This major textbook offers both an introduction to and key readings in twenty core political concepts. It blends original essays that survey debates and contact with up-to-date primary literature to provide students with an ideal collection for use on a wide range of courses in political studies.

Iain Mackenzie is a Lecturer in Politics at the University of Kent. He is the author of The Idea of Pure Critique (2004) and a co-author of Political Ideologies: An Introduction (third edition, 2003) and Contemporary Social and Political Theory: An Introduction (1999).

• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Publisher Imprint: Edinburgh
• Publication Date: November 19, 2005
• Pages: 704
• ISBN13: 9780748616770
• Item Weight: 1450 grams
• Original Price: 3500.0 INR
• Edition: 2
• Binding: Hardcover