This insightful and wide-ranging volume traces the genesis of international intellectual thought, connecting international and global history with intellectual

Quentin Skinner's classic study The Foundations of Modern Political Thought was first published by Cambridge in 1978. This was the first of a series of outstand

This collection of primary sources from the founding period covers the unique combination of theoretical influences in American political thought.

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When do governments merit our allegiance, and when should they be denied it? Ian Shapiro explores this most enduring of political dilemmas in this innovative an