Issues in Political Theory

Höfundar: Robert Jubb; Patrick Tomlin (Útgáfa: 5)
Issues in Political Theory

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The most engaging introduction to political theory and how it applies to real world issues. With a focus on real-world issues and an extensive range of thought-provoking case studies, Issues in Political Theory provides the clearest, most engaging introduction to political theory and how it is applied to address the most important issues confronting the world today. - Comprehensive coverage of the most important and influential areas of political theory makes this text suitable for a wide range of modules.

- Case studies showcasing contemporary issues demonstrate political theory and its implications in action. - A clear writing style and a range of helpful learning features make this text an ideal introduction for those studying political theory for the first time. - Contributions from leading scholars offer students a variety of perspectives. - A focus on issues throughout highlights key debates and helps students to develop a critical approach to their studies.

- Also available as an e-book with functionality, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support New to this edition - Wholly new chapters on Race and Free Speech ensure coverage of all the central issues in contemporary political theory - New authors for the chapters on Authority and Legitimacy, Democracy, and Human Rights bring fresh perspectives on these topics - A range of new case studies, including on pandemic restrictions, social media, climate change and human rights, and the invasion of Ukraine, show how political theory can inform our judgments about crucial political issues.

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Útgefandi
Oxford University Press Academic UK
ISBN
9780192677686
Print ISBN
9780192863065
Format
ePub
Útgáfa
5
Höfundar
Robert Jubb; Patrick Tomlin
Tungumál
English
Útgefið
2026-02-26
Prent takmörkun á líftíma
100
Prent takmörkun
2
Afritunar takmörkun
2

Kaflar

  • Cover Page
  • Praise for Issues in Political Theory
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Dedication
  • Acknowledgements
  • New to this edition
  • Table of Contents
  • List of case studies
  • Notes on the contributors
  • How to use this book
  • Reader’s guides
  • Key concepts
  • Key thinkers
  • Key texts
  • Key points
  • Case studies
  • Questions
  • Further reading
  • Glossary terms
  • How to use the online resources
  • Introduction
  • What is political theory?
  • Plan of the book
  • Making claims in political theory
  • Political theory and the real world
  • List of Key Terms
  • 1 Authority and legitimacy
  • 1.1 Reader’s guide
  • 1.2 Introduction
  • 1.3 The right to rule: authority and legitimacy
  • 1.3.1 Authority
  • 1.3.2 Legitimacy
  • 1.4 Theories of authority
  • 1.4.1 Procedure-based theories
  • 1.4.2 Membership-based theories
  • 1.4.3 Outcome-based theories
  • 1.5 Theories of legitimacy
  • 1.6 Anarchism
  • 1.7 Conclusion
  • Additional features
  • Questions
  • Further reading
  • List of Key Terms
  • 2 Liberty
  • 2.1 Reader’s guide
  • 2.2 Introduction
  • 2.3 Rival interpretations of liberty
  • 2.3.1 What is it to be constrained?
  • 2.3.2 Negative and positive liberty
  • 2.3.3 A spectrum of conceptions
  • 2.4 Republican liberty
  • 2.5 Liberty and equality
  • 2.6 The value of negative liberty
  • 2.7 Conclusion
  • Additional features
  • Questions
  • Further reading
  • List of Key Terms
  • Notes
  • 3 Democracy
  • 3.1 Reader’s guide
  • 3.2 Introduction
  • 3.3 Epistocracy as an alternative to democracy?
  • 3.4 The proceduralist approach
  • 3.5 The epistemic approach
  • 3.6 The deliberative approach
  • 3.7 The realist approach
  • 3.8 Conclusion
  • Additional features
  • Questions
  • Further reading
  • List of Key Terms
  • Note
  • 4 Power
  • 4.1 Reader’s guide
  • 4.2 Introduction
  • 4.3 The concept of power and modes of power
  • 4.4 Three dimensions of power
  • 4.5 An alternative view of power
  • 4.6 Power, freedom, and responsibility
  • 4.7 Conclusion
  • Additional features
  • Questions
  • Further reading
  • List of Key Terms
  • 5 Equality and social justice
  • 5.1 Reader’s guide
  • 5.2 Introduction: the history of social justice
  • 5.3 The political rejection of social justice and its revival
  • 5.3.1 The rejection of social justice
  • 5.3.2 The revival of social justice
  • 5.4 Equality
  • 5.5 Equality of opportunity
  • 5.6 Social justice and social relations
  • 5.7 The capability approach
  • 5.8 Conclusion: prospects for achieving social justice
  • Additional features
  • Questions
  • Further reading
  • List of Key Terms
  • 6 Feminism and gender
  • 6.1 Reader’s guide
  • 6.2 Introduction
  • 6.3 What is feminism?
  • 6.3.1 The entrenchment of gender
  • 6.3.2 The existence of patriarchy
  • 6.3.3 The need for change
  • 6.3.4 Feminist methods
  • 6.4 Theories of gender
  • 6.4.1 The sex/gender distinction
  • 6.4.2 Disagreements about gender
  • 6.4.3 Trans and non-binary people
  • 6.5 Feminism, liberalism, and the law
  • 6.6 ‘The personal is political’
  • 6.6.1 Feminism and family
  • 6.7 Sex and violence
  • 6.7.1 Race and carceral feminism
  • 6.8 Feminism and culture
  • 6.9 Conclusion
  • Additional features
  • Questions
  • Further reading
  • List of Key Terms
  • 7 Race
  • 7.1 Reader’s guide
  • 7.2 Introduction
  • 7.3 What is race?
  • 7.3.1 Racial constructivism
  • 7.3.2 Race as ideology
  • 7.4 Race and liberalism
  • 7.4.1 Liberal integrationism
  • 7.4.2 Egalitarian pluralism
  • 7.5 Reparations
  • 7.6 Conclusion
  • Additional features
  • Questions
  • Further reading
  • List of Key Terms
  • Notes
  • 8 Free speech
  • 8.1 Reader’s guide
  • 8.2 Introduction
  • 8.3 Liberal traditionalism about free speech
  • 8.3.1 What is free speech?
  • 8.3.2 What justifies free speech?
  • 8.3.3 Autonomy
  • 8.3.4 Democracy
  • 8.3.5 Truth
  • 8.4 Balancing: when free speech conflicts with other values
  • 8.5 Revisionism: restricting speech for the sake of speech
  • 8.6 Recent work on why speech is special
  • 8.7 Triangulation: beyond the citizen–state relationship
  • 8.8 Conclusion
  • Additional features
  • Questions
  • Further reading
  • List of Key Terms
  • 9 Multiculturalism
  • 9.1 Reader’s guide
  • 9.2 Introduction
  • 9.3 Multiculturalism: thick or thin?
  • 9.3.1 ‘Thin’ multiculturalism
  • 9.3.2 ‘Thick’ multiculturalism
  • 9.4 Liberalism and cultural rights
  • 9.5 Do cultural rights oppress the oppressed?
  • 9.6 The politics of recognition
  • 9.7 Multiculturalism: open-minded dialogue and a common culture
  • 9.8 Conclusion
  • Additional features
  • Questions
  • Further reading
  • List of Key Terms
  • Note
  • 10 Global poverty
  • 10.1 Reader’s guide
  • 10.2 Introduction: The problem
  • 10.3 Global political theory
  • 10.4 The duty to aid
  • 10.5 Uncertainty and ‘Why me?’
  • 10.6 No duty of justice?
  • 10.7 The duty not to harm
  • 10.8 So, what can and should affluent people do?
  • 10.9 Conclusion
  • Additional features
  • Questions
  • Further reading
  • List of Key Terms
  • Notes
  • 11 Human rights
  • 11.1 Reader’s guide
  • 11.2 Introduction
  • 11.3 Human rights in global politics
  • 11.3.1 A contemporary institutional achievement
  • 11.3.2 Notable characteristics of human rights in global politics
  • 11.4 Philosophical conceptions of human rights
  • 11.5 Scepticism and criticisms
  • 11.5.1 Feasibility concerns and socioeconomic rights
  • 11.5.2 Universalism and cultural imperialism
  • 11.5.3 Human rights and economic inequalities
  • 11.6 Conclusion: the future of human rights
  • Additional features
  • Questions
  • Further reading
  • List of Key Terms
  • Notes
  • 12 Sovereignty and borders
  • 12.1 Reader’s guide
  • 12.2 Introduction
  • 12.3 Sovereignty
  • 12.3.1 Conceptual, descriptive, normative
  • 12.3.2 Sovereignty in historical perspective
  • 12.4 Less or more sovereignty?
  • 12.5 Who is sovereign?
  • 12.5.1 Popular sovereignty and parliamentary sovereignty
  • 12.6 Borders
  • 12.6.1 Borders in practice
  • 12.7 The relationship between sovereignty and borders
  • 12.7.1 Insiders and outsiders
  • 12.8 Conclusion
  • Additional features
  • Questions
  • Further reading
  • List of Key Terms
  • Notes
  • 13 War and intervention
  • 13.1 Reader’s guide
  • 13.2 Introduction
  • 13.3 The just war tradition
  • 13.3.1 Historical roots
  • 13.3.2 Alternatives to just war theory
  • 13.4 Theoretical approaches to the ethics of war
  • 13.4.1 Collectivism
  • 13.4.2 Individualism
  • 13.5 Jus ad bellum
  • 13.6 Jus in bello
  • 13.6.1 The moral equality of combatants
  • 13.6.2 Non-combatant immunity
  • 13.7 Jus post bellum
  • 13.8 Conclusion
  • Additional features
  • Questions
  • Further reading
  • List of Key Terms
  • 14 The environment
  • 14.1 Reader’s guide
  • 14.2 Introduction
  • 14.3 The environment and its relationship to humanity
  • 14.3.1 Claim 1: humanity’s environmental impacts
  • 14.3.2 Claim 2: environmental preconditions
  • 14.4 Justice, value, and the environment
  • 14.5 Responsibilities to the future
  • 14.6 Policies to protect the environment
  • 14.7 Who makes the decisions? Democracy and governance
  • 14.8 Conclusion
  • Additional features
  • Questions
  • Further reading
  • List of Key Terms
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • References