Politics: The Basics - 2nd Edition

✍ Scribed by Stephen Tansey

Year: 1999
Tongue: English
Leaves: 305
Edition: 2
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This is a fully revised and up-dated edition of Stephen Tansey's successful introduction to the world of politics. He introduces the study of politics, the varieties of political systems, the main political movements, and the issues which dominate politics at the beginning of the 21st century.The second edition of Politics: The Basics :introduces the key areas of politics, explaining and exploring the basic ideas and terms, making it an ideal text for those contemplating studying politics at an undergraduate levele, or the general reader is clearly and accessibly written, making use of boxes, figures and tables to illustrate key issues provides lots of examples from around the world features an appendix which gives guidance to political sources, such as books, newspapers, and the internet, as well as providing information on Politics courses and associations.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of illustrations......Page 14
Preface......Page 16
How the book is organised......Page 17
How to use this book......Page 18
Acknowledgements......Page 20
Introduction......Page 22
Systems......Page 45
Concepts......Page 69
Ideologies......Page 91
Processes......Page 126
States......Page 162
Democracy......Page 197
Policies......Page 232
Appendix: sources on politics......Page 262
References......Page 272
Index......Page 284

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