Private company
Polity
Logo: http://www.polity.co.uk/, PD, via Wikipedia3
Publisher based in the United Kingdom
Polity is an academic publisher in the social sciences and humanities. It was established in 1984 in Cambridge by Anthony Giddens, David Held and John Thompson at the University of Cambridge.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
1984Founded1
- HeadquartersCambridge1
- Websitepolitybooks.com
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Polity is an academic publisher in the social sciences and humanities. It was established in 1984 in Cambridge by Anthony Giddens, David Held and John Thompson at the University of Cambridge.2
Timeline
- 1984Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitepolitybooks.com1
- X (Twitter)x.com/politybooks1
- Facebookwww.facebook.com/politybooks1
- Instagramwww.instagram.com/politybooks1
- WikipediaPolity (publisher)
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ7225420
Sources
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- 1WikidataPolity on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaPolity on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsPolity logo by http://www.polity.co.uk/, PD