Politics

10/10 would recommend - book is in great condition for an ever greater price!

It deals with many topics of political science and define them well enough. Book is quite high with political language and would not recommend it for people new to the subject.

No ... scratch that. This is actually the best political science textbook I've ever read at any level. (Though it does happen to be an introductory-level text.) The next time I teach an introductory comparative politics course, I really hope to be able to use this textbook, and I'd recommend it to any poli-sci professor who is teaching a freshman-level "Intro to Politics," "Intro to Political Science," or "Intro to Comparative Politics" course. It has amazing breadth, introducing students to just about every major concept we study in the field of political science, without sacrificing depth. (It's a pretty big book.) The only thing it really lacks that I'd like to have seen included is a discussion of political science as a discipline – how we political scientists go about studying political phenomena, and how we came to discover the various things we know about politics – but perhaps that's a bit too much to ask from an intro-level text on "politics" (rather than an intro-level text on "political science scope and methods"). This text will teach the novice reader just about everything that a non-political scientist needs to know about politics in general and will provide the new poli-sci major with a solid foundation to be built upon in upper-level courses. Note that this text is about politics in general and is not limited to a discussion of politics in any particular country or any particular type of government; it draws on examples from around the world, though it gives more attention to the Anglophone world (UK, US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand) and to Western Europe than to other parts of the globe. (The textbook was published in the UK, but it is quite suitable for use in American universities or, for that matter, in any university where English is the language of instruction.) It does not provide a detailed description of any country's political system, only a general discussion of political concepts; so if you're planning on using this text in an intro comparative politics course, you might want to consider supplementing it with other material that covers the details of how various countries are governed.The book is divided into twenty chapters covering the following broad topics:1. What is Politics?2. Political Ideas and Ideologies3. Politics and the State4. Democracy and Legitimacy5. Nations and Nationalism6. Political Economy and Globalization7. Politics, Society and Identity8. Political Culture and the Media9. Representation, Elections and Voting10. Parties and Party Systems11. Groups, Interests and Movements12. Governments, Systems and Regimes13. Political Executives and Leadership14. Assemblies15. Constitutions, Law and Judges16. Public Policy and Bureaucracy17. Multilevel Politics18. Security: Domestic and International19. World Order and Global Governance20. A Crisis in Politics?This textbook is well-written, easy to follow, and visually appealing. Scattered throughout the text are helpful illustrations (photos and diagrams), definitions of key terms in the margins, and various "boxed" features that either elaborate on or provide context for the concepts discussed in the text and that may help stimulate discussion and debate among your students. The layout of this book is similar in many ways to that of Heywood's excellent "Political Ideologies" textbook (which I've also reviewed here on Amazon), though I'm glad to report that this textbook doesn't have anywhere near as many typos as that one did. Andrew Heywood has really impressed me as a writer of political science textbooks, and I hope to read (and review) even more of his books in the not-too-distant future.

Arrived on time and well-packaged. The book itself is quite good, it is very rich in content and has a rather modern approach to displaying concepts and ideas on paper. It comes with free access to an online companion site.

Inside is good as new, little worn out on the outside which is understandable considering its been used. Better than what I expected