Paul Schumaker (Hrsg.)

The Political Theory Reader

Herausgegeben von Schumaker, Paul

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This collection presents 100 key readings that address the contested philosophical assumptions and competing principles of politics. Contributions include writings from the founders of the major ideological perspectives of the 19th and 20th Centuries, to the most important political theorists and philosophers of the modern world. Aimed at those new to the study of political theory, the Reader offers a carefully organized selection of unparalleled breadth, allowing students to see how different ideological voices think about the great issues of politics and how political theory has evolved in its discussion of these issues.

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Utilizing 100 key readings, The Political Theory Reader explores the rich tradition of ideas that shape the way we live and the great issues in political theory today.

Allows students to see how competing ideological viewpoints think about the same political issues

Provides readers with direct access to authors covered in the From Ideologies to Public Philosophies text

Facilitates discussions by having readings arranged thematically throughout text

Extracts of works specifically chosen to focus on topics central to issues covered in chapters.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 370
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Februar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 193mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 898g
• ISBN-13: 9781405189972
• ISBN-10: 1405189975
• Artikelnr.: 27556578

Autorenporträt

Paul Schumaker is Professor of Political Science at the University of Kansas, where he has taught courses in political theory and community politics since 1972. Dr Schumaker has authored several books on political theory, including Critical Pluralism, Democratic Performance, and Community Power (1991). His most recent book is the political theory textbook From Ideologies to Public Philosophies (Wiley-Blackwell, 2008).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 1. Political Theory, Public Philosophy, and Pluralism PART I:
Ideological Voices 2. Nineteenth-Century Ideologies 3. Twentieth-Century
Ideologies 4. Newer Quasi-Ideologies PART II: Philosophical Assumptions 5.
Ontological Conceptions 6. Conceptions of Human Nature 7. Images of Society
8. Epistemological Orientations PART III: Political Principles 9. On
Community 10. On Citizenship 11. On Structure 12. On Rulers 13. On
Authority 14. On Justice 15. On Change