Politics: An IntroductionPsychology Press, 2002 - 601 pagine The second edition of this user-friendly text for students taking introductory courses in politics builds on the success of the first edition. It provides completely updated and stimulating coverage of topics essential to the understanding of contemporary politics. Ideal for students taking combined degrees at introductory level in politics and the social sciences, it emphasises the individual and social dimension of politics and covers theories and concepts in an accessible way. New features in the second edition include: * new examples drawn from Western democracies and other political systems * expanded sections on nationalism, religion, alternative politics, globalisation and ethnic conflict * updated examples from the most contemporary political events * biographies of key political thinkers and figures. |
Sommario
POLITICAL CULTURE | 3 |
Subcultures | 11 |
Three questions for analysis | 18 |
Individualism in action | 34 |
Individualism and collectivism | 44 |
POLITICAL SOCIALISATION | 57 |
POLITICAL PARTICIPATION | 120 |
What is political socialisation for? | 128 |
Newspapers | 423 |
a crisis | 432 |
Conclusion | 439 |
THE POLICY PROCESS | 446 |
The study of policy | 479 |
the Pinochet case | 481 |
European integration | 499 |
Patterns of politics | 506 |
a crisis of political | 155 |
POLITICAL THOUGHT | 162 |
The criticisms and limits of democracy | 176 |
POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES | 252 |
Introduction | 358 |
processes of governance | 367 |
Parties and interest groups | 381 |
Conclusions on federalism 308 | 394 |
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134 | 415 |
Conclusion | 521 |
politics? | 527 |
Global consciousness or thinking | 534 |
Global compression | 541 |
Global chaos? | 560 |
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Politics: An Introduction Barrie Axford,Victoria Browne,Richard Huggins,Rico Isaacs Anteprima limitata - 2018 |
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