Why has democracy failed to take root in Russia? After shedding the shackles of Soviet rule, some countries in the postcommunist region undertook lasting democratization. Yet ...more

Global governance is here--but not where most people think. This book presents the far-reaching argument that not only should we have a new world order but that we already do...more

Still relevant today both as a historical document and as a stirring call for social democracy, this New Albion edition includes engel's extensive footnotes from the various ...more

A survey of communism from the Russian revolution of 1917 to the collapse of the late 1980s. Focusing particularly on the USSR and eastern europe this book examines the ...more

Covenants without Swords: Idealist Liberalism and the Spirit of empire...more

This anthology gathers Giuseppe Mazzini's most important essays on democracy, nation building, and international relations, including some that have never before been ...more

In a little over two centuries, America has grown from a regional power to a superpower, and to what is today called a hyperpower. But can America retain its position as ...more

"A Treatise on Government" is considered to be one of Aristotle's best and most informative works, it has influenced science, religion and philosophy for more than 200 years. ...more

In this essay, Mill explores the idea that liberty is in fact, truly realized only in a nation where a representative government is elected. A representative government can be...more

Cicero's On the Commonwealth and On the Laws were his first and most substantial attempt to adapt Greek theories of political life to the circumstances of the Roman Republic. ...more