Handbook of political theory / edited by Gerald F. Gaus and Chandran Kukathas.

Other author Gaus, Gerald F.
Other author Kukathas, Chandran.
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2004.
Descriptionxvi, 448 pages ; 26 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Political science--Philosophy.

Contents Part I. Approaches to the study of political theory: Ideology, political theory and political philosophy -- History and the interpretation of texts -- Straussian approaches to the study of politics -- Postmodern approaches to political theory. Positive political theory -- Part II. Political theories: A future for Marxism? -- Liberalism, political and comprehensive -- The diversity of comprehensive liberalisms -- Classical liberalism and libertarianism: the liberty tradition -- Conservative theories -- Democratic political theory -- Discourse theory -- Communitarianism and republicanism -- Green political theory: a report -- Part III. The modern state: The modern state -- The political theory of the welfare state -- Distributive justice -- Pluralism and liberalism -- Nationalism and multiculturalism -- New social movements -- Feminism and gender theory: the return of the state -- Political theory and international relations -- Part IV. The history of political thought: Ancient Greek political thought -- Premodern Chinese political thought -- Medieval political theory -- Political theory of the renaissance and the enlightenment -- Modern Islamic political thought -- European political thought in the Nineteenth century -- Political thought in continental Europe during the twentieth century -- English political theory in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2002112355
ISBN0761967877 (hbk.)
ISBN0761967885 (pbk.)