Modern Politics And Government

Author : Alan R. Ball
Publisher : Chatham House Publishers
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UCSC:32106010334487

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Some 150,000 copies of this book have been sold around the world, making Alan Ball's Modern Politics and Government one of the most widely used introductory texts available. Clearly written and straightforward, it demands no prior knowledge and is equally suitable for political science students and those taking a politics course as part of another social science degree. Starting from the definition of politics and the history of its study, it proceeds to introduce a variety of approaches and substantive aspects of political life, drawing examples from a wide range of states and political systems. The author discusses such basic concepts as power, authority, legitimacy, and political culture. He analyzes the characteristics underlying the different systems, including the post-communist systems that have emerged in the former USSR and Eastern Europe since 1989. The book looks at the major elements of the political process, judiciaries, and the political role of the military. The final part has been rewritten to analyze fully the nature of political change in the light of new approaches in political science and the collapse of communism.

Author : Alan Ball,B. Guy Peters
Publisher : Palgrave
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2005-02-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0333961617

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Modern Politics and Government by Alan Ball,B. Guy Peters Pdf

This substantially revised 7th edition of a classic text includes a new chapter on globalization and regionalization and broader coverage of democratic politics, interests and movements; of the media; of social and cultural influences on political behaviour and of public management. It has been systematically revised and updated throughout in the accessible down-to-earth style that has made it such a popular student choice for over 30 years.

Author : Alan R. Ball,B. Guy Peters
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0333737466

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This revised new edition is a short introduction to politics, which has been updated to cover a wide variety of new themes and issues from neo-institutionalism and public choice to governance, globalization, regional integration, civil society and democratization.

Author : John Dunn
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1992-07-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521421519

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The Economic Limits to Modern Politics by John Dunn Pdf

Studies the impact of the economic dimension on political issues and decision making.

Author : Kenneth Hudson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1978-06-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349032020

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The Language of Modern Politics by Kenneth Hudson Pdf

Author : Robert Hislope,Anthony Mughan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780521765169

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Introduction to Comparative Politics by Robert Hislope,Anthony Mughan Pdf

This accessible introduction to comparative politics offers a fresh, state-centered perspective on the fundamentals of political science.

Author : Eric Rowe
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2023-03-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000911923

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Modern Politics by Eric Rowe Pdf

Modern Politics (1969) is an introductory study of politics, with an emphasis on politics as a study in which the work particularly of sociologists and psychologists is increasingly relevant. It reflects the transfer of political study away from politics as the description and evaluation of ‘legal’ governments and their policies, towards politics as the study of the behaviour of individuals and groups who participate in the making and execution of public policy.

Author : David A. Dulio,Erin E. O'Brien,John S. Klemanski
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015082685630

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Diversity in Contemporary American Politics and Government by David A. Dulio,Erin E. O'Brien,John S. Klemanski Pdf

Organized to follow the structure of a standard introduction to American politics text, this unique reader highlights the role of diversity in U.S. politics through exploration of engaging, contemporary political issues. Based on the thesis that demographic diversity in America plays an important role in political outcomes and policy processes, this reader covers a wide range of contemporary issues and encompasses a myriad of group cleavages. Carefully selected readings from both academic and popular sources, in conjunction with introductions by the editors and end of chapter resources, present complex issues in an accessible, engaging way.

Author : Aristide Tessitore
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Press
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015055588860

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Aristotle and Modern Politics by Aristide Tessitore Pdf

Despite the separation between classical and modern theories of government, contributors to Aristotle and Modern Politics find Aristotle a useful interlocutor for assessing both possibilities and limitations in contemporary politics. In this collection, noted political scientists, theologians, and philosophers discuss the magnitude of Aristotle's presence in contemporary debate and demonstrate some of the ways in which Aristotle sheds new light on contemporary problems. This engaging book also exhibits the persistence of political philosophy at a time when the pervasive influence of "ideology" and "historicism" lead many to deny its possibility. Although the authors of these essays differ on the nature of Aristotle's contribution, all are united by the conviction that he has something important to teach citizens of modern political societies. If the fundamental principles of modern politics were drawn from critical reflections of reason over and against the imposition of authority under its various guises, modern politics can best sustain itself by nurturing the critical attitude that initially brought it into being. Paradoxically, serious engagement with the "preliberal" thought of Aristotle can render contemporary debate more fruitful by bringing to light subtle limitations in the political discourse of any era, including our own. If the modern understanding of freedom is primarily freedom to speak and think for oneself, the essays in Aristotle and Modern Politics exhibit the persistence of political philosophy by thinking beyond limits often constricting contemporary paradigms.

Author : William Ophuls
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 553 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429977305

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Requiem For Modern Politics by William Ophuls Pdf

This long-promised sequel to Ophuls’s influential and controversial classic Ecology and the Politics of Scarcity is an equally provocative critique of the liberal philosophy of government. Ophuls contends that the modern political paradigm—that is, the body of political concepts and beliefs bequeathed to us by the Enlightenment—is no longer intellectually tenable or practically viable. Our attempt to live individualistically, hedonistically, and rationally has failed utterly, causing a comprehensive crisis that is at once political, military, economic, ecological, ethical, psychological, and spiritual. Liberal politics has abandoned virtue, rejected community, and flouted nature, thereby becoming the author of its own demise. By exposing the intrinsically contradictory and self-destructive character of Hobbesian political systems, Ophuls subverts our conventional wisdom at every turn. Indeed, his impassioned text reads more like a Greek tragedy than a conventional political argument. He critiques feminism, multiculturalism, the welfare state, and a host of other “liberal” shibboleths—but Ophuls is not yet another neoconservative. The aim of his thesis is far more radical and progressive, offering a political vision that entirely transcends the categories of liberal thought. His is a Thoreauvian vision of a “politics of consciousness” rooted in ecology as the moral and intellectual basis for governance in the twenty-first century. Ophuls holds that a polity based on a renewed erotic connection with nature offers a genuine solution to this crisis of contemporary civilization and that only within such a polity will it be possible to fulfill the worthy liberal goal of individual self-development. Ophuls’s work will interest and challenge a wide spectrum of readers, though it will not necessarily be well liked or easily accepted. No one will put down this book with his or her settled convictions about American culture intact, nor will readers ever again take modern civilization and its survival for granted.

Author : David Professor Robertson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317639428

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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 : Gregory S. Mahler
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 9780742568280

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Politics and Government in Israel by Gregory S. Mahler Pdf

This even-handed and thorough text explores Israeli government and politics. First tracing the history and development of the state, Mahler then examines the social, religious, economic, and cultural contexts within which Israeli politics takes place. The book explains the operation of political institutions and behavior in Israeli domestic politics, as well as Israel's foreign policy setting and apparatus, the Palestinian conflict and the question of Jerusalem, and the Middle East peace process overall. This clear and concise text provides an invaluable starting point for all readers needing a cogent introduction to Israel today.

Author : George Douglas Howard Cole,Margaret Cole
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1934
Category : Comparative government
ISBN : UOM:39015013466431

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A Guide to Modern Politics by George Douglas Howard Cole,Margaret Cole Pdf

Author : R. Kenneth Carty,Professor of Political Science R Kenneth Carty
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1996-09-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780774853651

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Politics, Policy, and Government in British Columbia by R. Kenneth Carty,Professor of Political Science R Kenneth Carty Pdf

Politics, Policy, and Government in British Columbia examines the political life of Canada's dynamic Pacific province. Each of the seventeen chapters, written by well-known experts, provides an up-to-date portrait and analysis of one of the many faces of B.C. politics. Taken together they provide a clear and comprehensive overview of the dominant themes and issues that have been the distinguishing features of the province's political life. Key elements of the book include sections on: the political setting, with discussions of BC's political culture and economy, and its relations with the rest of Canada and its own Native communities; B.C.-style politics, which focus on electoral and parliamentary party politics, the changing place of women in BC public life, and the critical role of the media in explaining it all to British Columbians; governing the province, with accounts of the premier and cabinet, the bureaucracy that delivers most government services, and the complex system -- from the police to the courts -- that provides the administration of justice and the rule of law; and contemporary policy issues, with clear explanations of the intricacies of fiscal and social policy, analyses of recent conflicts over forest policy and environmental protection, a discussion of the role of lobbyists, and an examination of what difference is made when NDP governments are elected. Anyone interested in B.C. or its politics will find this book an informative, up-to-date record of the processes and events that have marked B.C.'s past and will continue to shape its future.

Author : H. Mark Roelofs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Political science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105010684343

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