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Politics: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

By Kenneth Minogue

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
2000
ISBN
0192853880, 9780192853882
LCC
JA66 .M55 2000
Google Books ID
503KP4YhiXwC
Open Library ID
OL6897467M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
847 kB (867696 bytes)
Pages
128\128
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

In A Very Short Introduction to Politics, Kenneth Minogue begins with a discussion of issues arising from a historical account of politics, and goes on to offer chapters dealing with the Ancient Greeks and the idea of citizenship; Roman law; medieval Christianity and individualism; freedom since Machiavelli and Hobbes; the challenge of ideologies; democracy, oligarchy, and bureaucracy; power and order in modern society; and politics in the West.About the Series: Combining authority with wit, accessibility, and style, Very Short Introductions offer an introduction to some of life's most interesting topics. Written by experts for the newcomer, they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics, from philosophy to Freud, quantum theory to Islam

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