A Dictionary Of Politics

Author : Iain McLean,Alistair McMillan
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2009-02-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780191018275

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics by Iain McLean,Alistair McMillan Pdf

This best-selling dictionary contains over 1,700 entries on all aspects of politics. Written by a leading team of political scientists, it embraces the whole multi-disciplinary specturm of political theory including political thinkers, history, institutions, and concepts, as well as notable current affairs that have shaped attitudes to politics. An appendix contains timelines listing the principal office-holders of a range of countries including the UK, Canada, the USA, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, and China. Fully revised and updated for the 3rd edition, the dictionary includes a wealth of new material in areas such as international relations, political science, political economy, and methodologies, as well as a chronology of key political theorists. It also boasts entry-level web links that don't go out of date. These can be accessed via a regularly checked and updated companion website, ensuring that the links remain relevent, and any dead links are replaced or removed. The dictionary has international coverage and will prove invaluable to students and academics studying politics and related disciplines, as well as politicians, journalists, and the general reader seeking clarification of political terms.

Author : Garrett W Brown,Iain McLean,Alistair McMillan
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 714 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780192545848

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics and International Relations by Garrett W Brown,Iain McLean,Alistair McMillan Pdf

This bestselling dictionary contains over 1,700 entries on all aspects of politics and international relations. Written by a leading team of political scientists, it embraces the multi-disciplinary spectrum of political theory including political thinkers, history, institutions, theories, and schools of thought, as well as notable current affairs that have shaped attitudes to politics. Fully updated for its fourth edition, the dictionary has had its coverage of international relations heavily revised and expanded, reflected in its title change, and it includes a wealth of new material in areas such as international institutions, peace building, human security, security studies, global governance, and open economy politics. It also incorporates recommended web links that can be accessed via a regularly checked and updated companion website, ensuring that the links remain relevant. The dictionary is international in its coverage and will prove invaluable to students and academics studying politics and related disciplines, as well as politicians, journalists, and the general reader seeking clarification of political terms.

Author : Duncan Watts
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2010-01-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780748635023

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Dictionary of American Government and Politics by Duncan Watts Pdf

This Dictionary offers a fresh, up-to-date look at US government and politics, explaining and where necessary demystifying the key terms used in discussion of the political system.Major figures, events, ideas, movements and Supreme Court cases relevant to a study of the American political system are included with the aim of allowing readers to develop a deeper knowledge and understanding of the area. The Dictionary also raises key issues and areas of contention and academic debate.Coverage is comprehensive, with c.400 entries, each providing analysis of the subject. Terms are presented in an A-Z format with cross-referencing where appropriate.

Author : David Robertson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Political science
ISBN : OCLC:74671699

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A Dictionary of Modern Politics by David Robertson Pdf

Author : David Professor Robertson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317639435

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A Dictionary of Modern Politics by David Professor Robertson Pdf

A comprehensive guide to the complex ideology/terminology which surrounds the world of politics. * Well over 500 extensive definitions * Defines political theories, dogmas and phraseologies * Terms such as Pacifism, Proportional Representation, Jihad, Son of Star Wars, Third Way and Consensual are explained clearly and succinctly * Invaluable for anyone concerned with politics or current affairs.

Author : David Robertson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 495 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Political science
ISBN : 0140512764

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The Penguin Dictionary of Politics by David Robertson Pdf

Containing over 500 definitions of political theories, dogmas and phraseologies, this dictionary includes updated entries on the European Community and federalism alongside new definitions of the European Court of Justice and Central Banks, among others. Frequently-used terms in Middle-Eastern politics are explained, from Ayatollah and the Arab-Israeli wars, to fundamentalism and the Gulf War. It also includes sections on ideas that have become familiar terms over recent years, such as perestroika, glasnost, being politically correct, and Thatcherism, as well as issues that have taken on greater political significance - for example, abortion and environmentalism.

Author : William Safire
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 862 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2008-03-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199711116

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Safire's Political Dictionary by William Safire Pdf

When it comes to the vagaries of language in American politics, its uses and abuses, its absurdities and ever-shifting nuances, its power to confound, obscure, and occasionally to inspire, William Safire is the language maven we most readily turn to for clarity, guidance, and penetrating, sometimes lacerating, wit. Safire's Political Dictionary is a stem-to-stern updating and expansion of the Language of Politics, which was first published in 1968 and last revised in 1993, long before such terms as Hanging Chads, 9/11 and the War on Terror became part of our everyday vocabulary. Nearly every entry in that renowned work has been revised and updated and scores of completely new entries have been added to produce an indispensable guide to the political language being used and abused in America today. Safire's definitions--discursive, historically aware, and often anecdotal--bring a savvy perspective to our colorful political lingo. Indeed, a Safire definition often reads like a mini-essay in political history, and readers will come away not only with a fuller understanding of particular words but also a richer knowledge of how politics works, and fails to work, in America. From Axis of Evil, Blame Game, Bridge to Nowhere, Triangulation, and Compassionate Conservatism to Islamofascism, Netroots, Earmark, Wingnuts and Moonbats, Slam Dunk, Doughnut Hole, and many others, this language maven explains the origin of each term, how and by whom and for what purposes it has been used or twisted, as well as its perceived and real significance. For anyone who wants to cut through the verbal haze that surrounds so much of American political discourse, Safire's Political Dictionary offers a work of scholarship, wit, insiderhood and resolute bipartisanship.

Author : Grant Barrett
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2006-06-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0195304470

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The Oxford Dictionary of American Political Slang by Grant Barrett Pdf

Here is a wonderful Baedeker to down-and-dirty politics--more than six hundred slang terms straight from the smoke-filled rooms of American political speech. Hatchet Jobs and Hardball: The Oxford Dictionary of American Political Slang illuminates a rich and colorful segment of our language. Readers will find informative entries on slang terms such as Beltway bandit and boondoggle, angry white male and leg treasurer, juice bill and Joe Citizen, banana superpower and the Big Fix. We find not only the meaning and history of familiar terms such as gerrymander, but also of lesser-known terms such as cracking (splitting a bloc of like-minded voters by redistricting) and fair-fight district (which refers to areas redistricted to favor no political party). Each entry includes the definition of the word, its historical background, and illuminating citations, some going back more than 200 years. (We learn, for instance, that a term as seemingly current as political football actually dates back to before the Civil War.) Selected entries will have extended encyclopedic notes. The book also features sidebar essays on topics such as political words in Blogistan; a short history of "big cheese"; all about chads and the 2000 election; the suffix "-gate" and all the related Watergate terms; and the naming of legislation. Political junkies, policy wonks, journalists, and word lovers will find this book addictive reading as well as a reliable guide to one of the more colorful corners of American English.

Author : Everit Brown,Albert Strauss
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Political science
ISBN : UCAL:$B139256

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A Dictionary of American Politics by Everit Brown,Albert Strauss Pdf

Author : Christopher Riches,Dennis Kavanagh
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-19
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780192518439

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A Dictionary of Political Biography by Christopher Riches,Dennis Kavanagh Pdf

Originally compiled by an expert team of contributors, this dictionary covers all the major figures in world politics of the twentieth century. Authoritative and wide-ranging, it describes and assesses the lives of more than 1,100 men and women who have shaped political events across the world. Each entry includes an account of the background, career, and achievements of the individual concerned, balancing fact with critical appraisal. This second edition, commissioned especially for Oxford Reference, contains over 25 new entries, and the whole text has been thoroughly revised and updated.

Author : P. H. Collin
Publisher : A & C Black
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 0747572208

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Dictionary of Politics and Government by P. H. Collin Pdf

A fully updated edition containing more than 5,000 terms on politics and government, ranging from active citizenship, democratic deficit, and the Factortame case to regional government and sleaze. This is a useful reference for all those studying politics from GCSE level upwards, and is also suitable for learners of English.

Author : Jack C. Plano,Milton Greenberg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : United States
ISBN : 0030167361

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The American Political Dictionary by Jack C. Plano,Milton Greenberg Pdf

Author : Mauro Calise,Theodore J. Lowi
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2010-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780226091020

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Hyperpolitics by Mauro Calise,Theodore J. Lowi Pdf

Hyperpolitics is an appealing book in print format that is enhanced by an interactive Web version . Calise (Univ. of Naples Federico II) and Lowi (Cornell Univ.) define a hyperdictionary as a dictionary that uses a "method for unpacking a dense concept by separating out its components ... a method of concept analysis." Hyperpolitics provides an innovative way of defining political science topics. It is a dictionary, so readers can look up concepts that are organized in alphabetical order. Using the Web site, users can also, for instance, move from a definition to its "Sources"--"summaries from other dictionaries and online bibliographical sources." The 67 terms are divided into main concepts, short entries, and cross-entries. The 18 main subjects include terms like "citizen," "law," and "pluralism." The 17 short entries cover subjects such as "choice," "majority," and "participation." Finally, the 32 cross-entries feature concepts like "class," "conflict," and "democracy," with matrices linking them to other concepts. The book is very visual, which should appeal to students. However, the matrices lend themselves very naturally to the Web, where many readers will find additional value. The Web site includes a users' guide. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through researchers/faculty. Lower-division Undergraduates; Upper-division Undergraduates; Graduate Students; Researchers/Faculty. Reviewed by K. N. Djorup.

Author : David Robertson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2004-07-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134348152

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The Routledge Dictionary of Politics by David Robertson Pdf

Now in its third edition, this dictionary is the essential guide to politics, its terminologies, ideologies and institutions.

Author : Michael Leifer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135129385

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Dictionary of the Modern Politics of Southeast Asia by Michael Leifer Pdf

This comprehensive Dictionary provides descriptive and analytical coverage of the turbulent political history and striking changes which have occurred both regionally and in key countries since the end of the Second World War. Substantially rewritten to take into account the dramatic political events and developments since 1995, the third edition of this acclaimed Dictionary will provide non-specialists and specialists alike with an essential resource on this constantly changing and volatile region. Including new entries, updated country profiles on Indonesia, Malaysia and Cambodia and a revised reading list, leading authority and commentator on this rapidly developing region Michael Leifer has brought this Dictionary fully up-to-date. Changes in government, the rise of new leaders and the knock-on effect on economy and society are covered including: the death of key figures such as Pol Pot and the rise of a new generation of leaders, dramatic changes of government in Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines and elections in Malaysia. Countries covered include Brunei, Burma (Myanmar),Cambodia (Kampuchea), Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Key features include: * Individual entries provide detailed information and authoritative commentary on the central figures, political parties and organizations, political systems and structures, major events and key documents. * For each state covered, an extended narrative analyses its recent history and political and social development. * Extensive cross-referencing and a subject index lead the reader to the vital material. * Subject bibliographies refer researchers to source and secondary matter.