Book Series

Routledge Innovations in Political Theory

New & Published Titles:

The International Political Thought of Carl Schmitt

Terror, Liberal War and the Crisis of Global Order

Edited by Louiza Odysseos, Fabio Petito

Presenting the first critical analysis of Carl Schmitt's The Nomos of the Earth and how it relates to the epochal changes in the international system…

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2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-47477-1 (Routledge)

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Political Language and Metaphor

Interpreting and changing the world

Edited by Terrell Carver, Jernej Pikalo

Until a century ago, a metaphor was just a mere figure of speech, but since the development of discourse analysis a metaphor has become more…

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2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-41735-8 (Routledge)

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The New Politics of Masculinity

Men, Power and Resistance

By Fidelma Ashe

The field of masculinities research continues to expand, and has become increasingly complex. Much of the contemporary analysis of men, masculinity and power has been…

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2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-30275-3 (Routledge)

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Citizens and the State

Attitudes in Western Europe and East and Southeast Asia

By Takashi Inoguchi, Jean Blondel

This book is about the relationship between citizens and the state. Their relationship has tended to be argued from a top down perspective without systematically…

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2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-45191-8 (Routledge)

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Political Constructivism

By Peri Roberts

Political Constructivism is concerned with the justification of principles of political justice in the face of pluralism. Contemporary accounts of multiculturalism, pluralism and diversity have…

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2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-33987-2 (Routledge)

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Citizenship and Identity

Towards a New Republic

By John Schwarzmantel

Citizenship and Identity offers an analysis of contemporary politics and of the scepticism and apathy which characterise the political life of modern democracies. Starting from…

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2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45996-9 (Routledge)

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Logics of Critical Explanation in Social and Political Theory

By Jason Glynos, David Howarth

The Social Science Wars have precipitated a renewed interest in the character, purpose and methods of social science. Positivists and naturalists are criticized by interpretivists…

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2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46212-9 (Routledge)

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Sexual Justice / Cultural Justice

Critical Perspectives in Political Theory and Practice

Edited by Barbara Arneil, Monique Deveaux, Rita Dhamoon, Avigail Eisenberg

This key volume explores the relationship between cultural justice and sexual justice in multicultural societies in a new light. The authors challenge the framing of…

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2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-77092-7 (Routledge)

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The Political Theory of Global Citizenship

By April Carter

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the meaning of cosmopolitanism and world citizenship in the history of Western political thought, and in the evolution…

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2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-39944-9 (Routledge)

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Deliberation, Social Choice and Absolutist Democracy

By David van Mill

Social choice theory and theories of deliberative discourse have deeply impacted on the way political scientists understand the dynamics of democratic politics and decision-making. Deliberation,

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2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-39092-7 (Routledge)

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Forthcoming Titles:

John Stuart Mill - Thought and Influence: The Saint of Rationalism
Edited by Georgios Varouxakis, Paul Kelly
To be published February 24th 2010

Rethinking Gramsci
Edited by Marcus Green
To be published June 15th 2010