TY - BOOK AU - Leftwich,Adrian TI - What is politics?: the activity and its study SN - 0745630553 (cased): U1 - 320 22 PY - 2004/// CY - Cambridge PB - Polity KW - Political science N1 - Formerly CIP; Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface; Adrian Leftwich --; 1; Thinking politically : on the politics of politics; Adrian Leftwich --; 2; Politics is about governing; B. Guy Peters --; 3; Politics and the exercise of force; Peter P. Nicholson --; 4; Marxism and politics; Alex Callinicos --; 5; Politics as a form of rule : politics, citizenship and democracy; Bernard Crick --; 6; Politics as collective choice; Albert Weale --; 7; The political approach to human behaviour : people, resources and power; Adrian Leftwich --; 8; Politics beyond boundaries : a feminist perspective; Judith Squires --; 9; Political philosophy and politics; Adam Swift --; 10; Is there an Islamic conception of politics?; Salwa Ismail --; 11; Politics as distorted global politics; Anthony McGrew --; 12; Politics as if nature mattered; Neil Carter ER -