Introduction to Politics - Softcover

Ponton, Geoffrey; Gill, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0631141421 ISBN 13: 9780631141426

Publisher: Blackwell Publishers, 1988

Synopsis

This new edition of Ponton and Gill′s well–known text continues to provide students with a superlative guide to political concepts and institutions.

• The second edition has sold in excess of 5,500 copies
• Thoroughly revised and updated, also two completely new chapters on global politics
• Clearly structured for course use, each chapter length to suit a week′s reading
• Clearly written and accessible, very lucid introduction to political concepts

About this title

From the Back Cover

In this new edition of Ponton and Gill′s well–known text, new material on recent events and political changes, especially in Western, Central and Eastern Europe is incorporated into the explanatory frameworks offered by political science. Students are given a superlative guide to the concepts and models political scientists bring to bear on real world happenings. Two entirely new chapters consider the dimensions of globalization, focusing on the interplay between political concerns at the level of nation states and their international contexts which shape national agendas.

Introduction to Politics balances the need for clarity and ease of understanding with the need for depth of reflection on matters of political substance. It is an indispensable volume clearing a pathway for all students seeking to develop knowledge and a capacity for judgment about politics.

About the Author

Geoffrey Ponton and Peter Gill teach at Liverpool John Moores University. Peter Gill is the author of Policing Politics (1993) and Geoffrey Ponton of The Soviet Era (1993).

Edition details

• Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
• Publication date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0631141421
• ISBN 13: 9780631141426
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 256