Politics (Palgrave Foundations) Hardcover , Andrew

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Politics (Palgrave Foundations) Hardcover , Andrew Heywood, , emne: politik

Politics (Palgrave Foundations) Hardcover – April , Andrew Heywood, emne: politik
Politics (Palgrave Foundations Series)
by Andrew Heywood
Series: Palgrave Foundations
Hardcover: 448 pages
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (April 23, 1997)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0333712501
ISBN-13: 978-0333712504
Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds
November 6, 2011
Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase
I read this book as part of a college course on politics. I was taking the course at age 42, so I'm not the typical student for this material. I had already voted in many elections, worked with my rep to get a bill created, and participated in other government related activities. So I was already familiar with much of what was said.
The book does a reasonably good job of going over what can be fairly dense and complex material. It covers all the bases from types of government to types of constitutions, how voting happens, how assemblies handle delegation, and more. It talks about how studying politics can be challenging because there's no safe way to "experiment" to see what happens. Governments have actual effects over the lives of millions of people.
I have a few issues with the book. First, it makes it seem as if studying politics is wildly different from studying any other thing on the planet Earth. Maybe every book tries to do this, to seem like "studying biology is great!" and "studying English classic literature is great!" Still, I find it a bit silly. Yes, politics is unique just like every other field is unique. It poses its own challenges just like every field has challenges.
This edition was apparently published in 2007 and it is WOEFULLY out of date when it talks about some middle east issues. I realize that things change fairly quickly in some parts of the world, but when the book is talking about politics it needs to be kept up to date. There really should be a fresh edition of this, or if they don't intend to update it regularly it shouldn't try to talk about specific situations