“…The Politics of India under Modi provides a detailed overview of India's political trends, economic prospects, and international relations in the twenty-first century.This book is designed as a supplement and update for existing syllabi that trace India's political economy from the birth of the republic to the quest for economic liberalization and great power status. Undergraduates and scholars interested in India's foreign policy and political reform will find value in this timely book…”

“…The traditions represented are Judaism, Christianity, Islam, natural law, Confucianism, liberalism and international law. Each contributor, an expert within one of these traditions, shows how that tradition can handle the five dominant methods of altering state and national boundaries: conquest, settlement, purchase, inheritance and secession. …”

“…Political scientists and philosophers who study the practice of citizenship, including Rawlsian liberals and Niebuhrian realists, have tended to either relegate this question to the private realm or insist that ethical principles must be silenced or seriously compromised in our deliberations as citizens. …”

“…Filmed in five continents, and over twenty countries, 500 Years Later engages the authentic retrospective voice, told from the African vantage-point of those whom history has sought to silence by examining the collective atrocities that uprooted Africans from their culture and homeland. 500 Years Later is a timeless compelling journey, infused with the spirit and music of liberation that chronicles the struggle of a people who have fought and continue to fight for the most essential human right - freedom…”
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“…From the rise of states and empires to the present day, this book sheds new light on the explosive nature of ethnicity and nationalism, as well as on their more liberating and altruistic roles in forging identity and solidarity"…”

“…Los relacionados con las peregrinaciones son múltiples: formación del culto y del camino, la compilación del Liber Sancti Jacobi, la difusión del culto en Europa, los relatos de los peregrinos, los conceptos comparativos de peregrinación y sacralización y del culto durante varias épocas y, por último, el concepto de Santiago Matamoros…”

“…The essays comprise the work of political scientists as well as historians, conservatives as well as liberals, foreign scholars as well as Americans. Taking off from Henry Luce's vision of an 'American century', the authors discuss such important topics as the American conception of the national interest, the tension between democracy and capitalism, the US role in both the developed and underdeveloped worlds, party politics and foreign policy, the significance of race in American foreign relations, and the cultural impact of American diplomacy on the world at large. …”

“…La mémoire d'une insurrection subversive et violente s'est transformée, au fil des anniversaires et des commémorations, pour ne plus retenir que les images d’un moment joyeux d’émancipation et de libération de la parole avant de connaître tout récemment un réinvestissement politique.Le présent ouvrage entend interroger les mémoires d’un groupe particulier et hétérogène, celui des catholiques, qui a pu paraître en décalage au moment des événements et dont l’action reste encore assez largement méconnue".…”

“…For example, Rawls does not endorse welfare-state capitalism, and he is not a "luck egalitarian" as is widely believed.Mandle also explores the relationship between A Theory of Justice and the developments in Rawls's later work, Political Liberalism, as well as discussing some of the most influential criticisms in the secondary literature. …”

“…Presentación del editor: "Inspired by the insights of Reinhart Koselleck and François Hartog, two pioneers of the "temporal turn" in historiography, Clark shows how Friedrich Wilhelm rejected the notion of continuity with the past, believing instead that a sovereign must liberate the state from the entanglements of tradition to choose freely among different possible futures. …”