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Although a powerful, independent bureaucracy poses a threat to democracy, it is indispensable to its proper functioning. This book provides an overview of the complex relationship …
This book challenges conventional conceptions of politics which focus largely on the institutions of government and the associated struggles for power around them. It argues that …
Originally published in 1985, these essays relate philosophical questions about the meaning and justification of toleration to debates about such issues as religious freedom, …
This book analyzes and assesses theories of democracy emanating from studies in a variety of disciplines, and proposes answers to a wide range of questions in moral and political …
This book focuses on the literature produced at the time of the controversy over Wilkes and the Middlesex elections and by the debate in England over the French Revolution. …
Originally published in 1972, this edition includes expanded sections on class and voting and elites and participation in modern democracy. Many popular misconceptions - about the …
This book traces the rise and fall of political philosophies since the 17th century. The second part of the book shows how the general technique of cumulative learning from …
This volume analyzes the meaning of the term ‘sovereignty’ in early twentieth century thought by tracing the historical roots of the doctrine and surveying the origin of it back to …
Originally published in 1966. The main purpose of this book is not philosophical speculation, but to draw the obvious conclusions from political and historical facts about the …
This biography of Macchiavelli is widely regarded as Ridolfi’s masterpiece and is based on much material drawn from private and public archives. It presents a fresh interpretation …