- Paperback: 368 pages
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; 6Rev Ed edition (8 Jun 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1403913153
- ISBN-13: 978-1403913159
- Product Dimensions: 24.2 x 18.8 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 303,421 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Dr Reuven Hazan, The Hebrew University
'The best introductory textbook in the field, up to date and full of useful examples.'
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Long established as the leading text in the field, the new 6th edition has been comprehensively updated, revised and rewritten throughout to take account of the impact and consequences of the events of September 11 2001 and other key developments of the early Twenty-first-century. A new chapter has been added on Political Economy and another has been substantially recast to focus centrally on the evolution of the state in a global era, globalization and the state. Lively, accessible, student-friendly and truly international in its coverage, the 6th edition includes the usual wide range of pedagogical features including full page country case studies, debate boxes and an increased number of charts, figures, tables and quotations throughout.
The companion website for this new edition features an entirely new additional chapter (not included in the book) on political economy. The website is available at palgrave.com/politics/hague
The companion website for this new edition features an entirely new additional chapter (not included in the book) on political economy. The website is available at palgrave.com/politics/hague
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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
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This book is glossy and clean on the outside and doesn't disappoint on the inside.
It is clear and well organised as well as being very good value for money (anyone doing an undergraduate course in politics knows how many dreary overpriced books there are out there!).
The chapters are well set out so that you can read the sections separately or else build up your understanding by reading the whole thing- it is by no means boring. The comparitive approach, constantly comparing and contrasting different countries and their historical and social situations, is enlightening.
If you are new to the subject then the boxes explaining different political terms and concepts are very welcome. They tackle even the most difficult to define words and show you what different thinkers have to say about them.
Overall this book is highly recommended as an introduction to the subject, a fine textbook from which the primary sources and other books can be found so encouraging you to use other texts and widen your knowledge.
It is clear and well organised as well as being very good value for money (anyone doing an undergraduate course in politics knows how many dreary overpriced books there are out there!).
The chapters are well set out so that you can read the sections separately or else build up your understanding by reading the whole thing- it is by no means boring. The comparitive approach, constantly comparing and contrasting different countries and their historical and social situations, is enlightening.
If you are new to the subject then the boxes explaining different political terms and concepts are very welcome. They tackle even the most difficult to define words and show you what different thinkers have to say about them.
Overall this book is highly recommended as an introduction to the subject, a fine textbook from which the primary sources and other books can be found so encouraging you to use other texts and widen your knowledge.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Its a textbook, it is delivered as a textbook, it is nowhere near as boring as Lijhpart's 37 Democracies but it manages to suck any passion out of politics at all. On the plus side it appears that every politics student in the country will now know the stuff in this book, stuff i now can't remember from 4 years ago because the book is boring. Really boring, really really boring. Also in the age of the wiki, google scholer and others nobody needs it.
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