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What politics is about

H.S. Ferns and K.W. Watkins

Sherwood Press, 1985

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Bibliography: p. 168-169

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book, which is aimed at the younger reader, endeavours to examine what politics is about in the light of Judaeo-Christian, Liberal-Democratic and Marxist attitudes and beliefs. The authors have drawn upon not only the experiences of Britain and Western Europe but also of the United States and the Far East. At the heart of politics, the book claims, lies the problem of how men and women achieve their desires and expectations under conditions of relative scarcity when the limited resources of the moment have alternative uses. Politics, it is claimed, is about much more than government and administration, parties and elections. It embraces education, information, sciences, technology - in short, the totality of the human situation, and it is global in character.

Table of Contents

  • Politics is about people
  • politics is about protection and order in society
  • politics is about power and authority
  • politics is about government
  • politics is about international relations
  • politics is about ideology, patriotism, class and creed
  • politics is about the use and abuse of information
  • politics is about humanity's unstable world.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA54196792
  • ISBN
    • 090767111X
  • LCCN
    86156214
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    x, 181 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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