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politics a very short introduction
in a very short introduction to politics kenneth minogue begins with a discussion of issues arising from a historical account of politics and goes on to offer chapters dealing with the ancient greeks and the idea of citizenship ; roman law ; medieval christianity and individualism ; freedom since machiavelli and hobbes ; the challenge of ideologies ; democracy oligarchy and bureaucracy ; power and order in modern society ; and politics in the west . br about the series combining authority with wit accessibility and style very short introductions offer an introduction to some of lifes most interesting topics . written by experts for the newcomer they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics from philosophy to freud quantum theory to islam
paperback oxford university press 2000 isbn 0192853880
abridged n isbn 13 9780192853882 number of pages 115 publisher oxford univ pr release date 62135769600000 series title very short introductions