ENGLISH

Key Concepts in Politics

By Andrew Heywood

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2000
ISBN
0333770951
Language
english
Format
CHM
Filesize
1 MB (1086438 bytes)
Series
Macmillan study guides
Pages
304\0
Library
avaxhome.ws
Time added
2010-05-31 15:07:22

Description

Concepts are the ''tools'' with which we think, criticize, argue, explain and analyze. Political concepts are nothing less than the building blocks of political understanding: the political world means what our concepts tell us it means. But political concepts are notoriously slippery and subject to controversy. Indeed, political debate is often a debate about the correct use of political terms. This book provides an accessible and comprehensive guide to the major concepts encountered in political analysis. Each is defined clearly and fully, and its significance for political argument and practice is explored. The introduction explains how political concepts are used and why they are so often abused. The book is arranged thematically, in an accessible way, in order to be of use to students throughout their course of study, especially as a revision aid.

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