Examines how Leo Strauss sought to recover the question of "nature," which he saw as inseparable from genuine philosophy since its inception in ancient Greece.

An in-depth sociological investigation of "hope" as it applies to the Italian immigrant experience in the blue-collar suburb of Chicago Heights between 1910 and 1950.

Proposes a form of moral education that joins care and justice to nurture and develop the desirable moral sentiments for a more just world at the interpersonal, social, political economic, and environmental levels.

Draws on Guo Xiang's commentary on the Zhuangzi to construct an account of freedom that is both metaphysical and political.

Explores the role of democracy in NATO expansion decisions throughout the organizations history and looking forward into the future.

Drawing on the cases of South Africa, East Timor, Sierra Leone, and the Solomon Islands, examines how Truth and Reconciliation Commissions (TRCs) have engaged with youth in ways that represent their stories and reflect their substantive participatory capacity as political stakeholders.

Traces the history of the concept of democracy in the United States.

Explores the varying influence of foreign policy recommendations on education reforms in Chile, Argentina, and Colombia.

The exciting story of New York in the progressive era told by the reformers and visionaries who shaped its history,

Essays exploring to what extent Nietzsche's thought can aid us in understanding politicized identities.

Makes the case that the different stances Aristotle and Socrates take toward politics can be traced to their divergent accounts of friendship.

The first edited volume solely dedicated to the philosophy of Adriana Cavaero.

A critical and creative reconstruction of Adorno's conception of truth that shows its relevance for contemporary philosophy, art, and politics.

First-of-its-kind study offering a model for understanding vice-presidential influence in the modern era.

An analysis of the China Race—the global competition for leadership and world order between the US-led West and the People's Republic of China.

Illuminates the cross-border migration and settlement of Catholics from Canada to northern New York.

Uncovers the facts behind the celebrated 1889 case of Riggs v. Palmer and shows how they transform our understanding of the decision.

Provides a fascinating and in-depth look into the life, career and legacy of one of the most important New Yorkers of the Gilded Age.

Essays that describe the efforts of several groups in a variety of political settings to achieve greater control over the policies that affect them, the strategies they employ to do so, and their status today.

Shows how authentic diversity and inclusive leadership practices can promote anti-racist, equitable, and transformational change in institutions of higher learning in the United States and beyond.

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

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

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

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

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.