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Author: Hugh Stretton
Publisher: London : Routledge & K. Paul
Published: 1969
Total Pages: 482
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Treatise on social sciences methodology, with particular reference to the role of the historian and scientist in social research - covers theoretical and political aspects, social implications, historical approaches, trends, scientific practice, value-judgements, etc. Bibliography pp. 435 to 439.
Author: Adrian Leftwich
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 1983-01-01
Total Pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9780416736007
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: H. J. Blackham
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-04-15
Total Pages: 283
ISBN-13: 1135026106
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book traces the rise and fall of political philosophies since the 17th century. The second part of the book shows how the general technique of cumulative learning from experience applies to social legislation and social services, party politics to defence strategy and to the trends that follow the modern explosion of knowledge and capital. The main argument is that social control is at its best a deliberate joint creation of and learning from social experience; and in this sense political discipline although not the same as logical or scientific discipline is like them a submission to form, not force. The book gives a definite meaning to the idea of human progress and finds reason for a restoration of political hope and faith.
Author: Adrian Leftwich
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-04-15
Total Pages: 313
ISBN-13: 1135025908
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book challenges conventional conceptions of politics which focus largely on the institutions of government and the associated struggles for power around them. It argues that politics is involved in all the activities of cooperation and conflict whereby people organize the use, production and distribution of human, natural and material resources. Found in all human groups, institutions and societies, politics everywhere influences and reflects the structures of power, social organization, culture and ideology. These central themes are illustrated by drawing on a wide range of societies, including the !Kung hunter-gatherers, the pre-Columbian Aztecs and the Pastoral Maasai, as well as modern Britain and Third World societies from Chile to China. Other examples - of village communities, a typical university department and the World Bank - show how institutions may also be analyzed in terms of the definition of politics used here. It is equally central to the argument that many of the most critical problems occurring in societies can be attributed to their politics, and this theme is explored looking at such problems as poverty, famines, epidemics, violence and unemployment in Britain and throughout the world.
Author: Various
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010-01-28
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780415586115
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Routledge Library Editions: Political Science reprints a distinguished selection of important texts published in this field over the last century. This set presents a unique opportunity to gain comprehensive coverage of all aspects of the history, philosophy and theory of political science. For further information on this collection please email [email protected].
Author: Douglas Wass
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-04-15
Total Pages: 103
ISBN-13: 1135027056
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book, originally published in 1983 examines how effectively in Britain central government is equipped to secure efficiency and responsiveness and argues that as a result of shifts in the balance of power between the executive arm of government in Whitehall and the legislature in Parliament, the British system of government is neither as efficient, nor as responsive to popular will, as a strong democracy requires. The book considers which reforms are most likely to improve the efficiency of the government and to prove acceptable to British political and historical traditions. It reviews the way in which public debate is informed by government release of information and by the press and raises the question of how good a guide to the popular will referenda and public opinion polls are.
Author: Jessica Kuper
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-11-21
Total Pages: 201
ISBN-13: 1000706621
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →First published in 1987. The key issues, concepts and figures relevant to the study of political science and theory today are covered in this volume, and useful suggestions for further reading are included. In political science, topics range from the analysis of voting to decision making; philosophical issues from anarchism through human rights to utopianism; and the biographies deal with major thinkers such as Arendt, Burke, Hobbes, Marx and Rousseau.
Author: Douglas Wass
Publisher:
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780415491112
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Various
Publisher:
Published: 2009-10-01
Total Pages: 1132
ISBN-13: 9780415555272
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Mini-set A: American Politics reprints the following 3 volumes, originally published in 1967, 1968 and 1971 respectively. The Politics of John F Kennedy, Anglo-American Democracy and Labour in American Politics. Together they provide a thorough analysis of the two political systems.
