The Politics Book

Learning about the vast concept of politics can be daunting, this book makes it easier than ever by giving you all the big ideas, simply explained. It includes more than 100 ideas in the history of politics that are helpfully broken down so that abstract topics, such as theoretical foundations and practical applications become real.

Learn about how the world of government and power works in The Politics Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Politics in this overview guide to the subject, brilliant for novices looking to find out more and experts wishing to refresh their knowledge alike! The Politics Book brings a fresh and vibrant take on the topic through eye-catching graphics and diagrams to immerse yourself in.This captivating book will broaden your understanding of Politics, with:- More than 100 groundbreaking ideas in the history of political thought- Packed with facts, charts, timelines and graphs to help explain core concepts- A visual approach to big subjects with striking illustrations and graphics throughout- Easy to follow text makes topics accessible for people at any level of understandingThe Politics Book is a captivating introduction to the world's greatest thinkers and their political big ideas that continue to shape our lives today, aimed at adults with an interest in the subject and students wanting to gain more of an overview. Delve into the development of long-running themes, like attitudes to democracy and violence, developed by thinkers from Confucius in ancient China to Mahatma Gandhi in 20th-century India, all through exciting text and bold graphics.Your Politics Questions, Simply ExplainedThis engaging overview explores the big political ideas such as capitalism, communism, and fascism, exploring their beginnings and social contexts - and the political thinkers who have made significant contributions. If you thought it was difficult to learn about governing bodies and affairs, The Politics Book presents key information in a clear layout. Learn about the ideas of ancient and medieval philosophers and statesmen, as well as the key personalities of the 16th to the 21st centuries that have shaped political thinking, policy, and statecraft.The Big Ideas SeriesWith millions of copies sold worldwide, The Politics Book is part of the award-winning Big Ideas series from DK. The series uses striking graphics along with engaging writing, making big topics easy to understand....

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Learning about the vast concept of politics can be daunting, but The Politics Book makes it easier than ever by giving you all the big ideas, simply explained. Step-by-step summaries, graphics, and quotations help even the complete novice understand this fascinating subject.

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• 1: Introduction
• 2: Ancient political thought 800BCE 30CE
• • 1: If your desire is for good, the people will be good, Confucius
  • 2: The art of war is of vital importance to the state, Sun Tzu
  • 3: Plans for the country are only to be shared with the learned, Mozi
  • 4: Until philosophers are kings, cities will never have rest from their evils, Plato
  • 5: Man is by nature a political animal, Aristotle
  • 6: A single wheel does not move, Chanakya
  • 7: If evil ministers enjoy safety and profit, this is the beginning of downfall, Han Fei Tzu
  • 8: The government is bandied about like a ball, Cicero
• 3: Medieval politics 30CE 1515CE
• • 1: If justice be taken away, what are governments but great bands of robbers? Augustine of Hippo
  • 2: Fighting has been enjoined upon you while it is hateful to you, Muhammed
  • 3: The people refuse the rule of virtuous men, Al-Farabi
  • 4: No free man shall be imprisoned, except by the law of the land, Barons of King John
  • 5: For war to be just, there is required a just cause, Thomas Aquinas
  • 6: To live politically means living in accordance with good laws, Giles of Rome
  • 7: The Church should devote itself to imitating Christ and give up its secular power, Marsilius of Padua
  • 8: Government prevents injustice, other than such as it commits itself, Ibn Khaldun
  • 9: A prudent ruler cannot, and must not, honour his word, Niccolo Machiavelli
• 4: Rationality and enlightenment 1515 - 1770
• • 1: In the beginning, everything was common to all, Francisco de Vitoria
  • 2: Sovereignty is the absolute and perpetual power of a commonwealth, Jean Bodin
  • 3: The natural law is the foundation of human law, Francisco Suarez
  • 4: Politics is the art of associating men, Johannes Althusius
  • 5: Liberty is the power that we have over ourselves, Hugo Grotius
  • 6: The condition of man is a condition of war, Thomas Hobbes
  • 7: The end of law is to preserve and enlarge freedom, John Locke
  • 8: When legislative and executive powers are united in the same body, there can be no liberty, Montesquieu
  • 9: Independent entrepreneurs make good citizens, Benjamin Franklin
• 5: Revolutionary thoughts 1770 - 1848
• • 1: To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  • 2: No generally valid principle of legislation can be based on happiness, Immanuel Kant
  • 3: The passions of individuals should be subjected, Edmund Burke
  • 4: Rights dependent on property are the most precarious, Thomas Paine
  • 5: All men are created equal, Thomas Jefferson
  • 6: Each nationality contains its centre of happiness within itself, Johann Gottfried Herder
  • 7: Government has but a choice of evils, Jeremy Bentham
  • 8: The people have a right to keep and bear arms, James Madison
  • 9: The most respectable women are the most oppressed, Mary Wollstonecraft
  • 10: The slave feels self-existence to be something external, Georg Hegel
  • 11: War is the continuation of Politik by other means, Carl von Clausewitz
  • 12: An educated and wise government recognizes the developmental needs of its society, Jose Maria Luis Mora
  • 13: A state too extensive in itself ultimately falls into decay, Simon Bolivar
  • 14: Abolition and the Union cannot co-exist, John C. Calhoun
  • 15: The tendency to attack the family is a symptom of social chaos, Auguste Comte
• 6: The rise of the masses 1848 1910
• • 1: Socialism is a new system of serfdom, Alexis de Tocqueville
  • 2: Say not I, but we, Giuseppe Mazzini
  • 3: That so few dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of the time, John Stuart Mill
  • 4: No man is good enough to govern another man, without that other's consent, Abraham Lincoln
  • 5: Property is theft, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
  • 6: The privileged man is a man depraved in intellect and heart, Mikhail Bakunin
  • 7: That government is best which governs not at all, Henry David Thoreau
  • 8: Communism is the riddle of history solved, Karl Marx
  • 9: The men who proclaimed the republic became the assassins of freedom, Alexander Herzen
  • 10: We must look for a central axis for our nation, Ito Hirobumi
  • 11: The will to power, Friedrich Nietzsche
  • 12: It is the myth that is alone important, Georges Sorel
  • 13: We have to take working men as they are, Eduard Bernstein
  • 14: The disdain of our formidable neighbour is the greatest danger for Latin America, Jose Marti
  • 15: It is necessary to dare in order to succeed, Peter Kropotkin
  • 16: Either women are to be killed, or women are to have the vote, Emmeline Pankhurst
  • 17: It is ridiculous to deny the existence of a Jewish nation, Theodor Herzl
  • 18: Nothing will avail to save a nation whose workers have decayed, Beatrice Webb
  • 19: Protective legislation in America is shamefully inadequate, Jane Addams …