Politics: An Introduction
- ISBN-10
- 0415251818
- ISBN-13
- 9780415251815
- Series
- Politics
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 601
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Psychology Press
- Authors
- Barrie Axford, Richard Huggins
Description
The authors emphasize the role of the individual in politics, and the interplay between the personal, the national and the global. This interactive text includes think points, exercises and extracts as well as illustrative material.
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