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Selected Bibliography of Specific Concepts:

Fascism - Just War

Fascism

Paxton, Robert O. 1997. French Peasant Fascism: Henry Dorgere's Greenshirts and The Crises of French Agriculture, 1929-1939. New York : Oxford University Press.

Feminism

Schwartz, Alan. 1992. "Feminism: A Case Study of a Contested Concept" in Alan Schwartz Contested Concepts in Cognitive Science. Berkeley: University of California, Program in Cognitive Science.

Freedom

Bauman, Zygmunt. 1988. Freedom. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.

Sen, Amartya. 1985. "Freedom and Agency." The Journal of Philosophy. Vol. LXXXII (4): 203-221

Game Theory: Prisoner's Dilemma, Battle of the Sexes, and Chicken

Morrow, James D. 1994. Game Theory for Political Scientists. Princeton: Princeton University Press: 77-78, 91-93.

Human Capital

Becker, Gary. 1993. Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis With Special Reference to Education. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press (Third Edition).

Human Nature

Pennock, J. Roland and John W. Chapman. 1977. Human Nature in Politics. New York: New York University Press (Nomos 17).

Human Rights

An-Na'im, Abdullahi (ed.). 1993. Human Rights in Cross-Cultural Perspectives: A Quest for Consensus. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.

Pennock, J. Roland and John W. Chapman (eds.) Human Rights. New York: New York University Press (Nomos 23).

Ideology

McLellan, David. 1986. Ideology. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.

Income Distribution

Pen, Jan. 1971. Income Distribution: Facts, Theories, Policies. New York: Praeger (Chapter 3).

Institutions

March, James G., and Johan P. Olsen. 1989. Rediscovering Institutions: The Organizational Basis of Politics. New York: The Free Press.

North, Douglass C. 1990. Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Integration

Teune, Henry. 1984. "Integration" in Giovanni Sartori (ed.) Social Science Concepts: A Systemic Analysis. Beverly Hills: Sage Publications.

Justice

Friedrich, Karl and John W. Chapman (eds.). 1963. Justice New York: Atherton Press (Nomos 6).

Justice, Compensatory

Chapman, John W. (ed.). 1991 Compensatory Justice. New York: Atherton Press (Nomos 6).

Justice, Criminal

Pennock, J. Roland and John W. Chapman (eds.). 1985 Criminal Justice. New York: New York University Press (Nomos 27).

Justice and Gender

Sen, Amartya. 1995. "Gender Inequality and Theories of Justice." in Martha C Nussbaum and Jonathon Glover (eds.), Women, Culture, and Development. Oxford: Clarendon Press: 259-273.

Justification

Pennock, J. Roland and John W. Chapman (eds.). 1986 Justification. New York: New York University Press (Nomos 28).

Just War

Elshtain, Jean Bethke (ed.). 1992. Just War Theory. New York: New York University Press.

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