Commonwealth of Man

Commonwealth of Man
Author: Frederick Lewis Schuman
Publisher: Praeger
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1977-03-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 0837193729

International Relations

International Relations
Author: J. W. Burton
Publisher: Cambridge [Eng] : University Press
Total Pages: 308
Release: 1967-09-02
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

First published in 1967, this volume posits that the science of international relations is concerned with observation, analysis and theorizing on the relations between states. An analysis of a particular problem such as the disarmament or the Cuban dispute forms a proper part of the study, but Dr Burton insists that such an analysis should be made within the framework of a general theory concerning the patterns of interaction between states. The author examines the nature of international relations as a discipline, and points to the inadequacies of much orthodox theory and practice, with particular reference to orthodox power theories. He draws attention to certain features in the altering world environment which accentuate these inadequacies. Dr Burton's concern is the establishment of non-power models and concepts required to describe international relations in the nuclear age.

Public Opinion

Public Opinion
Author: David L. Weakliem
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2020-06-30
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1509529497

Is political polarization on the rise? Do various “populist” movements have anything in common? Is the opposition between left and right becoming obsolete and, if so, what might replace it? Many of the most pressing questions about contemporary politics involve public opinion. This incisive sociological introduction considers the formation of opinions as not just a matter of individual responses to external conditions, but as a social process in which people influence and are in turn influenced by others. David L. Weakliem illustrates how changes in economic and social conditions affect public opinion and how the distribution of opinions is shaped by the structure of interaction among people. He applies this approach to discuss topics such as political polarization, long-term trends in public opinion, and the prospects for democracy. Combining theory with up-to-date information on public opinion, the book will be of interest to researchers and students alike in sociology, political science, and communication studies.

After #Ferguson, After #Baltimore

After #Ferguson, After #Baltimore
Author: Barnor Hesse
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017-07-28
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780822370970

Drawing primarily on the US #blacklivesmatter movement, contributors to this issue come to terms with the crisis in the meaning of black politics during the post-civil rights era as evidenced in the unknown trajectories of black protests. The authors' timely essays frame black protests and the implications of contemporary police killings of black people as symptomatic of a crisis in black politics within the white limits of liberal democracy. Topics in this issue include the contemporary politics of black rage; the significance of the Ferguson and Baltimore black protests in circumventing formal electoral politics; the ways in which centering the dead black male body draws attention away from other daily forms of racial and gender violence that particularly affect black women; the problem of white nationalisms motivated by a sense of white grievance; the international and decolonial dimensions of black politics; and the relation between white sovereignty and black life politics. Contributors. Barnor Hesse, Juliet Hooker, Minkah Makalani, John Márquez, Junaid Rana, Deborah Thompson, Shatema Threadcraft

Point of the Lance

Point of the Lance
Author: Sargent Shriver
Publisher: New York : Harper & Row
Total Pages: 282
Release: 1964
Genre:
ISBN:

Compilation of speeches by the director of the U.S. Peace Corps who is also the President's Assistant in the War on Poverty.