important lectures, distinguished political philosopher Seyla Benhabib argues that since the UN Declaration of Human Rights in...

 Human Rights, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Politics Author: Seyla Benhabib; Robert Post
The future of democracy: A defence of the rules of the game The future of democracy: A defence of the rules of the game

Norberto Bobbio is the foremost political theorist in Italy today. Written with verve and passion as well as erudition, this...

 Democracy, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Politics Author: Norberto Bobbio
Left and Right: The Significance of a Political Distinction Left and Right: The Significance of a Political Distinction

Politicians and pundits have long disparaged their opponents with polemicist cries of "leftist!" or "rightist!" But with the fall of...

 Democracy, History, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Politics Author: Norberto Bobbio
Deliberative Democracy: Essays on Reason and Politics Deliberative Democracy: Essays on Reason and Politics

Ideals of democratic participation and rational self-government have long informed modern political theory. As a recent elaboration of these ideals,...

 Democracy, Philosophy, Politics Author: James Bohman; William Rehg
Inclusion and Democracy Inclusion and Democracy

This controversial new look at democracy in a multicultural society considers the ideals of political inclusion and exclusion, and recommends...

 Democracy, Feminism, Gender, Philosophy, Politics Author: Iris Marion Young
Ethics of Global Development: Agency, Capability, and Deliberative Democracy Ethics of Global Development: Agency, Capability, and Deliberative Democracy

Poverty, inequality, violence, environmental degradation, and tyranny continue to afflict the world. Ethics of Global Development offers a moral reflection...

 Democracy, Philosophy, Politics Author: David A. Crocker
Deliberative Freedom: Deliberative Democracy as Critical Theory Deliberative Freedom: Deliberative Democracy as Critical Theory

Christian F. Rostbøll is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

 Democracy, Philosophy, Politics Author: Christian F. Rostbøll
Deliberative Democracy Deliberative Democracy

It is sometimes assumed that voting is the central mechanism for political decision making. The contributors to this volume focus...

 Democracy, Philosophy, Politics Author: Jon Elster
Deliberative Democracy And Its Discontents Deliberative Democracy And Its Discontents

Drawing on political, legal, national, post-national, as well as American and European perspectives, this collection of essays offers a diverse...

 Democracy, Human Rights, Philosophy, Politics Author: Samantha Besson; Jose Luis Marti