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Politics / Andrew Heywood.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Palgrave foundationsAnalytics: Show analyticsPublisher: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007Edition: Third editionDescription: xvii, 478 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0230525571
  • 9780230525573
  • 0230524974
  • 9780230524972
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320 22
Contents:
Part 1. Theories of Politics -- What is Politics? -- Governments, Systems and Regimes -- Political Ideologies -- Democracy -- The State -- Part 2. Nations and Globalization -- Nations and Nationalism -- Global Politics -- Subnational Politics -- Part 3. Political Interaction -- The Economy and Society -- Political Culture, Identity and Legitimacy -- Mass Media and Political Communication -- Representation, Elections and Voting -- Part ies. And Party Systems -- Groups, Interests and Movements -- Part 4. Machinery of Government -- Constitutions, the Law and Judiciaries -- Assemblies -- Political Executives -- Bureaucracies -- Militaries and Police Forces -- Part 5. Policy and Performance -- Policy Process and System Performance.
Summary: This comprehensive introduction to the study of politics, written from an international perspective, contains material on developments such as the 'war on terror, identity, politics, multiculturalism, and takes into account the importance of the global dimensions of politics.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 320 HEY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A476335B
Book South Campus South Campus Main Collection 320 HEY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A512179B

Previous ed.: Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2002.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1. Theories of Politics -- What is Politics? -- Governments, Systems and Regimes -- Political Ideologies -- Democracy -- The State -- Part 2. Nations and Globalization -- Nations and Nationalism -- Global Politics -- Subnational Politics -- Part 3. Political Interaction -- The Economy and Society -- Political Culture, Identity and Legitimacy -- Mass Media and Political Communication -- Representation, Elections and Voting -- Part ies. And Party Systems -- Groups, Interests and Movements -- Part 4. Machinery of Government -- Constitutions, the Law and Judiciaries -- Assemblies -- Political Executives -- Bureaucracies -- Militaries and Police Forces -- Part 5. Policy and Performance -- Policy Process and System Performance.

This comprehensive introduction to the study of politics, written from an international perspective, contains material on developments such as the 'war on terror, identity, politics, multiculturalism, and takes into account the importance of the global dimensions of politics.

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