Product Description

This highly successful introduction to the world of politics has been fully revised and updated in collaboration with a new co-author, Nigel Jackson of the University of Plymouth. The new edition builds on the reputation for clarity and comprehensive coverage of the previous editions. It explores the varieties of political systems, the main political movements and key issues at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #262702 in Books
• Published on: 2008-04-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 68
• Binding: Paperback
• 304 pages

TALKING POLITICS (praise for earlier edition)
"A book which will be warmly welcomed by those who are new to the study of politics."

From the Back Cover

This highly successful introduction to the world of politics has been fully revised and updated in collaboration with a new co-author, Nigel Jackson of the University of Plymouth to explore the varieties of political systems, the main political movements and key issues at the beginning of the twenty-first century. The new edition builds on the reputation for clarity and comprehensive coverage of the previous editions.

New to the 4^th edition:

• More international examples
• Greater discussion of non-Western concepts of politics
• The problem of voter apathy and lack of trust in politicians
• More discussion of the ‘war on terrorism’
• Extended analysis of the role of the Internet in politics including blogs and e-democracy
• Analysis of further key concepts such as genocide and policy networks
• Comparison of quantitative and qualitative methods
• More links to Web pages.

Accessible in style and topical in content, this book assumes not prior knowledge in politics. These features make it ideal reading to general reader and especially to those who are just beginning to study Politics at undergraduate level.

About the Author

Stephen D. Tansey has taught Politics for the Universities of Ife (Nigeria), Exeter, and Bournemouth, for the Open University and the WEA. He is the author of Business, Information Technology and Society (also published by Routledge).

Nigel Jackson has worked as a parliamentary agent for a UK political party, for an MP and as a parliamentary lobbyist. Teaching at the University of Plymouth his research interests are in political communication and political marketing, especially online.

Customer Reviews

Great for beginners!
Having roughly decided that I might like to study Politics at University, I realised that I really didn't know that much about it, and that it might be helpful to get an idea of whether or not the course would be right for me. Then I came across this book, and I decided to give it a go! Its great if you're new to Politics, whether you're wanting to study it or not, and its got loads of helpful definitions along the way. Thanks to this book, I've now applied to do Politics at University, and this is what helped to cement my decision!

Politics from a leftwing perspective
This book introduces basic politics from the perspective of somewhere left of Stalin, so teachers and lecturers will love it. This book is not for those with a more centre-right political outlook. For example, for the chapter on race you only get the Boasian definition that race is an optical illusion and that the human species is already so mixed genetically that, and I quote verbatim, "most US 'Blacks' would be regarded as whites in tropical Africa". If you found that daft like I did then please, buy a different book, such nonsense is not fit to base an understanding of politics on.