What is Politics?
eBook - ePub

What is Politics?

The Activity and its Study

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eBook - ePub

What is Politics?

The Activity and its Study

About this book

What is politics? Is it a universal feature of all human societies, past and present? Is it tied to specific institutional arenas? Or is it found in all groups and organizations, large or small, formal or informal?


This new textbook seeks to provide answers to these important questions. Starting with what it means to 'think politically', the book goes on to explore a wide range of meanings attributed to the concept of politics from a variety of perspectives and theoretical traditions. It offers succinct and coherent overviews by some of the foremost scholars in the field, and each invites the reader to see the activity of politics in a distinctive way. Topics covered include politics as a form of rule, feminist approaches to politics, Marxism and politics, the politics of human behaviour, environmental politics, politics as collective choice, and Islam and politics.

Written with the new student in mind, this concise introduction to the study and activity of politics is essential reading for all those coming to the discipline for the first time.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Preface
  6. The Contributors
  7. 1: Thinking Politically: On the politics of Politics
  8. 2: Politics is About Governing
  9. 3: Politics and the Exercise of Force
  10. 4: Marxism and Politics
  11. 5: Politics as a Form of Rule: Politics, Citizenship and Democracy
  12. 6: Politics as Collective Choice
  13. 7: The Political Approach to Human Behaviour: People, Resources and Power
  14. 8: Politics Beyond Boundaries: A Feminist Perspective
  15. 9: Political Philosophy and Politics
  16. 10: Is there an Islamic Conception of Politics?
  17. 11: Politics as Distorted Global Politics
  18. 12: Politics as if Nature Mattered
  19. Index
  20. End User License Agreement