Political Science
Prison & Prisoners
Constance Lytton worked along Emmeline Pankhurst for the cause of women's suffrage in England. Upset that she was getting preferential trea…
El príncipe
Hubo príncipes que, para conservar sin inquietudes el Estado, desarmaron a sus súbditos; príncipes que dividieron los …
Global Trends 2030
Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds is the fifth installment (published in 2012) in the National IntelligenceCouncil’s series aimed at pr…
An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation
Jeremy Bentham's Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation, a classic text in modern philosophy and jurisprudence, first publ…
Karl Marx
Born in Manchester in 1893, Harold Laski was a leading figure in the left-wing of British socialism in the first half of the 20th century. A…
On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
"That government is best which governs least" is the famous opening line of this essay. The slavery crisis inflamed New England i…
A History of American Political Theories
"A description and analysis of the characteristic types of political theory that have from time to time been dominant in American polit…
Plunkitt of Tammany Hall
In this insightful memoir, George Washington Plunkitt, a prominent figure in New York City's Tammany Hall, offers a firsthand account of the…
Thomas Hobbes
This work is a look at the life and ideas of Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher of the seventeenth century. The most important ideas are fo…
Eleven Theses on Feuerbach
The “Theses on Feuerbach” are eleven short philosophical notes written by Karl Marx in 1845. They outline a critique of the ideas of Marx’s …
Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights are the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, and were ratified on December 15, 1791.
The English Constitution
The English Constitution is an extremely accessible work of political and legal science by Walter Bagehot, first published in serialized for…
State of the Union Addresses
The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress,…
Vices are not Crimes
In Vices are not Crimes, Lysander Spooner presents a thought-provoking examination of the relationship between individual liberty and govern…
The Promise of American Life
The book is said to "offer a manifesto of Progressive beliefs" that "anticipated the transition from competitive to corporate…
The History of the Fabian Society
"The History of the Fabian Society" describes the growth of Socialist theory in England, and the influence of Socialism on the pol…
The World's Best Orations
Who does not delight in oratory? How we gather to hear even an ordinary speaker! How often is a jury swayed and controlled by the appeals of…
United Kingdom House of Lords Speeches
This collection comprises recordings of seven historic speeches given to the UK House of Lords between 1641 and 1945. Readings are of speech…
Causes Of The American Civil War
Some of the states who rebelled against the Federal Government in the American Civil War issued statements by nascent governing bodies expla…
The English Restoration and Louis XIV
In this trim volume the British historian, Osmund Airy writes of the period between 1648 and 1679 when Cardinal Mazarin, having concluded th…