This is the definitive guide to the central issues of political philosophy. Across 17 specially commissioned essays an international team of experts, including Eduardo Mendieta and Gillian Brock, reveal where the most important work in this field is being done and, most valuably, the exciting new directions that it is taking.

This book covers all the most pressing and important themes and categories in the field - areas that have continued to attract interest historically as well as topics that have emerged more recently as active areas of research. These range from the nature and history of political philosophy, sovereignty, distributive justice, democratic theory, and feminist theory, to toleration, human rights, immigration, cosmopolitanism, peace, war, and the challenge of Eurocentrism. With every chapter now fully updated with current examples and debates, five new chapters add coverage of racial justice, retributive justice, global health and environment, political economy and authoritarianism.

Featuring a series of indispensable research tools, including an A to Z of key terms and concepts, a chronology, a detailed list of resources, and a fully annotated bibliography, this new edition also adds introductory abstracts and study questions for each chapter. The Bloomsbury Companion to Political Philosophy is the essential reference tool for anyone researching or working in this crucial and dynamic field.