A textual introduction to social and political theory

A textual introduction to social and political theoryThis book offers a stimulating new approach to studying social and political theory. It combines specially selected extracts from the political classics with original and insightful essays offering a commentary upon them.

James Shirley's 'The Bird in a Cage' and Margaret Cavendish's 'The Convent of Pleasure'

To read a selection of articles from the book

The dramas analysed include Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

The monarchy is the heart of the United Kingdom’s social

films such as Our Man in Havana

exploring her journey from ingénue to UNICEF ambassador

Bangladesh

Taking the position that a culture signifies a way of life

Artists Activating Sustainability: The Oregon Story examines the way in which the artists within specific communities

A collection of essays on the nature of cultural pluralism in the Mediterranean and the different ways in which this was managed in various cities during the early modern period

<i>The Path on the Rainbow: An Anthology of Songs and Chants from the Indians of North America</i> functions as an authoritative guide to Indigenous verse as untouched and uninfluenced by European colonialism in the early nineteenth century

Invention and Craft approaches students as meaning-makers while emphasizing the importance of forward- and backward- reaching knowledge transfer