political science

This comprehensive volume surveys France's assorted regions, its renowned traditions, the individuals and peoples that have led it to greatness, and the struggles and successes of its past and present.

This comprehensive volume traces the evolution of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, from their earliest civilizations to the present day.

This comprehensive volume traces the evolution of Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia, from their earliest civilizations to the present day.

This comprehensive volume traces the evolution of Austria, Croatia, and Slovenia, from their earliest civilizations to the present day.

The author calls for a restoration of the balance between liberty and democracy, arguing that while democracy is flourishing around the world, liberty is not, with elections often bringing to power intolerant, reactionary, anti-Western, and anti-Semitic regimes.

Fifteenth-century Italian stateman Niccolo Machiavelli's famous treatise on the qualities and actions necessary for princes to gain and keep power, in which he holds up ancient Roman rulers as examples and shows why, for leaders of nations, "the ends justify the means.".

Profiles men and women whose ideas and beliefs changed the face of the world in the nineteenth century.

Explains how government leaders make changes and how procedures have changed over the years.

Three essays consider the history of the social contract. Explores the roots of the contract in the Bible, Roman Law, and Aristotle's "Politics." Examines how these principles were developed during the Middle Ages into contracts between feudal kings and feudatory. Further reviews how these principles evolved in the writings of Locke, Hume, and Rousseau.