Introductory Politics Books

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1. An Introduction to Political Geography: Space, Place and Politics

   By Rhys Jones, Michael Woods, Martin Jones

   An Introduction to Political Geography continues to provide a broad-based introduction to contemporary political geography for students following undergraduate degree courses in geography and related subjects. It explores the full breadth of contemporary political geography, covering not...

   April 2011 | 978-0-415-45797-2 | Paperback (Routledge)

2. Politics: An Introduction 3rd ed., 3rd Edition

   By Barrie Axford, Gary K. Browning, Richard Huggins, Ben Rosamond, John Turner

   This is a new edition of one of the bestselling and highest revenue titles on the UK Politics list. The book is used as an introductory textbook on first-year undergraduate courses in politics in the UK (and Europe). It has no significant US potential. The text gives undergraduate students a...

   April 2011 | 978-0-415-57190-6 | Paperback (Routledge)

3. The Politics of the New Germany, 2nd Edition

   By Simon Green, Dan Hough, Alister Miskimmon

   The Politics of the New Germany continues to provide the most comprehensive, authoritative and up-to-date textbook on contemporary German Politics. It covers the entire postwar era but has a particular focus on the post-reunification era. The text takes a new approach to understanding politics in...

   February 2011 | 978-0-415-60439-0 | Paperback (Routledge)

4. Sport and Politics

   By Alan Bairner

   Sport and politics have become inseparably entwined. From the volatile nationalism of international soccer to human rights controversies surrounding the Beijing Olympics, sport is both an important factor in political discourse and shaped by the wider political environment. In this ground-breaking...

   February 2011 | 978-0-415-57027-5 | Paperback (Routledge)

5. Rethinking Labour in Africa, Past and Present

   Edited by Lynn Schler, Louise Bethlehem, Galia Sabar

   This book offers a broad range of perspectives on major transformations in the research of labor in Africa contexts over the last twenty years. This is a groundbreaking work by social scientists and historians; adopting innovative paradigms in the study of African laborers,...

   September 2010 | 978-0-415-58802-7 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   Introduction to Political Psychology: 2nd Edition, 2nd Edition

   By Martha L. Cottam, Beth Dietz-Uhler, Elena Mastors, Thomas Preston

   This comprehensive, user-friendly introductory textbook to political psychology explores the psychological origins of political behavior. The authors introduce readers to a broad range of theories, concepts, and case studies of political activity to illustrate that behavior. The book examines many...

   November 2009 | 978-1-84872-882-0 | Paperback (Psychology Press)
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   Governing Subjects: An Introduction to the Study of Politics

   By Isaac D. Balbus

   This introduction to the study of politics highlights the ideas of key thinkers to illustrate how our whole lives are politically conditioned and subject to governance. Looking across every major component of the discipline—at law and institutions, markets and power, and culture and identity—this...

   November 2009 | 978-0-415-99890-1 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Contemporary Political Theorists in Context

   By Anthony M Clohesy, Stuart Isaacs, Chris Sparks

   This exciting new textbook presents a clear framework for students to understand how themes and issues in political thought have emerged and developed throughout the 20th Century. Charting the progression from the preoccupation with the boundaries of the modern state, through to the current...

   March 2009 | 978-0-415-35729-6 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Contemporary Anarchist Studies: An Introductory Anthology of Anarchy in the Academy

   Edited by Randall Amster, Abraham DeLeon, Luis Fernandez, Anthony J. Nocella, II, Deric Shannon

   This volume of collected essays by some of the most prominent academics studying anarchism bridges the gap between anarchist activism on the streets and anarchist theory in the academy. Focusing on anarchist theory, pedagogy, methodologies, praxis, and the future, this edition will strike a chord...

   February 2009 | 978-0-415-47402-3 | Paperback (Routledge)
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    Issues In International Relations, 2nd Edition

    Edited by Trevor C. Salmon, Mark F. Imber

    Issues in International Relations 2nd ed. is a clear and simple, but stimulating, introduction to the most significant issues within international relations in the 21st Century. Written by experienced teachers in a jargon-free way, it assumes no prior knowledge of the subject, and allows...

    2008 | 978-0-415-43127-9 | Paperback (Routledge)