The Oxford Handbook of Political Theory

Description

Long recognized as one of the main branches of political science, political theory has in recent years burgeoned in many different directions. Close textual analysis of historical texts sits alongside more analytical work on the nature and normative grounds of political values. Continental and post-modern influences jostle with ones from economics, history, sociology, and the law. Feminist concerns with embodiment make us look at old problems in new ways, and challenges of new technologies open whole new vistas for political theory.
This Handbook provides comprehensive and critical coverage of the lively and contested field of political theory, and will help set the agenda for the field for years to come. Forty-five chapters by distinguished political theorists look at the state of the field, where it has been in the recent past, and where it is likely to go in future. They examine political theory's edges as well as its core, the globalizing context of the field, and the challenges presented by social, economic, and technological changes.

About the Author
John S Dryzek, Professor of Social and Political Theory, Australian National University, Bonnie Honig, Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University, and Anne Phillips, Professor of Gender Theory, London School of Economics

Contributors:

Richard Arneson, University of California, Irvine Daniel A Bell, City University, Hong Kong Richarad Bellamy, University of Essex Jane Bennett, Johns Hopkins University Rajeev Bhargava, University of Delhi Chris Brown, London School of Economics Wendy Brown, University of California, Berkeley Margaret Canovan, University of Keele Simone Chambers, University of Toronto William E Connolly, Johns Hopkins University Jodi Dean, Hobart and William Smith College Jack Donnelly, University of Denver John S. Dryzek, Australian National University Roxanne L Euben, Wellesley College Stephen L Elkin, University of Maryland Cécile Fabre, London School of Economics James Farr, University of Minnesota John Ferejohn, Stanford University Jill Frank, University of South Carolina Anna Elisabetta Galeotti, Università del Piemonte Orientale Moira Gatens, University of Sydney Paul Gilroy, University of Yale James M Glass, University of Maryland Christine Helliwell, Australian National University Barry Hindess, Australian National University Bonnie Honig, Northwestern University Duncan Ivison, University of Sydney Jeffrey Kopstein, University of Toronto Chandran Kukathas, University of Utah Patchen Markell, University of Chicago Susan Mendus, University of York John M Meyer, Humboldt State University David Miller, University of Oxford Eric Nelson, University of Cambridge Serena Olsaretti, University of Cambridge Pasquale Pasquino, CNRS, Paris Paul Patton, University of New South Wales Anne Philips, London School of Economics J G A Pocock, Johns Hopkins University Beate Roessler, University of Amsterdam Michael Saward, Open University Arlene W Saxonhouse, University of Michigan William E. Scheuerman, University of Minnesota David Schlosberg, Northern Arizona University Ronald J Schmidt Jr, University of Southern Maine Jeffrey Spinner-Halev, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Judith Squires, University of Bristol Shannon Stimson, University of California, Berkeley Mark E Warren, Georgetown University Andrew Williams, University of Reading Linda Zerilli, Northwestern University

Reviews

Review from previous edition 'This is a unique and impressive set of analyses about scholarship in political theory. It is comprehensive, as we would expect. Beyond that, it is remarkably creative in the way that Dryzek, Honig and Phillips have organized categories, and it includes much overdue reference to scholarship on non-Western and postcolonial thought.' - Iris Marion Young, Late Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago.
'This extraordinary series offers 'state of the art' assessments that instruct, engage, and provoke. Both synoptic and directive, the fine essays across these superbly edited volumes reflect the ambitions and diversity of political science. No one who is immersed in the discipline's controversies and possibilities should miss the intellectual stimulation and critical appraisal these works so powerfully provide.' - Ira Katznelson, Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History, Columbia University
'Under the general editorship of Robert E. Goodin, a large group of intellectually attractive authors has charted the entire field of political science in an unbiased multi-paradigmatic way. Minerva's owl would make a nice logo for this monumental collective work of the Oxford Handbooks: what moves us forward is looking back at what we know.' - Claus Offe, Professor of Political Science, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin and Institute for Social Science, Humboldt University, Berlin.

Table of contents

Introduction, John S Dryzek, Bonnie Honig, and Anne Philips
I. CONTEMPORARY CURRENTS
1: Justice After Rawls, Richard Arneson
2: Power After Foucault, Wendy Brown
3: Critical Theory Beyond Habermas, William E Scheuerman
4: Feminist Theory and the Canon of Political Thought, Linda Zerilli
5: After the Linguistic Turn: Poststructuralist and Liberal Pragmatist Political Theory, Paul Patton
6: The Pluralist Imagination, David Schlosberg
II. THE LEGACY OF THE PAST
7: Theory in History: Problems of Context and Narrative, J G A Pocock
8: The Political Theory of Classical Greece, Jill Frank
9: Republican Visions, Eric Nelson
10: Modernity and its Critics, Jane Bennett
11: The History of Political Thought, as Disciplinary Genre, James Farr
III. POLITICAL THEORY IN THE WORLD
12: The Challenge of European Union, Richarad Bellamy
13: East Asia and the West: The Impact of Confucianism on Anglo-American Political Thought, Daniel A Bell
14: In the Beginning all the World was America: American Exceptionalism in New Contexts, Ronald J Schmidt Jr
15: Changing Interpretations of Modern and Contemporary Islamic Political Theory, Roxanne L Euben
IV. STATE AND PEOPLE
16: Constitutionalism and the Rule of Law, Shannon Stimson
17: Emergency Powers, John Ferejohn and Pasquale Pasquino
18: The People, Margaret Canovan
19: Civil Society and State, Simone Chambers and Jeffrey Kopstein
20: Democracy and the State, Mark E Warren
21: Democracy and Citizenship: Expanding Domains, Michael Saward
V. JUSTICE, EQUALITY, AND FREEDOM
22: Impartiality, Susan Mendus
23: Justice, Luck, and Desert, Serena Olsaretti
24: Recognition and Redistribution, Patchen Markell
25: Equality and Difference, Judith Squires
26: Liberty, Equality, and Property, Andrew Williams
27: Historical Injustice, Duncan Ivison
VI. PLURALISM, MULTICULTURALISM, AND NATIONALISM
28: Nationalism, David Miller
29: Multiculturalism and its Critics, Jeffrey Spinner-Halev
30: Identity, Difference, Toleration, Anna Elisabetta Galeotti
31: Moral Universalism and Cultural Difference, Chandran Kukathas
VII. CLAIMS IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT
32: Human Rights, Jack Donnelly
33: From International to Gloabl Justice?, Chris Brown
34: Political Secularism, Rajeev Bhargava
35: Multi-Culturalism and Post-Colonialism, Paul Gilroy
VIII. THE BODY POLITIC
36: Politicizing the Body: Property, Contract, and Rights, Moria Gatens
37: New Ways of Thinking About Privacy, Beate Roessler
38: New Technologies of the Body, Cécile Fabre
39: Paranoia and Political Philosophy, James M Glass
IX. TESTING THE BOUNDARIES
40: Political Theory and Cultural Studies, Jodi Dean
41: Political Theory and the Environment, John M Meyer
42: Political Theory and Political Economy, Stephen L Elkin
43: Political Theory and Social Theory, Christine Helliwell and Barry Hindess
X. OLD AND NEW
44: Then and Now: Participant-Observation in Political Theory, William E Connolly
45: Exile and Re-Entry: Political Theory Yesterday and Tomorrow, Arlene W Saxonhouse