Politics: An Introduction
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-11074-7 (ISBN)
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This textbook has been carefully designed to meet the needs of students taking introductory courses in Politics. It is accessible and exciting, and by taking the widest possible definition of what is political it offers unrivalled coverage of the subject.
Specially designed as an interactive text, it includes think points, exercises and extracts as well as a range of illustrative material to stimulate responses from the reader. The authors emphasise the role of the individual in politics, and the interplay between the personal, the national and the global. They introduce topical issues and examples to bring the subject to life.
Features and benefits of Politics: An Introduction:
* Comprehensive: includes chapters on political sociology, political institutions, the state, political parties and associations, political thought and a whole section on international and global politics
* User-friendly : includes marginal comments, key words and definitions, extensive cross-referencing and a glossary
* Clearly written: by a team who are all actively involved in teaching undergraduates and whose enthusiasm for teaching and engaging with students and issues is manifest
* Encourages further study : through imaginative and annotated further reading sections at the ends of chapters and a consolidated bibliography.
Barrie Axford, Gary Browning and John Turner are all Principal Lecturers in Politics at Oxford Brooks University. Richard Huggins is Senior Lecturer in Politics at Oxford Brooks University and Ben Rosamond is Lecturer in Politics and International Studies at Warwick University.
Preface and Acknowledgements. Introduction. PART 1: People and Politics Chapter 1: Individuals: Is politics really about people?: Introduction: Three questions for analysis; Parts or wholes: should we study individuals or structures?; The modern individual; Individuals as utility maximisers: the myth of 'economic man; Individualism in action; Individuals and rights; Individualism and collectivism; Communitarianism; Beyond individualism and collectivism: the postmodern condition; Individuals and the capacity for meaningful political action; Conclusion; Further reading; Chapter 2: Introduction; Political socialisation; What is political socialisation for?; The process of political socialisation; When?; How?; The importance of political socialisation; What does political socialisation tell us about political science?; What does political socialisation tell us about politics?; What does political socialisation tell us about the political system?; Conclusion; Further reading; ; Chapter 3: Introduction; The uses of political culture; The civic culture; Criticisms of The Civic Culture; An alternative approach: political culture and ideology; Subcultures; Culture and political identity; Three case studies of political culture; The rise of the 'Asian Tigers: a cultural phenomenon; Northern Ireland: Irreconcilable subcultures?; European integration: creating a new political culture?; Conclusion; Further reading; ; Chapter 4: Introduction: What is political participation?; Political participation and democracy; Democracy: good or bad?; The idea of democracy; Indirect or representative democracy and participation; Elite theories of participation and democracy; Rethinking political participation and democracy; Who participates: some individual and social correlates of political participation; Selected variables and political participation: a brief inventory; Why do some people participate in politics and why do some abstain?; Agency: political efficacy; Structure: the law, society and ideas; Conclusion; Further reading; ; Chapter 5: Introduction; The study of political and social change; Key questions in the explanation of social and political change; What causal factors are privileged for explanatory purposes?; Does the theory seek to generalise about political and social change?; Does the theory emphasise order or change?; Is change continuous or discontinuous, evolutionary or revolutionary?; Modernisation and change: functionalism, evolutionism and teleological theories of change; Revolutionary change; Values and revolution - functionalist accounts; Revolutions and violence; Revolutions from above; Revolutions as a means of going back to the future; Two studies in political and social change; Short-term behavioural change: electoral change; Revolutionary change in East-Central Europe; Conclusion; Further reading; PART 2 POLITICS AND IDEAS; Chapter 6: Concepts and issues; Introduction; Conceptual analysis; Freedom; The Rushdie Case; Righ
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 15.5.1997 |
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| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 189 x 246 mm |
| Gewicht | 1043 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung |
| ISBN-10 | 0-415-11074-2 / 0415110742 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-415-11074-7 / 9780415110747 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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