Politics, social theory, history of ideas
2. 2015 9781107061033 Hardback GBP 72.99 / USD 112.00 eISBN 9781107447691
Machiavelli Then and Now The book explores Machiavelli’s central concerns: statecraft and order, liberty and citizenship, diplomacy and leadership, empire and history, set against ethical and behaviorial issues like force, suasion, ambition, corruption and vigilance in public affairs. It should interest historians, diplomats, students of public policy, literary critics. • Covers historical, political and literary domains in Machiavelli scholarship • Helps revisit questions of methodology in humanities and social sciences by reading issues and texts through the Machiavellian lens • Will be of interest to historians, institution builders, diplomats, students of public policy and literary critics
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370pp 11. 2021 9781316516720 Hardback GBP 90.00 / USD 120.00 eISBN 9781009030120
Modern Dimension Reduction Philip D. Waggoner | University of Chicago
Dimension reduction offers researchers and scholars the ability to make complex, high dimensional data spaces simpler and more manageable. This Element offers readers a suite of modern unsupervised dimension reduction techniques to efficiently represent the original high dimensional data space in a simplified, lower dimensional subspace.
Elements in Quantitative and Computational Methods for the Social Sciences 75pp 8. 2021 9781108986892 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108981767
Text Analysis in Python for Social Scientists Discovery and Exploration Dirk Hovy
Text is a fantastic resource for social scientists, but because it is so abundant, and so variable, it can be difficult to extract the information we want. Many basic text analysis methods are available as Python implementations: this Element will teach you when to use which method, how it works, and the Python code to implement it.
Elements in Quantitative and Computational Methods for the Social Sciences 75pp 1. 2021 9781108819824 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108873352
The Cambridge Companion to Civil Disobedience William E. Scheuerman | Indiana University
Like no other volume available, this Companion offers broad, interdisciplinary analyses of the theory and practice of civil disobedience, long a crucial type of protest politics. Including contributions from a politically and intellectually diverse range of experts, the volume demonstrates the continuing relevance of civil disobedience today. • Revisits and also updates the theory and practice of civil disobedience • Looks at a number of recent social and political trends such as globalization, digitalization, and authoritarian populism • Includes contributions by philosophers, political scientists, and sociologists Cambridge Companions to Philosophy 300pp 7. 2021 9781108478045 Hardback GBP 74.99 / USD 99.99
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Theorizing Confucian Virtue Politics The Political Philosophy of Mencius and Xunzi Sungmoon Kim | City University of Hong Kong
Ancient Chinese philosophers Mencius and Xunzi were key figures in the development of Confucian political and constitutional theory and in particular of virtue politics. Leading scholar Sungmoon Kim analyses the differences and agreements between them in the context of the politics of the late Warring States period. • Explains the difference between Mencius and Xunzi as political thinkers • Provides a deep philosophical analysis of Mencius’s and Xunzi’s political thought • Explains the debate between Mencius and Xunzi in its historical context 251pp 8. 2021 9781108460569 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99 11. 2019 9781108499422 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108645089
Unsupervised Machine Learning for Clustering in Political and Social Research Philip D. Waggoner | University of Chicago
Offers researchers and teachers an introduction to clustering, which is a prominent class of unsupervised machine learning for exploring and understanding latent, non-random structure in data. A suite of widely used clustering techniques is covered, in addition to R code and real data to facilitate interaction with the concepts.
Elements in Quantitative and Computational Methods for the Social Sciences 75pp 1. 2021 9781108793384 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108883955
Using Shiny to Teach Econometric Models Shawna K. Metzger | University of Virginia
This Element discusses how shiny, an R package, can help instructors teach quantitative methods more effectively by way of interactive web apps. The interactivity increases instructors’ effectiveness by making students more active participants in the learning process, allowing them to engage with otherwise complex material in an accessible way.
Elements in Quantitative and Computational Methods for the Social Sciences 75pp 5. 2021 9781108793407 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108883993
