The Palgrave Macmillan Dictionary Of Political Thought

Roger Scrutons Dictionary of Political Thought has been widely acclaimed asa profound and incisive guide to political ideas. This new edition takes stockof the ... » 

Roger Scrutons Dictionary of Political Thought has been widely acclaimed asa profound and incisive guide to political ideas. This new edition takes stockof the revolutionary political changes that have taken place since thedictionary was first published in 1982 bringing the dictionary right up todate. Some 1790 entries cover every aspect of political thought definingconcepts and ideologies surveying the arguments on issues giving capsulehistories of political institutions and summarizing with newly expandedtreatment the thought of major political theorists. The dictionary provides areadable and impartial survey of political thought of immense value tostudents of political science government philosophy and jurisprudence as wellas to the general reader with an interest in ideas. It is an indispensableguide to the thought the wisdom and the folly of modern politics by one of themost lucid philosophers of our time. «