People, Power, and Politics: An Introduction to Political Science
- ISBN-10
- 0822630257
- ISBN-13
- 9780822630258
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 358
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Author
- John C. Donovan
Description
'First-rate . . .The text has a little for everyone and could suit the political ideas people, the humanists, and the behavioralists. And there is enough of a nuts and bolts approach to this book to satisfy those who want students to come away from the course as 'master mechanics' of political dilemmas.'-David W. Dent, Towson State University
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Other editions
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- 1986
- 385 pages
- Paperback
- Random House
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