Politics : a very short introduction

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Politics : a very short introduction

Kenneth Minogue

Oxford University Press, 1995

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Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [119]-120) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Designed both for the general reader and the student embarking on a course of political science, this is a lively introduction to the central issues of politics, which charts how they developed and how they helped to shape society. It includes 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.

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  • NCID
    BA29267527
  • ISBN
    • 0192853090
  • LCCN
    94042200
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Oxford ; New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    viii, 123 p.
  • Size
    20 cm
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