Product Description

A fully updated and revised edition of this best-selling dictionary of political terms. Containing more than 1,700 entries including new material on topics such as NGOs, butterfly ballots, decentralisation, ethnic cleansing, and direct action, this dictionary has been written by a leading team of political scientists and covers political thinkers, institutions, and concepts. The dictionary has international coverage and will prove invaluable to students and academics studying politics and related disciplines, as well as professionals and the general reader. Appendices list the political leaders of a range of countries and international institutions.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #298646 in Books
• Published on: 2003-07-24
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 624 pages

About the Author
Iain McLean is Professor of Politics and Official Fellow in Politics and Nuffield College, Oxford. He has published many books and edited the first edition of the Concise Dictionary of Politics.

Customer Reviews

Great - a must have for essay writing
This book was primarily compiled by professors at Warwick University, where I am a student. When I realised this, I thought it was a ploy to get students to give them money. However, since using it, I wouldn't be with out it.

While not every political word is included, it has basic summaries of key concepts as well as more technical explanations. If you are at all uncertain or you're looking for a good definition of a word, this should be your first stop.

If you're a politics student or just curious, this is a cheap book that provides you with a great deal of information.

Helped Me To Exam Success
The Oxford Concise Political Dictionary is a must have for all those with even the slightest bit of interest in Politics. Having been designed for the use by Undergraduates and those in Politics it has almost everything you could desire in terms of Poltical Jargon and Terminology. I ordered it for my A-Level and it has proved to be an extensive help allowing me to have the extra bit more knowledge than the other books provides and giving me access to the grades that i thought impossible. It provides different ideologies views on the different subjects of politics and even has an appendix at the back full of the Political leaders of Russia, U.K., India, China, NATO and many other countries. This Dictionary with all of it's 1,700 entries has provided me and can provide you with incredibly useful knowledge for the future. I would recommend this book to all those who are either studying Politics at various levels or have jobs in Politics and even if it's just an interest in current affairs i would recommend it. A truly fantastic buy.