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Little Book of Big Ideas: Politics

Little Book of Big Ideas: Politics

by Anne Perkins (Author)

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    Hardcover 2008

    $6.73
Synopsis

The Little Book of Big Ideas: Politics covers the 50 most influential people in the history of world politics, and focuses on 10 ideas or political movements that have fundamentally affected the way we live. From Plato to Mao Tse Tung, and from Cicero to Nelson Mandela, this little book provides concise overviews of complex issues and the great personalities that have shaped the path of history. Part handbook, part mini-encyclopaedia, this is a fascinating insight into the ideas of the men and women who have shaped our world.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 128
 Publisher: A & C Black Publishers Ltd
Published: 28 Feb 2008
ISBN 10: 0713686154
ISBN 13: 9780713686159
Book Overview: The ideas of 50 of the world's political leaders explained 10 of the major movements of political thinking, their place in history and in the development of the modern world Crystalline nuggets of the most poignant and powerful thinking of all time Beautifully designed, 2-colour, small-format, hardback reference Crucial ideas made accessible to the general reader

Author Bio
Mathew Forstater is Associate Professor of Economics and Black Studies, and Director of the Center for Full Employment and Price Stability, Department of Economics, University of Missouri-Kansas City. Previously a visiting scholar at the Jerome Levy Economics Institute of Bard College he has taught at Bard and Gettysburg College and remains a research associate with the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College. He has been published widely on political economy and the history of academic thought in a range of academic journals.