books by Ian Shapiro

books by Ian Shapiro

books:

Ian Shapiro

Order, Conflict, and Violence

Cambridge University Press, 2008

There might appear to be little that binds the study of order and the study of violence and conflict. Bloodshed in its multiple forms is often seen as something separate from and unrelated to the domains of 'normal' politics that constitute what we think of as order. But violence is used to create order, to maintain it, and to uphold it in the ...

Two Treatises of Government and A Letter Concerning Toleration

Yale University Press, 2003

Most Representative Thinker in Anglo-American Tradition
John Locke (1632-1704) wrote "Second Treatise of Government" in 1690, it was the main political philosophical source that our "Founding Fathers" went to in writing the "Declaration of Independence" and in forming our government. I think you should know something of ...

Death by a Thousand Cuts: The Fight over Taxing Inherited Wealth

Michael J. Graetz, Ian Shapiro

Princeton University Press, 2006

Explains what happened & why
As its subtitle indicates, the book is about the nitty-gritty details of how the near-repeal of the estate tax got enacted into law. The authors discuss tax policy only tangentially: their focus is on who did what and why. Some actors on both sides acted out of ...

The State of Democratic Theory
Ian Shapiro

Princeton University Press, 2005

What should we expect from democracy, and how likely is it that democracies will live up to those expectations? In The State of Democratic Theory , Ian Shapiro offers a critical assessment of contemporary answers to these questions, lays out his distinctive alternative, and explores its implications for policy and political action. Some accounts ...

Democratic Justice (The Institution for Social and Policy St)
Ian Shapiro

Yale University Press, 2001

Democracy and justice are often mutually antagonistic ideas, yet in this innovative book lan Shapiro explains how and why they should be pursued together. Justice must be pursued by democratic means if it is to garner legitimacy in the modern world, and democracy must be justice-promoting if it is to sustain allegiance over time. Shapiro spells ...

Rethinking Political Institutions: The Art of the State
Ian Shapiro, Stephen Skowronek, ...

NYU Press, 2007

Institutions shape every dimension of politics. This volume collects original essays on how such institutions are formed, operated, and changed, both in theory and in practice. Ranging across formal institutions of government such as legislatures, courts, and bureaucracies and intermediary institutions such as labor unions and party systems, the ...

Abortion: The Supreme Court Decisions, 1965-2007

Hackett Pub Co, 2008

Updated to include the 2007 decision Gonzales v. Carhart , this volume provides all of the major Supreme Court decisions on abortion - as well as many majority, dissenting, and plurality opinions - carefully edited for use in undergraduate and graduate courses in a variety of disciplines. In his introductory essay, Shapiro sets these cases in ...

Identities, Affiliations, and Allegiances

Cambridge University Press, 2007

Where do political identities come from, how do they change over time, and what is their impact on political life? This book explores these and related questions in a globalizing world where the nation state is being transformed, definitions of citizenship are evolving in unprecedented ways, and people's interests and identities are taking on new ...

The Democracy Sourcebook

The MIT Press, 2003

Good sourcebook on democracy
This edited work, "The Democracy Sourcebook," is a good reference source for differing perspectives on democracy. The volume provides historical context as well as more contemporary reflections on the subject. The editors, Robert Dahl, Ian Shapiro, and Jose Antonio ...

Democracy's Value
Casiano Hacker-Cord^D'on

Cambridge University Press, 1999

Democracy's flexibility, its commitment to equality of representation, and its recognition of the legitimacy of opposition are all positive features of political institutions. But democracy fits uneasily with many other political values and is in many respects less than equal to the demands it confronts. In these two free-standing volumes some of ...

Problems and Methods in the Study of Politics

Cambridge University Press, 2004

In this volume some of the world's most prominent scholars of politics offer original discussions exploring what political science is and how political scientists should aspire to do their work. Although beset by constant debate about method, at the core of the study of politics is the unifying concern as to whether political scientists should ...

Ethnicity and Group Rights: Nomos XXXIX (Nomos 39)
Ian Shapiro, Will Kymlicka

NYU Press, 2000

Within Western political philosophy, the rights of groups has often been neglected or addressed in only the narrowest fashion. Focusing solely on whether rights are exercised by individuals or groups misses what lies at the heart of ethnocultural conflict, leaving the crucial question unanswered: can the familiar system of common citizenship ...

Pathologies of Rational Choice Theory: A Critique of Applications in Political Science

Donald Green, Ian Shapiro

Yale University Press, 1996

A Must Read for All Political Scientists
Whether you are a hard-core believer in RC theory or the most outspoken opponent of it, Green and Shapiro provide a provactive, well-researched examination of the ability of rational choice theory to explain political behavior. While decidedly anti-RC in their ...

Political Order: Nomos XXXVIII (Nomos)
Ian Shapiro, Russell Hardin

NYU Press, 1998

In many parts of the world, constitutions are being written and rewritten, with a great many possibilities being explored, and much that matters deeply to millions of people hangs on the results. Here major scholars address some of the most pressing questions about political order.

The Moral Foundations of Politics (The Institution for Social and Policy St)

Ian Shapiro

Yale University Press, 2004

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I have to say in all honesty that of the hundreds of political science books I've read in my life, this little number is one of the best. Shapiro is so fair, so sharp, so insightful, so spot on with his evaluations, and amazingly, so concise and thorough at the same ...