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    Politics: Ideas in Profile
    Politics: Ideas in Profile
    Politics: Ideas in Profile
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    Politics: Ideas in Profile

    By David Runciman

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    Ideas in Profile: Small Introductions to Big Topics

    In the first title of an exciting new series one of the world's leading political scientists asks the big questions about politics: what is it, why we do we need it and where, in these turbulent times, is it heading? From the gap between rich and poor to the impact of social media, via Machiavelli, Hobbes and Weber, Runciman's comprehensive short introduction is invaluable to those studying politics or those who want to know how life in Denmark became more comfortable than in Syria.

    The Ideas in Profile series is what introductions can and should be. Concise, clear, relevant, entertaining, original and global in scope, Politics makes essential reading for anyone, from students to the general reader.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherProfile Books
    Release dateJun 12, 2014
    ISBN9781782831358
    Politics: Ideas in Profile
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    David Runciman

    David Runciman is Professor of Politics at Cambridge University and the author of many books about politics, including The Politics of Good Intentions (2006), Political Hypocrisy (2008) and The Confidence Trap (2013). He writes regularly about politics and current affairs for a wide range of publications including the London Review of Books. Politics is the first book in Profile's new Ideas in Profile series.

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