Explains the complexities of policy implementation and why attempts to translate new laws into effective and enduring policy sometimes succeed and sometimes fail.

A critical reflection on the limitations of Carl Schmitt's political theology, reconsidered in light of the current crisis of the liberal democratic order.

Argues that states substitute unwanted policy changes dictated by globalization with politically feasible ones, leading to policy convergence.

Presents a timely discussion of the core problems faced by peasant communities under neo-liberal economics.

Investigates, through a critical exploration of Derrida's political thought, the foundations of modern secular discourse in relation to issues of race and colonialism.

Putting at work a negative pedagogy centered around learning from unlearning, problematizes and boldly challenges today's culturalist discourses, camouflaged racisms, and masked fascisms.

Analyzes the different feelings, drives and instincts we have inherited from other species, to suggest a new understanding of ourselves as part of an eco-political community.

Reframes the discussion of deliberative democracy in a unique fashion, approaching the debate as a historical conversation.

This entertaining and accessible guide shows readers how to turn danger into opportunity, even when dragons threaten.

Interlinks Gilles Deleuze's critical philosophy with Niklas Luhmann's systems theory to unpack contemporary democratic politics as a contest for complexity-reducing orientation in sense.

Explores the influence coping has had on African Americans' political attitudes and behaviors.

Explores the question of whether heroes matter in the modern republic.

The most comprehensive collection of writings by an important twentieth-century radical writer.

Argues for a revolutionary political theology that can be used to combat racism, sexism, and other forms of oppression.

Challenges deep-seated assumptions about the traditionalist nature of Confucianism by providing a new interpretation of the emergence of modern Confucianism in Republican China.