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Examines the history of oligarchy, a form of government in which a small privileged group rules, typically for corrupt purposes, which was first described by the ancient Greeks.

Contains a collection of essays that examine a number of contested moral and political issues of American public lifeduring the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, including a discussion of suicide, abortion, gay rights, stem cell rsearch, and more.

Presents nine of Henry David Thoreau's political texts, including "Civil Disobedience," selections from "Walden," and several works on slavery, and also includes a contextual introduction and a Thoreau chronology.

The author examines the rise and decline of superpowers from ancient Persia to the modern United States, and focuses on the reasons for their success and the factors that caused many of them to fall.

Thomas Paine often declared himself a citizen of the world. This Norton Critical Edition presents Paine and his writing within the transatlantic and global context of the revolutionary ideas and actions of his time.

Examines Plato's most famous student and sharpest critic, whose writing has helped shape over two millennia of Western philosophy, science, and religion.

Contains a chronology of Machiavelli's life, an introduction and text by Alan Ryan that provides context and analysis, and key excerpts from Machiavelli's The Prince and his Discourses.

"In The Great Debate Yuval Levin explores the origins of the familiar left/right divide in American politics by examining the views of the men who best represent each side of that debate: Edmund Burke and Thomas Paine.

Examines the different forms of government around the world, including the democracy in the United States, the theocracy in Iran, and the dictatorship in North Korea.

Although more than 200 years have passed since the death of the first U.

Thomas Jefferson was a man of many talents who was invaluable to the founding of the United States.

Examines the Iran hostage crisis of 1979-81--during which over fifty Americans were held captive by Iranian militants for 444 days--and the events that led to it, comparing America's actions in the Middle East in the 1970s and early 1980s with its actions there in the early twenty-first century.

Examines the study of values, or axiology, and what makes certain actions right or wrong.

Compares different countries’ governments, and focuses on the United States democracy and the various roles citizens and leaders play in a democracy.