Oxford Handbooks of Political Science are the essential guide to the state of political science today. With engaging contributions from 51 major international scholars, the Oxford Handbook of Political Theory provides the key point of reference for anyone working in political theory and beyond.

I. CONTEMPORARY CURRENTS; II. THE LEGACY OF THE PAST; III. POLITICAL THEORY IN THE WORLD; IV. STATE AND PEOPLE; V. JUSTICE, EQUALITY, AND FREEDOM; VI. PLURALISM, MULTICULTURALISM, AND NATIONALISM; VII. CLAIMS IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT; VIII. THE BODY POLITIC; IX. TESTING THE BOUNDARIES; X. OLD AND NEW

Review from previous edition 'This is a unique and impressive set of analyses about scholarship in political theory. It is comprehensive, as we would expect. Beyond that, it is remarkably creative in the way that Dryzek, Honig and Phillips have organized categories, and it includes much overdue reference to scholarship on non-Western and postcolonial thought.'

`Review from previous edition 'This is a unique and impressive set of analyses about scholarship in political theory. It is comprehensive, as we would expect. Beyond that, it is remarkably creative in the way that Dryzek, Honig and Phillips have organized categories, and it includes much overdue reference to scholarship on non-Western and postcolonial thought.' ' Iris Marion Young, Late Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. `'This extraordinary series offers 'state of the art' assessments that instruct, engage, and provoke. Both synoptic and directive, the fine essays across these superbly edited volumes reflect the ambitions and diversity of political science. No one who is immersed in the discipline's controversies and possibilities should miss the intellectual stimulation and critical appraisal these works so powerfully provide.' ' Ira Katznelson, Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History, Columbia University `'Under the general editorship of Robert E. Goodin, a large group of intellectually attractive authors has charted the entire field of political science in an unbiased multi-paradigmatic way. Minerva's owl would make a nice logo for this monumental collective work of the Oxford Handbooks: what moves us forward is looking back at what we know.' ' Claus Offe, Professor of Political Science, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin and Institute for Social Science, Humboldt University, Berlin.