AN INTRODUCTION TO POLITICS, STATE AND SOCIETY by James McAuley ( 9780803979314 )

Item Details

Title:

AN INTRODUCTION TO POLITICS, STATE AND SOCIETY

By:

James McAuley

Format:

Hardback

List price:

£154.00

Our price:

£138.60

Discount:

10% off

You save:

£15.40

ISBN 10:

0803979312

ISBN 13:

9780803979314

Availability:

Usually dispatched within 1-3 weeks.

Delivery rates

Stock:

Currently 0 available

Publisher:

SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD

Pub. date:

21 May, 2003

Pages:

240

Description:

This major new textbook will equip students with a complete understanding of contemporary politics, state and society in the United Kingdom today.

Synopsis:

This major new textbook will equip students with a complete understanding of contemporary politics, state and society in the United Kingdom today. Key underlying themes include:- the differences between traditional and alternative `sites of power' and what we mean by `political'- the relationships between politics, society and how individuals become and remain engaged with politics- the rapid transformations in contemporary social structures and their impact on social and political life- the role of human agency and its significance to social and political action and movements- contemporary cultural and social dislocations and their impact on some of the major contested areas of political life today.Key features include:- key concepts and issues- key theorists and writers- discussion questionsComprehensive and accessible, An Introduction to Politics, State & Society is an essential text for all undergraduate students of politics, the contemporary state, power and political sociology.James W McAuley is Professor of Political Sociology and Irish Studies in the School of Human and Health Sciences at the University of Huddersfield

Publication:

Imprint:

SAGE Publications Ltd

Returns:

Returnable

Some other items by this author:

ABANDONING HISTORICAL CONFLICT?

ABANDONING HISTORICAL CONFLICT? (HB)

ABANDONING HISTORICAL CONFLICT? (PB)

AN INTRODUCTION TO POLITICS, STATE AND SOCIETY

AN INTRODUCTION TO POLITICS, STATE AND SOCIETY (PB)

BRITISHNESS, IDENTITY AND CITIZENSHIP