Relates Chinese Realism to contemporary political and ethical challenges, such as in international relations and the morality of the public sector.

Explores the slow but inevitable implosion of our civilization by considering the correlation between capital, work, and ideology.

A searing, personal look at conditions on Texas's Death Row—told in the words of the prisoners themselves.

Meditation on the character of the Eleatic Stranger in Plato's late dialogues, arguing that the prominent place afforded to this foreigner—the other—represents an important philosophical and political legacy regarding the way thought, and life in the community, is understood.

Argues that Progressive Era reforms had the counterintuitive effect of weakening political parties and their role in representative government.

Argues that Giambattista Vico's early modern account of Roman mythology was a sophisticated attempt to present an epistemological and political critique of the aristocratic way of conceiving the world.

Argues that Plato thinks that ordinary people grapple with the Forms and can make epistemological progress, even if they never achieve knowledge.

A critical interrogation of elements of Hobbes's political and natural philosophy and its capacity to enrich our understanding of the nature of democratic life.

First history of New York's women legislators within the larger story of New York State politics.

Examines how the new wave of Generation Y public service employees are affecting the dynamics of continuity and change in public management ethics.

Essays providing a multi-disciplinary look at Derrick Bell's thesis of racial realism.

Explores the political and theoretical significance of the use of salvaging discarded materials by social movements during their protest activities.