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A Textual Introduction to Social and Political Theory
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
A Textual Introduction to Social and Political Theory
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Richard Bellamy
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:352 | Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156 |
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ISBN/Barcode |
9780719046391
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Classifications | Dewey:320.01 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Manchester University Press
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Imprint |
Manchester University Press
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Publication Date |
9 May 1996 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
This book offers a stimulating new approach to studying social and political theory. It combines specially selected extracts from the political classics with original and insightful essays offering a commentary upon them. The reader is drawn into a dialogue with the Western political tradition's principal thinkers, whose ideas provide a common currency in which to debate the problems facing modern societies. Each of the twelve chapters combines extracts from two (or in one case three) political philosophers on a key political concept with a commentary essay. Each chapter does more than just introduce the reader to the classics; it also explains, via the commentary essay, the key concepts of political debate, and the historical contexts which led the thinkers to their different understandings of the nature of society. -- .
Author Biography
Richard Bellamy is Professor of Government at the University of Essex
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