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by Robert E. Goodin (Editor); Philip Pettit (Editor); Thomas W. Pogge (Editor)

Written by some of todays most distinguished scholars representing a wide variety of academic disciplines, methods, and schools of thought, this two-volume set moves beyond analytic and continental philosophy to also consider the contributions of economics, history, law, political science, and sociology.

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This new edition of A Companion to Contemporary Political Philosophy has been extended significantly to include 55 chapters across two volumes written by some of today's most distinguished scholars.

New contributors include some of today's most distinguished scholars, among them Thomas Pogge, Charles Beitz, and Michael Doyle
Provides in-depth coverage of contemporary philosophical debate in all major related disciplines, such as economics, history, law, political science, international relations and sociology
Presents analysis of key political ideologies, including new chapters on Cosmopolitanism and Fundamentalism
Includes detailed discussions of major concepts in political philosophy, including virtue, power, human rights, and just war

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Political philosophy has become an increasingly active area of research over the past four decades. In response to the growing interest in the field, this new edition of A Companion to Contemporary Political Philosophy has been extended significantly to include 55 chapters across two volumes written by some of today's most distinguished scholars.

Straddling analytic and continental philosophy, the first part of the Companion considers the contributions of economics, history, law, political science, international relations and sociology, to normative political thought. The collection then provides analyses of eight live political ideologies, including new chapters on Cosmopolitanism and Fundamentalism, and detailed discussions of key concepts, with much expanded coverage of international politics and global justice.

An essential references for anyone interested in this dynamic field, the new edition of A Companion to Contemporary Political Philosophy is the most current and comprehensive resource available.

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Title A Companion to Contemporary Political Philosophy, 2 Volume Set
Author Robert E. Goodin (Editor); Philip Pettit (Editor); Thomas W. Pogge (Editor)
Binding Hardcover
Edition 2nd Edition
Pages 952
Volumes 2
Language ENG
Publisher Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford
Date September 1, 2007
Features Bibliography, Index
ISBN 9781405136532 / 1405136537
Weight 4.44 lbs (2.01 kg)
Dimensions 9.96 x 7.03 x 2.4 in (25.30 x 17.86 x 6.10 cm)
Library of Congress subjects Political science - Philosophy
Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007005639
Dewey Decimal Code 320.01

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Choice, 01/01/2009, Page 0
Reference and Research Bk News, 05/01/2008, Page 202

About the author

Robert E. Goodin is a Distinguished Professor jointly of Philosophy and of Social & Political Theory in the Research School of Social Sciences and a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy. General Editor of a 10-volume series of Oxford Handbooks of Political Science and founding editor of Blackwell's Journal of Political Philosophy, Goodin served as co-editor of the British Journal of Political Science and Associate Editor of Ethics.

Philip Pettit, formerly of the Australian National University, is now L.S. Rockefeller University Professor of Politics and Human Values at Princeton University. He works in moral and political theory and on background issues in philosophical psychology and social ontology.

Thomas Pogge is Professor of Political Science at Columbia University and Professorial Fellow at the ANU Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics. He is editor for social and political philosophy for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy and a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science.

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