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Politics: An Introduction
The eagerly-awaited 3rd edition of this highly respected and user-friendly text for introductory courses has been thoroughly updated to reflect the world today. It provides completely updated and stimulating coverage of topics essential to the understanding of contemporary politics. It offers students necessary guidance on ways of studying and understanding politics, and illustration of the many different sites at which politics is construed and conducted. Ideal for students taking combined degrees at introductory level in politics and the social sciences, it emphasizes the individual and social dimension of politics and covers theories and concepts in an accessible way.
Key features include:
Revised introduction considering 'what is politics' and how we understand and approach its study
New chapter structure (esp. Part 3) organised thematically around the politics of power to provide more imaginitive and accessible coverage political insitutions and governance
New examples and case studies including: Ukraine, the Arab Spring; the "Charlie Hebdo" shootings; "Fertility tourism" in India; Hydropower in Cambodia
More on democratization, authoritarian regimes, direct democracy, gender critical perspectives, minority rights, freedom of speech, global capitalism, social movements, radical political change and post-secularism, and challenges and changes posed by social media
Companion website to include: tbc after further discussion and research
Key features include:
Revised introduction considering 'what is politics' and how we understand and approach its study
New chapter structure (esp. Part 3) organised thematically around the politics of power to provide more imaginitive and accessible coverage political insitutions and governance
New examples and case studies including: Ukraine, the Arab Spring; the "Charlie Hebdo" shootings; "Fertility tourism" in India; Hydropower in Cambodia
More on democratization, authoritarian regimes, direct democracy, gender critical perspectives, minority rights, freedom of speech, global capitalism, social movements, radical political change and post-secularism, and challenges and changes posed by social media
Companion website to include: tbc after further discussion and research
582 pages, Paperback
First published January 28, 1997
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December 30, 2021
Доста тежък стил, което обяснява и ниската средна оценка, която учебникът има от читателите в сайта. Но някои от нещата, които авторите са описали теоретично намират практическо потвърждение в следващите години, поради което книгата заслужава вниманието на хората, интересуващи от тази материя.
October 13, 2018
The book is good if someone wants to understand how the Western world ( U.S and U.K) works.
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