Authors:David Held, Anthony McGrew, David Goldblatt, Jonathan
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Keywords: culture, economics, politics, transformations, global
Number of Pages: 540
Published: 1999-04-01
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 0804736278
ISBN-13: 9780804736275

This book throws new light on the complex processes that are reshaping the contemporary world. All too often debates about globalization - and about whether it implies the end of the nation-state - have descended into polemics and confusion. Global Transformations overcomes these difficulties. Based on many years of original research, it maps the shape and scope of globalization and provides a comprehensive introduction to the subject, presenting its material in a clear and accessible way. This is the most systematic account available of the process of globalization. It will be illuminating no

Author: David Held
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Keywords: democracy, models
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 2006-04-03
List price: $26.95
ISBN-10: 0804754721
ISBN-13: 9780804754729

In a succinct and far-reaching analysis, David Held provides an introduction to major theories of democracy from classical Greece to the present, along with a critical discussion of what democracy should mean today. This new edition has been extensively revised and updated to take into account significant transformations in world politics. A new chapter on deliberative democracy has been added, which focuses on how citizen participation can be increased in politics, and how that participation can become more informed. Like its predecessor, the third edition of Models of Democracy combines lu

Author: David Held
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: understanding, social, change, politics, economics, world, culture, globalizing
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2004-11-04
List price: $160.00
ISBN-10: 0415329736
ISBN-13: 9780415329736

Today’s news media is full of references to ’globalization’ - a buzz word that is quickly becoming ubiquitous. But what exactly is globalization? What are its main driving forces? Does it truly embrace all aspects of our lives, from economics to cultural developments? A Globalizing World? examines these and other key questions in a highly accessible fashion, offering a clear and intelligent guide to the big ideas and debates of our time. In doing so, it does not take one particular stance for or against globalizaton; rather, it examines the arguments and evidence about i

Author: David Held
Publisher: University of California Press
Keywords: habermas, horkheimer, theory, critical, introduction
Number of Pages: 497
Published: 1980-10-13
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0520041755
ISBN-13: 9780520041752

The writings of the critical theorists caught the imagination of students and intellectuals in the 1960s and 1970s. They became a key element in the formation and self-understanding of the New Left, and have been the subject of continuing controversy. Partly because of their rise to prominence during the political turmoil of the sixties, and partly because they draw on traditions rarely studied in the Anglo-American world, the works of these authors are often misunderstood.In this book David Held provides a much-needed introduction to, and evaluation of, critical theory. He is concerned mainly

Author: David Held
Publisher: Polity
Keywords: realities, ideals, cosmopolitanism
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2010-12-21
List price: $64.95
ISBN-10: 0745648355
ISBN-13: 9780745648354

Author: David Held
Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr
Keywords: democracy, models
Number of Pages: 321
Published: 1987-02
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 0804713588
ISBN-13: 9780804713580

The first edition of Models of Democracy has proved immensely popular among students and specialists world-wide. In a succinct but far-reaching analysis, David Held provides an introduction to central accounts of democracy from classical Greece to the present and a critical discussion of what democracy should mean today. The second edition has been extensively revised and updated to take account of the significant transformations in world politics during the past ten years. These changes are reflected in new chapters on the impact on democracy of the fall of the Soviet empire, the prospects of

Author: David Held
Publisher: Polity
Keywords: realities, ideals, cosmopolitanism
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2010-12-28
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 0745648363
ISBN-13: 9780745648361

This book sets out the case for a cosmopolitan approach to contemporary global politics. It presents a systematic theory of cosmopolitanism, explicating its core principles and justifications, and examines the role many of these principles have played in the development of global politics, such as framing the human rights regime. The framework is then used to address some of the most pressing issues of our time: the crisis of financial markets, climate change and the fallout from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. In each case, Held argues that realistic politics is exhausted, and that cosmopol