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INTRODUCTORY POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY NEW Violence and Political Theory ELIZABETH FRAZER & KIMBERLY HUTCHINGS University of Oxford; Queen Mary University of London ‘This excellent book offers a very careful, systematic and immensely readable introduction and analysis of the intersection between violence and politics, from Machiavelli to the present day.’ Vittorio Bufacchi, University College Cork ‘Lucid and engaging, this erudite book guides the reader through an extremely complex landscape, covering a tremendous range of sources. It is outstanding.’ Christopher Finlay, Durham University Is politics necessarily violent? In this book, Elizabeth Frazer and Kimberley Hutchings explore how political theorists, from Niccolo Machiavelli to Elaine Scarry, have deployed diverse justificatory and rhetorical strategies in order to draw out the enduring themes of the relationship between politics and violence. Series: And Political Theory 216 x 138mm • 224 pages • UK April 2020, US May 2020 HB • 978-1-5095-3671-9 • £50.00 / $64.95 / €61.90 PB • 978-1-5095-3672-6 • £15.99 / $22.95 / €19.90 ebook available War and Political Theory BRIAN OREND University of Waterloo ‘War and Political Theory is an essential work that brilliantly elucidates the core principles shaping our understanding of the ethics and politics of conflicts. With keen theoretical analysis and vivid examples, Orend unpacks the most complex issues in present and future warfare.’ Shannon E. French, Case Western Reserve University Series: And Political Theory 216 x 138mm • 224 pages • 2019 HB • 978-1-5095-2496-9 • £50.00 / $64.95 / €61.90 PB • 978-1-5095-2497-6 • £15.99 / $22.95 / €19.90 ebook available Gender and Political Theory Feminist Reckonings MARY HAWKESWORTH Rutgers University ‘Gender and Political Theory: Feminist Reckonings issues a lucid, learned, and insistently political challenge to canonical accounts of state power and the politics of embodiment. Mary Hawkesworth models a form of feminist argument in which all bodies matter.’ Lawrie Balfour, University of Virginia Series: And Political Theory 216 x 138mm • 240 pages • 2019 HB • 978-1-5095-2581-2 • £50.00 / $64.95 / €61.90 PB • 978-1-5095-2582-9 • £15.99 / $22.95 / €19.90 ebook available Why Global Justice Matters Moral Progress in a Divided World CHRIS ARMSTRONG University of Southampton ‘In this lucid introduction to global justice, Chris Armstrong shows how globalization concerns all of us. He explains why global justice matters and how to respond to it with both individual and collective initiatives.’ Lea Ypi, London School of Economics and Political Science ‘Chris Armstrong’s book is a terrific achievement. It successfully combines philosophical insight and ethical reasoning with a sure grasp of the empirical realities. It discusses some of the most important issues of our time, and it does so in a wonderfully clear and accessible way that vividly conveys just what is at stake.’ Simon Caney, University of Warwick Our world remains hugely unequal, with our place of birth continuing to exert a major influence on our opportunities. In this accessible book, political theorist Chris Armstrong engagingly examines the key moral and political questions raised by the stark global divide, and sketches a series of reforms that would make our world a fairer one. 216 x 138mm • 160 pages • 2019 HB • 978-1-5095-3187-5 • £40.00 / $54.95 / €48.90 PB • 978-1-5095-3188-2 • £12.99 / $16.95 / €15.90 ebook available What’s the Point of Political Philosophy? JONATHAN FLOYD University of Bristol ‘Although politics and politicians have dismal reputations, we need to take political philosophy seriously. Jonathan Floyd does so by addressing the overarching question “How ought we to live?” in a conversational tone and by engaging with serious political thinkers, past and present.’ Onora O’Neill, University of Cambridge ‘This book makes a passionate and compelling case for the importance of political philosophy. Floyd tells us not only what it is to do political philosophy but why we ought to want to do it in the first place.’ Matt Sleat, University of Sheffield Political philosophers write their books for the same reason political revolutionaries read them – they change the world. In this short and original book, Jonathan Floyd explains three things: what political philosophy is, how you can do it, and why you might want to. 216 x 138mm • 176 pages • 2019 HB • 978-1-5095-2418-1 • £45.00 / $59.95 / €55.90 PB • 978-1-5095-2419-8 • £14.99 / $19.95 / €18.90 ebook available WWW.POLITYBOOKS.COM 16
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NEW Utopia MARK STEPHEN JENDRYSIK University of North Dakota ‘What makes an eminently student-friendly introduction? Jendrysik’s answer: accessible writing, concise overviews, apt quotes, interconnections among texts, provocative concluding propositions combined with an honest clarification of focus.’ Kenneth Roemer, University of Texas at Arlington 216 x 138mm • 144 pages • UK March 2020, US May 2020 HB • 978-1-5095-3492-0 • £45.00 / $59.95 / €55.90 PB • 978-1-5095-3493-7 • £14.99 / $19.95 / €18.90 ebook available NEW Socialism PETER LAMB Staffordshire University ‘Well-researched and accessible, the great strength of this book is the judicious balance it strikes between demonstrating the diversity of the socialist tradition while also insisting on its fundamental coherence. Particularly impressive is the nuanced consideration of associational and democratic strands too often confined to the margins.’ Madeleine Davis, Queen Mary University of London 216 x 138mm • 144 pages • UK September 2019, US November 2019 HB • 978-1-5095-3160-8 • £45.00 / $59.95 / €55.90 PB • 978-1-5095-3161-5 • £14.99 / $19.95 / €18.90 ebook available Authority FABIAN WENDT Bielefeld University ‘Fabian Wendt has produced an elegant overview of recent discussions of both political and theoretical authority. Clear, thorough, and consistently insightful.’ George Klosko, University of Virginia 216 x 138mm • 144 pages • 2018 HB • 978-1-5095-1697-1 • £45.00 / $59.95 / €55.90 PB • 978-1-5095-1698-8 • £14.99 / $19.95 / €18.90 ebook available Political Judgment An Introduction PETER STEINBERGER Reed College ‘What is good political judgment? Peter Steinberger offers an illuminating account of the diverse answers offered to this longstanding question in the Western philosophical tradition. A must-read.’ Linda M. G. Zerilli, University of Chicago 216 x 138mm • 144 pages • 2018 HB • 978-1-5095-1310-9 • £45.00 / $59.95 / €55.90 PB • 978-1-5095-1311-6 • £14.99 / $19.95 / €18.90 ebook available KEY CONCEPTS IN POLITICAL THEORY NEW Totalitarianism DAVID D. ROBERTS University of Georgia ‘Roberts has thought longer and harder about totalitarianism than perhaps anyone else currently writing on the subject, and that is strongly in evidence in this beautifully written short book. He has a real knack for refining categories and proposing novel distinctions.’ Richard Shorten, University of Birmingham 216 x 138mm • 176 pages • UK April 2020, US June 2020 HB • 978-1-5095-3239-1 • £45.00 / $59.95 / €55.90 PB • 978-1-5095-3240-7 • £14.99 / $19.95 / €18.90 ebook available Patriotism CHARLES JONES & RICHARD VERNON Both of Western University ‘This book is a subtle and elegant discussion of the nature of patriotism, which manages to survey a vast literature without pedantry, while lucidly and persuasively defending a particular conception of love of country.’ K. Anthony Appiah, New York University 216 x 138mm • 128 pages • 2018 HB • 978-1-5095-1832-6 • £45.00 / $59.95 / €55.90 PB • 978-1-5095-1833-3 • £14.99 / $19.95 / €18.90 ebook available Libertarianism ERIC MACK Tulane University ‘Eric Mack is at once one of the gentlest but also one of the most probing critics our profession has ever seen. His reconstructions are works of art, even when he ultimately disagrees. Mack has been as good as it gets for a very long time, and this is his greatest work.’ David Schmidtz, University of Arizona 216 x 138mm • 176 pages • 2018 HB • 978-1-5095-1929-3 • £45.00 / $64.95 / €55.90 PB • 978-1-5095-1930-9 • £14.99 / $19.95 / €18.90 ebook available Fascism ROGER GRIFFIN Oxford Brookes University ‘For the reader who wants to understand what fascism is all about, this is the best brief introduction in any Western language, from the pen of the leading specialist.’ Stanley G. Payne, University of Wisconsin-Madison 216 x 138mm • 192 pages • 2018 HB • 978-1-5095-2067-1 • £45.00 / $59.95 / €55.90 PB • 978-1-5095-2068-8 • £14.99 / $19.95 / €18.90 ebook available WWW.POLITYBOOKS.COM 17

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INTRODUCTORY POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

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Violence and Political Theory ELIZABETH FRAZER & KIMBERLY HUTCHINGS University of Oxford; Queen Mary University of London ‘This excellent book offers a very careful, systematic and immensely readable introduction and analysis of the intersection between violence and politics, from Machiavelli to the present day.’ Vittorio Bufacchi, University College Cork ‘Lucid and engaging, this erudite book guides the reader through an extremely complex landscape, covering a tremendous range of sources. It is outstanding.’ Christopher Finlay, Durham University Is politics necessarily violent? In this book, Elizabeth Frazer and Kimberley Hutchings explore how political theorists, from Niccolo Machiavelli to Elaine Scarry, have deployed diverse justificatory and rhetorical strategies in order to draw out the enduring themes of the relationship between politics and violence. Series: And Political Theory 216 x 138mm • 224 pages • UK April 2020, US May 2020 HB • 978-1-5095-3671-9 • £50.00 / $64.95 / €61.90 PB • 978-1-5095-3672-6 • £15.99 / $22.95 / €19.90 ebook available

War and Political Theory BRIAN OREND University of Waterloo ‘War and Political Theory is an essential work that brilliantly elucidates the core principles shaping our understanding of the ethics and politics of conflicts. With keen theoretical analysis and vivid examples, Orend unpacks the most complex issues in present and future warfare.’ Shannon E. French, Case Western Reserve University Series: And Political Theory 216 x 138mm • 224 pages • 2019 HB • 978-1-5095-2496-9 • £50.00 / $64.95 / €61.90 PB • 978-1-5095-2497-6 • £15.99 / $22.95 / €19.90 ebook available

Gender and Political Theory Feminist Reckonings MARY HAWKESWORTH Rutgers University ‘Gender and Political Theory: Feminist Reckonings issues a lucid, learned, and insistently political challenge to canonical accounts of state power and the politics of embodiment. Mary Hawkesworth models a form of feminist argument in which all bodies matter.’ Lawrie Balfour, University of Virginia Series: And Political Theory 216 x 138mm • 240 pages • 2019 HB • 978-1-5095-2581-2 • £50.00 / $64.95 / €61.90 PB • 978-1-5095-2582-9 • £15.99 / $22.95 / €19.90 ebook available

Why Global Justice Matters Moral Progress in a Divided World CHRIS ARMSTRONG University of Southampton ‘In this lucid introduction to global justice, Chris Armstrong shows how globalization concerns all of us. He explains why global justice matters and how to respond to it with both individual and collective initiatives.’ Lea Ypi, London School of Economics and Political Science ‘Chris Armstrong’s book is a terrific achievement. It successfully combines philosophical insight and ethical reasoning with a sure grasp of the empirical realities. It discusses some of the most important issues of our time, and it does so in a wonderfully clear and accessible way that vividly conveys just what is at stake.’ Simon Caney, University of Warwick Our world remains hugely unequal, with our place of birth continuing to exert a major influence on our opportunities. In this accessible book, political theorist Chris Armstrong engagingly examines the key moral and political questions raised by the stark global divide, and sketches a series of reforms that would make our world a fairer one. 216 x 138mm • 160 pages • 2019 HB • 978-1-5095-3187-5 • £40.00 / $54.95 / €48.90 PB • 978-1-5095-3188-2 • £12.99 / $16.95 / €15.90 ebook available

What’s the Point of Political Philosophy? JONATHAN FLOYD University of Bristol ‘Although politics and politicians have dismal reputations, we need to take political philosophy seriously. Jonathan Floyd does so by addressing the overarching question “How ought we to live?” in a conversational tone and by engaging with serious political thinkers, past and present.’ Onora O’Neill, University of Cambridge ‘This book makes a passionate and compelling case for the importance of political philosophy. Floyd tells us not only what it is to do political philosophy but why we ought to want to do it in the first place.’ Matt Sleat, University of Sheffield Political philosophers write their books for the same reason political revolutionaries read them – they change the world. In this short and original book, Jonathan Floyd explains three things: what political philosophy is, how you can do it, and why you might want to. 216 x 138mm • 176 pages • 2019 HB • 978-1-5095-2418-1 • £45.00 / $59.95 / €55.90 PB • 978-1-5095-2419-8 • £14.99 / $19.95 / €18.90 ebook available

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