Political theory 2016 228 x 152 mm 218pp 978-1-107-06319-8 Hardback £64.99 / US$99.99
they operate. This is an exemplary work of historically situated democratic theory.’
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Democracy in Moderation Montesquieu, Tocqueville, and Sustainable Liberalism Paul O. Carrese United States Air Force Academy
Democracy in Moderation views constitutional liberal democracy as grounded in a principle of avoiding extremes and striking the right balance among its defining principles of liberty, equality, religion, and sustainable order, thus tempering tendencies toward sectarian excess. ‘In Democracy in Moderation: Montesquieu, Tocqueville, and Sustainable Liberalism, Paul O. Carrese puts the political turbulence of the present moment in perspective. The propensity toward partisanship and polarization so conspicuous in today’s politics, he observes, has antecedents in America’s founding. But also present at the founding, he argues, was a sophisticated ‘philosophy of moderation’ that underwrote American constitutional government.’ Peter Berkowitz, Real Clear Politics (www. realclearpolitics.com) 2016 228 x 152 mm 246pp 1 b/w illus. 978-1-107-12105-8 Hardback £64.99 / US$99.99 For all formats available, see
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Imagined Sovereignties The Power of the People and Other Myths of the Modern Age Kevin Olson University of California, Irvine
Imagined Sovereignties probes the enormous force that ‘the power of the people’ exercises on our thought and practice. It explores collective identity and popular power in a genealogy traversing the French Enlightenment and revolutionary Haiti. Through this critical history, it provokes new ways of imagining ‘the power of the people’. ‘Imagined Sovereignties demonstrates the central importance of peoplehood and political imagination to democratic politics. Olson reveals the conceptual and mythological underpinnings of popular politics, not to dispel these myths, but to bring more careful critical attention to how
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Practices of Freedom Decentred Governance, Conflict and Democratic Participation Edited by Steven Griggs De Montfort University, Leicester
Aletta J. Norval University of Essex
and Hendrik Wagenaar University of Sheffield
Practices of Freedom draws upon new understandings of radical democracy and policy-making to examine how the struggles of individuals, groups and movements shape contemporary governance. Integrating theoretical contributions with detailed empirical studies, this book is essential reading for scholars and students of new approaches to governance, conflict resolution and democracy. ‘This landmark collection brings together the very best theoretical work on local and global governance in relation to democratic participation on the one hand and carefully reconstructed case studies on the other. It is precisely the kind of theoretical and practical work needed to understand the complex modes of governance and practices of freedom in which we are entangled today.’ James Tully, University of Victoria, Canada 2016 229 x 152 mm 332pp 5 b/w illus. 10 tables 978-1-107-62832-8 Paperback £24.99 / US$38.99 Also available 978-1-107-05610-7 Hardback £72.00 / US$113.00 For all formats available, see
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Prisoners of Reason Game Theory and Neoliberal Political Economy S. M. Amadae
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game theory to be inviting to experts as well. ‘Based on a far more nuanced understanding of the technicalities of rational choice theory than previous critiques, Prisoners of Reason can be much more incisive in exploring the field’s entanglements between the positive and the normative. One can disagree with Amadae about where to lay responsibility for modern ideologies while still finding important food for thought about the sometimes doleful uses of social science in modern society.’ Randall Calvert, Washington University, St Louis 2016 228 x 152 mm 328pp 11 b/w illus. 8 tables 978-1-107-06403-4 Hardback £64.99 / US$99.99 978-1-107-67119-5 Paperback £21.99 / US$34.99 For all formats available, see
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Popular Sovereignty in Historical Perspective Edited by Richard Bourke Queen Mary University of London
and Quentin Skinner Queen Mary University of London
This collaborative volume offers the first historical reconstruction of the concept of popular sovereignty. The collection, edited by Richard Bourke and Quentin Skinner, charts the history of the doctrine by bringing together leading international experts specialising across a range of periods, spanning ancient, medieval, early modern and modern political thought. ‘Popular sovereignty is the most fundamental, most widespread and least understood principle of political legitimacy in the world today. As the first comprehensive scholarly treatment of the subject over the longue durée, Popular Sovereignty in Historical Perspective will become a pivotal work in the history of political thought.’ David Armitage, Harvard University, Massachusetts 2016 228 x 152 mm 422pp 3 b/w illus. 978-1-107-13040-1 Hardback £74.99 / US$120.00 For all formats available, see
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Academy of Finland, Helsinki
Prisoners of Reason contributes to the enduring critique of rational choice, rationality, and capitalism. This book is widely accessible to an audience unfamiliar with game theory, yet provides sufficient engagement with
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