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A Political Philosophy in Public Life
The story of a Princeton professor's role as the unofficial philosophical adviser to the Spanish government This book examines an unlikely development in modern political philosophy: the adoption by a major national government of the ideas of a living political theorist. When José Luis RodrÃguez Zapatero became Spain's opposition leader in 2000, he pledged that if his socialist party won power he would govern Spain in accordance with the principles laid out in Philip Pettit's 1997 book Republicanism, which presented, as an alternative to liberalism and communitarianism, a theory of freedom and government based on the idea of nondomination. When Zapatero was elected President in 2004, he in...
Deliberative Democracy and Its Discontents
Drawing on political, legal, national, post-national, as well as American and European perspectives, this collection of essays offers a diverse and balanced discussion of the current arguments concerning deliberative democracy. The essays consider the thr
Re-reading Jose Martà (1853-1895)
Re-evaluates Jose Marti's contribution to Latin America's literature and political evolution.
Deliberative Democracy and its Discontents
Drawing on political, legal, national, post-national, as well as American and European perspectives, this collection of essays offers a diverse and balanced discussion of the current arguments concerning deliberative democracy. Its contributions' focus on discontent, provide a critical assessment of the benefits of deliberation and also respond to the strongest criticisms of the idea of democratic deliberation. The essays consider the three basic questions of why, how and where to deliberate democratically. This book will be of value not only to political and democratic theorists, but also to legal philosophers and constitutional theorists, and all those interested in the legitimacy of decision-making in national and post-national pluralistic polities.
Jose Marti
All Cubans agree on one thing: José Martà is the "Father of Cuba." He was and remains Cubas national hero. Cubans from all walks life simply call him "The Apostle." Poet, political philosopher, statesman, novelist, journalist, translator, and firebrand revolutionary, Martà was the driving force behind the final Cuban insurrection against Spanish rule in the late nineteenth century. This young adult biography begins with MartÃ's origins in the mid-nineteenth century Cuba, which was then among the last of Spain's New World possessions. Next, the narrative traces his one-track mission into adulthood as a firebrand, intellectual radical who dies a martyr's death while fighting in Cuba. MartÃ...
The Philosophical Foundations of Extraterritorial Punishment
The principle of extraterritorial punishment, which enables national courts to exert jurisdiction over crimes committed abroad by nationals of other states, has become more accepted. This book provides an account and critique of this form of jurisdiction, exploring its links to globalization, terrorism and transnational crime.
Current Catalog
First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.
A New Narrative for a New Europe
The book aims at contributing to that debate by offering a new conceptual approach to the core ideas of European integration process (sovereignty, diversity, common challenges, etc).
Our America
Presents the celebrated Cuban revolutionary's thoughts on "Nuestra America," the Latin America Martà fought to make free.
The Cuban Republic and José MartÃ
Jose Marti contributed greatly to Cuba's struggle for independence from Spain with words as well as revolutionary action. Although he died before the formation of an independent republic, he has since been hailed as a heroic martyr inspiring Cuban republican traditions.
