by David Held · Polity · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780745608563
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«Political Theory Today» is the collective work on political theory edited by David Held, published by Polity in paperback (372 pages, in English).
The volume offers an overview of the central debates in contemporary political thought. Its essays address political obligation, the relationship between equality and liberty, gender, the public and the private, justice, democracy and representation, sovereignty, the nation-state, international law, and war.
Published in 1991, this first edition brings together essays by Jon Elster, Susan Moller Okin, Claus Offe, and other specialists, and includes bibliographic references and an index.
Intended for students and academics in political theory and social sciences interested in contemporary political thought.
David Jonathan Andrew Held was a British political scientist who specialised in political theory and international relations. He held a joint appointment as Professor of Politics and International Relations, and was Master of University College, at Durham University until his death. He was also a visiting Professor of Political Science at Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli. Previously he was the Graham Wallas chair of Political Science and the co-director of the Centre for the Study of Global Governance at the London School of Economics.
