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Senses and Citizenships: Embodying Political Life
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 125.00What does disgust have to do with citizenship? How might pain and pleasure, movement, taste, sound and smell be configured as aspects of national belonging? Senses and Citizenships: Embodying Political Life examines the intersections between sensory phenomena and national and supra-national forms of belonging, introducing the new concept of sensory... more...
Identifying Citizens
Wiley 2013; US$ 59.95New ID card systems are proliferating around the world. These may use digitized fingerprints or photos, may be contactless, using a scanner, and above all, may rely on computerized registries of personal information. In this timely new contribution, David Lyon argues that such IDs represent a fresh phase in the long-term attempts of modern states to... more...
Public and Private
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 43.95The public and private distinction is essential to our moral and political vocabularies as it continues to structure our social and legal practices. Public and Private provides a multidisciplinary perspective on this distinction which has been at the centre of controversial debate in recent years. The focus of the debate has been on delineating acceptable... more...
The Economics of Rights, Cooperation and Welfare
Palgrave Macmillan 2004; US$ 135.00This is a new edition - with a substantial new introduction - of a book which has had a significant impact on economics, philosophy and political science. Robert Sugden shows how conventions of property, mutual aid, and voluntary supply of public goods can evolve spontaneously out of the interactions of self-interested individuals, and can become moral... more...
The Political Origins of Religious Liberty
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 22.00Political leaders are likely to permit religious freedoms if they enhance power or economic well-being. more...
The Future Governance of Citizenship
Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 42.00Dora Kostakopoulou develops a new institutional framework for anational citizenship. more...
Simple Justice
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2011; US$ 27.95Simple Justice is the definitive history of the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education and the epic struggle for racial equality in this country. Combining intensive research with original interviews with surviving participants, Richard Kluger provides the fullest possible view of the human and legal drama in the years before 1954, the cumulative... more...
Skipping Towards Gomorrah
Penguin Group US 2003; US$ 16.00In Skipping Towards Gomorrah, Dan Savage eviscerates the right-wing conservatives as he commits each of the Seven Deadly Sins himself (or tries to) and finds those everyday Americans who take particular delight in their sinful pursuits. Among them: Greed: Gamblers reveal secrets behind outrageous fortune. Lust: "We're swingers!"-you won't believe... more...
Human Rights in Asia
Palgrave Macmillan 2008; US$ 105.00This book offers a critical reassessment of the 'Asian values' debate, which dominated the human rights discourse in the late 1990s, and a reappraisal of the human rights situation in Asia since then. The chapters in this book contextualize the debate and examine in what ways the issues raised then continue to trouble Asian societies. more...
Stepping Stones
Lexington Books 2009; US$ 29.99Young people are rediscovering a vision that 'another world is possible' and dedicating themselves to public service. Alice and Staughton Lynd offer a significant model of what it can mean to devote a lifetime to these ideals. more...









